2409 Sunday Sep 08, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Smacks, 6. "Obey your thirst" or "Got milk?", 14. Tiki bar fruit, 20. Painter Rousseau, 21. Admit guilt, perhaps, 22. Porcelain coating, 23. Extra, 24. Age 1, 26. Tugboat greetings, 27. Drive in Beverly Hills, 28. Modern-day alternative to a cash till, 29. Memo heading, 30. Awful, in slang, 33. Quarry, 37. Age 5, 41. ___ al-Fitr (end of Ramadan), 42. Actor Paul, 43. One of 13 in a standard game of "Jeopardy!", 44. Animal whose name is pronounced with a "y" sound by many Spanish speakers, 46. ___ Rabbit, 47. Many an airport shuttle, 48. Age 16, 51. Rare bill, 53. Unvarnished, 56. Govt. lawyers, 57. Battery options, 58. Chris of "Jurassic World", 60. Succulent source of syrup, 62. Subj. of some training, 63. Alternative to the pill, in brief, 66. Age 18, 72. Political analyst Walter, 73. "It's whatever", 74. Award-winning Janelle, 75. Laughing gas or quicklime, 76. "The Kite Runner" protagonist, 78. Goal, 81. Feature of the Pizza Hut logo, 82. Prefix from the Latin for "needle", 83. Age 21, 87. Built-___ (some shelving), 89. Dwelling with a circular frame, 90. Vacation isle in the Ionian Sea, 91. Parts of vintage movie collections, 96. "However …," in texts, 97. Hide-out spot, 98. Age 65, 101. Any of the six in football's "New Year's Six", 103. Bug, 104. Possible threat to one in debt, 105. Director Kazan, 106. Pirate's haul, 109. ___ Picchu, 110. Age 100, 116. Place to store seasonal décor, 117. Give the lay of the land, 118. Warmly acknowledges, 119. "Good grief!", 120. Like black-tie affairs, 121. Broad view, 122. Social media request

Down Clues :

1. Worrywart's words, 2. Pertaining to the pursuit of pleasure, 3. Country that counts the French president as a co-prince, 4. Write-in, often, 5. Church recitation, at times, 6. Letters aptly found in "Obamacare", 7. ___ Pérignon, 8. Glittering, 9. Singer Jackson who wasn't a part of the Jackson 5, 10. Pundit's writing, 11. Stick, 12. Travel lead-in to "méxico", 13. "Hip Hop Is Dead" rapper, 14. Edible shell, 15. Diplomat Kofi, 16. Way to bulk up one's chest, 17. Opposite of un adversaire, 18. Desire, 19. Neighbor of Niger: Abbr., 25. "Assumption of the Virgin" painter, 30. Join a petition, 31. Game whose name must be said to win, 32. "Proud Mary" band, for short, 33. They follow quarters, 34. Leechlike, 35. Name rhymed with "says" in Taylor Swift's "Betty", 36. Major or May, politically, 38. It may come loose, 39. Nice Nikon, for short, 40. Went downhill, 45. Janine's boss on "Abbott Elementary", 48. "Whip It" band, 49. Gawk, 50. Word with ship or shorts, 51. Decorate, in a way, 52. Symbol for a winding road, 53. Way to go, 54. "Good grief!", 55. John who explored the Northwest Passage, 58. Tour grp., 59. Mouselike, 61. Tree along Central Park's Literary Walk, 62. Head of staff?, 64. Close relative of Hindi, 65. Give some shade?, 67. Years of service, 68. Something on an ear … or, in a different sense, a foot, 69. About whom Lennon wrote "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", 70. Thai's neighbor, 71. Out of patience, 77. Competitors who know their limits?, 78. Together, 79. Neighbor of Lebanon: Abbr., 80. Tick off, 83. Picnic invitation abbr., 84. Thermostat setting, 85. Val Kilmer's "Top Gun" role, 86. Homophone of "wee", 87. Wee, 88. Casual refusal, 91. Flowing movement between yoga poses, 92. QVC alternative, 93. Channel owned by Paramount, for short, 94. Like red card recipients, 95. Deceptive argument, 97. Delicately pretty, 99. Gab, 100. French kisser?, 102. Secluded valleys, 106. School with the mascot Big Al, for short, 107. Oscar-nominated Lena, 108. World capital with the most appearances in the New York Times crossword, 109. Non-Egyptian people who used hieroglyphics, 110. "___: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" (1997 nonfiction best seller), 111. Mess up, 112. German for "never", 113. AOL was an early one, in brief, 114. Doctoral graduation cap, 115. Driver's target, in brief

