No 27382, Sunday Oct 27, 2024 NY Times Crossword by Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen

Across Clues :

1. Exams first administered in 1926, 5. View from St. Moritz, 9. "I thought you were my friend!?", 13. Load of laundry, 17. Jeweler's unit, 19. Complete journey … or what 84-Down makes in this puzzle?, 21. Woodworker's spinner, 22. Like Yeats, but not Keats, 23. Aids in car buying, 24. Remove from packaging, 25. Complete some reps, 27. In the red, 28. Do-to-do delivery?, 29. Joan Cusack and Robert Downey Jr. each spent one season on it, for short, 30. Certain court documents, 33. In which 1 + 1 equals 10, 36. Former senator Kennedy, 37. Completing a cycle, like 84-Down in this puzzle?, 40. "Battle Hymn of the Republic," for one, 42. Borrower's note, 43. Like many verification codes, 46. Impressively tough, in slang, 47. Crocheting template, 50. Re-lease?, 52. Nickname for a 2000s Yankee slugger, 53. Montreal hockey player, to fans, 54. Check scanner, for short, 56. A.P.R.-lowering option, 57. A.P., Reuters, etc., 59. Hudson Bay or the Caspian, 63. Hair-lightening brand, 64. Sherlock Holmes, e.g., 66. Apt central entry for this puzzle, 67. The Lone Ranger, to Tonto, 69. Gender-neutral possessive, 71. Possesses, 72. Office message, 73. Millimeter-wide photo used for conveying secret messages, 77. Pants, informally, 81. Roofed porch, 82. Late-night sub, say, 86. Garfield's predecessor, 88. Weary cry, 90. Company whose name ends in an exclamation point, 91. Steak option in northern Canada, 93. Celebrity chef Hussain who won "The Great British Bake Off", 94. However, 95. Fit to serve, in a way, 96. Ireland, poetically, 97. Newlyweds' booking, 104. Behind, 105. Gives a lot of attention, with "on", 107. Old ___, Conn., 108. Supermodel with a palindromic name, 109. ___ Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state, 110. "What have we here!", 111. "They'll grow out of that" … or a description of eight squares in this puzzle, 115. Every member of the C.I.A.'s K-9 unit, 116. "___ Affaire de Femmes" (1988 French classic), 117. It can be quite sappy, 118. Half of an exchange, 119. "Let's do it!", 120. Texter's "As I see it …", 121. Co. that introduced Dungeons & Dragons, 122. Means of getting unstuck, 123. Black ___, 124. Margaret Thatcher, e.g., 125. Chiding sound

Down Clues :

1. Hits a rough patch, perhaps, 2. Judge seen on a bench, 3. Major ordeal, 4. Lip, 5. Constellation in the southern sky, 6. Reed or Rawls, 7. Delay, 8. Sledder's outfit, 9. Color named for a famed prep school, 10. Oh-so-regrettable, 11. What's mined in a stannary, 12. Big name in shipping, 13. Wish list item, 14. Time "up", 15. Act rudely in a crowd, 16. Did some spelling?, 18. Jersey-born rock icon, familiarly, 20. Roman numeral that anagrams to part of the eye, 21. "Charlie's Angels" actress, 26. Charlie's Angels and others, 28. Their dorsal fins can reach six feet in height, 31. Stopover, 32. Vessel for an omelet, 34. Diminuendo al ___ ("fade to nothingness," on a score), 35. Slot machine lever, 37. Marked, 38. Property unit, 39. Europe's highest volcano, 40. Nintendo antagonist in purple overalls, 41. Decorate, 44. First name on the Supreme Court, 45. Lifesaving device, for short, 46. Cry loudly, 48. Skilled, 49. Symptom of an allergic reaction, 51. Fork part, 53. Mob enforcer, 55. Add milk to a customer's coffee, in diner lingo, 58. Feature of James Earl Jones's voice, 60. "That hits the spot!", 61. Gun lobby org., 62. Some N.F.L. linemen, in brief, 63. Gave a big kiss, 65. Big name in experimental music, 68. CPR expert, 70. Insignificant amount, 72. "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel hit), 73. Cookies made with ground almond or coconut, 74. Highly agitated, 75. Ain't that the tooth!, 76. Crime novelist Josephine, 77. Sound from beneath a sheet, 78. Skywalker portrayer, 79. Guesstimate, 80. Elite naval groups, 81. Nearly succeeded … but there's a catch!, 83. Green-light, 84. This puzzle's subject, 85. Places for grilling, 87. Horned antelope of southern Africa, 89. Cry of frustration, 92. "You follow?", 98. Elizabeth of "WandaVision", 99. A.F.C. East player, 100. Bird that's incapable of walking backward, 101. Ballpark figure, 102. Cry in a laser tag arena, 103. Spanish "I love you", 106. Jedi foe, 109. Nonsense word in a playground rhyme, 112. Prefix with glyceride, 113. Gentle attention-getter, 114. Polite term of address

