Saturday, January 16, 1999 NYT crosswords clues with answers hints

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 16, 1999

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Auditing technique -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  SPOTCHECK

  
  


• 10. Polar irregularity -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  SERAC

  
  


• 15. Pretentious -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  HIFALUTIN

  
  

  Possible Answer : highfaluting, la-di-da, grandiose, highfalutin, hifalutin, hoity-toity



• 16. Ring -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ARENA

  
  

  Possible Answer : stadium, bowl, sphere, arena, orbit, domain, scene_of_action, area, sports_stadium, field



• 17. Sway -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  INFLUENCE

  
  

  Possible Answer : work, regulate, charm, mold, act_upon, tempt, influence, determine, shape



• 18. Obscure -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  BEDIM

  
  

  Possible Answer : bedim, obscure, benight, overcloud



• 19. Greek letters -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  MUS

  
  

  Possible Answer : mu, Mus, genus_Mus



• 20. Grp. emphasizing citizenship -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  BSA

  
  


• 21. Trial response? -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  WOEISME

  
  


• 23. Part of a proposal -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  SPECS

  
  

  Possible Answer : specs, spectacles, spec, eyeglasses, glasses, specification



• 25. Speaker on the road -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  CBER

  
  


• 26. Diner, for one -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  CAR

  
  

  Possible Answer : railway_car, auto, railcar, railroad_car, elevator_car, machine, car, gondola, motorcar, automobile, cable_car



• 27. Stop on a line: Abbr. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  STA

  
  


• 28. Bit -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  SHRED

  
  

  Possible Answer : smidgen, rip_up, tag_end, smidgeon, tag, tear_up, smidge, rag, smidgin, scintilla, tatter, whit, tittle, shred, iota



• 30. Figures -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  DATA

  
  

  Possible Answer : information, data, data_point, datum



• 31. "Hold on!" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  NOTYET

  
  


• 33. Wounds -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  SORES

  
  

  Possible Answer : sore



• 34. Trifling consideration -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (13 letters) word

  SMALLPOTATOES

  
  


• 37. Map feature -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  SCALE

  
  

  Possible Answer : graduated_table, scurf, plate, weighing_machine, shell, scale_of_measurement, exfoliation, musical_scale, surmount, descale, ordered_series, scale, scale_leaf



• 38. 1993 A.L. batting champ John -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  OLERUD

  
  


• 39. Old flatboats -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ARKS

  
  

  Possible Answer : Ark_of_the_Covenant, ark, Ark



• 40. About 1.3 cubic yards -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  STERE

  
  


• 41. Mil. transport -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  LST

  
  


• 44. Early -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  WEE

  
  

  Possible Answer : piddle, wee-wee, pee, itty-bitty, teeny-weeny, puddle, bitty, pass_water, urinate, piss, wee, itsy-bitsy, make_water, teensy-weensy, make, teensy, take_a_leak, teentsy, bittie, weeny, weensy, pee-pee, teeny, spend_a_penny, micturate, relieve_oneself



• 45. "The Highwayman" singer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  OCHS

  
  

  Possible Answer : Adolph_Simon_Ochs, Ochs



• 46. Nursery rhyme food -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  PEASE

  
  

  Possible Answer : pea, pea_plant



• 48. Hit 1976 self-titled R. & B. album -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  NATALIE

  
  


• 50. U.S.C.G. rank -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  CPO

  
  


• 52. Had an edge -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  LED

  
  

  Possible Answer : conduct, go, extend, take, light-emitting_diode, chair, run, guide, lead, result, top, direct, head, pass, conduce, moderate, leave, contribute, precede, LED

  Possible Opposite: follow



• 53. Misses -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  OMITS

  
  

  Possible Answer : leave_off, pretermit, omit, neglect, drop, except, miss, leave_out, overleap, overlook, take_out, exclude

  Possible Opposite: attend_to, include



• 54. "Tigrane" composer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  SCARLATTI

  
  


• 57. "Une ___ mariée" (1964 Godard film) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  FEMME

  
  


• 58. Part of some examinations -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  ESSAYTEST

  
  


• 59. Commercial fluorocarbon -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  FREON

  
  

  Possible Answer : Freon



• 60. Horse races? -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  STAMPEDES

  
  

  Possible Answer : stampede

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Leveling devices -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  SHIMS

  
  

  Possible Answer: shim

• 2. Big pictures -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  PINUPS

  
  
• 3. Counterbalance -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  OFFSET

  
  

