XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 19, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 19 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (36)
Clue #1: 1. Real estate, e.g.
Antonyms: liability
Clue #2: 6. First word of Carroll's "Jabberwocky"
Clue #3: 10. Grps. that are often inactive in the summer
Clue #4: 14. Frida who portrayed her chronic pain through art
Clue #5: 15. Water wheel?
Clue #6: 16. The best of the best
Clue #7: 17. Acrobat developer
Clue #8: 18. "You're in on this?"
Clue #9: 20. Tattle on ... or an instruction for answering 22-Across
Clue #10: 22. Proverbial bad thing to have your mind in
Clue #11: 23. Back muscle, in brief
Clue #12: 25. Sites for mosaics in cathedrals, often
Clue #13: 27. ___ of Solomon
Clue #14: 28. Some aquarium attractions ... or an instruction for answering 30-Across
Clue #15: 30. Like the tail of a stegosaurus
Clue #16: 32. On
Clue #17: 33. More likely to be marked down, say
Antonyms: fresh
Clue #18: 34. Diplomacy
Clue #19: 37. Comedian Chelsea
Clue #20: 41. Close
Clue #21: 43. Elected position
Clue #22: 44. Informal name for a weather event ... or an instruction for answering 45-Across
Clue #23: 45. Precursor to a license
Antonyms: disallow, prevent
Clue #24: 47. NASCAR ___ (demographic group)
Clue #25: 48. They keep the wheels turning
Clue #26: 50. Teddy bear, e.g.
Clue #27: 51. Part of a beer name ... or an instruction for answering 53-Across
Clue #28: 53. Certain clergy member
Clue #29: 55. In no way
Clue #30: 57. Orderly display
Clue #31: 60. For all time
Antonyms: never
Clue #32: 61. Podcaster's need
Clue #33: 62. Witherspoon of "Little Fires Everywhere"
Clue #34: 63. Forms a union
Clue #35: 64. Rock climber
Clue #36: 65. Temporary store
Across Clues and Answers (36)
Clue #1: 1. Stefani Germanotta ___ Lady Gaga
Clue #2: 2. "That's very unfortunate"
Antonyms: glad
Clue #3: 3. Weight measurement commonly known by only its second part
Clue #4: 4. North ___, N.Y. (home of Lake Placid)
Clue #5: 5. Simple exercise often done while standing
Clue #6: 6. Subject of "This Land Is Your Land," informally
Clue #7: 7. Like Hawaii, among the 50 states
Antonyms: dry
Clue #8: 8. Secondary social media acct.
Clue #9: 9. Self-congratulatory
Clue #10: 10. Silent marching band position
Clue #11: 11. Trumpeted
Clue #12: 12. Upfront payments
Clue #13: 13. Person it should be impossible to surprise
Clue #14: 19. Intermediary
Clue #15: 21. Nail polish brand with the shade I Just Can't Cope-acabana
Clue #16: 23. Bakery purchase
Clue #17: 24. When Elphaba sings "Defying Gravity" in "Wicked"
Clue #18: 26. Like a dog in the middle of a bath
Clue #19: 29. Creates some opportunities
Clue #20: 31. The Cavaliers, on scoreboards
Clue #21: 33. "Fulcrum" sculptor Richard
Clue #22: 35. Begins to feel real
Clue #23: 36. ___ Gonçalo, Brazil
Clue #24: 38. Activity for many H.S. juniors
Clue #25: 39. Singer Cruz with the 2010 hit "Dynamite"
Clue #26: 40. Teensy
Clue #27: 42. Stuntperson's two-wheeler
Clue #28: 44. Heavily inked
Clue #29: 45. Each
Clue #30: 46. F equivalent
Clue #31: 47. Had the wheel
Antonyms: attract
Clue #32: 49. Makeup of some gloves and paint
Clue #33: 51. From the start
Clue #34: 52. Prefix with sweet or soft
Clue #35: 54. Commercial item sometimes advertised as "twistable"
Clue #36: 56. Chest guard
Clue #37: 58. Sun Devils' sch.
