November 28, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (40 clues)
• Down Clues (34 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, November 28, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (40 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle November 28, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Be agitated	4
2A	5. Nursery display	5
3A	10. California city whose name sounds like a surprised two-word greeting	4
4A	14. Film pooch	4
5A	15. Supermarket checkout choices	5
6A	16. Oaf	4
7A	17. The Man in Black	10
8A	19. Comedy bits	4
9A	20. Difficult to differentiate	5
10A	21. Decidedly not lowbrow	4
11A	22. Light blue	4
12A	23. Tropical squawker	5
13A	24. ___ milk	3
14A	25. Inits. before some presidents' names	3
15A	26. GPS calculation, for short	3
16A	27. Candies that make your mouth burn	9
17A	29. Baked dish often served with tomato sauce	4
18A	30. Merchant	6
19A	33. Reveals to, as a secret	8
20A	35. "We gave it a shot"	4
21A	37. "I met her in a club down in old ___" ("Lola" lyric)	4
22A	38. Excoriates	8
23A	42. Sarge, e.g.	6
24A	46. Feel the burn	4
25A	47. Performance with twirling torches	9
26A	49. Santa ___	3
27A	50. Top suit	3
28A	51. Cable TV's Nat ___	3
29A	52. Like many monks	5
30A	54. ___ milk	4
31A	56. Oaf	4
32A	57. Popular nasal spray	5
33A	58. Done: Fr.	4
34A	59. 17-Across hit ... or a hint to four connected answers in this puzzle	10
35A	61. Dark blue	4
36A	62. Threw in a chip, say	5
37A	63. Fusses	4
38A	64. On deck	4
39A	65. Common wizard feature	5
40A	66. What keeps things in focus?	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Be agitated"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: grudge, grizzle, sweat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Nursery display"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that all the plant life in a particular region or period
• Words that mean the same thing: vegetation, plant life, botany
• The opposite would be: fauna
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. California city whose name sounds like a surprised two-word greeting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OJAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Film pooch"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Supermarket checkout choices"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrow way or road
• Words that mean the same thing: lane
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Oaf"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: clod, stumblebum, lubber
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. The Man in Black"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JOHNNYCASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Comedy bits"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: laugh, choke, retch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Difficult to differentiate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that having the same or similar characteristics
• Words that mean the same thing: similar, likewise, like
• The opposite would be: unalike
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Decidedly not lowbrow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that showily imitative of art or artists
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Light blue"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a shade of blue tinged with green
• Words that mean the same thing: turquoise, aquamarine, peacock blue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AQUA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Tropical squawker"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of central america and south america; among the largest and showiest of parrots
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MACAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. ___ milk"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
• Words that mean the same thing: Glycine max, soja, soja bean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Inits. before some presidents' names"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: U.S., U.S.A., America
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "26. GPS calculation, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "27. Candies that make your mouth burn"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
• Words that mean the same thing: ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIREBALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "29. Baked dish often served with tomato sauce"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZITI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "30. Merchant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
• Words that mean the same thing: marketer, vendor, trafficker
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. Reveals to, as a secret"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LETSINON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "35. "We gave it a shot""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Words that mean the same thing: unfortunately, unluckily, ala
• The opposite would be: fortunately, luckily
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. "I met her in a club down in old ___" ("Lola" lyric)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a district in southwestern manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
• Words that mean the same thing: South of Houston
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. Excoriates"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RIPSINTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Sarge, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
• Words that mean the same thing: noncommissioned officer, enlisted officer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NONCOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Feel the burn"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Words that mean the same thing: yen, yearn, hurt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Performance with twirling torches"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIREDANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Santa ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Top suit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Words that mean the same thing: chief executive officer, chief operating officer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Cable TV's Nat ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Like many monks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
• Words that mean the same thing: cloak, pluck, vest
• The opposite would be: undercharge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. ___ milk"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• Words that mean the same thing: ewe, Ewe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Oaf"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a compact mass
• Words that mean the same thing: chunk, lump, stumblebum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Popular nasal spray"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AFRIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Done: Fr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. 17-Across hit ... or a hint to four connected answers in this puzzle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RINGOFFIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. Dark blue"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
• Words that mean the same thing: indigo, indigotin, Indigofera anil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "62. Threw in a chip, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "63. Fusses"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: ado, fuss, stir
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "64. On deck"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that immediately following in time or order
• Words that mean the same thing: adjacent, succeeding, future
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEXT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "65. Common wizard feature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
• Words that mean the same thing: byssus, face fungus, whiskers
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "66. What keeps things in focus?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Lens, lens of the eye, lens system
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENS

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Thursday Crossword Down Clues - November 28, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Place that's orange on a Monopoly board	7
2D	2. "Missed your chance!"	7
3D	3. Fair	7
4D	4. Chocolatier of children's literature	5
5D	5. Cool-looking, in slang	3
6D	6. The house of Felipe VI?	6
7D	7. Hot, hot, hot!	7
8D	8. Gives a makeover	8
9D	9. Visibly aghast	4
10D	10. First saint of the Russian Orthodox Church	4
11D	11. With 40-Down, Oscar-nominated player of 17-Across	7
12D	12. Chilean dictator Pinochet	7
13D	13. Moralizer's comment	7
14D	18. Inexperienced	3
15D	27. Agitator seeking radical change	9
16D	28. Big name in tires	9
17D	29. National park NE of Las Vegas	4
18D	31. Zap, in a way	4
19D	32. Clockmaker ___ Terry	3
20D	34. "Ray Donovan" channel, briefly	3
21D	36. Bachelor contingent at a cotillion	8
22D	38. Nascar enthusiast, e.g.	7
23D	39. Dessert drink made with frozen grapes	7
24D	40. See 11-Down	7
25D	41. College town WSW of Albany	7
26D	43. Hack job?	7
27D	44. Club that few golfers carry	7
28D	45. Theme in "Hamlet"	7
29D	48. Cantankerous sort	6
30D	52. Org. for W.W. II Hurricane pilots	3
31D	53. Slaughterhouse scraps	5
32D	55. It goes with the flow	4
33D	56. Cantankerous sort	4
34D	60. Curious	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

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

Clue 1 Down: "1. Place that's orange on a Monopoly board"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STJAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Missed your chance!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOOLATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Fair"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics
• Words that mean the same thing: honourable, honorable
• The opposite would be: unethical
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHICAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Chocolatier of children's literature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WONKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Cool-looking, in slang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that two-winged insects characterized by active flight
• Words that mean the same thing: pilot, aviate, rainfly
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. The house of Felipe VI?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LACASA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Hot, hot, hot!"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONAROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Gives a makeover"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RESTYLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Visibly aghast"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of a light grey
• Words that mean the same thing: ash-grey, ash-gray
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. First saint of the Russian Orthodox Church"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. With 40-Down, Oscar-nominated player of 17-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JOAQUIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Chilean dictator Pinochet"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AUGUSTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Moralizer's comment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITSASIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Inexperienced"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
• Words that mean the same thing: raw, freshly, fresh
• The opposite would be: old, worn
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "27. Agitator seeking radical change"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
• Words that mean the same thing: instigant, instigator, provoker
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIREBRAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "28. Big name in tires"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIRESTONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "29. National park NE of Las Vegas"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that originally a stronghold captured by david (the 2nd king of the israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of jerusalem
• Words that mean the same thing: Utopia, State of Israel, Sion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "31. Zap, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. Clockmaker ___ Terry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. "Ray Donovan" channel, briefly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Bachelor contingent at a cotillion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STAGLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Nascar enthusiast, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RACEFAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Dessert drink made with frozen grapes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ICEWINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. See 11-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state capital and largest city located in south central arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Arizona, genus Phoenix
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHOENIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. College town WSW of Albany"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONEONTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Hack job?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CABRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Club that few golfers carry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONEIRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Theme in "Hamlet""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that obsolete terms for legal insanity
• Words that mean the same thing: foolishness, rabidity, lyssa
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADNESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Cantankerous sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
• Words that mean the same thing: old codger
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CODGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "52. Org. for W.W. II Hurricane pilots"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the airforce of great britain
• Words that mean the same thing: Red Army Faction, Royal Air Force
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Slaughterhouse scraps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OFFAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. It goes with the flow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
• Words that mean the same thing: silt up
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Cantankerous sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
• Words that mean the same thing: pubic louse, gripe, Cancer the Crab
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "60. Curious"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not divisible by two
• Words that mean the same thing: singular, unexpended, unpaired
• The opposite would be: even
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	75.7%
Short Answer	10	13.5%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
Food & Drink	2	2.7%
Geography	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	40
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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LATimes Sunday, August 18, 2024 | Crossword Clues Hints Answers

LA times crosswords with hits : 18 August 2024

Here is the sunday LA times crossword clues with answers. Below table is provide clues with answers.

