January 13, 2008 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - January 13, 2008

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

• 1. "Come on ... be good, kids": NOWNOW
• 7. Kind of jacket: FLAK
• 11. Actor Gulager: CLU
• 14. Occurs to, with "on": DAWNS
• 19. Emulate Earhart: AVIATE
• 20. Bean town?: LIMA
• 21. Alley ___: OOP
• 22. Traditional whale hunter: ALEUT
• 23. Like some titmice: TUFTED
• 24. Went too far: OVERSHOT
• 26. Pretty cool: NIFTY
• 27. Mark who won the Masters and British Open in 1998: OMEARA
• 28. The old frontier you and I don't remember?: WESTWEFORGET
• 30. Is covered in dew, perhaps: GLISTENS
• 32. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, e.g.: IRANI
• 33. Longtime Bob Hope broadcaster: NBC
• 35. ___ d'amore: OBOE
• 37. Like some traffic: THRU
• 38. Donkey Kong, for one: APE
• 39. Place to gamble in N.Y.C.: OTB
• 41. Job ad abbr.: EOE
• 43. Center of success?: CEE
• 44. Rap's Dr. ___: DRE
• 45. Climate that's copy-protected by law?: PATENTWEATHER
• 49. Ralph Nader and Ross Perot: ALSORANS
• 52. Brought on: LEDTO
• 53. Sound from a fan: WHIRR
• 54. ___ Tunes: LOONEY
• 55. U.K. record label: EMI
• 57. Richness: OPULENCE
• 60. Like some grasses: AWNED
• 61. Porridge ingredients: PEASE
• 63. Scratches (out): EKES
• 64. Took too many pills, briefly: ODED
• 65. Merlin on an Imax screen?: GIANTWIZARD
• 67. Fall mos.: OCTS
• 71. Currency whose symbol is "$": PESO
• 72. Like Java man: ERECT
• 73. Lose one's marbles: GOMAD
• 78. What to follow in the forest: FOOTPATH
• 80. Stat for Warren Spahn: Abbr.: ERA
• 81. Pull out formally: SECEDE
• 82. F.B.I. director appointed by Clinton: FREEH
• 83. Jimmy of DC Comics: OLSEN
• 87. Bond poster: BAILSMAN
• 89. Eyelid moistener at a museum?: ARTWINKWETTER
• 93. Some colas, familiarly: RCS
• 94. Small wts.: OZS
• 95. "Well, ___-di-dah!": LAH
• 96. Asian school of thought: ZEN
• 97. U.S.O. show attendees: GIS
• 98. Cuddly sci-fi critter: EWOK
• 100. Algonquian tongue: CREE
• 101. Court call: LET
• 103. Twangy: NASAL
• 105. Mover left or right: ARROWKEY
• 107. Rouse a beloved English queen?: WAKEVICTORIA
• 110. Nocturnal insect: EARWIG
• 113. Buggy drivers: AMISH
• 115. In the world: EXISTENT
• 116. National airline of Afghanistan: ARIANA
• 117. Coca-Cola trademark: FANTA
• 118. Singer Des'___: REE
• 119. 10-year host of "Entertainment Tonight": TESH
• 120. Boasts of: VAUNTS
• 121. Seventh-grader, often: TWEEN
• 122. Many, many mos.: YRS
• 123. Pamplona shouts: OLES
• 124. Tangle up (in): ENMESH

Down:

