27412 Wed Nov 27, 2024 nyt by Jill Singer

Across Clues :

1. Long, 5. Member of an 1800s literary family, 9. Handy expressions?, 14. "Justice League of America," e.g., 16. Possesses a certain je ne sais quoi, 17. Member of an 1800s literary family, 18. Member of an 1800s literary family, 19. Check for errors, perhaps, 20. Key to close a window, 22. Part of I.P.A., 23. A little buggy?, 24. Pump selection: Abbr., 26. @@@, 28. Rose Bowl city, 31. Hospital dept. that sounds like a sentence, 34. Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, 37. Symbols of longevity in Chinese iconography, 39. Corn, beans and squash, in Mesoamerican tradition ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle, 42. Home to horned vipers and deathstalker scorpions, 43. Scorch, 44. Hold (down), 45. Member of a 2000s showbiz family, 48. ___ Quentin, Calif., 49. Meditative discipline, 50. Member of a 2000s showbiz family, 53. Too easy (on), 56. Long time, 59. Singer known as the "Queen of Tejano Music", 61. Member of a 2000s showbiz family, 63. Linguistic "stems", 65. In an online convo, perhaps, 66. Clever person, 67. Universal donor's classification, 68. Flexible Flyer, for one, 69. Good-looking couple?

Down Clues :

1. African city that's home to the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre, 2. Poet Leonard, 3. "Crying in ___," best-selling memoir of 2021, 4. Gaelic homeland, 5. Dwellings, 6. "___ on your life!", 7. Pay attention to, 8. Barely gets (by), 9. Fidel's longtime lieutenant, 10. Things found by reading chairs, 11. Home of the highest and lowest points on the earth's surface, 12. Party pooper, 13. Eye malady, 15. Composer Schumann, 21. Final two words of "Over the Rainbow", 25. Patisserie purchase, 27. Southwest ski resort with lifts up to 12,450 feet, 28. Ball pythons, at times, 29. Pulitzer-winning novelist Anthony, 30. Fake, 31. "Understood", 32. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie", 33. Home to Leningrad, for short, 34. Link prefix, 35. "Fancy meeting you here!", 36. Hammer's end, 38. First word in a rhyming pair meaning "small", 40. Maori ceremonial dance, 41. River that provides the largest inflow into the Mediterranean, 46. Fit together, 47. Celebrity gossip show, 48. 14-pound unit, 50. Former presidential candidate who served as Biden's climate envoy, 51. Not mainstream, 52. Ship poles, 53. Short routine, 54. "Goodness gracious!", 55. Do a grillmaster's job, 57. 69-Across, poetically, 58. Père ___ (Santa's French counterpart), 60. Effortless stride, 62. One's self, 64. Flamenco cry

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 27, 2024

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

New York Times, Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Long. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACHE

  Possible Answer : ache, smart, hurt, yen, aching, yearn, pine, suffer, languish




• The clue is 5. Member of an 1800s literary family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANNE

  Possible Answer : Anne




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

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

  The answer: CLAPS

  Possible Answer : applaud, eruption, clap, bam, bang, acclaim, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, blast, spat, clack

  Possible Opposite Answer : boo




• The clue is 14. "Justice League of America," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COMICBOOK




• The clue is 16. Possesses a certain je ne sais quoi. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HASIT




• The clue is 17. Member of an 1800s literary family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHARLOTTE

  Possible Answer : Queen_City, Charlotte, charlotte




• The clue is 18. Member of an 1800s literary family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMILY




• The clue is 19. Check for errors, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REREAD

  Possible Answer : reread




• The clue is 20. Key to close a window. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESC




• The clue is 22. Part of I.P.A.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALE

  Possible Answer : picket, blanch, blench, sick, pallid, pale, wan




• The clue is 23. A little buggy?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANT

  Possible Answer : pismire, ant, emmet




• The clue is 24. Pump selection: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REG




• The clue is 26. @@@. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATS

  Possible Answer : At, at, atomic_number_85, astatine




• The clue is 28. Rose Bowl city. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PASADENA

  Possible Answer : Pasadena




• The clue is 31. Hospital dept. that sounds like a sentence. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICU

  Possible Answer : intensive_care_unit, ICU




• The clue is 34. Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOPE

  Possible Answer : promise, desire, trust, Hope, Leslie_Townes_Hope, Bob_Hope, hope, go_for

