0907 NYT Crossword: September 07, 2024 | Puzzle Breakdown

NYT Crossword September 07, 2024 Puzzle Breakdown: Your Complete Guide

Here are the puzzles for New York Times Crossword of September 07, 2024 which brings another set of fun and enticing clues and questions. Below are the explanations for the across and down clues which will assist you in completing today’s puzzle.

Breakdown of the NYT Crossword September 07, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: LAMAZE




• The clue is 7. Ding-dong. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOOFUS

  Possible Answer : nitwit, half-wit, doofus, dimwit




• The clue is 13. Etymologists' interests. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORIGINS

  Possible Answer : blood_line, bloodline, origin, extraction, ancestry, stemma, blood, pedigree, line_of_descent, rootage, root, origination, parentage, line, source, stock, descent, beginning, lineage, inception




• The clue is 15. Out-of-the-blue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABRUPT

  Possible Answer : sharp, precipitous, abrupt, disconnected




• The clue is 16. Family inheritance?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENEPOOL




• The clue is 18. Give temporarily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOANTO




• The clue is 19. Signs up for. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JOINS

  Possible Answer : sum, bring_together, unite, fall_in, articulation, get_together, joint, juncture, connect, union, link, conjoin, link_up, join, junction

  Possible Opposite Answer : disjoin




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

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

  The answer: FABLE

  Possible Answer : parable, apologue, fable, fiction, legend, allegory, fabrication




• The clue is 22. Cool off, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAN

  Possible Answer : fan, winnow, sports_fan, rooter, buff, lover, devotee




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

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

  The answer: ALOT




• The clue is 24. How someone might be in love. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MADLY

  Possible Answer : dementedly, deucedly, insanely, frantically, devilishly, crazily, deadly, madly

  Possible Opposite Answer : sanely




• The clue is 25. Tesla, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAKE

  Possible Answer : score, relieve_oneself, draw, crap, progress_to, reach, defecate, piss, pull_in, make, stimulate, puddle, cause, work, realize, pee, make_water, have, attain, construct, form, hold, make_up, constitute, ca-ca, earn, clear, fix, do, cook, produce, ready, name, lay_down, urinate, get_to, shuffle, build, bring_in, make_believe, shit, spend_a_penny, shuffling, get, hit, piddle, give, pass_water, gain, micturate, nominate, establish, seduce, realise, pretend, stool, take_a_shit, prepare, wee, arrive_at, brand, take, wee-wee, create, induce, throw, pee-pee, take_a_crap, take_in, take_a_leak

  Possible Opposite Answer : break, unmake




• The clue is 26. "I mean, come on!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAN

  Possible Answer : human_beings, valet_de_chambre, serviceman, man, gentleman's_gentleman, human_being, humanity, military_man, humankind, valet, military_personnel, mankind, humans, Isle_of_Man, homo, piece, human_race, world, adult_male, gentleman, human, Man

  Possible Opposite Answer : civilian, woman




• The clue is 27. Pain ___ (French toast, in French). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERDU




• The clue is 28. Like soffritto ingredients. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DICED

  Possible Answer : cube, dice




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

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

  The answer: SEASERPENTS




• The clue is 31. Methods for sharing pirated material. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BITTORRENTS




• The clue is 32. Details. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NITTYGRITTY




• The clue is 33. One of the Goonies in "The Goonies". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIKEY




• The clue is 34. It might be fluid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUNCE

  Possible Answer : ounce, Panthera_uncia, troy_ounce, snow_leopard, apothecaries'_ounce, oz.




• The clue is 35. Mediocre, in modern slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MID

  Possible Answer : mid




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

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

  The answer: ACES

  Possible Answer : ace, genius, adept, star, mavin, unity, sail_through, virtuoso, whizz, nail, champion, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, sweep_through, superstar, whiz, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, I, breeze_through, maven, sensation, single, ACE, 1, wiz, one, wizard, Allied_Command_Europe, hotshot, pass_with_flying_colors




• The clue is 39. Word in two African country names. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CONGO

  Possible Answer : Zaire_River, Belgian_Congo, French_Congo, English_breakfast_tea, Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, Congo, Congo_River, congo, Zaire, congou_tea, congou, Republic_of_the_Congo