• 1. Group with a secy. gen.: NATO
• 2. Certain gamete: OVUM
• 3. Better half takes the stage?: WIFEGOESON
• 4. Christmas on Capri: NATALE
• 5. "S.N.L." alum Cheri: OTERI
• 6. Married in error?: WEDASTRAY
• 7. Scent maker: FLOWER
• 8. Add pep to: LIVENUP
• 9. "What ___!" ("This place needs cleaning!"): AMESS
• 10. Go-___: KART
• 11. Able to be followed: COHERENT
• 12. Bath scrubber: LOOFA
• 13. So far: UPTONOW
• 14. "Goll-lee!": DANG
• 15. Many a "Star Trek" character: ALIEN
• 16. Tush made of shuttle thread?: WEFTBEHIND
• 17. Bit of trail mix: NUT
• 18. Pork place?: STY
• 25. Grabbed surreptitiously: SWIPED
• 29. Graduation or confirmation: RITE
• 31. Following: THEN
• 34. Not just ask: COERCE
• 35. Florida county seat: OCALA
• 36. Not on deck: BELOW
• 38. Had something: ATE
• 40. Go "waaaah!": BAWL
• 42. Got things wrong: ERRED
• 44. Harriet Beecher Stowe novel: DRED
• 46. Elite: ALIST
• 47. Didn't walk or go by subway, say: TOOKACAB
• 48. ___ Epstein, Red Sox G.M. starting in 2002: THEO
• 50. Mr. Right, with "the": ONE
• 51. Enjoy the theater: SEEASHOW
• 56. Word before and after "a": MANO
• 58. Prell competitor: PERT
• 59. Currency exchange abbr.: USD
• 61. Painter Mondrian: PIET
• 62. Milk source: EWE
• 63. Former Israeli president Weizman: EZER
• 65. 3.5, e.g.: Abbr.: GPA
• 66. Actress Papas: IRENE
• 67. Viscera: OFFAL
• 68. Rodeo locale: CORRAL
• 69. Stick one's foot in Chardonnay?: TOETHEWINE
• 70. Good winter entree: STEW
• 73. Some toothpastes: GELS
• 74. Where to get a mil. commission: OCS
• 75. Development of amnesia?: MEMORYWANE
• 76. In ___ (stunned): ADAZE
• 77. None too bright: DENSE
• 79. Illustrator for Charles Dickens: PHIZ
• 81. Fabric that needs serious mending?: SICKWEAVE
• 84. Bequests: LEGACIES
• 85. Circus props: STILTS
• 86. Supposed makers of crop circles: ETS
• 88. Suffix with buck: AROO
• 90. Bird whose name sounds like its soft call: NENE
• 91. Tricks: KNAVERY
• 92. Get more soap suds out of: RERINSE
• 99. Angers: WRATHS
• 100. Metal that may ignite if scratched: CERIUM
• 102. Try: TASTE
• 104. Dr. J was one: SIXER
• 105. Spinning dizzily: AREEL
• 106. Part of DKNY: KARAN
• 108. Tribal chief: KHAN
• 109. "The Simpsons" bus driver: OTTO
• 111. They're not good for QB's: INTS
• 112. Nasty wound: GASH
• 113. Back: AFT
• 114. Big mouth: MAW

27415 Sat Nov 30, 2024 NYT by Oliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito

Across Clues :

1. Handle of a knife, 5. "And …?", 11. "Say …", 14. Haughty self-important question, 16. Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit, 17. Airport transports, perhaps, 18. Export from Jamaica, 19. "Nature always ___ the colors of the spirit": Ralph Waldo Emerson, 20. Petite ___, 21. Number of fingers on dos manos, 22. Recipe fig., 23. Be all in a tizzy, 24. Complicated, 25. Ready to rinse, say, 28. Shared, 29. Cooks up, so to speak, 30. Horse race measures, 32. Went wrong, 33. Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer, 34. Etc., etc., 35. Longtime candy company based in San Francisco, 36. Color akin to amarillo, 37. Cart for the Budweiser Clydesdales, e.g., 38. Speck, 39. Termite, e.g., 41. Fired (up), in old slang, 42. Japanese game using pentagonal pieces, 43. Jack ___, Best Supporting Actor nominee for 1940's "The Great Dictator", 44. Fateful encounter, 47. Where cold cases are frequently opened, 48. Nearly every third baseman and shortstop in M.L.B. history, 49. Sign of hunger

Down Clues :

