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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Today Crossword puzzle - July 27, 2024

Today Crossword puzzle hints - July 27, 2024

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle:

Break down the NYT Crosswords: July 27, 2024

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

Across Clues and Answers:

  • 1. Home-finding org. - Show Answer

    SPCA

    (4 letters)



  • 5. Grouping in the southern Caribbean - Show Answer

    ABCISLANDS

    (10 letters)



  • 15. Dabbling duck - Show Answer

    TEAL

    (4 letters)


    Synonyms: blue-green, bluish_green, teal, cyan, blue_green


  • 16. Hot-pink fashion aesthetic - Show Answer

    BARBIECORE

    (10 letters)



  • 17. Formerly, in the past - Show Answer

    ERST

    (4 letters)


    Synonyms: once, at_one_time, formerly, erstwhile, erst


  • 18. Santiago's catch in "The Old Man and the Sea" - Show Answer

    BLUEMARLIN

    (10 letters)



  • 19. Rockies setting: Abbr. - Show Answer

    MST

    (3 letters)


    Synonyms: Mountain_Time, Mountain_Standard_Time, MST


  • 20. Allyson ___, track star with seven Olympic gold medals - Show Answer

    FELIX

    (5 letters)



  • 21. "Gotcha" - Show Answer

    NOTED

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: notable, note, notice, celebrated, illustrious, mention, famous, famed, noted, observe, renowned, take_note, mark, remark, far-famed, take_down

    Antonyms: ignore


  • 22. Small craters in auto-body paint - Show Answer

    FISHEYES

    (8 letters)



  • 24. Scrooges - Show Answer

    MISERS

    (6 letters)


    Synonyms: miser


  • 25. Literally, it means "submission" - Show Answer

    ISLAM

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: Muslimism, Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism


  • 26. View from Jackson Hole - Show Answer

    TETONS

    (6 letters)


    Synonyms: Teton_Sioux, Lakota, Teton, Teton_Dakota


  • 28. Golf apparel brand - Show Answer

    ETONIC

    (6 letters)



  • 30. Snoop around a studio - Show Answer

    DOGG

    (4 letters)



  • 31. Comic Notaro - Show Answer

    TIG

    (3 letters)



  • 34. Clue in - Show Answer

    LETKNOW

    (7 letters)



  • 36. Lap, say - Show Answer

    OUTPACE

    (7 letters)


    Synonyms: outpace


  • 38. Bridge expert, for short? - Show Answer

    DDS

    (3 letters)


    Synonyms: DDS, DD, Doctor_of_Dental_Surgery, Doctor_of_Divinity


  • 39. "Groovy!" - Show Answer

    IDIG

    (4 letters)



  • 41. Check out - Show Answer

    LOOKAT

    (6 letters)



  • 42. Charm - Show Answer

    ENAMOR

    (6 letters)


    Synonyms: capture, catch, enamour, beguile, becharm, trance, entrance, bewitch, captivate, fascinate, enchant, enamor, charm


  • 44. Birds that can emit a "teakettle, teakettle, teakettle" call - Show Answer

    WRENS

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: Wren, wren, Sir_Christopher_Wren, jenny_wren


  • 45. Subjects of a miracle in Matthew 14 - Show Answer

    LOAVES

    (6 letters)


    Synonyms: loaf_of_bread, loaf


  • 48. Decorations for a mug? - Show Answer

    FACETATS

    (8 letters)



  • 50. Applies pressure to - Show Answer

    URGES

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: urge, cheer, root_on, barrack, pep_up, advocate, urge_on, inspire, press, impulse, exhort, recommend, itch


  • 51. Specification for a smoker - Show Answer

    NOTAR

    (5 letters)



  • 52. Blue, in brief - Show Answer

    DEM

    (3 letters)



  • 53. People you might have beef with - Show Answer

    CARNIVORES

    (10 letters)


    Synonyms: carnivore


  • 55. Big name in small loans - Show Answer

    KIVA

    (4 letters)



  • 56. One meaning of 👍 - Show Answer

    INEEDARIDE

    (10 letters)



  • 57. Under any circumstances - Show Answer

    EVER

    (4 letters)


