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Definition: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
This is Down clue number 5
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerYRS
6 Down: "6. Venues like New York City's Stonewall Inn"
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This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'G' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: G_____S
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 6
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerGAYBARS
7 Down: "7. Donny or Marie"
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This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'O' and ends with 'D'
Word pattern: O____D
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 7
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerOSMOND
8 Down: "8. Stockpile"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: A___S
Similar words: accumulate, gather
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: collect or gather
This is Down clue number 8
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerAMASS
9 Down: "9. Light rebukes"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: T__S
Similar words: tsk, tut
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: utter `tsk
This is Down clue number 9
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerTUTS
10 Down: "10. "For crying out loud!""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'A' and ends with 'H'
Word pattern: A__H
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 10
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerARGH
11 Down: "11. Hoot"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'R' and ends with 'T'
Word pattern: R__T
Similar words: wow, roister
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: a public act of violence by an unruly mob
This is Down clue number 11
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerRIOT
12 Down: "12. Before"
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This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
Similar words: agone
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: gone by; or in the past
This is Down clue number 12
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerAGO
13 Down: "13. Referee's mistake"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'B' and ends with 'L'
Word pattern: B_____L
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 13
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerBADCALL
14 Down: "14. Nighttime demons"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'I' and ends with 'I'
Word pattern: I____I
Similar words: nightmare, incubus
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 14
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerINCUBI
15 Down: "15. "Wuthering Heights" setting"
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This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'M' and ends with 'R'
Word pattern: M__R
Similar words: berth, wharf
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 15
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerMOOR
16 Down: "16. Is visually striking"
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This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: P__S
Similar words: daddy, pa
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 16
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerPOPS
17 Down: "17. Portree is the capital of this isle"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: S__E
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 17
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSKYE
18 Down: "19. Death-___"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'D' and ends with 'G'
Word pattern: D_____G
Similar words: withstand, defy
Opposite of: lend oneself
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: resist or confront with resistance
This is Down clue number 18
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerDEFYING
19 Down: "23. Triangular sign"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'D'
Word pattern: Y___D
Similar words: give, pay
Opposite of: stand
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: production of a certain amount
This is Down clue number 19
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerYIELD
20 Down: "25. Whom Uncle Sam wants for the U.S. Army"
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This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'U'
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 20
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerYOU
21 Down: "28. Like wild meat, sometimes"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'G' and ends with 'Y'
Word pattern: G__Y
Similar words: gamey, spunky
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: suggestive of sexual impropriety
This is Down clue number 21
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerGAMY
22 Down: "30. Manage to lose, as a tail"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: S___E
Similar words: milk shake, judder
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: building material used as siding or roofing
This is Down clue number 22
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSHAKE
23 Down: "31. He was a "rollin' stone," in a Motown classic"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'P' and ends with 'A'
Word pattern: P__A
Similar words: daddy, pa
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 23
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerPAPA
24 Down: "33. Proofreader's mark"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: D__E
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 24
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerDELE
25 Down: "34. Actor Affleck when he needs a nap?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 11 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'C' and ends with 'Y'
Word pattern: C_________Y
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 25
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerCRANKYCASEY
26 Down: "35. Some nonlicensed tributes"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'F' and ends with 'T'
Word pattern: F____T
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 26
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerFANART
27 Down: "36. Sluggers' stats"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: R__S
Similar words: run batted in, rbi
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: a run that is the result of the batter's performance
This is Down clue number 27
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerRBIS
28 Down: "37. Startled cries"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: E__S
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 28
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerEEKS
29 Down: "39. Half-woman, half-bird, all attitude?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 11 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'M' and ends with 'Y'
Word pattern: M_________Y
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 29
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerMOUTHYHARPY
30 Down: "40. "Eureka!" shouter"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: A________S
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 30
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerARCHIMEDES
31 Down: "41. Benny Hill theme song"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 9 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'X'
Word pattern: Y_______X
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 31
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerYAKETYSAX
32 Down: "42. Oolong or lapsang souchong"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'C' and ends with 'A'
Word pattern: C________A
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 32
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerCHINESETEA
33 Down: "43. Actor Bill of "Barry""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'H' and ends with 'R'
Word pattern: H___R
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 33
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerHADER
34 Down: "44. Twists side-to-side"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: Y__S
Similar words: yawn, frambesia
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 34
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerYAWS
35 Down: "46. Hybrid sport played with a trampoline-like net"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 9 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'L'
Word pattern: S_______L
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 35
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSPIKEBALL
36 Down: "47. Swiss locale of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: D___S
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 36
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerDAVOS
37 Down: "50. Old-fashioned term of address"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'M' and ends with 'M'
Word pattern: M__M
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 37
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerMAAM
38 Down: "52. Gratis"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: N___E
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 38
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerNOFEE
39 Down: "53. Garden shelter"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'B' and ends with 'R'
Word pattern: B___R
Similar words: embower, arbor
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: a framework that supports climbing plants
This is Down clue number 39
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerBOWER
40 Down: "54. Discovery of chemist John Dalton"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
Word pattern: A__M
Similar words: molecule, speck
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 40
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerATOM
41 Down: "55. "You're cramping my ___""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: S___E
Similar words: trend, panache
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: how something is done or how it happens
This is Down clue number 41
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSTYLE
42 Down: "58. Evil alter ego of literature"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'H' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: H__E
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 42
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerHYDE
43 Down: "59. Waffle House alternatives"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: I___S
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 43
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerIHOPS
44 Down: "61. Sound"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: S__E
Similar words: reasonable
Opposite of: insane
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
This is Down clue number 44
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSANE
45 Down: "63. Not follow suit, in bridge"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: R____E
Similar words: vacate, lift
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
This is Down clue number 45
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerREVOKE
46 Down: "64. Frequent on-screen partner of Hepburn"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'T' and ends with 'Y'
Word pattern: T___Y
Similar words: Spencer Tracy
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 46
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerTRACY
47 Down: "67. "La Vie en rose" singer"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'P' and ends with 'F'
Word pattern: P__F
Similar words: Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: French cabaret singer (1915-1963)
This is Down clue number 47
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerPIAF
48 Down: "71. Sports journalist Linda"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'C' and ends with 'N'
Word pattern: C__N
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 48
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerCOHN
49 Down: "72. "___ Silver!""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'H' and ends with 'O'
Word pattern: H__O
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 49
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerHIYO
50 Down: "74. Gimlets and screwdrivers"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: T___S
Similar words: instrument, dick
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
This is Down clue number 50
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerTOOLS
51 Down: "76. Ad Council spots, for short"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: P__S
Similar words: PSA
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 51
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerPSAS
52 Down: "77. Some memes of the 2000s"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: L_____S
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 52
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerLOLCATS
53 Down: "78. Driver's warning"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'F' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: F__E
Similar words: stem, bow
Opposite of: aft
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: front part of a vessel or aircraft
This is Down clue number 53
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerFORE
54 Down: "81. Disgusting, in totspeak"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
Word pattern: I_____O
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 54
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerICKYPOO
55 Down: "82. TV journalist Kotb"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'H' and ends with 'A'
Word pattern: H__A
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 55
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerHODA
56 Down: "83. What wavy lines in comic strips represent"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: O___S
Similar words: scent, aroma
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: any property detected by the olfactory system
This is Down clue number 56
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerODORS
57 Down: "84. "I can't believe what I'm seeing!" facial reaction"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: B_____S
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 57
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerBUGEYES
58 Down: "86. Became real, as bad news"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'N'
Word pattern: S____N
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 58
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSANKIN
59 Down: "88. Southwestern culinary fusion"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'C' and ends with 'X'
Word pattern: C____X
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 59
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerCALMEX
60 Down: "90. Pigpen"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
Similar words: eye infection, pigpen
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
This is Down clue number 60
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSTY
61 Down: "92. Extra"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: S___E
Similar words: unornamented, extra
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
This is Down clue number 61
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSPARE
62 Down: "93. Macbeth or Macduff"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'T'
Word pattern: S__T
Similar words: Scotchman, Scotsman
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: a native or inhabitant of Scotland
This is Down clue number 62
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSCOT
63 Down: "94. Bygone iPhone button"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'H' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: H__E
Similar words: dwelling, abode
Opposite of: away
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: where you live at a particular time
This is Down clue number 63
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerHOME
64 Down: "95. Common 110-Across stressor"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: A__E
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 64
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerACNE
65 Down: "96. Move around and around"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'S' and ends with 'R'
Word pattern: S__R
Similar words: budge, bustle
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
This is Down clue number 65
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerSTIR
66 Down: "97. Rapper with a feline-sounding name"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'T' and ends with 'A'
Word pattern: T__A
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 66
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerTYGA
67 Down: "98. Chest muscles, for short"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: P__S
Similar words: pectoral, pectoralis
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: either of two large muscles of the chest
This is Down clue number 67
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerPECS
68 Down: "99. Knit"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'J' and ends with 'N'
Word pattern: J__N
Similar words: bring together, link up
Opposite of: disjoin
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 68
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerJOIN
69 Down: "100. "This round's ___""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
Word pattern: O__E
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 69
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerONME
70 Down: "101. Effortless ways to advance"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
Word pattern: B__S
Similar words: goodbye, good-by
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 70
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerBYES
71 Down: "103. Vex"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'I' and ends with 'K'
Similar words: gall
This is an abbreviation or acronym
Definition: irritate or vex
This is Down clue number 71
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerIRK
72 Down: "105. Close of business?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'I' and ends with 'C'
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 72
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerINC
73 Down: "106. 66, for example: Abbr."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
This is an abbreviation or acronym
This is Down clue number 73
Answer:Click to reveal the Down answerRTE
Expert Strategies for Solving Down Clues
Master the vertical clues with these professional tips:
Why Start with Down Clues?
Down clues often reveal key letters for intersecting words
Vertical patterns can unlock difficult sections
Many prefixes and suffixes run vertically
Down answers often help solve Across clues
Down Clue Patterns to Recognize
Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Down entries
Prefixes and suffixes: Common word parts often run vertically
Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Down
Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear vertically
Time-Saving Down Techniques
Technique
How It Helps
Scan all Down first
Get a mental map of the vertical flow
Fill short Down words
3-4 letter words are often prefixes or connectors
Use crossing letters
Across letters help confirm Down answers
Look for themes
Related Down answers often share a theme
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Frequently Asked Questions About Down Clues
What are Down clues in crossword puzzles?
Down clues are the vertical entries in a crossword puzzle that read from top to bottom. They're numbered and correspond to specific columns in the grid.
Should I solve Down or Across clues first?
Many solvers alternate between Down and Across clues to build momentum. Down clues can help unlock difficult sections by providing key intersecting letters. The best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.
How many Down clues are in today's puzzle?
Today's NYT crossword has 73 Down clues.
Are Down clues easier than Across clues?
Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Down clues often contain helpful prefixes, suffixes, and word parts that can be easier to guess.
How do Down clues interact with Across clues?
Down and Across clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.
