27437 Tue Dec 24, 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 24, 2024

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

Tue Dec 24, 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Image on a "Fleece Navidad" sweater, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHEEP

  Possible Answer : sheep




• The clue is 6. Elves have pointy ones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARS

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




• The clue is 10. Ref's ring ruling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TKO

  Possible Answer : TKO, technical_knockout




• The clue is 13. Exchanged messages, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEXTED




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

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

  The answer: THATSAID




• The clue is 17. Word before room or key. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESCAPE

  Possible Answer : get_away, get_out, run_away, elude, escape_valve, head_for_the_hills, lam, evasion, bunk, outflow, turn_tail, leak, escape, take_to_the_woods, break_loose, relief_valve, safety_valve, scat, run, scarper, dodging, break_away, miss, fly_the_coop, get_off, flight, leakage, escapism, get_by, escape_cock, hightail_it




• The clue is 18. Invasive amphibian introduced to Australia in the 1930s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANETOAD




• The clue is 19. Enjoyed a gingerbread man, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATE

  Possible Answer : eat, use_up, deplete, run_through, eat_on, exhaust, rust, wipe_out, Ate, corrode, eat_up, feed, consume




• The clue is 20. One might be made with a snow shovel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATH

  Possible Answer : path, itinerary, route, course, way, way_of_life, track




• The clue is 22. Wall St. debut. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IPO

  Possible Answer : initial_public_offering, IPO, initial_offering




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

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

  The answer: LIPBALM




• The clue is 25. Available from a keg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONDRAFT




• The clue is 29. Appease, as hunger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SATE

  Possible Answer : satiate, replete, fill, sate




• The clue is 30. Alphabet ender, in Britain. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZED

  Possible Answer : z, Z, izzard, zee, zed, ezed




• The clue is 32. Fossilized tree resin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMBER

  Possible Answer : brownish-yellow, gold, yellow-brown, amber




• The clue is 33. Confidentiality contract, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NDA




• The clue is 36. Bird on the Canadian dollar coin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOON

  Possible Answer : addlehead, diver, birdbrain, addle-head, loon




• The clue is 38. Place, as a wager. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAY

  Possible Answer : put, put_down, repose, laic, lie, lay, consist, lie_down, pose, rest, secular, set, position, dwell, ballad, lie_in, place

  Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand




• The clue is 39. Classic ballet set on Christmas Eve, with a hint to four black squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: THENUTCRACKER




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

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

  The answer: TAU

  Possible Answer : tau




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

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

  The answer: AGUA

  Possible Answer : agua, agua_toad, Bufo_marinus




• The clue is 45. Ticketmaster add-on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEE

  Possible Answer : tip, bung, fee




• The clue is 46. Deep-fried cookies at a county fair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OREOS

  Possible Answer : oreo, oreo_cookie




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

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

  The answer: SPY

  Possible Answer : descry, sleuth, stag, spy, snoop, sight, espy, spot, undercover_agent




• The clue is 50. Mother of Zeus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RHEA

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




• The clue is 54. What you may have to do if someone doesn't take charge?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAYCASH




• The clue is 56. "That's disgusting!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EWGROSS




• The clue is 59. "Let me think ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HMM




• The clue is 60. Office monitor, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSHA

  Possible Answer : OSHA, Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Administration




• The clue is 61. Nail polish brand with "Funny Bunny" and "Bubble Bath" shades. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPI




• The clue is 62. Latvian or Liechtensteiner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EUROPEAN

  Possible Answer : European




• The clue is 66. Perfect world. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UTOPIA

  Possible Answer : utopia, Sion, Utopia, Zion

  Possible Opposite Answer : dystopia




• The clue is 68. Mild chili designation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEALARM




• The clue is 69. What some bees collect in special "baskets" on their legs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POLLEN

  Possible Answer : pollen




• The clue is 70. "And giving a ___, up the chimney he rose" ("A Visit From St. Nicholas" excerpt). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOD

  Possible Answer : nod




• The clue is 71. Great Lake with the shortest name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERIE

  Possible Answer : Lake_Erie, Erie




• The clue is 72. Books it?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: READS

  Possible Answer : read, register, scan, understand, take, say, learn, translate, show, study, interpret, record

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: STEALS

  Possible Answer: steal, buy, bargain, slip

• The clue is 2. Greek goddess of the hearth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HESTIA

  Possible Answer: Hestia

• The clue is 3. Not counting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXCEPT

  Possible Answer: exclude, take_out, leave_off, except, demur, leave_out, omit

  Possible Opposite Answer : include

• The clue is 4. Uber calculation, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

  Possible Answer: Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, ETA, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, eta, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna

• The clue is 5. Title pig of children's TV. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEPPA

• The clue is 6. Make an engraving. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETCH

  Possible Answer: engrave, etch

• The clue is 7. Sound of an epiphany. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHA

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

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

  The answer: RANIN

• The clue is 9. Irish jig, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEPDANCE

• The clue is 10. "The ___ of Pooh" (Benjamin Hoff book). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAO

  Possible Answer: Taoist, Tao

• The clue is 11. Seoul-based automaker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIA

• The clue is 12. "That's strange ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODD

  Possible Answer: remaining, rummy, singular, unexpended, odd, funny, leftover, left, queer, uneven, unmatched, unmated, curious, left_over, peculiar, unpaired, rum

  Possible Opposite Answer : even

• The clue is 14. "You're on!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEAL

  Possible Answer: bargain, dish_out, portion_out, tidy_sum, cope, sight, make_do, wad, business_deal, good_deal, muckle, treat, handle, divvy_up, shell_out, deal, spate, contend, lot, cover, peck, slew, grapple, sell, plenty, administer, conduct, mountain, mickle, pot, mess, mass, great_deal, parcel_out, trade, dispense, batch, stack, take, carry_on, allot, consider, look_at, deal_out, hatful, hand, make_out, raft, plow, heap, get_by, distribute, dole_out, address, share, softwood, passel, quite_a_little, mete_out, care, mint, apportion, manage, flock, pile

• The clue is 16. Seattle team with which Sue Bird won four W.N.B.A. championships. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STORM

  Possible Answer: rage, force, surprise, storm, ramp, violent_storm, tempest

• The clue is 21. Celebrity gossip site. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TMZ

• The clue is 24. "Molto ___". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BENE

• The clue is 25. Something carbon monoxide lacks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODOR

  Possible Answer: aroma, olfactory_perception, olfactory_sensation, smell, odour, odor, olfactory_property, scent

• The clue is 26. Partner of ready and willing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABLE

  Possible Answer: able-bodied, able, capable

  Possible Opposite Answer : unable

• The clue is 27. Subject of a famous F.D.R. quote. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEAR

  Possible Answer: concern, fear, fearfulness, awe, veneration, dread, revere, venerate, reverence, fright, care

  Possible Opposite Answer : fearlessness

• The clue is 28. Have a go at. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRY

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

• The clue is 31. Yosemite peak, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELCAP

• The clue is 34. Something collected for genealogy testing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DNASAMPLE

• The clue is 35. Last mo. of summer vacation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AUG

  Possible Answer: August, Aug

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

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

  The answer: OAF

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

• The clue is 39. Skater Lipinski. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TARA

  Possible Answer: Tara

• The clue is 40. Singer Lewis with a cameo in "Back to the Future". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUEY

• The clue is 41. ___ Push (N.F.L. play also known as the Brotherly Shove). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUSH

  Possible Answer: tush, hindquarters, arse, fundament, hind_end, rear_end, backside, buns, bum, posterior, seat, rear, can, prat, buttocks, tail, fanny, tooshie, keister, stern, nates, tail_end, behind, derriere, ass, bottom, butt, rump

• The clue is 42. Deborah of "The King and I". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KERR