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 27, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Exams first administered in 1926. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SATS

  
  

  Possible Answer : Sat, Sabbatum, Saturday




• The clue is 5. View from St. Moritz. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALPS

  
  

  Possible Answer : alp, the_Alps, Alps




• The clue is 9. "I thought you were my friend!?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETTU

  
  



• The clue is 13. Load of laundry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WASH

  
  

  Possible Answer : washing, lap, slipstream, wash_off, race, wash, moisten, wash_out, airstream, launder, laundry, wash_away, wash_drawing, washables, washout, lavation, rinse, backwash, lave, dry_wash, dampen




• The clue is 17. Jeweler's unit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KARAT

  
  

  Possible Answer : kt, carat, karat




• The clue is 19. Complete journey … or what 84-Down makes in this puzzle?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ROUNDTRIP

  
  



• The clue is 21. Woodworker's spinner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LATHE

  
  

  Possible Answer : lathe




• The clue is 22. Like Yeats, but not Keats. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRISH

  
  

  Possible Answer : Irish_whisky, Irish_people, Irish, Irish_whiskey, Irish_Gaelic




• The clue is 23. Aids in car buying. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: AUTOLOANS

  
  



• The clue is 24. Remove from packaging. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNBOX

  
  

  Possible Answer : unbox

  Possible Opposite Answer : box




• The clue is 25. Complete some reps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOASET

  
  



• The clue is 27. In the red. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWING

  
  

  Possible Answer : owe, undischarged, owing, outstanding




• The clue is 28. Do-to-do delivery?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTAVE

  
  

  Possible Answer : musical_octave, octave




• The clue is 29. Joan Cusack and Robert Downey Jr. each spent one season on it, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNL

  
  



• The clue is 30. Certain court documents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRIEFS

  
  

  Possible Answer : briefs, legal_brief, Jockey_shorts, brief




• The clue is 33. In which 1 + 1 equals 10. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BINARY

  
  

  Possible Answer : double_star, binary_program, binary_star, binary




• The clue is 36. Former senator Kennedy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TED

  
  

  Possible Answer : Teddy_boy, Ted




• The clue is 37. Completing a cycle, like 84-Down in this puzzle?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOINGFULLCIRCLE

  
  



• The clue is 40. "Battle Hymn of the Republic," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WARSONG

  
  



• The clue is 42. Borrower's note. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IOU

  
  

  Possible Answer : IOU




• The clue is 43. Like many verification codes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMAILED

  
  

  Possible Answer : email, netmail, e-mail




• The clue is 46. Impressively tough, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BADASS

  
  



• The clue is 47. Crocheting template. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATTERN

  
  

  Possible Answer : model, convention, practice, shape, form, radiation_pattern, normal, formula, traffic_pattern, rule, design, pattern, figure, blueprint, radiation_diagram, approach_pattern




• The clue is 50. Re-lease?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUBLET

  
  

  Possible Answer : sublease, sublet




• The clue is 52. Nickname for a 2000s Yankee slugger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AROD

  
  



• The clue is 53. Montreal hockey player, to fans. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAB

  
  



• The clue is 54. Check scanner, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATM

  
  

  Possible Answer : cash_dispenser, automated_teller_machine, atm, automatic_teller_machine, standard_pressure, atmosphere, automatic_teller, standard_atmosphere, cash_machine, automated_teller, asynchronous_transfer_mode, ATM




• The clue is 56. A.P.R.-lowering option. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REFI

  
  



• The clue is 57. A.P., Reuters, etc.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WIRES

  
  

  Possible Answer : telegram, electrify, telegraph, wire, cable, conducting_wire

  Possible Opposite Answer : unwire




• The clue is 59. Hudson Bay or the Caspian. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: INLANDSEA

  
  



• The clue is 63. Hair-lightening brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUNIN

  
  



• The clue is 64. Sherlock Holmes, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LONDONER

  
  

  Possible Answer : Londoner




• The clue is 66. Apt central entry for this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARTH

  
  

  Possible Answer : earthly_concern, dry_land, Earth, terra_firma, solid_ground, worldly_concern, earth, globe, land, ground, world