    Synonyms: always, ever, e'er, ever_so, of_all_time

    Antonyms: never


  • 58. Like some eligibility requirements - Show Answer

    AGERELATED

    (10 letters)



  • 59. Old-fashioned man - Show Answer

    GENT

    (4 letters)


    Synonyms: Gand, Ghent, fellow, chap, feller, blighter, bloke, Gent, gent, cuss, lad, fella


Down Clues and Answers:

  • 1. Astronomy, but not astrology - Show Answer

    STEMFIELD

    (9 letters)



  • 2. Hung tough - Show Answer

    PERSISTED

    (9 letters)


    Synonyms: hang_on, persist, stay, die_hard, prevail, remain, endure, hold_on, hang_in, run, persevere


  • 3. Does some drawing - Show Answer

    CASTSLOTS

    (9 letters)



  • 4. ___-comedy - Show Answer

    ALT

    (3 letters)


    Synonyms: ALT, elevation, EL, altitude


  • 5. Place of learning in the Middle Ages - Show Answer

    ABBEY

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: abbey


  • 6. Spin class? - Show Answer

    BALLET

    (6 letters)


    Synonyms: concert_dance, ballet


  • 7. Traveled smoothly - Show Answer

    CRUISED

    (7 letters)


    Synonyms: cruise


  • 8. Alpine mountain climber - Show Answer

    IBEX

    (4 letters)


    Synonyms: Capra_ibex, ibex


  • 9. Yes, in Portuguese - Show Answer

    SIM

    (3 letters)



  • 10. Symbol of precariousness - Show Answer

    LEANINGTOWER

    (12 letters)



  • 11. Unlike this answer - Show Answer

    ACROSS

    (6 letters)


    Synonyms: crosswise, crossways, across


  • 12. Oscar nominee for "The Prince of Tides" and "Affliction" - Show Answer

    NOLTE

    (5 letters)



  • 13. Not so sweet - Show Answer

    DRIER

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: siccative, drying_agent, juiceless, dry, ironic, desiccant, dryer, ironical, wry, teetotal, drier

    Antonyms: sweet, wet, phlegmy


  • 14. Thrills - Show Answer

    SENDS

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: air, institutionalize, mail, charge, transport, place, send_off, station, ship, direct, transmit, institutionalise, broadcast, send_out, post, send, get_off, beam, commit


  • 20. It might be expressed with emotion - Show Answer

    FEMININESIDE

    (12 letters)



  • 23. He passed Babe in 1974 - Show Answer

    HANK

    (4 letters)


    Synonyms: hank


  • 24. Big gun - Show Answer

    MOGUL

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: baron, Mogul, mogul, magnate, big_businessman, king, Moghul, tycoon, top_executive, power, business_leader


  • 27. Word that's a homophone of a number - Show Answer

    TOO

    (3 letters)


    Synonyms: to_a_fault, as_well, likewise, overly, too, besides, excessively, also


  • 29. Wrap-ups, of a sort - Show Answer

    CODAS

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: finale, coda


  • 31. Go south - Show Answer

    TAKEADIVE

    (9 letters)



  • 32. Expression of exasperation - Show Answer

    ICANTEVEN

    (9 letters)



  • 33. Mouths off - Show Answer

    GETSSMART

    (9 letters)



  • 35. "Paris, Texas" director Wenders - Show Answer

    WIM

    (3 letters)



  • 37. Left, in a way - Show Answer

    PORT

    (4 letters)


    Synonyms: port_wine, interface, port, embrasure, porthole, larboard

    Antonyms: starboard


  • 40. "Knock yourself out!" - Show Answer

    GOFORIT

    (7 letters)



  • 42. Level, essentially - Show Answer

    EVENER

    (6 letters)


    Synonyms: fifty-fifty, even, level, regular, tied

    Antonyms: uneven, odd


  • 43. Appropriate for all ages, as a video game - Show Answer

    RATEDE

    (6 letters)



  • 45. Swedish holiday in which crowns of candles are worn, familiarly - Show Answer

    LUCIA

    (5 letters)



