NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: May 18, 2025
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Across Clues and Answers (65)
Clue #1: 1. Verso's counterpart
Antonyms: verso
Clue #2: 6. Alternative to an onion bagel
Clue #3: 11. Jai ___
Clue #4: 15. Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World
Clue #5: 19. Skating gold medalist Oksana
Clue #6: 20. Host
Clue #7: 21. Quick look
Clue #8: 22. Has a tab open, say
Clue #9: 23. Hip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."?
Clue #10: 25. Station near Madison Square Garden, for short
Clue #11: 26. Fleet
Antonyms: slow
Clue #12: 27. Hung around
Clue #13: 28. Remove from the champagne bucket?
Clue #14: 30. "Just kidding!"
Clue #15: 31. Feeling rash?
Clue #16: 34. Hip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type"
Clue #17: 35. Crisis involving cartels
Clue #18: 39. Goes "Vroom!"
Clue #19: 41. Royal title
Clue #20: 42. Casting a total brat in the school play?
Clue #21: 45. Some govt. securities
Clue #22: 49. ___-tempered
Antonyms: odd, uneven
Clue #23: 50. "Super cool!"
Clue #24: 51. Get ready to take a shot
Clue #25: 53. Ship propeller
Antonyms: unscrew
Clue #26: 54. French for "from"
Clue #27: 55. Release
Antonyms: absorb
Clue #28: 57. Dante's guide in the "Inferno"
Clue #29: 60. Singer Del Rey
Clue #30: 61. "The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller
Clue #31: 62. Apps might be seen on one
Clue #32: 63. Sediment, e.g.
Antonyms: dislodge, withdraw
Clue #33: 65. "The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"?
Clue #34: 69. Anonymous guy
Clue #35: 70. Pauperism, so to speak
Clue #36: 71. Author of the 2020 memoir "Cubed"
Clue #37: 72. Lots
Clue #38: 73. "Because I'm the boss!"
Clue #39: 75. Pinged online
Clue #40: 76. Condition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in brief
Clue #41: 79. "Wonder Woman" star
Clue #42: 81. Mountain ___
Clue #43: 82. Late singer Payne of One Direction
Clue #44: 84. Modern home of where cuneiform writing originated
Clue #45: 85. Way up or way down
Clue #46: 87. "How long have beavers blocked this river?"?
Clue #47: 92. "As ___ …"
Clue #48: 94. Earthenware pots
Clue #49: 95. Was comparable to
Clue #50: 96. Apparel feature that a bandeau lacks
Clue #51: 100. Function in the role of
Clue #52: 102. Monk's title
Clue #53: 103. Be crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s?
Clue #54: 105. Much in quantity
Clue #55: 109. Baseball family name
Clue #56: 110. Actor Jared
Clue #57: 111. Metric in a competitive family business?
Clue #58: 114. Prince, e.g.
Clue #59: 115. In ___ parentis
Clue #60: 116. Blow
Clue #61: 117. Designer Hilfiger
Clue #62: 118. Lays turf on
Clue #63: 119. Little twerp
Clue #64: 120. Trunk
Clue #65: 121. Head of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books
Across Clues and Answers (65)
Clue #1: 1. Subject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarly
Clue #2: 2. Noble title
Clue #3: 3. "Ci vediamo in giro!"