• The clue is 67. The Lone Ranger, to Tonto. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KEMOSABE

  
  



• The clue is 69. Gender-neutral possessive. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONES

  
  

  Possible Answer : ace, unity, 1, I, single, one




• The clue is 71. Possesses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAS

  
  

  Possible Answer : induce, throw, deliver, receive, take, hold, let, get, hour_angle, have_got, stimulate, make, possess, take_in, give, suffer, consume, give_birth, cause, accept, ingest, have, HA, sustain, birth, own, bear, feature, experience

  Possible Opposite Answer : lack, abstain, refuse




• The clue is 72. Office message. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEMO

  
  

  Possible Answer : memo, memoranda, memorandum




• The clue is 73. Millimeter-wide photo used for conveying secret messages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MICRODOT

  
  

  Possible Answer : microdot




• The clue is 77. Pants, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRITCHES

  
  

  Possible Answer : britches




• The clue is 81. Roofed porch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LANAI

  
  

  Possible Answer : Lanai, Lanai_Island, lanai




• The clue is 82. Late-night sub, say. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: GUESTHOST

  
  



• The clue is 86. Garfield's predecessor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAYES

  
  

  Possible Answer : Rutherford_B._Hayes, Hayes, Rutherford_Birchard_Hayes, Helen_Hayes, hay, President_Hayes




• The clue is 88. Weary cry. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ICANTGOON

  
  



• The clue is 90. Company whose name ends in an exclamation point. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YAHOO

  
  

  Possible Answer : hayseed, yokel, hick, rube, yahoo, Yahoo, chawbacon, bumpkin




• The clue is 91. Steak option in northern Canada. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: MOOSEMEAT

  
  



• The clue is 93. Celebrity chef Hussain who won "The Great British Bake Off". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NADIYA

  
  



• The clue is 94. However. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YET

  
  

  Possible Answer : nonetheless, nevertheless, even_so, so_far, til_now, withal, in_time, hitherto, up_to_now, even, however, still, until_now, heretofore, as_yet, thus_far, all_the_same, yet, notwithstanding




• The clue is 95. Fit to serve, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDIBLE

  
  

  Possible Answer : comestible, victual, edible, pabulum, eatable, victuals

  Possible Opposite Answer : inedible




• The clue is 96. Ireland, poetically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERIN

  
  

  Possible Answer : Erin




• The clue is 97. Newlyweds' booking. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: HONEYMOONSUITE

  
  



• The clue is 104. Behind. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LATE

  
  

  Possible Answer : deep, previous, recently, recent, belatedly, late, latterly, of_late, later, former, lately, belated, tardy, tardily

  Possible Opposite Answer : early




• The clue is 105. Gives a lot of attention, with "on". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOTES

  
  

  Possible Answer : dot, stud, disperse, constellate, scatter, dote, sprinkle, dust




• The clue is 107. Old ___, Conn.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYME

  
  



• The clue is 108. Supermodel with a palindromic name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMME

  
  



• The clue is 109. ___ Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLEN

  
  



• The clue is 110. "What have we here!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OOH

  
  

  Possible Answer : aah, ooh




• The clue is 111. "They'll grow out of that" … or a description of eight squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITSJUSTAPHASE

  
  



• The clue is 115. Every member of the C.I.A.'s K-9 unit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAB

  
  

  Possible Answer : research_laboratory, research_lab, lab, science_laboratory, laboratory, science_lab




• The clue is 116. "___ Affaire de Femmes" (1988 French classic). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNE

  
  



• The clue is 117. It can be quite sappy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREE

  
  

  Possible Answer : corner, Tree, tree, shoetree, Sir_Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree, tree_diagram




• The clue is 118. Half of an exchange. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAT

  
  

  Possible Answer : tackiness, tat, intertwine, TAT, cheapness, sleaze, Thematic_Apperception_Test




• The clue is 119. "Let's do it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMIN

  
  



• The clue is 120. Texter's "As I see it …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMO

  
  

  Possible Answer : International_Maritime_Organization, IMO




• The clue is 121. Co. that introduced Dungeons & Dragons. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSR

  
  



• The clue is 122. Means of getting unstuck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HINT

  
  

  Possible Answer : soupcon, wind, clue, jot, suggest, intimation, touch, suggestion, tinge, pinch, trace, speck, confidential_information, mite, steer, tip, lead, breath, hint




• The clue is 123. Black ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPS

  
  

  Possible Answer : Ops




• The clue is 124. Margaret Thatcher, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORY

  
  

  Possible Answer : Tory




• The clue is 125. Chiding sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSK

  
  

  Possible Answer : tut-tut, tut, tsk

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Hits a rough patch, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIDS

  
  

  Possible Answer: slue, sideslip, slip, slide, brake_shoe, skid, slew, shoe

• The clue is 2. Judge seen on a bench. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AARON

  
  

  Possible Answer: Hank_Aaron, Aaron, Henry_Louis_Aaron

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

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

  The answer: TRIAL

  
  

  Possible Answer: trial, visitation, run, tribulation, trial_run, test, tryout

• The clue is 4. Lip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SASS

  
  

  Possible Answer: sassing, Special_Air_Service, back_talk, backtalk, mouth, lip, SAS, sass

• The clue is 5. Constellation in the southern sky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARA

  
  

  Possible Answer: Ara, genus_Ara

• The clue is 6. Reed or Rawls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOU

  
  

• The clue is 7. Delay. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUTOFF

  
  

  Possible Answer: putoff

• The clue is 8. Sledder's outfit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNOWSUIT

  
  

  Possible Answer: snowsuit

• The clue is 9. Color named for a famed prep school. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETONBLUE

  
  

• The clue is 10. Oh-so-regrettable. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAGIC

  
  

  Possible Answer: tragic, tragical

• The clue is 11. What's mined in a stannary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIN

  
  

  Possible Answer: tin, Sn, cannister, tin_can, can, canister, put_up, atomic_number_50

• The clue is 12. Big name in shipping. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPS

  
  

  Possible Answer: up

• The clue is 13. Wish list item. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WANT

  
  

  Possible Answer: deprivation, wishing, desire, lack, wish, neediness, want, need, deficiency, require, privation

• The clue is 14. Time "up". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATBAT

  
  

• The clue is 15. Act rudely in a crowd. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOVE

  
  

  Possible Answer: thrust, stuff, jostle, squeeze, shove

• The clue is 16. Did some spelling?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEXED

  
  

  Possible Answer: jinx, enchant, glamour, hex, hexed, witch, bewitch, jinxed

• The clue is 18. Jersey-born rock icon, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEBOSS

  
  

• The clue is 20. Roman numeral that anagrams to part of the eye. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DLI

  
  

• The clue is 21. "Charlie's Angels" actress. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUCYLIU

  
  

• The clue is 26. Charlie's Angels and others. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIOS

  
  

  Possible Answer: III, ternion, terzetto, ternary, trio, threesome, triple, tierce, three, trine, triad, leash, tercet, trinity, trey, deuce-ace, troika, triplet, 3

• The clue is 28. Their dorsal fins can reach six feet in height. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORCAS

  
  

  Possible Answer: sea_wolf, killer_whale, killer, Orcinus_orca, orca, grampus

• The clue is 31. Stopover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INN

  
  

  Possible Answer: inn, hostelry, hostel, auberge, lodge

• The clue is 32. Vessel for an omelet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGGPAN

  
  

• The clue is 34. Diminuendo al ___ ("fade to nothingness," on a score). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIENTE

  
  

• The clue is 35. Slot machine lever. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARM

  
  

  Possible Answer: limb, build_up, sleeve, subdivision, arm, weapon, branch, gird, fortify, weapon_system

  Possible Opposite Answer : disarm

• The clue is 37. Marked. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRADED

  
  

  Possible Answer: rank, rate, ranked, score, mark, order, stratified, range, graded, place, grade

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

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

  The answer: LOT

  
  

  Possible Answer: great_deal, flock, batch, dispense, dish_out, pile, mass, muckle, band, bunch, mint, spate, fate, deal_out, mountain, set, mickle, fortune, heap, mete_out, parcel_out, allot, Lot, mess, pot, destiny, plenty, shell_out, circle, good_deal, passel, quite_a_little, tidy_sum, lot, portion, dole_out, deal, slew, stack, administer, distribute, sight, luck, hatful, wad, caboodle, peck, draw, raft, circumstances

• The clue is 39. Europe's highest volcano. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELBRUS

  
  

• The clue is 40. Nintendo antagonist in purple overalls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WARIO

  
  

• The clue is 41. Decorate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADORN

  
  

  Possible Answer: grace, invest, deck, adorn, decorate, ornament, beautify, clothe, embellish

• The clue is 44. First name on the Supreme Court. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELENA

  
  

• The clue is 45. Lifesaving device, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEFIB

  
  

