August 26, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle August 26, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Redding who wrote "Respect"	4
2A	5. New York's ___ Lawrence College	5
3A	10. Scoundrels	4
4A	14. Blowout	4
5A	15. Sauce that's heavy on garlic ... and vowels	5
6A	16. "Thirtysomething" actor Ken	4
7A	17. Investment for a humorist?	10
8A	19. Word before curriculum or meltdown	4
9A	20. Mila of "Bad Moms"	5
10A	21. Insubstantial beverage ... or argument	7
11A	23. Vacation goal, in brief	5
12A	24. Investment for a butcher?	9
13A	26. Constitution or Independence, in D.C.	3
14A	27. Prepared to be knighted	5
15A	29. Election winner of 1908	4
16A	30. Lucretia ___, pioneer in women's rights	4
17A	32. T-Mobile competitor: Abbr.	3
18A	33. The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards	3
19A	34. Collection that demonstrates job skills ... as suggested by 17-, 24-, 48- and 55-Across	13
20A	39. What makes car care?	3
21A	40. Gardner of old Hollywood	3
22A	41. Strategic objective soon after the D-Day invasion	4
23A	43. Science fiction award	4
24A	45. Part of Wonder Woman's outfit	5
25A	47. "Aaron Burr, ___" (song from "Hamilton")	3
26A	48. Investment for a physicist?	9
27A	50. Tequila source	5
28A	52. Like some gift bows	7
29A	53. Working stiff	5
30A	54. Ditch	4
31A	55. Investment for a restaurateur?	10
32A	59. In a bit	4
33A	60. Devilishly clever insults, in slang	5
34A	61. Adidas competitor	4
35A	62. Repair	4
36A	63. "The final frontier"	5
37A	64. Phone nos.	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Redding who wrote "Respect""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Words that mean the same thing: Elisha Graves Otis, genus Otis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. New York's ___ Lawrence College"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) the wife of abraham and mother of isaac
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Scoundrels"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who is morally reprehensible
• Words that mean the same thing: bounder, heel, CAD
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Blowout"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an easy victory
• Words that mean the same thing: gambol, cavort, runaway
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Sauce that's heavy on garlic ... and vowels"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that garlic mayonnaise
• Words that mean the same thing: aioli sauce, garlic sauce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "Thirtysomething" actor Ken"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Investment for a humorist?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMEDYGOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Word before curriculum or meltdown"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small group of indispensable persons or things
• Words that mean the same thing: substance, gist, core group
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Mila of "Bad Moms""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KUNIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Insubstantial beverage ... or argument"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAKTEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Vacation goal, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Investment for a butcher?"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEEFSTOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Constitution or Independence, in D.C."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Prepared to be knighted"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that rest one's weight on one's knees
• Words that mean the same thing: kneel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Election winner of 1908"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states sculptor (1860-1936)
• Words that mean the same thing: William Howard Taft, Lorado Taft, President Taft
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Lucretia ___, pioneer in women's rights"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lucretia Coffin Mott
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. T-Mobile competitor: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Collection that demonstrates job skills ... as suggested by 17-, 24-, 48- and 55-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORKPORTFOLIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. What makes car care?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
• Words that mean the same thing: i, one, 1
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Gardner of old Hollywood"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Strategic objective soon after the D-Day invasion"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Science fiction award"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that french poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in france (1802-1885)
• Words that mean the same thing: Victor-Marie Hugo, Victor Hugo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Part of Wonder Woman's outfit"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. "Aaron Burr, ___" (song from "Hamilton")"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that term of address for a man
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Investment for a physicist?"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONICBOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Tequila source"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tropical american plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
• Words that mean the same thing: American aloe, century plant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Like some gift bows"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STICKON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Working stiff"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
• Words that mean the same thing: proletarian, worker
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Ditch"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: recede, fall behind, drop off
• The opposite would be: keep, find
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Investment for a restaurateur?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENUOPTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. In a bit"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that at another time
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Devilishly clever insults, in slang"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
• Words that mean the same thing: bite, sunburn, Robert Burns
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BURNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Adidas competitor"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Repair"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: darn, patch, fixture
• The opposite would be: break
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. "The final frontier""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
• Words that mean the same thing: place, infinite, outer space
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Phone nos."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle August 26, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Dungeons & Dragons meanie	3
2D	2. Solemnly promised	8
3D	3. Unaffected by	8
4D	4. Lighten one's wallet, so to speak	5
5D	5. Simon ___	4
6D	6. Big inits. in finance	3
7D	7. Aussie animal	3
8D	8. Completely off-base	6
9D	9. Like advanced screens, informally	5
10D	10. "Dinner" preceder on a dinner invitation	9
11D	11. Much	6
12D	12. Proceeding by the shortest way	6
13D	13. Underhanded sort	5
14D	18. Old-fashioned weapon for hand-to-hand combat	4
15D	22. Dodger beater in the 2017 World Series	5
16D	23. Zodiac animal after fishes	3
17D	24. Texas politico O'Rourke	4
18D	25. Chicago transport choice	7
19D	28. It may get hot under the collar	4
20D	31. What Hamlet meets in Act V of "Hamlet"	9
21D	33. Way yonder	4
22D	35. Unwanted engine sound	5
23D	36. It might be muted	4
24D	37. Horror movie cry	8
25D	38. Staple of Mediterranean cuisine	8
26D	42. Material collected in Minecraft	3
27D	43. Scorcher	6
28D	44. A group of carolers may sing in it	6
29D	45. Build some muscle	6
30D	46. 50 or more letters?	4
31D	48. Its founder was born in Mecca	5
32D	49. Box-office busts	5
33D	51. Intimated	5
34D	53. Do some modeling for artists	4
35D	56. New Deal program with the slogan "We Do Our Part," in brief	3
36D	57. The Tar Heels of the A.C.C.	3
37D	58. Rapper Lil ___ X	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Dungeons & Dragons meanie"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Solemnly promised"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOOKAVOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Unaffected by"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMMUNETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Lighten one's wallet, so to speak"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pass time in a specific way
• Words that mean the same thing: expend, drop, pass
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Simon ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the chance to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: read, sound out, pronounce
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Big inits. in finance"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Aussie animal"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Completely off-base"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLWET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Like advanced screens, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIDEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Dinner" preceder on a dinner invitation"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a short mixed drink
• Words that mean the same thing: cocktail
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COCKTAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Much"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOTOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Proceeding by the shortest way"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that command with authority
• Words that mean the same thing: lineal, point, aim
• The opposite would be: alternating, collateral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Underhanded sort"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: pilfer, canary, pinch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Old-fashioned weapon for hand-to-hand combat"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Dodger beater in the 2017 World Series"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Zodiac animal after fishes"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the 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
• Words that mean the same thing: Aries, force, jam
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Texas politico O'Rourke"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Chicago transport choice"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELTRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. It may get hot under the collar"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the back side of the neck
• Words that mean the same thing: scruff, nucha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. What Hamlet meets in Act V of "Hamlet""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAGICEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Way yonder"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Unwanted engine sound"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
• Words that mean the same thing: roast, criticize, bash
• The opposite would be: praise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. It might be muted"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TVAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Horror movie cry"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITSALIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Staple of Mediterranean cuisine"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLIVEOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Material collected in Minecraft"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Scorcher"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOTONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. A group of carolers may sing in it"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that corresponding exactly
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNISON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Build some muscle"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. 50 or more letters?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
• Words that mean the same thing: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Its founder was born in Mecca"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the civilization of muslims collectively which is governed by the muslim religion
• Words that mean the same thing: Islamism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Box-office busts"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
• Words that mean the same thing: bombard, bomb calorimeter, dud
• The opposite would be: pass
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOMBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Intimated"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOTAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Do some modeling for artists"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that affected manners intended to impress others
• Words that mean the same thing: baffle, bewilder, amaze
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. New Deal program with the slogan "We Do Our Part," in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. The Tar Heels of the A.C.C."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Rapper Lil ___ X"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
• Words that mean the same thing: sodium, atomic number 11, Na
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	73.0%
Short Answer	11	14.9%
History	2	2.7%
Movies/Film	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 12, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Tuesday, August 12, 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 (37 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Take to the slopes"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SKI