Clue #4: 4. Getting ready to listen
Clue #5: 5. Historic district of a city
Clue #6: 6. Gnarly problem, so to speak
Antonyms: bull
Clue #7: 7. Architect of Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower
Clue #8: 8. Certain hallucinatory experience
Clue #9: 9. Directed
Antonyms: follow
Clue #10: 10. Last word of James Joyce's "Ulysses"
Antonyms: no
Clue #11: 11. Dad, in Korean
Clue #12: 12. Ingredients in some potato soups
Clue #13: 13. Son of Aphrodite
Clue #14: 14. "You don't have to tell me"
Clue #15: 15. Time for a pick-me-up, humorously
Clue #16: 16. Lie ahead
Clue #17: 17. Joe of "Home Alone"
Clue #18: 18. First name in perfumes
Clue #19: 24. Label anew
Clue #20: 28. Banks from Los Angeles
Clue #21: 29. Maidenhair and others
Clue #22: 32. Common dog command
Antonyms: go, leave
Clue #23: 33. Chance
Clue #24: 35. Hit up on Instagram, informally
Clue #25: 36. Overnight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles"
Clue #26: 37. Luau strings
Clue #27: 38. Rock group with the 1992 hit "Creep"
Clue #28: 40. Harum-___ (reckless)
Clue #29: 43. Untrue
Clue #30: 44. Notaro of comedy
Clue #31: 46. Drag-and-drop disposal icon
Clue #32: 47. Start of a counting rhyme
Clue #33: 48. Hit with a smack
Clue #34: 52. Time in a Shakespeare title
Antonyms: winter_solstice
Clue #35: 55. Former Israeli P.M. Olmert
Clue #36: 56. Platform for Safari and FaceTime
Clue #37: 57. Borderline
Clue #38: 58. "Need You Tonight" band, 1987
Clue #39: 59. Leave alone
Clue #40: 61. Arbiters of taste
Clue #41: 62. Polite term of address
Clue #42: 64. Stamp on an invoice
Antonyms: unpaid, default
Clue #43: 65. Implied
Clue #44: 66. Valerie Harper title role
Clue #45: 67. One of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time"
Clue #46: 68. Dickens's ___ Heep
Clue #47: 69. Bouts
Clue #48: 74. Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun
Clue #49: 76. Word with history or hygiene
Antonyms: aboral, anal
Clue #50: 77. Shut up
Clue #51: 78. Threw out of a contest, informally
Clue #52: 80. Philosopher's pursuit
Antonyms: inaccuracy, falsity
Clue #53: 82. Exam with an argumentative writing section, in brief
Clue #54: 83. "You know, I can't quite remember"
Clue #55: 84. "Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!"
Clue #56: 86. Goes through screen after screen
Clue #57: 88. "Sadly …"
Antonyms: luckily, fortunately
Clue #58: 89. Special attention, for short
Clue #59: 90. Made nice
Clue #60: 91. Wading birds
Clue #61: 93. Publicly bash
Clue #62: 96. Doldrums
Clue #63: 97. Lumberjacks' competition
Clue #64: 98. Walk around, maybe
Antonyms: validate, confront
Clue #65: 99. Where one might pick up litter
Clue #66: 101. Oozes
Clue #67: 104. Burgle
Clue #68: 106. About
Clue #69: 107. West Point inst.
Clue #70: 108. Fanfare
Clue #71: 111. Like a diamond in a ring
Antonyms: rise
Clue #72: 112. Queer identity, in brief
Clue #73: 113. 12/31
Expert Solving Strategies
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- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
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Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Tuckered out. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BEAT
Possible Answer : measure, shell, beat, bunk, musical_rhythm, amaze, quiver, get, stupefy, pulse, all_in, pound, thump, mystify, trounce, exhaust, tucker_out, beat_out, outsmart, tucker, round, puzzle, drum, cadence, work_over, pulsation, ticktack, pulsate, rhythm, metre, flummox, pose, vanquish, flap, scramble, bushed, stick, overreach, nonplus, circumvent, perplex, gravel, dead, dumbfound, outfox, thrum, heartbeat, vex, baffle, bewilder, meter, beat_up, tick, outwit, beatnik, crush, ticktock, wash_up
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The clue is 5. Edinburgher or Glaswegian. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SCOT
Possible Answer : Scotsman, Scot, Scotchman
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The clue is 9. Bottom of the barrel. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: WORST
Possible Answer : uncollectible, pip, high-risk, big, unsound, defective, tough, worst, speculative, regretful, rack_up, risky, whip, forged, sorry, bad, spoiled, unfit, spoilt, mop_up
Possible Opposite Answer : good, best, unregretful
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The clue is 14. Second chance. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: REDO
Possible Answer : remodel, remake, make_over, redo, refashion, reconstruct
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The clue is 15. Brand owned by Purina. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ALPO
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The clue is 16. ___ Holmes, teen detective played by Millie Bobby Brown. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ENOLA
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The clue is 17. "AB negatve" or "B poditive"?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: BLOODTYPO
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The clue is 19. Strung along. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LEDON
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The clue is 20. Verbally gave the thumbs-up. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SAIDOK
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The clue is 21. "Naughty" and "Nice," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LISTS
Possible Answer : inclination, leaning, number, heel, list, name, listing, tilt, lean
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The clue is 22. Dessert drink made from frozen grapes. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: ICEWINE
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The clue is 25. Wrinkle-faced dogs. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PUGS
Possible Answer : pug, pug-dog