Clue #38: 59. "Okey-dokey"
Expert Solving Strategies
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Monday, September 30, 2024
Monday September 30, 2024 NYT Crossword Answers | Complete guide and Solutions
Across Clues :
1. Wheel's place on a ship, 5. It beats a high card but nothing else, 9. Activist Parks, 13. Elder Obama daughter, 14. New York Times opinion writer Klein, 15. The "Iliad," for one, 16. Sentence that often appears in the first paragraph of an essay, 19. Mover's vehicle, 20. Shoe brand named for a Greek goddess, 21. Loses on purpose, as an N.B.A. team, 22. Quick confirmation of feasibility, 26. Jokes around, 27. Massachusetts college town, 31. Overused and uncreative, 33. Part of the hand, 35. Kinda, 36. Carry (around), 37. Dose for an LSD trip, 40. Jerry's foe in old cartoons, 41. Fastidious to a fault, 43. "Sadly …", 44. Old enough, 46. Classic ice cream order, 48. Doughnut shapes, 49. Football player in upstate New York, 53. Animal in "Happy hump day!" memes, 56. iPhone assistant, 57. Not worth a ___, 59. Cry from someone seeking revenge … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across, 63. Poker buy-in, 64. A panda's is 99% bamboo, 65. Remote-controlled flier, 66. Must have, 67. The "A" of M.F.A., 68. Little drinks
Down Clues :
1. Laughing sounds, 2. Supreme Court justice appointed by Barack Obama, 3. Fleur-de-___, 4. Key point, 5. Irksome, 6. Empire whose capital city was Tenochtitlán, 7. NPR host Glass, 8. Tattle (on), 9. 2023's "Fatal Attraction" and "The Little Mermaid", 10. Word before ended, handed or minded, 11. Drop in the ocean?, 12. Laws passed by Congress, 13. Cable channel that first showed "Beavis and Butt-head", 17. Plops oneself down, 18. ___ A Sketch (classic toy), 23. Zilch, 24. Ceases, 25. Actress Watson, 28. Mom-and-pop store, e.g., 29. Pollution that can change the colors of a sunset, 30. Stat of interest to a competitive crossword solver, 31. Balkan native, 32. Yellowfin or bluefin, 33. Rice dish, 34. Early computer scientist Lovelace, 38. Baby cow, 39. Loud and unhappy sports fans, in slang, 42. Defamed in print, 45. Sat. preceder, 47. Temporarily calm period, 48. Spanish bull, 50. Thus far, 51. Pumps iron at the gym, 52. Some cuts of pork, 53. The "C" of a printer's CMYK, 54. Top-notch, 55. Button to press when stepping away from a Zoom meeting, 58. Employ, 60. Kissing on the street, e.g., for short, 61. It's almost 80% nitrogen, 62. Quadri- minus one
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| Monday September 30, 2024 NYT Crossword Answers |
Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 30, 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:
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The clue is 1. Wheel's place on a ship. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HELM
Possible Answer : helm
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The clue is 5. It beats a high card but nothing else. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PAIR
Possible Answer : match, couple, duad, yoke, dyad, brace, distich, pair_off, twosome, geminate, mate, duo, twain, twin, copulate, couplet, partner_off, duet, span, pair
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The clue is 9. Activist Parks. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ROSA
Possible Answer : Rosa, genus_Rosa
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The clue is 13. Elder Obama daughter. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MALIA
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The clue is 14. New York Times opinion writer Klein. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EZRA
Possible Answer : Ezra, Book_of_Ezra
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The clue is 15. The "Iliad," for one. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EPIC
Possible Answer : larger-than-life, epic_poem, epos, heroic, heroic_poem, epic, epical
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The clue is 16. Sentence that often appears in the first paragraph of an essay. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: THESISSTATEMENT
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The clue is 19. Mover's vehicle. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: VAN
Possible Answer : van, vanguard, avant-garde, caravan, new_wave
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The clue is 20. Shoe brand named for a Greek goddess. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NIKE
Possible Answer : Nike
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The clue is 21. Loses on purpose, as an N.B.A. team. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TANKS
Possible Answer : armoured_combat_vehicle, cooler, tank_car, storage_tank, tank, armored_combat_vehicle, tankful, army_tank
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The clue is 22. Quick confirmation of feasibility. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: SANITYCHECK
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The clue is 26. Jokes around. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: KIDS
Possible Answer : banter, tiddler, tyke, youngster, Thomas_Kyd, child, tike, shaver, Kid, chaff, nestling, kid, Kyd, small_fry, fry, nipper, kidskin, Thomas_Kid, minor, pull_the_leg_of, jolly, josh
Possible Opposite Answer : parent
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The clue is 27. Massachusetts college town. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: AMHERST
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The clue is 31. Overused and uncreative. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: STALE
Possible Answer : dusty, cold, stale, moth-eaten
