27453 Thu Jan 09, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 09, 2025

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

Thu Jan 09, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Eat dirt, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BITEIT




• The clue is 7. Info at JFK or LAX. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

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




• The clue is 10. One image on a Monopoly board. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JAIL

  Possible Answer : put_away, imprison, jailhouse, jail, lag, slammer, incarcerate, jug, gaol, pokey, clink, immure, put_behind_bars, remand, poky




• The clue is 14. Longtime Ford S.U.V.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRONCO

  Possible Answer : bronco, broncho, bronc




• The clue is 15. Bring trouble to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VEX

  Possible Answer : chafe, get, amaze, get_to, perplex, devil, nark, nettle, raise_up, stupefy, annoy, shake_up, beat, pose, bother, agitate, flummox, stir_up, stick, rag, bewilder, vex, disturb, mystify, dumbfound, nonplus, irritate, get_at, gravel, worry, rile, commove, puzzle, baffle

  Possible Opposite Answer : reassure




• The clue is 16. Knight of film. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JEDI




• The clue is 17. Charlie horse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLYDESDALE

  Possible Answer : Clydesdale




• The clue is 19. "To suffer ___ which Hope thinks infinite": Shelley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WOES

  Possible Answer : suffering, woefulness, woe




• The clue is 20. Fictional thief Lupin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARSENE




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

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

  The answer: PANDA

  Possible Answer : Ailurus_fulgens, giant_panda, red_panda, bear_cat, panda, lesser_panda, coon_bear, cat_bear, panda_bear, Ailuropoda_melanoleuca




• The clue is 22. Body with many pages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SENATE

  Possible Answer : US_Senate, Senate, U.S._Senate, senate, United_States_Senate




• The clue is 24. Awesome, in 1990s slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PHAT




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

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

  The answer: SERGIO




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

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

  The answer: THIRTEEN

  Possible Answer : long_dozen, XIII, thirteen, baker's_dozen, xiii, 13




• The clue is 31. Twin actress Mary-Kate or Ashley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLSEN




• The clue is 32. Harbor markers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUOYS

  Possible Answer : buoy, buoy_up




• The clue is 33. Longtime wire service inits.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPI




• The clue is 34. Haunted house feeling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEAR

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : fearlessness




• The clue is 35. Italian for "baked". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COTTA




• The clue is 36. Mystery writer, in brief?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANON

  Possible Answer : anon




• The clue is 37. Danger in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TNT

  Possible Answer : trinitrotoluene, TNT




• The clue is 38. Point at, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NODTO




• The clue is 39. Pizzeria purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLICE

  Possible Answer : gash, slit, slicing, slash, slice, piece, fade, cut, slice_up




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

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

  The answer: GAZPACHO

  Possible Answer : gazpacho




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

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

  The answer: WELCHS

  Possible Answer : welsh, welch




• The clue is 43. Yours, in French. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATOI




• The clue is 44. Dave or Ray of the Kinks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAVIES

  Possible Answer : Sir_Humphrey_Davy, Davy, Humphrey_Davy




• The clue is 45. Quebec city. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QUITO

  Possible Answer : Quito, capital_of_Ecuador




• The clue is 48. Cut some slack?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAUTEN

  Possible Answer : tauten, firm




• The clue is 50. Strong push. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URGE

  Possible Answer : urge_on, exhort, pep_up, impulse, itch, root_on, barrack, urge, recommend, press, cheer, inspire, advocate




• The clue is 51. Alpha male (double). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARTHURASHE




• The clue is 55. Stands at first, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISON




• The clue is 56. Vivacious, theatrical and passionate type, it's said. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEO

  Possible Answer : Leo_the_Lion, Lion, Leo




• The clue is 57. Info in a job posting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SALARY

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




• The clue is 58. Casting director's offering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PART

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : wholly




• The clue is 59. Candy in plastic dispensers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEZ




• The clue is 60. "Maybe. Give me time to think". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILLSEE

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. "Fleabag" airer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BBC

• The clue is 2. Off-line, to those online. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRL

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

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

  The answer: TOY

  Possible Answer: toy, flirt, plaything, toy_dog, miniature, fiddle, dally, play, diddle

• The clue is 4. Put at risk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENDANGER

  Possible Answer: scupper, queer, jeopardize, jeopardise, expose, endanger, threaten, peril, menace, imperil

• The clue is 5. Cold-weather driving hazard. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICERAIN

• The clue is 6. Lob in the direction of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOSSTO

• The clue is 7. Film writer/director Goldberg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVAN

• The clue is 8. Kind of lens for long-distance shots. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TELEPHOTO

  Possible Answer: telephotograph, telephoto

• The clue is 9. Bit of medieval weaponry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXE

  Possible Answer: ax, axe

• The clue is 10. Three-time N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2014 and 2015). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JJWATT

• The clue is 11. Long, long time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AEON

  Possible Answer: aeon, eon

• The clue is 12. Pointed the finger at. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDED

• The clue is 13. TV journalist Ling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LISA

• The clue is 18. Poor mark. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEE

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

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

  The answer: PARS

  Possible Answer: par, equality, equation, equivalence

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

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

  The answer: SELENA

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

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

  The answer: ERSATZ

  Possible Answer: substitute, ersatz

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

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

  The answer: HIYA

• The clue is 26. Leader of Germany?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFTG

• The clue is 27. Entire, in Italian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUTTO

• The clue is 28. ___ Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EUNICE

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

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

  The answer: EPOCHS

  Possible Answer: date_of_reference, era, epoch

• The clue is 30. To the ___ (with style). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NINES

  Possible Answer: IX, ball_club, club, nine, 9, Nina_from_Carolina, nine-spot, baseball_club, ennead, niner

• The clue is 32. Notable site of enlightenment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BODHITREE

• The clue is 35. Pixar film set in the fictional town of Santa Cecilia. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COCO

  Possible Answer: coconut_palm, coco, coconut_tree, coconut, coco_palm, cocoa_palm, Cocos_nucifera

• The clue is 36. At the end of the day. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLINALL

• The clue is 38. Grp. whose alphabet is used eight times in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NATO

  Possible Answer: NATO, North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization

• The clue is 39. More than a few. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEVERAL

  Possible Answer: respective, various, several

• The clue is 41. One of 3,000+ annually for IBM. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATENT

  Possible Answer: evident, apparent, manifest, patent, unmistakable, letters_patent, plain, patent_of_invention

• The clue is 42. 1960s dance craze. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WATUSI

  Possible Answer: Watutsi, Tutsi, Watusi

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

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

  The answer: DUH

• The clue is 45. Groucho Marx specialty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QUIP

  Possible Answer: wisecrack, quip, crack, gag, sally, epigram

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

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

  The answer: URSA

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

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

  The answer: IGOR

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

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

  The answer: ATOZ

• The clue is 51. Challenge for a skier. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALP

  Possible Answer: alp

• The clue is 52. One of the founding airlines of Star Alliance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAS

  Possible Answer: SAS, SA, Special_Air_Service, Storm_Troops, Sturmabteilung

• The clue is 53. Realm of Charlemagne, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HRE

• The clue is 54. Fashion designer's asset. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYE

  Possible Answer: center, middle, eye, optic, eyeball, heart, oculus, centre

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Across Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

1A: "1. 50 things on the Argo"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
• Similar words include: oar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OARS

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2A: "5. Units equal to nine inches"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the complete duration of something
• Similar words include: cross, yoke, sweep
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SPANS

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3A: "10. Needing more salt, perhaps"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
• Similar words include: frozen, arctic, frigid
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ICIER

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4A: "15. Swiss-born artist whose name sounds like an art medium"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that swiss painter influenced by kandinsky (1879-1940)
• Similar words include: Paul Klee
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KLEE

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5A: "16. What pronouns and their antecedents should do"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be in accord; be in agreement
• Similar words include: tally, concord, correspond
• Opposite of: disagree

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Answer: AGREE

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6A: "17. *Person who persists in a hopeless cause"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: BITTERENDER

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7A: "18. Destroyer of Hindu cosmogony"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later hindu pantheon
• Similar words include: Shiva
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SIVA

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8A: "19. *Wildlife parks"

12 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: GAMERESERVES

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9A: "20. Layer of bricks"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that american revolutionary leader from virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the bill of rights (1725-1792)
• Similar words include: George Mason, stonemason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MASON

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10A: "21. Show obeisance"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BOWTO

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11A: "23. Smart TV features"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DVRS

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12A: "25. Eye covering"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
• Similar words include: chapeau, eyelid, hat
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LID

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13A: "26. *Enjoy the moment, say"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TAKEITIN

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14A: "27. Name on a check"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person to whom money is paid
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PAYEE

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15A: "29. Porter of Broadway"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
• Similar words include: kail, kale, borecole
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: COLE

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16A: "30. Sucker's lament"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: IBEENHAD

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17A: "32. Repeat"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SAYOVER

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18A: "34. Cheryl of "Charlie's Angels""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LADD

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19A: "35. Bit of Q.E.D."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ERAT

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20A: "37. Features of some stadia"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
• Similar words include: bonce, domed stadium, attic
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DOMES

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21A: "38. Start of a popular saying about gravity ... or a hint to completing the answers to the starred clues"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: WHATGOESUP

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22A: "41. Big name in Russian ballet"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KIROV

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23A: "43. Capital on the Mediterranean"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EURO

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24A: "44. Blew away"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that inspire awe in
• Similar words include: awestricken, awe, awful
• Opposite of: unawed

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Answer: AWED

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25A: "48. Legislative bodies"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that assembly possessing high legislative powers
• Similar words include: senate, United States Senate, US Senate
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SENATES

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26A: "50. Old wide-screen format"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: CINERAMA

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27A: "52. Crime show extra, informally"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PERP

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28A: "53. Lead-in to "they""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HESHE

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29A: "55. *Storm-tracking aid"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: LIVERADAR

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30A: "56. Brew designed to survive trips to the subcontinent, in brief"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IPA

