2424 Sat Aug 24, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Part of a Mideast capital's name, 4. Twinkletoes they're not, 8. Nuts and bolts, 14. Actress who voiced Mei Lee's strict mother in Pixar's "Turning Red", 16. Second slide of many a meeting deck, 17. Put in a similar part, 18. "The ___ of suffering is experience": Harry Truman, 19. Legs (it), 20. Prominent feature of a jacket, 22. Fooled, 23. Many a rescue, 24. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog", 25. ___ fries (South American side), 26. Dope, 27. Dried meat product with a rhyming name, 29. Digital agreements?, 30. "Pleeeease?", 31. Spiteful, as a comment, 32. Hoped-for deadlines, 34. They often roll around in the snow, 35. Habitat for sphagnum moss, 38. Book between Joel and Obadiah, 39. Sian ___, director of the Best Picture winner "CODA", 40. Start of a Spanish cheer, 41. Bus. driver?, 42. Tizzy, 43. Hardly open, 44. Nephrologist's specialty, 46. Affectionate way to walk, 48. What "e" might mean, 49. Vulnerable part of one's personality, 50. Perfumery assortment, 51. River in the name of a Best Picture winner, 52. Pop artist ___ English

Down Clues :

1. What Flovent can treat, 2. Sights along the Gulf Coast, 3. Prepares for transplanting, 4. Creatures often depicted with green skin, 5. Strong, as a bond, 6. Candidate for a "forever home", 7. Full of gimmicks, 8. Drink of boiled grains with purported detoxifying effects, 9. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" writer, 1941, 10. Singers do this, 11. Rushing, 12. Obsolescent means of music storage, 13. Down time?, 15. Skillful, 21. Batman adversary with a stitched burlap mask, 24. Country singer with the 2012 hit "Wanted", 25. Poet who first penned the phrase "no country for old men", 27. Small hint, 28. Leaps on stage, 29. Head lines?, 30. Spoon, 32. Original parent co. of Fortune and People, 33. Snarky reply to some unsolicited advice, 34. Kooks, 35. Olympic snowboarding event, 36. Take too far, 37. Many Grindr users, 40. Campers, e.g., 42. Shut (up), 43. Commercial lead-in to bank, 45. Diarist who helped edit Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer", 47. Deg. from Yale's Geffen School

Sat Aug 24, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 24, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Part of a Mideast capital's name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABU




• The clue is 4. Twinkletoes they're not. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAFS

  Possible Answer : clod, lout, lubber, lummox, stumblebum, oaf, lump, gawk, goon




• The clue is 8. Nuts and bolts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BASICS

  Possible Answer : basic, bedrock, staple, rudiments, basics, fundamental_principle, basic_principle, fundamentals, BASIC




• The clue is 14. Actress who voiced Mei Lee's strict mother in Pixar's "Turning Red". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANDRAOH




• The clue is 16. Second slide of many a meeting deck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGENDA

  Possible Answer : docket, order_of_business, agenda, schedule, agendum




• The clue is 17. Put in a similar part. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TYPECAST

  Possible Answer : type, typecast




• The clue is 18. "The ___ of suffering is experience": Harry Truman. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REWARD

  Possible Answer : honour, payoff, reinforcement, repay, reward, advantage, honor, reinforce, wages, pay_back

  Possible Opposite Answer : dishonor, penalty




• The clue is 19. Legs (it). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOOFS

  Possible Answer : hoof_it, hoof, foot, leg_it




• The clue is 20. Prominent feature of a jacket. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITLE

  Possible Answer : deed_of_conveyance, style, claim, form_of_address, entitle, deed, title, championship, rubric, title_of_respect, statute_title




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

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

  The answer: HAD

  Possible Answer : consume, possess, cause, give_birth, birth, give, feature, throw, have, deliver, have_got, induce, experience, own, sustain, hold, let, make, suffer, accept, take, stimulate, receive, take_in, bear, ingest, get

  Possible Opposite Answer : lack, refuse, abstain




• The clue is 23. Many a rescue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUTT

  Possible Answer : mongrel, mutt, cur




• The clue is 24. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HECHE




• The clue is 25. ___ fries (South American side). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YUCA




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

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

  The answer: ASS

  Possible Answer : behind, hind_end, hindquarters, screwing, roll_in_the_hay, AS, backside, As, shag, posterior, tooshie, nookie, butt, nates, seat, derriere, piece_of_ass, atomic_number_33, arsenic, rear, can, rump, fanny, buttocks, bum, stern, tail, tail_end, tush, nooky, prat, shtup, screw, fucking, Eastern_Samoa, fundament, ass, rear_end, buns, arse, keister, bottom, American_Samoa, piece_of_tail, fuck