1. At-home distraction?, 2. Like the crowd after a buzzer beater, say, 3. Quarrels, 4. Sound accompanying a shake of the head, 5. Attacked, as a castle, 6. "Hang on a second …", 7. Request to be impressed, 8. Expressions of befuddlement, 9. Since, 10. Breakup line, 11. End result of a starter, 12. The so-called "heart of the scorpion" in the night sky, 13. Assumes control, 14. Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune, 15. Hard to navigate, 21. Stoop (to), 23. Mr. Rogers, to his neighbors, 24. Prefix from the Greek for "alone", 26. Styles of singing, 27. Hot times in la cité, 28. Leaves in a hurry, informally, 30. It flows where the wind blows, 31. One of 11 for Big Ben, 33. Like an important decision, 34. Reason one might get extended time on the PSAT, 35. Tried to hit, 38. "___ is it?", 39. Nova preceder, 40. Like some horse feed, 42. Gulp, 45. "___ and the Thirteenth Confession" (Laura Nyro album), 46. Subject of a ganzfeld experiment, in brief

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 30, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

New York Times, Saturday, November 30, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Handle of a knife. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HAFT

  Possible Answer : haft, helve




• The clue is 5. "And …?". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SOWHAT




• The clue is 11. "Say …". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: HERESATHOUGHT




• The clue is 14. Haughty self-important question. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DOYOUKNOWWHOIAM




• The clue is 16. Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: IMBAD




• The clue is 17. Airport transports, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TRAMS

  Possible Answer : tramway, ropeway, trolley, tram, streetcar, trolley_car, cable_tramway, tramcar, aerial_tramway




• The clue is 18. Export from Jamaica. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SKA




• The clue is 19. "Nature always ___ the colors of the spirit": Ralph Waldo Emerson. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: WEARS

  Possible Answer : wearable, fag, put_on, wear_upon, vesture, break, wear_down, tire_out, wearing, article_of_clothing, wear_thin, bear, outwear, bust, wear_off, tire, weary, don, wear, wear_out, fatigue, habiliment, fall_apart, clothing, hold_out, assume, fag_out, jade, have_on, endure, get_into

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh




• The clue is 20. Petite ___. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AMIE




• The clue is 21. Number of fingers on dos manos. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: DIEZ




• The clue is 22. Recipe fig.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: AMT




• The clue is 23. Be all in a tizzy. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: FRET

  Possible Answer : chafe, scratch, fret, erode, key_pattern, gall, fray, Greek_fret, swither, worn_spot, niggle, eat_away, rub, stew, grate, rankle, gag, lather, choke, eat_into, Greek_key, sweat, fuss




• The clue is 24. Complicated. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: MESSY

  Possible Answer : mussy, messy




• The clue is 25. Ready to rinse, say. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: LATHERED

  Possible Answer : welt, slash, soap, lather, lash, trounce, strap, flog, whip




• The clue is 28. Shared. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: JOINT

  Possible Answer : stick, junction, articulate, join, spliff, articulation, marijuana_cigarette, joint, articulatio, roast, juncture, reefer

  Possible Opposite Answer : separate




• The clue is 29. Cooks up, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: IDEATES

  Possible Answer : ideate, envisage, imagine, conceive_of




• The clue is 30. Horse race measures. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: LENGTHS

  Possible Answer : distance, duration, length




• The clue is 32. Went wrong. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ERRED

  Possible Answer : slip, mistake, stray, err, drift




• The clue is 33. Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: WETONWET




• The clue is 34. Etc., etc.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ABBRS




• The clue is 35. Longtime candy company based in San Francisco. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SEES

  Possible Answer : understand, ascertain, assure, visualise, go_out, reckon, attend, insure, examine, interpret, consider, look, view, picture, ensure, get_a_line, determine, hear, discover, check, see_to_it, learn, witness, find_out, catch, escort, visualize, encounter, go_steady, run_into, find, project, construe, get_word, get_wind, date, watch, go_through, fancy, come_across, meet, run_across, image, envision, visit, control, realize, take_care, experience, realise, pick_up, take_in, see, figure, regard




