XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 16, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 16 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (37)
Clue #1: 1. Three-player trick-taking game
Clue #2: 5. Supermarket tabloids, informally
Clue #3: 9. Walkways
Clue #4: 14. Difficult air to see through
Clue #5: 15. Dog biter
Clue #6: 16. Greek theater
Clue #7: 17. Pitchers' stats
Clue #8: 18. Short stiletto shoe
Clue #9: 20. Voice below soprano
Clue #10: 22. Locale for a person with a green thumb
Clue #11: 23. 'N Sync bandmate of Justin Timberlake
Clue #12: 26. Black Friday or Cyber Monday event
Clue #13: 29. Letters before a criminal's alias
Clue #14: 30. Vaccine-approving org.
Clue #15: 31. Finger … or what a finger dials on a phone
Clue #16: 32. "Affirmative!"
Antonyms: no
Clue #17: 33. Floor model
Clue #18: 35. Slanted edges, as on mirrors
Clue #19: 36. What a first crush might be dismissed as
Clue #20: 38. Author Louisa May ___
Clue #21: 41. Slugger Sammy
Clue #22: 42. ___ de Janeiro
Clue #23: 45. Like cursive handwriting, typically
Clue #24: 46. Yahoo alternative
Clue #25: 47. Finish
Antonyms: beginning, begin
Clue #26: 48. Cash dispensers
Clue #27: 49. Spot that may be affected by a charley horse
Clue #28: 53. Bandit at sea
Clue #29: 55. Small case for needles
Clue #30: 56. Movie marketed toward a primarily female audience, informally
Clue #31: 60. West Point, in brief
Clue #32: 62. 2015 Adele hit that won three Grammys
Clue #33: 63. Adolescent woe
Clue #34: 64. The first word of 18-, 23-, 36-, 49- or 56-Across is one
Clue #35: 65. Swords whose points were once dipped in dye before a duel
Clue #36: 66. Squealed, as an informant
Antonyms: keep_quiet
Clue #37: 67. ___ gin fizz
Across Clues and Answers (37)
Clue #1: 1. "Thar ___ blows!"
Clue #2: 2. Sing-along activity at a bar
Clue #3: 3. Colorful shrubs in the genus Rhododendron
Clue #4: 4. In an irritable mood
Clue #5: 5. ___ Stadium, former D.C. sports venue
Clue #6: 6. Boxer who "stung like a bee"
Clue #7: 7. Outset
Clue #8: 8. Lucifer
Clue #9: 9. Setting for "Make Way for Ducklings"
Clue #10: 10. Sticky stuff
Antonyms: nonadhesive
Clue #11: 11. Like most first-year college students
Clue #12: 12. Groundbreaking invention for ancient farmers?
Clue #13: 13. Longtime sketch comedy show, in brief
Clue #14: 19. Before, poetically
Clue #15: 21. Not working, as a police officer
Clue #16: 23. Bird whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet
Clue #17: 24. Skilled
Clue #18: 25. Pack (down)
Clue #19: 27. Rapper ___ Nas X
Clue #20: 28. U.F.O. crew
Clue #21: 31. Lower one's estimation of
Antonyms: appreciate
Clue #22: 34. Yiddish laments
Clue #23: 35. ___ buddy
Clue #24: 36. Treat on a stick that you lick
Clue #25: 37. Bread purchase
Clue #26: 38. Styled after
Clue #27: 39. Parking place
Clue #28: 40. Put together, as a scrapbook
Clue #29: 42. Disengagement due to a conflict of interest
Clue #30: 43. Left hanging between two stages
Clue #31: 44. Praiseful poem
Clue #32: 49. Half-___ (coffee order)
Clue #33: 50. Bronze statue in Rockefeller Center
Clue #34: 51. High-end German camera brand
Clue #35: 52. Things left after tearing checks out of checkbooks
Clue #36: 54. Some bygone theaters
Clue #37: 56. Revolutionary Guevara
Clue #38: 57. No-longer-cool way to say "cool"
Clue #39: 58. First channel to offer 24-hour reporting
Clue #40: 59. Beer barrel
Clue #41: 61. "Affirmative!" at sea
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
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Monday, January 13, 2025
27457 Mon Jan 13, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 13, 2025
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
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| Mon Jan 13, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints |
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Place for gladiatorial combat. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ARENA
Possible Answer : arena, sports_stadium, field, sphere, area, stadium, domain, orbit, bowl, scene_of_action
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The clue is 6. ___ and seek. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HIDE
Possible Answer : pelt, hide_out, cover, obscure, blot_out, veil, hide, shroud, skin, fell, obliterate, conceal, enshroud
Possible Opposite Answer : show
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The clue is 10. "Money, Money, Money" group. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ABBA
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The clue is 14. Some jazz instruments, informally. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SAXES
Possible Answer : Marshal_Saxe, Adolphe_Sax, Saxony, Saxe, saxophone, Hermann_Maurice_Saxe, comte_de_Saxe, Sax, sax, Sachsen
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The clue is 15. Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: IHOP
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The clue is 16. "Dagnabbit!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DRAT
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The clue is 17. Quality of a statement that feels plausible. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: TRUTHINESS
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The clue is 19. Lead-in to Worth, Wayne or Lauderdale. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FORT
Possible Answer : fortress, fort_up, fortify, garrison, fort
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The clue is 20. Purges (of). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: RIDS
Possible Answer : free, rid, disembarrass
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The clue is 21. Holding hands outside, 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 : personal_organiser, organizer, personal_organizer, organiser, personal_digital_assistant, PDA
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The clue is 22. Shelf on a cliff. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LEDGE
