Sat Oct 05, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Newcastle-under-___, Staffordshire, England, 5. Wail, 9. Zealous sects, 14. "Reward" for altruism, maybe, 16. Beer whose name means "morning sun", 17. Pitches low and inside?, 18. Feature of Garamond or Perpetua, 19. Forensic site in Quantico, Va., 20. Like Russia before 1917, 22. Midday assignation, 23. Org. that discourages traveling, 24. Gets, 25. Mercedes ___, icon of Argentine folk music, 26. Unforgettable night, perhaps, 29. Affliction for Morrie in "Tuesdays With Morrie," in brief, 30. What shells can be filled with, 31. Rotary successor, 32. Oldest city in France, 33. Bodyweight exercise, 36. Ready to drop, 37. W.H. Auden's "The Fall of ___", 38. Rat, 39. Buddy Guy's "Damn Right, ___ Got the Blues", 40. Unchanging, 42. There are layers to this, 44. Double duty?, 45. Plus ___ (national motto of Spain), 46. Part of a doping investigation, 49. Kites, e.g., 50. One who sees what you mean?, 51. Tad, 52. Site for artisans, 53. Like some narratives and rooms

Down Clues :

1. Some appliances, 2. "Imbecile!", 3. Don, 4. Given name of the first Countess Mountbatten, 5. Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington, 6. ___ studies (field for Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said), 7. Erroneous justification for a 2003 invasion, for short, 8. Seventh and final "Chronicles of Narnia" book, with "The", 9. First word in some Spanish restaurant names, 10. Handle online, 11. Things to wrangle with, 12. Lover of Pyramus, in Ovid, 13. Sorts, 15. Plant of the mustard family, 21. It's nothing new, 22. Edward Snowden's former employer, 23. One being onboarded, 27. Accounts ___ (ledger phrase), 28. Gertrude, for one, 30. Key, 31. Drinkers' vessels, 32. Name of the whale in "Pinocchio", 33. Epitome of completeness, 34. Penalty taker's lament, 35. Chest bump?, 36. Post-Trebek "Jeopardy!" host, 37. Go off on, 38. Bungles, 41. Cheek, 43. Big cut, 44. Concessions, 47. Wasted, 48. Whirl, so to speak

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 05, 2024

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

 Sat Oct 05, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Newcastle-under-___, Staffordshire, England. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYME




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

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

  The answer: BAWL

  Possible Answer : bawl, yawp, bellow




• The clue is 9. Zealous sects. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CULTS

  Possible Answer : cult, furore, cultus, fad, religious_cult, furor, rage, craze




• The clue is 14. "Reward" for altruism, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOODKARMA




• The clue is 16. Beer whose name means "morning sun". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASAHI




• The clue is 17. Pitches low and inside?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUBWAYADS




• The clue is 18. Feature of Garamond or Perpetua. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERIF

  Possible Answer : serif, seriph




• The clue is 19. Forensic site in Quantico, Va.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FBILAB




• The clue is 20. Like Russia before 1917. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSARIST

  Possible Answer : tzarist, tsarist, czarist, czaristic, tsaristic




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

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

  The answer: NOONER




• The clue is 23. Org. that discourages traveling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NBA




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

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

  The answer: NABS

  Possible Answer : nail, apprehend, nab, collar, arrest, pick_up, cop




• The clue is 25. Mercedes ___, icon of Argentine folk music. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOSA




• The clue is 26. Unforgettable night, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DREAMDATE




• The clue is 29. Affliction for Morrie in "Tuesdays With Morrie," in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALS

  Possible Answer : amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis, Al, Heart_of_Dixie, atomic_number_13, Alabama, Lou_Gehrig's_disease, AL, Camellia_State, ALS, aluminium, aluminum




• The clue is 30. What shells can be filled with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CREWTEAMS




• The clue is 31. Rotary successor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOUCHTONE




• The clue is 32. Oldest city in France. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARSEILLE

  Possible Answer : Marseille, Marseilles, marseille




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

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

  The answer: DIP

  Possible Answer : cutpurse, plunge, douse, duck, inclination, souse, magnetic_dip, free_fall, sink, angle_of_dip, dip, drop, dim, dunk, fall, pickpocket, magnetic_inclination




• The clue is 36. Ready to drop. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BONETIRED




• The clue is 37. W.H. Auden's "The Fall of ___". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROME

  Possible Answer : Rome, Roma, capital_of_Italy, Italian_capital, Eternal_City




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

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

  The answer: FINK

  Possible Answer : sneak, fink, snitcher, stool_pigeon, stoolie, rat, scab, confess, snitch, blackleg, squeal, canary, sneaker, stoolpigeon




• The clue is 39. Buddy Guy's "Damn Right, ___ Got the Blues". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVE




• The clue is 40. Unchanging. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STATIC

  Possible Answer : static, motionless, atmospheric_static, electrostatic, still, atmospherics, unchanging, stable, inactive




• The clue is 42. There are layers to this. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASAGNA

  Possible Answer : lasagna, lasagne




• The clue is 44. Double duty?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STUNTS

  Possible Answer : stunt




• The clue is 45. Plus ___ (national motto of Spain). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ULTRA

  Possible Answer : radical, extremist, ultra




• The clue is 46. Part of a doping investigation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOODTEST




• The clue is 49. Kites, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIRDS

  Possible Answer : skirt, razzing, wench, doll, shuttlecock, shuttle, birdie, fowl, Bronx_cheer, hoot, bird, raspberry, snort, razz, dame, boo, chick, hiss, birdwatch




• The clue is 50. One who sees what you mean?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIPREADER




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

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

  The answer: SKOSH




• The clue is 52. Site for artisans. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETSY




• The clue is 53. Like some narratives and rooms. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIDY

  Possible Answer : straighten, sizable, clean_up, straighten_out, healthy, tidy, goodly, tidy_up, goodish, respectable, sizeable, hefty, kempt, neaten, square_away

  Possible Opposite Answer : untidy

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: LGS

• The clue is 2. "Imbecile!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOUFOOL

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

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

  The answer: MOBBOSS

• The clue is 4. Given name of the first Countess Mountbatten. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDWINA

• The clue is 5. Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAYARDRUSTIN

• The clue is 6. ___ studies (field for Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAB

  Possible Answer: Arab, Arabian

• The clue is 7. Erroneous justification for a 2003 invasion, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WMD

  Possible Answer: weapon_of_mass_destruction, WMD, W.M.D.

• The clue is 8. Seventh and final "Chronicles of Narnia" book, with "The". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASTBATTLE

• The clue is 9. First word in some Spanish restaurant names. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CASA

• The clue is 10. Handle online. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USERNAME

• The clue is 11. Things to wrangle with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LARIATS

  Possible Answer: reata, riata, lasso, lariat

• The clue is 12. Lover of Pyramus, in Ovid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THISBE

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

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

  The answer: SIFTS

  Possible Answer: strain, sift, sieve

• The clue is 15. Plant of the mustard family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KALE

  Possible Answer: kail, colewort, gelt, lettuce, lucre, clams, cole, dinero, pelf, bread, lolly, shekels, Brassica_oleracea_acephala, kale, dough, cabbage, borecole, sugar, scratch, boodle, moolah, wampum, loot, simoleons

• The clue is 21. It's nothing new. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAMEOLDSTORY

• The clue is 22. Edward Snowden's former employer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NSA

  Possible Answer: National_Security_Agency, NSA

• The clue is 23. One being onboarded. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWHIRE

• The clue is 27. Accounts ___ (ledger phrase). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RECEIVABLE

  Possible Answer: receivable

• The clue is 28. Gertrude, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DANE

