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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

July 31, 2024 Crosswords - CrosswordHints Blog

July 30, 2024 Crosswords - CrosswordHints Blog

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle

July 31, 2024 Crosswords

NYT Crosswords

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

Across Clues and Answers:

  • 1. Sluglike "Star Wars" bad guy - Show Answer

    JABBA

    (5 letters)


  • 6. Man, on the Isle of Man - Show Answer

    BLOKE

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: gent, bloke, cuss, chap, fellow, lad, blighter, fella, feller


  • 11. Number cruncher, for short - Show Answer

    CPA

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: certified_public_accountant, CPA


  • 14. Garlicky sauce - Show Answer

    AIOLI

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: garlic_sauce, aioli_sauce, aioli


  • 15. Certain bib wearer - Show Answer

    RACER

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: automobile_driver, racing_car, race_car, racer, race_driver


  • 16. Played the first card - Show Answer

    LED

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: lead, conduct, top, light-emitting_diode, LED, precede, leave, contribute, head, go, take, extend, conduce, chair, run, moderate, pass, direct, result, guide

    Antonyms: follow


  • 17. Television pro - Show Answer

    BROADCASTER

    (11 letters)

    Synonyms: spreader, broadcaster


  • 19. "... ___ lack thereof" - Show Answer

    ORA

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: osmium, oculus_sinister, os, bone, Os, OS, operating_system, atomic_number_76


  • 20. Passionately discuss minutiae, with "out" - Show Answer

    NERD

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: swot, grind, dweeb, nerd, wonk


  • 21. Bares one's soul - Show Answer

    OPENSUP

    (7 letters)


  • 23. Expose the vulnerabilities of, in a way - Show Answer

    HACK

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: chop, plug, literary_hack, hack_on, ward-heeler, whoop, taxi, nag, hacker, cut, hack_writer, cab, cut_up, jade, drudge, hack, political_hack, taxicab, machine_politician


  • 26. Each - Show Answer

    APOP

    (4 letters)


  • 28. Benjamin Franklin, by religious philosophy - Show Answer

    DEIST

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: freethinker, deistic, deist


  • 29. Grandchild of Adam and Eve - Show Answer

    ENOS

    (4 letters)


  • 30. Copy - Show Answer

    MIMIC

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: mimic, mimicker, mime


  • 32. The first two digits of every Brooklyn ZIP code - Show Answer

    ONES

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: one, single, I, 1, ace, unity


  • 33. Cable channel with its own awards show - Show Answer

    MTV

    (3 letters)


  • 34. Goes (for) - Show Answer

    OPTS

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: opt, prefer, choose


  • 35. Like T.S.A. lines on holiday weekends - Show Answer

    LONG

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: foresightful, farseeing, long, longsighted, retentive, recollective, farsighted, hanker, foresighted, tenacious, yearn, prospicient

    Antonyms: short, unretentive


  • 37. Overlook, as a flaw - Show Answer

    SEEPAST

    (7 letters)


  • 39. Eat plenty of - Show Answer

    FEASTON

    (7 letters)


  • 42. Video streaming giant - Show Answer

    ROKU

    (4 letters)


  • 43. Fly high - Show Answer

    SOAR

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: hang_glide, sailplane, zoom, soar, soar_up, soar_upwards, surge


  • 44. N.Y.S.E. debut - Show Answer

    IPO

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: initial_offering, initial_public_offering, IPO


  • 45. Shaving cut - Show Answer

    NICK

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: chip, nick, ding, notch, gouge, dent, snick


  • 47. Downright - Show Answer

    PLAIN

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: sound_off, sheer, kvetch, unmixed, manifest, unvarnished, apparently, evidently, unmistakable, unembellished, knit, plainly, complain, patent, patently, plain_stitch, kick, field, obviously, champaign, homely, knit_stitch, bare, spare, evident, unmingled, manifestly, quetch, unpatterned, unornamented, plain, apparent

    Antonyms: fancy, cheer, patterned


  • 49. Full of oneself - Show Answer

    SMUG

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: self-satisfied, smug


  • 50. Aftereffects from working out - Show Answer

    ACHES

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: suffer, ache, languish, aching, hurt, smart, yen, yearn, pine


  • 52. C.F.O. or C.I.O - Show Answer

    EXEC

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: White_House, EXEC


  • 53. Currency of Colombia - Show Answer

    PESO

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: Cuban_peso, Chilean_peso, peso, Mexican_peso, Uruguayan_peso, Dominican_peso, Philippine_peso, Colombian_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso


  • 54. Strong squeeze - Show Answer

    BEARHUG

    (7 letters)


