27451 Tue Jan 07, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 07, 2025

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

Tue Jan 07, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: DAZE

  Possible Answer : bedazzle, stun, dazzle, bedaze, daze, shock, stupor, fog, haze




• The clue is 5. Irrefutable. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOLID

  Possible Answer : upstanding, self-colored, hearty, satisfying, self-coloured, unanimous, solid, square, whole, firm, substantial, solid_state, solidness, strong

  Possible Opposite Answer : liquid, hollow




• The clue is 10. Ark numbers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TWOS

  Possible Answer : deuce, 2, II, two




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

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

  The answer: ETAL




• The clue is 15. UPS shipment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRATE

  Possible Answer : crateful, crate

  Possible Opposite Answer : uncrate




• The clue is 16. D.I.Y. website. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EHOW




• The clue is 17. Communists want to dISMantle it. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: CAPITALISM

  Possible Answer : capitalist_economy, capitalism

  Possible Opposite Answer : socialism




• The clue is 19. Valley in which it's easy to get a cab. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAPA

  Possible Answer : Brassica_rapa_pekinensis, celery_cabbage, pe-tsai, napa, Chinese_cabbage




• The clue is 20. Hochkönig, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALP

  Possible Answer : alp




• The clue is 21. ___ Szewinska, only sprinter (male or female) to hold world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m events. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRENA

  Possible Answer : Irena, genus_Irena




• The clue is 22. Pushover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATSY

  Possible Answer : chump, patsy, gull, sucker, soft_touch, mark, fall_guy, fool, mug




• The clue is 23. Mexican dish similar to taquitos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLAUTAS




• The clue is 25. TikTok phenomena. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRENDS

  Possible Answer : drift, slue, swerve, sheer, movement, tendency, trend, vogue, veer, slew, cut, course, style, curve




• The clue is 27. It's condit_ioned on regular payments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUBSCRIPTION

  Possible Answer : subscription




• The clue is 30. Ours contain about 700 megabytes of information. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENES

  Possible Answer : cistron, gene, factor




• The clue is 33. Equine eats. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OATS

  Possible Answer : oat




• The clue is 34. Respectful title that's an anagram of another respectful title. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SRI




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

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

  The answer: AYES




• The clue is 36. Pig of kids' TV. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEPPA




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

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

  The answer: BARN

  Possible Answer : b, barn




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

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

  The answer: REO




• The clue is 40. Pottery making and illustration, for example. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARTS

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




• The clue is 41. 2003 #1 hit with the lyric "What's cooler than being cool?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEYYA




• The clue is 42. It's hard to believe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOLDFACEDLIE




• The clue is 46. Pity party exclamation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POORME




• The clue is 47. "Whoa, that's good!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OOHBABY




• The clue is 51. "___ my Eggo!" (bygone waffle slogan). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEGGO




• The clue is 52. Island kingdom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TONGA

  Possible Answer : Tonga, Kingdom_of_Tonga, Friendly_Islands




• The clue is 54. Random number generator. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIE

  Possible Answer : expire, perish, go, exit, become_flat, die_out, pop_off, conk_out, croak, conk, pass_away, fail, decease, buy_the_farm, choke, pass, break, break_down, cash_in_one's_chips, die, pall, give-up_the_ghost, snuff_it, drop_dead, go_bad, kick_the_bucket, give_out, dice, give_way

  Possible Opposite Answer : be_born




• The clue is 55. Still contending. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INIT




• The clue is 56. Protest seeking a different arrangement with landlords. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: RENTSTRIKE




• The clue is 58. Philippine currency. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PESO

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




• The clue is 59. "Di niente!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PREGO




• The clue is 60. Salad root. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEET

  Possible Answer : common_beet, beetroot, beet, Beta_vulgaris




• The clue is 61. Troll ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARMY

  Possible Answer : army, USA, Army, US_Army, ground_forces, U._S._Army, United_States_Army, regular_army




• The clue is 62. Kind of jar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MASON

  Possible Answer : mason, Mason, stonemason, James_Mason, Freemason, James_Neville_Mason, George_Mason, Alfred_Edward_Woodley_Mason, A._E._W._Mason




• The clue is 63. Contraceptive options. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IUDS

  Possible Answer : intrauterine_device, IUD

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. After-dinner order. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DECAF

  Possible Answer: decaffeinated_coffee, decaf

• The clue is 2. Even a smidge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATALL

• The clue is 3. Rocker Frank. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZAPPA

• The clue is 4. Film director Roth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELI

• The clue is 5. Sacred insect in a hieroglyph. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCARAB

  Possible Answer: scarabaeus, Scarabaeus_sacer, scarab

• The clue is 6. "… at most". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORLESS

• The clue is 7. "How often have I ___ beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home": Faulkner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAIN

  Possible Answer: lie_down, lie, lie_in, dwell, rest, consist

  Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand

• The clue is 8. Often-quoted line from "Return of the Jedi" when the Rebels are ambushed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITSATRAP

• The clue is 9. On the blue side: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEM

• The clue is 10. One paying a flat fee?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENANT

  Possible Answer: renter, tenant

• The clue is 11. "You believe me now?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHATDISAY

• The clue is 12. "My mistake". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OOPSSORRY

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

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

  The answer: SWAY

  Possible Answer: persuade, carry, rock, sway, swing, tilt, shake, careen

• The clue is 18. Protagonist of Shakespeare's first tragedy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITUS

  Possible Answer: Epistle_to_Titus, Titus_Flavius_Vespasianus, Epistle_of_Paul_the_Apostle_to_Titus, Titus_Vespasianus_Augustus, Titus

• The clue is 22. Jazzes (up). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEPS

  Possible Answer: peppiness, ginger, pep

• The clue is 24. Olive oil has many of them. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USES

  Possible Answer: exercise, utilisation, usage, United_States_of_America, habit, employment, use_of_goods_and_services, US, USA, usance, United_States, utilization, the_States, utilise, apply, function, America, consumption, purpose, habituate, role, employ, enjoyment, utilize, economic_consumption, U.S., practice, expend, U.S.A., use, manipulation

• The clue is 26. ___ Skeeter, journalist/witch in the Harry Potter books. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RITA

• The clue is 28. Thicket. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COPSE

  Possible Answer: thicket, brushwood, brush, copse, coppice

• The clue is 29. Simone who sang "To Be Young, Gifted and Black". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NINA

  Possible Answer: Nina

• The clue is 30. Robes and such. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GARB

  Possible Answer: habilitate, fit_out, attire, raiment, dress, enclothe, apparel, clothe, tog, garb, garment

  Possible Opposite Answer : undress

• The clue is 31. Shocker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYEOPENER

• The clue is 32. "Zoom fatigue" is a modern one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEOLOGISM

  Possible Answer: coinage, neology, neologism

• The clue is 36. Baby carrier in Bath. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRAM

  Possible Answer: pushchair, pram, baby_carriage, stroller, pusher, carriage, perambulator, go-cart, baby_buggy

• The clue is 37. "You get the picture". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETCETERA

  Possible Answer: etc., and_so_forth, etcetera, and_so_on

• The clue is 38. U.K. channel nickname, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEEB

• The clue is 40. Classic Angela Davis do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFRO

  Possible Answer: Afro, Afro_hairdo

• The clue is 41. Drum kit component. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIHAT

• The clue is 43. Rubber bone, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOGTOY

• The clue is 44. "Stay!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONTGO

• The clue is 45. Starts working remotely, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOGSON

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

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

  The answer: ADIEU

  Possible Answer: adieu, good-by, au_revoir, good_day, good-bye, sayonara, adios, cheerio, goodbye, auf_wiedersehen, goodby, bye, arrivederci, bye-bye, so_long

• The clue is 49. Competed in part of a triathlon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIKED

  Possible Answer: bicycle, cycle, wheel, bike, pedal

• The clue is 50. Hurls forcibly, in modern slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEETS

• The clue is 51. Grammy-winning Dua. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIPA

• The clue is 53. Kind of place that's beside the point?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONES

  Possible Answer: single, ace, 1, one, I, unity

• The clue is 56. Tach measure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RPM

  Possible Answer: rpm, rev, revolutions_per_minute

• The clue is 57. High stat for a heavy hitter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RBI

  Possible Answer: run_batted_in, rbi

NYT Crossword - January 08, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Monday, January 08, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 08, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1A: "1. Actress Prentiss"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PAULA

2A: "6. Hemingway's sobriquet"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Similar words include: pappa, pop, dad
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PAPA

3A: "10. G-men"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any federal law-enforcement officer
• Similar words include: Federal Reserve, Fed, FRS
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: FEDS

4A: "14. Hair styles"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo
• Similar words include: Afro, Afro hairdo
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AFROS

5A: "15. Novelist Kingsley ___"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMIS

6A: "16. Soviet stream"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: URAL

7A: "17. Sitcom add-on"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAUGHTRACK

8A: "19. Supreme Court number"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Similar words include: 9, Nina from Carolina, ball club
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NINE

9A: "20. Gaelic"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of several related languages of the celts in ireland and scotland
• Similar words include: Goidelic, Gaelic
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERSE

10A: "21. Speed"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
• Similar words include: rush, hurriedness, hurry
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HASTE

11A: "22. Want"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condition requiring relief
• Similar words include: involve, motive, take
• Opposite of: obviate

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NEED

12A: "23. Things with springs"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Similar words include: love, hump, know
• Opposite of: get up, turn out

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEDS

13A: "24. Route"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that how something is done or how it happens
• Similar words include: room, elbow room, path
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: WAY

14A: "26. Enchantress"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) a sorceress who detained odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CIRCE

15A: "30. Slippery one"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EEL

16A: "32. Metal beam"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IBAR

17A: "35. Negatively charged atoms"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a negatively charged ion
• Similar words include: anion
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANIONS

18A: "37. Ambassador or envoy"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an official engaged in international negotiations
• Similar words include: diplomatist
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DIPLOMAT

19A: "40. Letters to stars"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: FANMAIL

20A: "42. 'Twixt 12 and 20"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that being of the age 13 through 19
• Similar words include: teenaged, adolescent, teen
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TEENAGE

