0913 NYT Crossword: Fri Sept 13, 2024 | Puzzle Breakdown

NYT Crossword Tuesday September 13, 2024 Puzzle Breakdown: Your Complete Guide

Here are the puzzles for New York Times Crossword of September 13, 2024 which brings another set of fun and enticing clues and questions. Below are the explanations for the across and down clues which will assist you in completing today’s puzzle.

 NYT Crosswords : Friday Sept 13, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. What jackknives can help to carve. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABS

  Possible Answer : type_AB, abdominal, ab, Bachelor_of_Arts, AB, abdominal_muscle, Av, Ab, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, ABS, BA, group_AB, Artium_Baccalaurens




• The clue is 4. "That's fair". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VALID

  Possible Answer : valid

  Possible Opposite Answer : invalid




• The clue is 9. Account of a wild night out?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAB

  Possible Answer : pill, tab_key, tab, yellow_journalism, tablet, tabloid, lozenge, check, chit




• The clue is 12. Fail, with "out". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRAP

  Possible Answer : turd, bull, make, ca-ca, defecate, take_a_crap, dirt, dogshit, take_a_shit, bullshit, shit, poop, Irish_bull, crap, stool, horseshit, shite




• The clue is 14. Site sieged by Santa Anna. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALAMO

  Possible Answer : Alamo




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

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

  The answer: SORE

  Possible Answer : sensitive, mad, tender, huffy, sore, raw, painful, afflictive




• The clue is 16. Cob, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MALE

  Possible Answer : manful, manly, virile, manlike, Male, male, male_person

  Possible Opposite Answer : female




• The clue is 17. What's often made by doctors. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: SIXFIGURES




• The clue is 19. Together. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENMASSE




• The clue is 21. Vacuous. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INANE

  Possible Answer : fatuous, asinine, vacuous, mindless, inane




• The clue is 22. "Actually, forget I asked". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONTANSWERTHAT




• The clue is 26. Like meetings of the U.N. General Assembly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANNUAL

  Possible Answer : yearbook, yearly, one-year, annual

  Possible Opposite Answer : biennial




• The clue is 27. Group of zombies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HORDE

  Possible Answer : swarm, host, legion, horde, drove




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

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

  The answer: PARTY

  Possible Answer : political_party, company, party




• The clue is 29. Gets high on a kite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARASAILS

  Possible Answer : parasail




• The clue is 33. Sch. in Ypsilanti whose mascot is an eagle, not another large bird. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMU

  Possible Answer : emu, Dromaius_novaehollandiae, Emu_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit




• The clue is 34. Bad thing to be out of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SORTS

  Possible Answer : form, screen, variety, sorting, kind, sieve, class, sort, classify, assort, sort_out, screen_out, separate




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

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

  The answer: NIL

  Possible Answer : zip, aught, goose_egg, naught, nothing, nix, nil, null, cipher, zippo, cypher, zero, nada, zilch




• The clue is 36. Extraterrestrial menace in 5-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XENOMORPH




• The clue is 39. Comic Gillis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHANE




• The clue is 41. Murphy's co-star in "48 Hrs.". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOLTE




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

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

  The answer: CHASED

  Possible Answer : chamfer, chase_after, pursued, furrow, go_after, chase, chased, tag, trail, give_chase, dog, track, tail




• The clue is 43. Response to not getting the reference?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CITATIONNEEDED




• The clue is 47. Put into effect. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENACT

  Possible Answer : act_out, reenact, ordain, enact




• The clue is 48. Sources of high-quality wool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALPACAS

  Possible Answer : Lama_pacos, alpaca




• The clue is 50. Dynamic stance. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: ACTIONPOSE




• The clue is 54. No more. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GONE

  Possible Answer : plump, get_going, decease, get, pass, depart, conk_out, done_for, sound, croak, go_bad, give_way, break, kaput, pop_off, give_out, die, perish, kick_the_bucket, function, travel, snuff_it, belong, become, buy_the_farm, asleep, at_peace, choke, hold_out, rifle, go, endure, departed, exit, give-up_the_ghost, expire, blend_in, fit, blend, proceed, move, run_low, survive, live_on, hold_up, cash_in_one's_chips, gone, start, at_rest, bypast, work, pass_away, extend, live, run_short, go_away, drop_dead, fail, conk, run, bygone, locomote, lead, last, deceased, break_down, operate, foregone