  • 46. Zoo creature whose color is suggested by its name - Show Answer

    ORANG

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: orangutang, orang, orangutan, Pongo_pygmaeus


  • 47. Match - Show Answer

    AGREE

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: consort, correspond, accord, fit_in, agree, fit, concur, jibe, hold, gibe, concord, harmonize, harmonise, match, tally, check

    Antonyms: disagree


  • 49. Scoped out - Show Answer

    CASED

    (5 letters)


    Synonyms: incase, incased, encase, encased, cased, case


  • 51. Real first name of comedian Awkwafina - Show Answer

    NORA

    (4 letters)



  • 54. ___ Chmerkovskiy, three-time "Dancing With the Stars" champion - Show Answer

    VAL

    (3 letters)



  • 55. ___ stand - Show Answer

    KEG

    (3 letters)


    Synonyms: kegful, keg


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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

NYT0904 Wednesday Sep 04, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Visitor to Mecca, 5. Choices for party organizers, 11. Quick refresher, 14. Lamar ___, ex of Khloé Kardashian, 15. Top pilot, 16. Rapper Lil ___ Vert, 17. It will change the way you see yourself, 19. Operate, as a program, 20. Throw one's hands up, say, 21. Foreign policy grp., 22. Floral bubble tea flavoring, 24. On the line, 26. Spiral-horned antelope, 28. Point of no return on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", 32. Garment that might have a built-in bra, for short, 36. Work on Broadway, say, 37. Investigator's interest, 38. Pain, 40. AirPod holder, 42. Boxes for crackers?, 43. "A Hard Day's Night" songwriter, 45. U.K. military arm, 47. Monthly expense, 48. Warhead carriers, 51. Microwave no-no, 52. Cleaning product made in "Fight Club", 57. V fliers, 59. Frosty, 61. Symbol seen on eight national flags (though, ironically, not the U.S. flag), 62. Writer Rand, 63. First- and third-quarter moons, e.g. … or a hint to this puzzle's theme, 66. Call that might precede "first service", 67. Bartender's valve, 68. Comic book figure, 69. Major campaign expense, 70. Penny pinchers, 71. London's Royal Academy of ___

Down Clues :

1. Labor leader Jimmy, 2. What Peter Pan refuses to become, 3. Pop rock's ___ Brothers, 4. Duel cry, 5. … rho, sigma, ___, upsilon …, 6. Honorific for a Catholic cardinal, 7. Makes mistakes, 8. Painter Duchamp, 9. Prefix with efficiency, 10. Hot peppers, 11. Caregiver for a pregnant woman, 12. Blue, in Spanish, 13. Like much cotton candy, 18. "Frozen" snowman, 23. General Motors subsidiary with emergency services, 25. Its parent company is Hyundai, 27. On the ___, 29. Asteroids made a big impact on it in the 1980s, 30. Flat, 31. Conclude in court, 32. H.S. course in which one might be graded on a curve?, 33. Teen follower, 34. Mount Rushmore and the Taj Mahal, e.g., 35. Some navels, 39. Red-haired toon who is always seeing red, 41. Light racing vehicle, 44. Secretive org., 46. Tina of "30 Rock", 49. Covers in goo, 50. Forward-looking sort, 53. Comic actor ___ Baron Cohen, 54. Lewd looker, 55. On guard, 56. Cancún coins, 57. Ball, 58. Stared at, 60. Include in a footnote, 64. ___ Moskowitz, a.k.a. "Hawk" on Netflix's "Cobra Kai", 65. Computer addresses: Abbr.

Wednesday Sep 04, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues


Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 04, 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. Visitor to Mecca. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAJI

    Possible Answer : hajji, hadji, haji


  • The clue is 5. Choices for party organizers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: THEMES

    Possible Answer : topic, base, root_word, motif, melodic_theme, radical, stem, musical_theme, report, root, paper, idea, theme, composition, subject


  • The clue is 11. Quick refresher. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NAP

    Possible Answer : forty_winks, Napoleon, catch_a_wink, short_sleep, nap, sleep, pile, snooze, cat_sleep, catnap


  • The clue is 14. Lamar ___, ex of Khloé Kardashian. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ODOM