  Possible Opposite Answer : despair




• The clue is 37. Symbols of longevity in Chinese iconography. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORTOISES

  Possible Answer : tortoise




• The clue is 39. Corn, beans and squash, in Mesoamerican tradition ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THETHREESISTERS




• The clue is 42. Home to horned vipers and deathstalker scorpions. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THESAHARA




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

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

  The answer: SEAR

  Possible Answer : parch, blacken, sear, shrivelled, char, shriveled, dried-up, withered, sere, scorch, singe




• The clue is 44. Hold (down). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIN

  Possible Answer : rowlock, peg, oarlock, pin, immobilise, stick, personal_identification_number, bowling_pin, PIN, trap, pivot, fall, pin_tumbler, PIN_number, tholepin, flag, thole, immobilize

  Possible Opposite Answer : unpin




• The clue is 45. Member of a 2000s showbiz family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOURTNEY




• The clue is 48. ___ Quentin, Calif.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAN




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

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

  The answer: ZEN

  Possible Answer : superman, loony_toons, battery-acid, Zen, Zen_Buddhism, dose, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds, acid, window_pane, Elvis, pane, back_breaker, dot




• The clue is 50. Member of a 2000s showbiz family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIM




• The clue is 53. Too easy (on). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFT

  Possible Answer : flabby, piano, diffused, lenient, easy, flaccid, cushy, easygoing, balmy, mild, soft, sonant, gentle, indulgent, delicate, diffuse, voiced, subdued

  Possible Opposite Answer : hardened, hard, loud, unvoiced, forte




• The clue is 56. Long time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EON

  Possible Answer : aeon, eon




• The clue is 59. Singer known as the "Queen of Tejano Music". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELENA




• The clue is 61. Member of a 2000s showbiz family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KHLOE




• The clue is 63. Linguistic "stems". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROOTWORDS




• The clue is 65. In an online convo, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMING




• The clue is 66. Clever person. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BELESPRIT




• The clue is 67. Universal donor's classification. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TYPEO




• The clue is 68. Flexible Flyer, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLED

  Possible Answer : sleigh, sled, sledge




• The clue is 69. Good-looking couple?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYES

  Possible Answer : centre, eyes, heart, middle, eyeball, oculus, eye, optic, center

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. African city that's home to the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACCRA

  Possible Answer: Accra, capital_of_Ghana

• The clue is 2. Poet Leonard. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COHEN

• The clue is 3. "Crying in ___," best-selling memoir of 2021. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HMART

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

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

  The answer: EIRE

  Possible Answer: Republic_of_Ireland, Ireland, Eire, Irish_Republic

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

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

  The answer: ABODES

  Possible Answer: dwelling_house, habitation, abode, domicile, residence, dwelling, home

• The clue is 6. "___ on your life!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOT

  Possible Answer: non, not

• The clue is 7. Pay attention to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTE

  Possible Answer: greenback, tone, musical_note, short_letter, banker's_bill, billet, notice, observe, mention, Federal_Reserve_note, notation, preeminence, promissory_note, bank_note, annotation, banknote, eminence, line, mark, note, bill, take_note, government_note, bank_bill, take_down, remark, distinction, note_of_hand

  Possible Opposite Answer : ignore

• The clue is 8. Barely gets (by). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EKES

• The clue is 9. Fidel's longtime lieutenant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHE

• The clue is 10. Things found by reading chairs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAMPS

  Possible Answer: lamp

• The clue is 11. Home of the highest and lowest points on the earth's surface. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIA

  Possible Answer: Asia

• The clue is 12. Party pooper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PILL

  Possible Answer: oral_contraceptive, contraceptive_pill, tab, anovulant, pill, birth_control_pill, oral_contraceptive_pill, tablet, lozenge, anovulatory_drug

• The clue is 13. Eye malady. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STYE

  Possible Answer: eye_infection, stye, hordeolum, sty

• The clue is 15. Composer Schumann. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLARA

• The clue is 21. Final two words of "Over the Rainbow". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANTI

• The clue is 25. Patisserie purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GATEAU

  Possible Answer: gateau

• The clue is 27. Southwest ski resort with lifts up to 12,450 feet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAOS

  Possible Answer: Taoist, Tao, Taos

• The clue is 28. Ball pythons, at times. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETS

  Possible Answer: ducky, PET, dearie, darling, favourite, pet, favorite, deary, positron_emission_tomography