Possible Opposite Answer : fresh
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The clue is 33. Part of the hand. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PALM
Possible Answer : thenar, ribbon, decoration, palm, medal, medallion, handle, laurel_wreath, palm_tree
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The clue is 35. Kinda. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SEMI
Possible Answer : semitrailer, rig, semi, articulated_lorry, trailer_truck, trucking_rig, semifinal, tractor_trailer
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The clue is 36. Carry (around). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LUG
Possible Answer : lugsail, tote, block, Lug, Lugh, choke_up, lug, lugworm, tug, stuff, lobworm
Possible Opposite Answer : unstuff
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The clue is 37. Dose for an LSD trip. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: ACIDTAB
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The clue is 40. Jerry's foe in old cartoons. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TOM
Possible Answer : tomcat, Tom, gobbler, tom_turkey, Uncle_Tom, tom, turkey_cock
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The clue is 41. Fastidious to a fault. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ANAL
Possible Answer : anal_retentive, anal
Possible Opposite Answer : oral
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The clue is 43. "Sadly …". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ALAS
Possible Answer : unfortunately, unluckily, alas, regrettably, ala
Possible Opposite Answer : luckily, fortunately
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The clue is 44. Old enough. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OFAGE
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The clue is 46. Classic ice cream order. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: VANILLA
Possible Answer : vanilla, vanilla_extract
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The clue is 48. Doughnut shapes. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TORI
Possible Answer : toroid, torus, tore
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The clue is 49. Football player in upstate New York. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: BUFFALOBILL
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The clue is 53. Animal in "Happy hump day!" memes. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CAMEL
Possible Answer : camel
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The clue is 56. iPhone assistant. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SIRI
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The clue is 57. Not worth a ___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SOU
Possible Answer : sou
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The clue is 59. Cry from someone seeking revenge … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: YOULLPAYFORTHIS
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The clue is 63. Poker buy-in. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ANTE
Possible Answer : ante
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The clue is 64. A panda's is 99% bamboo. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DIET
Possible Answer : dieting, diet
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The clue is 65. Remote-controlled flier. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DRONE
Possible Answer : laggard, drone, radio-controlled_aircraft, pilotless_aircraft, drone_pipe, trailer, droning, lagger, bourdon, drone_on, dawdler, poke, monotone
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The clue is 66. Must have. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NEED
Possible Answer : ask, motive, indigence, postulate, pauperism, need, motivation, necessitate, call_for, take, involve, demand, require, penury, want, pauperization
Possible Opposite Answer : obviate
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The clue is 67. The "A" of M.F.A.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ARTS
Possible Answer : artistic_creation, graphics, liberal_arts, artistry, arts, artwork, fine_art, prowess, artistic_production, art, humanities, humanistic_discipline, nontextual_matter
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The clue is 68. Little drinks. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SIPS
Possible Answer : sip
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Laughing sounds. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HAHAS
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The clue is 2. Supreme Court justice appointed by Barack Obama. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: ELENAKAGAN
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The clue is 3. Fleur-de-___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LIS
Possible Answer: lithium, Li, atomic_number_3, li
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The clue is 4. Key point. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: MAINIDEA
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The clue is 5. Irksome. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PESKY
Possible Answer: irritating, pesky, pestiferous, plaguey, vexing, nettlesome, annoying, vexatious, plaguy, galling, bothersome, pestering, teasing
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The clue is 6. Empire whose capital city was Tenochtitlán. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: AZTEC
Possible Answer: Aztec
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The clue is 7. NPR host Glass. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: IRA
