July 30, 2024 Crosswords - CrosswordHints Blog

July 30, 2024 Crosswords

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

NYT Crosswords

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Option : Mac :: ___ : PC - Show Answer
  

  ALT

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: altitude, EL, elevation, ALT



• 4. Voodoo Ranger, e.g., for short - Show Answer
  

  IPA

  (3 letters)



• 7. Kahlo or Kandinsky - Show Answer
  

  ARTIST

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: artist, creative_person



• 13. Pick up again - Show Answer
  

  RELEARN

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: relearn



• 15. Apartment sharer, informally - Show Answer
  

  ROOMIE

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: roommate, roomie, roomy



• 16. Restaurant handout that might come with crayons - Show Answer
  

  KIDSMENU

  (8 letters)



• 18. Geologic layers - Show Answer
  

  STRATA

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: socio-economic_class, social_class, stratum, class, layer, level



• 19. "And in this corner ..." speaker - Show Answer
  

  RINGANNOUNCER

  (13 letters)



• 21. Sticky stuff - Show Answer
  

  GOO

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: goop, gook, slime, gunk, ooze, muck, sludge, goo, guck



• 22. Teller's partner in magic - Show Answer
  

  PENN

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: Penn, University_of_Pennsylvania, William_Penn, Pennsylvania



• 23. "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!," e.g. - Show Answer
  

  CHANT

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: intonate, chant, intone, cantillate, tone



• 26. Seven on a sundial - Show Answer
  

  VII

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: septet, seven, septenary, vii, 7, sevener, VII, heptad



• 27. Morse code component - Show Answer
  

  DASH

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: scare_off, dart, sprint, flash, smash, shoot, dash, panache, scud, scare, scare_away, flair, pall, scoot, dah, style, elan, frighten_off, hyphen, bolt, frighten_away, crash, daunt



• 31. Cartoon frame - Show Answer
  

  CEL

  (3 letters)



• 32. Use non-lead pipes? - Show Answer
  

  SINGBACKUP

  (10 letters)



• 35. Something seen in a bubble above a cartoon head - Show Answer
  

  THOUGHT

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: imagine, intend, conceive, reckon, guess, think, believe, thinking, persuasion, opine, remember, cerebration, call_up, retrieve, intellection, call_back, thought, mean, sentiment, cogitate, view, recollect, thought_process, suppose, opinion, cerebrate, consider, mentation, idea, recall

  Antonyms: forget



• 38. In a speedy way - Show Answer
  

  HASTILY

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: hastily, hurriedly, in_haste

  Antonyms: unhurriedly



• 39. Actor who plays Luther Stickell in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise - Show Answer
  

  VINGRHAMES

  (10 letters)



• 41. Piece of corn - Show Answer
  

  EAR

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: pinna, capitulum, ear, spike, auricle



• 42. Uber- relative - Show Answer
  

  MEGA

  (4 letters)



• 43. "Spy vs. Spy" magazine - Show Answer
  

  MAD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: frantic, insane, sore, huffy, sick, unbalanced, unhinged, delirious, brainsick, disturbed, excited, mad, unrestrained, demented, harebrained, crazy



• 44. Like some gods in the Marvel Universe - Show Answer
  

  NORSE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Norse, Norwegian, Norseman, Scandinavian, Northman, Scandinavian_language, North_Germanic_language, Nordic, North_Germanic



• 46. Dreidel turn - Show Answer
  

  SPIN

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: twist, twirl, tailspin, twisting, gyrate, whirl, reel, spin, spin_around, birl, spin_out



• 48. Text of appreciation - Show Answer
  

  THX

  (3 letters)



• 49. Projectiles tossed into cups of beer, in a drinking game - Show Answer
  

  PINGPONGBALLS

  (13 letters)



• 55. End of a threat - Show Answer
  

  ORELSE

  (6 letters)



• 56. Points collected for flying - Show Answer
  

  AIRMILES

  (8 letters)



• 59. Pep rally cry - Show Answer
  

  GOTEAM

  (6 letters)



• 60. Acknowledging an invitation ... or a hint to the starts of 19-, 32-, 39- and 49-Across - Show Answer
  

