Saturday September 21, 2024 NY Times Crossword Answers

This crossword puzzle was in the New York times on the 21/09/2024 and there are several clues; some of them are literary while others are funny and creative. For those who appreciate crosswords, solving these clues is both enjoyable and a challenge. If you have a specific word in mind, which you are attempting to fit into the puzzle, or if you simply want to ensure you are correct in solving it, we assist in solving the puzzle. Below are the NYT crossword clues as well as professional advice and solutions that can be helpful in the process.

NY Times Crossword Clues for September 21, 2024

As to how this can be done, let’s start with the example of the NYT crossword puzzle for September 21, 2024, and the process of ignoring both the across and the down clues. Here are the answers, some of the reasons and for some of the more challenging ones, a few hints to start you off. tt all the information below.

Across Clues for September 21, 2024

• The clue is 1. Namesake of the channel separating Madagascar from the African mainland. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOZAMBIQUE

  Possible Answer : Mocambique, Republic_of_Mozambique, Mozambique




• The clue is 11. Go quickly (past). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAIL

  Possible Answer : sweep, voyage, canvas, sail, canvass, cruise, sheet, navigate




• The clue is 15. "What a crazy thing to do!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREYOUNUTS




• The clue is 16. That being the case. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IFSO




• The clue is 17. "Been there". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICANRELATE




• The clue is 18. Small songbirds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITS

  Possible Answer : knocker, nipple, boob, titmouse, breast, pap, titty, tit, bosom, mamilla, teat, mammilla




• The clue is 19. The W.N.B.A.'s Wings, on scoreboards. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAL

  Possible Answer : dal, dekaliter, dkl, dekalitre, decaliter, decalitre




• The clue is 20. Releaser of electrons. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANODE

  Possible Answer : anode

  Possible Opposite Answer : cathode




• The clue is 21. Nickname for Alexander, in Slavic cultures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SACHA




• The clue is 22. Word on a construction sign. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLOW

  Possible Answer : retard, tiresome, behind, sluggish, decelerate, boring, deadening, irksome, slowly, dumb, tardily, dim, slow_up, slack, dull, wearisome, dense, ho-hum, tedious, easy, slow_down, slow, slacken, obtuse

  Possible Opposite Answer : quickly, accelerate, fast




• The clue is 23. Appealing outcome, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RETRIAL

  Possible Answer : retrial




• The clue is 25. They might bite the dust. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MITES

  Possible Answer : speck, soupcon, pinch, tinge, hint, jot, mite, touch




• The clue is 27. Florida city where the "The Greatest Show on Earth" was once headquartered. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SARASOTA

  Possible Answer : Sarasota




• The clue is 28. Two o' clock?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HANDS

  Possible Answer : workforce, script, paw, hand, manpower, helping_hand, bridge_player, hands, pass_on, give, men, reach, handwriting, hired_man, manus, work_force, turn_over, mitt, pass, deal, hired_hand, custody




• The clue is 29. Sharp, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANGY

  Possible Answer : lemony, tart, sourish, lemonlike, tangy




• The clue is 30. "Apocalypse Now" setting, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAM




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

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

  The answer: ARTS

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




• The clue is 32. Business with the stock symbol WOOF. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETCO




• The clue is 33. Jamaican folk song about overnight labor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAYO




• The clue is 34. Sault ___ Marie International Bridge (Michigan-Ontario connector). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STE




• The clue is 35. A whole bunch of people in a row. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MELEE

  Possible Answer : melee, battle_royal, scrimmage




• The clue is 36. Works on a loop, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CODES

  Possible Answer : rag, twit, tantalise, dupe, tease, code, computer_code, tantalize, rally, taunt, encipher, put_on, slang, befool, cod, inscribe, write_in_code, encrypt, fool, take_in, put_one_over, cipher, put_one_across, cypher, ride, codification, razz, bait, gull




• The clue is 37. Sky-high prices?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIRFARES

  Possible Answer : airfare




• The clue is 39. Sci-fi awards. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUGOS

  Possible Answer : Hugo, Victor-Marie_Hugo, Victor_Hugo




• The clue is 40. Put on an unconvincing accent or laugh way too hard, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAMITUP




• The clue is 41. Food often served with wet wipes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIBS

  Possible Answer : blackguard, ridicule, jest_at, guy, poke_fun, laugh_at, rib, costa, make_fun, roast




• The clue is 42. Top-tier. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELITE

  Possible Answer : elite_group, elect, elite




• The clue is 43. Country with "kreyòl" as an official language. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAITI

  Possible Answer : Hayti, Haiti, Hispaniola, Republic_of_Haiti




• The clue is 45. What Los Angeles and New York are represented in twice: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NFL




• The clue is 48. "Stuff happens". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALAS

  Possible Answer : unfortunately, ala, alas, regrettably, unluckily

  Possible Opposite Answer : fortunately, luckily




• The clue is 49. Custardy French dessert. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POTDECREME




• The clue is 51. Actor Malek. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAMI

  Possible Answer : ramus




• The clue is 52. Poor resolution, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTICLIMAX

  Possible Answer : anticlimax, bathos




• The clue is 53. Osiris or Isis, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TWIN

  Possible Answer : Twin, similitude, mate, matching, Gemini, match, counterpart, Twin_Falls, couple, twin, duplicate, pair, twinned, parallel




• The clue is 54. Butt text?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEACHEMOJI

Down Clues for September 21, 2024:

• The clue is 1. 2019 best seller subtitled "Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAID

  Possible Answer: amah, maiden, maidservant, housemaid, maid

• The clue is 2. Part of a pod. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORCA

  Possible Answer: Orcinus_orca, killer, killer_whale, orca, sea_wolf, grampus

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

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

  The answer: ZEAL

  Possible Answer: readiness, zeal, ardour, eagerness, forwardness, ardor, elan

• The clue is 4. First name in Objectivism. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AYN

• The clue is 5. Miles ___, Spider-Man's alter ego in the "Spider-Verse" movies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORALES

  Possible Answer: morale, esprit_de_corps, team_spirit

• The clue is 6. Half a South American capital name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUENOS

• The clue is 7. How a truck may descend a hill. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INLOW

• The clue is 8. Difficult figure-skating jump. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QUAD

  Possible Answer: musculus_quadriceps_femoris, quadriceps, space, quadrangle, quadriceps_femoris, quad, quadruplet

• The clue is 9. It is said. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UTTERANCE

  Possible Answer: utterance, vocalization

• The clue is 10. Commercial ending. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESE

  Possible Answer: east_southeast, ESE

• The clue is 11. Instruments with movable frets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITARS

  Possible Answer: sitar

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

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

  The answer: AFICIONADO

  Possible Answer: aficionado

• The clue is 13. "So, you're saying you're in?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISTHATAYES

• The clue is 14. U.S. city with the motto "Where Discoveries are Made". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOSALAMOS

• The clue is 21. Inn range?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAY

  Possible Answer: persist, continue, ride_out, outride, appease, stoppage, check, hitch, stick, stay, stick_around, last_out, quell, remain, stop, delay, rest, detain, bide, arrest, stay_on, abide, stay_put, halt

  Possible Opposite Answer : depart, move, change

• The clue is 22. Health class topic, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STDS

  Possible Answer: dose, Cupid's_itch, sexually_transmitted_disease, STD, Doctor_of_Sacred_Theology, Venus's_curse, VD, venereal_infection, Cupid's_disease, social_disease, venereal_disease

• The clue is 24. That being the case. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERGO

  Possible Answer: ergo

• The clue is 25. Something invoked in an emergency. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARTIALLAW

• The clue is 26. Major League Soccer team with pink home jerseys. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INTERMIAMI

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

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

  The answer: SATES

  Possible Answer: fill, sate, satiate, replete

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

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

  The answer: HASAHEART

• The clue is 29. Classic party game. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TELEPHONE

  Possible Answer: telephone_set, telephony, call, telephone, call_up, phone, ring

• The clue is 32. Country name that's also the Portuguese word for "turkey". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERU

  Possible Answer: Peru, Republic_of_Peru

• The clue is 33. They might have bones to pick. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOGS

  Possible Answer: dog, blackguard, frump, heel, chase, wiener, andiron, tag, tail, hot_dog, pawl, wienerwurst, click, trail, firedog, Canis_familiaris, give_chase, track, hound, frankfurter, bounder, chase_after, frank, cad, domestic_dog, dog-iron, go_after, hotdog, detent, weenie

• The clue is 35. Start a family, or finish a game. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MATE

  Possible Answer: teammate, spouse, married_person, mate, first_mate, twin, Paraguay_tea, checkmate, Ilex_paraguariensis, better_half, match, copulate, pair, fellow, partner, couple

• The clue is 36. Box office?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUBICLE

  Possible Answer: carrell, kiosk, booth, carrel, stall, cubicle, cell

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

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

  The answer: FITSIN

• The clue is 39. Like next-gen devices. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HITECH

• The clue is 41. So absurd, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIDIC

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

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

  The answer: ATTA

• The clue is 45. Spoiler alert: He's found in Sydney Harbour. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEMO

• The clue is 46. Key of Beethoven's Sixth: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FMAJ

• The clue is 47. Golfer Thompson who qualified for the U.S. Women's Open at age 12. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEXI

• The clue is 49. ___ smear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAP

  Possible Answer: nipple, soft_diet, pap, pablum, tit, spoon_food, mamilla, teat, mammilla

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

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

  The answer: RIM

  Possible Answer: flange, rim, brim, lip

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Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Schoolroom that serves as a studio

6-letter answer Answer: ARTLAB

Clue #2: 7. Original airer of "Doctor Who"

3-letter answer Answer: BBC

Clue #3: 10. Covenant

4-letter answer Answer: PACT

Word Help: Synonyms: pact, treaty, accord

Clue #4: 14. Give a lashing

6-letter answer Answer: BERATE

Word Help: Synonyms: call_on_the_carpet, call_down, lecture

Clue #5: 15. Whom Will Smith played in a 2001 sports biopic

3-letter answer Answer: ALI

Word Help: Synonyms: Cassius_Clay, Ali, Cassius_Marcellus_Clay

Clue #6: 16. Son of Zeus and Hera

4-letter answer Answer: ARES

Word Help: Synonyms: ar, Ares, are

Clue #7: 17. Sweetener in some diet sodas

6-letter answer Answer: STEVIA

Word Help: Synonyms: stevia

Clue #8: 18. *Cat breed named after an Indonesian island from which it didn't originate

8-letter answer Answer: BALINESE

Word Help: Synonyms: Balinese

Clue #9: 20. Places to carry out some takeout orders, for short?

3-letter answer Answer: ORS

Word Help: Synonyms: Oregon, operating_theater, surgery

Clue #10: 21. Light unit

5-letter answer Answer: LUMEN

Word Help: Synonyms: lm, lumen

Clue #11: 23. "Not in the ___!"

5-letter answer Answer: LEAST

Word Help: Synonyms: to_the_lowest_degree, least
Antonyms: most

Clue #12: 24. *It's "read" as a stern warning

7-letter answer Answer: RIOTACT

Clue #13: 26. *Relative of a snowboard

7-letter answer Answer: MONOSKI

Clue #14: 28. ___ Men (group that won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Dance Recording)

4-letter answer Answer: BAHA

Clue #15: 29. Old tone

5-letter answer Answer: SEPIA

Word Help: Synonyms: genus_Sepia, Sepia, sepia

Clue #16: 31. Is for the people?

3-letter answer Answer: ARE

Word Help: Synonyms: exist, follow, embody
Antonyms: differ

Clue #17: 32. Daffy Duck speaking feature

4-letter answer Answer: LISP

Word Help: Synonyms: LISP, lisp, list-processing_language

Clue #18: 34. "I wanna!"

5-letter answer Answer: LEMME

Clue #19: 37. Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues

11-letter answer Answer: CIRCLESBACK

Clue #20: 41. Country that was home to the Ebla library, thought to be the world's first (2500 B.C.)

