No 27381, Sat Oct 26, 2024 NY Times Crossword by Peter A. Collins

Across Clues :

1. Hotel room staple, 6. "Hound Dog" singer Big ___ Thornton, 10. Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation, 14. Way, 15. Reality show winner since 2002, 16. Bridge piece, 17. Spotted, in a way, 18. Meaning of a finger wag, 19. Zip, 20. People to hang out with, 21. Mood, 22. Fish whose egg casings are called "mermaid's purses", 23. Oslo Accords signatory, for short, 24. Fail to tail, 25. Not spent anymore, 26. Two-time Oscar nominee Joan, 28. Go no further, 29. "We'll let ourselves in", 34. Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize, 35. Masters of bad impersonations?, 36. Pub fixtures, 37. Takes root, 38. Incite, 41. Tony winner Judith, 42. Letters on a Busch Stadium hat, 44. She played Julia in 2009's "Julie & Julia", 45. Cut and polish, maybe, 46. Big bird, 47. Two shakes, 48. Spin out on the ice?, 49. Reasons for some street closures, 50. In ___ (unmoved), 51. Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month, 52. "ER" actress Laura, 53. Go berserk, 54. Slim winning margin, 55. Quite the party

Sat Oct 26, 2024 NY Times Crossword 

Down Clues :

1. Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival, 2. One of a singing duo?, 3. Solarium, 4. Périodes chaudes de l'année, 5. With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond, 6. Skimpy garments, 7. Building block, 8. Brood, 9. Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales", 10. Deluxe wraps?, 11. Menace in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania", 12. "À votre ___!", 13. Out on a limb, say, 21. Calling, 22. Something to wallow in, 24. Spade, for one, 25. Naughty list?, 27. Vessel that hasn't crossed the Canadian border since 1993, 28. The so-called "Rocket City" of the South, 29. Emphatic agreement, 30. When doubled, a pop nickname, 31. Gorgeous, 32. Not yet explored, as a tomb, 33. Map abbrs., 38. Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short, 39. Amber, e.g., 40. Van Susteren of TV news, 41. They might be bright, 43. See 5-Down, 45. National, formerly, 46. Asian royal, 48. Chicago's ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building, 49. Small invention

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 26, 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. Hotel room staple. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TVSET




• The clue is 6. "Hound Dog" singer Big ___ Thornton. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAMA

  Possible Answer : mamma, mama, mummy, mammy, mum, momma, Mama, mommy, ma, mom




• The clue is 10. Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUST

  Possible Answer : moldiness, must, mustiness




• The clue is 14. Way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROUTE

  Possible Answer : path, itinerary, route, road




• The clue is 15. Reality show winner since 2002. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDOL

  Possible Answer : perfection, paragon, graven_image, god, beau_ideal, matinee_idol, idol




• The clue is 16. Bridge piece. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IBAR




• The clue is 17. Spotted, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACNED

  Possible Answer : acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate




• The clue is 18. Meaning of a finger wag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOPE




• The clue is 19. Zip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONE

  Possible Answer : none




• The clue is 20. People to hang out with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALS

  Possible Answer : sidekick, pal_up, chum, buddy, pal, brother, crony, chum_up




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

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

  The answer: VIBE

  Possible Answer : vibe, vibration




• The clue is 22. Fish whose egg casings are called "mermaid's purses". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKATE

  Possible Answer : skate




• The clue is 23. Oslo Accords signatory, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLO

  Possible Answer : Palestine_Liberation_Organization, PLO




• The clue is 24. Fail to tail. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOSE

  Possible Answer : lose, drop_off, recede, miss, suffer, fall_back, misplace, mislay, turn_a_loss, fall_behind

  Possible Opposite Answer : win, find, profit, keep, gain




• The clue is 25. Not spent anymore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESTED

  Possible Answer : roost, perch, rest, reside, lie, remain, repose, breathe, rested, take_a_breather, stay, catch_one's_breath, pillow

  Possible Opposite Answer : change, be_active, tired




• The clue is 26. Two-time Oscar nominee Joan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUSACK




• The clue is 28. Go no further. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALT

  Possible Answer : stanch, stay, stoppage, game, hitch, hold, freeze, arrest, check, stem, staunch, crippled, block, lame, gimpy, stop, halting, halt, kibosh

  Possible Opposite Answer : start




• The clue is 29. "We'll let ourselves in". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DONTWAITUPFORUS




• The clue is 34. Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: ORGANTRANSPLANT




• The clue is 35. Masters of bad impersonations?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: IDENTITYTHIEVES




• The clue is 36. Pub fixtures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOOS

  Possible Answer : water_closet, Loos, Adolf_Loos, closet, W.C., loo




• The clue is 37. Takes root. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SETSIN




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

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

  The answer: URGEON




• The clue is 41. Tony winner Judith. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVEY




• The clue is 42. Letters on a Busch Stadium hat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STL




• The clue is 44. She played Julia in 2009's "Julie & Julia". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MERYL




• The clue is 45. Cut and polish, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDIT

  Possible Answer : blue-pencil, cut, delete, redact, edit_out, edit




• The clue is 46. Big bird. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RHEA