  Possible Opposite Answer : come, stay_in_place, malfunction, be_born, stop




• The clue is 55. Went after, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUED

  Possible Answer : action, litigate, sue, process




• The clue is 56. At this point. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFAR




• The clue is 57. At some point. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONCE

  Possible Answer : once, at_one_time, in_one_case, erstwhile, formerly, one_time, erst




• The clue is 58. Make a gaffe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERR

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




• The clue is 59. How Vin Diesel was cast in "The Fast and the Furious," you might say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APTLY

  Possible Answer : aptly, capably, competently, ably

  Possible Opposite Answer : incompetently




• The clue is 60. Ottoman setting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEN

  Possible Answer : hideaway, hideout, den, lair

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: ACME

  Possible Answer: tiptop, summit, apex, vertex, meridian, acme, superlative, top, peak, pinnacle, height, elevation

• The clue is 2. Dumpster or zipper, originally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRANDNAME

• The clue is 3. Boon for grizzly bears. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SALMONRUN

• The clue is 4. One doing the lord's work. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VASSAL

  Possible Answer: feudatory, liegeman, liege, liege_subject, vassal

• The clue is 5. Sci-fi franchise since 1979. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIEN

  Possible Answer: extraterrestrial, disaffect, alien, stranger, extraterrestrial_being, outlander, exotic, unknown, alienate, estrange, foreigner, foreign, noncitizen

  Possible Opposite Answer : acquaintance, citizen

• The clue is 6. Laissez-faire. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAX

  Possible Answer: lax, slack, loose

  Possible Opposite Answer : tense

• The clue is 7. Global lending org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMF

  Possible Answer: International_Monetary_Fund, IMF

• The clue is 8. Enthusiastic assent. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOI

  Possible Answer: Department_of_the_Interior, DoI, Interior_Department, Interior

• The clue is 9. Numbers 1 through 36 are found in it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORAH

  Possible Answer: Torah, Pentateuch, Laws

• The clue is 10. Where some banners are hung. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARENA

  Possible Answer: scene_of_action, sphere, orbit, stadium, bowl, area, domain, arena, field, sports_stadium

• The clue is 11. Under siege. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BESET

  Possible Answer: chivvy, harass, chevvy, harry, plague, molest, hassle, incrust, encrust, chevy, beset, provoke, chivy, set_upon

• The clue is 13. Bit of foam, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEANUT

  Possible Answer: earthnut, peanut_vine, Arachis_hypogaea, goober_pea, monkey_nut, goober, insignificant, peanut, groundnut

• The clue is 15. Beverage steeped in bright daylight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUNTEA

• The clue is 18. Encircles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GIRDS

  Possible Answer: gird, girdle, fortify, encircle, arm, build_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : disarm

• The clue is 20. Not take off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAY

  Possible Answer: last_out, continue, outride, appease, rest, hitch, stop, persist, halt, stick, stick_around, delay, arrest, stoppage, stay_on, abide, check, remain, detain, stay, stay_put, ride_out, quell, bide

  Possible Opposite Answer : depart, change, move

• The clue is 23. Improve, as an argument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHARPEN

  Possible Answer: focalise, focalize, focus, point, heighten, taper, sharpen

  Possible Opposite Answer : flatten, soften, blur, dull

• The clue is 24. Concern for an antiquer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WORTH

  Possible Answer: Charles_Frederick_Worth, worth, Worth, deserving

  Possible Opposite Answer : worthlessness

• The clue is 25. They increase with blown saves, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERAS

  Possible Answer: era, epoch, ERA, geological_era, earned_run_average

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

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

  The answer: APEX

  Possible Answer: apex_of_the_sun's_way, apex, vertex, solar_apex, acme, peak

  Possible Opposite Answer : antapex

• The clue is 29. ___-Novo, capital of Benin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PORTO

  Possible Answer: Porto, Oporto

• The clue is 30. "Be right with you". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INASECOND

• The clue is 31. Cotton-Eyed Joe, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LINEDANCE

• The clue is 32. ___ dog. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLED

  Possible Answer: sledge, sled, sleigh

• The clue is 34. Most arias. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOLI

  Possible Answer: solo

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

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

  The answer: ONACID

• The clue is 38. Minnesota's is French and California's is Greek. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOTTO

  Possible Answer: shibboleth, motto, slogan, catchword

• The clue is 39. "Old ___," country standard performed by Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHEP

• The clue is 40. Attempted, with "at". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HADAGO

• The clue is 42. Food that's roughly 95% water. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CELERY

  Possible Answer: cultivated_celery, Apium_graveolens_dulce, celery

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

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

  The answer: CEASE

  Possible Answer: discontinue, finish, terminate, lay_off, stop, cease, end, give_up, quit

  Possible Opposite Answer : continue, begin

• The clue is 44. Rack up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INCUR

  Possible Answer: get, incur, find, obtain, receive

• The clue is 45. Eyed food, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TATER

  Possible Answer: Irish_potato, murphy, spud, tater, white_potato, potato

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

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

  The answer: NASAL

  Possible Answer: nasal_bone, nasal_consonant, adenoidal, pinched, rhinal, nasal, os_nasale

• The clue is 49. A good way to feel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEEN

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

• The clue is 51. Org. whose official number of employees is unknown to the public. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NSA

  Possible Answer: National_Security_Agency, NSA

• The clue is 52. Word with rock or Rocks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POP

  Possible Answer: bulge, toss_off, pappa, daddy, down, kill, pop_up, soda_water, pop, come_out, crop_up, popular, soda_pop, belt_down, pop_out, soda, dada, bolt_down, start, drink_down, pop_music, bulge_out, pa, popping, pour_down, bug_out, tonic, protrude, papa, dad

• The clue is 53. O'er and o'er. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OFT

  Possible Answer: ofttimes, frequently, oftentimes, oft, often

  Possible Opposite Answer : rarely, infrequently

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Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Walks softly

4-letter answer Answer: PADS

Word Help: Synonyms: bolster, stamp_pad, slog

Clue #2: 5. Impossible to contact by ordinary means

10-letter answer Answer: OFFTHEGRID

Clue #3: 15. "___, sing America"

4-letter answer Answer: ITOO

Clue #4: 16. Feature focused on investigation and resolution

10-letter answer Answer: CRIMEDRAMA

Clue #5: 17. Turf

4-letter answer Answer: LAND

Word Help: Synonyms: kingdom, dry_land, Din_Land

Clue #6: 18. Downward-facing dog?

10-letter answer Answer: CANISMAJOR

Clue #7: 19. ___ text (label for a screen reader)

3-letter answer Answer: ALT

Word Help: Synonyms: ALT, EL, altitude

Clue #8: 20. ___ Robert Jr., 2020 Gold Glove Award winner

4-letter answer Answer: LUIS

Clue #9: 21. Encrust

4-letter answer Answer: CAKE

Word Help: Synonyms: patty, bar, cake

Clue #10: 22. What might be caught Red-handed?

7-letter answer Answer: FLYBALL

Clue #11: 24. Cracker topper

4-letter answer Answer: BRIE

Word Help: Synonyms: Brie

Clue #12: 27. Raise

5-letter answer Answer: HOIST

Word Help: Synonyms: wind, hoist, lift

Clue #13: 28. Popular vacation spot

8-letter answer Answer: SEASHORE

Word Help: Synonyms: coast, seacoast, seashore

Clue #14: 32. Talks up

5-letter answer Answer: TOUTS

Word Help: Synonyms: gas, boast, vaunt

Clue #15: 33. It's not worth what it seems

9-letter answer Answer: PLAYMONEY

Clue #16: 34. Kick out

4-letter answer Answer: OUST

Word Help: Synonyms: throw_out, oust, boot_out

Clue #17: 35. Roughly 62% of its claimed territory is in Antarctica

5-letter answer Answer: CHILE

Word Help: Synonyms: chili, Chile, Republic_of_Chile

Clue #18: 36. Fine-textured wood used in musical instruments

4-letter answer Answer: PEAR

Word Help: Synonyms: Pyrus_communis, pear, pear_tree

Clue #19: 37. Unfettered flow of goods

9-letter answer Answer: FREETRADE

Clue #20: 39. It might turn up a turnip

5-letter answer Answer: SPADE

Word Help: Synonyms: jigaboo, coon, nigger

Clue #21: 40. Software clients

8-letter answer Answer: USERBASE

Clue #22: 41. Minuscule

5-letter answer Answer: TEENY

Word Help: Synonyms: wee, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy

Clue #23: 42. "That's my opinion, too"