• The clue is 46. Cry loudly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAWL

  
  

  Possible Answer: bellow, bawl, yawp

• The clue is 48. Skilled. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABLE

  
  

  Possible Answer: able, capable, able-bodied

  Possible Opposite Answer : unable

• The clue is 49. Symptom of an allergic reaction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RASH

  
  

  Possible Answer: rash, roseola, skin_rash, heady, foolhardy, efflorescence, reckless, blizzard

• The clue is 51. Fork part. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TINE

  
  

  Possible Answer: tine

• The clue is 53. Mob enforcer. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: HIREDGOON

  
  

• The clue is 55. Add milk to a customer's coffee, in diner lingo. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: MAKEITMOO

  
  

• The clue is 58. Feature of James Earl Jones's voice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SONORITY

  
  

  Possible Answer: sonority, resonance, reverberance, sonorousness, ringing, vibrancy, plangency

• The clue is 60. "That hits the spot!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AAH

  
  

  Possible Answer: aah, ooh

• The clue is 61. Gun lobby org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NRA

  
  

  Possible Answer: NRA, National_Rifle_Association

• The clue is 62. Some N.F.L. linemen, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DTS

  
  

  Possible Answer: DTs, delirium_tremens

• The clue is 63. Gave a big kiss. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMOOCHED

  
  

  Possible Answer: spoon, smooch

• The clue is 65. Big name in experimental music. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENO

  
  

• The clue is 68. CPR expert. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMT

  
  

• The clue is 70. Insignificant amount. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOU

  
  

  Possible Answer: sou

• The clue is 72. "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel hit). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MRS

  
  

  Possible Answer: Mrs, Mr, Mister, Mr., Mrs.

• The clue is 73. Cookies made with ground almond or coconut. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: MACAROONS

  
  

  Possible Answer: macaroon

• The clue is 74. Highly agitated. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: INADITHER

  
  

• The clue is 75. Ain't that the tooth!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANINE

  
  

  Possible Answer: eyetooth, laniary, dogtooth, canine, canine_tooth, canid, eye_tooth, cuspid

• The clue is 76. Crime novelist Josephine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEY

  
  

• The clue is 77. Sound from beneath a sheet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOO

  
  

  Possible Answer: hiss, snort, bird, boo, Bronx_cheer, razz, raspberry, hoot, razzing

  Possible Opposite Answer : applaud

• The clue is 78. Skywalker portrayer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAMILL

  
  

• The clue is 79. Guesstimate. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: EYEBALLIT

  
  

• The clue is 80. Elite naval groups. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SEALTEAMS

  
  

• The clue is 81. Nearly succeeded … but there's a catch!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LINEDOUT

  
  

• The clue is 83. Green-light. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAYYESTO

  
  

• The clue is 84. This puzzle's subject. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEMOON

  
  

• The clue is 85. Places for grilling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOTSEATS

  
  

• The clue is 87. Horned antelope of southern Africa. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEENBOK

  
  

  Possible Answer: Raphicerus_campestris, steinbok, steenbok

• The clue is 89. Cry of frustration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAH

  
  

• The clue is 92. "You follow?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEE

  
  

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

• The clue is 98. Elizabeth of "WandaVision". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLSEN

  
  

• The clue is 99. A.F.C. East player. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NYJET

  
  

• The clue is 100. Bird that's incapable of walking backward. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMU

  
  

  Possible Answer: Emu_novaehollandiae, emu, Dromaius_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit

• The clue is 101. Ballpark figure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UMP

  
  

  Possible Answer: ump, umpire

• The clue is 102. Cry in a laser tag arena. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMHIT

  
  

• The clue is 103. Spanish "I love you". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEAMO

  
  

• The clue is 106. Jedi foe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITH

  
  

• The clue is 109. Nonsense word in a playground rhyme. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EENY

  
  

• The clue is 112. Prefix with glyceride. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRI

  
  

• The clue is 113. Gentle attention-getter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAP

  
  

  Possible Answer: beg, solicit, exploit, bug, pink, strike, water_faucet, tap, water_tap, rap, pat, wiretap, tapdance, intercept, tip, spigot, hydrant, knock, dab

• The clue is 114. Polite term of address. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIR

  
  

  Possible Answer: Sir, sir

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 17, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Sunday, August 17, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

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 lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (59 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Sign off on"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AGREETO

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🧩 2A: "8. Feel the pain"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that undergo or be subjected to
• Similar words include: stand, stomach, sustain
• Opposite of: be well, enjoy

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Answer: SUFFER

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🧩 3A: "14. One of music's Three B's"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that german baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)
• Similar words include: Johann Sebastian Bach, bachelor
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BACH

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🧩 4A: "18. They're paving the way"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROADGANG

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🧩 5A: "20. Island with ferries to Ibiza"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MINORCA

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🧩 6A: "21. Tangent line?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in addition
• Similar words include: likewise, as well, too
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALSO

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🧩 7A: "22. One of the better morning beverages?"