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The clue is 27. Islanders and Sharks, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: NHLERS
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The clue is 28. Odysseus vis-Ã -vis Ulysses?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: SAMEHERO
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The clue is 32. Father/son surname in Chicago politics. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DALEY
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The clue is 33. Singer Patsy. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CLINE
Possible Answer : Martin_Cline, Cline
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The clue is 34. Pre-___ (undergrad track). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MED
Possible Answer : Master_of_Education, MEd
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The clue is 35. Still standing, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: INIT
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The clue is 36. Italian for "good". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: BUONO
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The clue is 37. What one might do to the rules or the truth. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BEND
Possible Answer : flexure, fold, crouch, turn, bending, stoop, crimp, bend, bend_dexter, turn_away, crease, deflect, Bend, curve, crook, bow, plication, deform, twist, flex
Possible Opposite Answer : unbend, straighten
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The clue is 38. In the past. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: AGO
Possible Answer : agone, ago
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The clue is 39. Soothes. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CALMS
Possible Answer : calmness, composure, calm_air, becalm, cool_off, equanimity, quiet, chill_out, cool_it, sedate, calm, still, quieten, steady, simmer_down, calm_down, tranquillize, lull, tranquilize, tranquillise, settle_down
Possible Opposite Answer : agitate, discomposure, stimulate
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The clue is 40. ___ blanche. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CARTE
Possible Answer : card, carte_du_jour, carte, menu, bill_of_fare
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The clue is 41. Surprising answer to the question "What is Ecuador's most populous city?". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: NOTQUITO
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The clue is 43. Stuffs (oneself). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: GORGES
Possible Answer : gourmandize, esophagus, glut, stuff, overgorge, defile, ingurgitate, scarf_out, overindulge, gormandize, oesophagus, gorge, gullet, pig_out, englut, overeat, binge, gormandise, satiate, engorge
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The clue is 44. Ego. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SELF
Possible Answer : self, ego
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The clue is 45. Late-night host who coined the word "truthiness". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: COLBERT
Possible Answer : Colbert, Colbert_butter
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The clue is 46. Kick out. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: EVICT
Possible Answer : force_out, evict
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The clue is 49. How the mendacious might be caught. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: INALIE
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The clue is 51. Capital of Vietnam. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HANOI
Possible Answer : Hanoi, capital_of_Vietnam
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The clue is 52. Prom transport that keeps breaking down?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: LEMONLIMO
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The clue is 56. Illegally seize. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: USURP
Possible Answer : assume, arrogate, usurp, take_over, seize
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The clue is 57. Demeanor. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: MIEN
Possible Answer : comportment, presence, mien, bearing
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The clue is 58. Prominent part of a bowline knot. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LOOP
Possible Answer : loop, closed_circuit, coil, loop_topology, iteration, eyelet, cringle, grummet, intertwine, grommet, curl, loop-the-loop
Possible Opposite Answer : open_circuit, uncoil
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The clue is 59. Hockey fake-outs. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DEKES
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The clue is 60. Real grind. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLOG
Possible Answer : trudge, swig, slog, peg_away, footslog, slug, keep_one's_nose_to_the_grindstone, tramp, keep_one's_shoulder_to_the_wheel, plod, pad, plug_away
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The clue is 61. Foul mood. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SNIT
Possible Answer : snit
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Texter's "Hang on a sec". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: BRB
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The clue is 2. Typically nocturnal predatory fish. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: EEL
Possible Answer: eel
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The clue is 3. "Without further ___ …". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ADO
Possible Answer: ado, flurry, fuss, bustle, stir, hustle
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The clue is 4. Cloying. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: TOOSWEET
