March 09, 2020 NYT Clues Answers

Unlocking the NYT Crosswords - March 09, 2020

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Break down the NYT Crosswords: March 09, 2020

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Tavern is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word BAR


• 4. Fabled loser to a tortoise is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word HARE


• 8. Go searching for food is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word FORAGE


• 14. Flabbergast is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word AWE


• 15. German auto make is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word OPEL


• 16. Ways to travel is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word ROUTES


• 17. Young fellow is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word LAD


• 18. What you should take dubious advice with is a crossword clue. The answer 11 letters word GRAINOFSALT


• 20. "If I'm wrong, I'll eat ___!" is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word MYHAT


• 22. School support grp. is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word PTA


• 23. Every family has one is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word TREE


• 24. Dry, as a desert is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ARID


• 26. "That's not true!" is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word ITSALIE


• 29. What a complete fool lacks is a crossword clue. The answer 12 letters word OUNCEOFSENSE


• 32. G.M. car no longer sold new is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word OLDS


• 33. Tennis umpire's call is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word LET


• 34. Offered for breeding, as a derby winner is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word ATSTUD


• 38. Letter between oh and cue is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word PEE


• 39. Toilet paper layer is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word PLY


• 40. College application fig. is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word GPA


• 41. Red ___ beet is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word ASA


• 42. Passover celebrations is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word SEDERS


• 44. Dove's sound is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word COO


• 45. Squeaks (by) is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word EKES


• 46. Shylock's harsh demand, in "The Merchant of Venice" is a crossword clue. The answer 12 letters word POUNDOFFLESH


• 49. Leaked, as an old faucet is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word DRIPPED


• 51. Government disaster org. is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word FEMA


• 52. Greek war god is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ARES


• 53. "Right you ___!" is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word ARE


• 55. Colorado skiing mecca is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word ASPEN


• 58. What "it" may hit you like is a crossword clue. The answer 11 letters word TONOFBRICKS


• 62. Before, in poetry is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word ERE


• 63. Concert gear handler is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word ROADIE


• 64. Brand of basketballs is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word VOIT


• 65. Classic symphonic rock group, for short is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word ELO


• 66. Claim to be true is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word ALLEGE


• 67. Odds' counterpart is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ENDS


• 68. Documentarian Burns is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word KEN

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. ChapStick, e.g. is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word BALM


• 2. What a robber hopes to get? is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word AWAY


• 3. How robbers can get caught is a crossword clue. The answer 9 letters word REDHANDED


• 4. Immobilize with rope, in a way is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word HOGTIE


• 5. Month after Mar. is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word APR


• 6. Harvest is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word REAP


• 7. Snobbish sort is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word ELITIST


• 8. To and ___ is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word FRO


• 9. "Ouch!" is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word OOF


• 10. Steals cattle is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word RUSTLES


• 11. Maker of the game Centipede is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word ATARI


• 12. Cosmetic goop is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word GELEE


• 13. Toward sunrise: Sp. is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ESTE


• 19. ___ the Great of children's literature is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word NATE


• 21. Paths of falling stars is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ARCS


• 25. Gets all pretty is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word DOLLSUP


• 27. Quickly and loudly detach is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word SNAPOFF


• 28. "The Thin Man" dog is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ASTA


• 29. Klutz's cry is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word OOPS


• 30. 1997 title role for Peter Fonda is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ULEE


• 31. Funny Tina is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word FEY


• 35. Glimpse furtively is a crossword clue. The answer 9 letters word TAKEAPEEK


• 36. Baking soda has lots of them is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word USES


• 37. Sprint is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word DASH


• 39. Skull, for Hamlet when he says "Alas, poor Yorick!" is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word PROP


• 40. When repeated, infant's sound is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word GOO


• 43. Any one of nine "Star Wars" films is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word EPISODE


• 44. Obsolescent laptop component is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word CDDRIVE


• 45. Things that suffered a 20th-century blight is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ELMS


• 47. Close by is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word NEAR


• 48. Eats royally is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word FEASTS


• 49. Bit on a baby's bib is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word DROOL


• 50. Kidney-related is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word RENAL


• 52. Gillette razor option is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ATRA


• 54. M.B.A. class subj. is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ECON


• 56. Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ERLE


• 57. One of the noble gases is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word NEON


• 59. ___ Newton (cookie) is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word FIG


• 60. Q: Why is a flower like the letter A? A: Because a ___ goes after it is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word BEE


• 61. Joke (around) is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word KID

