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Thursday, September 26, 2024

Thursday September 26, 2024 NYT Crossword Answers

Thursday September 26, 2024 NYT Crossword Answers | Your Complete guide and Solutions

Are there specific crossword puzzles that you would require assistance in solving today? Playing the New York Times Crossword can indeed become a game and sometimes one gets stuck with some of the clues and that’s perfectly acceptable. If you are looking for the NYT Crossword Answers Today September 26, 2024 to complete the crossword puzzles and find the answers of the crossword clues, you have come to the right place.

NYT Crossword Answers for today, September 26, 2024
NYT Crossword Answers for today, September 26, 2024


Crossword lovers consider the NYT Crossword as suitable for entertainment since it is designed not very tricky yet challenges the brain. It isn’t just riddles that may be difficult to solve or ones that require a lot of guesswork, which aren’t ideal for this game, or that are too simple, which will not challenge the players enough. This puzzle doesn’t require any specialized knowledge or skills, and it is suitable for every person, regardless of experience. Sometimes, its solved with the morning coffee, other times after a long day, the crossword indeed presents a little puzzle that can be solved by everybody.

Across Clues NYT Crosswords september 2024:

  • The clue is 1. Wonder drug. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CUREALL


  • The clue is 8. Have the final turn. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GOLAST


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

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

    The answer: REPROOF

    Possible Answer : lecture, call_down, lambast, rebuke, remonstrate, reproval, reproof, trounce, chew_up, have_words, reprimand, jaw, lambaste, bawl_out, scold, reprehension, call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, chide, dress_down, chew_out, rag, berate


  • The clue is 15. Prominent feature of Hello Kitty. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAIRBOW


  • The clue is 16. Julian who founded WikiLeaks. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASSANGE


  • The clue is 17. Intractable situation. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMPASSE

    Possible Answer : dead_end, deadlock, dead-end_street, cul_de_sac, standstill, blind_alley, stalemate, impasse


  • The clue is 18. Some hormonal flare-ups. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ZITS

    Possible Answer : hickey, pimple, zit


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

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

    The answer: SWARM

    Possible Answer : cloud, horde, teem, swarm, pullulate, drove, stream, pour


  • The clue is 21. Like hotel checkouts that may cost extra. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LATE

    Possible Answer : latterly, recently, late, tardy, previous, belatedly, tardily, recent, of_late, deep, former, belated, lately, later

    Possible Opposite Answer : early


  • The clue is 22. Civil rights leader ___ B. Wells. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IDA

    Possible Answer : IDA, International_Development_Association


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

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

    The answer: PEAK

    Possible Answer : efflorescence, top, point, bill, flower, heyday, pinnacle, top_out, acme, crown, eyeshade, crest, apex, superlative, summit, peak, vizor, blossom, elevation, vertex, tip, prime, height, bloom, tiptop, extremum, visor, meridian, flush

    Possible Opposite Answer : bottom_out


  • The clue is 25. Something found near a trap. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LAT

    Possible Answer : latissimus_dorsi, lat


  • The clue is 26. Currency of 20 countries. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EURO

    Possible Answer : euro


  • The clue is 28. Got the word out?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAID

    Possible Answer : read, suppose, articulate, allege, tell, state, aforementioned, aforesaid, enounce, said, say, sound_out, order, enunciate, enjoin, pronounce, aver


  • The clue is 30. Bygone Apple products. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IPODS

    Possible Answer : iPod


  • The clue is 32. Command to a getaway driver. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STEPONIT


  • The clue is 34. Reality TV staple. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DRAMA

    Possible Answer : play, dramatic_play, dramatic_event, drama


  • The clue is 35. Three-time nominee for Best Director (1994, 2009, 2019). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TARANTINO

    Possible Answer : Quentin_Tarantino, Tarantino, Quentin_Jerome_Tarantino


  • The clue is 37. Nation to which the island of Tortuga belongs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAITI

    Possible Answer : Haiti, Hayti, Hispaniola, Republic_of_Haiti


  • The clue is 39. Rescues. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SALVAGES