  • 56. Rave (about) - Show Answer

    GUSH

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: ebullition, outpouring, jet, outburst, spout, effusion, blowup, flush, gush, rave, spirt, spurt


  • 58. Where shots are taken - Show Answer

    BAR

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: banish, measure, exclude, cake, blockade, barroom, legal_profession, stop, Browning_automatic_rifle, BAR, block_up, prevention, ginmill, relegate, bar, block_off, block, taproom, barricade, debar, saloon, streak, legal_community, stripe

    Antonyms: unbar


  • 59. Song from "The Little Mermaid" that's a phonetic hint to interpreting the answers to the starred clues - Show Answer

    UNDERTHESEA

    (11 letters)


  • 64. Part of a which-came-first debate - Show Answer

    EGG

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: bollock, orchis, ballock, testicle, ball, eggs, testis, nut, egg


  • 65. Pageant accessory - Show Answer

    TIARA

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: tiara


  • 66. Straightens things out, say - Show Answer

    IRONS

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: smoothing_iron, iron_out, irons, Fe, chains, iron, atomic_number_26, branding_iron, press


  • 67. Discussion starter? - Show Answer

    DEE

    (3 letters)


  • 68. Afflictions that rhyme with the body parts they're found in - Show Answer

    STYES

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: stye, sty, hordeolum, eye_infection


  • 69. Isn't settled - Show Answer

    PENDS

    (5 letters)


Down Clues and Answers:

  • 1. Vaccine, informally - Show Answer

    JAB

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: thrusting, poke, prod, jabbing, thrust, dig, stab, poking, jab


  • 2. Word with France or Force - Show Answer

    AIR

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: publicize, melody, gentle_wind, publicise, aerate, air_out, air_travel, line, atmosphere, breeze, send, aura, ventilate, air, melodic_phrase, bare, vent, airwave, transmit, zephyr, beam, melodic_line, aviation, tune, strain, broadcast


  • 3. What it would be a mistake to write twice? - Show Answer

    BOO

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: snort, boo, hoot, Bronx_cheer, razz, razzing, bird, raspberry, hiss

    Antonyms: applaud


  • 4. Valuable Scrabble tiles - Show Answer

    BLANKS

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: dummy, blank, blank_shell, lacuna, space


  • 5. Right hand, so to speak - Show Answer

    AIDE

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: auxiliary, aide-de-camp, adjutant, aide


  • 6. Actor in "12 Years a Slave" and "12 Monkeys" - Show Answer

    BRADPITT

    (8 letters)


  • 7. ___ Cruces, N.M. - Show Answer

    LAS

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: atomic_number_57, la, La, Louisiana, lah, lanthanum, LA, Pelican_State


  • 8. Ocean creatures with three hearts - Show Answer

    OCTOPI

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: octopus, devilfish


  • 9. Label for a box during a household purge - Show Answer

    KEEP

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: keep_on, sustain, livelihood, living, proceed, keep, hold, hold_on, bread_and_butter, support, donjon, maintain, dungeon, observe, continue, sustenance, go_along, keep_back, keep_open, restrain, prevent, go_on, hold_open, celebrate, retain, stay_fresh, hold_back, preserve, save

    Antonyms: let, discontinue, lose, break


  • 10. Messed up - Show Answer

    ERRED

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: stray, slip, drift, err, mistake


  • 11. *Not moving fast enough - Show Answer

    CLOSINGTIME

    (11 letters)


  • 12. Read over - Show Answer

    PERUSE

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: peruse


  • 13. Gets used to new surroundings - Show Answer

    ADAPTS

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: adapt, adjust, conform, accommodate


  • 18. *Increases sharply - Show Answer

    CRAMPSUP

    (8 letters)


  • 22. Highlighter colors, usually - Show Answer

    NEONS

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: neon, Ne, atomic_number_10


  • 23. Traps, with "in" - Show Answer

    HEMS

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: hem, ahem


  • 24. Before: Prefix - Show Answer

    ANTE

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: ante


  • 25. *Rip off - Show Answer

    COVERCHARGE

    (11 letters)


  • 27. Meditation mantras - Show Answer

    OMS

    (3 letters)


  • 31. *Like 10%-fat beef - Show Answer

    CLEANCUT

    (8 letters)


  • 34. Wood used to age brandy - Show Answer

    OAK

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: oak_tree, oak


  • 36. Boat propeller - Show Answer

    OAR

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: oar


  • 38. ___ face - Show Answer

    POKER

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: salamander, poker_game, poker, stove_poker, fire_hook