• The clue is 36. Color akin to amarillo. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ORO




• The clue is 37. Cart for the Budweiser Clydesdales, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: DRAY

  Possible Answer : dray, camion




• The clue is 38. Speck. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: WHIT

  Possible Answer : scintilla, tittle, whit, shred, iota, smidge, smidgeon, smidgin, smidgen




• The clue is 39. Termite, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BORER

  Possible Answer : bore_bit, borer, rock_drill, stone_drill, woodborer




• The clue is 41. Fired (up), in old slang. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: HET

  Possible Answer : heated, heated_up, het_up, het




• The clue is 42. Japanese game using pentagonal pieces. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SHOGI

  Possible Answer : shogi




• The clue is 43. Jack ___, Best Supporting Actor nominee for 1940's "The Great Dictator". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: OAKIE




• The clue is 44. Fateful encounter. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DATEWITHDESTINY




• The clue is 47. Where cold cases are frequently opened. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: DELICATESSENS

  Possible Answer : deli, delicatessen, food_shop, delicatessen_food




• The clue is 48. Nearly every third baseman and shortstop in M.L.B. history. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: RIGHTY




• The clue is 49. Sign of hunger. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PANG

  Possible Answer : stab, sting, twinge, pang

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. At-home distraction?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: HEYBATTERBATTER

• The clue is 2. Like the crowd after a buzzer beater, say. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AROAR

• The clue is 3. Quarrels. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: FEUDS

  Possible Answer: feud

• The clue is 4. Sound accompanying a shake of the head. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: TSK

  Possible Answer: tsk, tut, tut-tut

• The clue is 5. Attacked, as a castle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: STORMED

  Possible Answer: force, surprise, rage, storm, ramp

• The clue is 6. "Hang on a second …". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: OHWAIT

• The clue is 7. Request to be impressed. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: WOWME

• The clue is 8. Expressions of befuddlement. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HUHS

• The clue is 9. Since. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: AGO

  Possible Answer: ago, agone

• The clue is 10. Breakup line. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: THISISNTWORKING

• The clue is 11. End result of a starter. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: HOMEMADEBREAD

• The clue is 12. The so-called "heart of the scorpion" in the night sky. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ANTARES

  Possible Answer: Antares

• The clue is 13. Assumes control. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: TAKESTHEREINS

• The clue is 14. Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DIWALI

• The clue is 15. Hard to navigate. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: MAZY

  Possible Answer: mazy, labyrinthine, labyrinthian

• The clue is 21. Stoop (to). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: DEIGN

  Possible Answer: deign, descend, condescend

• The clue is 23. Mr. Rogers, to his neighbors. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: FRED

• The clue is 24. Prefix from the Greek for "alone". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: MONO

  Possible Answer: kissing_disease, mono, monophonic, infectious_mononucleosis, glandular_fever, mononucleosis, single-channel

• The clue is 26. Styles of singing. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HARRY

  Possible Answer: chivvy, plague, ravage, harass, beset, harry, chevy, molest, provoke, chivy, chevvy, hassle

• The clue is 27. Hot times in la cité. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ETES

• The clue is 28. Leaves in a hurry, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: JETS

  Possible Answer: blue_jet, honey_oil, cat_valium, spurt, super_acid, reverse_lightning, special_K, squirt, green, gush, fountain, jet_plane, jet, jet-propelled_plane, spirt, super_C, K

• The clue is 30. It flows where the wind blows. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: LEETIDE

• The clue is 31. One of 11 for Big Ben. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: STOREY

  Possible Answer: storey, story, level, floor

• The clue is 33. Like an important decision. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: WEIGHTY

  Possible Answer: telling, grievous, heavy, grave, cogent, corpulent, weighty, rotund, obese