Possible Answer : ledge, shelf
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The clue is 23. Chewed and swallowed. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ATE
Possible Answer : Ate, rust, use_up, eat, exhaust, wipe_out, corrode, deplete, consume, feed, eat_on, run_through, eat_up
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The clue is 24. High school or college seniors, usually. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: FOURTHYEARS
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The clue is 27. Disinfectant brand with the tagline "Healthing". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LYSOL
Possible Answer : Lysol
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The clue is 29. Sweetheart, slangily. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: BAE
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The clue is 30. Tit for ___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TAT
Possible Answer : cheapness, tackiness, TAT, tat, Thematic_Apperception_Test, sleaze, intertwine
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The clue is 31. Strings along. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LEADSON
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The clue is 35. Visibly supports, as a university or sports team. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: REPS
Possible Answer : repp, rep
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The clue is 36. Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)
The answer: MIDDLEENGLISH
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The clue is 39. Queue. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LINE
Possible Answer : business_line, cable, lineage, channel, crinkle, draw, personal_line_of_credit, stemma, pipeline, wrinkle, rail_line, strain, course, ancestry, origin, run_along, subscriber_line, transmission_line, blood, air, describe, telephone_circuit, credit_line, melodic_phrase, line_of_products, line_of_credit, personal_credit_line, short_letter, product_line, contrast, line, job, melody, dividing_line, tune, communication_channel, demarcation, line_of_reasoning, note, phone_line, delineate, line_of_work, logical_argument, production_line, bank_line, agate_line, assembly_line, telephone_line, billet, bloodline, furrow, railway_line, trace, line_of_merchandise, line_of_descent, crease, melodic_line, occupation, argumentation, parentage, seam, argument, stock, line_of_business, business, blood_line, pedigree, descent
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The clue is 40. Tightens one's ice skates, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LACESUP
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The clue is 41. German "Phooey!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ACH
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The clue is 42. Give in to gravity. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SAG
Possible Answer : swag, sag, flag, droop, sag_down
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The clue is 43. Gave up, as territory. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CEDED
Possible Answer : yield, give_up, concede, deliver, cede, surrender, grant
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The clue is 47. Feel relief from anxiety. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: BREATHEEASY
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The clue is 52. Do a whoopsie. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ERR
Possible Answer : stray, drift, err, slip, mistake
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The clue is 53. "Rick and ___" (adult animated sitcom). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MORTY
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The clue is 54. Card that can have the highest or lowest value. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ACE
Possible Answer : I, super, virtuoso, whiz, nail, whizz, hotshot, star, unity, Allied_Command_Europe, champion, crack, one, sweep_through, sail_through, tiptop, breeze_through, A-one, 1, sensation, genius, wiz, tops, ace, topnotch, maven, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, top-notch, ACE, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, superstar, wizard, single, mavin, pass_with_flying_colors, adept, first-rate
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The clue is 55. Leave roaring with laughter. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLAY
Possible Answer : hit, dispatch, polish_off, slay, bump_off, remove, murder, off
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The clue is 56. "Beware the ___ of March". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: IDES
Possible Answer : ides
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The clue is 57. Aid in preventing a shipwreck. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: LIGHTHOUSE
Possible Answer : beacon_light, pharos, beacon, lighthouse
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The clue is 60. Edible ice cream holder. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CONE
Possible Answer : retinal_cone, conoid, cone, strobile, cone_cell, strobilus, cone_shape
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The clue is 61. Competent. 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
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The clue is 62. More than willing. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: EAGER
Possible Answer : eager, tidal_bore, eagre, aegir, bore
Possible Opposite Answer : uneager
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The clue is 63. "At Last" singer James. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ETTA
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The clue is 64. Sent a private text, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DMED
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The clue is 65. Journalism. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PRESS