    Possible Answer : relieve, save, salvage, salve, scavenge


  • The clue is 43. What has posts all around a site. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FENCE

    Possible Answer : surround, fencing, palisade, fence_in, wall, argue, contend, fence, debate


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

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

    The answer: GIGS

    Possible Answer : spear, lance, fizgig, fishgig, gig


  • The clue is 45. Impose, as a tax. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LEVY

    Possible Answer : raise, levy_en_masse, impose, levy, recruit


  • The clue is 46. Foundation, e.g., for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORG


  • The clue is 47. Bareilles of Broadway. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SARA


  • The clue is 49. Palindromic family nickname. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NAN

    Possible Answer : granny, Nan, nan, grandmother, nanna, naan, grandma, gran, Nan_River, grannie


  • The clue is 50. Smell. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REEK

    Possible Answer : foetor, smack, mephitis, fume, malodor, smell, stink, malodour, fetor, stench, reek


  • The clue is 52. Period preceding a big event. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RUNUP

    Possible Answer : runup, run-up


  • The clue is 55. Name suffix that can combine with "Henri". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ETTA


  • The clue is 56. Unit of explosive power. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KILOTON

    Possible Answer : kiloton


  • The clue is 58. Final circuit in a track race. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BELLLAP


  • The clue is 60. One whose mentality begins with M-E?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EGOTIST

    Possible Answer : egotist, egoist, swellhead


  • The clue is 61. They take marks off at school. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERASERS

    Possible Answer : eraser


  • The clue is 62. With 63-Across, tricky football play ... as represented by this puzzle's shaded squares?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DOUBLE

    Possible Answer : two-fold, doubled, doubly, double_over, two-baser, reduplicate, duplicate, double, duple, repeat, three-fold, look-alike, dual, double_up, replicate, twofold, doubling, two-base_hit, threefold, bivalent, forked, two-bagger, twice, stunt_woman, stunt_man, treble, image

    Possible Opposite Answer : multivalent, single


  • The clue is 63. See 62-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REVERSE

    Possible Answer : opposite, turn, countermand, rescind, reversal, reversion, change_by_reversal, overturn, overthrow, annul, repeal, vacate, blow, turn_back, reverse, black_eye, reverse_gear, lift, rearward, invert, turnabout, override, overrule, setback, revoke, turnaround, verso, contrary, inverse

    Possible Opposite Answer : forward, obverse



Down Clues NYT Crosswords september 2024:

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

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

    The answer: CRAZIES

    Possible Answer: loony, weirdo, looney, crazy, nutcase

  • The clue is 2. Film that lasts a while?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RESIDUE

    Possible Answer: residual, rest, residuum, balance, residue, remainder

  • The clue is 3. Sudden riser in status. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UPSTART

    Possible Answer: nouveau-riche, kip, parvenu, arriviste, parvenue, upstart

  • The clue is 4. Civil War and Reconstruction, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERAS

    Possible Answer: earned_run_average, era, geological_era, epoch, ERA

  • The clue is 5. Longtime college basketball coach Kruger. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LON

  • The clue is 6. Makes a note of. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOGS

    Possible Answer: log, lumber, logarithm

  • The clue is 7. Not many. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AFEW

  • The clue is 8. This letter: γ. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GAMMA

    Possible Answer: gamma, Vasco_da_Gamma, Gamma, da_Gamma

  • The clue is 9. Body part just below the philtrum. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LIP

    Possible Answer: sass, sassing, brim, backtalk, rim, mouth, back_talk, lip

  • The clue is 10. ___ exam. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORAL

    Possible Answer: unwritten, oral, oral_exam, viva_voce, oral_examination, viva

    Possible Opposite Answer : aboral, anal

  • The clue is 11. Biblical figure whose name is repeated in a Faulkner title. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABSALOM

  • The clue is 12. Dish with a crispy tortilla shell. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOSTADA

    Possible Answer: tostada

  • The clue is 13. They're often sugarcoated. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SWEETS