  Possible Opposite Answer : weightless

• The clue is 34. Reason one might get extended time on the PSAT. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ADHD

  Possible Answer: minimal_brain_damage, ADD, minimal_brain_dysfunction, MBD, attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder, ADHD, attention_deficit_disorder, hyperkinetic_syndrome

• The clue is 35. Tried to hit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SHOTAT

• The clue is 38. "___ is it?". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: WHICH

• The clue is 39. Nova preceder. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BOSSA

• The clue is 40. Like some horse feed. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: OATEN

  Possible Answer: oaten

• The clue is 42. Gulp. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SWIG

  Possible Answer: swig, draught, gulp, draft, slug, slog, quaff

• The clue is 45. "___ and the Thirteenth Confession" (Laura Nyro album). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ELI

• The clue is 46. Subject of a ganzfeld experiment, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ESP

  Possible Answer: ESP, second_sight, extrasensory_perception, clairvoyance, E.S.P.

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Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Establishment that might host a drag brunch

6-letter answer Answer: GAYBAR

Clue #2: 7. Something that's filled with bad words

8-letter answer Answer: SWEARJAR

Clue #3: 15. Common final score in the Champions League

6-letter answer Answer: ONEONE

Clue #4: 16. Bottleful at a barbecue

8-letter answer Answer: HOTSAUCE

Clue #5: 17. "Hell, yeah!"

6-letter answer Answer: LETSGO

Clue #6: 18. The White Stripes or Deep Purple

8-letter answer Answer: ROCKBAND

Clue #7: 19. Hip (to)

4-letter answer Answer: WISE

Word Help: Synonyms: Wise, heady, fresh
Antonyms: foolish

Clue #8: 20. "I am an idiot!"

3-letter answer Answer: DUH

Clue #9: 21. Turpentine sources

5-letter answer Answer: PINES

Word Help: Synonyms: languish, immobilize, true_pine
Antonyms: unpin

Clue #10: 22. "We're leaving soon!"

9-letter answer Answer: ALLABOARD

Clue #11: 25. Is serious

7-letter answer Answer: MEANSIT

Clue #12: 28. Nail polish brand with a Raisin Your Voice shade

3-letter answer Answer: OPI

Clue #13: 29. Go pffft

3-letter answer Answer: DIE

Word Help: Synonyms: pop_off, die, drop_dead
Antonyms: be_born

Clue #14: 32. "The Good Dinosaur" protagonist

4-letter answer Answer: ARLO

Clue #15: 33. ___ green

3-letter answer Answer: PEA

Word Help: Synonyms: pea, pea_plant

Clue #16: 35. Descendants of aristocratic families, e.g.

6-letter answer Answer: SCIONS

Word Help: Synonyms: scion

Clue #17: 37. Things checked at checkpoints

15-letter answer Answer: DRIVERSLICENSES

Clue #18: 40. Thrift store transaction

6-letter answer Answer: RESALE

Word Help: Synonyms: resale

Clue #19: 41. Prefix with car or hotel

3-letter answer Answer: ECO

Clue #20: 42. South Asian wrap

4-letter answer Answer: SARI

Word Help: Synonyms: saree, sari

Clue #21: 43. Tennis's U.S. Open is played on it

3-letter answer Answer: EDT

Clue #22: 44. Pops

3-letter answer Answer: DAD

Word Help: Synonyms: dad, papa, pappa

Clue #23: 46. Cabaret performer, e.g.