  Possible Answer: Dane

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

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

  The answer: CORE

  Possible Answer: meat, center, centre, Congress_of_Racial_Equality, substance, burden, marrow, magnetic_core, effect, CORE, core, nitty-gritty, pith, nucleus, nub, sum, gist, core_group, heart_and_soul, inwardness, heart, kernel, essence

• The clue is 31. Drinkers' vessels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANKARDS

  Possible Answer: tankard

• The clue is 32. Name of the whale in "Pinocchio". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONSTRO

• The clue is 33. Epitome of completeness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOTTEDI

• The clue is 34. Penalty taker's lament. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMISSED

• The clue is 35. Chest bump?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEC

• The clue is 36. Post-Trebek "Jeopardy!" host. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIALIK

• The clue is 37. Go off on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANTAT

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

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

  The answer: FLUBS

  Possible Answer: mess_up, foul-up, mishandle, louse_up, bollix_up, boner, bodge, fuck_up, blow, bollocks_up, flub, botch_up, bloomer, screw_up, fluff, botch, pratfall, fumble, ball_up, muff, bumble, bollocks, fuckup, bollix, foul_up, blooper, bobble, spoil, bungle, boo-boo, muck_up, blunder

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

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

  The answer: TUDE

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

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

  The answer: GASH

  Possible Answer: gash, cut, slash, slice

• The clue is 44. Concessions. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOPS

  Possible Answer: SOP, standard_procedure, sop, soak_through, douse, souse, soak, sops, dowse, standard_operating_procedure, drench, standing_operating_procedure

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

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

  The answer: LIT

  Possible Answer: get_down, illuminate, fire_up, alight, light, dismount, well-lighted, illume, illumine, fall, light_up, illuminated, lit, unhorse, get_off, lighted, literature, ignite, perch

  Possible Opposite Answer : extinguish, unlighted

• The clue is 48. Whirl, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRY

  Possible Answer: prove, seek, assay, endeavour, judge, try, hear, essay, test, taste, endeavor, attempt, render, strain, stress, try_on, effort, examine, sample, adjudicate, try_out

2424 Sat Aug 24, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

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

Down Clues :

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

Sat Aug 24, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 24, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: ABU