    Possible Answer: afters, sweetness, sweet, Sweet, confection, Henry_Sweet, sugariness, dessert

  • The clue is 15. Like some goons. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HIRED

    Possible Answer: engage, chartered, take, leased, hire, lease, rent, charter, hired, employ

    Possible Opposite Answer : unchartered, fire

  • The clue is 20. Advanced H.S. course taught by a professoressa, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: APITALIAN

  • The clue is 24. Russian ballet company. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KIROV

  • The clue is 27. Related to vision. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OPTIC

    Possible Answer: ocular, optic, opthalmic, visual, optical, oculus, eye

  • The clue is 28. "Wake word" for an Apple device. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SIRI

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

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

    The answer: ANN

  • The clue is 31. Group of cable news talking heads. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PANEL

    Possible Answer: control_board, empanel, board, control_panel, instrument_panel, venire, jury, panel, impanel, dialog_box, gore

  • The clue is 33. Author Joyce Carol ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OATES

    Possible Answer: Titus_Oates, Oates, Joyce_Carol_Oates

  • The clue is 34. Burn, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DISS

    Possible Answer: diss, Orcus, affront, insult, Dis

  • The clue is 36. Playground game. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TAG

    Possible Answer: tag_end, give_chase, ticket, chase_after, mark, tag, chase, track, label, trail, tail, go_after, tatter, rag, shred, dog

  • The clue is 37. Announcement before taking a leap. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HEREIGO

  • The clue is 38. She recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Clinton's first inauguration. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANGELOU

  • The clue is 40. More forgiving. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GENTLER

    Possible Answer: blue-blooded, aristocratical, blue, gentle, docile, aristocratic, patrician, soft, easy

  • The clue is 41. Game faces?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AVATARS

    Possible Answer: avatar, incarnation, embodiment

  • The clue is 42. Point of contact between neurons. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SYNAPSE

    Possible Answer: synapse

  • The clue is 43. Like lightning and some tongues. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FORKED

    Possible Answer: branched, pronged, double, furcate, forficate, fork, fork-like, bifurcate, ramify, branch, biramous, forked, pitchfork, prongy, separate

  • The clue is 44. Powerlifter's sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GRUNT

    Possible Answer: grunt, oink

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

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

    The answer: AROSE

    Possible Answer: spring_up, come_up, move_up, go_up, originate, uprise, rebel, get_up, stand_up, rise_up, turn_out, develop, grow, rise, bob_up, lift, arise

    Possible Opposite Answer : sit_down, fall, go_to_bed, turn_in

  • The clue is 51. Hoda of morning TV. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KOTB

  • The clue is 53. Transportation app banned in Denmark, Hungary and Thailand. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UBER

  • The clue is 54. Parisian patriarch. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PERE

  • The clue is 55. Conditional word in programming. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELSE

  • The clue is 57. Up to, briefly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIL

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

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

    The answer: LAV

    Possible Answer: john, privy, toilet, lavatory, lav, bathroom, can

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

All NYT Across Clues September 30, 2025 - 35 Horizontal Answers with Hints

NYT Across Today September 30, 2025: Complete Horizontal Clues Walkthrough

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 35 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for September 30, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date September 30, 2025
Day of Week Tuesday
Total Across Clues 35 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Tricky

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 35 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Wood turner
2 Across 6. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life"
3 Across 11. Yuletide beverage
4 Across 14. Storyteller of antiquity
5 Across 15. How tuna may be packed
6 Across 16. Card game that involves shouting its name
7 Across 17. *What a straw man in a cornfield is for?
8 Across 19. Palindromic woman's name
9 Across 20. "Already accomplished!"
10 Across 21. Dodge
11 Across 23. Product in high demand
12 Across 26. Material for a pub quiz
13 Across 27. During a tiebreaker, informally
14 Across 28. *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team?
15 Across 31. Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed
16 Across 33. Move like the Blob
17 Across 34. Informal top
18 Across 35. *Primate with perfect pitch?
19 Across 39. Puppet alien of TV
20 Across 42. Greek cheese
21 Across 43. Underground waterway
22 Across 47. *Kelley Blue Book?
23 Across 51. "Tootsie" actress Garr
24 Across 52. "Unfortunately that's wrong"
25 Across 53. Sleazy hotel
26 Across 55. "Shush!"
27 Across 56. "No more for me, thanks"
28 Across 58. Something found in a pen or octopus
29 Across 59. "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues
30 Across 64. Year in Spain
31 Across 65. Sign between Virgo and Scorpio
32 Across 66. "Unfortunately ..."
33 Across 67. Declares, informally
34 Across 68. Teeny-tiny
35 Across 69. Run-down

