27408 Sat Nov 23, 2024 NYT by Ryan McCarty

Across Clues :

1. In need of a trim, say, 8. Superficially attractive, 14. Romance language?, 16. Something that may be passed down in a family, 17. Reclusive emperor who succeeded his stepfather Augustus, 18. Restaurateur and humanitarian José, 19. Immature pigeon, 20. Bonkers, 22. "Tropic Thunder" setting, for short, 23. Hearty kiss, 24. Substances in culture dishes, 25. Alert to prejudice, 26. Notwithstanding, 27. Like many a dad joke, 28. One of football's Kelce brothers, 29. "I wouldn't count on it", 31. Bad person to take a cue from?, 32. Full-body armor in science fiction stories, 33. Stories that can be read both forward and backward?, 34. Opposite of avant, 35. Make some calls, 38. North ___ Sea, body of water since the late 1980s, 39. Actress Garson with seven Oscar nominations, 40. Seat filler, 41. Stop for the night, 42. Double ___, 43. Excel shortcut, 44. Spot-checked?, 46. Easily stacked pet food, 48. Reacts like a superfan, 49. Dangerous place for Indiana Jones, 50. Common crab covering, 51. Desperate for affection, in modern slang

Down Clues :

1. Remains unmoved, 2. Theater kids, e.g., 3. Full-bodied, as a wine, 4. Places for irises, 5. Disney Channel pal of Phineas, 6. "Just a heads-up …", 7. Not acting one's age, in a way, 8. Ganja, 9. Winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2014, 10. Condition that may be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy, for short, 11. Private rejection?, 12. Talk about, 13. Bootlicking sorts, 15. 1995 crime thriller named for a line in "Casablanca," with "The", 21. Activity requiring a map, 24. One bit, 25. Subject of union negotiations, 27. Round that's finished quickly?, 28. Leaves in the lurch, 29. Utter, 30. Middling in rank, informally, 31. Zeus, Odin or the Dagda, 32. Nocturnal flier with a distinctive screech, 33. Affirmed as much, 35. Gives the quick and dirty, 36. Get something through hard work, 37. Holiday character with a "button nose", 39. Full of pluck, 40. Anchor, e.g., 42. CNN anchor Bash, 43. Sushi roll wrapped in seaweed, 45. More than tear up, 47. "I'm good, thanks"

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 23, 2024

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

New York Times, Saturday, November 23, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. In need of a trim, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCRUFFY

  Possible Answer : seedy, scruffy




• The clue is 8. Superficially attractive. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLOSSY

  Possible Answer : glossy, showy, sheeny, calendered, shiny, slick_magazine, lustrous, shining, glistening, slick




• The clue is 14. Romance language?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILOVEYOU




• The clue is 16. Something that may be passed down in a family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RECIPE

  Possible Answer : formula, recipe




• The clue is 17. Reclusive emperor who succeeded his stepfather Augustus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIBERIUS

  Possible Answer : Tiberius_Claudius_Nero_Caesar_Augustus, Tiberius




• The clue is 18. Restaurateur and humanitarian José. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDRES




• The clue is 19. Immature pigeon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SQUAB

  Possible Answer : squabby, squab, dove




• The clue is 20. Bonkers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUTSO




• The clue is 22. "Tropic Thunder" setting, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAM




• The clue is 23. Hearty kiss. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUSS

  Possible Answer : osculate, coach, omnibus, busbar, bus, osculation, motorbus, buss, double-decker, passenger_vehicle, heap, motorcoach, kiss, bus_topology, snog, jitney, jalopy, charabanc, autobus




• The clue is 24. Substances in culture dishes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGARS

  Possible Answer : agar-agar, agar, nutrient_agar




• The clue is 25. Alert to prejudice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WOKE

  Possible Answer : heat, fire_up, come_alive, wake_up, stir_up, arouse, inflame, rouse, waken, awaken, wake, awake, ignite

  Possible Opposite Answer : cause_to_sleep, fall_asleep, sleep




• The clue is 26. Notwithstanding. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YET

  Possible Answer : even, as_yet, nonetheless, nevertheless, up_to_now, still, hitherto, heretofore, until_now, thus_far, all_the_same, yet, notwithstanding, so_far, in_time, withal, however, even_so, til_now




• The clue is 27. Like many a dad joke. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STALE

