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Sunday, September 22, 2024

Sun Sep 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints


Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 22, 2024

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




Across Clues with Answers:
  • The clue is 1. One getting into some hot water?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BATHER

    Possible Answer : swimmer, bather, natator


  • The clue is 7. Home monitors. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UMPS

    Possible Answer : umpire, ump


  • The clue is 11. Data sought in phishing attempts, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SSNS


  • The clue is 15. Thus far. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TODATE


  • The clue is 21. Cry from a treehouse. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UPHERE


  • The clue is 22. Doesn't rule out, as a possibility. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KEEPSOPEN


  • The clue is 24. Wrinkle-free, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IRONED

    Possible Answer : press, iron, ironed, iron_out

    Possible Opposite Answer : unironed


  • The clue is 25. Turned on an axis. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SLEWED

    Possible Answer : skid, slew, slip, slide, swerve, slue, curve, trend, cut, sheer, veer


  • The clue is 26. Real no-brainer?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UTTERFOOL


  • The clue is 27. Colorful ingredients in some cookie recipes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MANDMS


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

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

    The answer: TOSS

    Possible Answer : fling, thresh, discard, throw_away, flip, sky, jactitate, cast_away, chuck, throw_out, toss_out, thrash_about, put_away, toss, pitch, thresh_about, pass, thrash, cast_out, cast_aside, convulse, chuck_out, dispose, slash, toss_away


  • The clue is 29. Reef lurker. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EEL

    Possible Answer : eel


  • The clue is 31. Ways off. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EXITS

    Possible Answer : kick_the_bucket, conk, die, croak, decease, perish, expiration, snuff_it, choke, outlet, pop_off, issue, give-up_the_ghost, leave, get_out, exit, passing, go_out, cash_in_one's_chips, loss, way_out, pass_away, pass, going, drop_dead, buy_the_farm, expire, go, departure, release

    Possible Opposite Answer : be_born, enter


  • The clue is 32. Part of H.M.S.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HER


  • The clue is 34. Word with body or blood. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TYPE

    Possible Answer : typewrite, eccentric, type, typecast, character, case

    Possible Opposite Answer : antitype


  • The clue is 35. Texter's alternative to an eye roll emoji. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SMH


  • The clue is 36. Olympians on stunt bikes, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BMXERS


  • The clue is 38. Genre for Fall Out Boy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMOPOP


  • The clue is 41. U.S. currency: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DOL

    Possible Answer : dol, Labor, DoL, Labor_Department, Department_of_Labor


  • The clue is 42. Negative influence on others, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BADAPPLE


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

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

    The answer: PUT

    Possible Answer : assign, position, order, pose, place, redact, invest, cast, set_up, lay, couch, set, arrange, put, put_option, commit, frame

    Possible Opposite Answer : call_option, divest


  • The clue is 47. To sweeten the deal. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASABONUS


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

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

    The answer: WONT

    Possible Answer : habit, wont


  • The clue is 50. Houdini's signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ESCAPEACT


  • The clue is 53. Basis for a feud. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BEEF

    Possible Answer : gripe, beef_cattle, boeuf, squawk, bitch, grouse, beef, kick, holler, bellyache, crab


  • The clue is 54. Rudder found in nature. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FISHFIN


  • The clue is 57. "Bad luck, I guess … It was my turn, that's all. I was in the path of the ___" (quote from 18-Down). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TORNADO

    Possible Answer : tornado, crack_cocaine, twister, crack


  • The clue is 58. Became stuck. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HITARUT


  • The clue is 61. "This is the worst!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UGH


  • The clue is 62. Receptacle for soaking before a pedicure. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FOOTSPA


  • The clue is 64. Brainy bunch. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MENSANS


  • The clue is 66. Electronica pioneer Brian. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENO


  • The clue is 67. Bulgarian or Bosnian. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SLAV

    Possible Answer : Slav


  • The clue is 69. Rap group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NWA


  • The clue is 70. The White House grounds have 18 of them. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACRES

    Possible Answer : Acre, Accho, acre, Akka, Akko, demesne, estate, land, landed_estate, acres


  • The clue is 72. Some online pings, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMS


  • The clue is 73. "Yo!," on the down-low. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PSST


  • The clue is 74. Lightning-fast hedgehog of video games. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SONIC

