November 29, 2017 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - November 29, 2017

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. What you see when you look up?: ACROSS
• 7. Observe Ramadan: FAST
• 11. Brand name after "Oh! Oh!," in old ads: OREO
• 15. Ready to retire: SLEEPY
• 16. ___ mater: ALMA
• 17. Gather: REAP
• 18. 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges, for one: SUPREMECOURTCASE
• 21. Channel with a 24-hour "A Christmas Story" marathon on Christmas: TBS
• 22. Slackens: ABATES
• 23. Japanese noodle type: RAMEN
• 24. Hershey toffee bar: SKOR
• 25. Baler input: HAY
• 27. Leon Uris's "___ 18": MILA
• 30. ___ land: LALA
• 33. Row at the bottom of a spreadsheet: TOTALS
• 38. Japanese art style: ANIME
• 40. Product of assorted tones of makeup: CONTOURKIT
• 42. Email holder: INBOX
• 43. Iconic chain restaurant, informally: HOJO
• 44. Japanese drum: TAIKO
• 45. So-called "self-wringing" cleaning implement: MIRACLEMOP
• 47. More firm, as footing: SURER
• 48. Motionless conditions: STASES
• 49. Deduce, with "out": SUSS
• 51. Way more than a few: MANY
• 52. Massage: RUB
• 54. Who is told "don't preach," in a Madonna hit: PAPA
• 56. Big get for a reporter: SCOOP
• 60. Plate umpire's call: INSIDE
• 63. ___ lepton (elementary particle): TAU
• 66. Early 2000s Fox reality show: TEMPTATIONISLAND
• 69. Frozen drink brand: ICEE
• 70. Sell: VEND
• 71. Half of quadraphonic: STEREO
• 72. Tear to bits: REND
• 73. On the ocean: ASEA
• 74. Record label for the singers starting 18-, 40-, 45- and 66-Across: MOTOWN

Down:

• 1. Helper: Abbr.: ASST
• 2. Extracurricular group: CLUB
• 3. Gym rat's count: REPS
• 4. "___ the ramparts ...": OER
• 5. Command to a dog: SPEAK
• 6. Emblem: SYMBOL
• 7. "The following is completely true:": FACT
• 8. Source of trendy health juices: ALOE
• 9. Compress: SMUSH
• 10. Word with coal or pine: TAR
• 11. Two-tone apex predator: ORCA
• 12. Castigate, with "out": REAM
• 13. ___ of use: EASE
• 14. Emotionally honest: OPEN
• 19. Otalgia: EARACHE
• 20. They're held at the beginning of the season: TRYOUTS
• 24. Coconutty Girl Scout cookies: SAMOAS
• 26. From ___ Z: ATO
• 27. Hurts: MAIMS
• 28. "Don't you agree?," in British lingo: INNIT
• 29. Sign of balance?: LIBRA
• 31. Is in the offing: LOOMS
• 32. Pear variety: ANJOU
• 34. Reason for a hospitalization: TRAUMA
• 35. Filmmaker Kurosawa: AKIRA
• 36. Compare: LIKEN
• 37. Alibi: STORY
• 39. Reader's Digest offering: EXCERPT
• 41. Tennis technique: TOPSPIN
• 46. Six-time Sugar Bowl winner, for short: LSU
• 50. Pleasure from inflicting pain: SADISM
• 53. Nibbles: BITES
• 55. Gnocchi topper: PESTO
• 56. Show signs of life: STIR
• 57. Gospel star Winans: CECE
• 58. Portent: OMEN
• 59. Column that leans to one side?: OPED
• 61. Square after four: NINE
• 62. It may come from a fountain: SODA
• 63. Food from a root: TARO
• 64. Freshly: ANEW
• 65. Japanese noodle type: UDON
• 67. Director DuVernay: AVA
• 68. Tennis umpire's call: LET

NYT0831 Saturday, August 31, 2024 NYT Predictions Steps by CrosswordHints blogs

Across Clues :

