27457 Mon Jan 13, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 13, 2025

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

Mon Jan 13, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Place for gladiatorial combat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARENA

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




• The clue is 6. ___ and seek. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIDE

  Possible Answer : pelt, hide_out, cover, obscure, blot_out, veil, hide, shroud, skin, fell, obliterate, conceal, enshroud

  Possible Opposite Answer : show




• The clue is 10. "Money, Money, Money" group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABBA




• The clue is 14. Some jazz instruments, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAXES

  Possible Answer : Marshal_Saxe, Adolphe_Sax, Saxony, Saxe, saxophone, Hermann_Maurice_Saxe, comte_de_Saxe, Sax, sax, Sachsen




• The clue is 15. Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IHOP




• The clue is 16. "Dagnabbit!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAT




• The clue is 17. Quality of a statement that feels plausible. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRUTHINESS




• The clue is 19. Lead-in to Worth, Wayne or Lauderdale. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FORT

  Possible Answer : fortress, fort_up, fortify, garrison, fort




• The clue is 20. Purges (of). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIDS

  Possible Answer : free, rid, disembarrass




• The clue is 21. Holding hands outside, e.g., for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PDA

  Possible Answer : personal_organiser, organizer, personal_organizer, organiser, personal_digital_assistant, PDA




• The clue is 22. Shelf on a cliff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEDGE

  Possible Answer : ledge, shelf




• The clue is 23. Chewed and swallowed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATE

  Possible Answer : Ate, rust, use_up, eat, exhaust, wipe_out, corrode, deplete, consume, feed, eat_on, run_through, eat_up




• The clue is 24. High school or college seniors, usually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOURTHYEARS




• The clue is 27. Disinfectant brand with the tagline "Healthing". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYSOL

  Possible Answer : Lysol




• The clue is 29. Sweetheart, slangily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAE




• The clue is 30. Tit for ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAT

  Possible Answer : cheapness, tackiness, TAT, tat, Thematic_Apperception_Test, sleaze, intertwine




• The clue is 31. Strings along. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEADSON




• The clue is 35. Visibly supports, as a university or sports team. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPS

  Possible Answer : repp, rep




• The clue is 36. Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: MIDDLEENGLISH




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

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

  The answer: LINE

  Possible Answer : business_line, cable, lineage, channel, crinkle, draw, personal_line_of_credit, stemma, pipeline, wrinkle, rail_line, strain, course, ancestry, origin, run_along, subscriber_line, transmission_line, blood, air, describe, telephone_circuit, credit_line, melodic_phrase, line_of_products, line_of_credit, personal_credit_line, short_letter, product_line, contrast, line, job, melody, dividing_line, tune, communication_channel, demarcation, line_of_reasoning, note, phone_line, delineate, line_of_work, logical_argument, production_line, bank_line, agate_line, assembly_line, telephone_line, billet, bloodline, furrow, railway_line, trace, line_of_merchandise, line_of_descent, crease, melodic_line, occupation, argumentation, parentage, seam, argument, stock, line_of_business, business, blood_line, pedigree, descent




• The clue is 40. Tightens one's ice skates, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LACESUP




• The clue is 41. German "Phooey!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACH




• The clue is 42. Give in to gravity. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAG

  Possible Answer : swag, sag, flag, droop, sag_down




• The clue is 43. Gave up, as territory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEDED

  Possible Answer : yield, give_up, concede, deliver, cede, surrender, grant




• The clue is 47. Feel relief from anxiety. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BREATHEEASY




• The clue is 52. Do a whoopsie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERR

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




• The clue is 53. "Rick and ___" (adult animated sitcom). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORTY




• The clue is 54. Card that can have the highest or lowest value. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACE

  Possible Answer : I, super, virtuoso, whiz, nail, whizz, hotshot, star, unity, Allied_Command_Europe, champion, crack, one, sweep_through, sail_through, tiptop, breeze_through, A-one, 1, sensation, genius, wiz, tops, ace, topnotch, maven, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, top-notch, ACE, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, superstar, wizard, single, mavin, pass_with_flying_colors, adept, first-rate




• The clue is 55. Leave roaring with laughter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAY

  Possible Answer : hit, dispatch, polish_off, slay, bump_off, remove, murder, off




• The clue is 56. "Beware the ___ of March". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDES

  Possible Answer : ides




• The clue is 57. Aid in preventing a shipwreck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIGHTHOUSE

  Possible Answer : beacon_light, pharos, beacon, lighthouse




• The clue is 60. Edible ice cream holder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CONE