    Possible Answer : transonic, sonic

    Possible Opposite Answer : subsonic


  • The clue is 76. What "washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life," per Picasso. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ART

    Possible Answer : nontextual_matter, artistry, artistic_creation, artistic_production, artwork, prowess, graphics, art, fine_art


  • The clue is 78. Lane for carpoolers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HOV


  • The clue is 79. Six-foot-tall Aussie sprinter. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMU

    Possible Answer : Dromaius_novaehollandiae, emu, Emu_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit


  • The clue is 80. Grows dimmer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WANES

    Possible Answer : ebbing, decline, wan, wane, ebb, go_down

    Possible Opposite Answer : wax


  • The clue is 81. "Are you ___ drive?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OKTO


  • The clue is 82. Certain online video snippet. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YOUTUBECLIP


  • The clue is 85. Downwind, to seafarers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALEE

    Possible Answer : alee


  • The clue is 86. "Breaking Bad" channel. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMC


  • The clue is 88. Fastener that's one letter ahead of "U-bolt" in the dictionary. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TNUT


  • The clue is 89. Org. with the Artemis program. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NASA

    Possible Answer : NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration


  • The clue is 90. Office building unit: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STE


  • The clue is 91. What a police escort may offer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAFEPASSAGE


  • The clue is 95. Classic cover-ups for spies. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TRENCHCOATS


  • The clue is 100. Fumble or bumble. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERR

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


  • The clue is 101. Card game with a Power Grab edition. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UNO


  • The clue is 102. "Good joke!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAH


  • The clue is 103. Red side, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GOP

    Possible Answer : Republican_Party, GOP


  • The clue is 104. Indecency. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: POORTASTE


  • The clue is 108. Female in the forest. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DOE

    Possible Answer : DOE, Energy, Department_of_Energy, Energy_Department, doe


  • The clue is 111. "Like that matters to me!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASIFICARE


  • The clue is 114. Stage a jailbreak à la 18-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TUNNELOUT


  • The clue is 115. Annual May race, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IND


  • The clue is 116. Held together in a makeshift way. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DUCTTAPED


  • The clue is 117. Wraps. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENDS

    Possible Answer : close, remnant, closing, stop, terminate, final_stage, goal, destruction, conclusion, oddment, ending, terminal, remainder, finish, death, cease, last, end

    Possible Opposite Answer : begin, beginning


  • The clue is 118. Sizable challenge for a mover. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOFA

    Possible Answer : couch, lounge, sofa


  • The clue is 119. Make a break for it. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RUN

    Possible Answer : bleed, outpouring, runnel, bunk, flow, work, run, running_game, foot_race, turn_tail, test, course, range, running_play, prevail, hunt_down, guide, hunt, track_down, trial, tend, move, be_given, fly_the_coop, running, head_for_the_hills, draw, streak, political_campaign, escape, take_to_the_woods, unravel, lam, melt, streamlet, carry, hightail_it, break_away, lean, scat, function, endure, lead, pass, rivulet, footrace, feed, extend, discharge, operate, persist, execute, black_market, rill, incline, play, run_for, race, melt_down, tally, die_hard, campaign, consort, ladder, go, scarper, run_away, ravel, ply

    Possible Opposite Answer : idle, malfunction


  • The clue is 120. Yearn (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACHE

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


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

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

    The answer: BEAU

    Possible Answer : beau, dude, swain, fashion_plate, boyfriend, sheik, swell, dandy, clotheshorse, fop, fellow, gallant, young_man


  • The clue is 122. Parts of N.F.L. highlight reels, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TDS


  • The clue is 123. This really blows!. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TNT

    Possible Answer : trinitrotoluene, TNT


  • The clue is 124. Airport monitor, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TSA

    Possible Answer : Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA


  • The clue is 125. Razz. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KID

    Possible Answer : kidskin, Kyd, Thomas_Kid, josh, small_fry, tiddler, Thomas_Kyd, jolly, youngster, shaver, minor, chaff, Kid, tike, tyke, nestling, kid, nipper, pull_the_leg_of, child, fry, banter

    Possible Opposite Answer : parent


  • The clue is 126. Pennzoil competitor. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STP

    Possible Answer : STP, s.t.p.