1. Liquid found in some pens, 10. [I can't hear you!], 14. The old man?, 15. #1 choices, 16. Fast-food order that comes in four shapes: bells, balls, boots and bow ties, 17. Origin, 18. Like some supplements, for short, 19. 10-point play, 21. Franchise that moved back to Vegas in 2021, 22. Ex ___ (out of nothing), 26. They're on their own time, 28. "Coach", 30. Smallish smart device from Amazon, 31. Modern words of encouragement, 33. Covers in a black powder, 34. Forced, 37. Enjoys widespread success, 40. Reach for the cars?, 44. Rapper who shares his name with the 29th U.S. president, 47. Request to keep in touch, 48. "Uh ... did I hear that right?!", 50. Extras, 51. Spurt, 52. Aunt ___ of "Oklahoma!", 54. Cue preceder, 55. Island known for its nightlife, 57. Line outside a box office, 61. House of lords?, 62. Childish?, 63. Best Picture-winning film adapted from the 1999 memoir "The Master of Disguise", 64. It's pressed for time

Down Clues :

1. Some start-up funding, in brief, 2. Ancient continent that included present-day Siberia, 3. Wet weather wear, 4. This will not fly!, 5. Bender, 6. Big name in comfy footwear, 7. Name that's another form of Agnes, 8. Panna ___ (Italian dessert), 9. Store, as grain, 10. Many a Theravada Buddhist, 11. The Mexican state of Michoacán produces 5.5+ billion pounds of this annually, 12. "Oh, please, give it a rest", 13. Passing measures, 15. Leaves just in time for dinner?, 20. Ontario, e.g., to the Québécois, 23. Fact-finding mission, 24. Joggers and such, 25. Singular noun that, when a "w" is added to the front, becomes a plural noun, 27. Drink once sold as Fruit Smack, 29. For word, 32. Certain power, 35. One party to 2020's Abraham Accords: Abbr., 36. Ottava ___ (verse form), 37. Where "uncommon valor was a common virtue," per Admiral Chester Nimitz, 38. Establishment serving hot shots, 39. Risky bond designation, 41. Graphic designer's shortcut, 42. Like Gregory Peck's character in Hitchcock's "Spellbound", 43. Implore, 45. Kraken's home, for short, 46. Dances in duple time, 49. Pillar, of a sort, 53. Teacher's handwritten note by an awkward sentence, 56. Chaotic scene, 58. Spot at a casino table, 59. "It's the ___!", 60. It moves with traffic, in brief

Saturday, August 31, 2024 NYT Crosswords

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 31, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Liquid found in some pens. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VAPEJUICE




• The clue is 10. [I can't hear you!]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LALA




• The clue is 14. The old man?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CROMAGNON




• The clue is 15. #1 choices. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAVES




• The clue is 16. Fast-food order that comes in four shapes: bells, balls, boots and bow ties. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MCNUGGETS




• The clue is 17. Origin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROOTS

  Possible Answer : base, theme, source, rout, ancestor, steady_down, ascendant, settle, ascendent, root, antecedent, root_word, origin, radical, tooth_root, solution, settle_down, roots, rootage, take_root, beginning, etymon, rootle, stem

  Possible Opposite Answer : descendant




• The clue is 18. Like some supplements, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTC

  Possible Answer : over-the-counter, otc




• The clue is 19. 10-point play. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZTILE




• The clue is 21. Franchise that moved back to Vegas in 2021. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CSI




• The clue is 22. Ex ___ (out of nothing). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIHILO




• The clue is 26. They're on their own time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALASKANS

  Possible Answer : Alaskan




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

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

  The answer: ECONOMY

  Possible Answer : economy, saving, economic_system, thriftiness




• The clue is 30. Smallish smart device from Amazon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHODOT




• The clue is 31. Modern words of encouragement. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YASQUEEN




• The clue is 33. Covers in a black powder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOOTS

  Possible Answer : smut, soot, lampblack, carbon_black, crock




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

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

  The answer: UNNATURAL

  Possible Answer : unnatural, abnormal, affected

  Possible Opposite Answer : natural, unaffected, normal




• The clue is 37. Enjoys widespread success. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISBIG




• The clue is 40. Reach for the cars?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAILACAB




• The clue is 44. Rapper who shares his name with the 29th U.S. president. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WARRENG




