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Thursday, August 15, 2024

NYT Thursday, August 15, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

The Crossword hints blog is an one of the most popular crossword clue puzzles with answers solver. Here are the clues and answers for today nyt puzzle.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 15, 2024

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

NYT Thursday, August 15, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues and Answers:
Down Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Like the longer route, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SCENIC

    Possible Answer: scenic

  • The clue is 2. Martial art with movements like "Parting the Horse's Mane" and "Grasp Bird's Tail". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TAICHI

    Possible Answer: tai_chi, taichi, t'ai_chi, tai_chi_chuan, taichichuan, t'ai_chi_chuan

  • The clue is 3. One way to get around town. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONFOOT

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

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

    The answer: OAF

    Possible Answer: lout, gawk, clod, stumblebum, oaf, lummox, lump, goon, lubber

  • The clue is 5. Annapolis frosh. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PLEBE

    Possible Answer: plebe, cadet

  • The clue is 6. Persian's realm?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CATDOM

  • The clue is 7. They often clash. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EGOS

    Possible Answer: egotism, self, ego, self-importance

  • The clue is 8. Forecast word. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOW

    Possible Answer: moo, first_gear, humbled, depressed, low-toned, miserable, downhearted, Low, abject, crushed, Sir_David_Low, scummy, low_gear, low-down, grim, downcast, Sir_David_Alexander_Cecil_Low, gloomy, David_Low, first, humble, small, scurvy, depleted, blue, down, low, low-spirited, depression, low-pitched, humiliated, down_in_the_mouth, broken, modest, dispirited, lowly

    Possible Opposite Answer : high

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

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

    The answer: ERE

  • The clue is 10. She originated the role of Fanny in "Funny Girl". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BARBRA

  • The clue is 11. Like pangolins. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SCALY

    Possible Answer: lepidote, scaly, scaled, leprose, scaley, scurfy, scabrous

  • The clue is 12. Small sofa. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOVESEAT

    Possible Answer: loveseat, vis-a-vis, tete-a-tete, love_seat

  • The clue is 13. Fallopian tube, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OVIDUCT

    Possible Answer: uterine_tube, oviduct, Fallopian_tube

  • The clue is 14. Make one out of two?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WED

    Possible Answer: splice, wedded, wed, hook_up_with, Wed, tie, Midweek, get_married, conjoin, Wednesday, espouse, marry, get_hitched_with

  • The clue is 19. 18th-century French novelist whose name means "the wise man". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LESAGE

  • The clue is 24. Charge for money, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATMFEE

  • The clue is 26. Friends, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEEPS

    Possible Answer: chirrup, peep, peek, chirp, cheep

  • The clue is 27. Major tributary of the Missouri. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PLATTE

    Possible Answer: Platte, Platte_River

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

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

    The answer: AGRO

  • The clue is 29. NYY rival. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BOS

    Possible Answer: genus_Bos, Bos

  • The clue is 32. "Well, shoot!," more colorfully. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AWHELL

  • The clue is 35. Fix. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REMEDY

    Possible Answer: remediation, therapeutic, repair, remedy, amend, rectify, cure, relieve, redress, curative, remediate

  • The clue is 38. Deleted scene, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EXTRA

    Possible Answer: spare, redundant, supererogatory, surplus, additional, spear_carrier, excess, special, superfluous, supernumerary, duplicate, extra

  • The clue is 39. Afro-Caribbean religion. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SANTERIA

  • The clue is 40. Plant in the mint family with healthful seeds. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHIA

  • The clue is 41. Mobile dinner table. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TVTRAY

  • The clue is 42. Banned chemical contaminant, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PCB

  • The clue is 43. Bungle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOUSEUP

  • The clue is 48. One half of the merger that formed Paramount Global. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: VIACOM

  • The clue is 49. Insisted. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAIDSO

  • The clue is 51. Not remote. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONSITE

  • The clue is 52. Starting position, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INTERN

    Possible Answer: intern, medical_intern, houseman, interne

  • The clue is 53. Ran out. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LAPSED

    Possible Answer: relapse, pass, fall_back, retrogress, sink, glide_by, nonchurchgoing, lapsed, backslide, slide_by, slip_by, elapse, regress, slip_away, go_by, recidivate, go_along, lapse

  • The clue is 55. Rainflies can cover them. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TENTS

    Possible Answer: collapsible_shelter, tent, bivouac, encamp, camp_out, camp

  • The clue is 57. Identifying words from a familiar voice. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ITSME

  • The clue is 59. Stoke. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FUEL

