XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 24, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 24 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Dunham of "Girls"
Clue #2: 5. Snowman in "Frozen"
Clue #3: 9. Petty quarrel
Antonyms: boo
Clue #4: 13. "I need this today!"
Clue #5: 14. ___ McEntire a.k.a. "The Queen of Country"
Clue #6: 15. Cockamamie
Clue #7: 16. ___ a ___ (how two foes confront each other)
Clue #8: 17. A couple of places to secure boats ... or a logical contradiction?
Clue #9: 19. Muff
Clue #10: 21. Thing to be clicked in a "Click It or Ticket" campaign
Clue #11: 22. 1917, 1984, 2001 and others
Clue #12: 24. Pop star ___ Lipa
Clue #13: 25. Spanish king
Clue #14: 26. A couple of sets of game cubes ... or heaven?
Clue #15: 29. Some Hollywood tech
Clue #16: 31. State west of Mont.
Clue #17: 32. Infuriate
Clue #18: 34. Surrounded by
Clue #19: 38. Sights at truck stops
Clue #20: 40. "What's the ___?"
Clue #21: 41. Ouzo flavoring
Clue #22: 42. Big wine holder
Clue #23: 43. Nirvana's "___ Like Teen Spirit"
Clue #24: 45. Still in the wrapper, say
Antonyms: old, worn
Clue #25: 46. "Yadda, yadda, yadda"
Clue #26: 48. A couple of fibs ... or incapacitate?
Clue #27: 50. Sarcastic laugh syllable
Clue #28: 53. Alley ___
Clue #29: 55. Rhyming partner of "wheels"
Clue #30: 56. Regular at the Met, maybe
Clue #31: 59. Violent troublemaker
Clue #32: 62. A couple of melees ... or put into new, simpler words without changing the meaning?
Clue #33: 64. Cry upon stubbing one's toe, maybe
Clue #34: 65. ___ mignon
Clue #35: 66. Neighborhood
Clue #36: 67. 1/8 fluid ounce
Clue #37: 68. Charity
Clue #38: 69. Sing like Ella Fitzgerald
Clue #39: 70. Figs. for which you often give just the last four digits
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Epitome of docility
Clue #2: 2. Biblical birthright seller
Clue #3: 3. Surveillance systems installed by parents
Clue #4: 4. Pinnacle
Antonyms: perigee
Clue #5: 5. Patronize DoorDash, say
Clue #6: 6. Actor DiCaprio, in the tabloids
Clue #7: 7. Basics
Clue #8: 8. Produced by A.I., say, as photos
Clue #9: 9. Nose-in-the-air sort
Clue #10: 10. Indiana basketballer
Clue #11: 11. Body part that may be twisted
Clue #12: 12. Irritable
Clue #13: 15. Canine collar attachment
Clue #14: 18. Worcestershire ___
Clue #15: 20. Takes on cargo
Clue #16: 23. Rugby pile
Clue #17: 26. The "D" of CD
Clue #18: 27. "Hey, what's the big ___?"
Clue #19: 28. Painter's support
Clue #20: 30. Scottish form of "John"
Clue #21: 33. Very cold
Clue #22: 35. Preachers
Clue #23: 36. "Gotcha"
Clue #24: 37. Morning condensations
Clue #25: 39. "I Like ___" (1950s campaign slogan)
Clue #26: 41. Very, in music
Clue #27: 43. React to a ridiculous suggestion, maybe
Clue #28: 44. Eyes in a sleazy way
Clue #29: 47. Raise a glass to
Clue #30: 49. London-based insurance giant
Clue #31: 50. Teamster Jimmy
Clue #32: 51. T.S. Eliot's (and the I.R.S.'s) "cruellest month"
Clue #33: 52. Royal domain
Clue #34: 54. Law firm aides, informally … or a hint to 17-, 26-. 48- and 62-Across
Clue #35: 57. Some whiskeys
Clue #36: 58. Drug cop
Clue #37: 60. Verve
Clue #38: 61. Tachometers measure them, in brief
Clue #39: 63. Word said in passing?