5-letter answer Answer: SYRIA

Word Help: Synonyms: Syrian_Arab_Republic, Syria

Clue #21: 42. Sheet music symbol

4-letter answer Answer: CLEF

Word Help: Synonyms: clef

Clue #22: 44. Past-tense verb that's potentially confusing (but grammatically correct!) when written twice in a row

3-letter answer Answer: HAD

Word Help: Synonyms: make, birth, own
Antonyms: refuse, lack

Clue #23: 47. ___ salt (form of magnesium sulfate)

5-letter answer Answer: EPSOM

Clue #24: 50. Lead-in to -nautics

4-letter answer Answer: AERO

Clue #25: 52. *Carve out, in a way

7-letter answer Answer: ENGRAVE

Word Help: Synonyms: etch, inscribe, engrave

Clue #26: 55. *Comedy club fare

7-letter answer Answer: STANDUP

Clue #27: 57. Columbus's birthplace

5-letter answer Answer: GENOA

Word Help: Synonyms: Genova, Genoa

Clue #28: 58. "___ My Heart in San Francisco"

5-letter answer Answer: ILEFT

Clue #29: 60. Video game character speaking a gibberish language

3-letter answer Answer: SIM

Clue #30: 61. *Villain's expression

8-letter answer Answer: EVILGRIN

Clue #31: 63. Like does

6-letter answer Answer: FEMALE

Word Help: Synonyms: female_person, distaff, female
Antonyms: androgynous, male

Clue #32: 65. ___ Mendoza, former first lady of Puerto Rico

4-letter answer Answer: INES

Clue #33: 66. Onetime C.I.A. foe

3-letter answer Answer: KGB

Word Help: Synonyms: KGB, Committee_for_State_Security, Soviet_KGB

Clue #34: 67. Like government secrets, occasionally

6-letter answer Answer: LEAKED

Word Help: Synonyms: leak, leak_out

Clue #35: 68. Title friend of Marlin in an animated film

4-letter answer Answer: DORY

Word Help: Synonyms: dinghy, dory, jack_salmon

Clue #36: 69. Times Square ball drop setting, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: EST

Word Help: Synonyms: Eastern_Time, EST, Eastern_Standard_Time

Clue #37: 70. Revered sorts

6-letter answer Answer: ELDERS

Word Help: Synonyms: elder, elderberry_bush, senior

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Soak up

6-letter answer Answer: ABSORB

Word Help: Synonyms: suck_up, engage, take_up
Antonyms: emit

Clue #2: 2. Outcome of a hung jury

7-letter answer Answer: RETRIAL

Word Help: Synonyms: retrial

Clue #3: 3. "How stylish!"

8-letter answer Answer: TRESCHIC

Clue #4: 4. W.C.

3-letter answer Answer: LAV

Word Help: Synonyms: lavatory, toilet, john

Clue #5: 5. Not quite straight up

5-letter answer Answer: ATILT

Word Help: Synonyms: atilt, leaning, tilted

Clue #6: 6. Gorgeous ones, informally

6-letter answer Answer: BEAUTS

Word Help: Synonyms: beauty, beaut

Clue #7: 7. Film based on the 1983 children's novel "The Sheep-Pig"

4-letter answer Answer: BABE

Word Help: Synonyms: infant, sister, babe

Clue #8: 8. Some comforters for toddlers

8-letter answer Answer: BLANKIES

Clue #9: 9. Modern prefix with normativity

3-letter answer Answer: CIS

Word Help: Synonyms: curie, Commonwealth_of_Independent_States, CIS

Clue #10: 10. Dairy-less diet

5-letter answer Answer: PALEO

Clue #11: 11. Singer Grande

6-letter answer Answer: ARIANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Ariana

Clue #12: 12. Turn into stars, say?

6-letter answer Answer: CENSOR

Word Help: Synonyms: censor, ban

Clue #13: 13. Tswana for "fly"

6-letter answer Answer: TSETSE

Word Help: Synonyms: tzetze_fly, tsetse, tsetse_fly

Clue #14: 19. West ___ (furniture retailer)

3-letter answer Answer: ELM

Word Help: Synonyms: elm_tree, elm, elmwood

Clue #15: 22. Trailblazing astronaut Jemison

3-letter answer Answer: MAE

Clue #16: 25. Refuge from the heat

5-letter answer Answer: OASIS

Word Help: Synonyms: haven, oasis

Clue #17: 27. It's one foot long

4-letter answer Answer: IAMB

Word Help: Synonyms: iamb, iambus

Clue #18: 30. Calls for sympathy

5-letter answer Answer: PLEAS

Word Help: Synonyms: plea, supplication

Clue #19: 33. Snoop

3-letter answer Answer: PRY

Word Help: Synonyms: prize, lever, crowbar

Clue #20: 35. Big thing in fast food?