  • The clue is 15. Top pilot. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AIRACE


  • The clue is 16. Rapper Lil ___ Vert. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UZI

    Possible Answer : Uzi


  • The clue is 17. It will change the way you see yourself. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

    The answer: FUNHOUSEMIRROR


  • The clue is 19. Operate, as a program. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RUN

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : idle, malfunction


  • The clue is 20. Throw one's hands up, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FLAIL

    Possible Answer : lam, thrash, flail, thresh


  • The clue is 21. Foreign policy grp.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NSC

    Possible Answer : NSC, National_Security_Council


  • The clue is 22. Floral bubble tea flavoring. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROSEMILK


  • The clue is 24. On the line. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATSTAKE


  • The clue is 26. Spiral-horned antelope. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELAND

    Possible Answer : eland


  • The clue is 28. Point of no return on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FINALANSWER


  • The clue is 32. Garment that might have a built-in bra, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CAMI


  • The clue is 36. Work on Broadway, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACT

    Possible Answer : move, behave, dissemble, pretend, number, deed, roleplay, act_as, playact, routine, play, represent, work, do, enactment, human_action, act, turn, human_activity, bit

    Possible Opposite Answer : refrain


  • The clue is 37. Investigator's interest. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MOTIVE

    Possible Answer : motif, need, motor, motivation, motive, motivative, motivating


  • The clue is 38. Pain. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGONY

    Possible Answer : agony, excruciation, suffering, torment, torture


  • The clue is 40. AirPod holder. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EAR

    Possible Answer : auricle, spike, capitulum, pinna, ear


  • The clue is 42. Boxes for crackers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAFES

    Possible Answer : rubber, condom, prophylactic, safety, safe


  • The clue is 43. "A Hard Day's Night" songwriter. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LENNON

    Possible Answer : John_Lennon, Lennon


  • The clue is 45. U.K. military arm. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RAF

    Possible Answer : Red_Army_Faction, Royal_Air_Force, RAF


  • The clue is 47. Monthly expense. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RENT

    Possible Answer : rend, economic_rent, split, hire, tear, take, charter, rive, snag, lease, engage, rent, pull, let, rip


  • The clue is 48. Warhead carriers. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

    The answer: CRUISEMISSILES


  • The clue is 51. Microwave no-no. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: METAL

    Possible Answer : metal, metallic, alloy, metallic_element

    Possible Opposite Answer : nonmetallic


  • The clue is 52. Cleaning product made in "Fight Club". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LYESOAP


  • The clue is 57. V fliers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GEESE

    Possible Answer : goose, goofball, cuckoo, twat, fathead, jackass, bozo, goof, zany


  • The clue is 59. Frosty. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ICY

    Possible Answer : icy, wintry, gelid, polar, glacial, frigid, frozen, frosty, arctic


  • The clue is 61. Symbol seen on eight national flags (though, ironically, not the U.S. flag). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EAGLE

    Possible Answer : eagle, double_birdie, bird_of_Jove


  • The clue is 62. Writer Rand. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AYN


  • The clue is 63. First- and third-quarter moons, e.g. … or a hint to this puzzle's theme. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEMICIRCLES

    Possible Answer : hemicycle, semicircle


  • The clue is 66. Call that might precede "first service". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LET

    Possible Answer : permit, Army_of_the_Righteous, let, net_ball, lease, countenance, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, allow, get, Army_of_the_Pure, rent, LET, have, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba

    Possible Opposite Answer : prevent, forbid, disallow


  • The clue is 67. Bartender's valve. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALETAP


  • The clue is 68. Comic book figure. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HERO

    Possible Answer : sub, fighter, hero, torpedo, Cuban_sandwich, Hero, champion, Italian_sandwich, bomber, Hero_of_Alexandria, submarine, zep, wedge, Heron, submarine_sandwich, hero_sandwich, paladin, grinder, hoagy, hoagie, poor_boy


  • The clue is 69. Major campaign expense. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADS

    Possible Answer : advertisement, advertizement, advert, advertizing, ad, advertising


  • The clue is 70. Penny pinchers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MISERS