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2A: "4. Abolitionist Tubman"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HARRIET

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3A: "11. Shade of gray or blond"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
• Similar words include: ash tree
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASH

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4A: "14. "That's rough!""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OOF

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5A: "15. Quantities"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quantity of money
• Similar words include: quantity, total, measure
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMOUNTS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6A: "16. Dubai's country, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UAE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7A: "17. Pales in comparison"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CANTHOLDACANDLE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8A: "20. Greeting in Oahu"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Similar words include: ciao
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALOHA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9A: "21. French article"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Similar words include: LE, lupus erythematosus
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 10A: "22. Countrified"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that living in or characteristic of farming or country life
• Opposite of: urban
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RURAL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11A: "23. After the buzzer"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
• Similar words include: belated, of late, tardily
• Opposite of: early

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LATE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12A: "24. Typical People cover subject, informally"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CELEB

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13A: "26. Pharmacy bottlefuls, informally"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a master's degree in education
• Similar words include: Master of Education, MEd
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MEDS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14A: "27. Edible Christmas ornament"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CANDYCANE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 15A: "30. Planet with the most moons (274)"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SATURN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 16A: "33. Not out of the ordinary"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something regarded as a normative example
• Similar words include: pattern, rule, formula
• Opposite of: paranormal, abnormal

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NORMAL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 17A: "37. Container for oranges"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
• Similar words include: crateful
• Opposite of: uncrate

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CRATE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 18A: "38. Certain significant others, informally"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BFS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 19A: "41. 2016 Disney movie"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOANA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 20A: "42. King, in Latin"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
• Similar words include: male monarch, king
• Opposite of: queen, female monarch

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REX

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 21A: "43. Visual features of a 27-Across"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that v-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
• Similar words include: denude, pillage, deprive
• Opposite of: dress