Possible Answer: anger, ire, wrath, Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, Irish_Republican_Army, Provisional_IRA, individual_retirement_account, IRA, Provos, ira
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The clue is 8. Tattle (on). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: RAT
Possible Answer: informer, rat, lowlife, scab, scum_bag, stinkpot, crumb, dirty_dog, betray, git, skunk, stag, fink, stinker, squealer, blackleg, denounce, rotter, strikebreaker, shit, give_away, bum, shop, blabber, betrayer, tell_on, grass, so-and-so, puke, snitch
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The clue is 9. 2023's "Fatal Attraction" and "The Little Mermaid". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: REMAKES
Possible Answer: make_over, refashion, remaking, redo, remake
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The clue is 10. Word before ended, handed or minded. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OPEN
Possible Answer: subject, unresolved, afford, open, undecided, undefendable, opened, clear, loose, open_air, undefended, candid, unfold, exposed, spread, out-of-doors, undetermined, overt, capable, surface, give, spread_out, receptive, unfastened, assailable, open_up, outdoors, heart-to-heart
Possible Opposite Answer : fold, shut, close, unreceptive, covert, closed
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The clue is 11. Drop in the ocean?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SINK
Possible Answer: pass, lapse, subside, cesspit, dip, sinkhole, slump, settle, drop_down, drop, sink, slide_down, go_down, cesspool, bury, fall_off, go_under, sump, swallow_hole
Possible Opposite Answer : float, source
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The clue is 12. Laws passed by Congress. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ACTS
Possible Answer: playact, do, human_activity, Acts, number, deed, act_as, Acts_of_the_Apostles, enactment, pretend, work, roleplay, behave, human_action, routine, move, act, turn, play, bit, represent, dissemble
Possible Opposite Answer : refrain
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The clue is 13. Cable channel that first showed "Beavis and Butt-head". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MTV
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The clue is 17. Plops oneself down. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SITS
Possible Answer: model, posture, ride, pose, seat, sit, sit_down, sit_around, baby-sit
Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand
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The clue is 18. ___ A Sketch (classic toy). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ETCH
Possible Answer: engrave, etch
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The clue is 23. Zilch. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: NIL
Possible Answer: zilch, zero, null, nothing, cypher, cipher, zip, naught, zippo, nil, nix, aught, goose_egg, nada
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The clue is 24. Ceases. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HALTS
Possible Answer: stop, stanch, check, block, stay, kibosh, stem, hold, arrest, staunch, freeze, halt, hitch, stoppage
Possible Opposite Answer : start
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The clue is 25. Actress Watson. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EMMA
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The clue is 28. Mom-and-pop store, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: RETAILSHOP
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The clue is 29. Pollution that can change the colors of a sunset. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SMOG
Possible Answer: smogginess, smog
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The clue is 30. Stat of interest to a competitive crossword solver. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TIME
Possible Answer: clip, meter, prison_term, clock_time, metre, sentence, clock, time, fourth_dimension
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The clue is 31. Balkan native. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLAV
Possible Answer: Slav
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The clue is 32. Yellowfin or bluefin. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TUNA
Possible Answer: Anguilla_sucklandii, Opuntia_tuna, tuna, tunny, tuna_fish
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The clue is 33. Rice dish. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PILAF
Possible Answer: pilaw, pilau, pilaff, pilaf
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The clue is 34. Early computer scientist Lovelace. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ADA
Possible Answer: adenosine_deaminase, ADA
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The clue is 38. Baby cow. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CALF
Possible Answer: sura, calfskin, calf
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The clue is 39. Loud and unhappy sports fans, in slang. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: BOOBIRDS
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The clue is 42. Defamed in print. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LIBELED
Possible Answer: libel
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The clue is 45. Sat. preceder. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: FRI
Possible Answer: Fri, Friday
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The clue is 47. Temporarily calm period. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LULL