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

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

  The answer: OAFS

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




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

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

  The answer: BASICS

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




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

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

  The answer: SANDRAOH




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

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

  The answer: AGENDA

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




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

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

  The answer: TYPECAST

  Possible Answer : type, typecast




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

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

  The answer: REWARD

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : dishonor, penalty




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

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

  The answer: HOOFS

  Possible Answer : hoof_it, hoof, foot, leg_it




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

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

  The answer: TITLE

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




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

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

  The answer: HAD

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : lack, refuse, abstain




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

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

  The answer: MUTT

  Possible Answer : mongrel, mutt, cur




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

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

  The answer: HECHE




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

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

  The answer: YUCA




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

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

  The answer: ASS

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




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

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

  The answer: TURKEYJERKY




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

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

  The answer: PINKYSWEARS




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

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

  The answer: CANTI




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

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

  The answer: CATTY

  Possible Answer : catty, bitchy, cattish, cattie




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

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

  The answer: TARGETDATES




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

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

  The answer: WINTERTIRES




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

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

  The answer: BOG

  Possible Answer : bog, bog_down, peat_bog




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

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

  The answer: AMOS

  Possible Answer : Amos, Book_of_Amos




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

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

  The answer: HEDER




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

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

  The answer: VIVA

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




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

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

  The answer: CEO

  Possible Answer : chief_operating_officer, CEO, chief_executive_officer




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

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

  The answer: PANIC

  Possible Answer : terror, scare, panic, affright




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

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

  The answer: CAGEY

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




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

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

  The answer: KIDNEY

  Possible Answer : kidney




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

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

  The answer: ARMINARM




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

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

  The answer: ONLINE

  Possible Answer : online, on-line

  Possible Opposite Answer : off-line




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

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

  The answer: SOFTSIDE




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

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

  The answer: SCENTS

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : deodorize, deodourise




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

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

  The answer: KWAI

  Possible Answer : kwai, yuan




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

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

  The answer: RON

  Possible Answer : Bokkos, Daffo, Ron

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: ASTHMA

  Possible Answer: asthma_attack, bronchial_asthma, asthma

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

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

  The answer: BAYOUS

  Possible Answer: bayou

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

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

  The answer: UNPOTS

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

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

  The answer: ORCS

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

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

  The answer: AAA

  Possible Answer: AAA, abdominal_aortic_aneurysm

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

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

  The answer: FOSTERKITTEN

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

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

  The answer: SHTICKY

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

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

  The answer: BARLEYWATER

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

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

  The answer: AGEE

  Possible Answer: James_Agee, Agee

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

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

  The answer: SEW

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

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

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

  The answer: INAHURRY

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

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

  The answer: CDRACKS

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

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

  The answer: SADDAY

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

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

  The answer: DEFT

  Possible Answer: dextrous, deft, dexterous

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

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

  The answer: THESCARECROW

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

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

  The answer: HUNTERHAYES

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

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

  The answer: YEATS

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

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

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

  The answer: TINGE

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

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

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

  The answer: JETES

  Possible Answer: jet, gush

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

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

  The answer: PARTS

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

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

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

  The answer: CANOODLE

  Possible Answer: canoodle

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

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

  The answer: TIMEINC

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

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

  The answer: DIDIASK

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

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

  The answer: WACKOS

  Possible Answer: nutter, wacko, whacko

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

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

  The answer: BIGAIR

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

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

  The answer: OVERDO

  Possible Answer: overdo, exaggerate

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

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

  The answer: GAYMEN

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

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

  The answer: VANS

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

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

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

  The answer: PENT

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

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

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

  The answer: CITI

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

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

  The answer: NIN

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

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

  The answer: MFA

  Possible Answer: Master_of_Fine_Arts, MFA

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (35 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (37 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. A right one is 90°	5
2A	6. Hairstyle for Questlove	4
3A	10. ___ de plume	3
4A	13. Luxury watch brand	5
5A	14. Half of a classic lunch special	4
6A	15. Donate	4
7A	16. Reward for rolling over, perhaps	5
8A	17. Redwood or cottonwood	4
9A	18. Best starting hand in Texas hold 'em	4
10A	19. Device for capturing thermal images	14
11A	22. Little locking brick	4
12A	23. Radical religious groups	5
13A	24. Where you might dance to some underground music?	13
14A	30. Specialty coffee order	5
15A	31. Make a speech	5
16A	32. Buck's mate	3
17A	35. Valuable Minecraft blocks	4
18A	36. Entertain	5
19A	37. Postseason college football game	4
20A	38. Fig. on a college transcript	3
21A	39. Latin phrase that's often abbreviated	5
22A	40. Big name in briefs	5
23A	41. Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensors	13
24A	44. Maki or temaki	5
25A	46. Belgrade resident	4
26A	47. Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take?	14
27A	53. Bobber in a lake	4
28A	54. Peeved	4
29A	55. Nut-brown hue	5
30A	57. Head-butts	4
31A	58. "Summer of ___," Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival	4
32A	59. Cone or sphere	5
33A	60. Pub order	3
34A	61. The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?"	4
35A	62. It might be picante	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. A right one is 90°"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
• Similar words include: weight, tip, slant
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ANGLE

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2A: "6. Hairstyle for Questlove"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo
• Similar words include: Afro hairdo
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AFRO

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3A: "10. ___ de plume"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOM

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4A: "13. Luxury watch brand"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROLEX

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5A: "14. Half of a classic lunch special"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOUP

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6A: "15. Donate"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
• Similar words include: devote, pass on, render
• Opposite of: take, starve