📏 16 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________________

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Answer: NOTYOURAVERAGEOJ

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🧩 8A: "24. Zoom background option"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hazy or indistinct representation
• Similar words include: smutch, dim, obscure
• Opposite of: focus

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BLUR

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🧩 9A: "25. Hrs. for Augusta in August"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EDT

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🧩 10A: "26. "___ Q" (1968 hit)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SUZIE

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🧩 11A: "27. Styling substance"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
• Similar words include: gelatin, mousse, colloidal gel
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GEL

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🧩 12A: "28. "C'mon, the car door's open!""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GETIN

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🧩 13A: "29. Avoid ___ (GPS option)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
• Similar words include: bell, price, toll
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOLLS

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🧩 14A: "32. Slice of the economy"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
• Similar words include: sphere
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SECTOR

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🧩 15A: "35. First non-English-language film to win Best Picture"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
• Similar words include: leech, sponge, sponger
• Opposite of: host

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PARASITE

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🧩 16A: "37. Just one inning left after this?"

📏 17 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THEEIGHTHUNDERWAY

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🧩 17A: "40. Annual gala locale, with "the""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that come together
• Similar words include: suffer, satisfy, come across
• Opposite of: diverge

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Answer: MET

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🧩 18A: "41. Meat sauce in Italian cooking"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAGU

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🧩 19A: "42. Go-getter sorts"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TYPEAS

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🧩 20A: "43. Trifling"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small pond of standing water
• Similar words include: simple, bare
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MERE

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🧩 21A: "45. View from the Quai d'Orsay"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a french river that flows through the heart of paris and then northward into the english channel
• Similar words include: Seine River
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEINE

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🧩 22A: "47. Character with a Jamaican accent in Disney's "The Little Mermaid""

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEBASTIAN

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🧩 23A: "51. How a mountain road may rise or fall"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in a steep manner
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STEEPLY

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🧩 24A: "54. Threads, e.g."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APP

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🧩 25A: "57. Query of worry"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AREYOUOK

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🧩 26A: "59. Units on a multimeter"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
• Similar words include: Ohm, Georg Simon Ohm, ohm
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OHMS

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🧩 27A: "60. Seasoning preference when eating Maryland blue crab?"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EXTRAOLDBAY

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🧩 28A: "64. Berry plant related to a hawthorn"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that wild plum of northeastern united states having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
• Similar words include: Alleghany plum, Prunus alleghaniensis, blackthorn
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SLOE

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🧩 29A: "65. The lion in summer?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Similar words include: Lion, Leo the Lion
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEO

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🧩 30A: "66. "So here's my question ...""

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IASKYOU

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🧩 31A: "67. Humorous ending with hater"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Similar words include: fruit drink
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADE

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🧩 32A: "68. Sephora competitor"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ULTA

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🧩 33A: "70. Two-pound tomahawk steak, for instance?"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JUMBOENTREE

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🧩 34A: "74. Underwater respirator"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a british imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
• Similar words include: lamella, branchia
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GILL

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🧩 35A: "75. Home on the internet, perhaps"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MAINPAGE

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🧩 36A: "77. Prescriptions, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RXS

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🧩 37A: "78. Arouses"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that arouse or elicit a feeling
• Similar words include: energise, energize, excite
• Opposite of: calm, stifle

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EXCITES

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🧩 38A: "80. Slimy scheme for profit"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MONEYGRAB

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🧩 39A: "83. Listing that might include an explanation of benefits"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
• Similar words include: take, title, arrogate
• Opposite of: forfeit, disclaim

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CLAIM

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🧩 40A: "84. Anchors provide this"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that information about recent and important events
• Similar words include: newsworthiness, news program, word
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEWS

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🧩 41A: "85. Casual shoe"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that person who does no work
• Similar words include: do-nothing, idler, bum
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOAFER

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🧩 42A: "89. New Jersey?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that young of domestic cattle
• Similar words include: sura, calfskin
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CALF

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🧩 43A: "91. A.C.C. school"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UVA

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🧩 44A: "93. "Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm ..."?"