    Possible Answer : miser


  • The clue is 71. London's Royal Academy of ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARTS

    Possible Answer : humanistic_discipline, artistic_creation, artistry, liberal_arts, humanities, nontextual_matter, art, arts, artistic_production, fine_art, prowess, graphics, artwork


Down Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Labor leader Jimmy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HOFFA

    Possible Answer: Jimmy_Hoffa, Hoffa, James_Riddle_Hoffa

  • The clue is 2. What Peter Pan refuses to become. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADULT

    Possible Answer: full-grown, grown, pornographic, fully_grown, adult, big, grownup

    Possible Opposite Answer : juvenile

  • The clue is 3. Pop rock's ___ Brothers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: JONAS

  • The clue is 4. Duel cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMHIT

  • The clue is 5. … rho, sigma, ___, upsilon …. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TAU

    Possible Answer: tau

  • The clue is 6. Honorific for a Catholic cardinal. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HISEMINENCE

  • The clue is 7. Makes mistakes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERRS

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

  • The clue is 8. Painter Duchamp. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MARCEL

    Possible Answer: marcel

  • The clue is 9. Prefix with efficiency. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ECO

  • The clue is 10. Hot peppers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SERRANOS

  • The clue is 11. Caregiver for a pregnant woman. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NURSEMIDWIFE

  • The clue is 12. Blue, in Spanish. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AZUL

  • The clue is 13. Like much cotton candy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PINK

    Possible Answer: pinkish, tap, rap, pinko, ping, knock, pink, garden_pink

  • The clue is 18. "Frozen" snowman. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OLAF

  • The clue is 23. General Motors subsidiary with emergency services. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONSTAR

  • The clue is 25. Its parent company is Hyundai. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KIA

  • The clue is 27. On the ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LAM

    Possible Answer: scarper, lam, run, flail, head_for_the_hills, fly_the_coop, getaway, thrash, run_away, take_to_the_woods, scat, thresh, bunk, hightail_it, turn_tail, break_away, escape

  • The clue is 29. Asteroids made a big impact on it in the 1980s. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATARI

  • The clue is 30. Flat. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EVEN

    Possible Answer: even, evening, level, fifty-fifty, tied, eventide, eve, yet, regular, still, flush, even_out

    Possible Opposite Answer : uneven, odd

  • The clue is 31. Conclude in court. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REST

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : change, be_active

  • The clue is 32. H.S. course in which one might be graded on a curve?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CALC

  • The clue is 33. Teen follower. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGER

  • The clue is 34. Mount Rushmore and the Taj Mahal, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MONUMENTS

    Possible Answer: monument, repository, memorial

  • The clue is 35. Some navels. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INNIES

  • The clue is 39. Red-haired toon who is always seeing red. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YOSEMITESAM

  • The clue is 41. Light racing vehicle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RALLYCAR

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

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

    The answer: NSA

    Possible Answer: National_Security_Agency, NSA

  • The clue is 46. Tina of "30 Rock". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FEY

    Possible Answer: fey, elfin, touched

  • The clue is 49. Covers in goo. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SLIMES

    Possible Answer: melt_off, slim, gook, slim_down, muck, slime, slenderize, ooze, lose_weight, goo, gunk, thin, sludge, guck, reduce, goop

    Possible Opposite Answer : gain

  • The clue is 50. Forward-looking sort. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEER

    Possible Answer: prophesier, visionary, prophet, oracle, illusionist, seer, vaticinator

  • The clue is 53. Comic actor ___ Baron Cohen. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SACHA

  • The clue is 54. Lewd looker. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OGLER

    Possible Answer: ogler

  • The clue is 55. On guard. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALERT

    Possible Answer: lively, snappy, qui_vive, rattling, alive, alert, alerting, warning_signal, alarm, brisk, zippy, spanking, alarum, awake, watchful, merry

    Possible Opposite Answer : unalert

  • The clue is 56. Cancún coins. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PESOS

    Possible Answer: Uruguayan_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso, peso, Dominican_peso, Chilean_peso, Cuban_peso, Philippine_peso, Colombian_peso, Mexican_peso