  Possible Answer : retinal_cone, conoid, cone, strobile, cone_cell, strobilus, cone_shape




• The clue is 61. Competent. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABLE

  Possible Answer : able, capable, able-bodied

  Possible Opposite Answer : unable




• The clue is 62. More than willing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAGER

  Possible Answer : eager, tidal_bore, eagre, aegir, bore

  Possible Opposite Answer : uneager




• The clue is 63. "At Last" singer James. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETTA




• The clue is 64. Sent a private text, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DMED




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

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

  The answer: PRESS

  Possible Answer : weight-lift, insistency, military_press, press, crush, mechanical_press, urge_on, bid, agitate, beseech, iron_out, campaign, exhort, insistence, public_press, compress, constrict, pressure, fight, pressing, iron, press_out, weigh, entreat, adjure, printing_press, weightlift, compact, urge, squeeze, contract, closet, imperativeness, jam, conjure, push, crusade, wardrobe

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Word before plane or projection. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTRAL

  Possible Answer: stellar, astral

• The clue is 2. Uncommon thing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RARITY

  Possible Answer: low_density, rarity, rareness, curio, tenuity, oddity, infrequency, peculiarity, oddment, curiosity

• The clue is 3. Oozes, as charm. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXUDES

  Possible Answer: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze_out, transude

• The clue is 4. Basketball goals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NETS

  Possible Answer: profit, net, earnings, nett, cyberspace, mesh, meshing, meshwork, web, internet, sack, network, clear, lucre, sack_up, net_profit, net_income, profits

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

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

  The answer: ASH

  Possible Answer: ash, ash_tree

• The clue is 6. Holi celebrant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HINDU

  Possible Answer: Hindi, Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani

• The clue is 7. "Rumor has it …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IHEAR

• The clue is 8. Uno x 2. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOS

  Possible Answer: disk_operating_system, behave, practice, ut, cause, DoS, coiffe, brawl, DOS, get_along, DO, coiffure, arrange, come, State_Department, fare, act, dress, United_States_Department_of_State, Doctor_of_Osteopathy, serve, Department_of_State, execute, perform, practise, make_out, bash, suffice, answer, do, manage, coif, doh, exercise, State, make, set

  Possible Opposite Answer : unmake

• The clue is 9. Mini-albums, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPS

• The clue is 10. Cost for a commercial. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADFEE

• The clue is 11. Hangout events for two guy friends. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRODATES

• The clue is 12. Common chart for comparing data. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARGRAPH

• The clue is 13. Swears (to). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATTESTS

  Possible Answer: evidence, certify, testify, attest, bear_witness, take_the_stand, manifest, demonstrate

• The clue is 18. Stock market debut, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IPO

  Possible Answer: initial_offering, IPO, initial_public_offering

• The clue is 22. Caustic drain cleaner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYE

  Possible Answer: lye

• The clue is 24. Made a quick retreat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLED

  Possible Answer: fly, take_flight, flee

• The clue is 25. Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TBONE

• The clue is 26. Chillaxes with friends. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HANGS

  Possible Answer: hang_up, flow, knack, cling, string_up, bent, pay_heed, attend, give_ear, fall, hang, advert

• The clue is 28. Ye ___ Shoppe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLDE

• The clue is 32. Arabic for God. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLAH

  Possible Answer: Allah

• The clue is 33. Digitally make to look younger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEAGE

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

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

  The answer: SEC

  Possible Answer: Securities_and_Exchange_Commission, sec, s, secant, unsweet, SEC, second

• The clue is 35. Ready to eat, as fruit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIPE

  Possible Answer: advanced, ripe, good, mature, right

  Possible Opposite Answer : green

• The clue is 36. Minuscule picture used in spycraft. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MICRODOT

  Possible Answer: microdot

• The clue is 37. Essential to the character of something. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INHERENT

  Possible Answer: integral, constitutional, inherent, inbuilt, underlying, built-in, implicit_in

• The clue is 38. Football holder in "Peanuts". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUCY

  Possible Answer: Lucy

• The clue is 39. Cheese-loving test subjects. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LABMICE

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

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

  The answer: STY

  Possible Answer: sty, pigpen, hordeolum, pigsty, stye, eye_infection

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

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

  The answer: DELUGE

  Possible Answer: cloudburst, flood, swamp, alluvion, overwhelm, inundation, flood_out, torrent, soaker, submerge, inundate, deluge, waterspout, downpour, pelter

• The clue is 45. Wipes out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERASES

  Possible Answer: rub_out, erase, wipe_out, wipe_off, delete, score_out, efface

  Possible Opposite Answer : record

• The clue is 46. Spinners in laundromats. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRYERS

  Possible Answer: dryer, drier

• The clue is 48. On the ocean. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATSEA

• The clue is 49. Sharp-eyed bird. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAGLE

  Possible Answer: eagle, double_birdie, bird_of_Jove

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

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

  The answer: ACHED

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

• The clue is 51. "Quiet on the ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SET

  Possible Answer: mark, Set, readiness, dictated, solidifying, adjust, solidification, fructify, coiffe, go_under, band, define, typeset, rigid, put, bent, laid, exercise_set, coiffure, situated, correct, fix, arrange, go_down, fixed, prepare, gear_up, ready, determined, determine, circle, dress, hardened, stage_set, limit, lay_out, congeal, plant, Seth, set, lay, position, set_up, specify, localize, located, countersink, fit, hardening, place, sic, localise, primed, do, lot, coif, pose, jell, placed, curing, rig

  Possible Opposite Answer : rise

• The clue is 55. Fly high. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOAR

  Possible Answer: sailplane, surge, soar_upwards, hang_glide, soar_up, soar, zoom

• The clue is 57. Young feller. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAD

  Possible Answer: laddie, sonny_boy, gent, cuss, cub, chap, bloke, fellow, feller, blighter, fella, lad, sonny

• The clue is 58. Company nicknamed "Big Blue". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IBM

• The clue is 59. With it, in last-century slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEP

  Possible Answer: hip_to, hep, hip

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Across Clues and Answers (38)

Clue #1: 1. Support in construction

4-letter answer Answer: IBAR

Clue #2: 5. Nickname that omits "-orah"

3-letter answer Answer: DEB

Word Help: Synonyms: debutante, deb

Clue #3: 8. Move quickly with the wind, as clouds

4-letter answer Answer: SCUD

Word Help: Synonyms: rack, scudding, dart

Clue #4: 12. Dominion

4-letter answer Answer: RULE

Word Help: Synonyms: reign, linguistic_rule, normal

Clue #5: 13. On what to write one's final words?

9-letter answer Answer: EXAMPAPER

Clue #6: 16. Lead-in to a date

4-letter answer Answer: ASOF

Clue #7: 17. Post-meeting to-do

10-letter answer Answer: ACTIONITEM

Clue #8: 19. 20th-century activist ___ Milholland, dubbed a "Joan of Arc-like symbol of the suffrage movement"

4-letter answer Answer: INEZ

Clue #9: 21. "How exciting!"

5-letter answer Answer: OHBOY

Clue #10: 22. Actress Mendes of "Ghost Rider"

3-letter answer Answer: EVA

Clue #11: 23. Firmly establishes, in one spelling

8-letter answer Answer: ENGRAINS

Clue #12: 25. Like some entries and smiles

6-letter answer Answer: FORCED

Word Help: Synonyms: squeeze, push, pull
Antonyms: push, pull

Clue #13: 27. Location of the world's oldest surviving piano, with "the"

3-letter answer Answer: MET

Word Help: Synonyms: run_into, come_across, fulfill
Antonyms: diverge

Clue #14: 28. Common map feature

5-letter answer Answer: INSET

Word Help: Synonyms: insert, gusset, inset

Clue #15: 30. French for "our"

5-letter answer Answer: NOTRE

Clue #16: 31. Washed up, perhaps

6-letter answer Answer: ASHORE

Word Help: Synonyms: ashore

Clue #17: 33. Sound from a dental click

3-letter answer Answer: TUT

Word Help: Synonyms: tsk, tut-tut, tut

Clue #18: 35. Need for an international student, often

4-letter answer Answer: VISA

Word Help: Synonyms: visa

Clue #19: 36. Molecules with the same chemical formula but different structures

7-letter answer Answer: ISOMERS

Word Help: Synonyms: isomer

Clue #20: 38. Mourns

7-letter answer Answer: GRIEVES

Word Help: Synonyms: heartbreak, grief, aggrieve

Clue #21: 40. Lightly cut?

4-letter answer Answer: LASE

Clue #22: 41. Waterproofing substance

3-letter answer Answer: TAR

Word Help: Synonyms: pitch, Jack-tar, old_salt

Clue #23: 43. Walking stick, e.g.