  • 39. Duck delicacy - Show Answer

    FOIEGRAS

    (8 letters)


  • 40. Great work - Show Answer

    OPUS

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: opus, piece, musical_composition, piece_of_music, composition


  • 41. Something that's not going to happen - Show Answer

    NOGO

    (4 letters)


  • 43. Bill Clinton's is displayed at the Smithsonian, for short - Show Answer

    SAX

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: saxophone, Adolphe_Sax, sax, Sax


  • 45. Caught - Show Answer

    NABBED

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: apprehend, nab, collar, arrest, pick_up, cop, nail


  • 46. Time when glaciers form - Show Answer

    ICEAGE

    (6 letters)


  • 48. Gym session devoted to squats, dead lifts, etc. - Show Answer

    LEGDAY

    (6 letters)


  • 49. It's a ball - Show Answer

    SPHERE

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: heavens, vault_of_heaven, sphere, firmament, arena, celestial_sphere, empyrean, domain, orbit, sector, sphere_of_influence, field, welkin, area


  • 51. Powers (down) - Show Answer

    SHUTS

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: exclude, close, shut_out, shut, keep_out

    Antonyms: admit, open


  • 55. Textbook section - Show Answer

    UNIT

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: whole, unit_of_measurement, unit, building_block, social_unit


  • 57. Tanker, e.g. - Show Answer

    SHIP

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: ship, transport, embark, send

    Antonyms: disembark


  • 60. Before, poetically - Show Answer

    ERE

    (3 letters)


  • 61. "Mushnik & ___" ("Little Shop of Horrors" song) - Show Answer

    SON

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: son, Logos, boy, Word, Son

    Antonyms: daughter, girl


  • 62. Extra-crusty piece of bread - Show Answer

    END

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: goal, closing, stop, end, finish, terminate, final_stage, ending, remnant, remainder, close, death, oddment, terminal, destruction, conclusion, last, cease

    Antonyms: begin, beginning


  • 63. Bad thing to make of oneself - Show Answer

    ASS

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: stern, tooshie, American_Samoa, posterior, fucking, derriere, ass, butt, arse, roll_in_the_hay, hind_end, As, fanny, behind, bum, backside, tail, keister, fundament, buttocks, piece_of_ass, seat, buns, rear_end, nookie, nooky, nates, rear, screwing, Eastern_Samoa, rump, prat, tush, bottom, shag, atomic_number_33, can, piece_of_tail, shtup, AS, screw, tail_end, fuck, arsenic, hindquarters


Thursday, April 2, 2026

XWordHint Crossword Answers April 02, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lovers who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Fanatical groups 5
2A 6. Dish often topped with lime and cilantro 3
3A 9. Sci-fi warrior 4
4A 13. One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven 5
5A 14. Team behind the cameras 4
6A 15. Actor Epps of "House" 4
7A 16. Question after "Well, well, well ..." 14
8A 18. Jerk 4
9A 19. "Family Guy" character with a nasal voice 4
10A 20. Exec who manages a company's day-to-day affairs 3
11A 21. Word with market or list 5
12A 22. "Too late to do anything about it now" 17
13A 26. One who has a lot to show? 7
14A 28. Bungee jumping requirement 4
15A 29. First name in beauty products 5
16A 30. Egg carton? 3
17A 31. Holders of hammers and anvils 4
18A 35. One cause of deterioration 3
19A 36. Marine creatures that can grow to the size of double-decker buses 11
20A 40. Genre for DMX or DMC 3
21A 41. Coffee maker inserts 4
22A 43. Actor Somerhalder of "Lost" 3
23A 44. Gas company with a triangular logo 5
24A 46. One side in a "Holy War" rivalry in college football 4
25A 48. Player on the bench? 7
26A 50. Sarcastic response to an unwanted offer 17
27A 54. Oodles 5
28A 55. Member of a Tolkien army 3
29A 56. Object in Pixar's logo 4
30A 59. Demolish 4
31A 60. Facial wrinkles ... or what's present in 16-, 22-, 36- and 50-Across? 10
32A 63. School with a larger-than-life bronze statue of Henry VI 4
33A 64. Fun-size 4
34A 65. Irritating "cloud" 5
35A 66. Beech or birch 4
36A 67. Ernie who has won the British Open twice 3
37A 68. Shoelace protector 5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Fanatical groups"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
  • Similar words include: furor, religious cult, rage
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CULTS

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2A: "6. Dish often topped with lime and cilantro"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: PHO

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3A: "9. Sci-fi warrior"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JEDI

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4A: "13. One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
  • Similar words include: opera house
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OPERA

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5A: "14. Team behind the cameras"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
  • Similar words include: gang, crowd, work party
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CREW

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6A: "15. Actor Epps of "House""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OMAR

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7A: "16. Question after "Well, well, well ...""