    Possible Answer: fire, fuel

  • The clue is 61. Makes ineligible for competition, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DQS

  • The clue is 63. N.Y.C. luggage tag letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LGA

  • The clue is 64. Defenseman who scored a Stanley Cup-winning "flying goal". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORR

    Possible Answer: Bobby_Orr, Robert_Orr, Orr

  • The clue is 65. ___ Dae-jung, Nobel-winning former president of South Korea. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KIM

Saturday, November 30, 2024

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

Across Clues :

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

Down Clues :

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

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 30, 2024

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

New York Times, Saturday, November 30, 2024
New York Times, Saturday, November 30, 2024


Across Clues with Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Handle of a knife. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAFT

    Possible Answer : haft, helve


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

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

    The answer: SOWHAT


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

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

    The answer: HERESATHOUGHT


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

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

    The answer: DOYOUKNOWWHOIAM


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

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

    The answer: IMBAD


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

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

    The answer: TRAMS

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


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

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

    The answer: SKA


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

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

    The answer: WEARS

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : refresh


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

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

    The answer: AMIE


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

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

    The answer: DIEZ


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

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

    The answer: AMT


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

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

    The answer: FRET

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


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

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

    The answer: MESSY

    Possible Answer : mussy, messy


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

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

    The answer: LATHERED

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


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

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

    The answer: JOINT

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : separate


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

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

    The answer: IDEATES

    Possible Answer : ideate, envisage, imagine, conceive_of


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

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

    The answer: LENGTHS

    Possible Answer : distance, duration, length


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

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

    The answer: ERRED

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


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

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

    The answer: WETONWET


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

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

    The answer: ABBRS


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

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

    The answer: SEES

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


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

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

    The answer: ORO


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

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

    The answer: DRAY

    Possible Answer : dray, camion


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

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

    The answer: WHIT

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


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

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

    The answer: BORER

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


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

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

    The answer: HET

    Possible Answer : heated, heated_up, het_up, het


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

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

    The answer: SHOGI

    Possible Answer : shogi


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

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

    The answer: OAKIE


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

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

    The answer: DATEWITHDESTINY


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

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

    The answer: DELICATESSENS

    Possible Answer : deli, delicatessen, food_shop, delicatessen_food


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

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

    The answer: RIGHTY


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

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

    The answer: PANG

    Possible Answer : stab, sting, twinge, pang


Down Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. At-home distraction?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HEYBATTERBATTER