7-letter answer Answer: ARTISTE

Word Help: Synonyms: artiste

Clue #24: 48. Leavened loaf made sans yeast

9-letter answer Answer: SODABREAD

Clue #25: 50. Creature with "Underwater eyes, an eel's / Oil of water body," per the poet Ted Hughes

5-letter answer Answer: OTTER

Word Help: Synonyms: otter

Clue #26: 53. Oscar-winning Saldaña

3-letter answer Answer: ZOE

Clue #27: 54. XXX

4-letter answer Answer: TENS

Word Help: Synonyms: ten, X, ten-spot

Clue #28: 57. Know someone who knows someone, say

8-letter answer Answer: HAVEANIN

Clue #29: 59. Dish often served on a skillet

6-letter answer Answer: FAJITA

Clue #30: 61. Sure thing

8-letter answer Answer: SLAMDUNK

Clue #31: 62. "Don't worry about me"

6-letter answer Answer: IMOKAY

Clue #32: 63. Some nostalgic throwbacks

8-letter answer Answer: OLDSONGS

Clue #33: 64. Rare treat, maybe?

6-letter answer Answer: RIBEYE

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Shout during a Real Madrid penalty shootout

3-letter answer Answer: GOL

Clue #2: 2. From the top

4-letter answer Answer: ANEW

Word Help: Synonyms: afresh, anew

Clue #3: 3. Elusive hirsute creature

4-letter answer Answer: YETI

Word Help: Synonyms: abominable_snowman, yeti

Clue #4: 4. Brazilian genre that's an offshoot of samba

9-letter answer Answer: BOSSANOVA

Clue #5: 5. Early investors, in lingo

6-letter answer Answer: ANGELS

Word Help: Synonyms: angel, holy_man, Angel

Clue #6: 6. Onetime manufacturer of the Flying Cloud

3-letter answer Answer: REO

Clue #7: 7. Topiarist's "canvas"

5-letter answer Answer: SHRUB

Word Help: Synonyms: shrub, bush

Clue #8: 8. "Hell, yeah!"

6-letter answer Answer: WOOHOO

Clue #9: 9. Alternative to an ellipsis

3-letter answer Answer: ETC

Clue #10: 10. Stock seller's stipulation

8-letter answer Answer: ASKPRICE

Clue #11: 11. Overzealous

5-letter answer Answer: RABID

Word Help: Synonyms: rabid, overzealous, fanatic

Clue #12: 12. Evan : Welsh :: ___ : Spanish

4-letter answer Answer: JUAN

Clue #13: 13. Possible side effect of corticosteroids

4-letter answer Answer: ACNE

Word Help: Synonyms: acne

Clue #14: 14. Merlot and Shiraz

4-letter answer Answer: REDS

Word Help: Synonyms: bolshy, red_ink, loss
Antonyms: gain

Clue #15: 20. Some outcomes from Match.com

5-letter answer Answer: DATES

Word Help: Synonyms: date_stamp, go_out, engagement

Clue #16: 23. See what someone is saying?

7-letter answer Answer: LIPREAD

Word Help: Synonyms: lip-read, lipread, speech-read

Clue #17: 24. 4 is a good one, in brief

7-letter answer Answer: APSCORE

Clue #18: 25. Mother, in Milan

5-letter answer Answer: MADRE

Clue #19: 26. Slipped

5-letter answer Answer: ERRED

Word Help: Synonyms: mistake, slip, err

Clue #20: 27. Star cluster?

5-letter answer Answer: ALIST

Clue #21: 29. South Asian wraps

5-letter answer Answer: DOSAS

Clue #22: 30. Unlikely to react

5-letter answer Answer: INERT

Word Help: Synonyms: torpid, sluggish, neutral

Clue #23: 31. Nail polish brand with a Gossip N' Spill shade

5-letter answer Answer: ESSIE

Clue #24: 34. Brown ___

3-letter answer Answer: ALE

Word Help: Synonyms: ale

Clue #25: 36. Conspiracy theory trope

9-letter answer Answer: INSIDEJOB

Clue #26: 38. Mythical land of untold riches

8-letter answer Answer: ELDORADO

Word Help: Synonyms: El_Dorado, eldorado

Clue #27: 39. "It matters to me"