  RSVPING

  (7 letters)



• 61. Beginnings - Show Answer
  

  ONSETS

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: onset, onslaught, attack, onrush, oncoming



• 62. Dramatic salsa move - Show Answer
  

  DIP

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: magnetic_dip, souse, drop, magnetic_inclination, dip, douse, dim, inclination, pickpocket, fall, dunk, sink, duck, cutpurse, free_fall, plunge, angle_of_dip



• 63. Morse code component - Show Answer
  

  DOT

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: dit, scatter, window_pane, acid, Department_of_Transportation, sprinkle, pane, stud, point, dose, superman, Transportation, Elvis, loony_toons, Zen, constellate, dust, dot, battery-acid, DoT, back_breaker, disperse, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Noah's craft - Show Answer
  

  ARK

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: Ark_of_the_Covenant, Ark, ark



• 2. Gift with flowers - Show Answer
  

  LEI

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: garland, chaplet, wreath, lei, leu, coronal



• 3. "To recap," in an internet initialism - Show Answer
  

  TLDR

  (4 letters)



• 4. Indignant denial - Show Answer
  

  IAMNOT

  (6 letters)



• 5. Pasta sauce brand - Show Answer
  

  PREGO

  (5 letters)



• 6. Soprano Netrebko - Show Answer
  

  ANNA

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: anna



• 7. Fire-setting crime - Show Answer
  

  ARSON

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: fire-raising, arson, incendiarism



• 8. Features of the U.S. Capitol and Rome's Pantheon - Show Answer
  

  ROTUNDAS

  (8 letters)

  Synonyms: rotunda



• 9. Experiencing a dilemma - Show Answer
  

  TORN

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: torn, shoot_down, deplumate, deplume, pluck, pull, tear, displume, buck, snap, shoot, charge, lacerated, rupture, bust, lacerate, mangled



• 10. Big Apple? - Show Answer
  

  IMAC

  (4 letters)



• 11. Collection of web pages - Show Answer
  

  SITE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: site, web_site, internet_site, situation, locate, website, land_site, place



• 12. Start to cry, with "up" - Show Answer
  

  TEAR

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: deplumate, buck, shoot, teardrop, shoot_down, deplume, snap, bust, rupture, tear, bout, split, pluck, rent, displume, charge, rip, pull, snag, binge



• 14. Endorse digitally - Show Answer
  

  ESIGN

  (5 letters)



• 17. Remove from a bulletin board - Show Answer
  

  UNPIN

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: unpin

  Antonyms: pin



• 20. Called to a colt, say - Show Answer
  

  NEIGHED

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: neigh, whinny, nicker, whicker



• 23. Security camera inits. - Show Answer
  

  CCTV

  (4 letters)



• 24. Masculine pronoun pair - Show Answer
  

  HEHIM

  (5 letters)



• 25. How an introvert likes to spend time - Show Answer
  

  ALONE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: solitary, only, unequalled, exclusively, solely, lone, alone, unequaled, lonely, unparalleled, solo, entirely, unaccompanied, unique



• 26. A, B, C, D, E or K - Show Answer
  

  VITAMIN

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: vitamin



• 28. Play division - Show Answer
  

  ACT

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: behave, routine, act_as, pretend, play, human_activity, number, enactment, do, represent, roleplay, bit, act, turn, move, dissemble, human_action, playact, work, deed

  Antonyms: refrain



• 29. Winter lift rider - Show Answer
  

  SKIER

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: skier



• 30. Hawaiian dances - Show Answer
  

  HULAS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: hula-hula, Hawaiian_dancing, hula



• 32. "Don't say a word!" - Show Answer
  

  SHH

  (3 letters)



• 33. Some undergrad degs. - Show Answer
  

  BAS

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: BA, Artium_Baccalaurens, Bachelor_of_Arts, atomic_number_56, barium, Ba, AB



• 34. Ritualistic bonfire - Show Answer
  

  PYRE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: funeral_pyre, pyre



• 36. Fashion brand founded by an Australian surfer - Show Answer
  

  UGG

  (3 letters)