NYT Friday, August 16, 2024 - Crossword Clues Hints here

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 16, 2024

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

NYT Friday, August 16, 2024 - Crossword Clues Hints 

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Locale for car chases in "Goldfinger" and "Quantum of Solace". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALPS

  Possible Answer : the_Alps, alp, Alps




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

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

  The answer: CHAI




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

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

  The answer: SAPS

  Possible Answer : run_down, exhaust, saphead, fool, sap, muggins, blackjack, play_out, cosh, tire, tomfool




• The clue is 13. Not fully value. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELLSHORT




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

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

  The answer: SPLIT

  Possible Answer : cleave, snag, burst, break_open, separate, stock_split, part, split_up, disunited, divide, disconnected, tear, rip, dissever, carve_up, schism, break_up, rent, break, rive, split, fragmented, Split

  Possible Opposite Answer : unite




• The clue is 16. "More to come ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAYTUNED




• The clue is 17. Hunter on screen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOLLY

  Possible Answer : holly, Buddy_Holly, Charles_Hardin_Holley, Holly




• The clue is 18. English cathedral city. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELY




• The clue is 19. Container for the Ten Commandments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARK

  Possible Answer : Ark_of_the_Covenant, Ark, ark




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

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

  The answer: EBOOKS




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

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

  The answer: TIESIN




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

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

  The answer: SPUNKIER




• The clue is 26. Meals that traditionally include four cups of wine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEDERS

  Possible Answer : Passover_supper, Seder




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

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

  The answer: HERD

  Possible Answer : crowd, ruck, herd




• The clue is 28. The "code" in Walter Isaacson's best-selling 2021 book "The Code Breaker". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DNA

  Possible Answer : DNA, deoxyribonucleic_acid, desoxyribonucleic_acid




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

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

  The answer: MCS

  Possible Answer : megacycle, megacycle_per_second, MHz, megahertz, Mc




• The clue is 30. Where lines may be drawn in the sand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZENGARDEN




• The clue is 32. Something to do "criss-cross applesauce". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIT

  Possible Answer : model, pose, seat, posture, sit_down, sit, baby-sit, ride, sit_around

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise




• The clue is 33. Expeditions, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FORDS

  Possible Answer : fording, Ford_Madox_Ford, Ford, crossing, Gerald_R._Ford, Gerald_Ford, Ford_Hermann_Hueffer, Henry_Ford_II, John_Ford, Edsel_Bryant_Ford, Henry_Ford, Gerald_Rudolph_Ford, President_Ford, ford




• The clue is 34. It's inspired. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIR

  Possible Answer : aerate, broadcast, transmit, gentle_wind, tune, beam, publicise, air_out, zephyr, line, aura, aviation, breeze, atmosphere, melodic_line, ventilate, melodic_phrase, melody, airwave, publicize, send, air_travel, air, vent, bare, strain




• The clue is 35. Some facilities. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MENSROOMS




• The clue is 37. Low point: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIN

  Possible Answer : Taiwanese, Min, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Min_dialect, min, minute




• The clue is 38. Some 3.5 million quotations were gathered for it, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OED

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




• The clue is 39. Italian menu word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLA




• The clue is 40. Had a hankering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LONGED

  Possible Answer : yearn, long, hanker




• The clue is 43. One known to disappear during work. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAGICIAN

  Possible Answer : magician, prestidigitator, thaumaturgist, conjuror, illusionist, wizard, sorcerer, thaumaturge, necromancer, conjurer




• The clue is 45. Marked down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONSALE




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

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

  The answer: BANKON




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

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

  The answer: OVA

  Possible Answer : ovum, egg_cell




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

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

  The answer: SET

  Possible Answer : countersink, Seth, do, set_up, fixed, set, Set, determined, limit, ready, localize, sic, plant, lay_out, determine, readiness, localise, go_down, put, prepare, jell, typeset, band, bent, specify, dress, coiffure, primed, rigid, situated, laid, mark, hardened, rig, position, place, pose, fix, circle, fructify, gear_up, arrange, curing, correct, placed, define, congeal, adjust, stage_set, coiffe, fit, go_under, exercise_set, dictated, coif, lot, hardening, located, lay, solidifying, solidification

  Possible Opposite Answer : rise




• The clue is 49. Cheese also known as French Gruyère. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COMTE

  Possible Answer : Isidore_Auguste_Marie_Francois_Comte, Comte, Auguste_Comte




• The clue is 50. That's an order!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIRECTIVE

  Possible Answer : directive, guiding, directional, directing




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

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

  The answer: AVERT

  Possible Answer : ward_off, obviate, fend_off, forefend, stave_off, debar, avert, avoid, turn_away, deflect, head_off, forfend




• The clue is 54. Add exaggerated details to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMBROIDER

  Possible Answer : dramatise, dramatize, blow_up, embellish, broider, aggrandise, lard, embroider, aggrandize, pad




• The clue is 55. Coin once known as the "piece of eight". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PESO

  Possible Answer : Colombian_peso, Dominican_peso, peso, Chilean_peso, Mexican_peso, Cuban_peso, Philippine_peso, Uruguayan_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso




• The clue is 56. "Chain Reaction" singer, 1985. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROSS

  Possible Answer : Sir_Ronald_Ross, Nellie_Tayloe_Ross, James_Clark_Ross, Ross, Nellie_Ross, Betsy_Griscom_Ross, Sir_John_Ross, John_Ross, Betsy_Ross, Sir_James_Clark_Ross




• The clue is 57. Mugful on a desk, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PENS

  Possible Answer : pen, playpen, indite, write, penitentiary, compose

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Good stuff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSETS

  Possible Answer: plus, asset, assets

  Possible Opposite Answer : liability

• The clue is 2. Leave undisturbed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LETLIE

• The clue is 3. Was psychologically manipulative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLAYEDMINDGAMES

• The clue is 4. Arch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLY

  Possible Answer: dodgy, foxy, sly, slick, knavish, guileful, crafty, tricksy, tricky, wily, cunning

• The clue is 5. Cranks (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHURNS

  Possible Answer: boil, butter_churn, churn, moil, roil

• The clue is 6. Toot one's own horn?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HONK

  Possible Answer: blare, be_sick, cronk, vomit_up, retch, honk, throw_up, beep, purge, regurgitate, cast, claxon, spew, chuck, spue, upchuck, disgorge, sick, vomit, regorge, toot, puke, cat, barf

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down

• The clue is 7. Amount to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARE

  Possible Answer: follow, personify, cost, make_up, ar, embody, exist, live, be, constitute, comprise, represent, are, equal

  Possible Opposite Answer : differ

• The clue is 8. "Can't say for certain". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITDEPENDS

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

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

  The answer: SPOOK

  Possible Answer: spook, shade, weirdo, ghost, weirdie, wraith, creep, weirdy, spectre, specter

• The clue is 10. "But seriously ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLKIDDINGASIDE

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

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

  The answer: PILSENER

  Possible Answer: Pilsener, Pilsner

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

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

  The answer: STY

  Possible Answer: sty, eye_infection, stye, pigpen, pigsty, hordeolum

• The clue is 14. Things found in a well. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAIRS

  Possible Answer: stair, step, stairs, steps

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

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

  The answer: SHONDA

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

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

  The answer: BURGS

  Possible Answer: burg

• The clue is 23. Broken-off branches. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SECTS

  Possible Answer: religious_order, religious_sect, faction, sect

• The clue is 24. Artist Cindy known for her photographic self-portraits. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHERMAN

  Possible Answer: William_Tecumseh_Sherman, Mount_Sherman, Sherman, Roger_Sherman

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

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

  The answer: RAN

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : idle, malfunction

• The clue is 30. Film character who asks "Did you ever think that maybe there's more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good-looking?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZOOLANDER

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

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

  The answer: RAINS

  Possible Answer: rain_down, rainwater, rainfall, pelting, rain

• The clue is 32. [I won't repeat myself in this note]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEEABOVE

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

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

  The answer: FOLIO

  Possible Answer: pagination, folio, paging, leaf, page_number

• The clue is 35. Million ___ March (political event of 2000). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOM

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

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

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

  The answer: RACKET

  Possible Answer: revel, whoop_it_up, jollify, noise, fraudulent_scheme, racket, make_whoopie, make_happy, make_merry, racquet, dissonance, illegitimate_enterprise, wassail

• The clue is 37. Most densely populated country in Europe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONACO

  Possible Answer: Principality_of_Monaco, Monaco

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

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

  The answer: LOVERS

  Possible Answer: lover, buff, fan, devotee

• The clue is 41. Number of sides for a hendecagon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELEVEN

  Possible Answer: XI, football_team, 11, xi, eleven

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

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

  The answer: DETERS

  Possible Answer: dissuade, discourage, deter

  Possible Opposite Answer : persuade

• The clue is 44. Wordless part of many songs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INTRO