• The clue is 29. Pulitzer-winning novelist Anthony. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOERR

• The clue is 30. Fake. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERSATZ

  Possible Answer: ersatz, substitute

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

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

  The answer: ISEE

• The clue is 32. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CERA

• The clue is 33. Home to Leningrad, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USSR

  Possible Answer: Russia, Soviet_Union, USSR, Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics

• The clue is 34. Link prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HTTP

  Possible Answer: hypertext_transfer_protocol, HTTP

• The clue is 35. "Fancy meeting you here!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHHI

• The clue is 36. Hammer's end. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEEN

  Possible Answer: peen

• The clue is 38. First word in a rhyming pair meaning "small". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITSY

• The clue is 40. Maori ceremonial dance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAKA

• The clue is 41. River that provides the largest inflow into the Mediterranean. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RHONE

  Possible Answer: Rhone, Rhone_River

• The clue is 46. Fit together. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NESTED

  Possible Answer: nuzzle, snuggle, cuddle, draw_close, nestle, nest

• The clue is 47. Celebrity gossip show. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENEWS

• The clue is 48. 14-pound unit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STONE

  Possible Answer: Harlan_Stone, pit, lapidate, Harlan_Fisk_Stone, stone, gemstone, Harlan_F._Stone, gem, Oliver_Stone, Isidor_Feinstein_Stone, Harlan_Fiske_Stone, I._F._Stone, Stone, Edward_Durell_Stone, endocarp, rock, Lucy_Stone

• The clue is 50. Former presidential candidate who served as Biden's climate envoy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KERRY

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

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

  The answer: INDIE

  Possible Answer: indie

• The clue is 52. Ship poles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MASTS

  Possible Answer: mast

• The clue is 53. Short routine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIT

  Possible Answer: skit

• The clue is 54. "Goodness gracious!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHMY

• The clue is 55. Do a grillmaster's job. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLIP

  Possible Answer: flip_out, interchange, flick, somersaulting, summerset, riffle, toss, tack, thumb, alternate, flip, switch, twitch, flip-flop, flip_over, pitch, pass, insolent, somersault, throw, turn_over, sky, summersault, snotty-nosed, leaf, riff, somerset, impudent

• The clue is 57. 69-Across, poetically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORBS

  Possible Answer: eyeball, orb, orbit, ball, globe, revolve

• The clue is 58. Père ___ (Santa's French counterpart). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOEL

  Possible Answer: Christmastime, Yuletide, Noel, Christmastide, Christmas, Yule

• The clue is 60. Effortless stride. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOPE

  Possible Answer: canter, trot, lope, jog

• The clue is 62. One's self. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGO

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

• The clue is 64. Flamenco cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE

January 31, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Table of Contents

• Across Clues
• Down Clues
• Puzzle Statistics

Master the Across: NYT Crossword Hints for January 31, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Said "I do"	3
2A	4. Second chance in court	6
3A	10. Chinese gelatin	4
4A	14. Rocks at the bar	3
5A	15. Auto's "face"	6
6A	16. Tempo	4
7A	17. Start of a quip	15
8A	20. It springs eternal	4
9A	21. Born, to Fifi	3
10A	22. Drive forward	5
11A	23. Convened	3
12A	25. Wool producer	3
13A	26. More of the quip	13
14A	33. Kitchen utensil	5
15A	34. Abnormal breathing sounds	5
16A	35. Mate of 25 Across	3
17A	37. Exhort	4
18A	38. Lincoln's logs?	5
19A	39. Rani's garb	4
20A	40. English heat measure: Abbr.	3
21A	41. Mysterious biblical word	5
22A	42. Was skittish	5
23A	43. More of the quip	13
24A	46. Cries of surprise	3
25A	47. Far along in years	3
26A	48. "Topless towers" city	5
27A	51. Blemish	3
28A	53. Gumbo	4
29A	57. End of the quip	15
30A	61. Cleaving tool	4
31A	62. Narrated again	6
32A	63. Okla. city	3
33A	64. Yearnings	4
34A	65. Saves Dad the nuptial costs	6
35A	66. "I am ___ a crook": Nixon	3

Across Clues - Detailed Hints and Explanations

1A: "1. Said "I do"" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Similar words include: get married, wedded, marry
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WED

2A: "4. Second chance in court" (6 letters)