LATimes Sunday, August 18, 2024 Crossword Clues

Across

No	Clue	Answer
1	Duolingo awards	BADGES
7	Blow one's stack at the poker table?	LOSE BIG
14	Peach center	PIT
17	Not sustain, in a way	OVERRULE
20	Lovingly, on a score	AMOROSO
21	Breakfasted	ATE
23	"Ask E. Jean" columnist	CARROLL
24	Early operating system	UNIX
25	Toss a chip into the pot	ANTE
29	Real beaut	LULU
31	Icy coat	HOAR
32	Aches (for)	YEARNS
33	Streamer's device, briefly	CAM
36	Hold	POSSESS
38	Letter after upsilon	PHI
41	All __ jazz	THAT
42	In the thick of	AMIDST
44	Chuckle noise	HEE
45	"__ noches"	BUENAS
47	Gem surface	FACET
48	Celebrity chef Tila	JET
57	DNA depiction	GENE MAP
58	Points of pride?	GAY BARS
59	Skulk member	FOX
60	Copenhagener, e.g.	DANE
61	More artful	DEFTER
65	GPS heading	ENE
66	Friendly reminder, for short	PSA
68	Come to the surface	EMERGE
70	"My word"	I SAY
71	Permanent body art	TAT
73	Author Sendak	MAURICE
75	Parade official	MARSHAL
85	Scroogian outburst	BAH
86	Accustom	INURE
87	Long-eared hound	BEAGLE
88	Gov. lawyers	DAS
89	Shoe holder at an airport, for short	TSA BIN
90	Munich pub order	BIER
93	Tapas seasoning	SAL
94	Pollutes	LITTERS
96	GPS displays	STS
99	Epic party	BASH
100	Frosh residence, often	QUAD
107	German Film Award	LOLA
111	Abba of the Knesset	EBAN
112	Modern genre with dark elements	NEO NOIR
115	Vote for	AYE
116	Maslany of "Orphan Black"	TATIANA
117	Neat and trim	CLEAN CUT
118	Letters on an Australia trip itinerary	MEL
119	Iditarod entrant	SLED DOG
120	In no way looks forward to	DREADS

Down

No	Clue	Answer
1	Mouth of the Orinoco?	BOCA
2	Maker of Anew skin care products	AVON
3	Shoulder press target, briefly	DELT
4	Unappealing grub	GRUEL
5	"Uh" equivalent	ERM
6	Second story?	SUB-PLOT
7	Milk sugar	LACTOSE
8	Indigenous Nebraskans	OMAHAS
9	Knottier, maybe	SORER
10	__ on the side of caution	ERRS
11	Fireworks sound	BOOM
12	Speck in the sea	ISLE
13	"Goodness me"	GOLLY
14	"You Pick Two" chain	PANERA
15	"You might want to check again"	IT ISN'T
16	Chats on the phone	TEXTS
18	Feasts with fire dancers	LUAUS
19	Snaky shape	ESS
24	Four Corners state	UTAH
27	Roasting option	SHEET PAN
28	Discloses	LETS ON
30	Act better than, in a way	UPSTAGE
33	Espresso shop	CAFE
34	Activist Clooney	AMAL
35	Little cupboard raiders	MICE
37	Rainbow __: frozen dessert	SHERBET
38	Hard work before a deadline	PUSH
39	Chuckle noise	HEH
40	Montoya who sought a six-fingered man	INIGO
43	David Copperfield portrayer Patel	DEV
45	Tampa Bay pro	BUC
46	Pitching aces?	AD EXECS
48	Bliss	JOY
49	K-pop boy band	BTS
50	Surrender	CEDE
51	Representative Ilhan	OMAR
52	"Aw shoot!"	DANG
53	Blade in a bout	EPEE
55	Tuna tail?	TARTARE
56	Outrage	IRE
59	Region that includes Indonesia and Japan	FAR EAST
61	Loses brightness	DIMS
62	Hairy biblical twin	ESAU
63	Produce produce	FARM
64	Short message of appreciation	TYSM
66	Father, in Portuguese	PAI
67	Catch some rays	SUNBATHE
69	Songwriter Etheridge	MELISSA
72	Italian racers, familiarly	ALFAS
73	Arena at Penn Sta.	MSG
74	"That's sorta right"	ISH
76	__ National: kosher brand	HEBREW
77	Legislative creation	BILL
78	French article	UNE
79	Hold	GRASP
80	Armistice	TRUCE
81	Spanish hand	MANO
82	La Scala offering	OPERA
83	Remove from an email chain	UNCC
84	Mexico's __ California	BAJA
91	"Star Wars" suffix	I AM
92	Tech expert	GURU
94	Puts in order	LINES UP
95	Rope-a-dope boxer	ALI
97	Napoli nugget	SOU
98	Above	OVER
101	"M*A*S*H" star	ALDA
102	Embroidery starter	CROSS
103	One who works the lakefront, perhaps	LIFER
104	Stood by	ABIDED
105	Wager	BET
106	Paper-buying unit	REAM
108	Kimono closure	OBI
109	"C'est la vie!"	OH WELL
110	Rain-__ bubblegum	BLOW
113	Toon explorer with a talking backpack	DORA
114	Slender candle	TAPER