  Possible Answer: intro, presentation, introduction

• The clue is 47. Components of imperial regalia. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORBS

  Possible Answer: eyeball, revolve, globe, orb, orbit, ball

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

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

  The answer: CAP

  Possible Answer: hood, roof, ceiling, jacket, chapiter, capital, detonating_device, crest, crownwork, jacket_crown, pileus, crown, detonator, cap

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

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

  The answer: IMO

  Possible Answer: IMO, International_Maritime_Organization

• The clue is 52. Word with felt or hot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIP

  Possible Answer: crest, slant, gratuity, wind, point, tip, tiptoe, fee, hint, crown, angle, confidential_information, lead, pourboire, steer, baksheesh, tap, bakshish, tip_off, tippytoe, topple, top, tumble, peak, bung, summit, bakshis, lean, tilt, backsheesh

0911 USA Today Crossword Answers for September 11, 2024: Your Ultimate Guide

USA Today Crossword Answers for September 11, 2024: Your Ultimate Guide

Do you want to solve today’s USA Today crossword and you are not getting the right answers? You are in the right place! So if you are needed to solve crossword puzzle for September 11, 2024 whether as per your leisure or whether you are keen on maintaining the streak, then this article will help you with all the clues and their solutions. For each given answer, we will also explain the answer in details to help you solve this widely known puzzle faster.

USA Today Crossword Answers September 11, 2024 solutions and clues

USA Today crossword puzzle Like many other newspapers for over many years now crossword puzzles have been a part of USA Today as well. It should serve to satiate the part of your brain that loves a good cryptic crossword or Sudoku. But don’t worry, getting stuck doesn’t mean it is time to surrender. That, of course, can be done with the correct answers and you learn more along the way. Therefore, here we go with today’s puzzle and try to find out the mysterious behind every clue!

Across Clues – USA Today September 11, 2024

• Apple tablets – IPADS
• Little gremlins – IMPS
• “Now, please!” – ASAP
• “It’s true!” – NOLIE
• Carnivore’s diet – MEAT
• Sales promotion letters – BOGO
• “That’s too bad” – SOSAD
• Worshipper of Inti – INCA

Key Long-Form Clues on September 11, 2024

• Orange winter gourd you might roast – HONEYNUTSQUASH
• Destructive catchphrase for a shapeshifting Avenger – HULKSMASH

More Exciting Clues and Their Solutions

• Apple desktops – IMACS
• Word before “cotta” or “firma” – TERRA
• “Reputation,” e.g., for Taylor Swift – ERA

Down Clues – USA Today Crossword September 11, 2024

• Bear who says “Oh, bother” – POOH
• “Father of the Bride” and “Book Club” actor – DIANEKEATON
• Purple yam used in many Filipino sweets – UBE
• Small jump – HOP

Across Clues	Answers
Apple tablets	IPADS
Little gremlins	IMPS
"Now, please!"	ASAP
"It's true!"	NOLIE
Carnivore's diet	MEAT
Sales promotion letters	BOGO
"That's too bad"	SOSAD
Worshipper of Inti	INCA
Praising poems	ODES
Orange winter gourd you might roast	HONEYNUTSQUASH
"Reputation," e.g., for Taylor Swift	ERA
"No One OutPizzas the ___" (pizza chain slogan)	HUT
Destructive catchphrase for a shapeshifting Avenger	HULKSMASH
Apple desktops	IMACS
Woodwind instrument	OBOE
Adele or Tracy Chapman's vocal range	ALTO
Word before "cotta" or "firma"	TERRA
"Shoop" group Salt-N-___	PEPA
Throws hard	HEAVES
Corncob unit	EAR
"More info soon"	TBA
Dieci, in English	TEN
Educational ad	PSA
Word preceding "Did I scare you???"	BOO
First Black woman to work at Washington University School of Medicine	HELENNASH
"There's a conflict in my schedule"	ICANTGO
Nickname for a Brazilian city	RIO
One of two in a split	PIN
Texan NWSL team	HOUSTONDASH
Egg-shaped	OVAL
Norway's capital	OSLO
Spoooooky	EERIE
T. rex, for one	DINO
Brown in a pan	SEAR
Accessibility features for wheelchairs	RAMPS
BBQ side	SLAW
"30 for 30" channel	ESPN
Foxlike	SLY