• Think of something that earnest or urgent request
• Similar words include: charm, prayer, entreaty
• Opposite of: repel
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APPEAL

3A: "10. Chinese gelatin" (4 letters)

• Think of something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
• Similar words include: nutrient agar, agar-agar
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AGAR

4A: "14. Rocks at the bar" (3 letters)

• Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
• Similar words include: internal-combustion engine, Methedrine, icing
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ICE

5A: "15. Auto's "face"" (6 letters)

• Think of something that small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
• Similar words include: radiator grille, lattice, grillwork
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GRILLE

6A: "16. Tempo" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• Similar words include: step, yard, tempo
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PACE

7A: "17. Start of a quip" (15 letters)

• Pattern: _______________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SHELOOKSLIKESHE

8A: "20. It springs eternal" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a specific instance of feeling hopeful
• Similar words include: Leslie Townes Hope, trust, go for
• Opposite of: despair
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HOPE

9A: "21. Born, to Fifi" (3 letters)

• Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NEE

10A: "22. Drive forward" (5 letters)

• Think of something that urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
• Similar words include: force, propel
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IMPEL

11A: "23. Convened" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Similar words include: posture, pose, Saturday
• Opposite of: stand, arise
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SAT

12A: "25. Wool producer" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EWE

13A: "26. More of the quip" (13 letters)

• Pattern: _____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WASPOUREDINTO

14A: "33. Kitchen utensil" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a device for removing the core from apples
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CORER

15A: "34. Abnormal breathing sounds" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
• Similar words include: rattle, rale, rattling
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RALES

16A: "35. Mate of 25 Across" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Similar words include: force, jampack, cram
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RAM

17A: "37. Exhort" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an instinctive motive
• Similar words include: urge on, pep up, inspire
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: URGE

18A: "38. Lincoln's logs?" (5 letters)

• Think of something that small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CABIN

19A: "39. Rani's garb" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
• Similar words include: saree
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SARI

20A: "40. English heat measure: Abbr." (3 letters)

• Think of something that a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
• Similar words include: British thermal unit, B.Th.U.
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: BTU

21A: "41. Mysterious biblical word" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SELAH

22A: "42. Was skittish" (5 letters)

• Think of something that start suddenly, as from fright
• Similar words include: shy
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SHIED

23A: "43. More of the quip" (13 letters)

• Pattern: _____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HERCOSTUMEAND

24A: "46. Cries of surprise" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
• Similar words include: OH, Ohio, Buckeye State
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OHS

25A: "47. Far along in years" (3 letters)

• Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Similar words include: erstwhile, sure-enough, one-time
• Opposite of: new, young
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OLD

26A: "48. "Topless towers" city" (5 letters)

• Think of something that an ancient city in asia minor that was the site of the trojan war
• Similar words include: Ilion, Troy
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ILIUM

27A: "51. Blemish" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the month following february and preceding april
• Similar words include: blemish, mutilate, March
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MAR

28A: "53. Gumbo" (4 letters)

• Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Similar words include: lady's-finger, okra plant, Hibiscus esculentus
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OKRA

29A: "57. End of the quip" (15 letters)

• Pattern: _______________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FORGOTTOSAYWHEN

30A: "61. Cleaving tool" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FROE

31A: "62. Narrated again" (6 letters)

• Think of something that render verbally,
• Similar words include: reiterate, restate, fictionalise
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RETOLD

32A: "63. Okla. city" (3 letters)

• Think of something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Similar words include: adenosine deaminase
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ADA

33A: "64. Yearnings" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
• Similar words include: yen, hankering, yearn
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YENS

34A: "65. Saves Dad the nuptial costs" (6 letters)

• Think of something that run away secretly with one's beloved
• Similar words include: elope, run off
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELOPES

35A: "66. "I am ___ a crook": Nixon" (3 letters)

• Think of something that negation of a word or group of words
• Similar words include: non
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NOT