Down Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Exceeds 21, in blackjack. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BUSTS

    Possible Answer: bust, binge, fizzle, flop, female_chest, wear, snap, burst, tear, bout, break, wear_out, fall_apart, raid, rupture

    Possible Opposite Answer : repair

  • The clue is 2. Poise under pressure. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: APLOMB

    Possible Answer: aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid, cool

  • The clue is 3. With 6-Down, prison drama released on September 23, 1994. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: THESHAWSHANK

  • The clue is 4. Hacks with an ax. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HEWS

    Possible Answer: hew_out, hew

  • The clue is 5. Ahead of, in poetry. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERE

  • The clue is 6. See 3-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REDEMPTION

    Possible Answer: buyback, salvation, redemption, repurchase

  • The clue is 7. Instrument strummed in the Train song "Hey, Soul Sister". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UKULELE

    Possible Answer: ukulele, uke

  • The clue is 8. Popular gala venue, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MET

    Possible Answer: fulfill, match, contact, encounter, fill, see, receive, conform_to, gather, fit, cope_with, get_together, meet, fulfil, adjoin, assemble, come_across, take_on, satisfy, run_across, touch, play, forgather, foregather, run_into, suffer, converge

    Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

  • The clue is 9. Sneaky ___ (sly dogs). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PETES

    Possible Answer: pet

  • The clue is 10. Glasses, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPEX

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

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

    The answer: SOFT

    Possible Answer: delicate, easygoing, cushy, gentle, mild, soft, diffuse, piano, voiced, diffused, indulgent, lenient, flabby, flaccid, balmy, sonant, easy, subdued

    Possible Opposite Answer : forte, loud, unvoiced, hard, hardened

  • The clue is 12. Imagine, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPOSE

  • The clue is 13. Prefix with -lithic. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEO

    Possible Answer: neo

  • The clue is 14. 16-time gig for Steve Martin. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SNLHOST

  • The clue is 15. Portrayer of 18-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIMROBBINS

  • The clue is 16. "Cup ___ cone?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORA

    Possible Answer: os, operating_system, oculus_sinister, osmium, atomic_number_76, Os, bone, OS

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

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

    The answer: DONT

  • The clue is 18. Lead role in 3-Down/6-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANDYDUFRESNE

  • The clue is 19. They're measured in beats per minute. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TEMPOS

    Possible Answer: tempo, pace, pacing

  • The clue is 20. Famed Ford flop. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EDSEL

  • The clue is 23. Honorific from Sanskrit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SRI

  • The clue is 30. Date on a debit card: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EXP

  • The clue is 33. Pollution-regulating org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EPA

    Possible Answer: Environmental_Protection_Agency, EPA

  • The clue is 36. Resort town in Alberta's Rockies. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BANFF

    Possible Answer: Banff

  • The clue is 37. Kicks back. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RESTS

    Possible Answer: quietus, repose, lie, balance, ease, residual, roost, perch, residuum, stay, relief, rest_period, relaxation, sleep, respite, catch_one's_breath, pillow, take_a_breather, eternal_sleep, remainder, rest, remain, reside, eternal_rest, breathe, residue

    Possible Opposite Answer : change, be_active

  • The clue is 39. "The Heart of Georgia". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MACON

    Possible Answer: macon, maconnais, Macon

  • The clue is 40. ___ Corner, section of Westminster Abbey. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: POETS

    Possible Answer: poet

  • The clue is 43. "What was I thinking!?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DOH

    Possible Answer: ut, do, doh

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

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

    The answer: PARACHUTE

    Possible Answer: chute, jump, parachute

  • The clue is 45. Bygone channel that launched with the two-hour pilot of "Star Trek: Voyager". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UPN

  • The clue is 46. 4x100 relay, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TEAMEVENT

  • The clue is 48. Org. with Student Success Grants. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEA

  • The clue is 51. ___ América (quadrennial soccer championship). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COPA

  • The clue is 52. Juice drinks. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADES

    Possible Answer: fruit_drink, ade

  • The clue is 54. To-do. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FUSS

    Possible Answer: niggle, bustle, dither, pother, bicker, bickering, spat, trouble, flurry, squabble, mother, fuss, hassle, overprotect, pettifoggery, tiff, stir, bother, ado, hustle, flap, tizzy, fret

  • The clue is 55. Yeti's commercial rival. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IGLOO

    Possible Answer: igloo, iglu

  • The clue is 56. "Ain't gonna happen!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NOWAY

