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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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (41 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Melts in your mouth" candies ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme	6
2A	7. Mattress or memo follower	3
3A	10. Maine city near the mouth of the Kennebec River	4
4A	14. Mama Morton of "Chicago," for one	6
5A	15. Meaning of "mono-"	3
6A	16. Marco Polo made his way across it	4
7A	17. Much of Mali	6
8A	18. Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might	8
9A	20. Multicolored implements in many art drawers	12
10A	22. Markdown on Cyber Monday, e.g.	4
11A	24. Maroon and mahogany, for two	6
12A	25. Man's "monkey suit"	3
13A	26. Mom-to-aunt moniker	3
14A	28. Muscular part of a marathoner	3
15A	29. Marshall Mathers ___ Eminem	3
16A	32. Met melody	4
17A	34. Make sure not to miss it!	3
18A	36. Made eyes at in the manner of a satyr	5
19A	38. Marauder's Map encryption phrase in "Harry Potter"	15
20A	42. Minced-meat cake	5
21A	43. Male meower	3
22A	44. "Mega cool!," in modern lingo	4
23A	45. Multiple-choice selection on a midterm, say: Abbr.	3
24A	46. Making out openly or a mobile device, in brief	3
25A	49. Modern-day name for the American Messenger Co.	3
26A	51. Make free (of), maybe	3
27A	52. Munificent man	6
28A	54. Maximum measure of attractiveness, say	4
29A	56. M.L.B. M.V.P. nicknamed the "Commerce Comet"	12
30A	60. Midwest state that's home to Moline	8
31A	61. Many-toothed metal tool	6
32A	65. Much-heard sound from a horse in motion	4
33A	66. Martial arts master Bruce	3
34A	67. Maneuver a monoplane, e.g.	6
35A	68. Mechanics might provide them for their work: Abbr.	4
36A	69. Modern modem inits.	3
37A	70. Maniacs, maybe	6

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. "Melts in your mouth" candies ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MANDMS

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2A: "7. Mattress or memo follower"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
• Similar words include: embellish, fill out, lodgings
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PAD

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3A: "10. Maine city near the mouth of the Kennebec River"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
• Similar words include: bathtub, bathing tub, bathroom
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BATH

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4A: "14. Mama Morton of "Chicago," for one"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MATRON

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5A: "15. Meaning of "mono-""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: unrivaled, 1, ace
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ONE

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6A: "16. Marco Polo made his way across it"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASIA

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7A: "17. Much of Mali"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern africa
• Similar words include: Sahara Desert
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SAHARA

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8A: "18. Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a glancing rebound
• Similar words include: carom, resile, bound
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RICOCHET

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9A: "20. Multicolored implements in many art drawers"

12 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: MAGICMARKERS

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10A: "22. Markdown on Cyber Monday, e.g."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particular instance of buying or selling
• Similar words include: flock, allot, sight
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DEAL

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11A: "24. Maroon and mahogany, for two"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
• Similar words include: nuance, shade off, shade
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHADES

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12A: "25. Man's "monkey suit""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that semiformal evening dress for men
• Similar words include: black tie, tuxedo, dinner jacket
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TUX

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13A: "26. Mom-to-aunt moniker"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a female person who has the same parents as another person
• Similar words include: Si, Systeme International d'Unites, si
• Opposite of: brother

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Answer: SIS

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14A: "28. Muscular part of a marathoner"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
• Similar words include: branch, wooden leg, pegleg
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LEG

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15A: "29. Marshall Mathers ___ Eminem"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AKA

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16A: "32. Met melody"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARIA

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17A: "34. Make sure not to miss it!"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
• Similar words include: pool cue, prompt, clue
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CUE

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18A: "36. Made eyes at in the manner of a satyr"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that look at with amorous intentions
• Similar words include: ogle
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OGLED

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19A: "38. Marauder's Map encryption phrase in "Harry Potter""

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: MISCHIEFMANAGED

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20A: "42. Minced-meat cake"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that small flat mass of chopped food
• Similar words include: cake
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PATTY

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21A: "43. Male meower"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
• Similar words include: tomcat, turkey cock, tom turkey
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TOM