• The clue is 47. Request to keep in touch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMAILME




• The clue is 48. "Uh ... did I hear that right?!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OKAYWHAT




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

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

  The answer: ADDINS




• The clue is 51. Spurt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JET

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




• The clue is 52. Aunt ___ of "Oklahoma!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLER




• The clue is 54. Cue preceder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEE

  Possible Answer : wee-wee, puddle, urinate, micturate, relieve_oneself, pee-pee, weewee, wee, pee, piss, peeing, water, take_a_leak, spend_a_penny, pass_water, make, urine, piddle, make_water, pissing




• The clue is 55. Island known for its nightlife. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IBIZA




• The clue is 57. Line outside a box office. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEPLEASE




• The clue is 61. House of lords?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANOR

  Possible Answer : manor, manor_house




• The clue is 62. Childish?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEDIATRIC

  Possible Answer : paediatric, pediatric




• The clue is 63. Best Picture-winning film adapted from the 1999 memoir "The Master of Disguise". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARGO

  Possible Answer : Argo




• The clue is 64. It's pressed for time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STOPWATCH

  Possible Answer : stop_watch, stopwatch

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Some start-up funding, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VCMONEY

• The clue is 2. Ancient continent that included present-day Siberia. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARCTICA

• The clue is 3. Wet weather wear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PONCHOS

  Possible Answer: poncho

• The clue is 4. This will not fly!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMU

  Possible Answer: emu, Emu_novaehollandiae, Dromaius_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit

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

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

  The answer: JAG

  Possible Answer: dag, jag

• The clue is 6. Big name in comfy footwear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UGG

• The clue is 7. Name that's another form of Agnes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INEZ

• The clue is 8. Panna ___ (Italian dessert). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COTTA

• The clue is 9. Store, as grain. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENSILE

  Possible Answer: ensile

• The clue is 10. Many a Theravada Buddhist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAO

  Possible Answer: Laotian, Lao

• The clue is 11. The Mexican state of Michoacán produces 5.5+ billion pounds of this annually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVOCADO

  Possible Answer: avocado_pear, avocado_tree, Persea_Americana, aguacate, alligator_pear, avocado

• The clue is 12. "Oh, please, give it a rest". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LETSNOT

• The clue is 13. Passing measures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSISTS

  Possible Answer: aid, attend, help, attend_to, assist, wait_on, assistance, serve

• The clue is 15. Leaves just in time for dinner?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRESHSALAD

• The clue is 20. Ontario, e.g., to the Québécois. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAC

  Possible Answer: lac

• The clue is 23. Fact-finding mission. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INQUIRY

  Possible Answer: enquiry, interrogation, research, inquiry, question, query

  Possible Opposite Answer : answer

• The clue is 24. Joggers and such. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOUNGEWEAR

  Possible Answer: loungewear

• The clue is 25. Singular noun that, when a "w" is added to the front, becomes a plural noun. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMEN

  Possible Answer: presage, portend, Muscat_and_Oman, auspicate, Oman, prodigy, prognostication, betoken, foreshadow, portent, omen, Sultanate_of_Oman, bode, prognosticate, prefigure, prognostic, predict, forecast, foretell, augur

• The clue is 27. Drink once sold as Fruit Smack. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOOLAID

• The clue is 29. For word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEA

  Possible Answer: yeah, yea

  Possible Opposite Answer : nay

• The clue is 32. Certain power. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NTH

  Possible Answer: nth, n-th

• The clue is 35. One party to 2020's Abraham Accords: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UAE

• The clue is 36. Ottava ___ (verse form). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIMA

  Possible Answer: rima

• The clue is 37. Where "uncommon valor was a common virtue," per Admiral Chester Nimitz. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IWOJIMA

• The clue is 38. Establishment serving hot shots. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAKEBAR

• The clue is 39. Risky bond designation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRATING

• The clue is 41. Graphic designer's shortcut. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLIPART

• The clue is 42. Like Gregory Peck's character in Hitchcock's "Spellbound". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMNESIC

  Possible Answer: amnesic, amnestic, amnesiac

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

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

  The answer: BESEECH

  Possible Answer: bid, press, entreat, conjure, adjure, beseech

• The clue is 45. Kraken's home, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NHL

• The clue is 46. Dances in duple time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GALOPS

• The clue is 49. Pillar, of a sort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENET

  Possible Answer: dogma, tenet

• The clue is 53. Teacher's handwritten note by an awkward sentence. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDO

  Possible Answer: refashion, remodel, reconstruct, make_over, remake, redo

• The clue is 56. Chaotic scene. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZOO

  Possible Answer: menagerie, zoo, zoological_garden

• The clue is 58. Spot at a casino table. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIP

  Possible Answer: worst, blip, shoot, pip, hit, mop_up, spot, rack_up, whip, radar_target

• The clue is 59. "It's the ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAW

  Possible Answer: jurisprudence, natural_law, practice_of_law, legal_philosophy, police_force, police, constabulary, law_of_nature, law

• The clue is 60. It moves with traffic, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

  Possible Answer: Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, ETA, eta, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna

NYT Crossword - January 02, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Tuesday, January 02, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 02, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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. Lend a hand"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
• Similar words include: serve, supporter, facilitate
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HELP

2A: "5. Dear soul"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that young sheep
• Similar words include: Elia, Charles Lamb, dear
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAMB

3A: "9. Mom's order re eating"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wad of something chewable as tobacco
• Similar words include: chewing, plug, cud
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CHEW

4A: "13. A k a"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a name that has been assumed temporarily
• Similar words include: false name, assumed name, also known as
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALIAS

5A: "15. Big name in essay writing"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english essayist (1775-1834)
• Similar words include: Charles Lamb, Lamb
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELIA

6A: "16. Singing syllables"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LALA

7A: "17. Weather prediction in Aug."

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HAZYHOTANDHUMID

8A: "20. Doctors' org."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMA

9A: "21. Licorice flavoring"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that native to egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
• Similar words include: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum, aniseed
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANISE

10A: "22. Tear a passion to tatters"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EMOTE

11A: "23. Hide"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
• Similar words include: scramble, pare, tegument
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SKIN

12A: "24. TV judge"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: WAPNER

13A: "25. "Rodeo," for one"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
• Similar words include: concert dance
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BALLET

14A: "28. Noah Webster's forte"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the words that are spoken
• Similar words include: language, actor's line, discussion
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: WORDS

15A: "30. Cross as ___"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABEAR

16A: "31. As, to some admen"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a similar kind; ,
• Similar words include: alike, same, care
• Opposite of: unlike, unalike

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIKE

17A: "32. Scot's negative"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NAE

18A: "35. Vacillates"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BLOWSHOTANDCOLD

19A: "39. Hankering"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YEN

20A: "40. Chichi"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that showily imitative of art or artists
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARTY

21A: "41. Grant Wood, e.g."

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or resident of iowa
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IOWAN

22A: "42. Ostentatiously colorful"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
• Similar words include: garish, gimcrack, tacky
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GAUDY

23A: "44. Thin layer, as of plastic"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAMINA

24A: "45. Happened to"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that become of; happen to
• Similar words include: betide, befall, bechance
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEFELL

25A: "48. Phrase re some fast foods"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic on the western coast of africa on the gulf of guinea; formerly under french control
• Similar words include: Togolese Republic
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TOGO

26A: "49. Solo"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that isolated from others
• Similar words include: entirely, solely, unequaled
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALONE

27A: "50. Asparagus unit"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
• Similar words include: gig, lance, shaft
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPEAR

28A: "52. "Exodus" hero"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARI

29A: "55. Weather term in winter"

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: WINDCHILLFACTOR

30A: "58. Ore deposit"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
• Similar words include: load
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LODE

31A: "59. Gen. Rob't ___"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELEE

32A: "60. Dough; cabbage"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MOOLA

33A: "61. Celebrity"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Similar words include: leading, sensation, starring
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STAR

34A: "62. Linen source"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FLAX

35A: "63. J. Edgar's group"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GMEN

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (43 clues)

1D: "1. Guffaw, guffaw!"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HAHA