4-letter answer Answer: SAME

Word Help: Synonyms: Saami, Saame, Sami
Antonyms: different, unlike

Clue #24: 43. Components of some makeovers

7-letter answer Answer: HAIRDOS

Word Help: Synonyms: coiffure, hairstyle, hairdo

Clue #25: 45. Boatload

4-letter answer Answer: SLEW

Word Help: Synonyms: batch, slue, lot

Clue #26: 48. First-rate, in slang

4-letter answer Answer: BOSS

Word Help: Synonyms: hirer, foreman, genus_Bos

Clue #27: 49. R&B's ___ Hill

3-letter answer Answer: DRU

Clue #28: 50. "Be kind!"

10-letter answer Answer: HAVEAHEART

Clue #29: 54. First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature

4-letter answer Answer: TONI

Clue #30: 55. What holding one's thumb up might indicate

10-letter answer Answer: INEEDARIDE

Clue #31: 56. "How could ___?"

4-letter answer Answer: INOT

Clue #32: 57. Cooking byproduct sometimes called "liquid gold"

10-letter answer Answer: PASTAWATER

Clue #33: 58. Rescues, maybe

4-letter answer Answer: PETS

Word Help: Synonyms: positron_emission_tomography, favorite, deary

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Fragrant rice dish

5-letter answer Answer: PILAF

Word Help: Synonyms: pilaf, pilaff, pilaw

Clue #2: 2. Day and night

10-letter answer Answer: ATALLHOURS

Clue #3: 3. "Must I spell it out further?"

10-letter answer Answer: DONTYOUSEE

Clue #4: 4. Turf

3-letter answer Answer: SOD

Word Help: Synonyms: turf, superoxide_dismutase, sward

Clue #5: 5. Like practices associated with pentacles

6-letter answer Answer: OCCULT

Word Help: Synonyms: supernatural, occult, mystical

Clue #6: 6. Enfeebled

5-letter answer Answer: FRAIL

Word Help: Synonyms: weak, fallible, imperfect
Antonyms: robust

Clue #7: 7. Some scuba diving gear

4-letter answer Answer: FINS

Word Help: Synonyms: tailfin, cinque, Phoebe

Clue #8: 8. "OMG, I didn't need to know that!"

3-letter answer Answer: TMI

Clue #9: 9. "She's everything. ___ just Ken" (2023 movie tagline)

3-letter answer Answer: HES

Word Help: Synonyms: he, atomic_number_2, helium

Clue #10: 10. Genre heard at many raves, for short

3-letter answer Answer: EDM

Clue #11: 11. Pioneer in computer science who has a college at Yale named after her

11-letter answer Answer: GRACEHOPPER

Clue #12: 12. Asian royal

4-letter answer Answer: RAJA

Word Help: Synonyms: Raja, genus_Raja, raja

Clue #13: 13. "Don't worry about me"

4-letter answer Answer: IMOK

Clue #14: 14. Have the audacity

4-letter answer Answer: DARE

Word Help: Synonyms: presume, dare, make_bold

Clue #15: 20. Colleen

4-letter answer Answer: LASS

Word Help: Synonyms: lass, jeune_fille, young_girl

Clue #16: 23. Emotionally complex, in a way

11-letter answer Answer: BITTERSWEET

Word Help: Synonyms: bittersweet_nightshade, woody_nightshade, climbing_nightshade

Clue #17: 24. James Baldwin's "If ___ Street Could Talk"

5-letter answer Answer: BEALE

Clue #18: 25. One-named singer in the 2023 hit "Prada"

4-letter answer Answer: RAYE

Clue #19: 26. What one might subscribe to

3-letter answer Answer: ISM

Word Help: Synonyms: doctrine, philosophical_system, ism

Clue #20: 28. "I'll let that ___ …"

5-letter answer Answer: SLIDE

Word Help: Synonyms: slip, sliding_board, playground_slide

Clue #21: 29. Not to be repeated

10-letter answer Answer: ONEANDDONE

Clue #22: 30. Seeking comment?