  Possible Answer : nandu, Rhea_americana, Pterocnemia_pennata, Rhea, rhea




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

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

  The answer: ASEC




• The clue is 48. Spin out on the ice?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXEL




• The clue is 49. Reasons for some street closures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAIRS

  Possible Answer : bazaar, funfair, fair, carnival




• The clue is 50. In ___ (unmoved). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITU




• The clue is 51. Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPAL

  Possible Answer : opal




• The clue is 52. "ER" actress Laura. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INNES




• The clue is 53. Go berserk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAP

  Possible Answer : break_down, snarl, press_stud, duck_soup, gingersnap, catch, cracking, photograph, ginger_snap, shot, pushover, crack, child's_play, centering, picnic, elasticity, piece_of_cake, tear, cinch, grab, flick, snap, snapshot, snap_fastener, rupture, click, breeze, snatch, shoot, ginger_nut, snatch_up, bust, walkover, lose_it, snap_bean

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity




• The clue is 54. Slim winning margin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOSE

  Possible Answer : horn_in, pry, intrude, scent, wind, nozzle, nose, poke, nuzzle, olfactory_organ




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

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

  The answer: BIGDO

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAPP

• The clue is 2. One of a singing duo?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VOCALCORD

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

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

  The answer: SUNLOUNGE

• The clue is 4. Périodes chaudes de l'année. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETES

• The clue is 5. With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TED

  Possible Answer: Teddy_boy, Ted

• The clue is 6. Skimpy garments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINISKIRTS

  Possible Answer: miniskirt, mini

• The clue is 7. Building block. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADOBE

  Possible Answer: adobe, adobe_brick

• The clue is 8. Brood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOPE

  Possible Answer: dallier, mope_around, moon_about, lounger, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, mope, moon_around

• The clue is 9. Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALE

  Possible Answer: ale

• The clue is 10. Deluxe wraps?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINKSTOLES

• The clue is 11. Menace in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBOAT

• The clue is 12. "À votre ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANTE

• The clue is 13. Out on a limb, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREED

  Possible Answer: corner, treed, trapped, at_bay, shoetree, tree, cornered

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

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

  The answer: VOCATION

  Possible Answer: occupational_group, career, calling, vocation

• The clue is 22. Something to wallow in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELFPITY

• The clue is 24. Spade, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAWNTOOL

• The clue is 25. Naughty list?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAPSHEET

• The clue is 27. Vessel that hasn't crossed the Canadian border since 1993. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STANLEYCUP

• The clue is 28. The so-called "Rocket City" of the South. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUNTSVILLE

  Possible Answer: Huntsville

• The clue is 29. Emphatic agreement. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOI

  Possible Answer: Interior, Department_of_the_Interior, DoI, Interior_Department

• The clue is 30. When doubled, a pop nickname. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAY

  Possible Answer: Tay

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

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

  The answer: RAVISHING

  Possible Answer: enthrall, enrapture, ravishing, delight, dishonour, violate, outrage, ravish, assault, dishonor, transport, enthral, enchant, rape

  Possible Opposite Answer : disenchant

• The clue is 32. Not yet explored, as a tomb. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNENTERED

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

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

  The answer: STS

• The clue is 38. Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UMASS

• The clue is 39. Amber, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESIN

  Possible Answer: rosin, resin

• The clue is 40. Van Susteren of TV news. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRETA

• The clue is 41. They might be bright. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEAS

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

• The clue is 43. See 5-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASSO

  Possible Answer: Roland_de_Lassus, rope, Lasso, lasso, lariat, riata, Orlando_di_Lasso, reata

• The clue is 45. National, formerly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXPO

  Possible Answer: exhibition, expo, exposition

• The clue is 46. Asian royal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANI

  Possible Answer: ranee, rani

• The clue is 48. Chicago's ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AON

• The clue is 49. Small invention. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIB

  Possible Answer: tarradiddle, taradiddle, tale, fib, story

January 13, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Saturday, January 13, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 13, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

1A: "1. Syncopated drumbeats"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
• Similar words include: roll, drum roll
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PARADIDDLE

2A: "11. Pass catcher Collinsworth"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CRIS

3A: "15. One-sided"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that involving only one part or side
• Similar words include: one-sided
• Opposite of: multilateral

Click to reveal answer

Answer: UNILATERAL

4A: "16. A Rodgers partner"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states playwright who collaborated with george s. kaufman (1904-1961)
• Similar words include: Lorenz Hart, Moss Hart, stag
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HART

5A: "17. Deliverers"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
• Similar words include: liberator
• Opposite of: captor

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIBERATORS

6A: "18. Hungary's Nagy"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IMRE

7A: "19. As written: Mus."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STA

8A: "20. Alt."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELEV

9A: "21. Axilla"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
• Similar words include: axillary cavity, axilla, axillary fossa
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARMPIT

10A: "23. Young Guthrie"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARLO

11A: "25. Musical tones"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
• Similar words include: rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial system
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RES

12A: "27. "Deirdre" dramatist"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
• Similar words include: William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YEATS

13A: "28. Communicates à la sparks"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that medium for communication
• Similar words include: radiocommunication, radio set, radio receiver
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RADIOS

