No 27370 Tue Oct 15, 2024 NYT Crossword by Lindsay Rosenblum

Across Clues :

1. No longer taking, as a medication, 6. What a light bulb represents in cartoons, 10. Led, as a meeting, 13. Where soju is the national drink, 14. Overwhelmed by hilarity, hyperbolically speaking, 15. Style of San Francisco's Coit Tower, informally, 16. Visa, for one, 18. Foreboding sign, 19. Take advantage of, 20. ___-di-dah, 21. Still awake after midnight, say, 23. Furry feet, 25. Thief at work in a bustling crowd, 28. "OK, that wasn't totally true", 30. Favor precursor?, 31. Loudly laments, 32. Triumph over, 34. "Don't think so", 36. One might be found at a roast, 40. Pulitzer-winning writer James, 41. Philanthropists, 44. Dodge Charger, e.g., 48. Nile reptile, 50. What an unsatisfied customer might leave behind, 51. Modern combat athlete, informally, 54. Expectant parents' selection, 55. Revolted, 56. Home of MoMA and M.S.G., 58. The Trojans of the N.C.A.A., 59. Shape for a child's chicken nugget, informally, 60. Show interest on a dating app … or what 16-, 25-, 36- and 51-Across must do to be successful?, 64. Steely determination, 65. Garment worn by the Little Caesars mascot, 66. Blood of the gods, in Greek mythology, 67. Up to this point, 68. Waxy imprint, 69. Montana city nicknamed "The Richest Hill on Earth"

Tue Oct 15, 2024 NYT Crossword

Down Clues :

1. Match.com alternative, 2. Realtor's sign, 3. Airport amenity, 4. British ref. work, 5. Not pass, 6. Pet-tracking device, 7. Anti-trafficking agcy., 8. Hear here!, 9. Make sense, 10. Uncreative studio project, perhaps, 11. Winning blackjack hand, 12. Trios of trios, 15. Sweet, in Italian, 17. Dance style with shuffles and buffaloes, 22. "Gotta catch 'em all!" game series, 24. Witnessed, 26. Competition, 27. Ray who helped globalize McDonald's, 29. Some bottled waters, 33. Pull, 35. Group of whales, 37. Actress Jeffries of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians", 38. Part of, as a scheme, 39. Like courses with multiple professors, 42. Comedic drum flourish, 43. Bond film between "Skyfall" and "No Time to Die", 44. Like words written in ink by a lefty, often, 45. Ruler's realm, 46. "Aw, man!", 47. Underway, 49. Distant correspondent, 52. Medieval tales of daring adventure, 53. Bread choice for a Reuben, 57. Expectant parents' selection, 61. "Wednesday's child is full of ___" (nursery rhyme line), 62. Tennis champ Swiatek, 63. Critical hosp. wing

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 15, 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. No longer taking, as a medication. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OFFOF




• The clue is 6. What a light bulb represents in cartoons. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEA

  Possible Answer : melodic_theme, theme, idea, approximation, thought, musical_theme, mind, estimation, estimate




• The clue is 10. Led, as a meeting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAN

  Possible Answer : play, scarper, campaign, move, black_market, lam, head_for_the_hills, work, draw, extend, feed, operate, turn_tail, lean, unravel, range, endure, guide, fly_the_coop, run_for, run_away, be_given, execute, race, track_down, persist, lead, die_hard, hunt_down, ladder, melt, carry, tend, break_away, scat, take_to_the_woods, hightail_it, pass, bleed, escape, prevail, go, consort, course, function, incline, bunk, hunt, melt_down, flow, ply, run

  Possible Opposite Answer : idle, malfunction




• The clue is 13. Where soju is the national drink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOREA

  Possible Answer : Korean_Peninsula, Korea, Dae-Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook




• The clue is 14. Overwhelmed by hilarity, hyperbolically speaking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEAD

  Possible Answer : bushed, all_in, dead, beat, abruptly, short, idle, stagnant, deadened, suddenly, numb, drained, absolutely, utterly, perfectly, utter