Solve the Down: NYT Crossword Help for January 31, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "When You ___ Upon a Star"	4
2D	2. Repeat	4
3D	3. Area in an ocean floor	4
4D	4. Past	3
5D	5. ASAP	6
6D	6. Toll road	4
7D	7. Other	4
8D	8. Entirety	3
9D	9. Island necklace	3
10D	10. Missing links?	6
11D	11. Pant	4
12D	12. Long	4
13D	13. Walk erratically	4
14D	18. Rent payer	6
15D	19. New Zealanders, informally	5
16D	24. Spring mo.	3
17D	25. Garden spot	4
18D	26. Fort ___, Tex.	5
19D	27. Debate	5
20D	28. Russian mountains	5
21D	29. Morocco's capital	5
22D	30. Nobel Peace Prize winner Root	5
23D	31. Orient Express, e.g.	5
24D	32. Like a galley	5
25D	33. Den denizen	3
26D	36. "___ pleasures and palaces ... "	3
27D	38. Company V.I.P.'s	4
28D	39. What Peter Pan lost	6
29D	41. Jerk	5
30D	42. This goes with poivre	3
31D	44. Reddens the cheeks	6
32D	45. Esprit de corps	6
33D	48. Uncertain: Slang	4
34D	49. Body of knowledge	4
35D	50. Something to pump	4
36D	51. Fictional sleuth	4
37D	52. Soaking wet	4
38D	54. Asian title of respect	4
39D	55. Freshen the décor	4
40D	56. Premed course	4
41D	58. Three, in Torino	3
42D	59. ___ Aviv	3
43D	60. Material measures: Abbr.	3

Down Clues - Comprehensive Solutions and Tips

1D: "1. "When You ___ Upon a Star"" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a specific feeling of desire
• Similar words include: like, compliments, regard
• Opposite of: begrudge
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WISH

2D: "2. Repeat" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Similar words include: reverberation, replication, resound
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ECHO

3D: "3. Area in an ocean floor" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the central and most intense or profound part
• Similar words include: deeply, late, mysterious
• Opposite of: shallow
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DEEP

4D: "4. Past" (3 letters)

• Think of something that gone by; or in the past
• Similar words include: agone
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AGO

5D: "5. ASAP" (6 letters)

• Think of something that in a punctual manner
• Similar words include: readily, promptly
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PRONTO

6D: "6. Toll road" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
• Similar words include: superhighway, state highway, thruway
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PIKE

7D: "7. Other" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELSE

8D: "8. Entirety" (3 letters)

• Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Similar words include: completely, entirely, wholly
• Opposite of: partly, some
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ALL

9D: "9. Island necklace" (3 letters)

• Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Similar words include: coronal, chaplet, garland
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LEI

10D: "10. Missing links?" (6 letters)

• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APEMEN

11D: "11. Pant" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
• Similar words include: heave, puff, pant
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GASP

12D: "12. Long" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Similar words include: aching, yen, suffer
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ACHE

13D: "13. Walk erratically" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
• Similar words include: bobbin, spin around, spool
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: REEL

14D: "18. Rent payer" (6 letters)

• Think of something that a tenant who holds a lease
• Similar words include: leaseholder
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LESSEE

15D: "19. New Zealanders, informally" (5 letters)

• Think of something that climbing vine native to china; cultivated in new zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
• Similar words include: apteryx, kiwi vine, Kiwi
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: KIWIS

16D: "24. Spring mo." (3 letters)

• Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
• Similar words include: April
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APR

17D: "25. Garden spot" (4 letters)

• Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Similar words include: promised land, paradise, Shangri-la
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EDEN

18D: "26. Fort ___, Tex." (5 letters)

• Think of something that an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
• Similar words include: deserving, Charles Frederick Worth
• Opposite of: worthlessness
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WORTH

19D: "27. Debate" (5 letters)

• Think of something that present reasons and arguments
• Similar words include: fence, debate, reason
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ARGUE

20D: "28. Russian mountains" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a mountain range in western russia extending from the arctic to the caspian sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between europe and asia
• Similar words include: Ural Mountains
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: URALS

21D: "29. Morocco's capital" (5 letters)

• Think of something that the capital of morocco; located in the northwestern on the atlantic coast
• Similar words include: capital of Morocco
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RABAT

22D: "30. Nobel Peace Prize winner Root" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELIHU

23D: "31. Orient Express, e.g." (5 letters)

• Think of something that public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
• Similar words include: civilize, caravan, groom
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TRAIN

24D: "32. Like a galley" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OARED

25D: "33. Den denizen" (3 letters)

• Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
• Similar words include: sonny, greenhorn, laddie
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CUB

26D: "36. "___ pleasures and palaces ... "" (3 letters)

• Think of something that used in combination to denote the middle
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MID

27D: "38. Company V.I.P.'s" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Similar words include: chief operating officer, CEO, chief executive officer
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CEOS