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

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

    The answer: HAMUP

  • The clue is 59. Erase from one's memory, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UNSEE

  • The clue is 60. Target audience for "Peppa Pig". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOTS

    Possible Answer: sum_up, total, add_together, sum, bambino, summate, tote_up, tot_up, tally, toddler, add_up, yearling, tot, add

  • The clue is 63. Decks with cards numbered I through XXI. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TAROTS

    Possible Answer: tarot_card, tarot

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

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

    The answer: SIMIAN

    Possible Answer: simian

  • The clue is 68. Curriculum ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: VITAE

  • The clue is 71. Take inventory?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROB

    Possible Answer: gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, fleece, soak, surcharge, rob, plume

    Possible Opposite Answer : undercharge

  • The clue is 73. Prefix with -lithic. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PALEO

  • The clue is 75. Make sense. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COMPUTE

    Possible Answer: reckon, compute, calculate, work_out, cipher, cypher, figure

  • The clue is 77. Ingredient in a niçoise salad. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TUNA

    Possible Answer: tuna, tuna_fish, tunny, Opuntia_tuna, Anguilla_sucklandii

  • The clue is 79. Conditional coding word. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELSE

  • The clue is 80. "Hey, I'm walkin' here!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WATCHIT

  • The clue is 83. Harbor helper. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TUG

    Possible Answer: labor, towboat, tug, jerk, drive, tote, lug, tower, tugboat, labour, push

  • The clue is 84. It might get booted. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CAR

    Possible Answer: auto, machine, automobile, railcar, railway_car, motorcar, gondola, elevator_car, car, railroad_car, cable_car

  • The clue is 87. Main blvd. through N.Y.C.'s Chinatown. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CANALST

  • The clue is 90. Treated unfairly, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHAFTED

    Possible Answer: screw, jockey, chouse, shaft, cheat, chicane

  • The clue is 91. The swans in "The Twelve Days of Christmas," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEPTET

    Possible Answer: septenary, VII, sevensome, 7, septette, seven, septet, heptad, sevener

  • The clue is 92. In the area. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AROUND

    Possible Answer: or_so, some, more_or_less, approximately, around, just_about, round, about, close_to, roughly

  • The clue is 93. Some makeshift fans. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FRONDS

    Possible Answer: frond

  • The clue is 94. "Already?!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOSOON

  • The clue is 96. Ostentatiously stylish. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHICHI

    Possible Answer: chic, swank, smartness, chichi, modishness, last_word, stylishness, chicness

  • The clue is 97. Early Christian meals of love and fellowship. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGAPES

    Possible Answer: agape, agape_love, love_feast

  • The clue is 98. Unwrapped with gusto. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOREAT

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

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

    The answer: SPEDUP

  • The clue is 105. Shot makers, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RNS

    Possible Answer: Rn, registered_nurse, radon, atomic_number_86, RN

  • The clue is 106. Top of a titmouse. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TUFT

    Possible Answer: tuft, tussock

  • The clue is 107. H on a frat house. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ETA

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

  • The clue is 108. Shoveled stuff. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DIRT

    Possible Answer: poop, grease, turd, filth, grunge, malicious_gossip, stain, dirt, ungraded, scandal, soil, grime, shit, shite, crap

  • The clue is 109. Unwelcome obligation. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONUS

    Possible Answer: onus, burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load

  • The clue is 110. Irish novelist O'Brien. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EDNA

  • The clue is 111. Coding pioneer Lovelace. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADA

    Possible Answer: ADA, adenosine_deaminase

  • The clue is 112. Be bad, like really bad. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SUCK

    Possible Answer: fellate, suck_in, sop_up, blow, draw, imbibe, absorb, soak_up, lactate, take_up, go_down_on, suck, sucking, suction, take_in, suck_up, nurse, suckle, give_suck, breastfeed, wet-nurse

    Possible Opposite Answer : bottlefeed

  • The clue is 113. Kin of a zin. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CAB

    Possible Answer: hack, taxicab, cabriolet, cab, taxi

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2423 Fri Aug 23, 2024 | 7 Little Words Daily puzzle Hints

Clue Answer Description
1973 Triple Crown champ SECRETARIAT Refers to the famous racehorse that won the Triple Crown in 1973.
Paid more money than OUTSPENT Describes spending more money than another party.
Gooey substances SLIMES Sticky, viscous substances.
They have staffs EMPLOYERS Organizations or individuals who hire and manage employees.
Gone With the Wind author MITCHELL Margaret Mitchell, the author of the classic novel "Gone With the Wind."
Expands in width BROADENS To become wider or more inclusive.
Piquant quality SPICINESS The quality of being spicy or having a sharp, strong flavor.