Possible Answer : weight-lift, insistency, military_press, press, crush, mechanical_press, urge_on, bid, agitate, beseech, iron_out, campaign, exhort, insistence, public_press, compress, constrict, pressure, fight, pressing, iron, press_out, weigh, entreat, adjure, printing_press, weightlift, compact, urge, squeeze, contract, closet, imperativeness, jam, conjure, push, crusade, wardrobe
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Word before plane or projection. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ASTRAL
Possible Answer: stellar, astral
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The clue is 2. Uncommon thing. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RARITY
Possible Answer: low_density, rarity, rareness, curio, tenuity, oddity, infrequency, peculiarity, oddment, curiosity
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The clue is 3. Oozes, as charm. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: EXUDES
Possible Answer: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze_out, transude
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The clue is 4. Basketball goals. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NETS
Possible Answer: profit, net, earnings, nett, cyberspace, mesh, meshing, meshwork, web, internet, sack, network, clear, lucre, sack_up, net_profit, net_income, profits
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The clue is 5. Cigarette byproduct. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ASH
Possible Answer: ash, ash_tree
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The clue is 6. Holi celebrant. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HINDU
Possible Answer: Hindi, Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani
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The clue is 7. "Rumor has it …". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: IHEAR
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The clue is 8. Uno x 2. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DOS
Possible Answer: disk_operating_system, behave, practice, ut, cause, DoS, coiffe, brawl, DOS, get_along, DO, coiffure, arrange, come, State_Department, fare, act, dress, United_States_Department_of_State, Doctor_of_Osteopathy, serve, Department_of_State, execute, perform, practise, make_out, bash, suffice, answer, do, manage, coif, doh, exercise, State, make, set
Possible Opposite Answer : unmake
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The clue is 9. Mini-albums, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: EPS
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The clue is 10. Cost for a commercial. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ADFEE
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The clue is 11. Hangout events for two guy friends. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: BRODATES
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The clue is 12. Common chart for comparing data. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: BARGRAPH
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The clue is 13. Swears (to). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: ATTESTS
Possible Answer: evidence, certify, testify, attest, bear_witness, take_the_stand, manifest, demonstrate
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The clue is 18. Stock market debut, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: IPO
Possible Answer: initial_offering, IPO, initial_public_offering
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The clue is 22. Caustic drain cleaner. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LYE
Possible Answer: lye
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The clue is 24. Made a quick retreat. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FLED
Possible Answer: fly, take_flight, flee
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The clue is 25. Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TBONE
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The clue is 26. Chillaxes with friends. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HANGS
Possible Answer: hang_up, flow, knack, cling, string_up, bent, pay_heed, attend, give_ear, fall, hang, advert
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The clue is 28. Ye ___ Shoppe. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OLDE
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The clue is 32. Arabic for God. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ALLAH
Possible Answer: Allah
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The clue is 33. Digitally make to look younger. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DEAGE
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The clue is 34. Brief moment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SEC
Possible Answer: Securities_and_Exchange_Commission, sec, s, secant, unsweet, SEC, second
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The clue is 35. Ready to eat, as fruit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: RIPE
Possible Answer: advanced, ripe, good, mature, right
Possible Opposite Answer : green
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The clue is 36. Minuscule picture used in spycraft. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: MICRODOT
Possible Answer: microdot
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The clue is 37. Essential to the character of something. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: INHERENT
Possible Answer: integral, constitutional, inherent, inbuilt, underlying, built-in, implicit_in
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The clue is 38. Football holder in "Peanuts". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LUCY
Possible Answer: Lucy
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The clue is 39. Cheese-loving test subjects. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LABMICE