Possible Answer: tranquillize, tranquillise, lull, quiet, letup, still, calm, calm_down, tranquilize, quieten
Possible Opposite Answer : agitate
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The clue is 48. Spanish bull. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TORO
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The clue is 50. Thus far. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ASYET
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The clue is 51. Pumps iron at the gym. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LIFTS
Possible Answer: rustle, heave, filch, raise, facelift, elevation, elevator, arise, pilfer, sneak, repeal, face-lift, hook, come_up, rhytidectomy, annul, hoist, overturn, pinch, face_lifting, move_up, aerodynamic_lift, revoke, cosmetic_surgery, elevate, raising, bring_up, rescind, vacate, countermand, reverse, ski_tow, uprise, rear, plagiarize, swipe, go_up, rhytidoplasty, ski_lift, cabbage, nobble, nip_and_tuck, wind, plagiarise, lift, purloin, snarf, abstract, get_up, airlift, face_lift, rise
Possible Opposite Answer : fall, lower
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The clue is 52. Some cuts of pork. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LOINS
Possible Answer: pubic_region, loins, lumbus, pubes, loin
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The clue is 53. The "C" of a printer's CMYK. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CYAN
Possible Answer: bluish_green, cyan, teal, blue-green
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The clue is 54. Top-notch. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AONE
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The clue is 55. Button to press when stepping away from a Zoom meeting. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: MUTE
Possible Answer: dull, tone_down, silent, dampen, deaf-mute, tongueless, wordless, unspoken, muffle, damp, deaf-and-dumb_person, mute, dumb
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The clue is 58. Employ. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: USE
Possible Answer: function, employ, employment, expend, use_of_goods_and_services, role, usage, utilise, habituate, practice, enjoyment, economic_consumption, habit, utilization, usance, utilisation, consumption, use, utilize, purpose, exercise, manipulation, apply
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The clue is 60. Kissing on the street, e.g., for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: PDA
Possible Answer: organizer, PDA, personal_organizer, organiser, personal_organiser, personal_digital_assistant
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The clue is 61. It's almost 80% nitrogen. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: AIR
Possible Answer: aura, breeze, airwave, vent, zephyr, publicize, strain, broadcast, air, ventilate, aerate, transmit, publicise, bare, aviation, melodic_phrase, beam, air_travel, line, send, melody, gentle_wind, tune, atmosphere, air_out, melodic_line
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The clue is 62. Quadri- minus one. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TRI
Monday, August 25, 2025
June 19, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint
Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
- Across Clues (39 clues)
- Down Clues (37 clues)
- Category Breakdown
- Complete Puzzle Statistics
- Pro Solving Tips
Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
June 19, 2024 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Captain's position | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Person of the year, for short? | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Degs. from Northwestern's Kellogg School | 4 |
| 4A | 13. "Never get involved in a land war in ___" (advice in "The Princess Bride") | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Common provider of free Wi-Fi | 4 |
| 6A | 15. Animal life | 5 |
| 7A | 16. Wait + see | 9 |
| 8A | 18. Top-flight destination? | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Title for a crime boss | 3 |
| 10A | 20. Items often stored in plastic protectors | 3 |
| 11A | 21. Touch of color | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Early-age garment | 6 |
| 13A | 25. Give + take | 8 |
| 14A | 28. Prudent | 4 |
| 15A | 29. Sport that takes place in an octagon, for short | 3 |
| 16A | 31. Abolitionist senator Charles | 6 |
| 17A | 32. Org. with the Artemis program | 4 |
| 18A | 33. Where Captain Kirk was born and raised | 4 |
| 19A | 35. Moves gingerly | 5 |
| 20A | 36. Kiss + tell | 9 |
| 21A | 39. Evening stroll, from the Spanish | 5 |
| 22A | 42. Drummers' collections | 4 |
| 23A | 43. Blows it | 4 |
| 24A | 47. Symbols of humble beginnings | 6 |
| 25A | 49. Dropped behind? | 3 |
| 26A | 50. Gather | 4 |
| 27A | 51. Hit + run | 8 |
| 28A | 53. "Fiddler on the Roof" setting | 6 |
| 29A | 55. Actor Reeves | 5 |
| 30A | 56. Miranda rights reader | 3 |
| 31A | 57. What a fixer-upper home needs, casually | 3 |
| 32A | 58. Like Rudolph's nose | 5 |
| 33A | 60. Cut + paste | 9 |
| 34A | 63. Big name in ketchup | 5 |
| 35A | 64. Gorilla who was said to have developed the vocabulary level of a three-year-old human | 4 |
| 36A | 65. Ultrafastidious | 4 |
| 37A | 66. No-no for vegans | 4 |
| 38A | 67. "No ___" (airplane wing warning) | 4 |
| 39A | 68. Enemy of Hop-o'-My-Thumb | 4 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Captain's position"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HELM
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Clue 2 Across: "5. Person of the year, for short?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