  Possible Opposite Answer : living, alive, live




• The clue is 15. Style of San Francisco's Coit Tower, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DECO

  Possible Answer : deco, art_deco




• The clue is 16. Visa, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CREDITCARD




• The clue is 18. Foreboding sign. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMEN

  Possible Answer : prognostic, betoken, prognosticate, forecast, portent, Oman, foreshadow, prefigure, bode, omen, Sultanate_of_Oman, prognostication, foretell, portend, prodigy, Muscat_and_Oman, predict, presage, augur, auspicate




• The clue is 19. Take advantage of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USE

  Possible Answer : purpose, utilisation, utilize, apply, employ, employment, exercise, role, practice, usage, enjoyment, habit, use, expend, economic_consumption, use_of_goods_and_services, usance, manipulation, consumption, utilization, function, habituate, utilise




• The clue is 20. ___-di-dah. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAH

  Possible Answer : la, lah




• The clue is 21. Still awake after midnight, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPLATE




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

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

  The answer: PAWS

  Possible Answer : hand, manus, paw, mitt




• The clue is 25. Thief at work in a bustling crowd. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PICKPOCKET

  Possible Answer : pickpocket, cutpurse, dip




• The clue is 28. "OK, that wasn't totally true". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILIED




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

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

  The answer: POR




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

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

  The answer: KEENS

  Possible Answer : keen, lament




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

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

  The answer: DEFEAT

  Possible Answer : defeat, frustration, overcome, vote_down, vote_out, licking, shoot_down, get_the_better_of, kill

  Possible Opposite Answer : victory




• The clue is 34. "Don't think so". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOPE




• The clue is 36. One might be found at a roast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INSULTCOMIC




• The clue is 40. Pulitzer-winning writer James. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGEE

  Possible Answer : Agee, James_Agee




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

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

  The answer: DONORS

  Possible Answer : conferrer, donor, giver, presenter, bestower




• The clue is 44. Dodge Charger, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEDAN

  Possible Answer : sedan, saloon, sedan_chair




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

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

  The answer: ASP

  Possible Answer : asp, Vipera_aspis, asp_viper, Egyptian_cobra, Naja_haje




• The clue is 50. What an unsatisfied customer might leave behind. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTIP




• The clue is 51. Modern combat athlete, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MMAFIGHTER




• The clue is 54. Expectant parents' selection. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAME

  Possible Answer : describe, diagnose, epithet, cite, refer, nominate, list, public_figure, name, advert, distinguish, key, appoint, constitute, make, gens, mention, identify, discover, bring_up, figure, key_out, call




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

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

  The answer: UPROSE

  Possible Answer : develop, go_up, turn_out, lift, stand_up, spring_up, come_up, rise, uprise, grow, get_up, originate, resurrect, ascend, bristle, arise, move_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : go_to_bed, sit_down, turn_in, set, fall




• The clue is 56. Home of MoMA and M.S.G.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NYC




• The clue is 58. The Trojans of the N.C.A.A.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USC




• The clue is 59. Shape for a child's chicken nugget, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DINO




• The clue is 60. Show interest on a dating app … or what 16-, 25-, 36- and 51-Across must do to be successful?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWIPERIGHT




• The clue is 64. Steely determination. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRIT

  Possible Answer : guts, gritstone, sand, gritrock, grit, gumption, backbone, moxie




• The clue is 65. Garment worn by the Little Caesars mascot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOGA

  Possible Answer : toga




• The clue is 66. Blood of the gods, in Greek mythology. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICHOR

  Possible Answer : pus, purulence, suppuration, festering, sanies, ichor




• The clue is 67. Up to this point. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YET

  Possible Answer : withal, so_far, still, nonetheless, all_the_same, as_yet, thus_far, up_to_now, til_now, yet, in_time, even, heretofore, however, hitherto, even_so, until_now, notwithstanding, nevertheless




• The clue is 68. Waxy imprint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEAL

  Possible Answer : Navy_SEAL, sealskin, SEAL, seal_of_approval, seal, varnish, seal_off, sealing_wax, stamp, cachet

  Possible Opposite Answer : unseal




• The clue is 69. Montana city nicknamed "The Richest Hill on Earth". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUTTE

  Possible Answer : butte, Butte

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Match.com alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OKCUPID

• The clue is 2. Realtor's sign. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FORSALE

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

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

  The answer: FREEWIFI

• The clue is 4. British ref. work. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OED

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

• The clue is 5. Not pass. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAIL

  Possible Answer: die, go_wrong, fail, give_out, neglect, betray, go, break_down, flunk, bomb, miscarry, flush_it, conk_out, go_bad, break, give_way, run_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : succeed, manage, pass

• The clue is 6. Pet-tracking device. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDCHIP

• The clue is 7. Anti-trafficking agcy.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEA

  Possible Answer: DEA, Drug_Enforcement_Administration, Drug_Enforcement_Agency

• The clue is 8. Hear here!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAR

  Possible Answer: capitulum, pinna, ear, auricle, spike

• The clue is 9. Make sense. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADDUP

• The clue is 10. Uncreative studio project, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REMAKE

  Possible Answer: remaking, refashion, remake, make_over, redo

• The clue is 11. Winning blackjack hand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACETEN

• The clue is 12. Trios of trios. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONETS

• The clue is 15. Sweet, in Italian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOLCE

  Possible Answer: dolce

• The clue is 17. Dance style with shuffles and buffaloes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAP

  Possible Answer: tapdance, strike, solicit, tap, water_tap, bug, spigot, hydrant, beg, rap, dab, tip, pink, pat, water_faucet, intercept, knock, exploit, wiretap

• The clue is 22. "Gotta catch 'em all!" game series. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POKEMON

• The clue is 24. Witnessed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEEN

  Possible Answer: get_a_line, see_to_it, examine, go_through, run_across, insure, visualize, catch, interpret, regard, image, come_across, understand, witness, visit, pick_up, watch, assure, construe, get_wind, realise, go_out, envision, fancy, see, consider, go_steady, get_word, encounter, experience, reckon, take_in, look, hear, find_out, ascertain, date, ensure, take_care, view, picture, discover, check, attend, figure, realize, project, meet, run_into, escort, find, determine, control, visualise, learn

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

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

  The answer: CONTEST

  Possible Answer: competition, contest, contend, repugn

• The clue is 27. Ray who helped globalize McDonald's. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KROC

• The clue is 29. Some bottled waters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DASANIS

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

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

  The answer: TUG

  Possible Answer: tugboat, lug, tote, push, labour, tower, drive, tug, jerk, labor, towboat

• The clue is 35. Group of whales. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POD

  Possible Answer: pod, seedpod, seedcase, cod, fuel_pod

• The clue is 37. Actress Jeffries of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAH

• The clue is 38. Part of, as a scheme. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INON

• The clue is 39. Like courses with multiple professors. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COTAUGHT

• The clue is 42. Comedic drum flourish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIMSHOT

• The clue is 43. Bond film between "Skyfall" and "No Time to Die". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPECTRE

  Possible Answer: shade, wraith, phantom, apparition, phantasma, spook, fantasm, specter, spectre, ghost, phantasm

• The clue is 44. Like words written in ink by a lefty, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMUDGY

  Possible Answer: smudgy

• The clue is 45. Ruler's realm. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMPIRE

  Possible Answer: conglomerate, imperium, Empire, empire

• The clue is 46. "Aw, man!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DARNIT

• The clue is 47. Underway. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFOOT

  Possible Answer: underway, afoot

• The clue is 49. Distant correspondent. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PENPAL

• The clue is 52. Medieval tales of daring adventure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GESTS

• The clue is 53. Bread choice for a Reuben. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RYE

  Possible Answer: rye, rye_whisky, rye_whiskey, Secale_cereale

• The clue is 57. Expectant parents' selection. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRIB

  Possible Answer: crib, trot, cot, pony, cribbage

• The clue is 61. "Wednesday's child is full of ___" (nursery rhyme line). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WOE

  Possible Answer: woe, suffering, woefulness

• The clue is 62. Tennis champ Swiatek. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IGA

  Possible Answer: immunoglobulin_A, IgA

• The clue is 63. Critical hosp. wing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICU

  Possible Answer: ICU, intensive_care_unit

NYT Crossword - January 03, 1990 | XWordHint

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Master the NYT crossword from January 03, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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Across Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

1A: "1. Marten's fur"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an artist's brush made of sable hairs
• Similar words include: coal black, sable's hair pencil, ebony
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SABLE

2A: "6. Cudgel"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
• Similar words include: golf-club, nightclub, night club
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CLUB

3A: "10. Neat"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of arrangement or appearance
• Similar words include: shipshape, well-kept, garnish
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TRIM

4A: "14. Swiftly, to a poet"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at full speed; with great haste
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMAIN

5A: "15. Singer Coolidge"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RITA

6A: "16. Decorate anew"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
• Similar words include: reconstruct, make over, remake
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REDO

7A: "17. Make merry"

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: KICKUPONESHEELS

8A: "20. Native"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
• Similar words include: implicit in, constitutional, built-in
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: INHERENT

9A: "21. Mollifies"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
• Similar words include: relief, rest, Emergency Alert System
• Opposite of: difficulty

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EASES

10A: "22. Bridge ace Culbertson"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELY

11A: "23. Hit hard"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sing loudly and forcefully
• Similar words include: belt, belt out
• Opposite of: unbelt, unbelted

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BELTED

12A: "25. Reserved; retiring"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
• Similar words include: humble, mild, meek
• Opposite of: immodest

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MODEST

13A: "29. Frolics"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an easy victory
• Similar words include: tomboy, frisk, caper
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROMPS

14A: "30. Incite"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABET

15A: "31. Avian perch"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
• Similar words include: aery, eyry, eyrie
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AERIE

16A: "32. Delight"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the emotion of great happiness
• Similar words include: delight, joyousness, rejoice
• Opposite of: sorrow, sadden

Click to reveal answer

Answer: JOY

17A: "35. Carouse"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SOWONESWILDOATS

18A: "39. Fla.'s ___ Largo"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
• Similar words include: winder, samara, Florida key
• Opposite of: atonality

Click to reveal answer

Answer: KEY

19A: "40. Adlai's running mate: 1956"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESTES

20A: "41. Sacrament"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
• Similar words include: religious rite, ritual
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RITE

21A: "42. Admitted"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have ownership or possession of
• Similar words include: have, own, possess
• Opposite of: unowned

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OWNED

22A: "43. Kind of car or game"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
• Similar words include: sitting room, living room, front room
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PARLOR

23A: "45. Run at full speed"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the particular occupation for which you are trained
• Similar words include: vocation, calling, life history
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAREER

24A: "47. Range of vision"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
• Similar words include: cognizance, sight
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: KEN

25A: "48. Wall decoration"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
• Similar words include: tapestry
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARRAS

26A: "49. Deter from doing"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that turn away from by persuasion
• Similar words include: deter
• Opposite of: persuade

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DISSUADE

27A: "54. Go on a spree"

15 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PAINTTHETOWNRED

28A: "57. Stolen goods"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that valuable goods
• Similar words include: dirty money, booty, prize
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SWAG

29A: "58. Artifice"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
• Similar words include: artifice
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RUSE

30A: "59. Moved gradually"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that advance slowly, as if by inches
• Similar words include: inch, butt on, adjoin
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDGED

31A: "60. Other"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELSE

32A: "61. Long-billed bird"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IBIS

33A: "62. Spacious"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an associate who shares a room with you
• Similar words include: roommate, roomie, spacious
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROOMY

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (43 clues)