• The clue is 43. Toy that spins. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOP

  Possible Answer: meridian, teetotum, superlative, big_top, round_top, height, clear, transcend, lead, pass, pinch, spinning_top, tiptop, cover, top_off, top_out, crown, top_of_the_inning, whirligig, summit, upper_side, circus_tent, exceed, pinnacle, elevation, overstep, tip, acme, crest, go_past, top_side, peak, upside, top

  Possible Opposite Answer : bottom

• The clue is 47. Astronaut Ellen who was the first Hispanic woman in space. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCHOA

  Possible Answer: Ochoa, Severo_Ochoa

• The clue is 49. "Can I help you?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YES

  Possible Answer: yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no

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

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

  The answer: HOOPLA

  Possible Answer: hype, hoopla, plug, ballyhoo

• The clue is 52. Caught a glimpse of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESPIED

  Possible Answer: spot, spy, descry, espy

• The clue is 53. "Crazy Rich ___" (hit 2018 film). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIANS

  Possible Answer: Asiatic, Asian

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

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

  The answer: SMEAR

  Possible Answer: asperse, smirch, slander, spot, malignment, smear, daub, sully, cytosmear, denigrate, slur, besmirch, defame, blot, vilification, cytologic_smear, calumniate, smutch, stain, blur, smudge

• The clue is 57. Trounce, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHUP

• The clue is 58. College athlete who plays in "The Swamp". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GATOR

  Possible Answer: gator, alligator

• The clue is 60. Treater's words. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONME

• The clue is 62. Ages and ages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EON

  Possible Answer: aeon, eon

• The clue is 63. Game with Draw 4 cards. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNO

• The clue is 64. Color associated with Santa since an 1881 Thomas Nast cartoon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RED

  Possible Answer: loss, red_ink, cherry, blood-red, red-faced, redness, bolshy, scarlet, cherry-red, cerise, ruby-red, Marxist, flushed, violent, Red_River, reddish, ruby, carmine, Bolshevik, ruddy, Red, bolshie, crimson, reddened, red

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain

• The clue is 65. NPR host Shapiro. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARI

• The clue is 67. Repeated exclamation in the song "Hot Hot Hot". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE

27414 Fri Nov 29, 2024 NYT by Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock

Across Clues :

1. "Never mind", 12. Hosp. care providers, 15. Question that can't possibly be answered "No", 16. Solid :: glace : liquid :: ___, 17. Bond theme song that won an Academy Award in 2022, 18. Fender product, 19. Water bottle confiscator, for short, 20. Merely, 21. Chemistry research centers?, 23. Unchanged, 25. Light lager variety, casually, 28. Anti-apartheid activist Alan, 29. Makes into a soft fabric, as wool, 31. Mohawk culture, 33. Number of U.S. states starting with "B", 34. Mystic associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls, 36. Ghastly, 38. Certain lifelike sculpture … or what you might call 26-Down?, 40. Gather together, 42. They might be down for a ski trip, 46. Fill up, 47. Sullies, 49. Big name in water filters, 50. Where burnt offerings are placed, 52. ___ review, 54. War head?, 55. Ransacked, 57. Ones receiving free room and board, for short, 59. Bit of wit, 60. "The ___ of the Starfish" (1965 sequel to "A Wrinkle in Time"), 61. Illustrative example, 65. Coastal waterway, 66. Facing big trouble, 67. Coin with cherry blossoms on its front, 68. Juuuuuuust about done

Down Clues :