Antonyms: nay
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
No 27377, Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword by Barbara Lin
Across Clues :
1. Swedish company that makes submarines (but no longer cars), 5. Vegetarian's protein source, 9. So-called "Las Vegas of the East", 14. Lead-in to present or science, 15. *Cough, cough*, 16. Hard core exercise?, 17. Bottoms decorated with characters from the "Odyssey"?, 20. Prophet, 21. Originally named, 22. "Everything ___ Changed" (Taylor Swift song), 23. Instrument played by Sheila Bromberg on the Beatles' "She's Leaving Home", 25. Guitarist, informally, 27. Close-fitting pajamas?, 31. Shaming sound, 34. Something a window shopper might purchase?, 35. "___ the fields we go …", 36. Extract, as information, 38. Lends a hand to, 39. Jogs, 42. Not deceived by, 43. Oil container, 45. "OMG!", 46. One who only goes to the *best* restaurants, maybe, 47. "Ability" for Johnny Carson's Carnac the Magnificent, 48. Offering in Eilish's clothing brand?, 52. Earth tone, 54. Country that gained its independence from France in 1953, 55. Messenger molecule, 56. Texter's qualifier, 58. Turn down, 62. Request to a custom tailor?, 65. Smaller cousins of English horns, 66. Place for grape nuts?, 67. Prepare to use, as a coupon, 68. End of the line, maybe, 69. Hissy fit, 70. Like taking candy from a baby, it's said
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| Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues |
Down Clues :
1. All by oneself, 2. Love, for Rafael Nadal, 3. Pulitzer-winning journalist and novelist Quindlen, 4. Head honcho, 5. Cylindrical alternative to a French fry, 6. "Would you look at that!", 7. Plant in a stegosaurus's diet, 8. "Well, duh!", 9. Going rate?, 10. Island greeting, 11. Rod on the road, 12. Animals that use pheromones to communicate, 13. Gives a thumbs-up, 18. Smack, 19. NSFW message, 24. Place to dock, 26. Flavor enhancer in Doritos, for short, 27. "The final frontier", 28. Dens, 29. Ultimately triumph, 30. Warning sound, 32. Used, as a chair, 33. Line adjusters on an Etch A Sketch, 37. Suffers embarrassment, 40. Labor, 41. Curses out, 44. Frankly, in a text, 49. Body part that may be green, 50. They can cause sour experiences for car owners, 51. Director Coen, 53. Small part, 55. Cartoonist Goldberg who never actually built the machines he drew, 57. Neighbor of the United Arab Emirates, 59. Sch. west of Beverly Hills, 60. Rentals that come with poles, 61. Athletic award, 62. Fish-and-chips fish, typically, 63. Ballpark guess: Abbr., 64. ___Pen
Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 22, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Swedish company that makes submarines (but no longer cars). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SAAB
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The clue is 5. Vegetarian's protein source. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TOFU
Possible Answer : tofu, bean_curd
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The clue is 9. So-called "Las Vegas of the East". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MACAO
Possible Answer : Macau, Macao
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The clue is 14. Lead-in to present or science. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OMNI
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The clue is 15. *Cough, cough*. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AHEM
Possible Answer : ahem, hem
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The clue is 16. Hard core exercise?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PLANK
Possible Answer : plump, plump_down, plunk, plonk, plunk_down, plop, board, plank_over, flump, plank
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The clue is 17. Bottoms decorated with characters from the "Odyssey"?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: LONGSTORYSHORTS
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The clue is 20. Prophet. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ORACLE
Possible Answer : seer, prophesier, prophet, oracle, vaticinator
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The clue is 21. Originally named. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: NEE
Possible Answer : nee
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The clue is 22. "Everything ___ Changed" (Taylor Swift song). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: HAS
Possible Answer : have_got, ingest, receive, own, stimulate, give_birth, deliver, take_in, have, take, suffer, possess, consume, give, birth, sustain, hour_angle, feature, accept, experience, HA, hold, let, cause, induce, get, bear, throw, make
Possible Opposite Answer : lack, abstain, refuse
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The clue is 23. Instrument played by Sheila Bromberg on the Beatles' "She's Leaving Home". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HARP
Possible Answer : harmonica, dwell, harp, mouth_organ, mouth_harp
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The clue is 25. Guitarist, informally. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: AXMAN
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The clue is 27. Close-fitting pajamas?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: SLEEPTIGHTS
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The clue is 31. Shaming sound. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TSK
Possible Answer : tut-tut, tut, tsk
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The clue is 34. Something a window shopper might purchase?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PANE
Possible Answer : battery-acid, pane_of_glass, Elvis, pane, panelling, back_breaker, window_pane, acid, dot, superman, Zen, dose, loony_toons, window_glass, paneling, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds
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The clue is 35. "___ the fields we go …". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OER
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The clue is 36. Extract, as information. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: GLEAN
Possible Answer : reap, harvest, glean
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The clue is 38. Lends a hand to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AIDS