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Answer: GIVE

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7A: "16. Reward for rolling over, perhaps"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: TREAT

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8A: "17. Redwood or cottonwood"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Similar words include: corner, shoetree, tree diagram
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TREE

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9A: "18. Best starting hand in Texas hold 'em"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: sweep through, one, pass with flying colors
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACES

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10A: "19. Device for capturing thermal images"

14 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: INFRAREDCAMERA

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11A: "22. Little locking brick"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
• Similar words include: Lego set
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LEGO

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12A: "23. Radical religious groups"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
• Similar words include: craze, religious cult, cult
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CULTS

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13A: "24. Where you might dance to some underground music?"

13 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: BASEMENTPARTY

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14A: "30. Specialty coffee order"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
• Similar words include: caffe latte
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LATTE

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15A: "31. Make a speech"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that talk pompously
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ORATE

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16A: "32. Buck's mate"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
• Similar words include: Energy, Department of Energy, Energy Department
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DOE

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17A: "35. Valuable Minecraft blocks"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Similar words include: ore
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ORES

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18A: "36. Entertain"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
• Similar words include: divert, disport
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AMUSE

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19A: "37. Postseason college football game"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
• Similar words include: trough, sports stadium, bowling ball
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BOWL

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20A: "38. Fig. on a college transcript"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
• Similar words include: grade point average
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GPA

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21A: "39. Latin phrase that's often abbreviated"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IDEST

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22A: "40. Big name in briefs"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HANES

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23A: "41. Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensors"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: LASERTAGARENA

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24A: "44. Maki or temaki"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SUSHI

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25A: "46. Belgrade resident"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of a slavic people who settled in serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
• Similar words include: Serbian
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SERB

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26A: "47. Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take?"

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: ASHOTINTHEDARK

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27A: "53. Bobber in a lake"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
• Similar words include: buoy up
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BUOY

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28A: "54. Peeved"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an open skin infection
• Similar words include: raw, sensitive, tender
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SORE

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29A: "55. Nut-brown hue"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ACORN

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30A: "57. Head-butts"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Similar words include: jampack, Ram, RAM
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RAMS

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31A: "58. "Summer of ___," Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
• Similar words include: person, mortal, psyche
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOUL

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32A: "59. Cone or sphere"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
• Similar words include: hearty, self-colored, firm
• Opposite of: liquid, hollow

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Answer: SOLID

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33A: "60. Pub order"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALE

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34A: "61. The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
• Similar words include: Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ABEL

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35A: "62. It might be picante"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SALSA

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. The "A" of MoMA	3
2D	2. Seaweed wrap for maki	4
3D	3. Secluded valley	4
4D	4. Some info sheets	8
5D	5. Radical	7
6D	6. One doing stellar work?	10
7D	7. Golfer's warning	4
8D	8. Regretted	4
9D	9. Major oil cartel, in brief	4
10D	10. "Bravo!"	10
11D	11. Blatant	5
12D	12. Flat-topped landforms	5
13D	15. Full range	5
14D	20. Tinder account datum that can't be edited	3
15D	21. The Hundred ___ Wood (storybook setting)	4
16D	24. Post to an online journal	4
17D	25. Org. for seniors	4
18D	26. Advances from third while the pitcher is distracted, say	10
19D	27. What team-building activities are designed to build	5
20D	28. Noodle that might be stuffed	10
21D	29. Dined	3
22D	33. Actor Wilson	4
23D	34. "Frozen" queen	4
24D	36. Suffix with lemon or stock	3
25D	37. Slow-cooked taco filling	8
26D	39. "___ just me, or …?"	4
27D	40. Rigorously demanding sort	7
28D	42. Nautical greetings	5
29D	43. "Gosh!"	3
30D	44. Popular hummus brand	5
31D	45. Run-of-the-mill	5
32D	48. Rae of "Barbie"	4
33D	49. Inexperienced gamer, informally	4
34D	50. Factual	4
35D	51. What "maki" means in Japanese	4
36D	52. Kardashian matriarch	4
37D	56. Contract enforcing secrecy, for short	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. The "A" of MoMA"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Similar words include: fine art, artistic creation, artwork
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ART