January 22, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Monday, January 22, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 22, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (40 clues)

1A: "1. TV series featured herein"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LALAW

2A: "6. Entertainer Falana"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LOLA

3A: "10. Zany"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• Similar words include: batty, whacky, loony
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DAFT

4A: "14. Attica's marketplace"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in israel
• Similar words include: public square
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AGORA

5A: "15. Newspaper notice, for short"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
• Similar words include: necrology, obituary
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OBIT

6A: "16. Understanding reply"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ISEE

7A: "17. College officials"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
• Similar words include: dean, James Byron Dean, James Dean
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DEANS

8A: "18. Jummy Smits plays Victor ___"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIFUENTES

9A: "20. Signifies"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be a sign or indication of
• Similar words include: announce, denote, refer
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DENOTES

10A: "22. Groups of nine"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Similar words include: ennead, nine, IX
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENNEADS

11A: "23. Deighton or Dykstra"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEN

12A: "24. Deputy"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
• Similar words include: federal agent, broker, agentive role
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AGENT

13A: "25. Retain"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of grasping
• Similar words include: time lag, handgrip, support
• Opposite of: disagree, let go of

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HOLD

14A: "28. Ballet skirt"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that south african prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
• Similar words include: ballet skirt, Desmond Tutu
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TUTU

15A: "30. Aquatic mammal"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fur of an otter
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OTTER

16A: "34. Altar on high"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a constellation in the southern hemisphere near telescopium and norma
• Similar words include: genus Ara
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARA

17A: "35. Five: Comb. form"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PENTA

18A: "36. Grayish tan"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very light brown
• Similar words include: ecru
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEIGE

19A: "37. "Kidnapped" author's initials"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RLS

20A: "38. Jackie's second spouse"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARI

21A: "39. Electrical unit"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REL

22A: "41. Land measure"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Similar words include: be, make up, follow
• Opposite of: differ

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARE

23A: "42. Former big-game guns"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROERS

24A: "44. Soup server"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
• Similar words include: laden, lade
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LADLE

25A: "46. Gun a motor"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
• Similar words include: rev up, revolutions per minute, rpm
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REV

26A: "47. Belgian W.W. I battle site"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that battle in world war i (1917); an allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of flanders; germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the allied artillery
• Similar words include: second battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres, battle of Ypres
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YPRES

27A: "48. U.S. holly"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASSI

28A: "49. Social engagement"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the specified day of the month
• Similar words include: escort, engagement, appointment
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DATE

29A: "50. Tilts sideways"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
• Similar words include: lean, list, name
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LISTS

30A: "52. Susan ___ plays Grace Van Owen"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DEY

31A: "54. High-school subject"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particular branch of scientific knowledge
• Similar words include: skill, scientific discipline
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SCIENCE

32A: "57. Annual quartet"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
• Similar words include: time of year, flavour, mollify
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEASONS

33A: "61. Collection of animals"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a collection of live animals for study or display
• Similar words include: zoo, zoological garden
• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MENAGERIE