Down Clues	Answers
Outs' counterparts	INS
Bear who says "Oh, bother"	POOH
"And . . ."	ALSO
"Father of the Bride" and "Book Club" actor	DIANEKEATON
Passover meals	SEDERS
"Let's do this"	IMIN
Taco Bell's includes Crunchwrap Supremes	MENU
Treaty	PACT
Cache	STASH
Biographical page on a person's website	ABOUTME
Dr Pepper or Coke	SODA
7, 8, 9, etc.	AGES
Fancy	POSH
Piano brand	YAMAHA
Says "Peace out" to one's job	QUITS
Small jump	HOP
Purple yam used in many Filipino sweets	UBE
Apt rhyme for "chop"	LOP
Source of nutrition in the medieval world	ALE
Ohio or Indiana	STATE
Small dwelling	HOVEL
Cornmeal cake	AREPA
Crude	CRASS
"Ballpark Dimensions" co-host Langs	SARAH
January, in Spanish	ENERO
"They ___ Die at the End" (Adam Silvera novel)	BOTH
Fruit in a "split"	BANANA
Abodes	HOUSES
San Francisco NFL players	NINERS
"Those terms don't work for me"	NODEAL
Nanos and Shuffles, for two	IPODS
Polite	CIVIL
"Duck . . . duck . . . ___!"	GOOSE
Smack	SLAP
Unsure of how to act	TORN
Navy's rival in sports	ARMY
Little taste of a mocktail	SIP
"___ All That" (2021 rom-com)	HES
Opposite of high	LOW

How to Crack the USA Today Crossword Efficiently

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• Start with the easiest clues: Filling in answers you know immediately can help unlock more difficult ones. The easier clues often provide useful letters that intersect with the harder clues.
• Focus on the theme: Some puzzles have overarching themes that can guide you toward answers. For instance, pop culture or specific knowledge (like Marvel or Taylor Swift) could help you fill in large parts of the puzzle.
• Keep a balanced approach: Don’t get bogged down by one clue. Move on and come back later. Sometimes, stepping away from a stubborn clue can help you see the answer with fresh eyes.
• Look for letter patterns: Common prefixes, suffixes, or vowel-consonant patterns can give you clues to the structure of a word, even if you don't know the entire answer right away.

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 01, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Friday, August 01, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Stringy parts of oranges"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
• Similar words include: meat, pith, sum
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PITHS

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🧩 2A: "6. Regarding"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INRE

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🧩 3A: "10. Longtime airer of the docuseries "American Greed""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CNBC

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🧩 4A: "14. Offerings from a truck or cart"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STREETFOOD

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🧩 5A: "16. Carrier lead-in to méxico"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AERO

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🧩 6A: "17. Phish-monger?"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCAMARTIST

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🧩 7A: "18. [Love ya!]"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MWAH

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🧩 8A: "19. "The devil take ___ soul!": Laertes"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THY

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🧩 9A: "20. Possible response to "Who's ready?""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WEARE

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🧩 10A: "21. Start of a rally"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
• Similar words include: function, suffice, do
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SERVE

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🧩 11A: "22. Direction in a grilling recipe"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make very hot and dry
• Similar words include: parch, sere, char
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEAR

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🧩 12A: "23. Substack alternative"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PATREON

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🧩 13A: "25. Was out for a bit"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take a siesta
• Similar words include: catnap, nap, catch a wink
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NAPPED

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🧩 14A: "28. "Come on, stop dreaming""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEREAL

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🧩 15A: "29. Insect that can reproduce with or without mating"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various small plant-sucking insects
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APHID

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🧩 16A: "30. Oatmeal, e.g."

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOTCEREAL

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🧩 17A: "33. Nano devices"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
• Similar words include: iPod
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IPODS

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🧩 18A: "34. Hour, in Italy"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Similar words include: OS, atomic number 76, os
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORA

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🧩 19A: "35. "See ya later!""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state prevailing during the absence of war
• Similar words include: heartsease, peacefulness, repose
• Opposite of: war

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PEACE

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🧩 20A: "36. Beginning of Taurus season"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LATEAPRIL

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🧩 21A: "38. Zapped, in a way"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LASED

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🧩 22A: "39. Sale sign words"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORLESS

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🧩 23A: "40. Meals at which Elijah's cup is poured"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of passover
• Similar words include: Seder, Passover supper
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEDERS

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🧩 24A: "41. Ay, there's the rub!"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
• Similar words include: knead, rub down
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MASSAGE

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🧩 25A: "43. Bordering on inappropriate, in a way"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that full of zest or vigor
• Similar words include: robust, rich, naughty
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RACY