1. U.S. state capital with the highest altitude (7,200 feet), 2. XXX, in a way, 3. Goes (for), 4. Ghanaian author ___ Kwei Armah, 5. Napoleon's is found at Paris's Hôtel des Invalides, 6. Put on deck, 7. Polite gesture of acknowledgment, 8. Something indicated with the index and middle fingers, 9. Bore, 10. Analogous, 11. Begin a hole, 12. One whose hard work is showing?, 13. Skeptic's retort, 14. Lying face up, 22. World capital at roughly the same latitude as Montevideo, 24. Protein source in a hearty meal, 26. Cogsworth's compatriot in "Beauty and the Beast", 27. Bump in the road, 30. Clothing fastener, 32. Branded coffee pod, 35. Script directive, 37. Like most practitioners of Druzism, 39. Piece of a children's book, perhaps, 40. Burn unit?, 41. Hassock, by another name, 43. Sautéed-and-simmered Japanese dish, 44. Made harmonious, 45. Simply divine, 46. Pay, 48. Hit podcast beginning in 2014, 51. Gather some intel, 53. Passed in a flash, 56. Half of a noted arcade pair, 58. Go a few rounds, 62. Geographical feature sometimes named for a color, 63. Stray, 64. Chalcocyanite, for example

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 29, 2024

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

New York Times, Friday, November 29, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. "Never mind". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCRATCHTHAT




• The clue is 12. Hosp. care providers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RNS

  Possible Answer : registered_nurse, Rn, radon, RN, atomic_number_86




• The clue is 15. Question that can't possibly be answered "No". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREYOUAWAKE




• The clue is 16. Solid :: glace : liquid :: ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAU




• The clue is 17. Bond theme song that won an Academy Award in 2022. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTIMETODIE




• The clue is 18. Fender product. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMP

  Possible Answer : amp, AMP, adenosine_monophosphate, ampere, adenylic_acid, A




• The clue is 19. Water bottle confiscator, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSA

  Possible Answer : Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA




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

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

  The answer: BUT

  Possible Answer : simply, just, but, only, merely




• The clue is 21. Chemistry research centers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUCLEI

  Possible Answer : core, karyon, nucleus, core_group, lens_nucleus, cell_nucleus




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

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

  The answer: ASIS




• The clue is 25. Light lager variety, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PILS




• The clue is 28. Anti-apartheid activist Alan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATON

  Possible Answer : Alan_Paton, Alan_Stewart_Paton, Paton




• The clue is 29. Makes into a soft fabric, as wool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FELTS

  Possible Answer : felt, mat, mat_up, felt_up, matte_up, matt-up, matte




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

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

  The answer: PUNK

  Possible Answer : spunk, crummy, touchwood, bum, punk_rock, cheap, sleazy, strong-armer, tinder, punk, hoodlum, chintzy, tinny, cheesy, goon, thug, punk_rocker, tough, kindling, toughie, hood




• The clue is 33. Number of U.S. states starting with "B". 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 34. Mystic associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSENE

  Possible Answer : Essene




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

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

  The answer: MACABRE

  Possible Answer : sick, ghastly, macabre, gruesome, grim, grisly




• The clue is 38. Certain lifelike sculpture … or what you might call 26-Down?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAXFIGURE




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

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

  The answer: COMPILE

  Possible Answer : accumulate, collect, compile, hoard, amass, compose, roll_up, pile_up




• The clue is 42. They might be down for a ski trip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARKAS

  Possible Answer : windcheater, anorak, parka, windbreaker




• The clue is 46. Fill up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SATE

  Possible Answer : fill, sate, satiate, replete




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

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

  The answer: TARS

  Possible Answer : pitch, sea_dog, seaman, mariner, Jack, Jack-tar, gob, old_salt, tar, seafarer




• The clue is 49. Big name in water filters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRITA




• The clue is 50. Where burnt offerings are placed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTAR

  Possible Answer : communion_table, Lord's_table, altar




• The clue is 52. ___ review. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEER

  Possible Answer : match, equal, peer, compeer




• The clue is 54. War head?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTI

  Possible Answer : anti

  Possible Opposite Answer : pro




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

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

  The answer: LOOTED

  Possible Answer : ransack, rifle, strip, pillage, plunder, foray, plundered, ransacked, looted, loot, despoil, reave, pillaged




• The clue is 57. Ones receiving free room and board, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAS

  Possible Answer : celestial_longitude, Re, RA, Ra, right_ascension, atomic_number_88, radium, reticular_activating_system, RAS




• The clue is 59. Bit of wit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUN

  Possible Answer : punning, pun, wordplay, paronomasia




• The clue is 60. "The ___ of the Starfish" (1965 sequel to "A Wrinkle in Time"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARM

  Possible Answer : limb, arm, build_up, gird, subdivision, sleeve, branch, weapon_system, weapon, fortify

  Possible Opposite Answer : disarm




• The clue is 61. Illustrative example. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CASEINPOINT




• The clue is 65. Coastal waterway. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIA




• The clue is 66. Facing big trouble. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVERABARREL




• The clue is 67. Coin with cherry blossoms on its front. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEN

  Possible Answer : ache, hankering, languish, yen, yearn, pine




• The clue is 68. Juuuuuuust about done. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEARLYREADY

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. U.S. state capital with the highest altitude (7,200 feet). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANTAFE

• The clue is 2. XXX, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CROSSES

  Possible Answer: hybridize, crosse, spoil, cover, sweep, hybridisation, frustrate, interbreed, intersect, bilk, queer, cut_through, scotch, hybridization, mark, thwart, get_across, crossbreeding, traverse, crown_of_thorns, foil, hybrid, interbreeding, span, crossbreed, track, get_over, crossing, pass_over, hybridise, cross, crisscross, hybridizing, cut_across, Cross, baffle

  Possible Opposite Answer : uncross

• The clue is 3. Goes (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RETAILS

  Possible Answer: retail

  Possible Opposite Answer : wholesale

• The clue is 4. Ghanaian author ___ Kwei Armah. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AYI

• The clue is 5. Napoleon's is found at Paris's Hôtel des Invalides. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOMB

  Possible Answer: grave, tomb

• The clue is 6. Put on deck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUEUP

• The clue is 7. Polite gesture of acknowledgment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HATTIP

• The clue is 8. Something indicated with the index and middle fingers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TWO

  Possible Answer: ii, deuce, 2, II, two

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

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

  The answer: HAD

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : refuse, abstain, lack

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

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

  The answer: AKIN

  Possible Answer: cognate, kindred, consanguineal, blood-related, consanguineous, kin, akin, consanguine

• The clue is 11. Begin a hole. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEEUP

• The clue is 12. One whose hard work is showing?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REALTOR

  Possible Answer: Realtor

• The clue is 13. Skeptic's retort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAMEONE

• The clue is 14. Lying face up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUPINE

  Possible Answer: resupine, unresisting, resistless, supine

• The clue is 22. World capital at roughly the same latitude as Montevideo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANBERRA

  Possible Answer: Canberra, capital_of_Australia, Australian_capital

• The clue is 24. Protein source in a hearty meal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEWMEAT

• The clue is 26. Cogsworth's compatriot in "Beauty and the Beast". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUMIERE

• The clue is 27. Bump in the road. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAG

  Possible Answer: rub, hang-up, rip, snag, hitch, rent, tear, split

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

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

  The answer: SNAP

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity

• The clue is 32. Branded coffee pod. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KCUP

• The clue is 35. Script directive. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXIT

  Possible Answer: cash_in_one's_chips, get_out, pop_off, buy_the_farm, pass_away, give-up_the_ghost, departure, way_out, perish, go, loss, issue, exit, passing, go_out, croak, die, choke, drop_dead, release, conk, snuff_it, pass, expire, going, decease, outlet, leave, kick_the_bucket, expiration

  Possible Opposite Answer : enter, be_born

• The clue is 37. Like most practitioners of Druzism. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAB

  Possible Answer: Arabian, Arab

• The clue is 39. Piece of a children's book, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLAP

  Possible Answer: tizzy, dither, fluttering, roll, undulate, flaps, flutter, flap, wave, beat, fuss, flapping, pother