• 37. Tries to seize - Show Answer
  

  GRASPSAT

  (8 letters)



• 40. Japanese comics - Show Answer
  

  MANGA

  (5 letters)



• 44. Hart Memorial Trophy recipient, for short - Show Answer
  

  NHLMVP

  (6 letters)



• 45. Yellow primrose - Show Answer
  

  OXLIP

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: oxlip, paigle, Primula_elatior



• 47. Sonnets and such - Show Answer
  

  POEMS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: poem, verse_form



• 48. Ankle bones - Show Answer
  

  TARSI

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: tarsus



• 49. ___ stick - Show Answer
  

  POGO

  (4 letters)



• 50. Most of the earth's core - Show Answer
  

  IRON

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: iron, atomic_number_26, smoothing_iron, Fe, press, iron_out, branding_iron, cast-iron



• 51. Brooklyn squad - Show Answer
  

  NETS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: net_profit, internet, mesh, sack, profit, net, profits, sack_up, web, lucre, clear, meshing, earnings, network, nett, net_income, meshwork, cyberspace



• 52. Elation - Show Answer
  

  GLEE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: glee, gloating, hilarity, mirth, gloat, gleefulness, mirthfulness



• 53. Ornithologist's interest - Show Answer
  

  BIRD

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: razzing, hoot, razz, chick, boo, snort, birdwatch, shuttle, Bronx_cheer, birdie, bird, fowl, skirt, raspberry, dame, wench, hiss, doll, shuttlecock



• 54. Used a fire pole - Show Answer
  

  SLID

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: slip, slither, skid, slide, slue, slew



• 57. Ambient musician Brian - Show Answer
  

  ENO

  (3 letters)



• 58. Three-striper in the Army: Abbr. - Show Answer
  

  SGT

  (3 letters)

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (41 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Don't believe it	3
2A	4. Soccer great Mia	4
3A	8. Prepared (for)	6
4A	14. Feature of a spy film	8
5A	16. Scalper's transaction	6
6A	17. Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named	8
7A	18. DC good guy	6
8A	19. They're found in a circle	5
9A	20. Dispensary inits.	3
10A	22. Late spring or early summer bloom	5
11A	23. Leave speechless	3
12A	24. Texter's "I can't even"	3
13A	26. In perpetuity	4
14A	28. Winter coat?	3
15A	29. Narrow margin of victory	4
16A	30. Lunchbox staple, informally	3
17A	33. All primes except 2	10
18A	37. Country nearest to the Equator without touching it	4
19A	38. Hybridized, botanically ... or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)?	15
20A	40. "Stop right there!"	4
21A	41. "Great Scott!"	10
22A	42. Bird adapted for silent flight	3
23A	43. Charging option	4
24A	44. Deciding periods, in brief	3
25A	45. Airdrops?	4
26A	46. [I'm a good boy!]	3
27A	47. Summer cooler	3
28A	50. Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006	5
29A	53. Dip	3
30A	55. Philosopher William of ___	5
31A	57. Become part of a club	6
32A	59. ___ method (type of teaching)	8
33A	61. Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of "mad honey"	6
34A	62. Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease	8
35A	63. A bad review might merit a rotten one	6
36A	64. Like some advice	4
37A	65. Manhattan liquor	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Don't believe it"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Similar words include: prevarication, dwell, lie down
• Opposite of: stand, arise

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Answer: LIE

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2A: "4. Soccer great Mia"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HAMM

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3A: "8. Prepared (for)"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
• Similar words include: stimulate, stabilize, stabilise
• Opposite of: sedate, de-energize

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Answer: BRACED

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4A: "14. Feature of a spy film"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
• Similar words include: scheme, machination, fascinate
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: INTRIGUE

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5A: "16. Scalper's transaction"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the selling of something purchased
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RESALE

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6A: "17. Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sometimes placed in genus scilla
• Similar words include: prairie gentian, Campanula rotundifolia, wood hyacinth
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: BLUEBELL

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7A: "18. DC good guy"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an orderly assigned to serve a british military officer
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BATMAN

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8A: "19. They're found in a circle"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
• Similar words include: wheel spoke, radius, spoke
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RADII