- Words that mean the same thing: grad, ammonia alum, alumnus
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALUM
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Clue 3 Across: "9. Degs. from Northwestern's Kellogg School"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a master's degree in business
- Words that mean the same thing: Master in Business, Master in Business Administration, MBA
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MBAS
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Clue 4 Across: "13. "Never get involved in a land war in ___" (advice in "The Princess Bride")"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. Common provider of free Wi-Fi"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
- Words that mean the same thing: coffeehouse, coffee bar, coffee shop
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAFE
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Clue 6 Across: "15. Animal life"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that all the animal life in a particular region or period
- Words that mean the same thing: animal, zoology, beast
- The opposite would be: flora
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAUNA
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Clue 7 Across: "16. Wait + see"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)
- Words that mean the same thing: stop watch
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOPWATCH
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Top-flight destination?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
- Words that mean the same thing: garret, bean, dome
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATTIC
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Clue 9 Across: "19. Title for a crime boss"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a spanish gentleman or nobleman
- Words that mean the same thing: Don River, wear, preceptor
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DON
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Clue 10 Across: "20. Items often stored in plastic protectors"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state in the rocky mountains
- Words that mean the same thing: id, Gem State, I.D.
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDS
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Clue 11 Across: "21. Touch of color"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that color lightly
- Words that mean the same thing: touch, tint, tinge
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TINCT
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Clue 12 Across: "23. Early-age garment"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONESIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Give + take"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an appendage to hold onto
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HANDHOLD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Prudent"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a way of doing or being
- Words that mean the same thing: Stephen Samuel Wise, heady, knowing
- The opposite would be: foolish
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WISE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. Sport that takes place in an octagon, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Abolitionist senator Charles"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states sociologist (1840-1910)
- Words that mean the same thing: William Graham Sumner
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUMNER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "32. Org. with the Artemis program"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
- Words that mean the same thing: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NASA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. Where Captain Kirk was born and raised"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in iowa and minnesota and missouri
- Words that mean the same thing: Hawkeye State, IA, Ioway
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IOWA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "35. Moves gingerly"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Words that mean the same thing: alleviate, relieve, allay
- The opposite would be: difficulty
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EASES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "36. Kiss + tell"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMACKTALK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. Evening stroll, from the Spanish"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a path set aside for walking
- Words that mean the same thing: walkway, walk
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PASEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Drummers' collections"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a case for containing a set of articles
- Words that mean the same thing: outfit, kit out, kit up
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KITS
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Clue 23 Across: "43. Blows it"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: drift, slip, err
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERRS
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Clue 24 Across: "47. Symbols of humble beginnings"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
- Words that mean the same thing: acorn
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACORNS
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Clue 25 Across: "49. Dropped behind?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Words that mean the same thing: Saturday, pose, posture
- The opposite would be: stand, arise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Gather"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that gather, as of natural products
- Words that mean the same thing: harvest, draw, glean
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REAP
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Clue 27 Across: "51. Hit + run"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that marked by great carelessness
- Words that mean the same thing: slam-bang, bolt, bang
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLAPDASH
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Clue 28 Across: "53. "Fiddler on the Roof" setting"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
- Words that mean the same thing: Soviet Union, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Russian Federation
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUSSIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. Actor Reeves"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KEANU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. Miranda rights reader"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- Words that mean the same thing: pig, snitch, knock off
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "57. What a fixer-upper home needs, casually"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that considerate and solicitous care
- Words that mean the same thing: tender loving care
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TLC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "58. Like Rudolph's nose"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that reflecting light
- Words that mean the same thing: glazed, shining, lustrous
- The opposite would be: unglazed
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHINY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Cut + paste"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHOPSTICK
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Clue 34 Across: "63. Big name in ketchup"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that englishman and pre-raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
- Words that mean the same thing: Hunt, hound, James Henry Leigh Hunt
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUNTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "64. Gorilla who was said to have developed the vocabulary level of a three-year-old human"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KOKO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "65. Ultrafastidious"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that of or related to the anus
- Words that mean the same thing: anal retentive
- The opposite would be: oral
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANAL
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Clue 37 Across: "66. No-no for vegans"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
- Words that mean the same thing: testicle, ball, bollock
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "67. "No ___" (airplane wing warning)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- Words that mean the same thing: gradation, dance step, footprint
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEP
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Clue 39 Across: "68. Enemy of Hop-o'-My-Thumb"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Words that mean the same thing: monster, demon, devil
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OGRE
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Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword June 19, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Knows by heart | 7 |
| 2D | 2. What's opposite Finland on the Gulf of Finland | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Cubs manager? | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Common encyclopedia graphic | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Professor's realm | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Targets of pull-down exercises, in brief | 4 |
| 7D | 7. 29-Across org. | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Conductor Zubin | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Fixer-uppers, of a sort | 11 |
| 10D | 10. Remote possibilities? | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Good guess for a single letter in a cryptogram | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Alveolus, e.g. | 3 |
| 13D | 15. Big name in sports betting | 7 |
| 14D | 17. Console with a sensor bar | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Entrees | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Creatures that kill Laocoön in the "Aeneid" | 11 |
| 17D | 25. Aggressively pro-war | 7 |
| 18D | 26. "To Kill a Mockingbird" writer | 3 |
| 19D | 27. Rx writers: Abbr. | 3 |
| 20D | 30. Imitation | 4 |
| 21D | 34. "___ boy!" | 4 |
| 22D | 37. Times to get back to work | 7 |
| 23D | 38. Rocket-shaped frozen treat | 8 |
| 24D | 39. Faux ___ | 3 |
| 25D | 40. Wounded knee site, for short | 3 |
| 26D | 41. Very wet | 7 |
| 27D | 44. Not in motion | 7 |
| 28D | 45. Caboose, e.g. | 7 |
| 29D | 46. Gap filler | 7 |
| 30D | 48. The "S" of U.C.S.D. | 3 |
| 31D | 52. Uses a straw | 5 |
| 32D | 54. FedEx competitor | 3 |
| 33D | 56. Popular pop | 4 |
| 34D | 58. "Steady as ___ goes!" | 3 |
| 35D | 59. Keep close to | 3 |
| 36D | 61. Between 90 and 100, say | 3 |
| 37D | 62. Confucian philosophy | 3 |
Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!
Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!