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

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

  The answer: CALORIE

  Possible Answer: kilogram_calorie, small_calorie, large_calorie, Calorie, calorie, gram_calorie, kilocalorie, nutritionist's_calorie

• The clue is 41. Hassock, by another name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTTOMAN

  Possible Answer: Ottoman_Turk, pouf, tuffet, Ottoman, ottoman, pouffe, puff, hassock, footrest, Osmanli, Ottoman_dynasty, footstool

• The clue is 43. Sautéed-and-simmered Japanese dish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KINPIRA

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

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

  The answer: ATTUNED

  Possible Answer: attune

• The clue is 45. Simply divine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAINTLY

  Possible Answer: saintly, sainted, saintlike, angelic, beatific, angelical

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

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

  The answer: SALARY

  Possible Answer: pay, wage, earnings, salary, remuneration

• The clue is 48. Hit podcast beginning in 2014. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERIAL

  Possible Answer: serial, in_series, nonparallel, serial_publication, sequential, series, successive, consecutive, sequent

• The clue is 51. Gather some intel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RECON

• The clue is 53. Passed in a flash. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANBY

• The clue is 56. Half of a noted arcade pair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAVE

• The clue is 58. Go a few rounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAR

  Possible Answer: sparring, spar

• The clue is 62. Geographical feature sometimes named for a color. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEA

  Possible Answer: sea, ocean

• The clue is 63. Stray. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERR

  Possible Answer: slip, stray, drift, mistake, err

• The clue is 64. Chalcocyanite, for example. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORE

  Possible Answer: ore

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Across Clues and Answers (43)

Clue #1: 1. 2022 Jordan Peele horror/sci-fi film

4-letter answer Answer: NOPE

Clue #2: 5. San ___ Bay (estuary near San Francisco)

5-letter answer Answer: PABLO

Clue #3: 10. Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist

3-letter answer Answer: ALI

Word Help: Synonyms: Cassius_Marcellus_Clay, Ali, Cassius_Clay

Clue #4: 13. Coin toss call

5-letter answer Answer: TAILS

Word Help: Synonyms: rear_end, rump, tush
Antonyms: head

Clue #5: 14. Supply

5-letter answer Answer: EQUIP

Word Help: Synonyms: fit_out, equip, fit

Clue #6: 15. Generals and such

5-letter answer Answer: BRASS

Word Help: Synonyms: boldness, plaque, organisation

Clue #7: 16. Quickly put (together)

4-letter answer Answer: SLAP

Word Help: Synonyms: slap, smack, slapdash

Clue #8: 17. Tres + tres + tres

5-letter answer Answer: NUEVE

Clue #9: 18. Single ___ (tourney type)

4-letter answer Answer: ELIM

Clue #10: 19. Clarifying words

4-letter answer Answer: ASIN

Word Help: Synonyms: Asvina, Asin

Clue #11: 20. Kierkegaard, for one

4-letter answer Answer: DANE

Word Help: Synonyms: Dane

Clue #12: 21. Cattle steerers

5-letter answer Answer: PRODS

Word Help: Synonyms: nudge, spur, egg_on

Clue #13: 22. Worn-down part

3-letter answer Answer: NUB

Word Help: Synonyms: substance, essence, marrow

Clue #14: 24. Fail to understand

6-letter answer Answer: NOTSEE

Clue #15: 26. Section of a curriculum

4-letter answer Answer: UNIT

Word Help: Synonyms: unit_of_measurement, unit, whole

Clue #16: 28. Broadway star Hagen

3-letter answer Answer: UTA

Word Help: Synonyms: genus_Uta, Uta

Clue #17: 30. Musical pitch interval

8-letter answer Answer: HALFTONE

Word Help: Synonyms: halftone_engraving, photoengraving, halftone

Clue #18: 34. Mayo to mayo, say

3-letter answer Answer: ANO

Word Help: Synonyms: Black_September, Fatah_Revolutionary_Council, Abu_Nidal_Organization