NYT Crosswords: September 08, 2024

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 08, 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. Smacks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHAPS

  Possible Answer : whap, sock, bop, bash, bonk, whop




• The clue is 6. "Obey your thirst" or "Got milk?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADSLOGAN




• The clue is 14. Tiki bar fruit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAPAYA

  Possible Answer : papaya_tree, Carica_papaya, pawpaw, melon_tree, papaya, papaia




• The clue is 20. Painter Rousseau. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HENRI




• The clue is 21. Admit guilt, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COPAPLEA




• The clue is 22. Porcelain coating. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENAMEL

  Possible Answer : enamel, tooth_enamel




• The clue is 23. Extra. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADDON




• The clue is 24. Age 1. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMATEURSTANDING




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

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

  The answer: TOOTS

  Possible Answer : booze-up, carouse, claxon, toot, carousal, honk, blare, bender, beep




• The clue is 27. Drive in Beverly Hills. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RODEO

  Possible Answer : rodeo




• The clue is 28. Modern-day alternative to a cash till. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IPAD




• The clue is 29. Memo heading. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INRE




• The clue is 30. Awful, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUCKY




• The clue is 33. Quarry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STONEPIT




• The clue is 37. Age 5. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: FIRSTINCLASS




• The clue is 41. ___ al-Fitr (end of Ramadan). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EID




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

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

  The answer: DANO




• The clue is 43. One of 13 in a standard game of "Jeopardy!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATEGORY

  Possible Answer : family, category, class




• The clue is 44. Animal whose name is pronounced with a "y" sound by many Spanish speakers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LLAMA

  Possible Answer : llama




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

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

  The answer: BRER




• The clue is 47. Many an airport shuttle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VAN

  Possible Answer : caravan, vanguard, new_wave, van, avant-garde




• The clue is 48. Age 16. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: DRIVINGCRAZY




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

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

  The answer: TWO

  Possible Answer : 2, deuce, II, two, ii




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

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

  The answer: PURE

  Possible Answer : thoroughgoing, stark, virgin, perfect, utter, double-dyed, virginal, sodding, consummate, vestal, everlasting, virtuous, arrant, pure, unadulterated, saturated, complete, staring, gross

  Possible Opposite Answer : unsaturated, impure




• The clue is 56. Govt. lawyers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAS

  Possible Answer : DA, district_attorney, dassie, coney, hyrax, cony, das




• The clue is 57. Battery options. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AAAS

  Possible Answer : abdominal_aortic_aneurysm, AAA




• The clue is 58. Chris of "Jurassic World". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRATT




• The clue is 60. Succulent source of syrup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGAVE

  Possible Answer : century_plant, agave, American_aloe




• The clue is 62. Subj. of some training. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CPR

  Possible Answer : cardiopulmonary_resuscitation, CPR, kiss_of_life, mouth-to-mouth_resuscitation, cardiac_resuscitation




• The clue is 63. Alternative to the pill, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IUD

  Possible Answer : intrauterine_device, IUD




• The clue is 66. Age 18. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (21 letters)

  The answer: GIVEITTHEOLCOLLEGETRY




• The clue is 72. Political analyst Walter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMY




• The clue is 73. "It's whatever". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEH




• The clue is 74. Award-winning Janelle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONAE




• The clue is 75. Laughing gas or quicklime. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OXIDE

  Possible Answer : oxide




• The clue is 76. "The Kite Runner" protagonist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMIR

  Possible Answer : emeer, amir, ameer, emir




• The clue is 78. Goal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIM

  Possible Answer : aspire, intention, object, shoot_for, intent, take_aim, direct, train, objective, drive, calculate, purpose, bearing, propose, take, point, heading, purport, draw_a_bead_on, target, design, aim, place, get




• The clue is 81. Feature of the Pizza Hut logo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROOF

  Possible Answer : cap, roof, ceiling




• The clue is 82. Prefix from the Latin for "needle". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACU




• The clue is 83. Age 21. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: BARADMISSION




• The clue is 87. Built-___ (some shelving). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INS

  Possible Answer : IN, Indiana, Hoosier_State, Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service, in, atomic_number_49, In, inch, indium, INS




• The clue is 89. Dwelling with a circular frame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YURT

  Possible Answer : yurt




• The clue is 90. Vacation isle in the Ionian Sea. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORFU




• The clue is 91. Parts of vintage movie collections. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VHSTAPES




• The clue is 96. "However …," in texts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTOH




• The clue is 97. Hide-out spot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEN

  Possible Answer : hideaway, hideout, den, lair




• The clue is 98. Age 65. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: FINISHTHEJOB




• The clue is 101. Any of the six in football's "New Year's Six". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOWLGAME




• The clue is 103. Bug. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANNOY

  Possible Answer : nark, rile, gravel, get_to, irritate, get_at, nettle, vex, annoy, chafe, rag, bother, devil




• The clue is 104. Possible threat to one in debt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPO




• The clue is 105. Director Kazan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELIA

  Possible Answer : Charles_Lamb, Lamb, Elia




• The clue is 106. Pirate's haul. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOOTY

  Possible Answer : swag, loot, plunder, prize, pillage, booty, dirty_money




• The clue is 109. ___ Picchu. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MACHU




• The clue is 110. Age 100. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CENTENNIALSTATE




• The clue is 116. Place to store seasonal décor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATTIC

  Possible Answer : loft, Ionic, dome, noodle, Ionic_dialect, Attic, garret, bonce, attic, bean, noggin, Classical_Greek




• The clue is 117. Give the lay of the land. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORIENT

  Possible Answer : East, eastern_hemisphere, orient, tailor, orientate, Orient, point

  Possible Opposite Answer : disorient




• The clue is 118. Warmly acknowledges. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMILESAT




• The clue is 119. "Good grief!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEESH




• The clue is 120. Like black-tie affairs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRESSY

  Possible Answer : dressy




• The clue is 121. Broad view. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PANORAMA

  Possible Answer : diorama, view, scene, cyclorama, panorama, vista, prospect, aspect




• The clue is 122. Social media request. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADDME

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Worrywart's words. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHATIF

• The clue is 2. Pertaining to the pursuit of pleasure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEDONIC

  Possible Answer: hedonistic, hedonic, epicurean

• The clue is 3. Country that counts the French president as a co-prince. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDORRA

  Possible Answer: Andorra, Principality_of_Andorra

• The clue is 4. Write-in, often. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: PROTESTVOTE

• The clue is 5. Church recitation, at times. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SINS

  Possible Answer: trespass, blunder, sine, transgress, boob, hell, drop_the_ball, sinfulness, wickedness, sin, sinning, Sin, goof

• The clue is 6. Letters aptly found in "Obamacare". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACA

• The clue is 7. ___ Pérignon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOM

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

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

  The answer: SPARKLY

  Possible Answer: coruscant, effervescent, sparkly, scintillant, glittering, glittery, aglitter, bubbling, glistering, glinting, frothy, scintillating, fulgid

• The clue is 9. Singer Jackson who wasn't a part of the Jackson 5. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LATOYA

• The clue is 10. Pundit's writing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPED

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

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

  The answer: GLUE

  Possible Answer: gum, mucilage, glue, paste

• The clue is 12. Travel lead-in to "méxico". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AERO

• The clue is 13. "Hip Hop Is Dead" rapper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAS

  Possible Answer: sodium, Na, atomic_number_11

• The clue is 14. Edible shell. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEAPOD

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

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

  The answer: ANNAN

• The clue is 16. Way to bulk up one's chest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PADDEDBRA

• The clue is 17. Opposite of un adversaire. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMI

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

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

  The answer: YEN

  Possible Answer: languish, yen, yearn, pine, hankering, ache

• The clue is 19. Neighbor of Niger: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALG

• The clue is 25. "Assumption of the Virgin" painter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITIAN

  Possible Answer: Tiziano_Vecellio, Titian

• The clue is 30. Join a petition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIGN

  Possible Answer: signaling, subscribe, ratify, gestural, signalize, sign, signal, sign_up, sign_of_the_zodiac, mansion, foretoken, signed, signalise, sign_on, polarity, star_sign, house, augury, contract, signboard, bless, planetary_house, sign-language, mark, preindication

• The clue is 31. Game whose name must be said to win. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNO

• The clue is 32. "Proud Mary" band, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CCR

• The clue is 33. They follow quarters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEMIS

  Possible Answer: trucking_rig, semi, rig, tractor_trailer, articulated_lorry, semitrailer, semifinal, trailer_truck

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

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

  The answer: PARASITIC

  Possible Answer: bloodsucking, leechlike, epenthetic, parasitical, parasitic

• The clue is 35. Name rhymed with "says" in Taylor Swift's "Betty". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INEZ

• The clue is 36. Major or May, politically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORY

  Possible Answer: Tory

• The clue is 38. It may come loose. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEA

  Possible Answer: teatime, tea_leaf, Camellia_sinensis, tea, afternoon_tea

• The clue is 39. Nice Nikon, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLR

• The clue is 40. Went downhill. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLID

  Possible Answer: slue, slither, skid, slew, slide, slip

• The clue is 45. Janine's boss on "Abbott Elementary". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVA

• The clue is 48. "Whip It" band. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEVO

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

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

  The answer: GAPE

  Possible Answer: gawp, gawk, yawn, gape, yaw, goggle

• The clue is 50. Word with ship or shorts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CARGO

  Possible Answer: shipment, load, consignment, loading, freight, lading, cargo, payload

• The clue is 51. Decorate, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIM

  Possible Answer: well-kept, garnish, trim, cut, clip, trim_back, bring_down, tailored, trim_down, cut_down, reduce, lop, pare, trig, clipping, spare, clean-cut, shave, prune, trimming, trimness, snip, crop, shipshape, passementerie, cut_back, dress

• The clue is 52. Symbol for a winding road. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAVYARROW

• The clue is 53. Way to go. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATH

  Possible Answer: way, itinerary, course, route, way_of_life, track, path

• The clue is 54. "Good grief!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UGH

• The clue is 55. John who explored the Northwest Passage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAE

• The clue is 58. Tour grp.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PGA

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

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

  The answer: TIMID

  Possible Answer: shy, diffident, fainthearted, faint, timid, faint-hearted, unsure, cautious

  Possible Opposite Answer : brave, confident, bold

• The clue is 61. Tree along Central Park's Literary Walk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELM

  Possible Answer: elm, elmwood, elm_tree

• The clue is 62. Head of staff?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLEF

  Possible Answer: clef

• The clue is 64. Close relative of Hindi. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URDU

  Possible Answer: Urdu

• The clue is 65. Give some shade?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DYE

  Possible Answer: dyestuff, dye

• The clue is 67. Years of service. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TERM

  Possible Answer: terminal_figure, condition, terminus, term, full_term

• The clue is 68. Something on an ear … or, in a different sense, a foot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORN

  Possible Answer: corn_whisky, Zea_mays, corn, edible_corn, clavus, maize, corn_whiskey, Indian_corn

• The clue is 69. About whom Lennon wrote "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONO

  Possible Answer: Ono, Yoko_Ono

• The clue is 70. Thai's neighbor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAO

  Possible Answer: Lao, Laotian

• The clue is 71. Out of patience. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: EXASPERATED

  Possible Answer: incense, aggravate, exasperated, worsen, browned_off, cheesed_off, infuriate, exacerbate, exasperate

  Possible Opposite Answer : better

• The clue is 77. Competitors who know their limits?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MATHLETES

• The clue is 78. Together. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASONE

• The clue is 79. Neighbor of Lebanon: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISR

• The clue is 80. Tick off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIFF

  Possible Answer: huff, miff, seeing_red

• The clue is 83. Picnic invitation abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BYOB

• The clue is 84. Thermostat setting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AUTO

  Possible Answer: auto, automobile, machine, motorcar, car

• The clue is 85. Val Kilmer's "Top Gun" role. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICEMAN

  Possible Answer: iceman, hatchet_man

• The clue is 86. Homophone of "wee". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUI

• The clue is 87. Wee. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITTY

• The clue is 88. Casual refusal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAH

• The clue is 91. Flowing movement between yoga poses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VINYASA

• The clue is 92. QVC alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HSN

• The clue is 93. Channel owned by Paramount, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHO

• The clue is 94. Like red card recipients. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EJECTED

  Possible Answer: boot_out, force_out, release, turf_out, expel, eject, chuck_out, turn_out, squeeze_out, discharge, exclude, exhaust, squirt

• The clue is 95. Deceptive argument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOPHISM

  Possible Answer: sophistry, sophistication, sophism

• The clue is 97. Delicately pretty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAINTY

  Possible Answer: exquisite, dainty, twee, prissy, kickshaw, mincing, treat, goody, niminy-piminy, prim, overnice, delicacy, squeamish, nice

• The clue is 99. Gab. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NATTER

  Possible Answer: chit-chat, confab, visit, shoot_the_breeze, claver, confabulate, chatter, gossip, jaw, chitchat, chat, chaffer, natter, chew_the_fat

• The clue is 100. French kisser?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOUCHE

• The clue is 102. Secluded valleys. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLENS

  Possible Answer: glen

• The clue is 106. School with the mascot Big Al, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAMA

• The clue is 107. Oscar-nominated Lena. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLIN

• The clue is 108. World capital with the most appearances in the New York Times crossword. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer: Oslo, Christiania, capital_of_Norway

• The clue is 109. Non-Egyptian people who used hieroglyphics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAYA

  Possible Answer: Maya, Mayan, Mayan_language

• The clue is 110. "___: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" (1997 nonfiction best seller). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COD

  Possible Answer: collect, C.O.D., tease, gull, taunt, COD, rally, dupe, befool, slang, pod, put_one_across, seedcase, codfish, cash_on_delivery, cod, put_on, bait, put_one_over, tantalize, fool, ride, tantalise, rag, twit, razz, take_in

• The clue is 111. Mess up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERR

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

• The clue is 112. German for "never". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIE

• The clue is 113. AOL was an early one, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISP

• The clue is 114. Doctoral graduation cap. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAM

  Possible Answer: tam, tammy, tam-o'-shanter

• The clue is 115. Driver's target, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

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

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Published on Sunday, August 10, 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: Medium

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🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (65 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Helpful site for a D.I.Y.'er"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EHOW

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🧩 2A: "5. Thurman of film"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a benevolent aspect of devi; `splendor'
• Similar words include: genus Uma
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UMA

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🧩 3A: "8. Need for a transfer of power?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a line made of twisted fibers or threads
• Similar words include: electric cord, corduroy
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CORD

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🧩 4A: "12. Make easier to swallow"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHEW

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🧩 5A: "16. Basis for a write-off, perhaps"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TAXASSET

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🧩 6A: "18. Mann who wrote songs for 1999's "Magnolia""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AIMEE

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🧩 7A: "19. First name in country"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHANIA

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🧩 8A: "21. … something big and rocky with a Space Force base in it"

📏 16 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHEYENNEMOUNTAIN

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🧩 9A: "23. "So weird …""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOWODD

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🧩 10A: "24. New York City's ___ Place"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that british politician (born in the united states) who was the first woman to sit in the british house of commons (1879-1964)
• Similar words include: Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, John Jacob Astor
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASTOR

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🧩 11A: "25. Norse mythology's equivalent of Olympus"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the norse gods (the aesir) and slain war heroes
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASGARD

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🧩 12A: "26. Really tipsy"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that preserve in a pickling liquid
• Similar words include: pickle
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PICKLED

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🧩 13A: "27. Be possessive?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have ownership or possession of
• Similar words include: possess, have, ain
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OWN

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🧩 14A: "28. Auctioneer's cry"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
• Similar words include: deal, trade, betray
• Opposite of: buy, unsold

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOLD

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🧩 15A: "29. … something pointy grown by Pinocchio"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DONKEYEARS

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🧩 16A: "30. Teeming"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that present in great quantity
• Opposite of: scarce
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABUNDANT

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🧩 17A: "34. "This is the first truth that ___ thine own tongue was guilty of": "All's Well That Ends Well""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EER