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

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

    The answer: GALA

    Possible Answer: jamboree, blowout, gala_affair, gala

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

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

    The answer: EYED

    Possible Answer: eyed, eye, eyeball

    Possible Opposite Answer : eyeless

  • The clue is 60. Include in a footnote. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CITE

    Possible Answer: summons, refer, summon, quotation, advert, acknowledgment, abduce, credit, reference, citation, bring_up, adduce, quote, mention, cite, name

  • The clue is 64. ___ Moskowitz, a.k.a. "Hawk" on Netflix's "Cobra Kai". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELI

  • The clue is 65. Computer addresses: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IPS

    Possible Answer: informatics, information_science, IP, information_processing

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Monday, June 8, 2026

XWordHint Crossword Answers June 08, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lovers who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

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June 08, 2026 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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. Deer sir? 4
2A 5. Free trial version 4
3A 9. Caspian or Mediterranean 3
4A 12. Designer ___ Boss 4
5A 13. Typographical embellishment 5
6A 14. Go across 4
7A 15. "Su-u-ure" 4
8A 16. Something green in a greenhouse 5
9A 17. Half ___ (when the minute hand points down) 4
10A 18. Popular board game adapted from India [1] 9
11A 20. They quickly spread online 5
12A 21. "Soldier, stop!" 4
13A 22. Page (through) 4
14A 23. Challenge for student drivers [2] 15
15A 30. Metals in mines 4
16A 31. Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family" 4
17A 32. Apt zodiac sign for Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion 3
18A 33. Vitality 3
19A 34. Scoundrel's deeds 7
20A 37. A pair 3
21A 38. Card game whose name is something players cry 3
22A 39. Assistant 4
23A 40. Anthropologist Margaret 4
24A 41. Never stop having fun [3] 15
25A 46. "___ the night before Christmas ..." 4
26A 47. Word repeated in "___ ye, ___ ye!" 4
27A 48. Cube maker Erno 5
28A 50. Of the highest importance ... or, when parsed differently, what each bracketed number in the clues indicates? 9
29A 55. World's largest country with a four-letter name 4
30A 56. Underpinning 5
31A 57. Home of Columbus 4
32A 58. A single time 4
33A 59. Up in the air 5
34A 60. Zero 4
35A 61. "What a shame!" 3
36A 62. Test the weight of 4
37A 63. Backyard storage space 4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Deer sir?"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
  • Similar words include: hart, betray, grass
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STAG

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2A: "5. Free trial version"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a visual presentation showing how something works
  • Similar words include: exhibit, demonstration, demonstrate
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DEMO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3A: "9. Caspian or Mediterranean"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
  • Similar words include: ocean
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4A: "12. Designer ___ Boss"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that french poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in france (1802-1885)
  • Similar words include: Victor Hugo, Victor-Marie Hugo
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HUGO

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5A: "13. Typographical embellishment"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
  • Similar words include: seriph
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SERIF

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6A: "14. Go across"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the complete duration of something
  • Similar words include: couple, sweep, cross
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SPAN

Remember this word for future puzzles!

7A: "15. "Su-u-ure""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IBET

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8A: "16. Something green in a greenhouse"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that buildings for carrying on industrial labor
  • Similar words include: engraft, implant, flora
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PLANT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9A: "17. Half ___ (when the minute hand points down)"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the time that has elapsed
  • Similar words include: by, past tense, preceding
  • Opposite of: present, future
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PAST

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10A: "18. Popular board game adapted from India [1]"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a modern board game based on pachisi
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PARCHEESI

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11A: "20. They quickly spread online"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
  • Similar words include: meme
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MEMES

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12A: "21. "Soldier, stop!""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the state of inactivity following an interruption
  • Similar words include: check, game, hold
  • Opposite of: start
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HALT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

13A: "22. Page (through)"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
  • Similar words include: flick, foliage, folio
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LEAF

Remember this word for future puzzles!

14A: "23. Challenge for student drivers [2]"

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PARALLELPARKING

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15A: "30. Metals in mines"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
  • Similar words include: ore
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ORES

Remember this word for future puzzles!