Clue 1 Down: "1. Knows by heart"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HASDOWN
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Clue 2 Down: "2. What's opposite Finland on the Gulf of Finland"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a republic in northeastern europe on the baltic sea
- Words that mean the same thing: Esthonia, Republic of Estonia
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESTONIA
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Clue 3 Down: "3. Cubs manager?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a female lion
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIONESS
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Common encyclopedia graphic"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
- Words that mean the same thing: single-valued function, mapping, map out
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAP
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Professor's realm"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the academic world
- Words that mean the same thing: academe
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACADEMIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Targets of pull-down exercises, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the basic unit of money in latvia
- Words that mean the same thing: latissimus dorsi, lat
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LATS
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Clue 7 Down: "7. 29-Across org."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UFC
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Conductor Zubin"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEHTA
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Fixer-uppers, of a sort"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
- Words that mean the same thing: matchmaker, marriage broker, matcher
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MATCHMAKERS
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Remote possibilities?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
- Words that mean the same thing: button, push, clitoris
- The opposite would be: unbutton
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BUTTONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Good guess for a single letter in a cryptogram"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that black tropical american cuckoo
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANI
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Alveolus, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an enclosed space
- Words that mean the same thing: pocket, Sauk, pouch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAC
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Clue 13 Down: "15. Big name in sports betting"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FANDUEL
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Clue 14 Down: "17. Console with a sensor bar"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WII
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Entrees"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: inch, Hoosier State, atomic number 49
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: INS
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Creatures that kill Laocoön in the "Aeneid""
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ___________
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The answer is: SEASERPENTS
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Aggressively pro-war"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
- Words that mean the same thing: militant, warlike
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: HAWKISH
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Clue 18 Down: "26. "To Kill a Mockingbird" writer"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
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- This could be something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Words that mean the same thing: Shelton Jackson Lee, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee
- The opposite would be: windward
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The answer is: LEE
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Rx writers: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about literature.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DRS
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Imitation"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the act of mocking or ridiculing
- Words that mean the same thing: bemock
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MOCK
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Clue 21 Down: "34. "___ boy!""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ATTA
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Clue 22 Down: "37. Times to get back to work"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the second day of the week; the first working day
- Words that mean the same thing: Mon, Monday
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: MONDAYS
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Clue 23 Down: "38. Rocket-shaped frozen treat"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ASTROPOP
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Clue 24 Down: "39. Faux ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
- Words that mean the same thing: pascal, papa, daddy
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PAS
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Clue 25 Down: "40. Wounded knee site, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ACL
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Very wet"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- Words that mean the same thing: pluck, hit it up, fleece
- The opposite would be: undercharge
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The answer is: SOAKING
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Clue 27 Down: "44. Not in motion"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that not move; be in a resting position
- Words that mean the same thing: take a breather, lie, roost
- The opposite would be: change, be active
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The answer is: RESTING
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Caboose, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
- Words that mean the same thing: railroad car, car, railway car
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: RAILCAR
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Gap filler"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
- Words that mean the same thing: spackling compound
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SPACKLE
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Clue 30 Down: "48. The "S" of U.C.S.D."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SAN
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Clue 31 Down: "52. Uses a straw"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the act of sucking
- Words that mean the same thing: take in, suck, go down on
- The opposite would be: bottlefeed
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The answer is: SUCKS
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Clue 32 Down: "54. FedEx competitor"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- Words that mean the same thing: up
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: UPS
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Clue 33 Down: "56. Popular pop"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
- Words that mean the same thing: blow, snow, Coca Cola
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: COKE
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Clue 34 Down: "58. "Steady as ___ goes!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SHE
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Clue 35 Down: "59. Keep close to"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a tight or amorous embrace
- Words that mean the same thing: squeeze, clinch, bosom
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: HUG
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Clue 36 Down: "61. Between 90 and 100, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
- Words that mean the same thing: raging, live, spicy
- The opposite would be: cold
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The answer is: HOT
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Clue 37 Down: "62. Confucian philosophy"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an adherent of any branch of taoism
- Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TAO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 48 | 63.2% |
| Short Answer | 18 | 23.7% |
| History | 3 | 3.9% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: August 24, 2025 at 09:38 PM