XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 24, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 24 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Dunham of "Girls"
Clue #2: 5. Snowman in "Frozen"
Clue #3: 9. Petty quarrel
Antonyms: boo
Clue #4: 13. "I need this today!"
Clue #5: 14. ___ McEntire a.k.a. "The Queen of Country"
Clue #6: 15. Cockamamie
Clue #7: 16. ___ a ___ (how two foes confront each other)
Clue #8: 17. A couple of places to secure boats ... or a logical contradiction?
Clue #9: 19. Muff
Clue #10: 21. Thing to be clicked in a "Click It or Ticket" campaign
Clue #11: 22. 1917, 1984, 2001 and others
Clue #12: 24. Pop star ___ Lipa
Clue #13: 25. Spanish king
Clue #14: 26. A couple of sets of game cubes ... or heaven?
Clue #15: 29. Some Hollywood tech
Clue #16: 31. State west of Mont.
Clue #17: 32. Infuriate
Clue #18: 34. Surrounded by
Clue #19: 38. Sights at truck stops
Clue #20: 40. "What's the ___?"
Clue #21: 41. Ouzo flavoring
Clue #22: 42. Big wine holder
Clue #23: 43. Nirvana's "___ Like Teen Spirit"
Clue #24: 45. Still in the wrapper, say
Antonyms: old, worn
Clue #25: 46. "Yadda, yadda, yadda"
Clue #26: 48. A couple of fibs ... or incapacitate?
Clue #27: 50. Sarcastic laugh syllable
Clue #28: 53. Alley ___
Clue #29: 55. Rhyming partner of "wheels"
Clue #30: 56. Regular at the Met, maybe
Clue #31: 59. Violent troublemaker
Clue #32: 62. A couple of melees ... or put into new, simpler words without changing the meaning?
Clue #33: 64. Cry upon stubbing one's toe, maybe
Clue #34: 65. ___ mignon
Clue #35: 66. Neighborhood
Clue #36: 67. 1/8 fluid ounce
Clue #37: 68. Charity
Clue #38: 69. Sing like Ella Fitzgerald
Clue #39: 70. Figs. for which you often give just the last four digits
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Epitome of docility
Clue #2: 2. Biblical birthright seller
Clue #3: 3. Surveillance systems installed by parents
Clue #4: 4. Pinnacle
Antonyms: perigee
Clue #5: 5. Patronize DoorDash, say
Clue #6: 6. Actor DiCaprio, in the tabloids
Clue #7: 7. Basics
Clue #8: 8. Produced by A.I., say, as photos
Clue #9: 9. Nose-in-the-air sort
Clue #10: 10. Indiana basketballer
Clue #11: 11. Body part that may be twisted
Clue #12: 12. Irritable
Clue #13: 15. Canine collar attachment
Clue #14: 18. Worcestershire ___
Clue #15: 20. Takes on cargo
Clue #16: 23. Rugby pile
Clue #17: 26. The "D" of CD
Clue #18: 27. "Hey, what's the big ___?"
Clue #19: 28. Painter's support
Clue #20: 30. Scottish form of "John"
Clue #21: 33. Very cold
Clue #22: 35. Preachers
Clue #23: 36. "Gotcha"
Clue #24: 37. Morning condensations
Clue #25: 39. "I Like ___" (1950s campaign slogan)
Clue #26: 41. Very, in music
Clue #27: 43. React to a ridiculous suggestion, maybe
Clue #28: 44. Eyes in a sleazy way
Clue #29: 47. Raise a glass to
Clue #30: 49. London-based insurance giant
Clue #31: 50. Teamster Jimmy
Clue #32: 51. T.S. Eliot's (and the I.R.S.'s) "cruellest month"
Clue #33: 52. Royal domain
Clue #34: 54. Law firm aides, informally … or a hint to 17-, 26-. 48- and 62-Across
Clue #35: 57. Some whiskeys
Clue #36: 58. Drug cop
Clue #37: 60. Verve
Clue #38: 61. Tachometers measure them, in brief
Clue #39: 63. Word said in passing?