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WHATHAVEWEHERE

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8A: "18. Jerk"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an american who lives in the north (especially during the american civil war)
  • Similar words include: jerk, Yankee, Northerner
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: YANK

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9A: "19. "Family Guy" character with a nasal voice"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOIS

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10A: "20. Exec who manages a company's day-to-day affairs"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sound made by a pigeon
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: COO

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11A: "21. Word with market or list"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
  • Similar words include: Mary Leontyne Price, Leontyne Price, terms
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PRICE

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12A: "22. "Too late to do anything about it now""

17 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: THATSHIPHASSAILED

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13A: "26. One who has a lot to show?"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a real estate agent who is a member of the national association of realtors
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REALTOR

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14A: "28. Bungee jumping requirement"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a line made of twisted fibers or threads
  • Similar words include: electric cord, corduroy
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CORD

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15A: "29. First name in beauty products"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ESTEE

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16A: "30. Egg carton?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an enclosed space
  • Similar words include: pouch, sack, pocket
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SAC

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17A: "31. Holders of hammers and anvils"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
  • Similar words include: ear, auricle, pinna
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EARS

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18A: "35. One cause of deterioration"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of using
  • Similar words include: employment, exercise, purpose
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: USE

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19A: "36. Marine creatures that can grow to the size of double-decker buses"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WHALESHARKS

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20A: "40. Genre for DMX or DMC"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
  • Similar words include: tap, rap music, pat
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RAP

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21A: "41. Coffee maker inserts"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
  • Similar words include: cod, seedcase, pod
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PODS

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22A: "43. Actor Somerhalder of "Lost""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IAN

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23A: "44. Gas company with a triangular logo"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CITGO

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24A: "46. One side in a "Holy War" rivalry in college football"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
  • Similar words include: Ute
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: UTES

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25A: "48. Player on the bench?"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who plays the piano
  • Similar words include: piano player
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PIANIST

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26A: "50. Sarcastic response to an unwanted offer"

17 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: THANKSBUTNOTHANKS

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27A: "54. Oodles"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large number or amount
  • Similar words include: scores, lashings, peck
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HEAPS

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28A: "55. Member of a Tolkien army"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ORC

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29A: "56. Object in Pixar's logo"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an artificial source of visible illumination
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LAMP

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30A: "59. Demolish"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  • Similar words include: dismantle, rase, tear down
  • Opposite of: raise
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RAZE

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31A: "60. Facial wrinkles ... or what's present in 16-, 22-, 36- and 50-Across?"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LAUGHLINES

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32A: "63. School with a larger-than-life bronze statue of Henry VI"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ETON

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33A: "64. Fun-size"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Similar words include: bantam, midget, petite
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TINY

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34A: "65. Irritating "cloud""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
  • Similar words include: gnat
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GNATS

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35A: "66. Beech or birch"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
  • Similar words include: Sir Henry Wood, woodwind, Grant Wood
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WOOD

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36A: "67. Ernie who has won the British Open twice"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
  • Similar words include: el, elevated railroad, overhead railway
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ELS

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37A: "68. Shoelace protector"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon
  • Similar words include: aiglet, aiguilette
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AGLET

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Part of a Batman costume 4
2D 2. Until 4
3D 3. Had an uplifting experience? 9
4D 4. Bridge framework 7
5D 5. Shop item with teeth 3
6D 6. Before surgery, in brief 5
7D 7. "Let ___ Go" (2012 Passenger hit) 3
8D 8. Be shy 3
9D 9. Some kicks on Route 66, maybe 7
10D 10. Bit of info on a résumé 5
11D 11. Ball 5
12D 12. Teed off 5
13D 14. Group in a loft 5
14D 17. Sound in a cave 4
15D 21. Course standard 3
16D 23. Gumbo, e.g. 4
17D 24. Disney villain based on Shakespeare's King Claudius 4
18D 25. Punch in the face, say 4
19D 26. Extend a tour of duty 4
20D 27. The first letter in this gas brand's logo resembles a backward 3 4
21D 30. It's often identified by its last four digits, in brief 3
22D 32. Made in a nonmechanized way, as food products 9
23D 33. Cloths for custodians 4
24D 34. TV ad 4
25D 37. Stead 4
26D 38. Like Alabama vis-à-vis Mississippi 4
27D 39. Create a PDF of, maybe 4
28D 42. Hang 7
29D 45. Slightest idea 7
30D 47. Airer of the game show "Wipeout" 3
31D 48. Bess's beau on Broadway 5
32D 49. Eczema symptom 4
33D 50. Pitched 5
34D 51. "Cool beans!" 5
35D 52. Instrument once known as a "toy trumpet" 5
36D 53. Followers of articles 5
37D 57. Parcel (out) 4
38D 58. Whisper that might accompany a tap 4
39D 60. Broadband letters 3
40D 61. Need a day off, say 3
41D 62. Big Apple airport code 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Part of a Batman costume"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
  • Similar words include: cowling, bonnet, hood
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: COWL