📏 17 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOEBAYORNOTTOEBAY

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🧩 45A: "99. Czech brew"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the bohemian town of pilsen
• Similar words include: Pilsner
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PILSENER

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🧩 46A: "101. Move (over)"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCOOCH

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🧩 47A: "102. Michael of R.E.M."

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STIPE

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🧩 48A: "103. The government, at times"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bureaucrat who levies taxes
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TAXER

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🧩 49A: "104. What Pomeranians do"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for the mouth
• Similar words include: gob, maw, cakehole
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YAP

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🧩 50A: "106. The (middle) sound of "silence""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
• Similar words include: shwa
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCHWA

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🧩 51A: "108. "___ but a scratch""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
• Similar words include: si, Ti, titanium
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIS

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🧩 52A: "109. Creature in Magic: The Gathering"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cruel wicked and inhuman person
• Similar words include: fiend, monster, demon
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OGRE

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🧩 53A: "110. Give an extra perk to a cigarette smoker?"

📏 16 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOSSINTHEASHTRAY

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🧩 54A: "115. Finish filming"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
• Similar words include: twine, enwrap, enfold
• Opposite of: unwind, unwrap

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WRAP

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🧩 55A: "116. ___ Attucks, Revolutionary War casualty who posthumously became an abolitionist symbol"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CRISPUS

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🧩 56A: "117. Cherish"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
• Similar words include: hold dear, value, appreciate
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TREASURE

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🧩 57A: "118. No side"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: nay
• Opposite of: yea
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NAYS

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🧩 58A: "119. Become gooey over, as cheese atop a hot burger"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MELTON

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🧩 59A: "120. They're usually found to the left of Q's"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TABKEYS

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (73 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Actor Will of "BoJack Horseman""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARNETT

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🧩 2D: "2. British cry of approval"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GOODOH

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🧩 3D: "3. Scary snake"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
• Similar words include: rattlesnake, freight train
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RATTLER

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🧩 4D: "4. Joseph who co-invented rocky road ice cream"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EDY

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🧩 5D: "5. Obstruction to teamwork, maybe"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Similar words include: self-importance, self, egotism
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EGO

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🧩 6D: "6. Greek crosses"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 19th letter of the greek alphabet
• Similar words include: tau
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TAUS

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🧩 7D: "7. Sudden surge"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
• Similar words include: onset, attack, onslaught
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONRUSH

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🧩 8D: "8. Round Table title"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that term of address for a man
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SIR

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🧩 9D: "9. "___ cerveza, por favor""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UNA

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🧩 10D: "10. Phileas in "Around the World in Eighty Days""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FOGG

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🧩 11D: "11. The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FREEPR

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🧩 12D: "12. Bit of green legislation"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ECOLAW

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🧩 13D: "13. Hindi for "reign""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that british dominion over india (1757-1947)
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAJ

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🧩 14D: "14. Sweethearts"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Similar words include: sister, babe, infant
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BABES

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🧩 15D: "15. One of the best coffee beverages ever?"

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALLTIMEAULAIT

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🧩 16D: "16. Top execs, collectively"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CSUITE

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🧩 17D: "17. Charlotte N.B.A. player"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large stinging paper wasp
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HORNET

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🧩 18D: "19. Montreal newspaper continuously published since 1778, with "The""

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a newspaper or official journal
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GAZETTE

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🧩 19D: "20. Get-together"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MEETUP

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🧩 20D: "23. French city from which a soup gets its name"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a town in central france (south of paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of france during world war ii
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VICHY

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🧩 21D: "28. Merriment, in one spelling"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GAYETY

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🧩 22D: "30. Doesn't own, say"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
• Similar words include: take, hire, rent
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEASES

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🧩 23D: "31. Largest college fraternity in the U.S., familiarly"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SIGEP

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🧩 24D: "33. No U.S. area code starts with this"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: unmatched, I, unrivaled
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONE

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🧩 25D: "34. Nutrition figs."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RDAS

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🧩 26D: "36. Minnesota county whose seat is St. Paul"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAMSEY

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🧩 27D: "38. Artfulness"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
• Similar words include: craft, trickery, chicanery
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GUILE

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🧩 28D: "39. Suffix with journal"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
• Similar words include: east southeast
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ESE

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🧩 29D: "44. Some natural borders en México"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro, Rio
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RIOS

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🧩 30D: "46. Greek goddess of the night"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) greek goddess of the night; daughter of chaos; counterpart of roman nox
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NYX

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🧩 31D: "48. Emperor who founded the Mughal Empire"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BABUR

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🧩 32D: "49. Palindromic constellation"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a constellation in the southern hemisphere near telescopium and norma
• Similar words include: genus Ara
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARA

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🧩 33D: "50. Noggin"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ribbonlike strip of pasta
• Similar words include: noggin, bonce, dome
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOODLE

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🧩 34D: "51. Latin for "only""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOLUM

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🧩 35D: "52. What fugitives are on"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THELAM

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🧩 36D: "53. What might confirm the worst for an athlete's injury?"