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🧩 18A: "36. Mimic"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Similar words include: emulator, caricature, copycat
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APE

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🧩 19A: "37. Rep who's not a Rep."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEM

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🧩 20A: "38. Music genre associated with the tellum, or reverse mullet"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EMO

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🧩 21A: "39. … something conical in a chemistry lab"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERLENMEYERFLASK

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🧩 22A: "46. … something round and metallic with kanji written on it"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JAPANESEYEN

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🧩 23A: "49. Homes for hogs"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Similar words include: stye, pigpen, hordeolum
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STIES

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🧩 24A: "50. Run-down"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of or characteristic of rats
• Similar words include: tatty, moth-eaten, shabby
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RATTY

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🧩 25A: "51. Figure (out)"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that type genus of the suidae
• Similar words include: genus Sus, Sus
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SUSS

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🧩 26A: "52. Disney snow queen"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELSA

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🧩 27A: "54. Approves"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state in south central united states
• Similar words include: okey, Sooner State, okay
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OKS

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🧩 28A: "55. Many a hangout in Boystown, Chicago"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GAYBAR

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🧩 29A: "56. Tolerate"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that put up with something or somebody unpleasant
• Similar words include: bide, suffer, put up
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABIDE

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🧩 30A: "59. Corner piece"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
• Similar words include: defraud, gip, con
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROOK

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🧩 31A: "61. Common remote batteries"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an associate degree in applied science
• Similar words include: Associate in Applied Science, aa, Alcoholics Anonymous
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AAS

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🧩 32A: "62. In the style of"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALA

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🧩 33A: "63. Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle"

📏 19 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE

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🧩 34A: "68. [Not another word!]"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHH

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🧩 35A: "69. Location marker on a map app"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
• Similar words include: oarlock, trap, flag
• Opposite of: unpin

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PIN

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🧩 36A: "70. Novelist James"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states novelist (1909-1955)
• Similar words include: James Agee
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AGEE

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🧩 37A: "71. Mega-store?"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a secret store of valuables or money
• Similar words include: lay away, accumulate, cache
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOARD

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🧩 38A: "72. Alfred E. ___, mascot of Mad magazine"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEUMAN

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🧩 39A: "74. Long-running drama with the protagonist Olivia Benson, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SVU

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🧩 40A: "75. Per ___"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DIEM

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🧩 41A: "77. Nowhere close"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AFAR

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🧩 42A: "81. Hall's music partner"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english conspirator who claimed that there was a jesuit plot to assassinate charles ii (1649-1705)
• Similar words include: Joyce Carol Oates, Titus Oates
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OATES

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🧩 43A: "82. Certain water hazard"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
• Similar words include: school, shallow
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHOAL

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🧩 44A: "84. … something yellow and happy in a text message"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SMILEYEMOJI

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🧩 45A: "87. … something soft and melty in a black tub"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BREYERSICECREAM

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🧩 46A: "90. Place with moving exhibits"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
• Similar words include: zoological garden, menagerie
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ZOO

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🧩 47A: "91. Locale for a Snapple fact"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tight-fitting headdress
• Similar words include: jacket crown, jacket, crest
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CAP

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🧩 48A: "92. G.I. grub"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MRE

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🧩 49A: "93. ___ Hammarskjöld, only posthumous winner of a Nobel Peace Prize"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
• Similar words include: jag, decagram, dekagram
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DAG

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🧩 50A: "94. Outdoor event with costumes"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RENFAIRE

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🧩 51A: "96. … something feathery sipping on nectar"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HONEYEATER

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🧩 52A: "101. Final four event"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
• Similar words include: trucking rig, articulated lorry, semitrailer
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEMI

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🧩 53A: "103. Store that sells protein powder"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GNC

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🧩 54A: "104. Single facial feature"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UNIBROW

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🧩 55A: "105. One of the Jacksons"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LATOYA

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🧩 56A: "107. Onionlike vegetables"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
• Similar words include: Allium porrum, leek, scallion
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEEKS

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🧩 57A: "110. New home for a "fresh prince" in a 1990s sitcom"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BELAIR

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🧩 58A: "111. … something long and painted on a highway"