21A: "43. Surrounded"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENGIRDED

22A: "45. Surpassing: Comb. form"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PRETER

23A: "46. Suffix with inchoative verbs"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESCE

24A: "47. Period"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Similar words include: geological era, epoch, earned run average
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERA

25A: "49. Willow"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flexible twig of a willow tree
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OSIER

26A: "50. Soviet div."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SSR

27A: "52. Press"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• Similar words include: branding iron, Fe, atomic number 26
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IRON

28A: "54. Tear"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
• Similar words include: charter, pull, engage
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RENT

29A: "57. Golfer Palmer"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARNIE

30A: "59. In the center"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMID

31A: "63. Jewish month"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the jewish calendar (in february and march)
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ADAR

32A: "64. Card-game phrase"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: JOKERSWILD

33A: "66. "La Bohème" heroine"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MIMI

34A: "67. First victim"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
• Similar words include: Niels Henrik Abel, Niels Abel
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABEL

35A: "68. Dance of Bohemian origin"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that music performed for dancing the polka
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: POLKA

36A: "69. Kind of mother or son"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• Similar words include: ill-use, stride, footfall
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STEP

37A: "70. Word on a towel"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HERS

38A: "71. Appease"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lessen the intensity of or calm
• Similar words include: slake, still, ease
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALLAY

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (40 clues)

1D: "1. Wan"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wooden strip forming part of a fence
• Similar words include: pallid, sick, blanch
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PALE

2D: "2. Way off"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AFAR

3D: "3. Wild ox"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large recently extinct long-horned european wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
• Similar words include: Bos primigenius, aurochs
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: URUS

4D: "4. Theater section"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine
• Similar words include: box
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LOGE

5D: "5. Wood for skis"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
• Similar words include: ash tree
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASH

6D: "6. "I Love a ___," 1931 song"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ceremonial procession including people marching
• Similar words include: march, troop, exhibit
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PARADE

7D: "7. Gathered"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that collect or gather
• Similar words include: hoard, amass, cumulate
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMASSED

8D: "8. Early inhabitant of Britain"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PICT

9D: "9. Awry"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that turned or twisted toward one side; - g.k.chesterton
• Similar words include: lopsided, skew-whiff, wonky
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASKEW

10D: "10. These often get tickled"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: FUNNYBONES

11D: "11. City in the Keystone State"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Similar words include: Lake Erie
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ERIE

12D: "12. Hamlet, e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of denmark
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DANE

13D: "13. Snow vehicle"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Similar words include: sledge, sleigh
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLED

14D: "18. "___ Best of Carson""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: THE

15D: "23. Former name of Varanasi, India"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BENARES

16D: "25. Wing part"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an airfoil that controls lateral motion
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: AILERON

17D: "26. Bistro"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
• Similar words include: coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffee bar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CAFE

18D: "27. Silly"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that devoid of intelligence
• Similar words include: mindless, vacuous, fatuous
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INANE

19D: "28. Collar woes?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
• Similar words include: pack, annulus, telephone
• Opposite of: open chain

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Answer: RINGS

20D: "29. "Peanuts," e.g."

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: COMICSTRIP

21D: "31. Kindled"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the humanistic study of a body of literature
• Similar words include: lighted, dismount, light up
• Opposite of: unlighted, extinguish

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Answer: LIT

22D: "33. Strad competitor"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that italian violin maker in cremona; taught the craft to guarneri and stradivari (1596-1684)
• Similar words include: Nicola Amati, Nicolo Amati
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AMATI

23D: "34. E. Indian cereal grass"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that east indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the orient
• Similar words include: finger millet, Eleusine coracana, coracan
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAGEE

24D: "36. Caesar from Yonkers"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SID

25D: "38. Vim"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that liveliness and energy
• Similar words include: peppiness, ginger
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PEP

26D: "39. Haw. before 1959"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TERR

27D: "41. Novelist Harper ___"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Similar words include: Tsung Dao Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee
• Opposite of: windward

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Answer: LEE

28D: "44. A.A. candidate"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who drinks liquids
• Similar words include: toper, juicer, imbiber
• Opposite of: nondrinker

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Answer: DRINKER

29D: "48. Gazelles of Arabia"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ARIELS

30D: "51. Rani's spouse"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prince or king in india
• Similar words include: raja
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAJAH

31D: "53. Finished, to Keats"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OER

32D: "54. Bellwethers"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Similar words include: cram, pound, RAM
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RAMS

33D: "55. Redact"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Similar words include: edit out, redact, cut
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EDIT

34D: "56. Appoint"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a language unit by which a person or thing is known
• Similar words include: list, key, describe
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NAME

35D: "58. Gown"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any loose flowing garment
• Similar words include: vest, gown, cloak
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROBE

36D: "59. G.I. truant"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one who is away or absent without leave
• Similar words include: truant
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AWOL

37D: "60. Factory"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
• Similar words include: mill about, factory, grinder
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MILL

38D: "61. Actress-writer Chase"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ILKA

39D: "62. June 6, 1944"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DDAY

40D: "65. Baden-Baden is one"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SPA

Puzzle Stats

38 Across

40 Down

78 Total

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