6-letter answer Answer: INSECT

Word Help: Synonyms: louse, dirt_ball, insect

Clue #24: 44. Trail of evidence

5-letter answer Answer: SCENT

Word Help: Synonyms: odour, odor, scent
Antonyms: deodorize, deodourise

Clue #25: 46. ___ and the Dominos, rock band behind "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues"

5-letter answer Answer: DEREK

Clue #26: 48. Surprising outburst

3-letter answer Answer: BOO

Word Help: Synonyms: boo, raspberry, razz
Antonyms: applaud

Clue #27: 49. Celestial object producing a so-called "lighthouse effect" as it rotates

6-letter answer Answer: PULSAR

Word Help: Synonyms: pulsar

Clue #28: 51. Go off a cliff, maybe

8-letter answer Answer: BASEJUMP

Clue #29: 53. Someone with whom to share un peu de camaraderie

3-letter answer Answer: AMI

Clue #30: 54. B in chemistry class

5-letter answer Answer: BORON

Word Help: Synonyms: boron, atomic_number_5, B

Clue #31: 56. Duke residence

4-letter answer Answer: DORM

Word Help: Synonyms: dormitory, dorm, student_residence

Clue #32: 57. Unwritten reminder

10-letter answer Answer: MENTALNOTE

Clue #33: 60. Go back for more

4-letter answer Answer: REUP

Clue #34: 62. Life-threatening

9-letter answer Answer: NEARFATAL

Clue #35: 63. "Later"

4-letter answer Answer: TATA

Clue #36: 64. They're in a lather

4-letter answer Answer: SUDS

Word Help: Synonyms: spume, froth, suds

Clue #37: 65. Complete mess

3-letter answer Answer: STY

Word Help: Synonyms: sty, pigsty, stye

Clue #38: 66. Under legal threat, in a way

4-letter answer Answer: SUED

Word Help: Synonyms: sue, process, litigate

Across Clues and Answers (38)

Clue #1: 1. ___ Flatow, longtime host of public radio's "Science Friday"

3-letter answer Answer: IRA

Word Help: Synonyms: Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, Provisional_IRA, ira

Clue #2: 2. Know-how in negotiations, say

14-letter answer Answer: BUSINESSACUMEN

Clue #3: 3. "Similarly …"

15-letter answer Answer: ALONGTHOSELINES

Clue #4: 4. Pass (to)

5-letter answer Answer: REFER

Word Help: Synonyms: mention, come_to, look_up

Clue #5: 5. Federal agcy. established during Nixon's presidency

3-letter answer Answer: DEA

Word Help: Synonyms: DEA, Drug_Enforcement_Administration, Drug_Enforcement_Agency

Clue #6: 6. Those whose time has come and gone?

6-letter answer Answer: EXCONS

Clue #7: 7. Bundle that might include soap and towels

7-letter answer Answer: BATHSET

Clue #8: 8. Send up

5-letter answer Answer: SPOOF

Word Help: Synonyms: charade, sendup, parody

Clue #9: 9. Locale for an echo

6-letter answer Answer: CANYON

Word Help: Synonyms: canon, canyon

Clue #10: 10. Global news inits.

3-letter answer Answer: UPI

Clue #11: 11. Base for cases

15-letter answer Answer: DETECTIVEBUREAU

Clue #12: 14. Film franchise that boosted sales of Ray-Ban sunglasses, for short

3-letter answer Answer: MIB

Word Help: Synonyms: mebibyte, MB, MiB

Clue #13: 15. Part of a living arrangement that avoids rush-hour traffic

14-letter answer Answer: REVERSECOMMUTE

Clue #14: 18. Took five on the road

9-letter answer Answer: MADEASTOP

Clue #15: 20. Democratic Republic of the Congo, once

5-letter answer Answer: ZAIRE

Word Help: Synonyms: Congo, Zaire, Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo

Clue #16: 23. Unwanted inbox filler

9-letter answer Answer: EMAILSPAM

Clue #17: 24. Like helium

5-letter answer Answer: INERT

Word Help: Synonyms: torpid, inert, sluggish

Clue #18: 26. Meanders

5-letter answer Answer: ROVES

Word Help: Synonyms: tramp, vagabond, cast

Clue #19: 29. Water tower?