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. Wood turner"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: L___E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LATHE

2 Across: "6. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: C___A
  • Similar words: Frank Capra, genus Capra
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: United States film maker (1897-1991)
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CAPRA

3 Across: "11. Yuletide beverage"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'G'
  • Similar words: peg
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOG

4 Across: "14. Storyteller of antiquity"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: A___P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AESOP

5 Across: "15. How tuna may be packed"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: I___L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer INOIL

6 Across: "16. Card game that involves shouting its name"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer UNO

7 Across: "17. *What a straw man in a cornfield is for?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: C_________L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CROWCONTROL

8 Across: "19. Palindromic woman's name"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'N'
  • Similar words: Nan River, naan
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: your grandmother
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NAN

9 Across: "20. "Already accomplished!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: D____T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DONEIT

10 Across: "21. Dodge"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: E___E
  • Similar words: duck, sidestep
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EVADE

11 Across: "23. Product in high demand"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: H_____M
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HOTITEM

12 Across: "26. Material for a pub quiz"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: T____A
  • Similar words: triviality, trivium
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: something of small importance
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TRIVIA

13 Across: "27. During a tiebreaker, informally"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: I__T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer INOT

14 Across: "28. *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 10 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: G________P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GARBAGEUMP

15 Across: "31. Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: C___I
  • Similar words: Welsh corgi
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CORGI

16 Across: "33. Move like the Blob"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: O__E
  • Similar words: sludge, gook
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: any thick
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OOZE

17 Across: "34. Informal top"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: tee up, teeing ground
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the starting place for each hole on a golf course
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TEE

18 Across: "35. *Primate with perfect pitch?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: O_______G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ONKEYKONG

19 Across: "39. Puppet alien of TV"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'F'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALF

20 Across: "42. Greek cheese"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: F__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FETA

21 Across: "43. Underground waterway"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: S___R
  • Similar words: gutter, toilet
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEWER

22 Across: "47. *Kelley Blue Book?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 10 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: C________G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CARCATALOG

23 Across: "51. "Tootsie" actress Garr"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: T__I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TERI

24 Across: "52. "Unfortunately that's wrong""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: A____O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALASNO

25 Across: "53. Sleazy hotel"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: F_____G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a run-down hotel
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FLEABAG

26 Across: "55. "Shush!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: C___T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CANIT

27 Across: "56. "No more for me, thanks""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: I____L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IMFULL

28 Across: "58. Something found in a pen or octopus"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'K'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer INK

29 Across: "59. "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: I_________T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ITSADELIGHT

30 Across: "64. Year in Spain"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
  • Similar words: Fatah-RC, Black September
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ANO

31 Across: "65. Sign between Virgo and Scorpio"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: L___A
  • Similar words: Balance
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LIBRA

32 Across: "66. "Unfortunately ...""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: I___R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IFEAR

33 Across: "67. Declares, informally"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Z'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEZ

34 Across: "68. Teeny-tiny"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: E___Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EENSY

35 Across: "69. Run-down"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: S___Y
  • Similar words: sordid, unwell
  • Opposite of: seedless
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: full of seeds
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEEDY

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 35 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down 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.