Clue #19: 35. Writer honored by Oz Park in Chicago

4-letter answer Answer: BAUM

Word Help: Synonyms: Baum, Frank_Baum, Lyman_Frank_Brown

Clue #20: 37. "My Neighbor ___," 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film

6-letter answer Answer: TOTORO

Clue #21: 38. One not getting enough sleep in Apr., perhaps

3-letter answer Answer: CPA

Word Help: Synonyms: certified_public_accountant, CPA

Clue #22: 39. "Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle

7-letter answer Answer: BUTTOUT

Clue #23: 41. Prefix with meter

3-letter answer Answer: ODO

Word Help: Synonyms: Otho, Odo, Odo_of_Lagery

Clue #24: 42. As a ___

6-letter answer Answer: RESULT

Word Help: Synonyms: issue, resolution, upshot

Clue #25: 44. Prefix with phobia

4-letter answer Answer: ACRO

Clue #26: 45. "I'm Just ___" (2023 Oscar-nominated song)

3-letter answer Answer: KEN

Word Help: Synonyms: sight, ken, cognizance

Clue #27: 46. Halting speakers?

8-letter answer Answer: SENTRIES

Word Help: Synonyms: sentinel, lookout_man, spotter

Clue #28: 48. "Inside Politics" airer

3-letter answer Answer: CNN

Clue #29: 49. Field

4-letter answer Answer: AREA

Word Help: Synonyms: surface_area, sphere, arena

Clue #30: 50. Like many flowers and prizes

6-letter answer Answer: ANNUAL

Word Help: Synonyms: yearly, yearbook, one-year
Antonyms: biennial

Clue #31: 52. Down in the dumps

3-letter answer Answer: SAD

Word Help: Synonyms: sorry, deplorable, distressing
Antonyms: glad

Clue #32: 54. Tasty pastry spread

5-letter answer Answer: ICING

Word Help: Synonyms: ice, icing_the_puck, icing

Clue #33: 57. Main ingredient in the Japanese liqueur umeshu

4-letter answer Answer: PLUM

Word Help: Synonyms: plumb, clean, plum

Clue #34: 59. Hats, informally

4-letter answer Answer: LIDS

Word Help: Synonyms: eyelid, hat, chapeau

Clue #35: 62. Nice chunk of dough

4-letter answer Answer: THOU

Word Help: Synonyms: one_thousand, thousand, grand

Clue #36: 63. Garden tool

5-letter answer Answer: SPADE

Word Help: Synonyms: jigaboo, coon, nigger

Clue #37: 64. Kind of arch that resembles the shape of a Hershey's Kiss

4-letter answer Answer: OGEE

Word Help: Synonyms: ogee, cyma_reversa

Clue #38: 65. Qualifying races

5-letter answer Answer: HEATS

Word Help: Synonyms: heating_system, passion, stir_up
Antonyms: anestrus, coldness

Clue #39: 66. This might come in a saucer

5-letter answer Answer: ALIEN

Word Help: Synonyms: unknown, alien, alienate
Antonyms: acquaintance, citizen

Clue #40: 67. Side to take into consideration

5-letter answer Answer: FACET

Word Help: Synonyms: facet, aspect

Clue #41: 68. Actress Goth of 2022's "X"

3-letter answer Answer: MIA

Clue #42: 69. Supervises

5-letter answer Answer: TENDS

Word Help: Synonyms: run, tend, incline

Clue #43: 70. Mustang feature, once

4-letter answer Answer: TTOP

Across Clues and Answers (43)

Clue #1: 1. Org. with probes

4-letter answer Answer: NASA

Word Help: Synonyms: NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration

Clue #2: 2. Muddies, as water

5-letter answer Answer: ROILS

Word Help: Synonyms: churn, moil, rile

Clue #3: 3. Ascetic breakfast selection

10-letter answer Answer: PLAINTOAST

Clue #4: 4. Channel for watching college games

5-letter answer Answer: ESPNU

Clue #5: 5. Turn topsy-turvy

5-letter answer Answer: UPEND

Word Help: Synonyms: upend

Clue #6: 6. One doing some deep-sea exploration

8-letter answer Answer: AQUANAUT

Word Help: Synonyms: oceanaut, aquanaut, skin-diver

Clue #7: 7. "Muy ___!"