📏 16 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOUBLEYELLOWLINE

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🧩 59A: "114. Down in the dumps"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - bruce bliven
• Similar words include: moody, heavy, threatening
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SULLEN

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🧩 60A: "115. Pungent"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that strong and sharp
• Similar words include: sulphurous, pungent, acerb
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACRID

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🧩 61A: "116. Crispy tortilla-based dishes"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it
• Similar words include: tostada
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOSTADAS

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🧩 62A: "117. Funerary shroud"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sudden numbing dread
• Similar words include: jade, chill, die
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PALL

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🧩 63A: "118. Excellent, in 1990s slang"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PHAT

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🧩 64A: "119. Elect (to)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that select as an alternative over another
• Similar words include: prefer, choose
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPT

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🧩 65A: "120. Herb paired with brown butter in sauces"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
• Similar words include: sage-green, salvia
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAGE

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🧩 1D: "1. … and so on"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ETC

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🧩 2D: "2. One of the text reaction buttons on an iPhone"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAHA

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🧩 3D: "3. Showy daisies"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any north american shrubby perennial herb of the genus heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
• Similar words include: oxeye, heliopsis
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OXEYES

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🧩 4D: "4. Deliberate and unprovoked"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lewd or lascivious woman
• Similar words include: loose, piddle away, wanton away
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WANTON

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🧩 5D: "5. A password might be provided with one"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: USERNAME

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🧩 6D: "6. First letter of "menorah," in Hebrew"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 13th letter of the hebrew alphabet
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MEM

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🧩 7D: "7. "Let's raise our glasses!""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATOAST

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🧩 8D: "8. Fortresses"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
• Similar words include: citadel, bastion
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CITADELS

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🧩 9D: "9. Poet Khayyám"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OMAR

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🧩 10D: "10. Las Vegas's Harry ___ International Airport"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of david hume (1710-1796)
• Similar words include: Thomas Reid
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REID

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🧩 11D: "11. Thieves' place"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
• Similar words include: hideaway, lair, hideout
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEN

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🧩 12D: "12. Wedge placed next to a wheel to prevent it from moving"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
• Similar words include: chock-a-block, wedge
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHOCK

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🧩 13D: "13. Iowan, by another name"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAWKEYE

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🧩 14D: "14. Sherlock's younger sister on TV"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENOLA

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🧩 15D: "15. Like the Río de la Plata vis-à-vis the Amazon"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
• Similar words include: wide of the mark, across-the-board, extensive
• Opposite of: narrow

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WIDER

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🧩 16D: "17. Noted N.S.A. whistle-blower"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SNOWDEN

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🧩 17D: "18. One going fishing"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
• Similar words include: goosefish, lotte, anglerfish
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANGLER

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🧩 18D: "19. You might get one in a row"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
• Similar words include: black eye, mouse, common mackerel
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHINER

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🧩 19D: "20. Contributes"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Similar words include: append, sum up, summate
• Opposite of: subtract, take away

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADDS

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🧩 20D: "22. Source of some base humor, for short?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: USO

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🧩 21D: "26. Fast-food chain founded in New Orleans"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POPEYES

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🧩 22D: "29. Some noblewomen"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for a (young) woman
• Similar words include: ma'am, skirt, wench
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DAMES

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🧩 23D: "30. Happy, dopey, sneezy, sleepy, grumpy and bashful: Abbr."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADJS

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🧩 24D: "31. ___ idéal"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
• Similar words include: gallant, clotheshorse, swain
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEAU

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🧩 25D: "32. Ones making "Out!" cries"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an official at a baseball game
• Similar words include: ump, umpire
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UMPS

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🧩 26D: "33. Advanced cautiously, front end first"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOSEDIN

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🧩 27D: "35. Upgraded with new machinery"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
• Similar words include: retool, revise
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RETOOLED

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🧩 28D: "39. Several characters in nonfiction?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that half the width of an em
• Similar words include: nut, en
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENS

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🧩 29D: "40. Republican politico Haley"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NIKKI

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🧩 30D: "41. Brendan of "The Mummy""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FRASER

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🧩 31D: "42. Ballad"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
• Similar words include: dwell, place, consist
• Opposite of: arise, stand

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAY

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🧩 32D: "43. Held in check"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATBAY

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🧩 33D: "44. Tired"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that urinate, of cattle and horses
• Similar words include: dusty, cold, moth-eaten
• Opposite of: fresh

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STALE

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🧩 34D: "45. Newswoman Phillips"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KYRA

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🧩 35D: "47. "Please rush!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that as soon as possible
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASAP

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🧩 36D: "48. Hole for a shoelace"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
• Similar words include: grommet, grummet, loop
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EYELET

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🧩 37D: "53. Archer's protection"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports
• Similar words include: bracer
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARMGUARD

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🧩 38D: "55. Fund-raising fete"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a gay festivity
• Similar words include: gala affair, blowout, jamboree
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GALA

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🧩 39D: "57. Way around"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
• Similar words include: beltway, get around, shunt
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BYPASS

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🧩 40D: "58. "Take that, loser!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IWIN

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🧩 41D: "60. Spanish interjection"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OYE

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🧩 42D: "61. Smash to smithereens"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that spray very finely
• Similar words include: nuke, atomise, zap
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATOMIZE

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🧩 43D: "63. "Word has it ...""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IHEAR

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🧩 44D: "64. Sleep, informally"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal term for sleep
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHUTEYE

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🧩 45D: "65. Topsy-turviness"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that violent and needless disturbance
• Similar words include: mayhem
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAVOC

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🧩 46D: "66. That group"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THEM

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🧩 47D: "67. Cheese typically wrapped in paraffin"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EDAM

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🧩 48D: "68. Sort who won't heed the advice "Don't look down"?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Similar words include: snot, prig, snoot
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SNOB

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🧩 49D: "73. What abuts une côte"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
• Similar words include: thousand, one thousand, m
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MER

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🧩 50D: "74. Diaphanous"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that turn sharply; change direction abruptly
• Similar words include: slue, perpendicularly, gauzy
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHEER

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🧩 51D: "76. Can you believe it?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
• Similar words include: philosophical system, doctrine, school of thought
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ISM

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🧩 52D: "78. An ellipse has two of these"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the concentration of attention or energy on something
• Similar words include: focal point, direction, focussing
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FOCI

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🧩 53D: "79. Slightly open"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that slightly open
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AJAR

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🧩 54D: "80. Ready to eat"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
• Similar words include: mature, advanced, right
• Opposite of: green

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RIPE

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🧩 55D: "82. Turn (in)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who guards prisoners
• Similar words include: fuck, have it away, prison guard
• Opposite of: unscrew

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCREW

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🧩 56D: "83. At all, with "the""

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEASTBIT

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🧩 57D: "85. Out of touch for decades, say"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LONGLOST

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🧩 58D: "86. Shakespearean potion ingredient"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EYEOFNEWT

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🧩 59D: "88. Vacillator's confession"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IMTORN

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🧩 60D: "89. Timeless"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AGEOLD

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🧩 61D: "94. Venice's ___ Bridge"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RIALTO

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🧩 62D: "95. Express Amtrak options"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACELAS

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🧩 63D: "96. Transportation centers"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
• Similar words include: hub
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HUBS

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🧩 64D: "97. Slightly outdo"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONEUP

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🧩 65D: "98. Brand of wafer"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NILLA

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🧩 66D: "99. Scrutinize"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Similar words include: eye, orb
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EYEBALL

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🧩 67D: "100. Animated daughter of King Triton"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARIEL

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🧩 68D: "102. "Ridiculous!""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MYEYE

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🧩 69D: "105. Bit of blue on a map of Scotland"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long narrow inlet of the sea in scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOCH

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🧩 70D: "106. Otherworldly glow"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• Similar words include: nimbus, air, atmosphere
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AURA

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🧩 71D: "108. Radiohead's first #1 album (2000)"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KIDA

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🧩 72D: "109. Holdup"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sharp protuberance
• Similar words include: split, rip, rub
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SNAG

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🧩 73D: "111. Greeting with the hands"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DAP

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🧩 74D: "112. ___-eared"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cut off from a whole
• Similar words include: sever, prune, trim
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOP

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🧩 75D: "113. Jargon suffix"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
• Similar words include: east southeast
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ESE

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🎯 Start Smart

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75 Down Clues

140 Total Clues

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