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Thursday, July 10, 2025

XWordHint Crossword Answers July 10, 2025 Hints $ Solutions | Expert Puzzle Help

XWordHint Crossword Answers Hints & Expert Solutions: July 10, 2025

Published on Thursday, July 10, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

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 lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Major-league team known as the "North Siders," locally"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
  • Similar words include: cub, sonny boy, laddie
  • Pattern: ____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CUBS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2A: "5. I.R.S. fig."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

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🧩 3A: "8. Playbill bits"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

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🧩 4A: "12. Heckelphone relative"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
  • Similar words include: hautbois, hautboy
  • Pattern: ____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OBOE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5A: "13. Urban housing option"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a farm building for housing poultry
  • Similar words include: hencoop, chicken coop, henhouse
  • Pattern: ____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: COOP

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6A: "15. Marie Claire competitor"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7A: "16. 1970 Van Morrison title track"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MOONDANCE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8A: "18. Barbershop choice"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
  • Similar words include: blow over, evanesce, disappearance
  • Pattern: ____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FADE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9A: "19. A♠"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MASTERGARDENER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 10A: "21. Part of the house in which Kevin is left behind in "Home Alone""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
  • Similar words include: Ionic dialect, bonce, noodle
  • Pattern: _____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATTIC

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11A: "22. Fundamental precepts"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a fundamental principle or practice
  • Similar words include: tower, column, pillar
  • Pattern: _______
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PILLARS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12A: "23. How some points end up"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
  • Similar words include: deliberate, debate, disputable
  • Pattern: ____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MOOT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13A: "26. Common fossil fuel"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
  • Similar words include: petroleum, oil color, inunct
  • Pattern: ___
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OIL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14A: "27. K♣"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

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🧩 15A: "31. A/C meas."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
  • Similar words include: British thermal unit, B.Th.U.
  • Pattern: ___
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BTU

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 16A: "34. Yaki ___ (Japanese stir-fry)"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

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🧩 17A: "35. Photographer Goldin"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that your grandmother
  • Similar words include: Nan River, naan, grandma
  • Pattern: ___
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NAN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 18A: "36. Line of rulers ended by the 33-Down"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
  • Similar words include: czar, tzar, tsar
  • Pattern: _____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TSARS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 19A: "38. Japanese lunch box"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 20A: "40. Canine command"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that be around, often idly or without specific purpose
  • Similar words include: model, baby-sit, seat
  • Opposite of: stand, arise
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SIT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 21A: "42. Chile's Nevado ___ Cruces National Park"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 22A: "43. Ending with lemon or cannon"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
  • Similar words include: fruit drink
  • Pattern: ___
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 23A: "44. Q♥"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
  • Similar words include: matcher, marriage broker
  • Pattern: __________
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MATCHMAKER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 24A: "47. Bud"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
  • Similar words include: mackintosh, macintosh, mack
  • Pattern: ___
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MAC

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 25A: "48. Vape, informally"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 26A: "49. Sparkling water additive"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  • Similar words include: center, nub, heart and soul
  • Pattern: _______
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ESSENCE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 27A: "53. 40-40, say"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
  • Similar words include: dickens, devil, 2
  • Pattern: _____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DEUCE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 28A: "57. J♦"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JACKIEROBINSON

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 29A: "60. 2025 Pixar film"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 30A: "61. Big race that's no longer around?"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the mesozoic era
  • Similar words include: dinosaur
  • Pattern: _________
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DINOSAURS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 31A: "62. "Aw, jeez, you can't do that!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 32A: "63. December has two big ones"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 33A: "64. N.B.A. star Ginóbili"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 34A: "65. Sharp flavor"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a tart spicy quality
  • Similar words include: bladder fucus, sea tangle, nip
  • Pattern: ____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TANG

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 35A: "66. C.I.A. predecessor"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
  • Similar words include: osmium, os, operating system
  • Pattern: ___
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OSS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 36A: "67. It can follow anyone"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Curve that gives one pause?"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
  • Similar words include: Polygonia comma, comma butterfly
  • Pattern: _____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: COMMA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2D: "2. German war vessel"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3D: "3. What a stepstool provides"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of giving hope or support to someone
  • Similar words include: hike, advance, rise
  • Pattern: _____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BOOST