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Puzzle 1

Clue Answer
Cutting out, as coupons CLIPPING
Protective suit type HAZMAT
Lacking confidence UNASSERTIVE
Unit of volume DRAM
In a self-confident way JAUNTILY
Remove EXTRACT
Not much fun UNPLEASANT

Puzzle 2

Clue Answer
Going back REVERTING
Mesquite GREASEWOOD
Torn up RAGGED
Having a nice hairdo COIFFURED
Tremors VIBRATIONS
Move to a new home RELOCATE
Compare to one another CORRELATE

Puzzle 3

Clue Answer
Giving up life for a cause MARTYRDOM
Overall view CONSPECTUS
Heart of Georgia city MACON
Breathed new life into REJUVENATED
Art of being a copycat MIMICRY
Number arrays MATRICES
Biased portrayal of an event SPIN

Puzzle 4

Clue Answer
India, north of the Deccan HINDUSTAN
Give human characteristics PERSONIFY
Flora's counterpart FAUNA
Trigonometry function COSINE
Reason RATIONALE
Venice of Brazil city RECIFE
Act or process of knowing COGNITION

7 Little Words Daily Puzzle - Word Frequency


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Sunday, August 24, 2025

January 17, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Master the NYT crossword from January 17, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1A: "1. Baltimore chops"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
  • Similar words include: hitting, bump off, tally
  • Opposite of: miss
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HITS

2A: "5. Addis ___, Ethiopian capital"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABABA

3A: "10. "Get lost, Morris!""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
  • Similar words include: break away, fly the coop, scarper
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SCAT

4A: "14. Jacob's twin"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESAU

5A: "15. Seat in a bay window"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that joyful religious song celebrating the birth of christ
  • Similar words include: Christmas carol
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAROL

6A: "16. Corn bread"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
  • Similar words include: cornpone
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PONE

7A: "17. Goodyear orchestra?"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUBBERBAND

8A: "19. Wreck"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
  • Similar words include: ruination, break, wrecking
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUIN

9A: "20. Tough trip"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TREK

10A: "21. Throw one's ___ the ring (run)"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HATINTO

11A: "23. A dry Burgundy"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a city in central georgia to the southeast of atlanta
  • Similar words include: maconnais
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MACON

12A: "26. Gone by"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that gone by; or in the past
  • Similar words include: agone
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AGO

13A: "28. Do over, as a roof"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RETAR

14A: "29. Gives someone a lift"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
  • Similar words include: lift up, uplift, pick up
  • Opposite of: depress
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELATES

15A: "31. Unchaste"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that combined with extraneous elements
  • Similar words include: unclean
  • Opposite of: clean, pure
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IMPURE

16A: "33. Finally"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATLAST

17A: "34. Type of crocodile"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern africa into the mediterranean; the nile river valley in egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
  • Similar words include: Nile River
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NILE

18A: "35. "Treasure Island" auth."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RLS

19A: "38. Entertainer Carter"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NELL

20A: "39. Evangelist McPherson"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AIMEE

21A: "41. Scrap"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
  • Similar words include: tiff, ptyalize, applaud
  • Opposite of: boo
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPAT

22A: "42. Cycle starter"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRI

23A: "43. Fashion item"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a very short skirt
  • Similar words include: miniskirt
  • Opposite of: midi
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MINI

24A: "44. Brightest star in Aquila"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that double star 15.7 light years from earth; the brightest star in the aquila constellation
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALTAIR

25A: "46. Of a nerve"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of or relating to the nervous system
  • Similar words include: neuronic, nervous, neuronal
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NEURAL

26A: "48. ___ del Fuego"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TIERRA

27A: "49. Set off"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  • Similar words include: get down, get, start
  • Opposite of: end
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEGAN

28A: "51. Actor Gulager"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CLU

29A: "53. Blair of "Marty""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BETSY