Possible Answer : economic_aid, care, AIDS, financial_aid, attention, tending, acquired_immune_deficiency_syndrome, assistance, assist, aid, help
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The clue is 39. Jogs. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TROTS
Possible Answer : lope, Trotskyist, Trot, Trotskyite, pony, crib, jog, clip, trot
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The clue is 42. Not deceived by. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ONTO
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The clue is 43. Oil container. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CRUET
Possible Answer : cruet, crewet
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The clue is 45. "OMG!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: WOW
Possible Answer : howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, belly_laugh, riot, wow, scream
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The clue is 46. One who only goes to the *best* restaurants, maybe. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SNOB
Possible Answer : snot, snob, prig, snoot
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The clue is 47. "Ability" for Johnny Carson's Carnac the Magnificent. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ESP
Possible Answer : extrasensory_perception, E.S.P., second_sight, clairvoyance, ESP
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The clue is 48. Offering in Eilish's clothing brand?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: BILLIEJEANS
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The clue is 52. Earth tone. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OCHRE
Possible Answer : ochre, ocher
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The clue is 54. Country that gained its independence from France in 1953. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LAOS
Possible Answer : Lao, Laotian, Lao_People's_Democratic_Republic, Laos
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The clue is 55. Messenger molecule. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: RNA
Possible Answer : RNA, ribonucleic_acid
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The clue is 56. Texter's 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
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The clue is 58. Turn down. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: REFUSE
Possible Answer : scraps, decline, turn_down, resist, refuse, pass_up, food_waste, turn_away, reject, garbage, deny, defy
Possible Opposite Answer : admit, allow, accept, lend_oneself
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The clue is 62. Request to a custom tailor?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: CUTMESOMESLACKS
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The clue is 65. Smaller cousins of English horns. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OBOES
Possible Answer : hautbois, oboe, hautboy
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The clue is 66. Place for grape nuts?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NAPA
Possible Answer : celery_cabbage, pe-tsai, Chinese_cabbage, Brassica_rapa_pekinensis, napa
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The clue is 67. Prepare to use, as a coupon. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CLIP
Possible Answer : clipping, snip_off, cartridge_clip, crop, dress, nip, cut_short, magazine, trim, curtail, trot, prune, cut_back, snip, cartridge_holder, time, jog, nip_off, lop, clip
Possible Opposite Answer : unclip
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The clue is 68. End of the line, maybe. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DEPOT
Possible Answer : storage, store, storehouse, entrepot, depot, terminal, terminus
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The clue is 69. Hissy fit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SNIT
Possible Answer : snit
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The clue is 70. Like taking candy from a baby, it's said. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EASY
Possible Answer : loose, easygoing, soft, well-to-do, easy, leisurely, gentle, well-situated, slow, light, wanton, well-heeled, slowly, well-fixed, comfortable, promiscuous, prosperous, easily, well-off, sluttish, tardily
Possible Opposite Answer : quickly, uneasy, difficult
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. All by oneself. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOLO
Possible Answer: solo, unaccompanied, alone
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The clue is 2. Love, for Rafael Nadal. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AMOR
Possible Answer: Cupid, Amor
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The clue is 3. Pulitzer-winning journalist and novelist Quindlen. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ANNA
Possible Answer: anna
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The clue is 4. Head honcho. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: BIGCHEESE
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The clue is 5. Cylindrical alternative to a French fry. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: TATERTOT
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The clue is 6. "Would you look at that!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OHO
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The clue is 7. Plant in a stegosaurus's diet. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FERN
Possible Answer: fern
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The clue is 8. "Well, duh!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: UMYEAH
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The clue is 9. Going rate?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MPH
Possible Answer: mph, miles_per_hour
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The clue is 10. Island greeting. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ALOHA
Possible Answer: ciao, aloha
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The clue is 11. Rod on the road. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: CARANTENNA
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The clue is 12. Animals that use pheromones to communicate. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ANTS
Possible Answer: pismire, emmet, ant