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The clue is 5. Luxurious fabrics. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SATINS
Possible Answer: satin
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The clue is 6. Basketball great Drexler. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CLYDE
Possible Answer: Clyde
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The clue is 7. Research on a rival, in D.C.-speak. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OPPO
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The clue is 8. Made significant efforts. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: TOOKPAINS
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The clue is 9. "Why, I'll be!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: WELLGEE
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The clue is 10. Vague early afternoon time. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ONEISH
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The clue is 11. Certain pretzel shapes. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: RODS
Possible Answer: rod, perch, rod_cell, retinal_rod, gat, pole
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The clue is 12. Assigned position. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLOT
Possible Answer: one-armed_bandit, time_slot, expansion_slot, slot
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The clue is 13. Treats, as animal hide. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TANS
Possible Answer: tangent, burn, bronze, suntan, sunburn, topaz, tan
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The clue is 18. Eating it with meat isn't kosher. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DAIRY
Possible Answer: dairy, dairy_farm
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The clue is 22. Like some tigers, rhinoceroses and elephants. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: INDIAN
Possible Answer: Amerindian_language, Amerindic, Indian, Amerind, American-Indian_language, American_Indian, Red_Indian, Native_American
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The clue is 23. "Presto ___!" ... or a hint to 17-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: CHANGO
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The clue is 24. Page of Hollywood. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ELLIOT
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The clue is 26. "That's just … completely incorrect". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: UMNO
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The clue is 28. Instant replay effect. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SLOMO
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The clue is 29. Move from darkness into light, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: EMERGE
Possible Answer: issue, come_out, emerge, egress, come_forth, go_forth
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The clue is 30. Resident with monthly payments. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RENTER
Possible Answer: tenant, renter
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The clue is 31. Most offbeat. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ODDEST
Possible Answer: unpaired, left, rum, singular, left_over, rummy, odd, unmatched, peculiar, curious, leftover, unexpended, remaining, uneven, unmated, funny, queer
Possible Opposite Answer : even
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The clue is 33. "Rushmore" and "Clerks," for two. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: CULTFILMS
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The clue is 36. Abandon one's social plans. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BAIL
Possible Answer: bail, bail_bond, bond
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The clue is 37. People are often spotted pressing them. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: BARBELLS
Possible Answer: barbell
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The clue is 39. Targets of pool chalk. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: CUETIPS
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The clue is 40. Jost of "Saturday Night Live". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: COLIN
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The clue is 42. Brand popularity metric. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: QSCORE
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The clue is 43. "Get ready for a bomb!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: GOLONG
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The clue is 45. Celebrity appearance, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CAMEO
Possible Answer: cameo
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The clue is 46. ___ Barak, former prime minister of Israel. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EHUD
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The clue is 47. Florist's container. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: VASE
Possible Answer: vase
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The clue is 48. Arctic native. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: INUK
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The clue is 50. Astronaut Armstrong. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NEIL
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The clue is 53. Particle in an electrolyte. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ION
Possible Answer: ion
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The clue is 54. "Pretentious? ___?". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MOI
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The clue is 55. Choose, with "for". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OPT
Possible Answer: opt, prefer, choose