30A: "54. Coat, in a way"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cover or coat with a crust
  • Similar words include: incrust, beset
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENCRUST

31A: "56. Blind, in falconry"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEEL

32A: "58. "Woe is me!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

33A: "59. Lofty Wright Brothers?"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person of great ability and ambition
  • Similar words include: highflier, highflyer
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HIGHFLIERS

34A: "64. Labor leader Conboy: 1870-1928"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SARA

35A: "65. Place for a VCR"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TVSET

36A: "66. First name in daredeviltry"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EVEL

37A: "67. Antimacassar"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
  • Similar words include: neaten, goodish, clean up
  • Opposite of: untidy
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TIDY

38A: "68. Machine parts"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
  • Similar words include: power train, cogwheel, gear mechanism
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GEARS

39A: "69. Risqué"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
  • Similar words include: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal
  • Opposite of: unsexy, anaphrodisiac
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEXY

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1D: "1. "Rings on ___ fingers ... ""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HER

2D: "2. Inst. at Ames"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ISU

3D: "3. Check"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
  • Similar words include: pill, yellow journalism, tabloid
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TAB

4D: "4. Accountant's partial sum"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sum of part of a group of numbers
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SUBTOTAL

5D: "5. Seaport in Israel"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
  • Similar words include: Akko, Akka, Accho
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ACRE

6D: "6. Rum cake"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BABKA

7D: "7. Heavenly Altar"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

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

8D: "8. Geniality"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
  • Similar words include: amiability, geniality, affability
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BONHOMIE

9D: "9. Star in "The Four Seasons""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALDA

10D: "10. More agile"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that moving quickly and lightly
  • Similar words include: spry, agile, nimble
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPRIER

11D: "11. Role for Geiger?"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
  • Similar words include: vis-a-vis, opposite number, similitude
  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: COUNTERPART

12D: "12. Writer Loos"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANITA

13D: "13. Drift"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the adult male singing voice above baritone
  • Similar words include: tenor voice, strain
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TENOR

14D: "18. Birds of merit?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

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, white-tailed sea eagle, gray sea eagle
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERNES

15D: "22. "___ Love," Porter song"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
  • Similar words include: dependable, reliable, truthful
  • Opposite of: untruthful, false
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRUE

16D: "23. Intended"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that mean or intend to express or convey
  • Similar words include: have in mind, think, signify
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MEANT

17D: "24. Modify"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  • Similar words include: neuter, interpolate, castrate
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALTER

18D: "25. Hilarious Mister Bell?"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CALLINGCARD

19D: "27. Whitney's factory?"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
  • Similar words include: bar, taproom, saloon
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GINMILL

20D: "30. Flight member"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
  • Similar words include: step
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STAIR

21D: "32. Kilt feature"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
  • Similar words include: plicate, ruffle, plait
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PLEAT

22D: "36. Retreats"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
  • Similar words include: lair, den
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAIRS

23D: "37. Ramble"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
  • Similar words include: rove, ramble, roll
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STRAY

24D: "40. Still"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
  • Similar words include: dormant, passive, static
  • Opposite of: operational, active
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INACTIVE

25D: "41. Rainbow trouts, informally"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STEELIES

26D: "43. Lambda followers"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MUNU

27D: "45. Cause for a suit"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIBEL

28D: "47. Soho scuttlebutt"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EARSAY

29D: "49. Ron Perlman title role"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  • Similar words include: savage, creature, animate being
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEAST

30D: "50. Zhou ___ of China"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENLAI

31D: "52. Courtroom doorkeeper"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
  • Similar words include: James Usher, James Ussher, Ussher
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: USHER

32D: "55. Lack, in brief"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SHTG

33D: "57. Frog's cousins"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
  • Similar words include: eft
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EFTS

34D: "60. Org. started by J. Low"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a central management agency that sets federal policy for federal procurement and real property management and information resources management
  • Similar words include: General Services Administration
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GSA

35D: "61. December 24, e.g."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
  • Similar words include: eventide, even, evening
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EVE

36D: "62. "Oedipus ___," Sophocles play"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
  • Similar words include: male monarch, king
  • Opposite of: female monarch, queen
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REX

37D: "63. Nickname for Stallone"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by skill in deception
  • Similar words include: slick, tricksy, dodgy
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SLY

Puzzle Stats

39 Across
37 Down
76 Total

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