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The clue is 13. Gives a thumbs-up. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OKS
Possible Answer: okey, okay, okeh, O.K., Oklahoma, Sooner_State, OK
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The clue is 18. Smack. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLAP
Possible Answer: slap, smack, bolt, smacking, slapdash, bang
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The clue is 19. NSFW message. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SEXT
Possible Answer: sext
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The clue is 24. Place to dock. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PIER
Possible Answer: wharf, dock, pier, wharfage
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The clue is 26. Flavor enhancer in Doritos, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MSG
Possible Answer: MSG, monosodium_glutamate
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The clue is 27. "The final frontier". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SPACE
Possible Answer: infinite, blank, outer_space, place, distance, blank_space, quad, space
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The clue is 28. Dens. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LAIRS
Possible Answer: lair, den
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The clue is 29. Ultimately triumph. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: ENDUPONTOP
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The clue is 30. Warning sound. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: GROWL
Possible Answer: growl, growling, rumble, grumble
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The clue is 32. Used, as a chair. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SATON
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The clue is 33. Line adjusters on an Etch A Sketch. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: KNOBS
Possible Answer: node, thickening, boss, knob, pommel
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The clue is 37. Suffers embarrassment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: LOSESFACE
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The clue is 40. Labor. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TOIL
Possible Answer: toil, labour, travail, drudge, moil, labor, grind, fag, dig
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The clue is 41. Curses out. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: SWEARSAT
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The clue is 44. Frankly, in a text. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TBH
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The clue is 49. Body part that may be green. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: IRIS
Possible Answer: iris_diaphragm, iris, fleur-de-lis, flag, sword_lily
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The clue is 50. They can cause sour experiences for car owners. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: LEMONS
Possible Answer: lemon, gamboge, lemon_tree, Citrus_limon, lemon_yellow, stinker, maize
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The clue is 51. Director Coen. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: JOEL
Possible Answer: Joel, Book_of_Joel
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The clue is 53. Small part. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CAMEO
Possible Answer: cameo
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The clue is 55. Cartoonist Goldberg who never actually built the machines he drew. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: RUBE
Possible Answer: yahoo, rube, hick, hayseed, yokel, chawbacon, bumpkin
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The clue is 57. Neighbor of the United Arab Emirates. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OMAN
Possible Answer: Muscat_and_Oman, Oman, Sultanate_of_Oman
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The clue is 59. Sch. west of Beverly Hills. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: UCLA
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The clue is 60. Rentals that come with poles. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SKIS
Possible Answer: ski
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The clue is 61. Athletic award. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ESPY
Possible Answer: spot, espy, spy, descry
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The clue is 62. Fish-and-chips fish, typically. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: COD
Possible Answer: cod, C.O.D., ride, dupe, befool, taunt, put_one_over, collect, take_in, put_on, razz, COD, gull, fool, tantalize, cash_on_delivery, seedcase, bait, codfish, put_one_across, tantalise, rag, slang, tease, twit, rally, pod
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The clue is 63. Ballpark guess: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: EST
Possible Answer: Eastern_Standard_Time, EST, Eastern_Time
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The clue is 64. ___Pen. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: EPI
Possible Answer: Eysenck_Personality_Inventory, EPI
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January 22, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint
Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
- Across Clues (39 clues)
- Down Clues (39 clues)
- Category Breakdown
- Complete Puzzle Statistics
- Pro Solving Tips
- Related Crossword Solutions
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
NYT Wednesday Crossword Across Clues - January 22, 2020 Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
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| 1A | 1. Kind of wine drinker who might remark "I'm getting hints of unripened banana" | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Tears | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Tore | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Biblical shepherd | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Lovefest, literally | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Send to cloud nine | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Like calypso music | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Atoll material | 5 |
| 9A | 20. It's a gas | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Porcelain | 5 |