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4D: "4. Mood"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
  • Similar words include: persuasion, thought, view
  • Pattern: _________
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SENTIMENT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5D: "5. Reminder of a past fight, maybe"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
  • Similar words include: scrape, pit, pock
  • Pattern: ____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SCAR

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6D: "6. Karaoke choice"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a short musical composition with words
  • Similar words include: Sung dynasty, birdcall, strain
  • Pattern: ____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SONG

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7D: "7. For real, to Gen Z"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8D: "8. Happened to"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that become of; happen to
  • Similar words include: happen, befall, betide
  • Pattern: ______
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BEFELL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9D: "9. Glazer of "Broad City""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 10D: "10. Like Stonehenge vis-à-vis the Parthenon"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
  • Similar words include: old, elderly, onetime
  • Opposite of: young, new
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OLDER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11D: "11. Sibyls"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person with unusual powers of foresight
  • Similar words include: visionary, vaticinator, prophet
  • Pattern: _____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEERS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12D: "14. "End of story!""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an amount of time
  • Similar words include: catamenia, point, full stop
  • Pattern: ______
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PERIOD

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13D: "17. Part of a restaurant's ambience"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior
  • Similar words include: interior decoration
  • Pattern: _____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DECOR

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14D: "20. "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the ___" (Bravo show)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 15D: "24. Possess"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have ownership or possession of
  • Similar words include: possess, have, ain
  • Pattern: ___
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OWN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 16D: "25. A best man may make one"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that slices of bread that have been toasted
  • Similar words include: goner, salute, wassail
  • Pattern: _____
🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TOAST

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 17D: "27. Part of a brass band"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 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!

🧩 18D: "28. Checked like a bouncer, for short"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

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🧩 19D: "29. Blotto"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  • Similar words include: choke, fail, get
  • Opposite of: stay in place, stop
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Answer: GONE

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🧩 20D: "30. Not straight up, in a way"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONICE

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🧩 21D: "31. Give orders loudly and curtly"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
  • Similar words include: barque, skin
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: BARK

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🧩 22D: "32. Corner"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  • Similar words include: shoetree, corner, tree diagram
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: TREE

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🧩 23D: "33. See 36-Across"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
  • Similar words include: Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet Union
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: USSR

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🧩 24D: "37. Nicki Minaj or Iggy Pop, e.g."

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: STAGENAME

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🧩 25D: "39. Neighbor of an Emirati"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a native or inhabitant of oman
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: OMANI

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🧩 26D: "41. Active ingredient in some gummies"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that psychoactive substance present in marijuana
  • Similar words include: tetrahydrocannabinol
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: THC

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🧩 27D: "45. Submit"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that yield to another's wish or opinion
  • Similar words include: enter, bow, assent
  • Opposite of: dissent
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Answer: ACCEDE

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🧩 28D: "46. Certain skirts"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the southern part of france
  • Similar words include: MIDI, musical instrument digital interface, Midi
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: MIDIS

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🧩 29D: "47. River through six Asian countries"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an asian river; flows through a large delta in southern vietnam into the south china sea
  • Similar words include: Mekong River
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: MEKONG

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🧩 30D: "49. Throw out"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that put out or expel from a place
  • Similar words include: chuck out, squeeze out, exhaust
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: EJECT

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🧩 31D: "50. Actress Hayek"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALMA

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🧩 32D: "51. Notable descendant"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a descendent or heir
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCION

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🧩 33D: "52. Cynthia of "Wicked""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERIVO

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🧩 34D: "54. Standard"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
  • Similar words include: common
  • Opposite of: unusual
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Answer: USUAL

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🧩 35D: "55. Podiatric maladies"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in america in many varieties; the principal cereal in mexico and central and south america since pre-columbian times
  • Similar words include: corn, maize, clavus
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: CORNS

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🧩 36D: "56. Follow"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
  • Similar words include: result
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENSUE

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🧩 37D: "58. Rare golf scores"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • Similar words include: single, unity, I
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONES

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🧩 38D: "59. Freelancer's lack"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who exercises control over workers
  • Similar words include: genus Bos, chief, Bos
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOSS

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