3-letter answer Answer: TUG

Word Help: Synonyms: push, tower, lug

Clue #20: 32. Itchy ears and itchy hands, to the superstitious

5-letter answer Answer: OMENS

Word Help: Synonyms: portent, portend, prognosticate

Clue #21: 34. Scoring plays in rugby

5-letter answer Answer: TRIES

Word Help: Synonyms: seek, strain, hear

Clue #22: 37. Sorry

3-letter answer Answer: SAD

Word Help: Synonyms: deplorable, pitiful, distressing
Antonyms: glad

Clue #23: 39. Tatted up

5-letter answer Answer: INKED

Word Help: Synonyms: ink

Clue #24: 42. Many nostalgia-baiting TV shows

7-letter answer Answer: REBOOTS

Word Help: Synonyms: reboot, boot, bring_up

Clue #25: 45. Sleeveless medieval garment

6-letter answer Answer: TABARD

Word Help: Synonyms: tabard

Clue #26: 47. Go off on

6-letter answer Answer: RANTAT

Clue #27: 50. Massages deeply

5-letter answer Answer: ROLFS

Word Help: Synonyms: Rolf, Rollo, Hrolf

Clue #28: 52. Portmanteau pants

5-letter answer Answer: JORTS

Clue #29: 55. Transfer ___

3-letter answer Answer: RNA

Word Help: Synonyms: ribonucleic_acid, RNA

Clue #30: 58. Cross shape

3-letter answer Answer: TAU

Word Help: Synonyms: tau

Clue #31: 59. Cathedral city in Cambridgeshire

3-letter answer Answer: ELY

Clue #32: 61. Deceptively beef up

3-letter answer Answer: PAD

Word Help: Synonyms: embellish, stamp_pad, launch_pad

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Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. "Don't mention it"

8-letter answer Answer: NOTATALL

Clue #2: 9. Like a lover's lips, perhaps

8-letter answer Answer: KISSABLE

Clue #3: 17. Sudden dose of reality, in slang

9-letter answer Answer: TRUTHBOMB

Clue #4: 19. Emphatic words of denial

9-letter answer Answer: SONOTTRUE

Clue #5: 20.

10-letter answer Answer: SANTACLAUS

Clue #6: 22.

10-letter answer Answer: THEONERING

Clue #7: 23. Sheep's peep

5-letter answer Answer: BLEAT

Word Help: Synonyms: blate, baa, bleat

Clue #8: 24. How detectives might act

7-letter answer Answer: ONALEAD

Clue #9: 26. Ones providing help around the House

5-letter answer Answer: AIDES

Word Help: Synonyms: auxiliary, Pluto, adjutant

Clue #10: 27. Poli ___

3-letter answer Answer: SCI

Clue #11: 30. Attack, as a castle

5-letter answer Answer: STORM

Word Help: Synonyms: force, ramp, storm

Clue #12: 31. Jazz singer Carmen

5-letter answer Answer: MCRAE

Clue #13: 33. Food-centric broadcasts originating in South Korea

8-letter answer Answer: MUKBANGS

Clue #14: 38. Computing company whose logo has remained largely the same since it was introduced by Paul Rand in 1962

3-letter answer Answer: IBM

Clue #15: 39. Advance

4-letter answer Answer: LOAN

Word Help: Synonyms: lend, loan, loanword
Antonyms: borrow

Clue #16: 40. Tough spot for a teen?

3-letter answer Answer: ZIT

Word Help: Synonyms: hickey, pimple, zit

Clue #17: 43.

11-letter answer Answer: STAYINALIVE

Clue #18: 45.

9-letter answer Answer: MOONSHINE

Word Help: Synonyms: Moon, moonshine, moonlight

Clue #19: 47. Broke bread

5-letter answer Answer: DINED

Word Help: Synonyms: din, dine, boom

Clue #20: 48. Holder of valuable contributions, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: IRA

Word Help: Synonyms: Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, individual_retirement_account, Provisional_IRA

Clue #21: 49. One of three on the Mayflower

4-letter answer Answer: MAST

Word Help: Synonyms: mast

Clue #22: 50. Alan of "Marriage Story"

4-letter answer Answer: ALDA

Clue #23: 51. One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters"

4-letter answer Answer: OLGA

Clue #24: 52. Rapper Kid ___

4-letter answer Answer: CUDI

Clue #25: 54. Style of writing?

4-letter answer Answer: FONT

Word Help: Synonyms: font, case, fount

Clue #26: 55. Renaissance locale of the early 20th century

6-letter answer Answer: HARLEM

Word Help: Synonyms: Harlem

Clue #27: 57.

13-letter answer Answer: SEARCHHISTORY

Clue #28: 60. Longtime Japanese camera brand

6-letter answer Answer: PENTAX

Clue #29: 61. Either of the two statues in front of the New York Public Library

4-letter answer Answer: LION

Word Help: Synonyms: lion, social_lion, Leo_the_Lion

Clue #30: 62. Root word?