| 11A | 23. SS ___, onetime flagship of the White Star Line | 8 |
| 12A | 27. Philly Ivy | 5 |
| 13A | 29. Actress Meriwether | 3 |
| 14A | 30. Kind of salad with tomatoes, eggs, olives and anchovies | 7 |
| 15A | 32. It's often left on the table | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Second Monopoly avenue | 6 |
| 17A | 36. "Grody!" | 3 |
| 18A | 37. Put on | 4 |
| 19A | 38. Actress Graff of "Mr. Belvedere" | 5 |
| 20A | 39. Bearded beast | 3 |
| 21A | 40. Stain | 5 |
| 22A | 41. Having everything in its proper place | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Language akin to Thai | 3 |
| 24A | 43. Spanish queens | 6 |
| 25A | 44. Hosp. locales | 3 |
| 26A | 45. Prince of Narnia | 7 |
| 27A | 47. Art nouveau? | 3 |
| 28A | 48. Monsieur, across the Pyrenees | 5 |
| 29A | 50. Criticizes pettily | 8 |
| 30A | 52. Part of a crystal radio kit | 5 |
| 31A | 54. Give off | 4 |
| 32A | 55. Hugo ___, longtime Supreme Court justice | 5 |
| 33A | 57. Result of connecting the circled letters in a certain way, in a punny manner of speaking | 9 |
| 34A | 62. Woodworker's shaper | 5 |
| 35A | 63. Halley's comet, to William the Conqueror | 4 |
| 36A | 64. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay | 4 |
| 37A | 65. Suit material for Mr. Toad | 5 |
| 38A | 66. Class | 4 |
| 39A | 67. Berth place | 4 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Kind of wine drinker who might remark "I'm getting hints of unripened banana""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- Words that mean the same thing: prig, snot, snoot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: SNOB
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Clue 2 Across: "5. Tears"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a dissolute man in fashionable society
- Words that mean the same thing: rend, tide rip, pull
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIPS
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Clue 3 Across: "9. Tore"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that compete in a race
- Words that mean the same thing: step on it, rush, hie
- The opposite would be: linger
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RACED
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Biblical shepherd"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
- Words that mean the same thing: Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABEL
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Lovefest, literally"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any act of immoderate indulgence
- Words that mean the same thing: binge, bacchanalia, debauchery
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORGY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Send to cloud nine"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- Words that mean the same thing: lift up, pick up, uplift
- The opposite would be: depress
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELATE
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Like calypso music"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an arm of the atlantic ocean between north and south america; the origin of the gulf stream
- Words that mean the same thing: Caribbean Sea
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARIBBEAN
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Atoll material"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a variable color averaging a deep pink
- Words that mean the same thing: precious coral, red coral
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CORAL
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Clue 9 Across: "20. It's a gas"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 10, Ne
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEON
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Porcelain"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern asia; the most populous country in the world
- Words that mean the same thing: Red China, Communist China, People's Republic of China
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHINA
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Clue 11 Across: "23. SS ___, onetime flagship of the White Star Line"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an arm of the mediterranean between slovenia and croatia and montenegro and albania on the east and italy on the west
- Words that mean the same thing: Adriatic Sea
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADRIATIC
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Clue 12 Across: "27. Philly Ivy"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UPENN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "29. Actress Meriwether"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Words that mean the same thing: Bruce Lee, Richard Henry Lee, leeward
- The opposite would be: windward
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Kind of salad with tomatoes, eggs, olives and anchovies"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NICOISE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. It's often left on the table"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Words that mean the same thing: confidential information, lean, top
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIP
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Clue 16 Across: "34. Second Monopoly avenue"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sea in northern europe; stronghold of the russian navy
- Words that mean the same thing: Baltic language, Baltic Sea
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BALTIC
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Clue 17 Across: "36. "Grody!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Put on"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that impairment resulting from long use
- Words that mean the same thing: tire out, have on, wear upon
- The opposite would be: refresh
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WEAR
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Clue 19 Across: "38. Actress Graff of "Mr. Belvedere""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILENE
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Clue 20 Across: "39. Bearded beast"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
- Words that mean the same thing: wildebeest