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2D: "2. Seaweed wrap for maki"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NORI

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3D: "3. Secluded valley"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GLEN

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4D: "4. Some info sheets"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
• Similar words include: booklet, folder, cusp
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: LEAFLETS

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5D: "5. Radical"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the furthest or highest degree of something
• Similar words include: uttermost, utmost, extremum
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: EXTREME

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6D: "6. One doing stellar work?"

10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a physicist who studies astronomy
• Similar words include: uranologist, stargazer
• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ASTRONOMER

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7D: "7. Golfer's warning"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that front part of a vessel or aircraft
• Similar words include: prow, stem, bow
• Opposite of: aft

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FORE

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8D: "8. Regretted"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
• Similar words include: rue, regret, repent
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RUED

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9D: "9. Major oil cartel, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
• Similar words include: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OPEC

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10D: "10. "Bravo!""

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: NICELYDONE

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11D: "11. Blatant"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that open and observable; not secret or hidden
• Similar words include: open
• Opposite of: covert

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Answer: OVERT

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12D: "12. Flat-topped landforms"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
• Similar words include: Mesa, table, mesa
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MESAS

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13D: "15. Full range"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a complete extent or range:
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GAMUT

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14D: "20. Tinder account datum that can't be edited"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that how long something has existed
• Similar words include: mature, eld, maturate
• Opposite of: rejuvenate

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Answer: AGE

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15D: "21. The Hundred ___ Wood (storybook setting)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
• Similar words include: Akka, Akko, Accho
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACRE

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16D: "24. Post to an online journal"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
• Similar words include: web log
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BLOG

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17D: "25. Org. for seniors"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
• Similar words include: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AARP

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18D: "26. Advances from third while the pitcher is distracted, say"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: STEALSHOME

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19D: "27. What team-building activities are designed to build"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
• Similar words include: faith, reliance, believe
• Opposite of: mistrust, distrust

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Answer: TRUST

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20D: "28. Noodle that might be stuffed"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PASTASHELL

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21D: "29. Dined"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Similar words include: eat on, eat up, run through
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATE

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22D: "33. Actor Wilson"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
• Similar words include: Robert Owen, Sir Richard Owen
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OWEN

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23D: "34. "Frozen" queen"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELSA

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24D: "36. Suffix with lemon or stock"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Similar words include: fruit drink
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ADE

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25D: "37. Slow-cooked taco filling"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: BARBACOA

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26D: "39. "___ just me, or …?""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISIT

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27D: "40. Rigorously demanding sort"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HARDASS

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28D: "42. Nautical greetings"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AHOYS

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29D: "43. "Gosh!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
• Similar words include: g, g-force
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GEE

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30D: "44. Popular hummus brand"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that a native-born israeli
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SABRA

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31D: "45. Run-of-the-mill"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
• Similar words include: common
• Opposite of: unusual

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Answer: USUAL

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32D: "48. Rae of "Barbie""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISSA

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33D: "49. Inexperienced gamer, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOOB

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34D: "50. Factual"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Similar words include: avowedly, reliable, true up
• Opposite of: untruthful, false

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Answer: TRUE

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35D: "51. What "maki" means in Japanese"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that rotary motion of an object around its own axis
• Similar words include: roll out, paradiddle, wander
• Opposite of: unwind

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Answer: ROLL

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36D: "52. Kardashian matriarch"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a malayan dagger with a wavy blade
• Similar words include: creese, crease
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KRIS

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37D: "56. Contract enforcing secrecy, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NDA

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Expert Solving Strategies

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

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Build Vocabulary

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

Today's Puzzle Stats

35 Across Clues

37 Down Clues

72 Total Clues

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