3-letter answer Answer: MAC

Word Help: Synonyms: mac, mackintosh, mack

Clue #21: 36. Splendor

5-letter answer Answer: ECLAT

Word Help: Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, plaudit

Clue #22: 38. Language that gave us "Saskatchewan"

4-letter answer Answer: CREE

Word Help: Synonyms: Cree

Clue #23: 39. Piercings that might be felt while kissing

8-letter answer Answer: LIPRINGS

Clue #24: 40. Memento

8-letter answer Answer: KEEPSAKE

Word Help: Synonyms: keepsake, souvenir, token

Clue #25: 43. More delicate and weak

7-letter answer Answer: FRAILER

Word Help: Synonyms: delicate, fallible, weak
Antonyms: robust

Clue #26: 44. Who says "You're a wizard, Harry"

6-letter answer Answer: HAGRID

Clue #27: 45. Skin-care brand

6-letter answer Answer: AVEENO

Clue #28: 46. City that lends its name to a style of omelet

6-letter answer Answer: DENVER

Word Help: Synonyms: capital_of_Colorado, Denver, Mile-High_City

Clue #29: 48. Uplifting work

3-letter answer Answer: ODE

Word Help: Synonyms: ode

Clue #30: 49. Quiet

6-letter answer Answer: MUFFLE

Word Help: Synonyms: dampen, repress, tone_down

Clue #31: 51. Popping pills, say

6-letter answer Answer: ONMEDS

Clue #32: 53. Racket-raising

5-letter answer Answer: NOISY

Word Help: Synonyms: noisy
Antonyms: quiet

Clue #33: 54. ___ pal

3-letter answer Answer: GAL

Word Help: Synonyms: gal, gallon

Clue #34: 56. Source of Andrew Carnegie's wealth

5-letter answer Answer: STEEL

Word Help: Synonyms: blade, steel, sword

Clue #35: 59. Community associated with Out magazine

4-letter answer Answer: LGBT

Clue #36: 62. President posthumously inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame, informally

3-letter answer Answer: IKE

Word Help: Synonyms: Dwight_D._Eisenhower, Dwight_Eisenhower, President_Eisenhower

Clue #37: 64. Crackpot

3-letter answer Answer: MAD

Word Help: Synonyms: brainsick, crazy, delirious

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

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Singer Braxton	4
2A	5. Like some winter windshields	4
3A	9. ___ Bauer (brand of outdoor gear)	5
4A	14. Soon	4
5A	15. "Me, too"	4
6A	16. Stable job	5
7A	17. Spirit of the Caribbean	11
8A	19. Haggard	5
9A	20. Creamy dish made with arborio rice	7
10A	21. Angela on "The Office," e.g.	4
11A	22. "Bring it on!"	5
12A	23. Four-time N.B.A. M.V.P.	11
13A	28. Nick, e.g.	3
14A	30. Collected	4
15A	31. Evil computer of classic film	3
16A	32. Kind of seeds found in a basket in King Tutankhamen's tomb	6
17A	35. Alternate nickname for the "Hollywood of the South"	8
18A	37. Group with a coat of arms	4
19A	38. Unspecified ones	5
20A	40. Wednesday a.k.a. ___ day	4
21A	41. Like some fat	8
22A	43. Purposely wrongs	6
23A	45. "What's more ..."	3
24A	46. Joan known for his "dream paintings"	4
25A	47. Make out, perhaps?	3
26A	48. Pillow fight setting	11
27A	51. Juicer's "juice"	5
28A	55. Determination	4
29A	56. Shade provider along Central Park's Literary Walk	7
30A	58. A-tier	5
31A	60. Chock-full ... like three squares (and foods) in this puzzle	9
32A	62. Touch-and-go	5
33A	63. Force felt on Earth, for short	4
34A	64. Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's	4
35A	65. Feelings of getting older	5
36A	66. Volcano seen on HBO's "The White Lotus"	4
37A	67. Port in 50-Down	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Singer Braxton"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TONI