  Possible Answer : dusty, stale, cold, moth-eaten

  Possible Opposite Answer : fresh




• The clue is 28. One of football's Kelce brothers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JASON

  Possible Answer : Jason




• The clue is 29. "I wouldn't count on it". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THATSABIGIF




• The clue is 31. Bad person to take a cue from?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POOLHUSTLER




• The clue is 32. Full-body armor in science fiction stories. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATTLESUITS




• The clue is 33. Stories that can be read both forward and backward?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAGAS

  Possible Answer : saga




• The clue is 34. Opposite of avant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APRES




• The clue is 35. Make some calls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REF

  Possible Answer : ref, referee




• The clue is 38. North ___ Sea, body of water since the late 1980s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAL




• The clue is 39. Actress Garson with seven Oscar nominations. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GREER




• The clue is 40. Seat filler. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REAR

  Possible Answer : bottom, put_up, nurture, set_up, rear_end, lift, behind, fundament, bring_up, hind_end, back, posterior, rearward, derriere, butt, keister, buttocks, bum, tush, rise_up, rear, buns, arse, seat, hindquarters, can, back_end, tooshie, ass, rise, tail_end, parent, nates, rump, prat, fanny, erect, backside, stern, raise, tail

  Possible Opposite Answer : front, head, level




• The clue is 41. Stop for the night. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INN

  Possible Answer : hostel, auberge, inn, hostelry, lodge




• The clue is 42. Double ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUTCH

  Possible Answer : Dutch_people, Dutch




• The clue is 43. Excel shortcut. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MACRO

  Possible Answer : macro_instruction, macro




• The clue is 44. Spot-checked?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOGSAT




• The clue is 46. Easily stacked pet food. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUNACANS




• The clue is 48. Reacts like a superfan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWOONS

  Possible Answer : conk, syncope, pass_out, faint, swoon, deliquium




• The clue is 49. Dangerous place for Indiana Jones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAKEPIT




• The clue is 50. Common crab covering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLDBAY




• The clue is 51. Desperate for affection, in modern slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THIRSTY

  Possible Answer : hungry, athirst, thirsty

  Possible Opposite Answer : hungry

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Remains unmoved. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITSBY

• The clue is 2. Theater kids, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLIQUE

  Possible Answer: coterie, ingroup, clique, inner_circle, camp, pack

• The clue is 3. Full-bodied, as a wine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROBUST

  Possible Answer: rich, full-bodied, racy, robust

  Possible Opposite Answer : frail

• The clue is 4. Places for irises. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UVEAS

  Possible Answer: uvea

• The clue is 5. Disney Channel pal of Phineas. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FERB

• The clue is 6. "Just a heads-up …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FYI

• The clue is 7. Not acting one's age, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOUNGATHEART

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

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

  The answer: GRASS

  Possible Answer: tell_on, shit, betray, pasture, sess, sens, denounce, forage, rat, grass, stag, smoke, shop, Gunter_Wilhelm_Grass, green_goddess, Grass, skunk, Mary_Jane, weed, locoweed, pot, grass_over, eatage, pasturage, supergrass, dope, snitch, Gunter_Grass, give_away, gage

• The clue is 9. Winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2014. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LENO

• The clue is 10. Condition that may be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCD

• The clue is 11. Private rejection?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIRNOSIR

• The clue is 12. Talk about. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEAKOF

• The clue is 13. Bootlicking sorts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YESMEN

• The clue is 15. 1995 crime thriller named for a line in "Casablanca," with "The". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: USUALSUSPECTS

• The clue is 21. Activity requiring a map. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREASUREHUNT

• The clue is 24. One bit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATALL

• The clue is 25. Subject of union negotiations. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAGES

  Possible Answer: engage, pay, wag, reward, wage, earnings, payoff, wages, waggle, salary, remuneration

• The clue is 27. Round that's finished quickly?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOTS

  Possible Answer: stroke, nip, guesswork, injection, dead_reckoning, shooting, barb, pellet, shooter, guessing, guess, slam, snap, dig, crack, stab, shot, shaft, gibe, scene, blastoff, snapshot, jibe

• The clue is 28. Leaves in the lurch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JILTS

  Possible Answer: jilt

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

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

  The answer: TOTAL

  Possible Answer: summate, amount, total, full, add, sum, tot, add_up, tot_up, tote_up, tally, totality, sum_up, add_together, aggregate, come, number, entire