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

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

    The answer: AROAR

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

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

    The answer: FEUDS

    Possible Answer: feud

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

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

    The answer: TSK

    Possible Answer: tsk, tut, tut-tut

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

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

    The answer: STORMED

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

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

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

    The answer: OHWAIT

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

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

    The answer: WOWME

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

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

    The answer: HUHS

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

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

    The answer: AGO

    Possible Answer: ago, agone

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

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

    The answer: THISISNTWORKING

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

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

    The answer: HOMEMADEBREAD

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

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

    The answer: ANTARES

    Possible Answer: Antares

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

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

    The answer: TAKESTHEREINS

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

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

    The answer: DIWALI

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

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

    The answer: MAZY

    Possible Answer: mazy, labyrinthine, labyrinthian

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

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

    The answer: DEIGN

    Possible Answer: deign, descend, condescend

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

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

    The answer: FRED

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

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

    The answer: MONO

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

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

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

    The answer: HARRY

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

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

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

    The answer: ETES

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

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

    The answer: JETS

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

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

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

    The answer: LEETIDE

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

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

    The answer: STOREY

    Possible Answer: storey, story, level, floor

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

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

    The answer: WEIGHTY

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : weightless

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

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

    The answer: ADHD

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

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

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

    The answer: SHOTAT

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

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

    The answer: WHICH

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

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

    The answer: BOSSA

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

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

    The answer: OATEN

    Possible Answer: oaten

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

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

    The answer: SWIG

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

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

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

    The answer: ELI

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

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

    The answer: ESP

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

Saturday, October 3, 2026

XWordHint Crossword Answers October 03, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Five-note jingle for "The Gift That Grows" 10
2A 11. Tech news site 4
3A 15. Message that comes with a pointer 10
4A 16. Symbol of love 4
5A 17. Changes in form, but not in essence 10
6A 18. To: Abbr. 4
7A 19. Cookie, e.g. 7
8A 20. Question in a stalemate 7
9A 22. Urge 3
10A 23. "Show some manners!" 8
11A 24. Classic Harlem ballroom 5
12A 27. Get one's hands on, informally 3
13A 28. Did a boring job? 5
14A 29. Hot environment 4
15A 30. Throwing weapons for the Dark Knight 9
16A 32. Zip 3
17A 33. Indie music's ___ Iver 3
18A 34. Sword's alternative 3
19A 35. Chinese steamed bun 3
20A 37. Supplementary materials accompanying a home movie purchase 9
21A 40. Doozy 4
22A 41. Trap in the water 5
23A 42. Catches 3
24A 43. Ticket selector 5
25A 44. Thorough, say 8
26A 46. Rihanna's "Take a ___" (2008) 3
27A 47. (The) shaft, so to speak 7
28A 48. Not all there upstairs? 7
29A 52. Some altarations? 4
30A 53. Burkina Faso, before 1984 10
31A 55. Captain in Melville's "Billy Budd" 4
32A 56. Renowned naturalist buried at Rwanda's Karisoke Research Center 10
33A 57. Singing sister of Aretha 4
34A 58. Nervously inhales? 10

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Five-note jingle for "The Gift That Grows""

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: CHCHCHCHIA

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2A: "11. Tech news site"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: CNET

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3A: "15. Message that comes with a pointer"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: YOUAREHERE

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4A: "16. Symbol of love"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
  • Similar words include: lift, come up, blush wine
  • Opposite of: set, go to bed
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Answer: ROSE

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5A: "17. Changes in form, but not in essence"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the product of vaporization of a solid
  • Similar words include: sublimate, subtilize, distill
  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: SUBLIMATES

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6A: "18. To: Abbr."

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATTN

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7A: "19. Cookie, e.g."

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who tracks down game
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: TRACKER

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8A: "20. Question in a stalemate"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOWWHAT

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9A: "22. Urge"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
  • Similar words include: languish, ache, yearn
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: YEN

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10A: "23. "Show some manners!""

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: BEPOLITE

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11A: "24. Classic Harlem ballroom"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern france, western switzerland, and northwestern italy
  • Similar words include: savoy cabbage
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAVOY

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12A: "27. Get one's hands on, informally"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
  • Similar words include: pick up, snitch, hook
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: COP

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13A: "28. Did a boring job?"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that get from the earth by excavation
  • Similar words include: mine
  • Opposite of: unmined
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Answer: MINED

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14A: "29. Hot environment"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: OVEN

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15A: "30. Throwing weapons for the Dark Knight"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: BATARANGS

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16A: "32. Zip"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a quantity of no importance
  • Similar words include: nothing, naught, aught
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIL

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17A: "33. Indie music's ___ Iver"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: BON

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18A: "34. Sword's alternative"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
  • Similar words include: indite, playpen, compose
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEN

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19A: "35. Chinese steamed bun"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAO

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20A: "37. Supplementary materials accompanying a home movie purchase"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: DVDEXTRAS

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21A: "40. Doozy"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a very attractive or seductive looking woman
  • Similar words include: dish, looker, smasher
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LULU

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22A: "41. Trap in the water"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: CREEL

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23A: "42. Catches"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
  • Similar words include: receive, deliver, HA
  • Opposite of: refuse, abstain
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Answer: HAS

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24A: "43. Ticket selector"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a citizen who has a legal right to vote
  • Similar words include: elector
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: VOTER

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25A: "44. Thorough, say"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that provide details for
  • Similar words include: elaborate, elaborated, detail
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: DETAILED

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26A: "46. Rihanna's "Take a ___" (2008)"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
  • Similar words include: bend, curtain call, bowing
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOW

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27A: "47. (The) shaft, so to speak"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: RAWDEAL

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28A: "48. Not all there upstairs?"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: BALDISH

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29A: "52. Some altarations?"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
  • Similar words include: Ido
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDOS

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30A: "53. Burkina Faso, before 1984"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: UPPERVOLTA

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31A: "55. Captain in Melville's "Billy Budd""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: VERE

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32A: "56. Renowned naturalist buried at Rwanda's Karisoke Research Center"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: DIANFOSSEY

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33A: "57. Singing sister of Aretha"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERMA

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34A: "58. Nervously inhales?"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: STRESSEATS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Target for surgical excision 4
2D 2. Time 4
3D 3. Country where the game of dominoes is a national pastime 4
4D 4. Characterized by great happiness 7
5D 5. "Sheesh!" 6
6D 6. Mr. Universe contestants 5
7D 7. Burn 4
8D 8. All worked (up) 3
9D 9. Greek actress who brought Elektra, Penelope, Antigone and Helen of Troy to the screen 10
10D 10. Man who made animals talk 5
11D 11. Stumble home after a night out, say 7
12D 12. Just 10
13D 13. Something you may be willing to hold? 10
14D 14. Camped out, say 6
15D 21. Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal ___" 5
16D 23. Fake poster 3
17D 24. "___ of Frankenstein" (1939 movie sequel) 3
18D 25. Person who gets a lot of texts? 10
19D 26. Sluglike creature known for its soft, water-repellent skin 10
20D 27. Has no control 10
21D 30. Word with shadow or shoe 3
22D 31. Lo-___ 3
23D 33. Contradict 5
24D 36. Abba's "___ Last Summer" 3
25D 38. Outlet for the Jordan River 7
26D 39. Super-keen 3
27D 40. Weak amount of medicine 7
28D 41. Primary PC storage 6
29D 43. EX30, EX40 and XC60 6
30D 45. Praises 5
31D 46. Fails to keep things down 5
32D 48. Nota ___ 4
33D 49. Classic film character who says "Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time" 4
34D 50. Proofreader's command 4
35D 51. Kansas' Fort ___ 4
36D 54. Swinger's goal, perhaps 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Target for surgical excision"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
  • Similar words include: vesicle
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CYST

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2D: "2. Time"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
  • Similar words include: 60 minutes, hr, minute
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOUR

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3D: "3. Country where the game of dominoes is a national pastime"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a communist state in the caribbean on the island of cuba
  • Similar words include: Republic of Cuba
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: CUBA

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4D: "4. Characterized by great happiness"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
  • Similar words include: prosperous, genus Halcyon, Alcyone
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: HALCYON

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5D: "5. "Sheesh!""

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: CRIKEY

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6D: "6. Mr. Universe contestants"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: HEMEN

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7D: "7. Burn"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a charred substance
  • Similar words include: cleaning lady, charr, coal
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHAR

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8D: "8. All worked (up)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
  • Similar words include: heated, het up, heated up
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: HET

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9D: "9. Greek actress who brought Elektra, Penelope, Antigone and Helen of Troy to the screen"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: IRENEPAPAS

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10D: "10. Man who made animals talk"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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11D: "11. Stumble home after a night out, say"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: CRAWLIN

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12D: "12. Just"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: NOTHINGBUT

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13D: "13. Something you may be willing to hold?"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: ESTATESALE

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14D: "14. Camped out, say"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that live in or as if in a tent
  • Similar words include: encamp, bivouac, camp
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: TENTED

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15D: "21. Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal ___""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
  • Similar words include: cleaning lady, womanhood, adult female
  • Opposite of: man
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Answer: WOMAN

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16D: "23. Fake poster"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOT

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17D: "24. "___ of Frankenstein" (1939 movie sequel)"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male human offspring
  • Similar words include: boy, Logos, Word
  • Opposite of: daughter, girl
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Answer: SON

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18D: "25. Person who gets a lot of texts?"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: AVIDREADER

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19D: "26. Sluglike creature known for its soft, water-repellent skin"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: VELVETWORM

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20D: "27. Has no control"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: CANTHELPIT

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21D: "30. Word with shadow or shoe"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
  • Similar words include: boxful, corner, box seat
  • Opposite of: unbox
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BOX

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22D: "31. Lo-___"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
  • Similar words include: reticuloendothelial system, ray, atomic number 75
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: RES

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23D: "33. Contradict"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that be in contradiction with
  • Similar words include: contradict, misrepresent, negate
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: BELIE

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24D: "36. Abba's "___ Last Summer""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUR

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25D: "38. Outlet for the Jordan River"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: DEADSEA

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26D: "39. Super-keen"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
  • Similar words include: radian
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAD

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27D: "40. Weak amount of medicine"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: LOWDOSE

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28D: "41. Primary PC storage"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: CDRIVE

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29D: "43. EX30, EX40 and XC60"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: VOLVOS

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30D: "45. Praises"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that praise, glorify, or honor
  • Similar words include: laud, extol, glorify
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LAUDS

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31D: "46. Fails to keep things down"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the matter ejected in vomiting
  • Similar words include: sick, honk, barf
  • Opposite of: keep down
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BARFS

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32D: "48. Nota ___"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: BENE

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33D: "49. Classic film character who says "Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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34D: "50. Proofreader's command"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STET

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35D: "51. Kansas' Fort ___"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of united states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)
  • Similar words include: Arthur Garfield Hays, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAYS

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36D: "54. Swinger's goal, perhaps"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

34 Across Clues
36 Down Clues
70 Total Clues

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