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🧩 26A: "44. Needed a 41-Across"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feel physical pain
• Similar words include: ache, yearn, smart
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACHED

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🧩 27A: "45. Golf course part"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
• Similar words include: boisterous, pugnacious, bumpy
• Opposite of: smooth, cut

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROUGH

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🧩 28A: "47. Nephew of Abraham"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Similar words include: deal, set, luck
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOT

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🧩 29A: "50. Locale of the Sea of Serenity"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the natural satellite of the earth
• Similar words include: lunar month, daydream, moon around
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOON

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🧩 30A: "51. Literally, "grilled meat""

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CARNEASADA

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🧩 31A: "53. Homeboys"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BROS

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🧩 32A: "54. One way to the highway"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACCESSROAD

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🧩 33A: "55. Opposite of post-"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANTE

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🧩 34A: "56. Complimentary assortment in a hotel room's kitchenette, maybe"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Similar words include: tea leaf, afternoon tea, teatime
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TEAS

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🧩 35A: "57. Padding for a grade point average"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EASYA

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Alternative to "Hey!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PSST

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🧩 2D: "2. Nagging desire"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
• Similar words include: scabies, itchiness, itching
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ITCH

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🧩 3D: "3. It may come with breakfast in bed"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRAY

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🧩 4D: "4. Sew what?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
• Similar words include: ahem
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HEM

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🧩 5D: "5. Green poke bowl topping"

📏 12 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEAWEEDSALAD

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🧩 6D: "6. Evening meal during Ramadan"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IFTAR

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🧩 7D: "7. Genre of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOIR

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🧩 8D: "8. Bit of scattered Valentine's Day décor"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROSEPETAL

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🧩 9D: "9. D.C. summer hrs."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EDT

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🧩 10D: "10. Finished with hair and makeup, say"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CAMERAREADY

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🧩 11D: "11. Exciting announcement from a musician"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEWRELEASE

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🧩 12D: "12. "Well done!""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
• Similar words include: assassin, assassinator
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BRAVO

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🧩 13D: "13. Clinton's last defense secretary"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COHEN

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🧩 14D: "15. Riser's partner"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a step in walking or running
• Similar words include: trample, pace, stride
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TREAD

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🧩 15D: "21. Olympic track event in which Kenya dominates"

📏 12 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump
• Pattern: ____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STEEPLECHASE

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🧩 16D: "22. Intuitive ability in the Marvel Universe"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPIDERSENSE

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🧩 17D: "24. Hero's journey, say"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Similar words include: spark, electric arc, arch
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARC

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🧩 18D: "25. Hit hard"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
• Similar words include: cop, pick up, nab
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NAIL

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🧩 19D: "26. Dad, in Korean"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APPA

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🧩 20D: "27. Job for a model"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PHOTOSHOOT

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🧩 21D: "28. Chess great Spassky"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BORIS

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🧩 22D: "30. Who's ahead and who's not in campaign coverage, so to speak"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HORSERACE

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🧩 23D: "31. Early Chromebook manufacturer"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
• Similar words include: genus Acer
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACER

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🧩 24D: "32. Energy-efficient bulbs, for short"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Similar words include: LED, light-emitting diode
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEDS

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🧩 25D: "37. Identify (as)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• Similar words include: thole, nog, peg down
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PEG

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🧩 26D: "40. Wise ones"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
• Similar words include: sage, sag down, droop
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAGES

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🧩 27D: "41. Black ___, nickname for Kobe Bryant"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that arboreal snake of central and southern africa whose bite is often fatal
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MAMBA

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🧩 28D: "42. What fell on Chicken Little's head"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACORN

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🧩 29D: "43. Medieval characters"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any character from an ancient germanic alphabet used in scandinavia from the 3rd century to the middle ages
• Similar words include: feed, fly the coop, hightail it
• Opposite of: malfunction, idle

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RUNES

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🧩 30D: "46. Pod member"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORCA

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🧩 31D: "47. One of the three landlocked countries with four-letter names, aside from Chad and Mali"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
• Similar words include: Lao, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laotian
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAOS

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🧩 32D: "48. R&B/pop singer Aubrey"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ODAY

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🧩 33D: "49. "Look what I did!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TADA

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🧩 34D: "51. "You cannot look at a sleeping ___ and feel tense": Jane Pauley"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
• Similar words include: guy, spue, qat
• Opposite of: keep down

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CAT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 35D: "52. Montevideo Mrs."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SRA

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

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35 Down Clues

70 Total Clues

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