• The clue is 30. Middling in rank, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BTIER

• The clue is 31. Zeus, Odin or the Dagda. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAGANGOD

• The clue is 32. Nocturnal flier with a distinctive screech. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARNOWL

• The clue is 33. Affirmed as much. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAIDSO

• The clue is 35. Gives the quick and dirty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RECAPS

  Possible Answer: review, retread, recapitulate, recapitulation, recap

• The clue is 36. Get something through hard work. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARNIT

• The clue is 37. Holiday character with a "button nose". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FROSTY

  Possible Answer: glacial, rimed, rimy, snappy, frigid, nippy, crisp, wintry, nipping, icy, frozen, frosty

• The clue is 39. Full of pluck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GUTSY

  Possible Answer: plucky, gutsy

  Possible Opposite Answer : gutless

• The clue is 40. Anchor, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RACER

  Possible Answer: racer, race_driver, race_car, racing_car, automobile_driver

• The clue is 42. CNN anchor Bash. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DANA

  Possible Answer: Danu, Dana

• The clue is 43. Sushi roll wrapped in seaweed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAKI

• The clue is 45. More than tear up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOB

  Possible Answer: sobbing, prick, whoreson, son_of_a_bitch, bastard, mother_fucker, shortness_of_breath, asshole, breathlessness, SOB, shit, sob, dickhead, motherfucker, cocksucker

• The clue is 47. "I'm good, thanks". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAH

January 25, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Thursday, January 25, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 25, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

1A: "1. Ma Bell's boy"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALEX

2A: "5. Intimate"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Similar words include: chum salmon, pal, brother
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CHUM

3A: "9. Cob or pen"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
• Similar words include: swear, wander, tramp
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SWAN

4A: "13. Hop stem"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that european twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in america
• Similar words include: European hop, common hop, common hops
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BINE

5A: "14. Forfeits"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Similar words include: suffer, misplace, fall behind
• Opposite of: keep, gain

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LOSES

6A: "16. "For ___ jolly ... ""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HESA

7A: "17. Start of a quip"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEINGOVERWEIGHT

8A: "20. Sanctioned"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be behind; approve of
• Similar words include: support, back, endorse
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENDORSED

9A: "21. Wadi's kin"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a stream or brook
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARROYO

10A: "22. Fellow citizen"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
• Similar words include: equal, match, compeer
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PEER

11A: "23. Noisy disagreement"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
• Similar words include: spatter, tiff, ptyalize
• Opposite of: boo

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPAT

12A: "24. Seamlike joining, in anatomy"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ridge that forms a seam between two parts
• Similar words include: rhaphe
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAPHE

13A: "27. Domino spots"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disease of poultry
• Similar words include: spot, rack up, worst
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PIPS

14A: "28. Dax or Ems"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Similar words include: watering place, resort hotel, health spa
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPA

15A: "31. Part of N.A.M."

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASSOC

16A: "32. November tally"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• Similar words include: voter turnout, balloting, voting
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: VOTE

17A: "33. Strikebreaker"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
• Similar words include: blackleg, strikebreaker, rat
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SCAB

18A: "34. Middle of quip"

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MAYBEHEREDITARY

19A: "37. Formerly"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that on one occasion
• Similar words include: in one case, at one time, one time
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ONCE

20A: "38. Approaching 100"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that people who are old collectively
• Similar words include: senior, of age, older
• Opposite of: rejuvenate, young

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AGED

21A: "39. Rx items"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
• Similar words include: do drugs, drug, dose
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DRUGS

22A: "40. Breezy turndown"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NAH

23A: "41. Pleased"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous plants of the genus gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and south africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
• Similar words include: sword lily, beaming, happy
• Opposite of: sad

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GLAD

24A: "42. Sounds of alarm"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that bark in a high-pitched tone
• Similar words include: yelp, yap, yip
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YIPES

25A: "43. Blokes"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal term for a youth or man
• Similar words include: ridicule, poke fun, guy wire
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GUYS

26A: "44. Converse"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an exchange of ideas via conversation
• Similar words include: blab out, tattle, peach
• Opposite of: keep quiet

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TALK

27A: "46. ___ Madre"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
• Similar words include: Scomberomorus sierra
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIERRA

28A: "49. Is devious"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
• Similar words include: lead astray, misdirect, misguide
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MISLEADS

29A: "53. End of quip"

15 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASYOURJEANSSHOW

30A: "55. F.F.V. folks"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
• Similar words include: Richard Henry Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Robert E. Lee
• Opposite of: windward

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEES

31A: "56. Raison ___"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DETRE

32A: "57. Annapolis inst."