2D: "2. Jack of TV's "The Dakotas""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an ancient country in southwestern asia to the east of the tigris river (in what is modern iran); was known for its warlike people
• Similar words include: Susiana
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELAM

3D: "3. One of Judy's girls"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the caribbean region
• Similar words include: Mugil liza
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIZA

4D: "4. Be worthwhile"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something that remunerates
• Similar words include: yield, compensate, earnings
• Opposite of: default

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Answer: PAY

5D: "5. Admit"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LETIN

6D: "6. "Oh, woe!""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Similar words include: ala, unluckily, unfortunately
• Opposite of: luckily, fortunately

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALAS

7D: "7. Golconda"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MINE

8D: "8. Terrible"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
• Similar words include: high-risk, tough, unfit
• Opposite of: unregretful, goodness

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BAD

9D: "9. Small groups"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a grouping of a number of similar things
• Similar words include: clop, bunch up, constellate
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CLUMPS

10D: "10. ___ rye (deli offering)"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HAMON

11D: "11. Upper crust"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
• Similar words include: elite group, elect
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELITE

12D: "12. Heron, for one"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
• Similar words include: wading bird
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: WADER

13D: "14. Millennial Church members"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a celibate and communistic christian sect in the united states
• Similar words include: Shaker, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, mover and shaker
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SHAKERS

14D: "18. "Step ___!""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ONIT

15D: "19. Director"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
• Similar words include: caput, straits, pass
• Opposite of: rear, foot

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HEAD

16D: "23. Picnic salad"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that basically shredded cabbage
• Similar words include: coleslaw
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SLAW

17D: "24. Songbird"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
• Similar words include: jenny wren, Sir Christopher Wren
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: WREN

18D: "25. Pamper"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Similar words include: mollycoddle, infant, cocker
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BABY

19D: "26. Competent"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
• Similar words include: capable, able-bodied
• Opposite of: unable

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABLE

20D: "27. A Spinks"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern spain
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEON

21D: "28. Clever"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that combining clever conception and facetious expression
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: WITTY

22D: "29. All right"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an endorsement
• Similar words include: all right, sanction, fine
• Opposite of: disapprove

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OKAY

23D: "31. Nobleman's title"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that terms referring to the judeo-christian god
• Similar words include: God Almighty, master, nobleman
• Opposite of: Lady, noblewoman

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LORD

24D: "32. "___ lay me down ... ""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NOWI

25D: "33. Bates or King"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALAN

26D: "34. Writer Ferber"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDNA

27D: "36. Transport by wagon"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of drawing or hauling something
• Similar words include: draw, haulage, cart
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HAUL

28D: "37. Illustrative sketch"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
• Similar words include: plot
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DIAGRAM

29D: "38. Singer Perry"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: COMO

30D: "42. Neuter is one"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in indo-european languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
• Similar words include: sexuality, sex, grammatical gender
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GENDER

31D: "43. Composer Wilder"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALEC

32D: "44. Lallygag"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
• Similar words include: footle, lounge about, lounge
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LOAF

33D: "45. Cries lustily"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that shout loudly and without restraint
• Similar words include: yawp, bawl, bellow
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BAWLS

34D: "46. Prufrock's creator"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that british poet (born in the united states) who won the nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
• Similar words include: T. S. Eliot, Mary Ann Evans, George Eliot
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELIOT

35D: "47. Filmdom family name"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states film actress and daughter of henry fonda (born in 1937)
• Similar words include: Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: FONDA

36D: "48. Kind of dialed message"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
• Similar words include: teletype machine, teletypewriter, teleprinter
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TELEX

37D: "50. Spot for indoor cats"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SILL

38D: "51. Entreaty"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PLEA

39D: "52. Minute particle"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Similar words include: corpuscle, speck, mote
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATOM

40D: "53. Part"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
• Similar words include: use, part, character
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROLE

41D: "54. Bani-Sadr's homeland"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
• Similar words include: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IRAN

42D: "56. A famous Hugh, for short"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HEF

43D: "57. Gear tooth"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: COG

Puzzle Stats

35 Across

43 Down

78 Total

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