Antonyms: nay
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Friday, July 26, 2024
Today Crossword puzzle - July 26, 2024
Today Crossword puzzle hints - July 26, 2024
Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle:
Break down the NYT Crosswords: July 26, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues and Answers:
- 1. Letters of coverage - Show Answer
SPF
(3 letters)
Synonyms: sun_protection_factor, SPF
- 4. Roadside buildup on a warm winter day - Show Answer
SLUSH
(5 letters)
Synonyms: splosh, slush_around, slush, slosh_around, splash, slosh
- 9. They're often around two feet - Show Answer
SOCKS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: whap, air_sock, drogue, whop, windsock, bonk, bop, bash, wind_sock, wind_sleeve, air-sleeve, sock, wind_cone
- 14. Metonym for attention - Show Answer
EAR
(3 letters)
Synonyms: spike, capitulum, auricle, pinna, ear
- 15. Spotted - Show Answer
PINTO
(5 letters)
Synonyms: pinto
- 16. Lost intentionally - Show Answer
THREW
(5 letters)
Synonyms: shake_off, contrive, bedevil, confuse, throw_off, cast, have, throw, hold, make, bewilder, flip, drop, switch, confound, fox, fuddle, cast_off, hurl, befuddle, bemuse, thrust, discombobulate, give, throw_away, project, shed
- 17. Phase - Show Answer
ERA
(3 letters)
Synonyms: geological_era, ERA, epoch, earned_run_average, era
- 18. Departure announcement - Show Answer
IMOUTTAHERE
(11 letters)
- 20. Samurai's sword - Show Answer
KATANA
(6 letters)
- 22. French buns - Show Answer
DERRIERE
(8 letters)
Synonyms: stern, ass, fundament, rear, nates, butt, tail_end, seat, rear_end, buns, derriere, tail, hindquarters, arse, tush, posterior, rump, backside, bum, keister, tooshie, fanny, can, prat, bottom, buttocks, hind_end, behind
- 23. Garment for a vaquero - Show Answer
SERAPE
(6 letters)
Synonyms: serape, sarape
- 25. First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county - Show Answer
LOS
(3 letters)
- 26. Center of a 63-Across - Show Answer
PIT
(3 letters)
Synonyms: fossa, cavity, stone_pit, Inferno, pit, mark, pock, scar, play_off, quarry, endocarp, perdition, stone, colliery, Hell, oppose, pitfall, orchestra_pit, match, nether_region, infernal_region
Antonyms: Heaven
- 27. Melville character with the mantra "I would prefer not to" - Show Answer
BARTLEBY
(8 letters)
- 29. Up to - Show Answer
TIL
(3 letters)
- 31. Pitchfork part - Show Answer
TINE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: tine
- 32. Bush bounders - Show Answer
ROOS
(4 letters)
- 34. "Shoo!" - Show Answer
GIT
(3 letters)
Synonyms: git, stinker, dirty_dog, crumb, rotter, rat, lowlife, bum, skunk, puke, so-and-so, stinkpot, scum_bag
- 36. Jam session? - Show Answer
SLAMDUNKCONTEST
(15 letters)
- 41. "That's a ___!" - Show Answer
LIE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: lie, lie_down, rest, lie_in, consist, prevarication, Trygve_Lie, Lie, dwell, Trygve_Halvden_Lie
Antonyms: stand, arise
- 42. Best Actress Oscar winner of 2022 - Show Answer
YEOH
(4 letters)
- 43. First Nations people - Show Answer
CREE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Cree
- 44. Tearing up, perhaps - Show Answer
SAD
(3 letters)
Synonyms: distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, deplorable, sorry
Antonyms: glad
- 46. Breed once known as the "Tax Collector's Dog" - Show Answer
DOBERMAN
(8 letters)
Synonyms: Doberman, Doberman_pinscher
- 48. Landscaper's supply - Show Answer
SOD
(3 letters)
Synonyms: sod, bugger, sodomite, superoxide_dismutase, greensward, sodomist, sward, turf, SOD
- 51. ___ Lipa ("Dance the Night" singer) - Show Answer
DUA
(3 letters)
- 53. Threats - Show Answer
PERILS
(6 letters)
Synonyms: menace, jeopardize, queer, jeopardy, risk, jeopardise, scupper, expose, danger, endanger, riskiness, threaten, peril, hazard, imperil, endangerment