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STRIPES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 22A: "46. U.S. soldiers"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
• Similar words include: gilbert, GI, Gi
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GIS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 23A: "47. Blown away"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that inspire awe in
• Similar words include: awestricken, awful, awestruck
• Opposite of: unawed

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AWED

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 24A: "49. ___ cart (type of food stand)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HALAL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 25A: "50. University in western Pennsylvania, familiarly"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a british playwright who created the fictional character sweeney todd (1799-1855)
• Similar words include: George Pitt, First Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Younger
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PITT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 26A: "51. Chicana, for example"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MEXICANAMERICAN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 27A: "54. Bad news for vegetation"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state or condition being blighted
• Similar words include: plague
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BLIGHT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 28A: "55. 1990s-'00s sitcom starring Brandy"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOESHA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 29A: "56. Rapper ___ Wayne"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LIL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 30A: "57. Conscience-stricken"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
• Opposite of: unashamed
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASHAMED

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 31A: "61. He/___"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HIM

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 32A: "62. Time to look ahead"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Similar words include: eventide, evening, even
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EVE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 33A: "63. Birds phonetically suggested by a feature of 17-, 27- and 51-Across"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical america having a very large thin-walled beak
• Similar words include: toucan
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOUCANS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 34A: "64. Fútbol cheer"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OLE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 35A: "65. ___ Moines"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
• Similar words include: stilbestrol, stilbesterol, diethylstilboestrol
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 36A: "66. Prepared to pray"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KNELT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 37A: "67. Partner of "ty""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PLS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. L.A.'s region"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOCAL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2D: "2. Eucalyptus eater"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sluggish tailless australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
• Similar words include: native bear, kangaroo bear, Phascolarctos cinereus
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KOALA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3D: "3. "Otherwise ...""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IFNOT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4D: "4. "Serves you right!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAHA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5D: "5. "Te ___" ("I love you," in Spanish)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6D: "6. Like some R's and oats"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move by turning over or rotating
• Similar words include: roam, twine, ramble
• Opposite of: unwind

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROLLED

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7D: "7. "As I was saying before I was so ___ interrupted ...""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in an impolite manner
• Similar words include: discourteously, impolitely
• Opposite of: politely, courteously

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RUDELY

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8D: "8. Shortly"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INASEC

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9D: "9. And the like, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ETC

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 10D: "10. Russian ruler of old"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Similar words include: czar, tzar
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TSAR

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11D: "11. Lorde who wrote "Sister Outsider""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AUDRE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12D: "12. Partner of soup"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SALAD

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13D: "13. What the Beyoncé title "6 Inch" refers to"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
• Similar words include: heel, blackguard, reheel
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HEELS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14D: "18. Online publication of Vox Media"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THECUT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 15D: "19. Tres o cuatro"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NUMERO

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🧩 16D: "24. "Have I Got News for You" channel"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CNN

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🧩 17D: "25. Prohibit"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a decree that prohibits something
• Similar words include: forbiddance, prohibition, shun
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BAN

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🧩 18D: "28. Greek war god"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
• Similar words include: ar, are
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARES

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🧩 19D: "29. Chances at awards, informally"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOMS

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🧩 20D: "30. Like this: ESMCLDRBA"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to move hurriedly
• Similar words include: throw together, beat, skin
• Opposite of: unscramble

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Answer: SCRAMBLED

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🧩 21D: "31. "Has our broadcast started?""

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: AREWELIVE

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🧩 22D: "32. People living abroad for financial reasons"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: TAXEXILES

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🧩 23D: "34. Business selling trick coins and marked decks"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: MAGICSHOP

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🧩 24D: "35. Law professor played by Kerry Washington in 2016's "Confirmation""

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ANITAHILL

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🧩 25D: "36. Things alphabetized in telephone books"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: LASTNAMES

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🧩 26D: "38. Raisin ___"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BRAN

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🧩 27D: "39. Sneaker brand"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
• Similar words include: filament, filum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FILA

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🧩 28D: "40. A dispiritingly large percentage of phone calls"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a canned meat made largely from pork
• Similar words include: junk e-mail
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SPAM

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🧩 29D: "44. "No worries""

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: THATSOK

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🧩 30D: "45. He or I, but not she"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an abstract part of something
• Similar words include: constituent, factor, chemical element
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ELEMENT

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🧩 31D: "48. Like, informally"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the site of an archeological exploration
• Similar words include: shaft, delve, cut into
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DIG

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🧩 32D: "50. Dessert with a shell"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
• Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PIE

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🧩 33D: "52. Casual conversation"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal conversation
• Similar words include: confabulate, confabulation, gossip
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CHAT

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🧩 34D: "53. Cones' counterparts in the eye"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
• Similar words include: perch, gat, rod
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RODS

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🧩 35D: "58. Follower of Attila"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of a nomadic people who invaded europe in the 4th century
• Similar words include: Krauthead, Boche, Jerry
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HUN

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🧩 36D: "59. Great serve"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: sweep through, nail, single
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ACE

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🧩 37D: "60. Opposite of bien"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MAL

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

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🔤 Use Cross-References

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74 Total Clues

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