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The clue is 42. Pigpen. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: STY
Possible Answer: sty, pigpen, hordeolum, pigsty, stye, eye_infection
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The clue is 44. Downpour. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: DELUGE
Possible Answer: cloudburst, flood, swamp, alluvion, overwhelm, inundation, flood_out, torrent, soaker, submerge, inundate, deluge, waterspout, downpour, pelter
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The clue is 45. Wipes out. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ERASES
Possible Answer: rub_out, erase, wipe_out, wipe_off, delete, score_out, efface
Possible Opposite Answer : record
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The clue is 46. Spinners in laundromats. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: DRYERS
Possible Answer: dryer, drier
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The clue is 48. On the ocean. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ATSEA
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The clue is 49. Sharp-eyed bird. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: EAGLE
Possible Answer: eagle, double_birdie, bird_of_Jove
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The clue is 50. Felt sore. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ACHED
Possible Answer: pine, smart, hurt, yen, yearn, suffer, ache, languish
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The clue is 51. "Quiet on the ___!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SET
Possible Answer: mark, Set, readiness, dictated, solidifying, adjust, solidification, fructify, coiffe, go_under, band, define, typeset, rigid, put, bent, laid, exercise_set, coiffure, situated, correct, fix, arrange, go_down, fixed, prepare, gear_up, ready, determined, determine, circle, dress, hardened, stage_set, limit, lay_out, congeal, plant, Seth, set, lay, position, set_up, specify, localize, located, countersink, fit, hardening, place, sic, localise, primed, do, lot, coif, pose, jell, placed, curing, rig
Possible Opposite Answer : rise
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The clue is 55. Fly high. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOAR
Possible Answer: sailplane, surge, soar_upwards, hang_glide, soar_up, soar, zoom
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The clue is 57. Young feller. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LAD
Possible Answer: laddie, sonny_boy, gent, cuss, cub, chap, bloke, fellow, feller, blighter, fella, lad, sonny
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The clue is 58. Company nicknamed "Big Blue". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: IBM
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The clue is 59. With it, in last-century slang. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: HEP
Possible Answer: hip_to, hep, hip
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
June 09, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint
Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
- Across Clues (33 clues)
- Down Clues (39 clues)
- Category Breakdown
- Complete Puzzle Statistics
- Pro Solving Tips
- Related Crossword Solutions
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, June 09, 2021
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.2 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle June 09, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
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| 1A | 1. Some dash mounts | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Prepare for the long haul? | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Juul, e.g. | 4 |
| 4A | 14. First person? | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Cropped up | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Musk of 45-Across | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Puerto ___ | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Condition better known as anemia | 10 |
| 9A | 20. Kibitzing passenger | 14 |
| 10A | 22. With it, in old slang | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Two-syllable cheer | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Glistens with shimmering colors | 9 |
| 13A | 30. Jazz style that influenced the Beat Generation | 5 |
| 14A | 34. Mauna ___ | 3 |
| 15A | 35. TV addict | 11 |
| 16A | 37. Baseball stats | 4 |
| 17A | 39. Disney princess who shares a name with a Shakespeare character | 5 |
| 18A | 40. The "A" of M.M.A. | 4 |
| 19A | 41. Blabbing informant | 11 |
| 20A | 44. Prey of a murder hornet | 3 |
| 21A | 45. Maker of the Model S and Model 3 | 5 |
| 22A | 46. Best Comeback Athlete, for one | 9 |
| 23A | 48. Abbreviation that can replace an ellipsis | 3 |
| 24A | 50. Courtly title | 3 |
| 25A | 51. Dilettantish know-it-all | 14 |
| 26A | 59. Hercules on his first labor, or Hemingway on safari | 10 |
| 27A | 60. Nobel laureate Wiesel | 4 |
| 28A | 61. Golden calf, e.g. | 4 |
| 29A | 62. World of Warcraft enthusiast, for one | 5 |
| 30A | 63. Bone on the pinkie side of the forearm | 4 |
| 31A | 64. Courtly title | 4 |
| 32A | 65. Flexible Flyer products | 5 |
| 33A | 66. Products of Always or Stayfree | 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. Some dash mounts"
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 river in east central england that flows past cambridge to join the ouse river
- Words that mean the same thing: River Cam, Cam River, Cam
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: CAMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Prepare for the long haul?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: GASUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Juul, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: VAPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. First person?"