- 54. Predictive text? - Show Answer
PROPHECY
(8 letters)
Synonyms: divination, prognostication, vaticination, prophecy
- 57. Not at all into - Show Answer
HATING
(6 letters)
Synonyms: hate, hat, detest
Antonyms: love
- 59. Best-selling author of 2017's "The Hate U Give" - Show Answer
ANGIETHOMAS
(11 letters)
- 61. Kid's cry - Show Answer
MAA
(3 letters)
- 62. Jason of "Aquaman" - Show Answer
MOMOA
(5 letters)
- 63. Divisive pizza topping - Show Answer
OLIVE
(5 letters)
Synonyms: Olea_europaea, European_olive_tree, olive
- 64. "South Park" kid - Show Answer
IKE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: President_Eisenhower, Dwight_D._Eisenhower, Dwight_Eisenhower, Ike, Dwight_David_Eisenhower, Eisenhower
- 65. Vacate a seat - Show Answer
STAND
(5 letters)
Synonyms: bear, abide, support, tie-up, stick_out, stomach, rack, bandstand, fend, place_upright, stand_up, stall, sales_booth, resist, remain_firm, pedestal, tolerate, standstill, point_of_view, put_up, digest, endure, suffer, base, standpoint, brook, viewpoint, stand, outdoor_stage
Antonyms: sit, yield
- 66. Was syrupy, in a way - Show Answer
OOZED
(5 letters)
Synonyms: exudate, seep, ooze_out, ooze, transude, exude
- 67. Sachet filler - Show Answer
TEA
(3 letters)
Synonyms: tea, teatime, Camellia_sinensis, tea_leaf, afternoon_tea
Down Clues and Answers:
- 1. Go after - Show Answer
SEEK
(4 letters)
Synonyms: seek, look_for, try, assay, essay, attempt, search
- 2. Chute behind a boat - Show Answer
PARASAIL
(8 letters)
Synonyms: parasail
- 3. Not identical, say - Show Answer
FRATERNAL
(9 letters)
Synonyms: brotherly, biovular, brotherlike, fraternal
Antonyms: identical, sisterly
- 4. Kind of column - Show Answer
SPINAL
(6 letters)
Synonyms: spinal_anaesthesia, spinal_anesthesia, spinal
- 5. Capital city whose main governmental building is known as the "House of Pizarro" - Show Answer
LIMAPERU
(8 letters)
- 6. Game with a draw pile - Show Answer
UNO
(3 letters)
- 7. Term of endearment akin to "handsome" - Show Answer
STUD
(4 letters)
Synonyms: macho-man, constellate, dot, scantling, rivet, stud, studhorse, he-man, stud_poker
- 8. Monopoly piece - Show Answer
HOTEL
(5 letters)
Synonyms: hotel
- 9. Personality indicator, some say - Show Answer
STARSIGN
(8 letters)
- 10. "I didn't see you there!" - Show Answer
OHHI
(4 letters)
- 11. Radiohead's highest-selling single - Show Answer
CREEP
(5 letters)
Synonyms: pussyfoot, crawl, grovel, weirdie, mouse, fawn, spook, creep, weirdy, cower, creeping, cringe, weirdo, crawling, sneak
- 12. Three-time Olympic gold medalist ___ Walsh Jennings - Show Answer
KERRI
(5 letters)
- 13. Like port - Show Answer
SWEET
(5 letters)
Synonyms: seraphic, unfermented, angelical, sweetly, sweet, scented, honeyed, dessert, Sweet, sweet-smelling, sweetened, afters, Henry_Sweet, odoriferous, sweet-scented, sugared, odorous, perfumed, sugariness, sweet-flavored, gratifying, mellifluous, cherubic, dulcet, sweetness, angelic, mellisonant, fresh, confection
Antonyms: salty, sour, dry
- 19. Race pace - Show Answer
TROT
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Trotskyite, pony, Trotskyist, crib, jog, lope, clip, trot, Trot
- 21. Lunar mission of the 2020s - Show Answer
ARTEMIS
(7 letters)
Synonyms: Cynthia, Artemis
- 24. Wood that sinks in water - Show Answer
EBONY
(5 letters)
Synonyms: soot_black, Diospyros_ebenum, sable, ebon, jet_black, ebony_tree, pitch_black, coal_black, ebony
- 27. "The world's biggest band," per a 2021 Rolling Stone cover - Show Answer
BTS
(3 letters)
- 28. Joined together - Show Answer
YOKED
(5 letters)
Synonyms: link, yoke
Antonyms: unyoke
- 30. Rhyming subject for an English major - Show Answer
LITCRIT
(7 letters)
- 33. Feat on a beat - Show Answer
SCOOP
(5 letters)