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: USNA

33A: "58. Koppel and Knight"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
• Similar words include: Ted, Teddy boy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TEDS

34A: "59. Make strips"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
• Similar words include: snap, displume, rip
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TEAR

35A: "60. After: Prefix"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
• Similar words include: position, office, situation
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: POST

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1D: "1. Chanteuse Lane"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a french abbot
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABBE

2D: "2. Title encumbrance"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
• Similar words include: spleen
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIEN

3D: "3. Writer Bagnold"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a town in north central oklahoma
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENID

4D: "4. He fears strangers"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: XENOPHOBE

5D: "5. By a whisker"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the temporal end; the concluding time
• Similar words include: closely, secretive, confining
• Opposite of: distant, far

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CLOSE

6D: "6. Hummingbird verb"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
• Similar words include: brood, bulk large, vacillate
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HOVER

7D: "7. Exploited"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
• Similar words include: utilise, put-upon, secondhand
• Opposite of: misused

Click to reveal answer

Answer: USED

8D: "8. Mal de ___"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
• Similar words include: one thousand, 1000, m
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MER

9D: "9. Blouse"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a garment worn on the upper half of the body
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SHIRT

10D: "10. "And away ___!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WEGO

11D: "11. Pallid"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of a light grey
• Similar words include: ash-gray, ash-grey
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASHY

12D: "12. Western pact"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
• Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NATO

13D: "15. Exchanged"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that exchange or give (something) in exchange for
• Similar words include: switch, swop, trade
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SWAPPED

14D: "18. Land of feta"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic in southeastern europe on the southern part of the balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
• Similar words include: Hellenic Republic, Ellas
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GREECE

15D: "19. Points in time"

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, earned run average, era
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ERAS

16D: "23. Located"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that assign a location to
• Similar words include: sit down, posture, ride
• Opposite of: arise, stand

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Answer: SITED

17D: "24. Actor Novarro"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAMON

18D: "25. Yoga posture"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASANA

19D: "26. Prepare oneself mentally"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PSYCH

20D: "27. Studied in depth"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that direct one's attention on something
• Similar words include: center, pore, rivet
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PORED

21D: "28. Wild duck"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that diving ducks of north america having a bluish-grey bill
• Similar words include: scaup duck, broadbill, bluebill
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SCAUP

22D: "29. Coat with plaster"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PARGE

23D: "30. Ocean deep"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
• Similar words include: abysm
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ABYSS

24D: "32. "Las ___ Lady," 1976 film"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that prolific spanish playwright (1562-1635)
• Similar words include: Lope de Vega, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio, Vega
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: VEGAS

25D: "33. Begins to play a song"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: STRIKESUP

26D: "35. Flagpole rope"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag
• Similar words include: halliard
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HALYARD

27D: "36. "The ___ of the King": Tennyson"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
• Similar words include: bucolic, eclogue, idyl
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IDYLLS

28D: "41. Revered leader"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hindu or buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GURU

29D: "43. Offensive"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that twelve dozen
• Similar words include: crude, revenue, sodding
• Opposite of: net

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Answer: GROSS

30D: "44. Headgear for a princess"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: TIARA

31D: "45. "Lou Grant" star"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASNER

32D: "46. Mariner"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Similar words include: common salt, salinity, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SALT

33D: "47. Conversation filler"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISEE

34D: "48. Took a look"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
• Similar words include: eye, eyeball
• Opposite of: eyeless

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Answer: EYED

35D: "49. Dish out"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a line that indicates a boundary
• Similar words include: borderline, delimitation, border
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: METE

36D: "50. Phrase for Mr. Moto"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AHSO

37D: "51. Puts on"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spanish gentleman or nobleman
• Similar words include: assume, father, get into
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DONS

38D: "52. Thwack"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sharp blow
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SWAT

39D: "54. Concorde, for one"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
• Similar words include: jet-propelled plane, reverse lightning, sooty
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: JET

Puzzle Stats

35 Across

39 Down

74 Total

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