34A: "63. Wooden shoe"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shoe carved from a single block of wood
• Similar words include: patten, wooden shoe, geta
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SABOT

35A: "64. Sea eagles"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of europe and greenland
• Similar words include: Haliatus albicilla, erne, grey sea eagle
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERNS

36A: "65. Thurmond of N.B.A. fame"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NATE

37A: "66. Irregular"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
• Similar words include: toothed, notched, jagged
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EROSE

38A: "67. First word of the Bay State motto"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENSE

39A: "68. ___ Rachins plays Douglas Brackman"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALAN

40A: "69. Precipitous"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a steep place (as on a hill)
• Similar words include: exorbitant, engulf, extortionate
• Opposite of: gradual

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STEEP

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1D: "1. Alan or Cheryl"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LADD

2D: "2. Askew"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AGEE

3D: "3. Bank transaction"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
• Similar words include: lend, loanword
• Opposite of: borrow

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LOAN

4D: "4. Corbin Bernsen plays ___ Becker"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
• Similar words include: Benedict Arnold, Matthew Arnold
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARNOLD

5D: "5. Squander"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
• Similar words include: waste product, wasteland, languish
• Opposite of: conserve

Click to reveal answer

Answer: WASTE

6D: "6. Deprivation"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something that is lost
• Similar words include: exit, red ink, release
• Opposite of: gain

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LOSS

7D: "7. Kimono sash"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
• Similar words include: obeah
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OBI

8D: "8. Pool attendants"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
• Similar words include: lifeguard, lifesaver
• Pattern: __________

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Answer: LIFEGUARDS

9D: "9. " ... I am incapable of ___": Lamb"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATUNE

10D: "10. Small room off a kitchen"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DINETTE

11D: "11. Nick Charles's dog"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASTA

12D: "12. Nourish"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that food for domestic livestock
• Similar words include: flow, prey, fertilise
• Opposite of: starve

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Answer: FEED

13D: "13. Hardy heroine"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TESS

14D: "19. Dignify"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that confer dignity or honor upon
• Similar words include: gentle, entitle, dignify
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ENNOBLE

15D: "21. Enroll"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to come or go into
• Similar words include: recruit, figure, insert
• Opposite of: exit, drop out

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Answer: ENTER

16D: "24. Lawyer: Abbr."

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATT

17D: "25. ___ Hamlin plays Michael Kuzak"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that annoy continually or chronically
• Similar words include: chivy, provoke, beset
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HARRY

18D: "26. Lowest deck"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fourth or lowest deck
• Similar words include: orlop deck, fourth deck
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ORLOP

19D: "27. Intense beam"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
• Similar words include: optical maser
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LASER

20D: "29. One-sided"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that involving only one part or side
• Similar words include: one-sided
• Opposite of: multilateral

Click to reveal answer

Answer: UNILATERAL

21D: "31. Coronet"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TIARA

22D: "32. Wading bird"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EGRET

23D: "33. Superman portrayer"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that female ruff
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REEVE

24D: "35. Making the grade"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (american football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
• Similar words include: release, expiration, super
• Opposite of: running, fail

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Answer: PASSING

25D: "40. Slur over"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that leave or strike out
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELIDE

26D: "43. Free"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
• Similar words include: issue, loose, sacking
• Opposite of: confine, block

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Answer: RELEASE

27D: "45. Fool"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Similar words include: buttocks, seat, tooshie
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ASS

28D: "49. Richard ___ plays Leland McKenzie"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DYSART

29D: "51. Part of an opera"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SCENA

30D: "53. Mitigates"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
• Similar words include: comfort, alleviate, relieve
• Opposite of: difficulty

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Answer: EASES

31D: "54. Pintail duck"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SMEE

32D: "55. Decide: Rom. law"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CERN

33D: "56. Guest houses"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• Similar words include: hostelry, hostel, inn
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: INNS

34D: "57. Observed"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
• Similar words include: figure, visualize, understand
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEEN

35D: "58. Hautboy"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Similar words include: hautbois, hautboy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OBOE

36D: "59. Proboscis"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
• Similar words include: intrude, poke, scent
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NOSE

37D: "60. Pace"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• Similar words include: stair, maltreat, whole tone
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STEP

38D: "62. Give ___ go (try)"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITA

Puzzle Stats

40 Across

38 Down

78 Total

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