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2A: "5. Like some winter windshields"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that decorate with frosting
• Similar words include: frost, ice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ICED

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3A: "9. ___ Bauer (brand of outdoor gear)"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EDDIE

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4A: "14. Soon"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at another time
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANON

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5A: "15. "Me, too""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SAME

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6A: "16. Stable job"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
• Similar words include: stableman, stableboy, prepare
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GROOM

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7A: "17. Spirit of the Caribbean"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: JAMAICANRUM

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8A: "19. Haggard"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
• Similar words include: haggard, skeletal, pinched
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GAUNT

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9A: "20. Creamy dish made with arborio rice"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese
• Similar words include: Italian rice
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: RISOTTO

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10A: "21. Angela on "The Office," e.g."

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Similar words include: snot, snoot, snob
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PRIG

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11A: "22. "Bring it on!""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TRYME

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12A: "23. Four-time N.B.A. M.V.P."

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: LEBRONJAMES

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13A: "28. Nick, e.g."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the month following february and preceding april
• Similar words include: deflower, spoil, defect
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MAR

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14A: "30. Collected"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
• Similar words include: poise, sang-froid, cool down
• Opposite of: warm, heat

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Answer: COOL

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15A: "31. Evil computer of classic film"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HAL

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16A: "32. Kind of seeds found in a basket in King Tutankhamen's tomb"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that east indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
• Similar words include: Sesamum indicum, benni, benne
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SESAME

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17A: "35. Alternate nickname for the "Hollywood of the South""

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: HOTLANTA

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18A: "37. Group with a coat of arms"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that group of people related by blood or marriage
• Similar words include: kin group, kindred, kinship group
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CLAN

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19A: "38. Unspecified ones"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: THOSE

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20A: "40. Wednesday a.k.a. ___ day"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
• Similar words include: have a go at it, know, jut
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HUMP

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21A: "41. Like some fat"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to become
• Similar words include: render, try, depict
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RENDERED

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22A: "43. Purposely wrongs"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feeling a need to see others suffer
• Similar words include: bruise, sprinkle, cattiness
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPITES

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23A: "45. "What's more ...""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AND

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24A: "46. Joan known for his "dream paintings""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that new zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry
• Similar words include: black pine, Joan Miro, Podocarpus ferruginea
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MIRO

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25A: "47. Make out, perhaps?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
• Similar words include: tail, mark, tatter
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAG

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26A: "48. Pillow fight setting"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: PAJAMAPARTY

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27A: "51. Juicer's "juice""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROIDS

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28A: "55. Determination"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; - george meredith
• Similar words include: leave, volition, bequeath
• Opposite of: disinherit

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Answer: WILL

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29A: "56. Shade provider along Central Park's Literary Walk"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ELMTREE

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30A: "58. A-tier"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PRIMO

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31A: "60. Chock-full ... like three squares (and foods) in this puzzle"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that crowd or pack to capacity
• Similar words include: jam, jampack, cram
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: JAMPACKED

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32A: "62. Touch-and-go"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; - new yorker
• Similar words include: chanceful, dodgy, chancy
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DICEY

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33A: "63. Force felt on Earth, for short"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ONEG

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34A: "64. Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that queen of the olympian gods in ancient greek mythology; sister and wife of zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women zeus fell in love with; identified with roman juno
• Similar words include: Here
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HERA

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35A: "65. Feelings of getting older"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Similar words include: ache, aching, smart
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ACHES

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36A: "66. Volcano seen on HBO's "The White Lotus""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
• Similar words include: bunsen burner, Mt Etna, bunsen
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ETNA

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37A: "67. Port in 50-Down"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an important port of yemen; located on the gulf of aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern arabia since ancient times
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ADEN