16A: "31. Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ERIC

Remember this word for future puzzles!

17A: "32. Apt zodiac sign for Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
  • Similar words include: Lion, Leo the Lion
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LEO

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18A: "33. Vitality"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that liveliness and energy
  • Similar words include: ginger, peppiness
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PEP

Remember this word for future puzzles!

19A: "34. Scoundrel's deeds"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
  • Similar words include: dishonesty
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KNAVERY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

20A: "37. A pair"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
  • Similar words include: 2, deuce, ii
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TWO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

21A: "38. Card game whose name is something players cry"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: UNO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

22A: "39. Assistant"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
  • Similar words include: auxiliary, adjutant, aide-de-camp
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AIDE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

23A: "40. Anthropologist Margaret"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
  • Similar words include: Margaret Mead, George Herbert Mead
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MEAD

Remember this word for future puzzles!

24A: "41. Never stop having fun [3]"

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PARTYPARTYPARTY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

25A: "46. "___ the night before Christmas ...""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TWAS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

26A: "47. Word repeated in "___ ye, ___ ye!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
  • Similar words include: try, learn, listen
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HEAR

Remember this word for future puzzles!

27A: "48. Cube maker Erno"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RUBIK

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28A: "50. Of the highest importance ... or, when parsed differently, what each bracketed number in the clues indicates?"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that having superior power and influence
  • Similar words include: preponderant, predominate, preponderating
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PARAMOUNT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

29A: "55. World's largest country with a four-letter name"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
  • Similar words include: Persia, Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IRAN

Remember this word for future puzzles!

30A: "56. Underpinning"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a relation that provides the foundation for something
  • Similar words include: cornerstone, base, fundament
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BASIS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

31A: "57. Home of Columbus"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
  • Similar words include: Buckeye State, Ohio River, OH
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OHIO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

32A: "58. A single time"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that on one occasion
  • Similar words include: erstwhile, formerly, in one case
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ONCE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

33A: "59. Up in the air"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALOFT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

34A: "60. Zero"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NONE

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35A: "61. "What a shame!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
  • Similar words include: tut, tut-tut
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TSK

Remember this word for future puzzles!

36A: "62. Test the weight of"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the property of being large in mass
  • Similar words include: heave up, ponderousness, heftiness
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HEFT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

37A: "63. Backyard storage space"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
  • Similar words include: slough, throw off, cast
  • Opposite of: persistent
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SHED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Steamer or cruiser 4
2D 2. Oom-pah instrument 4
3D 3. Follower of New or teen 4
4D 4. Hidden snags 7
5D 5. Key to the right of "+" and "=" on a Mac keyboard 6
6D 6. What Taylor Swift calls the stages of her career 4
7D 7. 5x5-square crossword 4
8D 8. Frequently, in poetry 3
9D 9. Email winnower 10
10D 10. Effortlessness 4
11D 11. Tiny hill builders 4
12D 13. Characterize? 5
13D 14. Orate 5
14D 19. Nickname akin to Harry 3
15D 20. Compassion 5
16D 22. Den 4
17D 23. Short-term kind of store 5
18D 24. Sports locale 5
19D 25. Give a debriefing (to) 10
20D 26. Prime use for a crowbar 5
21D 27. Opposite of post- 3
22D 28. Starting to learn 5
23D 29. "Oh boy!" 5
24D 34. Watercraft for an Inuit 5
25D 35. Small bites 4
26D 36. Accessibility law inits. 3
27D 40. Leaves stranded 7
28D 42. Strong string 5
29D 43. What misers take to an extreme 6
30D 44. Bread maker's supply 5
31D 45. ___ Beesly, character who has the last line in the finale of "The Office" 3
32D 48. Civil uprising 4
33D 49. Caterer's containers 4
34D 50. Whitish 4
35D 51. Starting, timewise 4
36D 52. "This looks like trouble!" 4
37D 53. Number in a nonet 4
38D 54. Follower of pointy or pigeon 4
39D 56. Expression of contempt 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Steamer or cruiser"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a vessel that carries passengers or freight
  • Similar words include: embark, transport, send
  • Opposite of: disembark
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SHIP