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31A: "57. Early PC game whose nonsense working title stuck"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ZORK

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32A: "58. Partner of older"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
• Similar words include: heady, fresh, sassy
• Opposite of: foolish

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Answer: WISER

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33A: "59. Guardian spirits"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
• Similar words include: mastermind, wizardry, maven
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GENII

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34A: "61. *Musical appreciation?"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: TONYAWARD

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35A: "64. Deity with the raven familiars Huginn and Muninn"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ODIN

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36A: "66. *Forming a union"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that create (as an entity)
• Similar words include: form, unionize, get up
• Opposite of: disorganize, disorganise

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Answer: ORGANIZING

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37A: "67. ___ Day (April celebration)"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tree (as opposed to shrub)
• Similar words include: mandril, spindle, bower
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ARBOR

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38A: "68. A or B, e.g."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a brief written record
• Similar words include: preeminence, note of hand, line
• Opposite of: ignore

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Answer: NOTE

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39A: "69. Yani ___, youngest pro golfer to win five major championships (age 22)"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TSENG

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40A: "70. Score keeper?"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a support or foundation
• Similar words include: put up, digest, fend
• Opposite of: sit, yield

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Answer: STAND

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41A: "71. Peeved state"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of agitated irritation
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SNIT

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Down Clues - Strategic Hints (40 clues)

1D: "1. Gives a "go""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state in south central united states
• Similar words include: okeh, Sooner State, Oklahoma
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OKS

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2D: "2. Fictional character with a famous opening line"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ALIBABA

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3D: "3. Took back"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
• Similar words include: countermand, reverse, lift
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: REVOKED

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4D: "4. Sushi treatment that's also a spa treatment"

11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: SEAWEEDWRAP

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5D: "5. Palm starch"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SAGO

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6D: "6. ___ Tour"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PGA

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7D: "7. What's off to the side in a selfie"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Similar words include: build up, subdivision, gird
• Opposite of: disarm

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Answer: ARM

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8D: "8. Demanding attention"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that needy people collectively
• Similar words include: destitute, impoverished, indigent
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NEEDY

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9D: "9. Waits on"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
• Similar words include: answer, assist, wait on
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SERVES

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10D: "10. Watson and Deep Blue, for two"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IBMS

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11D: "11. Grp. aptly hidden in "special ops""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
• Similar words include: Central Intelligence Agency
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CIA

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12D: "12. "We're head over heels!""

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ITSLOVE

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13D: "13. Prima ballerinas"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ETOILES

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14D: "14. Melt down"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
• Similar words include: provide, submit, picture
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RENDER

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15D: "22. ___ can, item first made and patented in Britain in 1810"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
• Similar words include: put up, atomic number 50, canister
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TIN

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16D: "24. Turns the page, say"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: READSON

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17D: "26. Up to"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TIL

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18D: "27. Take leave of each other"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something determined in relation to something that includes it
• Similar words include: take off, portion, partially
• Opposite of: wholly

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Answer: PART

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19D: "28. Just saying?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• Similar words include: byword, proverb, saw
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADAGE

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20D: "29. Taste tests, e.g."

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of examining resemblances
• Similar words include: comparing, comparison, compare
• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: COMPARISONS

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21D: "31. Boot"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HEAVEHO

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22D: "33. Pronoun repeated in "___ do ___""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YOU

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23D: "36. Graze"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the event of something coming in contact with the body
• Similar words include: rival, pinch, speck
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TOUCH

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24D: "39. Above 500 on the Scoville scale"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
• Similar words include: live, raging, red-hot
• Opposite of: cold

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Answer: HOT

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25D: "40. Lake that's home to Kelleys Island"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Similar words include: Lake Erie
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ERIE

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26D: "41. Best candidates for permanent relationships"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone in charge of other people
• Similar words include: custodian, keeper, steward
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: KEEPERS

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27D: "42. Callable, say"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: INRANGE

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28D: "45. Gestured to keep moving"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: WAVEDON

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29D: "46. Some retired faculty"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: EMERITI

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30D: "47. ___ es Salaam"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DAR

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31D: "48. Tap"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a plug for a bunghole in a cask
• Similar words include: faucet, tap
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPIGOT

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32D: "49. Certain mattresses"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SERTAS

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33D: "51. Name that means "my God" in Hebrew"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ELI

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34D: "54. Bit of hybrid field hockey attire"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SKORT

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35D: "57. Criticize wittily"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound
• Similar words include: dynamism, oomph, pizzazz
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ZING

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36D: "58. District"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
• Similar words include: Mary Augusta Arnold Ward, hospital ward, cellblock
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WARD

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37D: "60. Holm or McKellen of "The Hobbit""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IAN

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38D: "62. Wizards' org."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NBA

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39D: "63. Over there"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
• Similar words include: yonder
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YON

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40D: "65. Mesh"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Similar words include: net income, net profit, earnings
• Opposite of: gross

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Answer: NET

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Today's Puzzle Stats

41 Across Clues

40 Down Clues

81 Total Clues

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