  Possible Answer: beginning, setoff, commencement, get-go, branch, starting_time, set-back, cancel, offset_printing, showtime, runner, stolon, outset, set_off, countervail, offshoot, start, first, offset, kickoff, counterbalance, outgrowth

  Possible Opposite: middle

• 4. He defeated Botvinnik in 1960 -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  TAL

  
  
• 5. Some meeting places -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  CLUBS

  
  

  Possible Answer: society, nightclub, nine, guild, clubhouse, golf-club, cabaret, gild, nightspot, golf_club, night_club, ball_club, bludgeon, lodge, order, club, baseball_club, social_club

• 6. Shades -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  HUES

  
  

  Possible Answer: imbue, chromaticity, hue

• 7. Valle del Bove locale -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ETNA

  
  

  Possible Answer: bunsen, Mt_Etna, etna, Etna, bunsen_burner, Mount_Etna

• 8. The Pres., militarily speaking -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  CIC

  
  
• 9. Understood one did wrong -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word

  KNEWBETTER

  
  
• 10. Cavalryman -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  SABER

  
  

  Possible Answer: cavalry_sword, sabre, saber

• 11. James Whitcomb Riley's "___ Went Mad" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  EREI

  
  
• 12. 1950's political phenomenon -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (8 letters) word

  REDSCARE

  
  
• 13. Breathes life into -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (8 letters) word

  ANIMATES

  
  

  Possible Answer: quicken, animize, exalt, liven_up, reanimate, vivify, animate, liven, revive, revivify, invigorate, enliven, renovate, inspire, repair, animise, recreate

  Possible Opposite: deaden

• 14. Flash producers -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  CAMERAS

  
  

  Possible Answer: photographic_camera, television_camera, tv_camera, camera

• 22. Lib. reference -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  OED

  
  

  Possible Answer: O.E.D., Oxford_English_Dictionary, OED

• 24. Lock sites -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  CANALS

  
  

  Possible Answer: canalize, duct, channel, canalise, epithelial_duct, canal

• 25. Many Jamaicans -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  CREOLES

  
  

  Possible Answer: creole, Creole

• 28. N.L. team: Abbr. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  STL

  
  
• 29. Assumptions -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word

  HYPOTHESES

  
  

  Possible Answer: possibility, surmise, speculation, hypothesis, conjecture, supposition, guess, theory, surmisal

• 30. It may result from a long phone conversation -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  DOODLE

  
  

  Possible Answer: scribble, scrabble, doodle

• 32. Encouraging word -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  OLE

  
  
• 33. Good name for a hash house employee -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  STU

  
  
• 34. Hard hit, in baseball slang -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (8 letters) word

  SCREAMER

  
  

  Possible Answer: roarer, yeller, scorcher, screecher, screamer, shouter, bellower, bawler

• 35. Speed along -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (8 letters) word

  MAKETIME

  
  
• 36. Art, these days -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ARE

  
  

  Possible Answer: make_up, are, follow, ar, cost, constitute, represent, be, personify, comprise, live, equal, embody, exist

  Possible Opposite: differ

• 37. Shortened -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  SAWNOFF

  
  
• 40. High school subj. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  SCI

  
  
• 42. Put (away) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  SALTED

  
  

  Possible Answer: brine-cured, salted, salt, salt-cured

• 43. ___ fly -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  TSETSE

  
  

  Possible Answer: tzetze, glossina, tsetse, tzetze_fly, tsetse_fly

• 45. "Hellzapoppin'" star, of the 1940's -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  OLSEN

  
  
• 46. Hydra, e.g. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  POLYP

  
  

  Possible Answer: polyp, polypus

• 47. Changes a Life sentence -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  EDITS

  
  

  Possible Answer: delete, blue-pencil, edit_out, cut, redact, edit

• 49. Prefix with sphere -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ATMO

  
  
• 50. Hernando's hideaway? -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  CASA

  
  
• 51. Item on a park walk -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  PRAM

  
  

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

• 55. Hrs. on the 90th meridian -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  CST

  
  

  Possible Answer: CST, Central_Time, Central_Standard_Time

• 56. Bolted down -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ATE

  
  

  Possible Answer: rust, eat_up, run_through, feed, wipe_out, use_up, eat_on, consume, corrode, eat, exhaust, Ate, deplete