Synonyms: soap, exclusive, trump, easy_lay, scoopful, outflank, liquid_ecstasy, max, outdo, lift_out, best, scoop_out, Georgia_home_boy, take_up, grievous_bodily_harm, goop, pocket, scoop, scoop_up, scoop_shovel
- 35. Office max? - Show Answer
TERMLIMIT
(9 letters)
- 37. Fan associated with a red, white and blue skull logo - Show Answer
DEADHEAD
(8 letters)
Synonyms: deadhead
- 38. Catchphrase for Austin Powers - Show Answer
OHBEHAVE
(8 letters)
- 39. Venomous reef dweller - Show Answer
SEASNAKE
(8 letters)
- 40. "Powers of ___" (landmark documentary about the scale of the universe) - Show Answer
TEN
(3 letters)
Synonyms: 10, decade, tenner, X, x, ten, ten-spot
- 45. Two-piece? - Show Answer
DUET
(4 letters)
Synonyms: pair, distich, span, duad, brace, twosome, couplet, duet, duette, couple, pas_de_deux, duo, yoke, twain, dyad
- 47. Took off the board - Show Answer
ERASED
(6 letters)
Synonyms: rub_out, wipe_off, score_out, erase, delete, efface, wipe_out
Antonyms: record
- 48. Floods with junk - Show Answer
SPAMS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: junk_e-mail, Spam, spam
- 49. "... oops, my mistake" - Show Answer
ORNOT
(5 letters)
- 50. Set of beliefs - Show Answer
DOGMA
(5 letters)
Synonyms: tenet, dogma
- 52. Cold call? - Show Answer
ACHOO
(5 letters)
- 55. Subatomic particle named for a Greek letter - Show Answer
PION
(4 letters)
Synonyms: pion, pi-meson
- 56. "Well, here goes nothing!" - Show Answer
YOLO
(4 letters)
- 58. Mother of the Titans - Show Answer
GAEA
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Ge, Gaea, Gaia
- 60. "Les ___" - Show Answer
MIZ
(3 letters)
Monday, July 14, 2025
NY Times Crossword Answers July 14, 2024 | Expert Breakdown & Tips
NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 14, 2024
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 14 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (59)
Clue #1: 1. J.Lo or J-Law
Clue #2: 8. Brief
Clue #3: 14. Target of a seasonal shot
Clue #4: 17. Harmful algal blooms
Clue #5: 19. Liqueur sharing its name with an island
Clue #6: 21. Actor Somerhalder
Clue #7: 22. Rock group clashes over album art?
Clue #8: 25. Common allergen
Clue #9: 26. Possessive in the Lord's Prayer
Clue #10: 27. Picked up on
Antonyms: unnoticed, ignore
Clue #11: 28. Cartoonist Chast
Clue #12: 29. Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally
Clue #13: 30. "Veni, vidi, ___"
Clue #14: 32. Kind of sauce at a sushi bar
Clue #15: 33. "So cute!"
Clue #16: 36. Humble postgame summary from an Indiana basketball player?
Clue #17: 42. Celebration whose name literally means "taro leaf"
Clue #18: 43. Salve targets
Clue #19: 44. You might go for a spin in one
Clue #20: 45. Doohickey
Clue #21: 48. "Secret Celebrity Renovation" airer
Clue #22: 50. Word with high or secret
Clue #23: 54. Top score in a dunk contest
Clue #24: 55. Director Burton
Clue #25: 56. Doohickey
Clue #26: 59. Its sound is mimicked with coconut shells in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
Clue #27: 61. Buffalo hockey player
Clue #28: 63. Slangy request to a German to play it cool?
Clue #29: 70. Big brand in the frozen aisle
Clue #30: 72. Greta of "Grand Hotel"
Clue #31: 73. Brisket cooker
Antonyms: nonsmoker
Clue #32: 74. What happened when the bust went sideways?
Clue #33: 79. Comment that breaks the fourth wall
Clue #34: 80. "You're ___ luck, my friend"
Clue #35: 81. Place with swinging doors, stereotypically
Clue #36: 83. "The Great Gatsby" antagonist
Clue #37: 84. "That's gotta hurt!"
Clue #38: 87. Fashionable N.Y.C. fund-raiser
Clue #39: 91. Origami, e.g.
Clue #40: 92. Early invader of Britain
Clue #41: 93. Event inspiring many TikTok proposals
Clue #42: 95. Creator of the 1980 video game Adventure
Clue #43: 97. Calf-length dress
Antonyms: maxi
Clue #44: 99. Headline regarding a children's author controversy?