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Fruity pastry	7
2D	2. Live	5
3D	3. Like the jungle at daybreak	5
4D	4. At the helm	9
5D	5. "___ that right?"	4
6D	6. Number for December	5
7D	7. Bird with noted calf muscles	3
8D	8. Short blue person?	3
9D	9. Chả giò, on a Vietnamese menu	7
10D	10. Enervate	5
11D	11. Temptation for Homer Simpson	11
12D	12. Na+ or Cl-	3
13D	13. Real lifesaver, for short	3
14D	18. Starting group	5
15D	21. Not accept an outrage, say	7
16D	24. Amazon smart speaker	7
17D	25. Jeers	4
18D	26. Tempting words on a Wonderland cake	5
19D	27. Is really good, in modern slang	5
20D	29. Legal mulligan	7
21D	32. What an old car might be sold for	5
22D	33. ___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels"	5
23D	34. Brown-bag item	11
24D	36. "OK, that makes sense"	9
25D	39. Münster man	4
26D	42. Puts to work	7
27D	44. Northern Italian city known for its cheese	5
28D	49. "The White Lotus" actress ___ Lou Wood	5
29D	50. Arabia Felix, now	5
30D	52. Perturbed	5
31D	53. Fortune 500 company started by a blacksmith, informally	5
32D	54. Civic's class	5
33D	57. Sports org. with a Tour	4
34D	58. Open show of intimacy, for short	3
35D	59. Nickname that drops "hard"	3
36D	60. Mud	3
37D	61. Tiny "farmer"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Fruity pastry"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: JAMTART

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2D: "2. Live"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ONAIR

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3D: "3. Like the jungle at daybreak"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
• Opposite of: quiet
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOISY

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4D: "4. At the helm"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: INCOMMAND

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5D: "5. "___ that right?""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISNT

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6D: "6. Number for December"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that joyful religious song celebrating the birth of christ
• Similar words include: Christmas carol
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CAROL

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7D: "7. Bird with noted calf muscles"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
• Similar words include: Emu novaehollandiae, Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EMU

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8D: "8. Short blue person?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DEM

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9D: "9. Chả giò, on a Vietnamese menu"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: EGGROLL

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10D: "10. Enervate"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
• Similar words include: drainage, enfeeble, waste pipe
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DRAIN

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11D: "11. Temptation for Homer Simpson"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: JAMDOUGHNUT

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12D: "12. Na+ or Cl-"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ION

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13D: "13. Real lifesaver, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EMT

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14D: "18. Starting group"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATEAM

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15D: "21. Not accept an outrage, say"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a formal and solemn declaration of objection
• Similar words include: dissent, resist, objection
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PROTEST

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16D: "24. Amazon smart speaker"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ECHODOT

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17D: "25. Jeers"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
• Similar words include: snort, bird, boo
• Opposite of: applaud

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Answer: BOOS

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18D: "26. Tempting words on a Wonderland cake"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EATME

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19D: "27. Is really good, in modern slang"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
• Similar words include: smacking, slap, smack
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SLAPS

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20D: "29. Legal mulligan"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: RETRIAL

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21D: "32. What an old car might be sold for"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
• Similar words include: fleck, quarrel, flake
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SCRAP

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22D: "33. ___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ELENA

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23D: "34. Brown-bag item"

11 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: JAMSANDWICH

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24D: "36. "OK, that makes sense""

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AHIGOTCHA

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25D: "39. Münster man"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a german man; used before the name as a title equivalent to mr in english
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HERR

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26D: "42. Puts to work"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of being employed or having a job
• Similar words include: use, employment, apply
• Opposite of: unemployment, fire

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Answer: EMPLOYS

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27D: "44. Northern Italian city known for its cheese"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PARMA

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28D: "49. "The White Lotus" actress ___ Lou Wood"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AIMEE

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29D: "50. Arabia Felix, now"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic on the southwestern shores of the arabian peninsula on the indian ocean; formed in 1990
• Similar words include: Republic of Yemen
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: YEMEN

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30D: "52. Perturbed"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that irritate or vex
• Similar words include: gall, irk
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IRKED

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31D: "53. Fortune 500 company started by a blacksmith, informally"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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

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32D: "54. Civic's class"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
• Similar words include: saloon, sedan chair
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEDAN

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33D: "57. Sports org. with a Tour"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LPGA

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34D: "58. Open show of intimacy, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Similar words include: personal organizer, personal organiser, personal digital assistant
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PDA

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35D: "59. Nickname that drops "hard""

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RIC

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36D: "60. Mud"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JOE

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37D: "61. Tiny "farmer""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: ANT

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

37 Down Clues

74 Total Clues

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