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GNU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Stain"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a slight but appreciable amount
- Words that mean the same thing: hint, color, undertone
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TINGE
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Clue 22 Across: "41. Having everything in its proper place"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that clean or organized
- Words that mean the same thing: groovy, peachy, bully
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEAT
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Clue 23 Across: "42. Language akin to Thai"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
- Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAO
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Clue 24 Across: "43. Spanish queens"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REINAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "44. Hosp. locales"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Words that mean the same thing: surgery, OR, Oregon
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORS
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Clue 26 Across: "45. Prince of Narnia"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a large saltwater lake between iran and russia fed by the volga river; the largest inland body of water in the world
- Words that mean the same thing: Caspian Sea
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CASPIAN
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Clue 27 Across: "47. Art nouveau?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Words that mean the same thing: exist, live, embody
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "48. Monsieur, across the Pyrenees"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the english `mr' or `sir'
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SENOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "50. Criticizes pettily"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNIPESAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "52. Part of a crystal radio kit"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
- Words that mean the same thing: crystal rectifier, semiconductor diode, rectifying valve
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "54. Give off"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that expel (gases or odors)
- Words that mean the same thing: pass off, let loose, breathe
- The opposite would be: absorb
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMIT
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Clue 32 Across: "55. Hugo ___, longtime Supreme Court justice"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- Words that mean the same thing: contraband, Joseph Black, black-market
- The opposite would be: white, whiten
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLACK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "57. Result of connecting the circled letters in a certain way, in a punny manner of speaking"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEVENSEAS
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Clue 34 Across: "62. Woodworker's shaper"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LATHE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "63. Halley's comet, to William the Conqueror"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sign of something about to happen
- Words that mean the same thing: portent, forecast, Oman
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMEN
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Clue 36 Across: "64. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDNA
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Clue 37 Across: "65. Suit material for Mr. Toad"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in scotland
- Words that mean the same thing: flannel, gabardine, white
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWEED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "66. Class"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- Words that mean the same thing: assort, class, variety
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SORT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "67. Berth place"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: QUAY
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword January 22, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Egg pouch | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Hornets are in it, in brief | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Anthem contraction | 3 |
| 4D | 4. Cousins of crepes | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Stiff and mechanical | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Promoting peace | 6 |
| 7D | 7. ___ Tour | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Adjust to match, informally | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Contents of many an index card | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Like soliloquy deliverers, typically | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Moving targets for waves | 11 |
| 12D | 12. Third Greek vowel | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Dover's home: Abbr. | 3 |
| 14D | 18. ___ Babies (bygone fad) | 6 |
| 15D | 22. Ear covering | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Moby Dick, for one | 6 |
| 17D | 24. Some casino personnel | 7 |
| 18D | 25. Launch time | 11 |
| 19D | 26. Arcade fixtures | 7 |
| 20D | 28. Horseshoe Falls setting | 7 |
| 21D | 31. Hosp. locale | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Radio shortcut | 6 |
| 23D | 35. Gunpowder alternative, for short | 3 |
| 24D | 37. Super Mario Galaxy console | 3 |
| 25D | 39. Terrific time, in slang | 3 |
| 26D | 40. Spare part, perhaps | 6 |
| 27D | 42. Rendered pork fat | 4 |
| 28D | 43. Clothing | 7 |
| 29D | 45. Altered dishonestly | 6 |
| 30D | 46. "The nerve!" | 6 |
| 31D | 49. Nook | 5 |
| 32D | 51. And the following: Abbr. | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Those, in Segovia | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Diner order that often comes with a toothpick | 3 |
| 35D | 56. Bar code? | 3 |
| 36D | 58. Pop subgenre | 3 |
| 37D | 59. Web address ender | 3 |
| 38D | 60. Santa ___ winds | 3 |
| 39D | 61. Perhaps | 3 |
Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!
Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!
Clue 1 Down: "1. Egg pouch"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an enclosed space
- Words that mean the same thing: Sauk, pocket, theca
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Hornets are in it, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Anthem contraction"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Cousins of crepes"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream
- Words that mean the same thing: bliny
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLINI
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Stiff and mechanical"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that of or relating to mechanical robots
- Words that mean the same thing: machinelike, automatic, robotlike
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROBOTIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Promoting peace"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that conducive to peace
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRENIC
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Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ Tour"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PGA
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Adjust to match, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- Words that mean the same thing: synchronise, synchronize
- The opposite would be: desynchronise, desynchronize
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SYNC
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Contents of many an index card"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that directions for making something
- Words that mean the same thing: formula
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RECIPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Like soliloquy deliverers, typically"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that isolated from others
- Words that mean the same thing: unique, solitary, solo
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALONE
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Clue 11 Down: "11. Moving targets for waves"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARANTENNAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Third Greek vowel"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Dover's home: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. ___ Babies (bygone fad)"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
- Words that mean the same thing: beany
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEANIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Ear covering"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- Words that mean the same thing: straw, shell, stalk
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUSK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Moby Dick, for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALBINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Some casino personnel"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
- Words that mean the same thing: trader, dealer, monger
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEALERS
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Clue 18 Down: "25. Launch time"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RELEASEDATE
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Clue 19 Down: "26. Arcade fixtures"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COINOPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "28. Horseshoe Falls setting"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that waterfall in canada is the horseshoe falls; in the united states it is the american falls
- Words that mean the same thing: Niagara Falls, Niagara River
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: NIAGARA
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Hosp. locale"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
- Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ICU
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Radio shortcut"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that set in advance
- Words that mean the same thing: predetermined
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: PRESET
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Gunpowder alternative, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- This could be something that explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
- Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TNT
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Clue 24 Down: "37. Super Mario Galaxy console"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: WII
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Terrific time, in slang"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- Words that mean the same thing: brag, boast, flatulence
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: GAS
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Spare part, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TENPIN
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Rendered pork fat"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
- Words that mean the same thing: aggrandize, dramatise, blow up
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LARD
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Clothing"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that especially fine or decorative clothing
- Words that mean the same thing: dress, habilitate, clothe
- The opposite would be: undress
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The answer is: RAIMENT
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Altered dishonestly"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that prepare a hot meal
- Words that mean the same thing: ready, cook, fake
- The opposite would be: raw
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The answer is: COOKED
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Clue 30 Down: "46. "The nerve!""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: INEVER
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Nook"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
- Words that mean the same thing: ecological niche, corner, recess
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: NICHE
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Clue 32 Down: "51. And the following: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ETSEQ
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Those, in Segovia"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ESOS
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Clue 34 Down: "55. Diner order that often comes with a toothpick"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BLT
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Bar code?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the collection of rules imposed by authority
- Words that mean the same thing: natural law, legal philosophy, law of nature
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: LAW
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Clue 36 Down: "58. Pop subgenre"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EMO
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Web address ender"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EDU
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Clue 38 Down: "60. Santa ___ winds"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ANA
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Clue 39 Down: "61. Perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the chance to speak
- Words that mean the same thing: sound out, read, aver
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SAY
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 48 | 61.5% |
| Short Answer | 20 | 25.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 3.8% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 3.8% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: September 27, 2025 at 02:16 PM