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22A: "44. "Mega cool!," in modern lingo"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that street names for marijuana
• Similar words include: sess, skunk, smoke
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DOPE

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23A: "45. Multiple-choice selection on a midterm, say: Abbr."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
• Similar words include: Associate in Nursing, autonomic nervous system, AN
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANS

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24A: "46. Making out openly or a mobile device, in brief"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Similar words include: organizer, organiser, personal organizer
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PDA

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25A: "49. Modern-day name for the American Messenger Co."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: up
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: UPS

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26A: "51. Make free (of), maybe"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that relieve from
• Similar words include: free, disembarrass
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RID

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27A: "52. Munificent man"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
• Similar words include: partaker
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHARER

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28A: "54. Maximum measure of attractiveness, say"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
• Similar words include: Aton
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATEN

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29A: "56. M.L.B. M.V.P. nicknamed the "Commerce Comet""

12 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: MICKEYMANTLE

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30A: "60. Midwest state that's home to Moline"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a midwestern state in north-central united states
• Similar words include: Land of Lincoln, Prairie State, IL
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ILLINOIS

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31A: "61. Many-toothed metal tool"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
• Similar words include: splitsaw
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RIPSAW

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32A: "65. Much-heard sound from a horse in motion"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
• Similar words include: clippety-clop, clip-clop, clump
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CLOP

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33A: "66. Martial arts master Bruce"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Similar words include: Lee Yuen Kam, lee side, Bruce Lee
• Opposite of: windward

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Answer: LEE

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34A: "67. Maneuver a monoplane, e.g."

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that operate an airplane
• Similar words include: pilot, fly
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: AVIATE

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35A: "68. Mechanics might provide them for their work: Abbr."

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Similar words include: EST, Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ESTS

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36A: "69. Modern modem inits."

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
• Similar words include: digital subscriber line
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DSL

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37A: "70. Maniacs, maybe"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an insane person
• Similar words include: maniac, madman, lunatic
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MADMEN

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Metric measurements: Abbr.	3
2D	2. Motorists make up this org.	3
3D	3. Maximum degree in math	3
4D	4. Molière's or Mamet's field	5
5D	5. Maxims discouraging misconduct	6
6D	6. Minor mishap	4
7D	7. Many a mailbox locale	5
8D	8. Marmot or marmoset	6
9D	9. Month multiplied by 120	6
10D	10. Musters support for, as a mission	5
11D	11. Men's tennis champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom	4
12D	12. Measure of a membership	4
13D	13. Milliners manufacture them	4
14D	19. Milwaukie and Mount Hood are here	6
15D	21. Matter to mull over	5
16D	22. Malodorous Malaysian fruit	6
17D	23. Manifests in the material world	6
18D	25. Major metropolis on a bay of the same name	5
19D	27. Map word in Marseille	3
20D	29. Main man for Bill Clinton, 1993-2001	6
21D	30. Maintain, as movie footage	6
22D	31. Made a basic math calculation	5
23D	33. Magician's or marionettist's performance	3
24D	35. Movement of money digitally from bank to bank, in brief	3
25D	37. Meander mindlessly (about)	3
26D	39. Mild-mannered characteristic?	6
27D	40. Miss badly, maybe	5
28D	41. Music magnifier at a concert	3
29D	47. Made a mere 24 hours ago	6
30D	48. Military groups that meet in battle	6
31D	50. Mouth moistener	6
32D	52. Moves merrily	5
33D	53. Mobile stand at a meeting	5
34D	55. Meh ... or medium-temp	5
35D	56. Miniature maze runners	4
36D	57. Major misfortunes	4
37D	58. Medical mass	4
38D	59. Means of transport in a mine	4
39D	62. Musician Cooke who sang "You Send Me"	3
40D	63. Made a meal of	3
41D	64. Ming-Na of 1998's "Mulan"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Metric measurements: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
• Similar words include: millimeter, millimetre, mm
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MMS

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2D: "2. Motorists make up this org."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
• Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AAA

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3D: "3. Maximum degree in math"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Similar words include: n-th
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NTH