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2D: "2. Oom-pah instrument"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the lowest brass wind instrument
  • Similar words include: bass horn, sousaphone
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TUBA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3D: "3. Follower of New or teen"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AGER

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4D: "4. Hidden snags"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GOTCHAS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

5D: "5. Key to the right of "+" and "=" on a Mac keyboard"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that remove or make invisible
  • Similar words include: cancel, blue-pencil, edit
  • Opposite of: record
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DELETE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6D: "6. What Taylor Swift calls the stages of her career"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Similar words include: geological era, epoch, earned run average
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ERAS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

7D: "7. 5x5-square crossword"

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 (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MINI

Remember this word for future puzzles!

8D: "8. Frequently, in poetry"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that many times at short intervals
  • Similar words include: frequently, ofttimes, often
  • Opposite of: infrequently, rarely
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OFT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9D: "9. Email winnower"

10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SPAMFILTER

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10D: "10. Effortlessness"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  • Similar words include: still, relieve, alleviate
  • Opposite of: difficulty
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EASE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

11D: "11. Tiny hill builders"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  • Similar words include: ant, pismire, emmet
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANTS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

12D: "13. Characterize?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
  • Similar words include: turn, magical spell, spell out
  • Opposite of: unspell
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SPELL

Remember this word for future puzzles!

13D: "14. Orate"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that express in speech
  • Similar words include: verbalize, address, mouth
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SPEAK

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14D: "19. Nickname akin to Harry"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HAL

Remember this word for future puzzles!

15D: "20. Compassion"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
  • Similar words include: mercifulness, clemency
  • Opposite of: mercilessness
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MERCY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

16D: "22. Den"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
  • Similar words include: den
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LAIR

Remember this word for future puzzles!

17D: "23. Short-term kind of store"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: POPUP

Remember this word for future puzzles!

18D: "24. Sports locale"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a particular environment or walk of life
  • Similar words include: stadium, orbit, sphere
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARENA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

19D: "25. Give a debriefing (to)"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REPORTBACK

Remember this word for future puzzles!

20D: "26. Prime use for a crowbar"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
  • Similar words include: prise, pry, jimmy
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LEVER

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21D: "27. Opposite of post-"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PRE

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22D: "28. Starting to learn"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NEWAT

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23D: "29. "Oh boy!""

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something considered choice to eat
  • Similar words include: kickshaw, dainty, treat
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GOODY

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24D: "34. Watercraft for an Inuit"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by eskimos
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KAYAK

Remember this word for future puzzles!

25D: "35. Small bites"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small drink of liquor
  • Similar words include: squeeze, twinge, tanginess
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NIPS

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26D: "36. Accessibility law inits."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
  • Similar words include: adenosine deaminase
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADA

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27D: "40. Leaves stranded"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who is stranded (as on an island)
  • Similar words include: strand, maroon
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MAROONS

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28D: "42. Strong string"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a lightweight cord
  • Similar words include: entwine, enlace, interlace
  • Opposite of: untwine, untwist
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TWINE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

29D: "43. What misers take to an extreme"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
  • Similar words include: parsimony, parsimoniousness, penny-pinching
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: THRIFT

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30D: "44. Bread maker's supply"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
  • Similar words include: barm
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: YEAST

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31D: "45. ___ Beesly, character who has the last line in the finale of "The Office""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAM

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32D: "48. Civil uprising"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a public act of violence by an unruly mob
  • Similar words include: howler, debauchery, orgy
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIOT

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33D: "49. Caterer's containers"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
  • Similar words include: urn
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: URNS

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34D: "50. Whitish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a wooden strip forming part of a fence
  • Similar words include: picket, wan, pallid
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: PALE

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35D: "51. Starting, timewise"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASOF

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36D: "52. "This looks like trouble!""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: UHOH

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37D: "53. Number in a nonet"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
  • Similar words include: niner, club, IX
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: NINE

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38D: "54. Follower of pointy or pigeon"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction
  • Similar words include: toe, toenail
  • Opposite of: toeless
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Answer: TOED

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39D: "56. Expression of contempt"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAH

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
76 Total Clues

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