5-letter answer Answer: BUENO

Clue #8: 8. Resides a long time ago?

6-letter answer Answer: LIVETH

Clue #9: 9. Be down in the dumps

4-letter answer Answer: MOPE

Word Help: Synonyms: mope, moon_around, moon_about

Clue #10: 10. Singer Guthrie

4-letter answer Answer: ARLO

Clue #11: 11. Crisscross pattern

5-letter answer Answer: PLAID

Word Help: Synonyms: tartan, plaid

Clue #12: 12. Credos

4-letter answer Answer: ISMS

Word Help: Synonyms: doctrine, philosophical_system, ism

Clue #13: 15. Lacking, with "of"

6-letter answer Answer: BEREFT

Word Help: Synonyms: grieving, lovelorn, mourning

Clue #14: 21. Bike and Bike+, e.g.

8-letter answer Answer: PELOTONS

Clue #15: 23. Like a witch's cauldron

8-letter answer Answer: BUBBLING

Word Help: Synonyms: belch, frothy, foaming

Clue #16: 25. God honored by gladiatorial fights

6-letter answer Answer: SATURN

Word Help: Synonyms: Saturn

Clue #17: 26. Mother-of-pearl

5-letter answer Answer: NACRE

Word Help: Synonyms: nacre, mother-of-pearl

Clue #18: 27. How to sign a check

5-letter answer Answer: INPEN

Clue #19: 29. Draw tight

6-letter answer Answer: TAUTEN

Word Help: Synonyms: firm, tauten

Clue #20: 31. Criticized

10-letter answer Answer: TOOKADIGAT

Clue #21: 32. Primate, for humans

5-letter answer Answer: ORDER

Word Help: Synonyms: regulate, parliamentary_law, Holy_Order
Antonyms: disorderliness, disorder

Clue #22: 33. Who "can get in the way of what I'm feelin'," in an Alicia Keys hit

5-letter answer Answer: NOONE

Clue #23: 36. Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card

3-letter answer Answer: MTA

Clue #24: 40. Obstructed, as an opening

8-letter answer Answer: OCCLUDED

Word Help: Synonyms: sorbed, obstruct, jam
Antonyms: free

Clue #25: 43. God who begat the Titans

6-letter answer Answer: URANUS

Word Help: Synonyms: Ouranos, Uranus

Clue #26: 47. Lissome

6-letter answer Answer: SUPPLE

Word Help: Synonyms: svelte, supple, lissom

Clue #27: 51. Author ___-René Lesage

5-letter answer Answer: ALAIN

Clue #28: 53. Overhead

5-letter answer Answer: ALOFT

Word Help: Synonyms: aloft

Clue #29: 54. Thing on a docket

4-letter answer Answer: ITEM

Word Help: Synonyms: detail, point, token

Clue #30: 55. Something a waiter may pull out

5-letter answer Answer: CHAIR

Word Help: Synonyms: chairperson, chair, moderate

Clue #31: 56. I, to Socrates

4-letter answer Answer: IOTA

Word Help: Synonyms: scintilla, whit, smidge

Clue #32: 58. Sharp set?

4-letter answer Answer: MENS

Word Help: Synonyms: hands, workforce, manpower

Clue #33: 60. Interior design

5-letter answer Answer: DECOR

Word Help: Synonyms: interior_decoration, decor

Clue #34: 61. Permeate

4-letter answer Answer: SEEP

Word Help: Synonyms: seep, ooze

Clue #35: 63. Fill fully

4-letter answer Answer: SATE

Word Help: Synonyms: sate, fill, replete

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