Clue #45: 106. Player in a baseball stadium
Clue #46: 107. Sucker
Clue #47: 108. Post-workout feeling
Clue #48: 110. Femur-to-tibia connector, for short
Clue #49: 111. Barbecue coating
Clue #50: 112. Rile up
Antonyms: calm
Clue #51: 116. Progressive competitor
Clue #52: 117. Java
Clue #53: 118. Voice-activated order for cabbage or soda bread?
Clue #54: 123. Actress Ortiz
Clue #55: 124. Hard to pin down
Clue #56: 125. Mammal seen in Monterey Bay
Clue #57: 126. Traveling caller, perhaps
Clue #58: 127. Pair in a telescope
Clue #59: 128. Subjects of many evening photographs
Antonyms: sunrise
Across Clues and Answers (59)
Clue #1: 1. Character's development path
Clue #2: 2. Certain flat-screen, for short
Clue #3: 3. Aid in recovering a lost pet
Clue #4: 4. "Don't freak out!"
Clue #5: 5. "Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius
Clue #6: 6. Idyllic spot for two
Clue #7: 7. Try again from the top
Clue #8: 8. They might hang around the house during the holidays
Clue #9: 9. In the buff
Clue #10: 10. Activist Hampton of the Black Panthers
Clue #11: 11. Intl. alliance that includes Canada and Costa Rica
Clue #12: 12. Pioneer in color TV
Clue #13: 13. Keyboard shortcuts
Clue #14: 14. Version shown at the movie theater
Clue #15: 15. Nobel honoree
Clue #16: 16. Biblical preposition
Clue #17: 18. Google search results
Antonyms: stand, arise
Clue #18: 20. Nose wrinklers
Clue #19: 23. Contests
Clue #20: 24. Foe of the Bolsheviks
Clue #21: 31. R.N.'s assignment, maybe
Clue #22: 33. Knighted Guinness
Clue #23: 34. Stop it
Antonyms: consume
Clue #24: 35. Use DraftKings or FanDuel
Clue #25: 37. A person
Clue #26: 38. Inventor who wrote "Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All"
Clue #27: 39. ___ Blancos, nickname for soccer's Real Madrid
Clue #28: 40. To's counterpart
Clue #29: 41. Many a dad joke
Clue #30: 45. "OK, the gloves are off!"
Clue #31: 46. Diadem lookalike
Clue #32: 47. After burner?
Clue #33: 49. Show that spawned "MacGruber," for short
Clue #34: 51. Abbr. after a series
Clue #35: 52. Drinks accompanying finger sandwiches
Clue #36: 53. Overly agreeable sort
Clue #37: 56. Monotony
Clue #38: 57. Mad (about)
Clue #39: 58. Chinese dollar
Clue #40: 60. Pairs
Clue #41: 62. Having mucho dinero
Clue #42: 64. Indian honorific
Clue #43: 65. Basics
Clue #44: 66. ___ Felton, title detective of "The Puzzle Lady Mysteries"
Clue #45: 67. Japanese dog breed
Clue #46: 68. Unfairly enticed
Clue #47: 69. Krispy ___
Clue #48: 71. Money paid for a hand
Clue #49: 75. A.B.A. member: Abbr.
Clue #50: 76. Early polytheists
Clue #51: 77. In the style of
Clue #52: 78. Conventions
Clue #53: 82. First name in soul
Clue #54: 84. Covert ___
Clue #55: 85. Nabisco treat with ice cream and cookies
Clue #56: 86. Unlike a shamrock
Clue #57: 88. Fighting
Clue #58: 89. Muscle worked by a pull-down machine, for short
Clue #59: 90. Shapiro of NPR
Clue #60: 92. Forms from a mold
Clue #61: 94. Flavor enhancer, for short
Clue #62: 96. Guts
Antonyms: outside
Clue #63: 98. Singer ___ Lipa
Clue #64: 100. Garment worn with a choli
Clue #65: 101. Harden (to)
Clue #66: 102. Groundbreaking vet legislation of 1944
Clue #67: 103. Airport area
Clue #68: 104. Devices that often get swiped
Clue #69: 105. Certain Muslim
Clue #70: 109. "Great" or "snowy" bird
Clue #71: 110. Just barely open
Clue #72: 112. "The way things are going ..."
Clue #73: 113. Cry "Uncle!"
Antonyms: take, starve
Clue #74: 114. Skinny pieces of clothing
Antonyms: disconnect, untie
Clue #75: 115. Son of Isaac and Rebecca
Clue #76: 119. Bird with four W.N.B.A. titles
Clue #77: 120. QVC alternative
Clue #78: 121. Snookums
Clue #79: 122. Org. with a return policy?
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words