• The clue is 40. Somewhat, musically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POCO




• The clue is 41. Poivre go-with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEL




• The clue is 42. Videographer's words before recording, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDGO




• The clue is 43. Pass it on!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATON

  Possible Answer : truncheon, billy, nightstick, billy_club, baton, billystick, wand




• The clue is 44. Reach, as new heights. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOARTO




• The clue is 46. Sporting venue also known as a dohyo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUMORING




• The clue is 48. Fast-food chain with palm trees on its packaging. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INNOUT




• The clue is 49. First word in the opening crawl for "Star Wars: Episode I". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TURMOIL

  Possible Answer : convulsion, agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, tumult, upheaval, turmoil




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

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

  The answer: FEEBLE

  Possible Answer : rickety, debile, nerveless, faint, lame, weakly, infirm, decrepit, weak, feeble, sapless




• The clue is 51. Where you might say "That's the spirit!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEANCE

  Possible Answer : session, sitting, seance

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: LOGJAM

  Possible Answer: logjam

• The clue is 2. Iris feature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREOLA

  Possible Answer: areola, ring_of_color

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

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

  The answer: MINION

  Possible Answer: minion

• The clue is 4. One running the showing, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGENT

  Possible Answer: federal_agent, agent, broker, factor, agentive_role

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

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

  The answer: ZIPS

  Possible Answer: zero, zippo, postcode, postal_code, nothing, energy, zip_fastener, zilch, travel_rapidly, aught, goose_egg, vigor, cipher, zipper, nada, ZIP_code, cypher, nil, null, ZIP, hurry, slide_fastener, naught, nix, zip_up, speed, zip, vigour

  Possible Opposite Answer : unzip

• The clue is 6. Experimental music documentary of 2024. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENO

• The clue is 7. Move slowly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DALLY

  Possible Answer: philander, dally, romance, chat_up, flirt, play, toy, coquet, coquette, mash, butterfly, dawdle, trifle

• The clue is 8. Relative of a heckelphone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBOE

  Possible Answer: hautboy, oboe, hautbois

• The clue is 9. "Se Non ___, Quando?" (Primo Levi novel whose title translates to "If not now, when?"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORA

  Possible Answer: os, osmium, bone, oculus_sinister, operating_system, Os, OS, atomic_number_76

• The clue is 10. Trivia worth learning. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUNFACTS

• The clue is 11. Moments of comprehension, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPTAKES

  Possible Answer: intake, ingestion, uptake, consumption

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

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

  The answer: STONED

  Possible Answer: stoned, stone, pit, lapidate, hopped-up

• The clue is 14. "Everything's coming along great!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFARSOGOOD

• The clue is 17. Levels of corporate hierarchy, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LADDERRUNGS

• The clue is 21. Censoring, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLURRINGOUT

• The clue is 24. Like material you can sink your teeth into. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEATY

  Possible Answer: substantive, meaty

  Possible Opposite Answer : meatless

• The clue is 25. Like mojitos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINTY

  Possible Answer: minty

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

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

  The answer: PETTY

  Possible Answer: fiddling, niggling, subaltern, lowly, piddling, junior-grade, petit_larceny, small-minded, footling, picayune, little, petty, petty_larceny, lower-ranking, secondary, trivial, lilliputian, piffling

  Possible Opposite Answer : grand_larceny

• The clue is 28. Sausage grinder in Italy?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DENTE

• The clue is 29. Listings on a blogroll. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITES

  Possible Answer: web_site, model, place, ride, baby-sit, sit_around, sit_down, pose, posture, site, land_site, sit, seat, internet_site, website, locate, situation

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise

• The clue is 30. Competitor of Chewy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETCO

• The clue is 31. Stretch near a shoulder, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIKELANE

• The clue is 32. "Zing!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NICEONE

• The clue is 33. Mountain grouping. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MASSIF

  Possible Answer: massif

• The clue is 35. Courtroom request. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOTION

  Possible Answer: gesticulate, motion, movement, apparent_motion, apparent_movement, gesture, motility, question, move

  Possible Opposite Answer : motionlessness

• The clue is 36. Seriously memorable. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICONIC

  Possible Answer: iconic

• The clue is 37. Computer accessory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONGLE

  Possible Answer: dongle

• The clue is 39. Big bill, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CNOTE

• The clue is 40. City famous for its ham and cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARMA

• The clue is 42. Surgeon/writer Gawande. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATUL

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

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

  The answer: BORE

  Possible Answer: assume, stomach, calibre, bear, acquit, aegir, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, gestate, suffer, eagre, tire, drill_hole, abide, eager, tidal_bore, support, have, stick_out, dullard, hold, brook, behave, conduct, take_over, stand, bore, caliber, give_birth, wear, deport, contain, digest, endure, yield, put_up, tolerate, deliver, gauge, pay, drill, accept, carry, expect, turn_out, birth, comport, bore-hole

  Possible Opposite Answer : interest

• The clue is 45. Deprive (of). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROB

  Possible Answer: surcharge, gazump, rob, fleece, soak, pluck, hook, overcharge, plume

  Possible Opposite Answer : undercharge

• The clue is 47. Some fraternity letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUS

  Possible Answer: mu, genus_Mus, Mus

January 16, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Tuesday, January 16, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 16, 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 (37 clues)

1A: "1. Mimic"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who copies the words or behavior of another
• Similar words include: imitator, copycat, emulator
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: APER

2A: "5. Bell and Kettle"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for a mother
• Similar words include: mama, mamma, momma
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MAS

3A: "8. Yearned"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feel physical pain
• Similar words include: yearn, ache, yen
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACHED

4A: "13. Brood"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who wastes time
• Similar words include: lounger, moon around, dillydallier
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MOPE

5A: "14. Stone"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
• Similar words include: hide, pour, fur
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PELT

6A: "15. Archie or Grace"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states composer of works noted for their use of the american vernacular (1893-1969)
• Similar words include: Marianne Craig Moore, Dudley Moore, Henry Moore
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MOORE

7A: "16. Certain test"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
• Similar words include: battery-acid, back breaker, dose
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACID

8A: "17. Arab chief"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Similar words include: emeer, amir, ameer
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EMIR

9A: "18. Cat-___-tails"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ONINE

10A: "19. Trickery"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HOCUSPOCUS

11A: "22. Pokey"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Similar words include: invoke, flurry, shift
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STIR

12A: "23. Polar or ice follower"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tight-fitting headdress
• Similar words include: roof, detonator, crownwork
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAP

13A: "24. Worker for a company"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a worker who is hired to perform a job
• Opposite of: employer
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EMPLOYEE

14A: "26. Plotted"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
• Similar words include: intrigue, connive, scheme
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SCHEMED

15A: "30. Rapid in a river"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SAULT

16A: "31. Chat"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that light informal conversation for social occasions
• Similar words include: gab, chitchat, small talk
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAUSERIE

17A: "33. Nodule of stone"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GEODE

18A: "36. Abbr. at Kennedy"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARR

19A: "37. Emulates a cheerleader"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• Similar words include: shout, scream, call
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YELLS

20A: "40. One-tenth of XXX"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Similar words include: terzetto, troika, trinity
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: III

21A: "41. Italo ___, Italian Fascist leader"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BALBO

22A: "44. "See ___, alligator""

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YOULATER

23A: "47. Brigham or Robert"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any immature animal
• Similar words include: untested, Thomas Young, Loretta Young
• Opposite of: aged, old

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YOUNG

24A: "50. Altar boy"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the roman catholic church but not in the anglican church or the eastern orthodox churches
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACOLYTE

25A: "51. Fortify"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EMBATTLE

26A: "54. Charpoy"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sheath worn to protect a finger
• Similar words include: camp bed, crib, fingerstall
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: COT

27A: "55. Overwhelm"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disorderly crowd of people
• Similar words include: mob, root, rabble
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROUT

28A: "56. Olio"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a motley assortment of things
• Similar words include: farrago, odds and ends, jumble
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HODGEPODGE

29A: "61. Standards"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
• Similar words include: norm, average
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NORMS

30A: "63. Cribs"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a container; usually has a lid
• Similar words include: bank identification number, ABA transit number, bin
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BINS