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2D: "2. Until"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: UPTO

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3D: "3. Had an uplifting experience?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
  • Similar words include: levitate, hover
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: LEVITATED

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4D: "4. Bridge framework"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a supporting tower used to support a bridge
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: TRESTLE

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5D: "5. Shop item with teeth"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
  • Similar words include: construe, assure, run into
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAW

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6D: "6. Before surgery, in brief"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: PREOP

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7D: "7. "Let ___ Go" (2012 Passenger hit)"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: HER

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8D: "8. Be shy"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that be obliged to pay or repay
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: OWE

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9D: "9. Some kicks on Route 66, maybe"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure
  • Similar words include: tool around, tool
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: JOYRIDE

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10D: "10. Bit of info on a résumé"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
  • Similar words include: netmail, e-mail, electronic mail
  • Opposite of: snail mail
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Answer: EMAIL

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11D: "11. Ball"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an artistic form of nonverbal communication
  • Similar words include: trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dancing
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: DANCE

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12D: "12. Teed off"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that irritate or vex
  • Similar words include: irk, gall
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRKED

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13D: "14. Group in a loft"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
  • Similar words include: consort, chorus
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHOIR

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14D: "17. Sound in a cave"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
  • Similar words include: repeat, reverberation, reverberate
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECHO

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15D: "21. Course standard"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
  • Similar words include: equality, equivalence, equation
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAR

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16D: "23. Gumbo, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that agitation resulting from active worry
  • Similar words include: lather, sweat, swither
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: STEW

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17D: "24. Disney villain based on Shakespeare's King Claudius"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
  • Similar words include: pock, mark, cicatrix
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAR

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18D: "25. Punch in the face, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
  • Similar words include: whop, bonk, drogue
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOCK

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19D: "26. Extend a tour of duty"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: REUP

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20D: "27. The first letter in this gas brand's logo resembles a backward 3"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESSO

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21D: "30. It's often identified by its last four digits, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSN

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22D: "32. Made in a nonmechanized way, as food products"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: ARTISANAL

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23D: "33. Cloths for custodians"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small piece of cloth or paper
  • Similar words include: cod, lecture, call down
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAGS

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24D: "34. TV ad"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a point located with respect to surface features of some region
  • Similar words include: smirch, position, spy
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPOT

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25D: "37. Stead"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
  • Similar words include: place, stead, position
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIEU

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26D: "38. Like Alabama vis-à-vis Mississippi"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
  • Similar words include: due east, E, eastern United States
  • Opposite of: west
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Answer: EAST

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27D: "39. Create a PDF of, maybe"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
  • Similar words include: run down, rake, skim
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAN

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28D: "42. Hang"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hang freely
  • Similar words include: debar, set aside, freeze
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: SUSPEND

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29D: "45. Slightest idea"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  • Similar words include: intimation, glimmering, glimmer
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: INKLING

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30D: "47. Airer of the game show "Wipeout""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
  • Similar words include: terabit, TiB, tuberculosis
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TBS

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31D: "48. Bess's beau on Broadway"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern atlantic coast of the united states
  • Similar words include: scup
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: PORGY

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32D: "49. Eczema symptom"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
  • Similar words include: scabies, urge, itching
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITCH

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33D: "50. Pitched"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that propel through the air
  • Similar words include: throw off, befuddle, confound
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: THREW

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34D: "51. "Cool beans!""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEATO

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35D: "52. Instrument once known as a "toy trumpet""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: KAZOO

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36D: "53. Followers of articles"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
  • Similar words include: noun
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOUNS

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37D: "57. Parcel (out)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a line that indicates a boundary
  • Similar words include: delimitation, boundary line, borderline
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: METE

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38D: "58. Whisper that might accompany a tap"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST

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39D: "60. Broadband letters"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: LTE

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40D: "61. Need a day off, say"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that aromatic bulb used as seasoning
  • Similar words include: trouble, garlic, pain
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AIL

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41D: "62. Big Apple airport code"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: LGA

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues

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