XWordHint Crossword Answers January 24, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (29 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (37 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Used as a rendezvous point	5
2A	6. Put to rest	6
3A	12. Hangouts for golden agers	13
4A	14. Feeling that a new haircut or a new set of clothes might bring	14
5A	15. Child support?	15
6A	16. "The Addams Family" member voiced by Snoop Dogg in 2019	3
7A	17. ___ Ivanovic, former #1-ranked female tennis player	3
8A	18. Copa Mundial chant	3
9A	19. Afghans, e.g.	6
10A	21. Empty vehicle weight	4
11A	23. Horn-heavy genre	3
12A	26. Practice	4
13A	27. Very flimsy, as an argument	9
14A	29. What a stein might hold	4
15A	30. How change comes in the Baltics	5
16A	31. Bevy	4
17A	32. "Enough already!"	9
18A	34. Knocks the top off of	4
19A	35. Not remain loose	3
20A	36. 1960s protest singer Phil	4
21A	37. It may wind up at the top of one's head	6
22A	39. "Again?!!"	3
23A	40. Home for the winter, say	3
24A	41. Approx. 25% of it consists of national forests	3
25A	42. Penultimate film in a series of 23	15
26A	48. Scene for a skeleton crew?	14
27A	49. Where one might hope to find good deals on the internet?	13
28A	50. Chucked, informally	6
29A	51. Roll over, in a way	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Used as a rendezvous point"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: METAT

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2A: "6. Put to rest"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
• Similar words include: drive away, drive out, scatter
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DISPEL

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3A: "12. Hangouts for golden agers"

13 letters Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: SENIORCENTERS

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4A: "14. Feeling that a new haircut or a new set of clothes might bring"

14 letters Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: GENDEREUPHORIA

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5A: "15. Child support?"

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: SECURITYBLANKET

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6A: "16. "The Addams Family" member voiced by Snoop Dogg in 2019"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ITT

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7A: "17. ___ Ivanovic, former #1-ranked female tennis player"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANA

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8A: "18. Copa Mundial chant"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OLE

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9A: "19. Afghans, e.g."

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of asia
• Similar words include: Asian, Asiatic
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ASIANS

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10A: "21. Empty vehicle weight"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
• Similar words include: bearded darnel, darnel, Lolium temulentum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TARE

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11A: "23. Horn-heavy genre"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SKA

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12A: "26. Practice"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an established custom
• Similar words include: habit
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WONT

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13A: "27. Very flimsy, as an argument"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: PAPERTHIN

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14A: "29. What a stein might hold"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a british imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
• Similar words include: dry pint
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PINT

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15A: "30. How change comes in the Baltics"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• Similar words include: euro
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EUROS

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16A: "31. Bevy"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
• Similar words include: innkeeper, server, emcee
• Opposite of: parasite

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Answer: HOST

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17A: "32. "Enough already!""

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ISAIDSTOP

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18A: "34. Knocks the top off of"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loft in a barn where hay is stored
• Similar words include: pout, cut down, hayloft
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MOWS

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19A: "35. Not remain loose"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
• Similar words include: colloidal gel, gelatin, mousse
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GEL

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20A: "36. 1960s protest singer Phil"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states newspaper publisher (1858-1935)
• Similar words include: Adolph Simon Ochs
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OCHS

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21A: "37. It may wind up at the top of one's head"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a traditional muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
• Similar words include: pillbox, toque
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TURBAN

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22A: "39. "Again?!!""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: UGH

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23A: "40. Home for the winter, say"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
• Similar words include: hideaway, hideout, lair
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DEN

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24A: "41. Approx. 25% of it consists of national forests"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORE

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25A: "42. Penultimate film in a series of 23"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: AVENGERSENDGAME

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26A: "48. Scene for a skeleton crew?"

14 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: HALLOWEENPARTY

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27A: "49. Where one might hope to find good deals on the internet?"

13 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: ONLINECASINOS

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28A: "50. Chucked, informally"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: YEETED

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29A: "51. Roll over, in a way"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
• Similar words include: reincarnate, regenerate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RENEW