• The clue is 27. Dried meat product with a rhyming name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TURKEYJERKY




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

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

  The answer: PINKYSWEARS




• The clue is 30. "Pleeeease?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANTI




• The clue is 31. Spiteful, as a comment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATTY

  Possible Answer : catty, bitchy, cattish, cattie




• The clue is 32. Hoped-for deadlines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TARGETDATES




• The clue is 34. They often roll around in the snow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WINTERTIRES




• The clue is 35. Habitat for sphagnum moss. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOG

  Possible Answer : bog, bog_down, peat_bog




• The clue is 38. Book between Joel and Obadiah. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMOS

  Possible Answer : Amos, Book_of_Amos




• The clue is 39. Sian ___, director of the Best Picture winner "CODA". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEDER




• The clue is 40. Start of a Spanish cheer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIVA

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




• The clue is 41. Bus. driver?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEO

  Possible Answer : chief_operating_officer, CEO, chief_executive_officer




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

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

  The answer: PANIC

  Possible Answer : terror, scare, panic, affright




• The clue is 43. Hardly open. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAGEY

  Possible Answer : cagey, chary, cagy, canny, clever




• The clue is 44. Nephrologist's specialty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIDNEY

  Possible Answer : kidney




• The clue is 46. Affectionate way to walk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARMINARM




• The clue is 48. What "e" might mean. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONLINE

  Possible Answer : online, on-line

  Possible Opposite Answer : off-line




• The clue is 49. Vulnerable part of one's personality. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFTSIDE




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

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

  The answer: SCENTS

  Possible Answer : odor, scent, fragrance, olfactory_property, odourise, wind, nose, aroma, odorize, odour, perfume, smell

  Possible Opposite Answer : deodorize, deodourise




• The clue is 51. River in the name of a Best Picture winner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KWAI

  Possible Answer : kwai, yuan




• The clue is 52. Pop artist ___ English. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RON

  Possible Answer : Bokkos, Daffo, Ron

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. What Flovent can treat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTHMA

  Possible Answer: asthma_attack, bronchial_asthma, asthma

• The clue is 2. Sights along the Gulf Coast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAYOUS

  Possible Answer: bayou

• The clue is 3. Prepares for transplanting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNPOTS

• The clue is 4. Creatures often depicted with green skin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORCS

• The clue is 5. Strong, as a bond. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AAA

  Possible Answer: AAA, abdominal_aortic_aneurysm

• The clue is 6. Candidate for a "forever home". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOSTERKITTEN

• The clue is 7. Full of gimmicks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHTICKY

• The clue is 8. Drink of boiled grains with purported detoxifying effects. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARLEYWATER

• The clue is 9. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" writer, 1941. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGEE

  Possible Answer: James_Agee, Agee

• The clue is 10. Singers do this. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEW

  Possible Answer: sew, tailor, sew_together, run_up, tailor-make, stitch

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

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

  The answer: INAHURRY

• The clue is 12. Obsolescent means of music storage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CDRACKS

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

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

  The answer: SADDAY

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

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

  The answer: DEFT

  Possible Answer: dextrous, deft, dexterous

• The clue is 21. Batman adversary with a stitched burlap mask. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THESCARECROW

• The clue is 24. Country singer with the 2012 hit "Wanted". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUNTERHAYES

• The clue is 25. Poet who first penned the phrase "no country for old men". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEATS

  Possible Answer: W._B._Yeats, William_Butler_Yeats, Yeats

• The clue is 27. Small hint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TINGE

  Possible Answer: soupcon, colour, tinct, mite, touch, tint, pinch, jot, hint, undertone, speck, tinge, color, distort

• The clue is 28. Leaps on stage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JETES

  Possible Answer: jet, gush

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

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

  The answer: PARTS

  Possible Answer: constituent, contribution, division, separate, parts, theatrical_role, office, break_up, disunite, part, persona, start, depart, set_forth, break, split, component_part, section, start_out, component, portion, parting, split_up, share, set_off, take_off, divide, role, voice, percentage, function, set_out, character, region, piece

• The clue is 30. Spoon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANOODLE

  Possible Answer: canoodle

• The clue is 32. Original parent co. of Fortune and People. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIMEINC

• The clue is 33. Snarky reply to some unsolicited advice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIDIASK

• The clue is 34. Kooks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WACKOS

  Possible Answer: nutter, wacko, whacko

• The clue is 35. Olympic snowboarding event. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIGAIR

• The clue is 36. Take too far. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVERDO

  Possible Answer: overdo, exaggerate

• The clue is 37. Many Grindr users. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAYMEN

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

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

  The answer: VANS

  Possible Answer: caravan, new_wave, vanguard, avant-garde, van

• The clue is 42. Shut (up). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PENT

  Possible Answer: write, compose, indite, pen, pent, shut_up

• The clue is 43. Commercial lead-in to bank. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CITI

• The clue is 45. Diarist who helped edit Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIN

• The clue is 47. Deg. from Yale's Geffen School. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MFA

  Possible Answer: Master_of_Fine_Arts, MFA

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (34 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (34 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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. First impression of a new video game?	11
2A	12. After-afterthought, for short	3
3A	15. Drone's image	11
4A	16. Choler	3
5A	17. "We should grab a meal sometime"	11
6A	18. Snaps	3
7A	19. A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking	4
8A	20. Many Snapchats, informally	4
9A	21. Unfolds, with "out"	5
10A	23. Author Roald Dahl, during World War II	3
11A	24. Command+F, on a Mac	4
12A	25. Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels	4
13A	26. Reached the top of one's game	6
14A	28. Grain that once fed the Roman army	5
15A	29. Heroic tale of romance	4
16A	30. Seeing someone wealthier, say	8
17A	32. Worker involved in firings?	6
18A	34. Montenegrin, e.g.	6
19A	35. You can't cut through it	8
20A	37. Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020	4
21A	38. Fiery spirit	5
22A	39. Sylvan	6
23A	41. The Green Hornet's sidekick	4
24A	42. "___ have guessed?!"	4
25A	43. "Uh-huh!"	3
26A	46. Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam"	5
27A	48. Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation	4
28A	49. Relinquish	4
29A	50. "Missile" in many a slapstick fight	3
30A	51. Eschewing modesty, say	11
31A	54. Home security inits. since 1874	3
32A	55. Summer confection	11
33A	56. "Hard pass"	3
34A	57. Digital deals for young people?	11

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. First impression of a new video game?"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: STARTBUTTON

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2A: "12. After-afterthought, for short"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PPS

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3A: "15. Drone's image"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: AERIALPHOTO

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4A: "16. Choler"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Similar words include: wrath, ira, anger
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IRE

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5A: "17. "We should grab a meal sometime""

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: LETSDOLUNCH

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6A: "18. Snaps"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
• Similar words include: pyx chest, pix chest, pyx
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PIX

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7A: "19. A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
• Similar words include: horn, detusk, ivory
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TUSK

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8A: "20. Many Snapchats, informally"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VIDS

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9A: "21. Unfolds, with "out""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Similar words include: open, unfold, spread out
• Opposite of: fold, close

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Answer: OPENS

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10A: "23. Author Roald Dahl, during World War II"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
• Similar words include: sleuth, espy, snoop
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SPY

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11A: "24. Command+F, on a Mac"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a productive insight
• Similar words include: ascertain, feel, regain
• Opposite of: lose

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Answer: FIND

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12A: "25. Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states writer whose novels portray middle-class jewish life (born in 1933)
• Similar words include: Philip Roth, Philip Milton Roth
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROTH

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13A: "26. Reached the top of one's game"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
• Similar words include: sickly, unwell, ailing
• Opposite of: bottom out

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Answer: PEAKED

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14A: "28. Grain that once fed the Roman army"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FARRO

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15A: "29. Heroic tale of romance"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GEST

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16A: "30. Seeing someone wealthier, say"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: DATINGUP

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17A: "32. Worker involved in firings?"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
• Similar words include: mess around, monkey, tinker
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: POTTER

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18A: "34. Montenegrin, e.g."

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inhabitant of the balkan peninsula
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BALKAN

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19A: "35. You can't cut through it"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: CULDESAC

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20A: "37. Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: XMEN

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21A: "38. Fiery spirit"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Similar words include: fervor, ardour, fervidness
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ARDOR

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22A: "39. Sylvan"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that covered with growing trees and bushes etc
• Opposite of: unwooded
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: WOODED

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23A: "41. The Green Hornet's sidekick"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KATO

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24A: "42. "___ have guessed?!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WHOD

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25A: "43. "Uh-huh!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YEP

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26A: "46. Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states civil rights worker in mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)
• Similar words include: Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EVERS

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27A: "48. Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SLED

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28A: "49. Relinquish"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Similar words include: yield, grant, concede
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CEDE

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29A: "50. "Missile" in many a slapstick fight"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
• Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PIE

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30A: "51. Eschewing modesty, say"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: LIVINGLARGE