31A: "64. Evangelist Roberts"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
• Similar words include: unwritten, oral exam, viva
• Opposite of: anal, aboral

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORAL

32A: "65. Aunt in "Oklahoma!""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELLER

33A: "66. Collections of sayings"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that type genus of the anatidae: freshwater ducks
• Similar words include: ana, genus Anas, Ana
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANAS

34A: "67. Catch a thief"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
• Similar words include: apprehend, collar, nab
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NAIL

35A: "68. "Just ___": Nancy Reagan"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SAYNO

36A: "69. Roman household god"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAR

37A: "70. "___ boy!""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATTA

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1D: "1. Shanghai nurse"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
• Similar words include: maid, housemaid, wetnurse
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMAH

2D: "2. Not much, in Mexico"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: POCO

3D: "3. The "Aeneid," e.g."

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• Similar words include: heroic poem, heroic, epos
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EPIC

4D: "4. Solves a "weighty" problem"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cut down on; make a reduction in
• Similar words include: abbreviate, slim down, deoxidize
• Opposite of: expand, blow up

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REDUCES

5D: "5. Off. note"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a written proposal or reminder
• Similar words include: memoranda, memorandum
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MEMO

6D: "6. Movie restaurateur"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALICE

7D: "7. Plays the banjo"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sound of strumming
• Similar words include: thrum, strum
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STRUMS

8D: "8. Latin I word"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMO

9D: "9. Kind of table"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
• Similar words include: cabinet, console table, soothe
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CONSOLE

10D: "10. Giddy or haughty"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: HOITYTOITY

11D: "11. Athlete Banks or Nevers"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ERNIE

12D: "12. Steel-plow inventor"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)
• Similar words include: John Deere
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DEERE

13D: "14. Piquant"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having the piquant burning taste of peppers
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PEPPERY

14D: "20. Identical"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern scandinavia and herding reindeer
• Similar words include: Lapp, Lapplander, Sami
• Opposite of: unlike, other

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Answer: SAME

15D: "21. Resort of a sort"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SPA

16D: "25. Box for fruit"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ancient celtic god
• Similar words include: lugsail, block, lugworm
• Opposite of: unstuff

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Answer: LUG

17D: "26. Plant disease"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SCAB

18D: "27. Pedro's face"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CARA

19D: "28. Tumult"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: HURLYBURLY

20D: "29. What Caesar cast"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
• Similar words include: become flat, pall, break down
• Opposite of: be born

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Answer: DIE

21D: "32. Bridge expert Culbertson"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ELY

22D: "34. ___ of Worms: 1521"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prescribed selection of foods
• Similar words include: dieting
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DIET

23D: "35. Ireland, to a Gael"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Similar words include: Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland, Ireland
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EIRE

24D: "38. Mauna ___"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LOA

25D: "39. It has a "sweet smell""

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
• Similar words include: achiever, succeeder, winner
• Opposite of: loser, failure

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Answer: SUCCESS

26D: "42. Gondoliers"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who drives or rides in a boat
• Similar words include: boatman, boater, waterman
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BOATMEN

27D: "43. "Include me ___": Sam Goldwyn"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
• Similar words include: come out of the closet, stunned, away
• Opposite of: safe

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Answer: OUT

28D: "45. Chicago attraction"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
• Similar words include: intertwine, grummet, iteration
• Opposite of: open circuit, uncoil

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Answer: LOOP

29D: "46. City in central Pa."

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a town in central pennsylvania
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ALTOONA

30D: "48. Certain degree"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Similar words include: n-th
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NTH

31D: "49. Worldwide"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
• Similar words include: planetary, worldwide, world
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GLOBAL

32D: "51. Sea birds"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of europe and greenland
• Similar words include: white-tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, gray sea eagle
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ERNES

33D: "52. Scratch"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MOOLA

34D: "53. Suburb of Minneapolis"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EDINA

35D: "57. Growl"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GNAR

36D: "58. Mild oath"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DRAT

37D: "59. Pace"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• Similar words include: pace
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GAIT

38D: "60. Actress Raines"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELLA

39D: "62. Hit sign"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SRO

Puzzle Stats

37 Across

39 Down

76 Total

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Processed: August 23, 2025 at 09:38 PM