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 (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Words that mean the same thing: ecstasy, XTC, cristal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADAM
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Cropped up"
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 come into existence; take on form or shape
- Words that mean the same thing: lift, stand up, rise up
- The opposite would be: sit down, go to bed
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AROSE
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Musk of 45-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ELON
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Puerto ___"
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 law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
- Words that mean the same thing: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, anti-racketeering law, RICO Act
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RICO
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Condition better known as anemia"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: TIREDBLOOD
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Kibitzing passenger"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: BACKSEATDRIVER
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Clue 10 Across: "22. With it, in old slang"
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 informed about the latest trends
- Words that mean the same thing: hip to, hip
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEP
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Clue 11 Across: "23. Two-syllable cheer"
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: OLE
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Clue 12 Across: "24. Glistens with shimmering colors"
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 be iridescent
- Words that mean the same thing: iridesce
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRIDESCES
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Clue 13 Across: "30. Jazz style that influenced the Beat Generation"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
- Words that mean the same thing: bop
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEBOP
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Clue 14 Across: "34. Mauna ___"
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: LOA
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Clue 15 Across: "35. TV addict"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: COUCHPOTATO
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Clue 16 Across: "37. Baseball stats"
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 (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- Words that mean the same thing: out, come out, come out of the closet
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUTS
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Clue 17 Across: "39. Disney princess who shares a name with a Shakespeare character"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ARIEL
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Clue 18 Across: "40. The "A" of M.M.A."
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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- Words that mean the same thing: fine art, art, humanistic discipline
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARTS
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Clue 19 Across: "41. Blabbing informant"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- Words that mean the same thing: stool pigeon, snitch, sneak
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOOLPIGEON
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Clue 20 Across: "44. Prey of a murder hornet"
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 any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEE
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Clue 21 Across: "45. Maker of the Model S and Model 3"
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 a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
- Words that mean the same thing: Nikola Tesla
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TESLA
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Clue 22 Across: "46. Best Comeback Athlete, for one"
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: ESPYAWARD
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Clue 23 Across: "48. Abbreviation that can replace an ellipsis"
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: ETC
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Clue 24 Across: "50. Courtly title"
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 term of address for a man
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIR
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Clue 25 Across: "51. Dilettantish know-it-all"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: ARMCHAIREXPERT
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Clue 26 Across: "59. Hercules on his first labor, or Hemingway on safari"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: LIONHUNTER
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Clue 27 Across: "60. Nobel laureate Wiesel"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ELIE
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Clue 28 Across: "61. Golden calf, e.g."
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 material effigy that is worshipped
- Words that mean the same thing: graven image, beau ideal, god
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDOL
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Clue 29 Across: "62. World of Warcraft enthusiast, for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that disabled in the feet or legs
- Words that mean the same thing: halt, gimpy, gamey
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAMER
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Clue 30 Across: "63. Bone on the pinkie side of the forearm"
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 inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
- Words that mean the same thing: elbow bone
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ULNA
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Clue 31 Across: "64. Courtly title"
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 polite name for any woman
- Words that mean the same thing: madam, gentlewoman, noblewoman
- The opposite would be: nobleman, Lord
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LADY
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Clue 32 Across: "65. Flexible Flyer products"
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 vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Words that mean the same thing: sledge, sleigh, sled
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLEDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "66. Products of Always or Stayfree"
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 number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- Words that mean the same thing: domiciliation, tramp, launchpad
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PADS
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NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - June 09, 2021 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Low-___ diet | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Sarah McLachlan hit that's 51-Down spelled in reverse | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Espressos "stained" with a bit of milk | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Like some salmon and turkey | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Airplane ticket info | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Las Vegas resort with a musical name | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Ilk | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Like thrift shop wares | 4 |
| 9D | 9. "Pain and Glory" director Almodóvar | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Kraft product | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Soothing succulent | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Not up to expectations | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Word after business or bitter | 3 |
| 14D | 19. Frodo's first cousin (mother's side) and second cousin (father's side) | 5 |
| 15D | 21. De-tailed detail? | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Runner-up's rueful report | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Road trip plan | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Dial or Tone | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Nobel Prize winner of 1903 and 1911 | 5 |
| 20D | 28. Modern health risks, for short | 5 |
| 21D | 29. Their population in New Zealand peaked at 70 million in 1982 | 5 |
| 22D | 31. 1968 Jane Fonda sci-fi role | 10 |
| 23D | 32. Animal that's known to enjoy water slides | 5 |
| 24D | 33. Asked, as a question | 5 |
| 25D | 36. Stratagem | 4 |
| 26D | 38. How presidents swear when taking the oath of office | 8 |
| 27D | 42. Door fastener | 5 |
| 28D | 43. See 59-Down | 4 |
| 29D | 47. Clean, as with a paper towel | 6 |
| 30D | 49. Drinks down heartily | 5 |
| 31D | 51. Opera that's 2-Down backward | 4 |
| 32D | 52. Church cross | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Overly fussy, informally | 4 |
| 34D | 54. "I'm just like that," in modern lingo | 4 |
| 35D | 55. Slender plant | 4 |
| 36D | 56. Misses the mark | 4 |
| 37D | 57. Cocktail garnish | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Oolong and Darjeeling | 4 |