28D: "39. What Peter Pan lost" (6 letters)

• Think of something that shade within clear boundaries
• Similar words include: shade, apparition, phantasma
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SHADOW

29D: "41. Jerk" (5 letters)

• Think of something that (yiddish) a jerk
• Similar words include: schmuck, shmo, shmuck
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SCHMO

30D: "42. This goes with poivre" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SEL

31D: "44. Reddens the cheeks" (6 letters)

• Think of something that makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
• Similar words include: rouge, paint, blusher
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ROUGES

32D: "45. Esprit de corps" (6 letters)

• Think of something that a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
• Similar words include: esprit de corps, team spirit
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MORALE

33D: "48. Uncertain: Slang" (4 letters)

• Think of something that subject to accident or chance or change
• Similar words include: flukey, fluky, chancy
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IFFY

34D: "49. Body of knowledge" (4 letters)

• Think of something that knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
• Similar words include: traditional knowledge
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LORE

35D: "50. Something to pump" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• Similar words include: branding iron, Fe, smoothing iron
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IRON

36D: "51. Fictional sleuth" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MOTO

37D: "52. Soaking wet" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ASOP

38D: "54. Asian title of respect" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a title given to rulers or other important people in asian countries
• Similar words include: caravanserai, caravan inn, caravansary
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: KHAN

39D: "55. Freshen the décor" (4 letters)

• Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
• Similar words include: refashion, remodel, remake
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: REDO

40D: "56. Premed course" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ANAT

41D: "58. Three, in Torino" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TRE

42D: "59. ___ Aviv" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TEL

43D: "60. Material measures: Abbr." (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YDS

Puzzle Statistics

Category	Count
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	78

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Last Updated: August 24, 2025 at 07:06 AM

January 15, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Monday, January 15, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 15, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1A: "1. Comedian Bob ___"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a specific instance of feeling hopeful
• Similar words include: Bob Hope, trust, desire
• Opposite of: despair

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HOPE

2A: "5. Comedian Byron ___"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, george burns (1906-1964)
• Similar words include: Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Gracie Allen, Woody Allen
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALLEN

3A: "10. "But thou art ___ ready to pardon ... ": Neh. 9:17"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AGOD

4A: "14. Actor Richard ___"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EGAN

5A: "15. Coronet"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TIARA

6A: "16. Custody"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
• Similar words include: give care, attention, wish
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CARE

7A: "17. Master of slapstick and pathos"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REDSKELTON

8A: "19. He, to Hadrian"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ILLE

9A: "20. Type of TV show"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a program that is broadcast again
• Similar words include: rebroadcast
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RERUN

10A: "21. Confirmation reply"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an affirmative
• Opposite of: no
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YES

11A: "22. Harmonica player Larry ___"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ADLER

12A: "23. Ancient Chinese"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SERES

13A: "25. Eye part"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RETINA

14A: "27. Fitzgerald of songdom"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELLA

15A: "29. Beaver State"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Similar words include: Beaver State, OR
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OREGON

16A: "32. Track circuit"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
• Similar words include: circuit, lap covering, lick
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAP

17A: "35. Savors"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
• Similar words include: try out, sense of taste, sample
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TASTES

18A: "38. Mets' territory"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SHEA

19A: "39. Ardor"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Similar words include: ardor, panache, style
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELAN

20A: "41. Halts"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
• Similar words include: arrest, discontinue, check
• Opposite of: continue, start

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STOPS

21A: "42. Tennis units"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Similar words include: exercise set, specify, localize
• Opposite of: rise

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SETS

22A: "43. Thurmond of N.B.A. fame"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NATE

23A: "44. Impede"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
• Similar words include: trammel, bond, cramp
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HAMPER

24A: "46. Cheer"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAH

25A: "47. Beginning, to Burns"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ONCOME

26A: "49. Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g."