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9A: "20. Dispensary inits."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CBD

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10A: "22. Late spring or early summer bloom"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
• Similar words include: paeony
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEONY

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11A: "23. Leave speechless"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
• Similar words include: fear, veneration, reverence
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AWE

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12A: "24. Texter's "I can't even""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SMH

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13A: "26. In perpetuity"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at any time
• Similar words include: always, of all time, ever so
• Opposite of: never

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Answer: EVER

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14A: "28. Winter coat?"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
• Similar words include: meth, frappe, ice-skating rink
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ICE

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15A: "29. Narrow margin of victory"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
• Similar words include: tomentum, pilus, hairsbreadth
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HAIR

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16A: "30. Lunchbox staple, informally"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PBJ

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17A: "33. All primes except 2"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ODDNUMBERS

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18A: "37. Country nearest to the Equator without touching it"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic in western south america; achieved independence from spain in 1821; was the heart of the inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
• Similar words include: Republic of Peru
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PERU

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19A: "38. Hybridized, botanically ... or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)?"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: CROSSPOLLINATED

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20A: "40. "Stop right there!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of inactivity following an interruption
• Similar words include: stay, stanch, halting
• Opposite of: start

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Answer: HALT

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21A: "41. "Great Scott!""

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: HOLYTOLEDO

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22A: "42. Bird adapted for silent flight"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Similar words include: bird of Minerva, hooter, bird of night
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OWL

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23A: "43. Charging option"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VISA

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24A: "44. Deciding periods, in brief"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OTS

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25A: "45. Airdrops?"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a thin fog with condensation near the ground
• Similar words include: fog, obscure, mist over
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MIST

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26A: "46. [I'm a good boy!]"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ARF

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27A: "47. Summer cooler"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Similar words include: fruit drink
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ADE

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28A: "50. Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: METOO

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29A: "53. Dip"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shape that sags
• Similar words include: sag down, flag, swag
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SAG

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30A: "55. Philosopher William of ___"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english scholastic philosopher and assumed author of occam's razor (1285-1349)
• Similar words include: Ockham, William of Occam, William of Ockham
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OCCAM

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31A: "57. Become part of a club"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that register formally as a participant or member
• Similar words include: enter, enrol, recruit
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ENROLL

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32A: "59. ___ method (type of teaching)"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of or relating to socrates or to his method of teaching
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SOCRATIC

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33A: "61. Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of "mad honey""

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: AZALEA

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34A: "62. Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
• Similar words include: primula
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PRIMROSE

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35A: "63. A bad review might merit a rotten one"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
• Similar words include: love apple, tomato plant, Lycopersicon esculentum
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TOMATO

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36A: "64. Like some advice"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
• Similar words include: salvia, sage-green
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SAGE

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37A: "65. Manhattan liquor"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: RYE

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. First sign of fall	5
2D	2. Family tree addition	5
3D	3. One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom	5
4D	4. Blossom in a lei	8
5D	5. Period in history	3
6D	6. Bed cover	5
7D	7. Scary Spice, by another nickname	4
8D	8. Texter's "just a sec"	3
9D	9. Harvesting machine	6
10D	10. Cousin of edelweiss	5
11D	11. Pattern based on nature, for short	4
12D	12. Stylish flair	4
13D	13. Turn down	4
14D	15. King, in Portuguese	3
15D	21. First word from a wedding officiant	6
16D	25. Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music	7
17D	27. Alice, in Wonderland	7
18D	28. Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.	4
19D	29. Very, slangily	5
20D	30. Politician Buttigieg	4
21D	31. Partner of born	4
22D	32. Sport with throws	4
23D	33. Siete + uno	4
24D	34. Cry in a gunfight	4
25D	35. Cutie pie	4
26D	36. Gives a lift	6
27D	37. Besties	4
28D	39. "I'll pass"	8
29D	43. Flower found at the end of a rainbow?	6
30D	45. Cold, hard cash	5
31D	46. Ancient marketplace	5
32D	47. Company man?	5
33D	48. "Link" in a botanical chain	5
34D	49. Play the host	5
35D	50. Nitty-gritty	4
36D	51. Automaker Ferrari	4
37D	52. Airport transport	4
38D	54. Some vipers	4
39D	56. Viper, e.g.	3
40D	58. Language of Vientiane	3
41D	60. Smoke	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. First sign of fall"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in libra
• Similar words include: Libra the Scales, Libra the Balance, Balance
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LIBRA