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4D: "4. Molière's or Mamet's field"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
• Similar words include: dramatic event, dramatic play, play
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DRAMA

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5D: "5. Maxims discouraging misconduct"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
• Similar words include: morality, lesson, ethics
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MORALS

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6D: "6. Minor mishap"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SNAG

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7D: "7. Many a mailbox locale"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PORCH

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8D: "8. Marmot or marmoset"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Similar words include: fleshly, beast, creature
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ANIMAL

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9D: "9. Month multiplied by 120"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period of 10 years
• Similar words include: decennary, X, 10
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DECADE

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10D: "10. Musters support for, as a mission"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
• Similar words include: stake, rear, support
• Opposite of: advance, front

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Answer: BACKS

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11D: "11. Men's tennis champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
• Similar words include: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASHE

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12D: "12. Measure of a membership"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
• Similar words include: level, grade, tier up
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TIER

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13D: "13. Milliners manufacture them"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
• Similar words include: lid, hat, chapeau
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HATS

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14D: "19. Milwaukie and Mount Hood are here"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Similar words include: Beaver State, OR
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OREGON

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15D: "21. Matter to mull over"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
• Similar words include: yield, outcome, result
• Opposite of: recall

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Answer: ISSUE

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16D: "22. Malodorous Malaysian fruit"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tree of southeastern asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
• Similar words include: Durio zibethinus, durion, durian tree
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DURIAN

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17D: "23. Manifests in the material world"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have an existence, be extant
• Similar words include: exist, live, survive
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EXISTS

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18D: "25. Major metropolis on a bay of the same name"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a resort city in western florida; located on tampa bay on the gulf of mexico
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TAMPA

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19D: "27. Map word in Marseille"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ICI

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20D: "29. Main man for Bill Clinton, 1993-2001"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ALGORE

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21D: "30. Maintain, as movie footage"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: KEEPIN

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22D: "31. Made a basic math calculation"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
• Similar words include: append, tot, summate
• Opposite of: subtract, take away

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Answer: ADDED

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23D: "33. Magician's or marionettist's performance"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Similar words include: work, human activity, routine
• Opposite of: refrain

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Answer: ACT

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24D: "35. Movement of money digitally from bank to bank, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EFT

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25D: "37. Meander mindlessly (about)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
• Similar words include: anxiety reaction, jazz around, generalized anxiety disorder
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GAD

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26D: "39. Mild-mannered characteristic?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
• Similar words include: dash, hyphenate
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: HYPHEN

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27D: "40. Miss badly, maybe"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feel sadness
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MOURN

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28D: "41. Music magnifier at a concert"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Similar words include: adenylic acid, A, adenosine monophosphate
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMP

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29D: "47. Made a mere 24 hours ago"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DAYOLD

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30D: "48. Military groups that meet in battle"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
• Similar words include: Army, USA, regular army
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ARMIES

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31D: "50. Mouth moistener"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
• Similar words include: spittle, spit
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SALIVA

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32D: "52. Moves merrily"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a gait in which steps and hops alternate
• Similar words include: hop, cut, skip over
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SKIPS

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33D: "53. Mobile stand at a meeting"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EASEL

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34D: "55. Meh ... or medium-temp"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that moderately warm
• Similar words include: halfhearted, half-hearted, lukewarm
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEPID

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35D: "56. Miniature maze runners"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Similar words include: computer mouse, mouse, black eye
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MICE

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36D: "57. Major misfortunes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Similar words include: ill, ailment, complaint
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ILLS

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37D: "58. Medical mass"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
• Similar words include: curdle, coagulate, clog
• Opposite of: homogenize

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Answer: CLOT

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38D: "59. Means of transport in a mine"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
• Similar words include: trolley car, tramway, tramcar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TRAM

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39D: "62. Musician Cooke who sang "You Send Me""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
• Similar words include: surface-to-air missile
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SAM

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40D: "63. Made a meal of"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Similar words include: use up, eat up, rust
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ATE

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41D: "64. Ming-Na of 1998's "Mulan""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
• Similar words include: sebaceous cyst, steatocystoma, pilar cyst
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: WEN

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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