3-letter answer Answer: OLE

Clue #31: 63. Riverbank material

4-letter answer Answer: SILT

Word Help: Synonyms: silt, silt_up

Clue #32: 64. Lucky lottery winner's cry

6-letter answer Answer: IMRICH

Clue #33: 67.

13-letter answer Answer: BALLETSLIPPER

Clue #34: 73. Sleazeball

6-letter answer Answer: CREEPO

Clue #35: 74. Shipshape

4-letter answer Answer: TIDY

Word Help: Synonyms: respectable, clean_up, straighten_out
Antonyms: untidy

Clue #36: 75. They're rising over time

4-letter answer Answer: SEAS

Word Help: Synonyms: ocean, sea

Clue #37: 76. Humorist Bombeck

4-letter answer Answer: ERMA

Clue #38: 77. When tripled, "You know what I'm sayin' …"

4-letter answer Answer: YADA

Clue #39: 78. ___ Tour (record-breaking music event of 2023-24)

4-letter answer Answer: ERAS

Word Help: Synonyms: epoch, geological_era, earned_run_average

Clue #40: 79. Suffix with proverb

3-letter answer Answer: IAL

Clue #41: 80. Shepherd's staff

5-letter answer Answer: CROOK

Word Help: Synonyms: felon, twist, criminal

Clue #42: 81.

9-letter answer Answer: STILETTOS

Word Help: Synonyms: stiletto

Clue #43: 84.

11-letter answer Answer: EMILYBRONTE

Clue #44: 87. It's in the bag!

3-letter answer Answer: TEA

Word Help: Synonyms: Camellia_sinensis, tea_leaf, afternoon_tea

Clue #45: 88. Heart

4-letter answer Answer: GIST

Word Help: Synonyms: heart, heart_and_soul, inwardness

Clue #46: 89. ___ Tour (annual sporting series)

3-letter answer Answer: PGA

Clue #47: 90. Like some marriages, seating and musical compositions

8-letter answer Answer: ARRANGED

Word Help: Synonyms: ordered, staged, arranged
Antonyms: disarrange, disarranged

Clue #48: 91. Like the weather around a lighthouse, maybe

5-letter answer Answer: FOGGY

Word Help: Synonyms: muzzy, logy, blurry

Clue #49: 93. Baseball features

5-letter answer Answer: SEAMS

Word Help: Synonyms: crease, bed, crinkle

Clue #50: 95. "By the way …"

3-letter answer Answer: SAY

Word Help: Synonyms: pronounce, tell, aver

Clue #51: 96. ___ Moriarty, novelist who wrote "Big Little Lies"

5-letter answer Answer: LIANE

Clue #52: 98. Tolkien character who dies as "the Grey" and returns as "the White"

7-letter answer Answer: GANDALF

Clue #53: 100. Some opinion pieces

5-letter answer Answer: OPEDS

Clue #54: 105. How to read the "words" written on this puzzle's 108-Across

10-letter answer Answer: UPSIDEDOWN

Clue #55: 108. Device used to read the eight visual clues in this puzzle

10-letter answer Answer: CALCULATOR

Word Help: Synonyms: estimator, figurer, calculating_machine

Clue #56: 111. Some large structures for pet owners

9-letter answer Answer: CATCONDOS

Clue #57: 112. Head honcho

9-letter answer Answer: TOPBANANA

Clue #58: 113. Gave a thumbs up

8-letter answer Answer: ASSENTED

Word Help: Synonyms: assent, acquiesce, accede
Antonyms: dissent

Clue #59: 114. Goes to the mat?

8-letter answer Answer: WRESTLES

Word Help: Synonyms: writhe, wrestling, wriggle

Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. Government org. that investigates accidents

4-letter answer Answer: NTSB

Clue #2: 2. Spoken

4-letter answer Answer: ORAL

Word Help: Synonyms: viva_voce, oral, unwritten
Antonyms: aboral, anal

Clue #3: 3. What a whistler whistles

4-letter answer Answer: TUNE

Word Help: Synonyms: strain, tune, melodic_phrase
Antonyms: untune

Clue #4: 4. "___ girl!"