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2D: "2. Family tree addition"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INLAW

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3D: "3. One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ETUDE

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4D: "4. Blossom in a lei"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any plant of the genus hibiscus
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: HIBISCUS

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5D: "5. Period in history"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that how long something has existed
• Similar words include: mature, historic period, maturate
• Opposite of: rejuvenate

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Answer: AGE

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6D: "6. Bed cover"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MULCH

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7D: "7. Scary Spice, by another nickname"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MELB

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8D: "8. Texter's "just a sec""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BRB

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9D: "9. Harvesting machine"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who helps to gather the harvest
• Similar words include: harvester, Grim Reaper
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REAPER

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10D: "10. Cousin of edelweiss"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus aster with showy daisylike flowers
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASTER

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11D: "11. Pattern based on nature, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
• Similar words include: camouflage
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CAMO

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12D: "12. Stylish flair"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Similar words include: dash, flair, panache
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELAN

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13D: "13. Turn down"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that declare untrue; contradict
• Similar words include: traverse, refuse, abnegate
• Opposite of: admit, allow

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Answer: DENY

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14D: "15. King, in Portuguese"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REI

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15D: "21. First word from a wedding officiant"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in a sincere and heartfelt manner
• Similar words include: affectionately, dear, in a heartfelt way
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DEARLY

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16D: "25. Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that largest city of tennessee; located in southwestern tennessee on bluffs overlooking the mississippi river
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MEMPHIS

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17D: "27. Alice, in Wonderland"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who visits
• Similar words include: visitant
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: VISITOR

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18D: "28. Part of M.I.T.: Abbr."

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in or of the present month
• Similar words include: instant
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: INST

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19D: "29. Very, slangily"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HELLA

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20D: "30. Politician Buttigieg"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PETE

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21D: "31. Partner of born"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that copulate with a female, used especially of horses
• Similar words include: engender, multiply, cover
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BRED

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22D: "32. Sport with throws"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in japan
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: JUDO

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23D: "33. Siete + uno"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OCHO

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24D: "34. Cry in a gunfight"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a gully that is shallower than a ravine
• Similar words include: drawing card, tie, delineate
• Opposite of: push, deposit

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Answer: DRAW

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25D: "35. Cutie pie"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small replica of a person; used as a toy
• Similar words include: chick, bird, skirt
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DOLL

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26D: "36. Gives a lift"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of giving hope or support to someone
• Similar words include: cost increase, boost, hike up
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BOOSTS

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27D: "37. Besties"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Similar words include: pal, brother, chum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PALS

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28D: "39. "I'll pass""

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: NOTFORME

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29D: "43. Flower found at the end of a rainbow?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
• Similar words include: purplish, reddish blue, purple
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: VIOLET

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30D: "45. Cold, hard cash"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MOOLA

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31D: "46. Ancient marketplace"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in israel
• Similar words include: public square
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AGORA

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32D: "47. Company man?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a theatrical performer
• Similar words include: doer, thespian, role player
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ACTOR

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33D: "48. "Link" in a botanical chain"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DAISY

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34D: "49. Play the host"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
• Similar words include: host, compere, master of ceremonies
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EMCEE

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35D: "50. Nitty-gritty"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Similar words include: gist, center, sum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MEAT

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36D: "51. Automaker Ferrari"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ENZO

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37D: "52. Airport transport"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
• Similar words include: trolley car, tramway, aerial tramway
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TRAM

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38D: "54. Some vipers"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Similar words include: asp viper, Naja haje, Vipera aspis
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASPS

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39D: "56. Viper, e.g."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Similar words include: railcar, railway car, auto
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CAR

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40D: "58. Language of Vientiane"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of 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
• Similar words include: Laotian
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LAO

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41D: "60. Smoke"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CIG

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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