10-letter answer Answer: READYORNOT

Clue #23: 31. Title heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you"

4-letter answer Answer: EYRE

Word Help: Synonyms: Lake_Eyre, Eyre

Clue #24: 32. Stir-fry protein option

4-letter answer Answer: TOFU

Word Help: Synonyms: bean_curd, tofu

Clue #25: 33. This, too, shall pass

5-letter answer Answer: PHASE

Word Help: Synonyms: form, phase, stage

Clue #26: 35. Squeeze

4-letter answer Answer: CRAM

Word Help: Synonyms: jam, jampack, wad

Clue #27: 38. Not yet final, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: TBA

Clue #28: 39. Number of kings en España named Felipe

4-letter answer Answer: SEIS

Clue #29: 41. Position at a food company

6-letter answer Answer: TASTER

Word Help: Synonyms: taste-tester, taste_tester, sampler

Clue #30: 43. Throng

5-letter answer Answer: HORDE

Word Help: Synonyms: host, horde, swarm

Clue #31: 44. Boardroom group

5-letter answer Answer: SUITS

Word Help: Synonyms: befit, case, wooing

Clue #32: 45. Mail

4-letter answer Answer: SHIP

Word Help: Synonyms: embark, send, ship
Antonyms: disembark

Clue #33: 46. Superboy's crush

4-letter answer Answer: LANA

Clue #34: 47. Holiday lead-ins

4-letter answer Answer: EVES

Word Help: Synonyms: evening, eventide, even

Clue #35: 48. Entice

4-letter answer Answer: BAIT

Word Help: Synonyms: taunt, twit, decoy

Clue #36: 51. Antidiscrimination legis. of 1990

3-letter answer Answer: ADA

Word Help: Synonyms: ADA, adenosine_deaminase

Clue #37: 52. ___ flakes (fruity Chinese snack)

3-letter answer Answer: HAW

Word Help: Synonyms: hawthorn, haw

Clue #38: 53. Long period

3-letter answer Answer: ERA

Word Help: Synonyms: earned_run_average, epoch, geological_era

Clue #39: 54. What a boat shouldn't do

3-letter answer Answer: TIP

Word Help: Synonyms: angle, pourboire, tiptoe

Expert Solving Strategies

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February 28, 2019 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - February 28, 2019

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

• 1. Crowd on the move: HORDE
• 6. Valuable paper: CURRENCY
• 14. Crossing the keel: ABEAM
• 15. It holds water: STREAMBED
• 16. Blue jays: JASMINEANDJEANS
• 18. "Watch out!": DANGER
• 19. Game with 501 points: DARTS
• 20. ___ plate: TIN
• 21. Temple title: RABBI
• 24. Bygone compacts: GEOS
• 26. Honey bees: BADGERSANDBEARS
• 30. "I can see clearly now": AHSO
• 31. Second-largest moon of Saturn: RHEA
• 32. Alternative to AOL: MSN
• 33. Dry eyes: ICEANDINK
• 38. Abbr. at a tire shop: PSI
• 41. To boot: ALSO
• 42. Autobahn auto: AUDI
• 46. High seas: COMEDYANDCRIMES
• 51. Candy bar with chocolate and caramel around a wafer: TWIX
• 52. Tributary of the Rio Grande: PECOS
• 53. Gandhi and others, for short: PMS
• 54. Much of the back of a baseball card: STATS
• 57. Follower of debate in the General Assembly, in brief: UNVOTE
• 59. Green peas: PEACEANDPEPPERS
• 63. AA and AAA: BATTERIES
• 64. Farm refrain: EIEIO
• 65. Parts of tourist guides: AREAMAPS
• 66. Jobs at a body shop: DENTS

Down:

• 1. Leon Uris novel, with "The": HAJ
• 2. Shortest Old Testament book: OBADIAH
• 3. Smooths over: RESANDS
• 4. Very, informally: DAMN
• 5. Albert Einstein, notably: EMIGRE
• 6. 'L' train overseer, for short: CTA
• 7. Caterer's container: URN
• 8. Funny Foxx: REDD
• 9. Indian chief: RAJA
• 10. Surface: EMERGE
• 11. Thunder, but not Lightning: NBATEAM
• 12. Bleeps: CENSORS
• 13. QB's accumulation: Abbr.: YDS
• 15. Nikola Tesla's countrymen: SERBS
• 17. ___ miss: NEAR
• 20. Not yet on the sched.: TBA
• 22. Without exception: BARNONE
• 23. Like a crisp picture, say: INHD
• 25. Private info, for short: SSN
• 27. "There but for the grace of God ___": GOI
• 28. Opus ___: DEI
• 29. Kick out for good: BAN
• 34. Real heel: CAD
• 35. Seat of White Pine County, Nev.: ELY
• 36. "Now!": ASAP
• 37. China's Chiang ___-shek: KAI
• 38. Election fig.: PCT
• 39. Unlikely source of a silk purse: SOWSEAR
• 40. Mirror: IMITATE
• 43. Lots of: UMPTEEN
• 44. Teacher's punishment: DEMERIT
• 45. Magazine no.: ISS
• 47. Tough-to-win horse racing bet: EXACTA
• 48. Certain intimate apparel sizes: DCUPS
• 49. Traffic director: CONE
• 50. Got back (to): RSVPED
• 55. Abound: TEEM
• 56. Tegan and ___ (pop duo): SARA
• 58. Andy Taylor's kid on old TV: OPIE
• 59. Keglers' org.: PBA
• 60. Quick drink: NIP
• 61. Paris's Jardin ___ Tuileries: DES
• 62. Kind of pad: SOS

NYT Crossword Answers & Hints - July 11, 2025 | XWordHint Today Vibez

NYT Crossword Answers & Hints – July 11, 2025 | XWordHint Today Trends & Vibez

Published on Friday, July 11, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Armies"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
• Similar words include: server, horde, innkeeper
• Opposite of: parasite

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Answer: HOSTS

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🧩 2A: "6. Big-eyed, in a way"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OWLY

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🧩 3A: "10. Accouterment for a queen"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
• Similar words include: waistband, waistcloth, window sash
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SASH

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🧩 4A: "14. Acquirer of GeoCities and Broadcast.com during the dot-com bubble"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
• Similar words include: rube, chawbacon, hayseed
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YAHOO

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🧩 5A: "15. Butter in South Asian cooking"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that clarified butter used in indian cookery
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GHEE

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🧩 6A: "16. Prayer, essentially"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a humble request for help from someone in authority
• Similar words include: supplication
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PLEA

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🧩 7A: "17. Examines something in more depth"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DRILLSDOWN

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🧩 8A: "19. Prefix with directional"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OMNI

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🧩 9A: "20. Outpace the syllabus, say"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: READAHEAD

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🧩 10A: "21. Laughfest"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
• Similar words include: red cent, bird, razzing
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOOT

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🧩 11A: "22. They might pop up from time to time"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
• Similar words include: advert, advertising, advertizement
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADS

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🧩 12A: "23. Bolted"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• Similar words include: break away, run, work
• Opposite of: idle, malfunction

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAN

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🧩 13A: "24. Submit"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HANDIN

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🧩 14A: "26. Supermodel Alek"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WEK

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🧩 15A: "27. Katy Perry song with the lyric "Louder, louder than a lion 'cause I am the champion""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deep prolonged loud noise
• Similar words include: holler, yowl, wail
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROAR

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🧩 16A: "29. "Don't Worry Kyoko" singer"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Similar words include: Yoko Ono
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONO

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🧩 17A: "30. One on the fast track?"

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RACECARDRIVER

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🧩 18A: "33. What might come with a twist or two"

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BALLOONANIMAL

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🧩 19A: "34. "You're warm""

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GETTINGCLOSER

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🧩 20A: "35. Hookups"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
• Similar words include: Immigration and Naturalization Service, In, in
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INS

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🧩 21A: "36. "Poppycock!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PISH

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🧩 22A: "37. Peppery"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
• Similar words include: live, red-hot, raging
• Opposite of: cold

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOT

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🧩 23A: "38. First-rate"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
• Similar words include: hunky-dory, o.k., okay
• Opposite of: coarse

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FINEST

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🧩 24A: "40. Phanerozoic, for one"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the longest division of geological time
• Similar words include: aeon
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EON

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🧩 25A: "41. Isaac Asimov novel "Murder at the ___""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABA

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🧩 26A: "44. "Please, take this off my hands""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the present location; this place
• Similar words include: hither, Hera
• Opposite of: there

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HERE

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🧩 27A: "45. Tales are related about them"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)
• Similar words include: campfire
• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CAMPFIRES

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🧩 28A: "48. Org. with the pioneering Artemis program"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
• Similar words include: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NASA

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🧩 29A: "49. Features of many documentaries"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VOICEOVERS

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🧩 30A: "50. Colonial group"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Similar words include: pismire, emmet, ant
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANTS

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🧩 31A: "51. Tiptop"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
• Similar words include: summit, elevation, superlative
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACME

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🧩 32A: "52. Actress Rapp of "Mean Girls""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RENEE

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🧩 33A: "53. Fundamental unit in logarithmic equations"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that installation from which a military force initiates operations
• Similar words include: establish, ground, baseborn
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BASE

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🧩 34A: "54. It may drip in the winter"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
• Similar words include: wind, poke, pry
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOSE

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🧩 35A: "55. Cries of annoyance"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DRATS

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Sea serpent of myth"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
• Similar words include: Snake
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HYDRA

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🧩 2D: "2. Four-___ (like some shells)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OARED

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🧩 3D: "3. Most Iranians"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one of the two main branches of orthodox islam; mainly in iran
• Similar words include: Shiah Islam, Shiah, Shia
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHIAS

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🧩 4D: "4. Ordered"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that express in words
• Similar words include: secern, tell apart, secernate
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOLD

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🧩 5D: "5. Event requiring special specs"

📏 12 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOLARECLIPSE

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🧩 6D: "6. Nash who wrote "The cow is of the bovine ilk; / One end is moo, the other, milk""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english psychologist who collaborated with i. a. richards in designing basic english (1889-1957)
• Similar words include: Charles Kay Ogden, C. K. Ogden
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OGDEN

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🧩 7D: "7. "Hold on there, cowboy!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHOA

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🧩 8D: "8. Dirty"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
• Similar words include: lustful, lascivious, salacious
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEWD

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9D: "9. Kind of coin that features a Buddhist temple on one side"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
• Similar words include: languish, hankering, pine
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YEN

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🧩 10D: "10. Cuddle, in a way"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
• Similar words include: spoonful, smooch
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPOON

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🧩 11D: "11. Pedro ___, Oscar-winning screenwriter for "Talk to Her""

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALMODOVAR

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🧩 12D: "12. One with a watch"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
• Similar words include: spotter, sentry, watch
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SENTINEL

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🧩 13D: "13. Japanese accord?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAI

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🧩 14D: "18. Seal the deal"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHAKEONIT

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🧩 15D: "21. Film star whose name consists of two presidents"

📏 12 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HARRISONFORD

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🧩 16D: "24. Was destined to fail"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HADNOHOPE

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🧩 17D: "25. 1952 Olympics locale: Abbr."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOR

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🧩 18D: "26. "Breaking Bad" antihero"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WALT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 19D: "27. Alternative to French"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
• Similar words include: spread, cattle farm, cattle ranch
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RANCH

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 20D: "28. Kind of cavity"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
• Similar words include: oral exam, viva voce, viva
• Opposite of: aboral, anal

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORAL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 21D: "30. Sties, say"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RATSNESTS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 22D: "31. Machine workers?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
• Similar words include: cog, sprocket
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COGS

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🧩 23D: "32. "How ___ Your Mother""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IMET

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🧩 24D: "33. Restaurant chain where chefs make onion volcanoes"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BENIHANA

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🧩 25D: "34. Animated internet pic"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GIF

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 26D: "39. Make vanish"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove from memory or existence
• Similar words include: score out, wipe off, delete
• Opposite of: record

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERASE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 27D: "40. One making introductions"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
• Similar words include: host, master of ceremonies, compere
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EMCEE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 28D: "41. Play ground?"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particular environment or walk of life
• Similar words include: domain, orbit, field
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARENA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 29D: "42. Military topper"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BERET

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 30D: "43. Fools"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Similar words include: nates, fanny, fundament
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASSES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 31D: "45. 2017 animated film set in the Land of the Dead"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
• Similar words include: coco palm, coconut, Cocos nucifera
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COCO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 32D: "46. Directs"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• Similar words include: drive, calculate, aspire
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AIMS

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🧩 33D: "47. Indie folk's Bon ___"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that being one more than three
• Similar words include: 4, four, iv
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IVER

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🧩 34D: "48. Collar"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tag the base runner to get him out
• Similar words include: nail, arrest, cop
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAB

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🧩 35D: "49. Car pool transport"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
• Similar words include: avant-garde, vanguard, caravan
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: VAN

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

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Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

📊 Today's Puzzle Stats

35 Across Clues

35 Down Clues

70 Total Clues

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