4-letter answer Answer: ATTA

Clue #5: 5. "Nevertheless …"

8-letter answer Answer: THATSAID

Clue #6: 6. Jimmy Kimmel's network

3-letter answer Answer: ABC

Word Help: Synonyms: first_rudiment, first_principle, alphabet

Clue #7: 7. 😂

3-letter answer Answer: LOL

Clue #8: 8. 😂😂😂

4-letter answer Answer: LMAO

Clue #9: 9. Down for the count, in brief

4-letter answer Answer: KOED

Clue #10: 10. Italian diminutive suffix

3-letter answer Answer: INO

Clue #11: 11. Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion"

3-letter answer Answer: SON

Word Help: Synonyms: son, Word, Logos
Antonyms: girl, daughter

Clue #12: 12. Bear's counterpart on Wall Street, once

7-letter answer Answer: STEARNS

Clue #13: 13. Courtyards

5-letter answer Answer: ATRIA

Word Help: Synonyms: atrium

Clue #14: 14. Tough customer for a wedding planner

10-letter answer Answer: BRIDEZILLA

Clue #15: 15. Debussy's "Clair de ___"

4-letter answer Answer: LUNE

Clue #16: 16. Brain tests, for short

4-letter answer Answer: EEGS

Word Help: Synonyms: encephalogram, EEG, electroencephalogram

Clue #17: 18. Rolls

4-letter answer Answer: BUNS

Word Help: Synonyms: ass, rump, bum

Clue #18: 19. Bogus

4-letter answer Answer: SHAM

Word Help: Synonyms: dissemble, pretender, fake

Clue #19: 21. Cannabis variety contrasted with indica

6-letter answer Answer: SATIVA

Clue #20: 22. Bush Senior and Carter each had one

4-letter answer Answer: TERM

Word Help: Synonyms: term, terminus, terminal_figure

Clue #21: 25. Headquarter?

4-letter answer Answer: LOBE

Word Help: Synonyms: lobe

Clue #22: 28. "The Source" channel

3-letter answer Answer: CNN

Clue #23: 29. Swiatek of women's tennis

3-letter answer Answer: IGA

Word Help: Synonyms: IgA, immunoglobulin_A

Clue #24: 31. ___ point

4-letter answer Answer: MOOT

Word Help: Synonyms: consider, arguable, deliberate

Clue #25: 32. Six-pack component

3-letter answer Answer: CAN

Word Help: Synonyms: put_up, ass, potty
Antonyms: hire

Clue #26: 33. PC platform of the 1980s

5-letter answer Answer: MSDOS

Clue #27: 34. Of service

5-letter answer Answer: UTILE

Word Help: Synonyms: useful, utile
Antonyms: useless

Clue #28: 35. Hundred Acre Wood resident

5-letter answer Answer: KANGA

Clue #29: 36. One way to "play it"

5-letter answer Answer: BYEAR

Clue #30: 37. Reached a base horizontally

6-letter answer Answer: SLIDIN

Clue #31: 39. Show that, uh, didn't win 43 of its 54 Emmy nominations

4-letter answer Answer: LOST

Word Help: Synonyms: helpless, mazed, preoccupied
Antonyms: profit, found

Clue #32: 41. Page that points to other pages

5-letter answer Answer: INDEX

Word Help: Synonyms: forefinger, power, indicator

Clue #33: 42. Crew

4-letter answer Answer: TEAM

Word Help: Synonyms: squad, team, team_up

Clue #34: 44. Floral subject for van Gogh, Monet or O'Keeffe

4-letter answer Answer: IRIS

Word Help: Synonyms: fleur-de-lis, iris_diaphragm, flag

Clue #35: 45. Oodles of

4-letter answer Answer: MANY

Word Help: Synonyms: many
Antonyms: few

Clue #36: 46. Adult male deer

4-letter answer Answer: HART

Word Help: Synonyms: Moss_Hart, stag, Lorenz_Milton_Hart

Clue #37: 49. Gourmet mushroom type

5-letter answer Answer: MOREL

Word Help: Synonyms: morel

Clue #38: 52. One of the Marx Brothers

5-letter answer Answer: CHICO

Word Help: Synonyms: Leonard_Marx, Chico, Marx

Clue #39: 53. "Yikes!"

4-letter answer Answer: UHOH

Clue #40: 54. Lunacy

5-letter answer Answer: FOLLY

Word Help: Synonyms: folly, foolery, lunacy
Antonyms: wisdom

Clue #41: 55. Word with Kitchen or Angels

5-letter answer Answer: HELLS

Word Help: Synonyms: pit, Inferno, underworld
Antonyms: Heaven

Clue #42: 56. Naysayer

4-letter answer Answer: ANTI

Word Help: Synonyms: anti
Antonyms: pro

Clue #43: 58. Film excerpt

4-letter answer Answer: CLIP

Word Help: Synonyms: jog, prune, snip_off
Antonyms: unclip

Clue #44: 59. Bumpy jumpers

5-letter answer Answer: TOADS

Word Help: Synonyms: frog, anuran, salientian

Clue #45: 60. City where tourists take photos pretending to hold up its famous landmark

4-letter answer Answer: PISA

Word Help: Synonyms: Pisa

Clue #46: 63. Name shouted in "A Streetcar Named Desire"

6-letter answer Answer: STELLA

Word Help: Synonyms: Frank_Stella, Stella, Frank_Philip_Stella

Clue #47: 64. Boiling

5-letter answer Answer: IRATE

Word Help: Synonyms: ireful, irate

Clue #48: 65. Periods of abstinence from TV, news, social platforms, etc.