5-letter answer Answer: ICARE

Clue #28: 45. Stunning

6-letter answer Answer: DAZING

Word Help: Synonyms: dazzle, bedaze, bedazzle

Clue #29: 47. Typical floor covering in a washitsu

6-letter answer Answer: TATAMI

Clue #30: 48. Apparently is

5-letter answer Answer: SEEMS

Word Help: Synonyms: appear, look, seem

Clue #31: 49. Strikes on the noggin

5-letter answer Answer: BONKS

Word Help: Synonyms: sleep_together, bonk, roll_in_the_hay

Clue #32: 50. Super-duper

4-letter answer Answer: OHSO

Clue #33: 51. Like some orders

4-letter answer Answer: TALL

Word Help: Synonyms: grandiloquent, improbable, marvelous
Antonyms: short

Clue #34: 52. Super Bowl highlight

4-letter answer Answer: TVAD

Clue #35: 55. Company named for a goddess

4-letter answer Answer: NIKE

Word Help: Synonyms: Nike

Clue #36: 56. "All You Had to Do Was ___" (Taylor Swift song)

4-letter answer Answer: STAY

Word Help: Synonyms: arrest, halt, detain
Antonyms: change, move

Clue #37: 58. She's a believer

3-letter answer Answer: NUN

Word Help: Synonyms: nun_buoy, conical_buoy, nun

Clue #38: 59. Christmas centerpiece

3-letter answer Answer: FIR

Word Help: Synonyms: true_fir, fir, fir_tree

Clue #39: 60. Something said repeatedly at sea

3-letter answer Answer: AYE

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Published on Saturday, January 13, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 13, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

1A: "1. Syncopated drumbeats"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
• Similar words include: roll, drum roll
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PARADIDDLE

2A: "11. Pass catcher Collinsworth"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CRIS

3A: "15. One-sided"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that involving only one part or side
• Similar words include: one-sided
• Opposite of: multilateral

Click to reveal answer

Answer: UNILATERAL

4A: "16. A Rodgers partner"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states playwright who collaborated with george s. kaufman (1904-1961)
• Similar words include: Lorenz Hart, Moss Hart, stag
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HART

5A: "17. Deliverers"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
• Similar words include: liberator
• Opposite of: captor

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIBERATORS

6A: "18. Hungary's Nagy"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IMRE

7A: "19. As written: Mus."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STA

8A: "20. Alt."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELEV

9A: "21. Axilla"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
• Similar words include: axillary cavity, axilla, axillary fossa
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARMPIT

10A: "23. Young Guthrie"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARLO

11A: "25. Musical tones"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
• Similar words include: rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial system
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RES

12A: "27. "Deirdre" dramatist"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
• Similar words include: William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YEATS

13A: "28. Communicates à la sparks"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that medium for communication
• Similar words include: radiocommunication, radio set, radio receiver
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RADIOS

14A: "31. Plexus"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
• Similar words include: plexus
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RETE

15A: "33. Noted Indian novelist"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAO

16A: "34. ___-faire"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAISSEZ

17A: "36. Abbr. on an envelope"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATTN

18A: "37. Egypt's ___ stone"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROSETTA

19A: "40. Author Gay and family"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TALESES

20A: "42. Footless"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: APOD

21A: "43. Theater cries"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
• Similar words include: encore
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENCORES

22A: "45. Alouette's bill"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEC

23A: "46. It is, in Ibiza"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESTA

24A: "47. Two jiggers"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disrespectful laugh
• Similar words include: hiss, razz, raspberry
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SNORTS

25A: "51. Dropped a fly"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Similar words include: mistake, stray, err
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERRED

26A: "53. Goal"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
• Similar words include: last, close, remainder
• Opposite of: beginning, begin

Click to reveal answer

Answer: END

27A: "55. Ding or dong"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
• Similar words include: roll, ring, pealing
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PEAL

28A: "56. Crude shelter"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEANTO

29A: "58. Former Venezuelan mining town"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AROA

30A: "61. He, to Louis"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LUI

31A: "62. Aleutian island"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATTU

32A: "63. Return a P.O.W. to his native land"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
• Opposite of: expatriate
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REPATRIATE

33A: "66. Via's kin"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITER

34A: "67. Crackles"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a crackling sound
• Similar words include: crackle, crepitate
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CREPITATES

35A: "68. Ltr. enclosure"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SASE

36A: "69. Rating"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
• Similar words include: appraisal, judgement, judgment
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASSESSMENT

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1D: "1. Neutron star"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PULSAR

2D: "2. "Peer Gynt" temptress"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANITRA

3D: "3. Gross"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
• Similar words include: bawdy, off-color
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RIBALD

4D: "4. Porter relative"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALE

5D: "5. Venture"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
• Similar words include: make bold, presume, defy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DARE

6D: "6. Romance lang."

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITAL

7D: "7. Hold back"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that try to prevent; show opposition to
• Similar words include: discourage, dissuade
• Opposite of: persuade

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DETER

8D: "8. Herdsmen"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who drives a herd
• Similar words include: herdsman, drover, herder
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DROVERS

9D: "9. Gibbon"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAR

10D: "10. Lionized lion"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELSA

11D: "11. Voice of Grandfather Time?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
• Similar words include: gong, bell
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CHIME

12D: "12. What we watched o'er"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
• Similar words include: bulwark, wall, rampart
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAMPARTS

13D: "13. Irk"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Similar words include: get at, nettle, rag
• Opposite of: soothe

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IRRITATE

14D: "14. Texans' toppers"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hat made of felt with a creased crown
• Similar words include: felt hat, trilby, fedora
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STETSONS

15D: "22. Bodies' meeting place in Scotland?"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
• Similar words include: rye whisky, Secale cereale, rye whiskey
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RYE

16D: "24. Lubed the limo"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cover with oil, as if by rubbing
• Similar words include: anele, inunct, oil
• Opposite of: unoiled

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OILED

17D: "26. Mind"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEETO

18D: "29. Cereal grass"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OAT

19D: "30. Where to build houses"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
• Similar words include: sit down, situation, place
• Opposite of: stand, arise

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SITES

20D: "32. Autocratic rulers: Var."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Similar words include: tzar, czar, tsar
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TZARS

21D: "35. Last word in French toast"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SANTE

22D: "36. Fabulist"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AESOP

23D: "37. Alcofribas Nasier's real name"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
• Similar words include: Francois Rabelais
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RABELAIS

24D: "38. "The Mikado," for one"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short amusing opera
• Similar words include: light opera
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OPERETTA

25D: "39. Plato was his pupil"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ancient athenian philosopher; teacher of plato and xenophon (470-399 bc)
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SOCRATES

26D: "41. Author Deighton"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEN

27D: "44. Hors d'oeuvres"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
• Similar words include: canape
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CANAPES

28D: "46. N.Y. time in June"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDT

29D: "48. Tell"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a logical or causal connection
• Similar words include: associate, touch on, interrelate
• Opposite of: dissociate

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RELATE

30D: "49. Become uptight"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that become taut or tauter
• Similar words include: firm
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TAUTEN

31D: "50. Most foxy"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by skill in deception
• Similar words include: dodgy, foxy, knavish
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SLIEST

32D: "52. Harden"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENURE

33D: "54. Hang"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• Similar words include: curtain, clothe, cloak
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DRAPE

34D: "57. Grampus"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Similar words include: killer whale, sea wolf, killer
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORCA

35D: "59. Regretful Miss, in a song"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Similar words include: genus Otis, Elisha Graves Otis
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OTIS

36D: "60. Crafts' companion"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Similar words include: prowess, fine art, humanities
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARTS

37D: "64. Hesitation sounds"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Similar words include: emergency room, atomic number 68, Er
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERS

38D: "65. Wee, small hr."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IAM

Puzzle Stats

36 Across

38 Down

74 Total

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