| 39D | 59. With 43-Down, rapper with the 2021 #1 hit "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" | 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. Low-___ diet"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CARB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Sarah McLachlan hit that's 51-Down spelled in reverse"
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: ADIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Espressos "stained" with a bit of milk"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: MACCHIATOS
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Like some salmon and turkey"
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 inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
- Words that mean the same thing: smoke-cured, fume, smoke-dried
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMOKED
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Airplane ticket info"
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 movable barrier in a fence or wall
- Words that mean the same thing: logic gate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GATE
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Las Vegas resort with a musical name"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARIA
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Ilk"
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 category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- Words that mean the same thing: sieve, variety, screen
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SORT
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Like thrift shop wares"
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 put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- Words that mean the same thing: use, victimised, secondhand
- The opposite would be: misused
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "Pain and Glory" director Almodóvar"
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: PEDRO
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Kraft product"
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 trademark: soft processed american cheese
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VELVEETA
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Clue 11 Down: "11. Soothing succulent"
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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALOE
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Not up to expectations"
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 people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
- Words that mean the same thing: miserable, pitiful, pitiable
- The opposite would be: rich people, rich
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POOR
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Word after business or bitter"
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 either extremity of something that has length
- Words that mean the same thing: remnant, last, close
- The opposite would be: begin, beginning
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: END
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Clue 14 Down: "19. Frodo's first cousin (mother's side) and second cousin (father's side)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: BILBO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. De-tailed detail?"
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 detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- Words that mean the same thing: specification
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPEC
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Runner-up's rueful report"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILOST
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Road trip plan"
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 an established line of travel or access
- Words that mean the same thing: itinerary, road, path
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROUTE
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Clue 18 Down: "26. Dial or Tone"
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 cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- Words that mean the same thing: easy lay, scoop, max
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOAP
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Nobel Prize winner of 1903 and 1911"
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 a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
- Words that mean the same thing: Marya Sklodowska, Marie Curie, Madame Curie
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CURIE
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Modern health risks, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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: ECIGS
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Their population in New Zealand peaked at 70 million in 1982"
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 woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHEEP
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Clue 22 Down: "31. 1968 Jane Fonda sci-fi role"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: BARBARELLA
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Animal that's known to enjoy water slides"
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 the fur of an otter
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OTTER
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Clue 24 Down: "33. Asked, as a question"
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 assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- Words that mean the same thing: put, vex, sit
- The opposite would be: unposed
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POSED
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Stratagem"
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 an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- Words that mean the same thing: stratagem, gambit
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLOY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Down: "38. How presidents swear when taking the oath of office"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that in a grave and sedate manner
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOLEMNLY
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Door fastener"
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 spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
- Words that mean the same thing: door latch
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LATCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Down: "43. See 59-Down"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NASX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Down: "47. Clean, as with a paper towel"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: WIPEUP
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Drinks down heartily"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the dull explosive noise made by an engine
- Words that mean the same thing: chug
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CHUGS
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Opera that's 2-Down backward"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AIDA
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Clue 32 Down: "52. Church cross"
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 representation of the cross on which jesus died
- Words that mean the same thing: rood-tree, crucifix
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ROOD
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Overly fussy, informally"
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 of or related to the anus
- Words that mean the same thing: anal retentive
- The opposite would be: oral
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The answer is: ANAL
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Clue 34 Down: "54. "I'm just like that," in modern lingo"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ITME
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Slender plant"
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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
- Words that mean the same thing: beating-reed instrument, John Reed, reed instrument
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: REED
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Misses the mark"
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: mistake, drift, stray
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERRS
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Clue 37 Down: "57. Cocktail garnish"
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 the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RIND
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Clue 38 Down: "58. Oolong and Darjeeling"
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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Words that mean the same thing: tea leaf, tea, teatime
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TEAS
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Clue 39 Down: "59. With 43-Down, rapper with the 2021 #1 hit "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)""
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: ___
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The answer is: LIL
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 56 | 77.8% |
| Short Answer | 8 | 11.1% |
| History | 4 | 5.6% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.4% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.2 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 14 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 moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 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: September 17, 2025 at 01:37 AM