10-letter answer Answer: MEDIAFASTS

Clue #49: 66. Honest-to-goodness

4-letter answer Answer: REAL

Word Help: Synonyms: existent, real_number, very
Antonyms: insubstantial, unreal

Clue #50: 67. Possible polling problem

4-letter answer Answer: BIAS

Word Help: Synonyms: bias, preconception, diagonal

Clue #51: 68. Morales on the screen

4-letter answer Answer: ESAI

Clue #52: 69. Evita in "Evita"

5-letter answer Answer: PERON

Word Help: Synonyms: Peron, Juan_Domingo_Peron

Clue #53: 70. Pitchfork feature

5-letter answer Answer: PRONG

Word Help: Synonyms: prong

Clue #54: 71. Chew the scenery

5-letter answer Answer: EMOTE

Word Help: Synonyms: emote

Clue #55: 72. Tended to a Zen garden, in a way

5-letter answer Answer: RAKED

Word Help: Synonyms: skim, crease, scan

Clue #56: 73. Anatomical sac

4-letter answer Answer: CYST

Word Help: Synonyms: vesicle, cyst

Clue #57: 74. Gait faster than a walk

4-letter answer Answer: TROT

Word Help: Synonyms: jog, lope, Trot

Clue #58: 78. Website with a "Personalized and Custom Jewelry" page

4-letter answer Answer: ETSY

Clue #59: 79. Line in old Apple ads

6-letter answer Answer: IMAMAC

Clue #60: 80. Some kindergarten art supplies

8-letter answer Answer: CRAYOLAS

Clue #61: 82. Goaded

7-letter answer Answer: EGGEDON

Clue #62: 83. Comedian Notaro

3-letter answer Answer: TIG

Clue #63: 84. "Yikes!"

4-letter answer Answer: EGAD

Clue #64: 85. Junior and senior: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: YRS

Word Help: Synonyms: yr, year, twelvemonth

Clue #65: 86. Garment for one who's wearing a wire?

3-letter answer Answer: BRA

Word Help: Synonyms: brassiere, bra, bandeau

Clue #66: 89. Half of a noted magic duo

4-letter answer Answer: PENN

Word Help: Synonyms: Pennsylvania, William_Penn, Penn

Clue #67: 92. In reserve for now

5-letter answer Answer: ONICE

Clue #68: 93. Old sayings

4-letter answer Answer: SAWS

Word Help: Synonyms: saw, power_saw, proverb

Clue #69: 94. Adirondack chair part

4-letter answer Answer: SLAT

Word Help: Synonyms: slat, spline

Clue #70: 96. Coming-of-age Pixar film of 2021

4-letter answer Answer: LUCA

Clue #71: 97. Beers that might punnily have "hop" in their names, for short

4-letter answer Answer: IPAS

Clue #72: 98. "Splendid!"

4-letter answer Answer: GOOD

Word Help: Synonyms: salutary, serious, just
Antonyms: evilness, badness

Clue #73: 99. Steady stream

4-letter answer Answer: FLOW

Word Help: Synonyms: fall, menstruum, course

Clue #74: 101. What a hot dog might do

4-letter answer Answer: PANT

Word Help: Synonyms: trouser, pant, heave

Clue #75: 102. List-ending abbr.

4-letter answer Answer: ETAL

Clue #76: 103. Cry after putting one's pencil down

4-letter answer Answer: DONE

Word Help: Synonyms: do, through, manage
Antonyms: unmake

Clue #77: 104. Married mujeres: Abbr.

4-letter answer Answer: SRAS

Clue #78: 106. Sinus specialist, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ENT

Clue #79: 107. POTUS 34

3-letter answer Answer: DDE

Clue #80: 109. Subj. of a class with dummies in it

3-letter answer Answer: CPR

Word Help: Synonyms: cardiopulmonary_resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth_resuscitation, CPR

Clue #81: 110. Purple yam in Philippine cuisine

3-letter answer Answer: UBE

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
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