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
• Similar words include: aroid
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARUM

27A: "51. "Ernani" and "Orfeo""

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
• Similar words include: opera, Opera, opera house
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OPERAS

28A: "54. Trap"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
• Similar words include: trammel, hook, trap
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SNARE

29A: "57. Ring-shaped coral island"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATOLL

30A: "59. Caviar"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
• Similar words include: hard roe
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROE

31A: "61. Elba or Sicilia"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ISOLA

32A: "63. "Oh, My ___," Fisher hit"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Similar words include: dada, dad, pappa
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PAPA

33A: "64. Master of insult humor"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DONRICKLES

34A: "66. Hot times in Paris"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ETES

35A: "67. Last Greek letter"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the ending of a series or sequence; --revelation
• Similar words include: Z
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OMEGA

36A: "68. Shady trees"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Similar words include: elm tree, elmwood, elm
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELMS

37A: "69. Skin: Comb. form"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DERM

38A: "70. Comedian Jackie ___"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that american revolutionary leader from virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the bill of rights (1725-1792)
• Similar words include: Alfred Edward Woodley Mason, A. E. W. Mason, Freemason
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MASON

39A: "71. "Let George ___""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DOIT

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1D: "1. Mister, in Germany"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a german man; used before the name as a title equivalent to mr in english
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HERR

2D: "2. S-shaped moldings"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a molding that (in section) has the shape of an s with the convex part above and the concave part below
• Similar words include: ogee, cyma reversa
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OGEES

3D: "3. Chaplain, to a G.I."

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chaplain in one of the military services
• Similar words include: sky pilot, Father, Holy Joe
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PADRE

4D: "4. Guarantee"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make certain of
• Similar words include: guarantee, ascertain, secure
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENSURE

5D: "5. Mischievous Olympian"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Similar words include: eat up, wipe out, feed
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATE

6D: "6. Calla ___"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any liliaceous plant of the genus lilium having showy pendulous flowers
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LILY

7D: "7. Subsequently"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that coming at a subsequent time or stage
• Similar words include: ulterior, later on, posterior
• Opposite of: early

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LATER

8D: "8. Irregular"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
• Similar words include: toothed, jaggy, notched
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EROSE

9D: "9. Fabray, to friends"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that your grandmother
• Similar words include: gran, nanna, Nan River
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NAN

10D: "10. Quality of being sour"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACIDNESS

11D: "11. Comedian featuring inventive props"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GALLAGHER

12D: "12. Heraldry border"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORLE

13D: "13. Venison source"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that distinguished from bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
• Similar words include: cervid
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DEER

14D: "18. Genuflected"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rest one's weight on one's knees
• Similar words include: kneel
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: KNELT

15D: "22. Atmosphere"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
• Similar words include: airwave, send, melody
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AIR

16D: "24. Swordsman"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who slashes another person
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SLASHER

17D: "26. Quoits players"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that terms of abuse for a masturbator
• Similar words include: tosser, jerk-off, wanker
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TOSSERS

18D: "28. Movie barker"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASTA

19D: "30. Mountain chain in Greece"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OETA

20D: "31. Old car or poet"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)
• Similar words include: Ogden Nash
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NASH

21D: "32. Comedian Jay ___"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LENO

22D: "33. Comedian King"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALAN

23D: "34. Master of Italian mimicry"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PATCOOPER

24D: "36. Comedian Dreesen"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
• Similar words include: turkey cock, gobbler, tomcat
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TOM

25D: "37. Rixey of pitching fame"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EPPA

26D: "40. Abnormal tissue growth"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
• Similar words include: tumor, tumour
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: NEOPLASM

27D: "45. Mystical"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that relating to or consisting of runes
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RUNIC

28D: "48. Comedian Brooks"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MEL

29D: "50. Disguised"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hide under a false appearance
• Similar words include: cloaked, disguised, dissemble
• Opposite of: unmask

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Answer: MASKED

30D: "52. Fragrance"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: odor, perfume, olfactory property
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AROMA

31D: "53. Loudness units"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 db above threshold
• Similar words include: sone
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SONES

32D: "55. Viking chieftain"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that norse chieftain who became the first duke of normandy (860-931)
• Similar words include: Rolf, Hrolf
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROLLO

33D: "56. Oleoresin used in incense"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family burseraceae and used as incense
• Similar words include: gum elemi
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ELEMI

34D: "57. Imitated"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
• Similar words include: ape, caricature
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: APED

35D: "58. London art gallery"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states poet and critic (1899-1979)
• Similar words include: John Orley Allen Tate, Allen Tate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TATE

36D: "60. Therefore"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ERGO

37D: "62. Vice prin., e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASST

38D: "64. Comedian DeLuise"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DOM

39D: "65. Author Fleming"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IAN

Puzzle Stats

39 Across

39 Down

78 Total

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