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31A: "54. Home security inits. since 1874"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ADT

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32A: "55. Summer confection"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: ICECREAMBAR

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33A: "56. "Hard pass""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAH

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34A: "57. Digital deals for young people?"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: PINKYSWEARS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. NH4NO3 and others	5
2D	2. Get set to drive	5
3D	3. Bohemian	5
4D	4. Consideration in setting insurance rates	4
5D	5. Just a ___	3
6D	6. Emits a stream of hot air	9
7D	7. Satellite transmission path	6
8D	8. Hit the ground loudly	7
9D	9. Hyperbolic amount of work	4
10D	10. Unscripted, for short?	3
11D	11. Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley"	4
12D	12. The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards	9
13D	13. Publisher's order	8
14D	14. Pleasurable place to do business?	7
15D	22. Made the fool	7
16D	24. Grow progressively more rancid	6
17D	26. Lab access point?	7
18D	27. Trifling bit	3
19D	28. Made a scene, say	6
20D	29. Some yellowish canines	9
21D	31. Shelters some look to when duty calls?	9
22D	32. The good life, in Spanish vernacular	8
23D	33. Like some emotions and recruits	3
24D	35. One might frequently be buttered up	7
25D	36. Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals"	7
26D	40. Annual award for short stories	6
27D	43. ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)	5
28D	44. Exiled character in "King Lear"	5
29D	45. Age-mates	5
30D	47. Little mistake	4
31D	48. Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson	4
32D	49. Cost in total, with "to"	4
33D	52. Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.)	3
34D	53. "It's the ___!"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. NH₄NO₃ and others"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Similar words include: saltiness, table salt, common salt
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SALTS

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2D: "2. Get set to drive"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEEUP

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3D: "3. Bohemian"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ARTSY

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4D: "4. Consideration in setting insurance rates"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
• Similar words include: chance, risk of exposure, adventure
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RISK

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5D: "5. Just a ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slight amount or degree of difference
• Similar words include: shade
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAD

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6D: "6. Emits a stream of hot air"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that orate verbosely and windily
• Similar words include: bloviate
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: BLOVIATES

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7D: "7. Satellite transmission path"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a transmission from earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: UPLINK

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8D: "8. Hit the ground loudly"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a dull sound
• Similar words include: thump, thud, scrunch
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: THUDDED

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9D: "9. Hyperbolic amount of work"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large number or amount
• Similar words include: long ton, rafts, short ton
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TONS

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10D: "10. Unscripted, for short?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
• Similar words include: over-the-counter
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OTC

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11D: "11. Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOHO

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12D: "12. The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: PIPEORGAN

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13D: "13. Publisher's order"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PRINTRUN

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14D: "14. Pleasurable place to do business?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SEXSHOP

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15D: "22. Made the fool"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dress or decorate showily or gaudily
• Similar words include: prank
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PRANKED

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16D: "24. Grow progressively more rancid"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
• Similar words include: suppurating sore, maturate, suppurate
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: FESTER

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17D: "26. Lab access point?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PETDOOR

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18D: "27. Trifling bit"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a light touch or stroke
• Similar words include: splatter, tap, swob
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DAB

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19D: "28. Made a scene, say"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a film or photograph of something
• Similar words include: take, film, shoot
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: FILMED

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20D: "29. Some yellowish canines"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: GOLDTEETH

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21D: "31. Shelters some look to when duty calls?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: TAXDODGES

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22D: "32. The good life, in Spanish vernacular"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PURAVIDA

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23D: "33. Like some emotions and recruits"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for nakedness
• Similar words include: stark naked, sore, in the altogether
• Opposite of: cooked

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Answer: RAW

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24D: "35. One might frequently be buttered up"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CAKEPAN

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25D: "36. Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals""

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: COWLICK

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26D: "40. Annual award for short stories"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OHENRY

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27D: "43. ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: YERBA

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28D: "44. Exiled character in "King Lear""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the younger brother of edwy who became king of northumbria when it renounced edwy; on edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of england (944-975)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EDGAR

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29D: "45. Age-mates"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: PEERS

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30D: "47. Little mistake"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a socially awkward or tactless act
• Similar words include: sideslip, eluding, luxate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLIP

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31D: "48. Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SVEN

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32D: "49. Cost in total, with "to""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
• Similar words include: make out, amount, do
• Opposite of: leave, go

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Answer: CAME

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33D: "52. Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ICI

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34D: "53. "It's the ___!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the collection of rules imposed by authority
• Similar words include: natural law, practice of law, law of nature
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LAW

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

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Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

34 Across Clues

34 Down Clues

68 Total Clues

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