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Course catalog?	4
2D	2. Means of closing up a vent	7
3D	3. Some joint promotions	6
4D	4. Conduit from a ventricle	5
5D	5. Four minus one	4
6D	6. Really, really regrets	8
7D	7. Remedy for some intake problems	7
8D	8. Skip it!	5
9D	9. Suddenly pay attention, with "up"	4
10D	10. Native American people known as the "Nation du Chat"	4
11D	11. Exam on which 44-Down got a near-perfect score	4
12D	12. Furniture that's designed to break down?	9
13D	13. One breaking a 108-year drought in 2016	3
14D	14. Catches on	8
15D	15. Australian singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear"	3
16D	20. Prefix with piracy	4
17D	21. Staple vegetables in Hawaiian cooking	5
18D	22. Each	4
19D	23. Puts on a big display	9
20D	24. Fan group that often wears black-and-white face paint	8
21D	25. "The Dove and the ___" (Aesop fable)	3
22D	27. Charlie with the 2016 hit "We Don't Talk Anymore"	4
23D	28. God who rides in a chariot pulled by two giant magical goats	4
24D	29. It'll never fly!	3
25D	30. Forwent	8
26D	33. Dad-blasted	7
27D	34. Pedestrian	7
28D	37. Split component, at times	6
29D	38. Called on one's birthday?	3
30D	39. Dark	5
31D	40. Like tungsten	5
32D	42. Main greeting	4
33D	43. Pointer that changes with the weather	4
34D	44. Filmdom's Woods who took the 11-Down	4
35D	45. ___ league	3
36D	46. Scorch	4
37D	47. Swell	4

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Course catalog?"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Similar words include: card, computer menu, carte du jour
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MENU

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2D: "2. Means of closing up a vent"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ENDRANT

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3D: "3. Some joint promotions"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TIEINS

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4D: "4. Conduit from a ventricle"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AORTA

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5D: "5. Four minus one"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Similar words include: trio, threesome, ternion
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TREY

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6D: "6. Really, really regrets"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that express strong disapproval of
• Similar words include: lament, bewail, bemoan
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: DEPLORES

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7D: "7. Remedy for some intake problems"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion
• Similar words include: inhalator
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: INHALER

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8D: "8. Skip it!"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
• Similar words include: Oliver Stone, gemstone, I. F. Stone
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STONE

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9D: "9. Suddenly pay attention, with "up""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
• Similar words include: percolate, pick up, fringe benefit
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PERK

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10D: "10. Native American people known as the "Nation du Chat""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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

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11D: "11. Exam on which 44-Down got a near-perfect score"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LSAT

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12D: "12. Furniture that's designed to break down?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together
• Similar words include: sectioned
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SECTIONAL

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13D: "13. One breaking a 108-year drought in 2016"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
• Similar words include: greenhorn, lad, rookie
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CUB

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14D: "14. Catches on"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: GETSWISE

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15D: "15. Australian singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SIA

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16D: "20. Prefix with piracy"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• Opposite of: pro
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANTI

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17D: "21. Staple vegetables in Hawaiian cooking"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
• Similar words include: dasheen, eddo, edda
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TAROS

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18D: "22. Each"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: APOP

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19D: "23. Puts on a big display"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the mississippi river)
• Similar words include: showboat
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SHOWBOATS

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20D: "24. Fan group that often wears black-and-white face paint"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: KISSARMY

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21D: "25. "The Dove and the ___" (Aesop fable)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Similar words include: emmet, pismire
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANT

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22D: "27. Charlie with the 2016 hit "We Don't Talk Anymore""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PUTH

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23D: "28. God who rides in a chariot pulled by two giant magical goats"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: THOR

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24D: "29. It'll never fly!"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that domestic swine
• Similar words include: copper, slovenly person, Sus scrofa
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PIG

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25D: "30. Forwent"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
• Similar words include: shun, eschew
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ESCHEWED

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26D: "33. Dad-blasted"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DOGGONE

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27D: "34. Pedestrian"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - anita diamant
• Similar words include: everyday, unremarkable, workaday
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MUNDANE

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28D: "37. Split component, at times"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TENPIN

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29D: "38. Called on one's birthday?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NEE

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30D: "39. Dark"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not set afire or burning
• Similar words include: unilluminated, unlighted, lightless
• Opposite of: lighted

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Answer: UNLIT

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31D: "40. Like tungsten"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
• Similar words include: obtuse, dim, dull
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DENSE

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32D: "42. Main greeting"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AHOY

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33D: "43. Pointer that changes with the weather"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
• Similar words include: weathervane, weather vane, wind vane
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VANE

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34D: "44. Filmdom's Woods who took the 11-Down"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELLE

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35D: "45. ___ league"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REC

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36D: "46. Scorch"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make very hot and dry
• Similar words include: singe, dried-up, shriveled
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEAR

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37D: "47. Swell"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
• Similar words include: uprise, produce, originate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GROW

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Today's Puzzle Stats

29 Across Clues

37 Down Clues

66 Total Clues

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