14A: "31. Plexus"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
• Similar words include: plexus
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RETE

15A: "33. Noted Indian novelist"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAO

16A: "34. ___-faire"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAISSEZ

17A: "36. Abbr. on an envelope"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATTN

18A: "37. Egypt's ___ stone"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROSETTA

19A: "40. Author Gay and family"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TALESES

20A: "42. Footless"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: APOD

21A: "43. Theater cries"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
• Similar words include: encore
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENCORES

22A: "45. Alouette's bill"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEC

23A: "46. It is, in Ibiza"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESTA

24A: "47. Two jiggers"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disrespectful laugh
• Similar words include: hiss, razz, raspberry
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SNORTS

25A: "51. Dropped a fly"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Similar words include: mistake, stray, err
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERRED

26A: "53. Goal"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
• Similar words include: last, close, remainder
• Opposite of: beginning, begin

Click to reveal answer

Answer: END

27A: "55. Ding or dong"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
• Similar words include: roll, ring, pealing
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PEAL

28A: "56. Crude shelter"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEANTO

29A: "58. Former Venezuelan mining town"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AROA

30A: "61. He, to Louis"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LUI

31A: "62. Aleutian island"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATTU

32A: "63. Return a P.O.W. to his native land"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
• Opposite of: expatriate
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REPATRIATE

33A: "66. Via's kin"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITER

34A: "67. Crackles"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a crackling sound
• Similar words include: crackle, crepitate
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CREPITATES

35A: "68. Ltr. enclosure"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SASE

36A: "69. Rating"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
• Similar words include: appraisal, judgement, judgment
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASSESSMENT

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1D: "1. Neutron star"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PULSAR

2D: "2. "Peer Gynt" temptress"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANITRA

3D: "3. Gross"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
• Similar words include: bawdy, off-color
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RIBALD

4D: "4. Porter relative"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

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: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALE

5D: "5. Venture"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
• Similar words include: make bold, presume, defy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DARE

6D: "6. Romance lang."

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITAL

7D: "7. Hold back"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that try to prevent; show opposition to
• Similar words include: discourage, dissuade
• Opposite of: persuade

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DETER

8D: "8. Herdsmen"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who drives a herd
• Similar words include: herdsman, drover, herder
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DROVERS

9D: "9. Gibbon"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAR

10D: "10. Lionized lion"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELSA

11D: "11. Voice of Grandfather Time?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
• Similar words include: gong, bell
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CHIME

12D: "12. What we watched o'er"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
• Similar words include: bulwark, wall, rampart
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RAMPARTS

13D: "13. Irk"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Similar words include: get at, nettle, rag
• Opposite of: soothe

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Answer: IRRITATE

14D: "14. Texans' toppers"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hat made of felt with a creased crown
• Similar words include: felt hat, trilby, fedora
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: STETSONS

15D: "22. Bodies' meeting place in Scotland?"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
• Similar words include: rye whisky, Secale cereale, rye whiskey
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RYE

16D: "24. Lubed the limo"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cover with oil, as if by rubbing
• Similar words include: anele, inunct, oil
• Opposite of: unoiled

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Answer: OILED

17D: "26. Mind"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEETO

18D: "29. Cereal grass"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OAT

19D: "30. Where to build houses"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
• Similar words include: sit down, situation, place
• Opposite of: stand, arise

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Answer: SITES

20D: "32. Autocratic rulers: Var."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Similar words include: tzar, czar, tsar
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TZARS

21D: "35. Last word in French toast"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SANTE

22D: "36. Fabulist"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AESOP

23D: "37. Alcofribas Nasier's real name"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
• Similar words include: Francois Rabelais
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RABELAIS

24D: "38. "The Mikado," for one"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short amusing opera
• Similar words include: light opera
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: OPERETTA

25D: "39. Plato was his pupil"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ancient athenian philosopher; teacher of plato and xenophon (470-399 bc)
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SOCRATES

26D: "41. Author Deighton"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEN

27D: "44. Hors d'oeuvres"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
• Similar words include: canape
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CANAPES

28D: "46. N.Y. time in June"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDT

29D: "48. Tell"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a logical or causal connection
• Similar words include: associate, touch on, interrelate
• Opposite of: dissociate

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Answer: RELATE

30D: "49. Become uptight"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that become taut or tauter
• Similar words include: firm
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TAUTEN

31D: "50. Most foxy"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by skill in deception
• Similar words include: dodgy, foxy, knavish
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SLIEST

32D: "52. Harden"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENURE

33D: "54. Hang"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• Similar words include: curtain, clothe, cloak
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DRAPE

34D: "57. Grampus"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Similar words include: killer whale, sea wolf, killer
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORCA

35D: "59. Regretful Miss, in a song"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Similar words include: genus Otis, Elisha Graves Otis
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OTIS

36D: "60. Crafts' companion"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Similar words include: prowess, fine art, humanities
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARTS

37D: "64. Hesitation sounds"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Similar words include: emergency room, atomic number 68, Er
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERS

38D: "65. Wee, small hr."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IAM

Puzzle Stats

36 Across

38 Down

74 Total

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