1D: "1. "The Square Egg" author"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that british writer of short stories (1870-1916)
• Similar words include: H. H. Munro, rice beer, sake
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SAKI

2D: "2. Ugandan exile"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMIN

3D: "3. Famed organist-composer"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that german baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)
• Similar words include: Johann Sebastian Bach, bachelor
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BACH

4D: "4. Comparable to"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a similar kind; ,
• Similar words include: ilk, care, alike
• Opposite of: dislike, unalike

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIKE

5D: "5. Acclimates"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENURES

6D: "6. Close friend"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Similar words include: buddy, sidekick, pal
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CRONY

7D: "7. Fuzz"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LINT

8D: "8. Western Amerind"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: UTE

9D: "9. Kind of relief"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
• Similar words include: BA, Bachelor of Arts, Ba
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BAS

10D: "10. Gives medical aid to"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something considered choice to eat
• Similar words include: kickshaw, process, deal
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TREATS

11D: "11. Singer Della"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REESE

12D: "12. Dawdled"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that run disconnected or idle
• Similar words include: stagnate, idle, slug
• Opposite of: run, work

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IDLED

13D: "13. Sphagnum, e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MOSS

14D: "18. Animal's skin"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
• Similar words include: rain cats and dogs, pour, bombard
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PELT

15D: "19. Succored"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that give help or assistance; be of service
• Similar words include: serve, aid, facilitate
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HELPED

16D: "23. Writer Pasternak"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BORIS

17D: "24. Writer Ludwig"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EMIL

18D: "25. Mummer's cover-up"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a covering to disguise or conceal the face
• Similar words include: dissemble, masquerade, cloak
• Opposite of: unmask

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MASK

19D: "26. A double-reed"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Similar words include: hautbois, hautboy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OBOE

20D: "27. Moist"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that wet with dew
• Similar words include: bedewed
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DEWY

21D: "28. D.D.E.'s command"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ETO

22D: "29. Tied the knot again"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REWED

23D: "31. Daisylike flower"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus aster with showy daisylike flowers
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASTER

24D: "32. Lockup"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
• Similar words include: incarcerate, jailhouse, poky
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: JAIL

25D: "33. Lyricist Harbach"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OTTO

26D: "34. North Sea feeder"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YSER

27D: "36. Most recent"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
• Similar words include: newfangled, unexampled, novel
• Opposite of: worn, old

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NEWEST

28D: "37. Anglo-Saxon laborer"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESNE

29D: "38. Bruin great"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that canadian hockey player (born 1948)
• Similar words include: Robert Orr, Bobby Orr
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORR

30D: "42. Mandarin or Temple"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
• Similar words include: orangish, Orange River, orange tree
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORANGE

31D: "43. Jalapa coin"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
• Similar words include: Uruguayan peso, Colombian peso, Guinea-Bissau peso
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PESO

32D: "44. Rebuttal"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
• Similar words include: serve, reply, solution
• Opposite of: question

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANSWER

33D: "45. Swimmer's stroke"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very slow movement
• Similar words include: cringe, Australian crawl, cower
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CRAWL

34D: "46. Costa Rican statesman"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Similar words include: aria
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARIAS

35D: "47. Predatory birds"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
• Similar words include: kite, kit out, kit up
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: KITES

36D: "48. Cathedral's projection"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Similar words include: apsis
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: APSE

37D: "49. An Arnaz"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DESI

38D: "50. Cause the ruin of"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
• Similar words include: loosen, unwrap, unmake
• Opposite of: wrap, make

Click to reveal answer

Answer: UNDO

39D: "51. Jason's ship"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARGO

40D: "52. Consider"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
• Similar words include: take for, view as, hold
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DEEM

41D: "53. Small whirlpool"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
• Similar words include: purl, twist, whirl
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDDY

42D: "55. Prefix with corn or pod"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TRI

43D: "56. Focal point"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HUB

Puzzle Stats

33 Across

43 Down

76 Total

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