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EMOTIONALXRAY

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🧩 37D: "54. Many a Bahraini"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Similar words include: Arabian
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARAB

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🧩 38D: "55. Old El ___ (Tex-Mex brand)"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PASO

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🧩 39D: "56. Game with an annual World Series since 1970"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
• Similar words include: stove poker, salamander, fire hook
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POKER

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🧩 40D: "58. Collapses, with "over""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
• Similar words include: swag, lurch, reel
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KEELS

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🧩 41D: "61. Smartphone clock function"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end
• Similar words include: timekeeper
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIMER

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🧩 42D: "62. A bobcat is one, technically"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a text browser
• Similar words include: catamount
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LYNX

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🧩 43D: "63. ..."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very small circular shape
• Similar words include: Elvis, dot, battery-acid
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOTS

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🧩 44D: "69. Actress Bancroft"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANNE

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🧩 45D: "70. Many-time N.B.A. All-Star Tatum"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JAYSON

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🧩 46D: "71. Boot out of Australia?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UGG

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🧩 47D: "72. Creature with flat, transparent larvae called "leptocephali""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EEL

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🧩 48D: "73. ___ change"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that claim as due or just
• Similar words include: take, accurate, demand
• Opposite of: inexact

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EXACT

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🧩 49D: "74. Vodka-and-lime cocktail"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
• Similar words include: wimble, auger, screw auger
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GIMLET

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🧩 50D: "76. Metal material used for dishware before porcelain became popular"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PEWTER

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🧩 51D: "79. Ta-tas"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Similar words include: ciao, aloha
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CIAOS

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🧩 52D: "81. In the style of"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALA

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🧩 53D: "82. School bathroom sign"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a youthful male person
• Similar words include: boy, male child, son
• Opposite of: girl, female child

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOYS

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🧩 54D: "83. Spin a yarn, perhaps?"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
• Similar words include: crocheting, hook
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CROCHET

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🧩 55D: "86. Progressive inits. in the U.S. Congress"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AOC

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🧩 56D: "87. Puts icing on"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
• Similar words include: Robert Lee Frost, rime, freeze
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FROSTS

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🧩 57D: "88. Methuselah's father"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENOCH

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🧩 58D: "90. Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime stories"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FBITRUE

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🧩 59D: "91. Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s?"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a residential part of town away from the central commercial district
• Opposite of: downtown
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UPTOWN

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🧩 60D: "92. Cialis alternative"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that virility drug (trade name viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men
• Similar words include: sildenafil citrate, sildenafil
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VIAGRA

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🧩 61D: "94. Long-eared pal of Pooh"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EEYORE

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🧩 62D: "95. Country whose name Americans spell with a "z""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the largest latin american country and the largest portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of south america; world's leading coffee exporter
• Similar words include: Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BRASIL

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🧩 63D: "96. Stymie"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
• Similar words include: frustrate, queer, spoil
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THWART

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🧩 64D: "97. Abode that's abuzz"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shed containing a number of beehives
• Similar words include: bee house
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APIARY

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🧩 65D: "98. "Ah, that's right!""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YESYES

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🧩 66D: "100. Trickles"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
• Similar words include: seep, ooze
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEEPS

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🧩 67D: "105. Vowelless attention-getter"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PSST

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🧩 68D: "107. Traveling in waves, say"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in the direction of the sea
• Similar words include: seawards, seaward
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASEA

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🧩 69D: "110. Vintage film channel"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TCM

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🧩 70D: "111. Milestone for a start-up, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
• Similar words include: initial public offering, initial offering
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IPO

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🧩 71D: "112. Sister figure"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a woman religious
• Similar words include: conical buoy, nun buoy
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NUN

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🧩 72D: "113. Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAB

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🧩 73D: "114. Vowelless rebuke"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Similar words include: tut-tut, tut
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TSK

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📊 Today's Puzzle Stats

59 Across Clues

73 Down Clues

132 Total Clues

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Last updated: August 17, 2025 at 04:18 AM