November 13, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Down Clues (36 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, November 13, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (36 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword November 13, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Words that might accompany an outstretched hand	9
2A	10. Wikipedia articles that need expanding	5
3A	15. "Look at me go!"	9
4A	16. "Dear Mama" rapper	5
5A	17. "You're good"	9
6A	18. Excited	5
7A	19. Letter after 53-Across	3
8A	20. "___ From Queens," comedy series co-created by Awkwafina	4
9A	21. Physicist Tesla	6
10A	22. Japanese electronics company bought by Sony in 2002	4
11A	24. Soup dumpling	6
12A	26. "That smarts!"	3
13A	27. Pan ... or a word that follows pan	5
14A	29. Soft, squishy material	4
15A	30. "Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the ___": Pope	4
16A	31. Word often said after a wild tangent	6
17A	33. Songs by a recording artist that aren't well known	8
18A	35. Key of Dvorak's "Serenade for Strings": Abbr.	4
19A	37. "Think so?"	4
20A	38. Full throttle	8
21A	42. Toasts, say	6
22A	46. Place for a monitor	4
23A	47. Cousin of "OMG!"	4
24A	49. Disappointing turnout	5
25A	50. Park in N.Y.C.: Abbr.	3
26A	51. Afresh	6
27A	53. Letter before 19-Across	4
28A	54. Soy product originally from Indonesia	6
29A	56. ___ ceiling	4
30A	58. Mend, in a way	3
31A	59. I-, for one	5
32A	60. Line upon arrival	9
33A	62. Early tablet user	5
34A	63. Like a cakewalk	9
35A	64. Response to "Who's there?" that may be unhelpful	5
36A	65. Stop tinkering with an email	9

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. Words that might accompany an outstretched hand"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LETSDANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Wikipedia articles that need expanding"

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 short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
• Words that mean the same thing: nub, butt, check stub
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. "Look at me go!""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMONAROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. "Dear Mama" rapper"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUPAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. "You're good""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOWORRIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Excited"

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 on the move
• Words that mean the same thing: about, up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Letter after 53-Across"

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: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. "___ From Queens," comedy series co-created by Awkwafina"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Physicist Tesla"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIKOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Japanese electronics company bought by Sony in 2002"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Soup dumpling"

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 chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup
• Words that mean the same thing: won ton, wonton soup
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WONTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. "That smarts!""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Pan ... or a word that follows pan"

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 piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
• Words that mean the same thing: rib, roasted, joint
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Soft, squishy material"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. "Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the ___": Pope"

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 the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
• Words that mean the same thing: soulfulness, mortal, psyche
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Word often said after a wild tangent"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
• Words that mean the same thing: in any case, in any event, at any rate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANYWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Songs by a recording artist that aren't well known"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEEPCUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Key of Dvorak's "Serenade for Strings": Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMAJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. "Think so?""

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 not only so, but
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Full throttle"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHOLEHOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Toasts, say"

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 surface burn
• Words that mean the same thing: singe, spill the beans, talk
• The opposite would be: keep quiet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Place for a monitor"

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 an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
• Words that mean the same thing: Granville Stanley Hall, entrance hall, foyer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Cousin of "OMG!""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Disappointing turnout"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Park in N.Y.C.: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Afresh"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENOVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Letter before 19-Across"

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 the 6th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Soy product originally from Indonesia"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEMPEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. ___ ceiling"

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 the state of owing something (especially money)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEBT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Mend, in a way"

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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Words that mean the same thing: run up, tailor, stitch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. I-, for one"

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 negatively charged ion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Line upon arrival"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEREWEARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Early tablet user"

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 (old testament) the hebrew prophet who led the israelites from egypt across the red sea on a journey known as the exodus; moses received the ten commandments from god on mount sinai
• Words that mean the same thing: Anna Mary Robertson Moses, Grandma Moses
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Like a cakewalk"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASYASPIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Response to "Who's there?" that may be unhelpful"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITSME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Stop tinkering with an email"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRESSSEND

  Great job if you got it right!

November 13, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Ancient undeciphered writing system	7
2D	2. Heart	7
3D	3. Take to a pound	7
4D	4. ___ Balls	3
5D	5. Mend, in a way	4
6D	6. Straight shooter?	5
7D	7. Wrinkle-resistant	6
8D	8. Hit the jackpot, with "up"	7
9D	9. They're high up in Chi-Town	3
10D	10. Risk of drinking coffee or wine	5
11D	11. Prominent feature of a babirusa ("deer-pig")	4
12D	12. "I'm good with whatever"	7
13D	13. Financial rescue	7
14D	14. Chicken scratchings, say	7
15D	21. Credit card come-on	6
16D	23. Too	6
17D	25. Successful shot from downtown, in basketball lingo	4
18D	28. Subdue	4
19D	30. Honker	6
20D	32. Name so sacred that some refuse to speak it	6
21D	34. Total inconvenience	4
22D	36. Most common papal name	4
23D	38. End of a riddle	7
24D	39. Lack	7
25D	40. College football rival of 'Bama	7
26D	41. Trait of a talented musician	7
27D	43. Wigs out	7
28D	44. Provide, as a password	7
29D	45. Hijiki or arame, in a Japanese restaurant	7
30D	48. Opposed	6
31D	51. Like some forests and fog	5
32D	52. Conforms	5
33D	55. It may be measured in feet	4
34D	57. "___ brillig ..."	4
35D	60. Not square, once	3
36D	61. Shape that is both concave and convex	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. Ancient undeciphered writing system"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINEARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Heart"

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 any strong feeling
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMOTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Take to a pound"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOWAWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ Balls"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Mend, in a way"

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 something of little value
• Words that mean the same thing: mend, shucks, shit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Straight shooter?"

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 mark to indicate a direction or relation
• Words that mean the same thing: pointer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Wrinkle-resistant"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOIRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Hit the jackpot, with "up""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
• Words that mean the same thing: strip, houseclean, pick
• The opposite would be: dirty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEANED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. They're high up in Chi-Town"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: elevated, elevation, el
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Risk of drinking coffee or wine"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soiled or discolored appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: discolouration, discoloration, sully
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Prominent feature of a babirusa ("deer-pig")"

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 hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
• Words that mean the same thing: ivory, detusk, horn
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUSK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "I'm good with whatever""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPTOYOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Financial rescue"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAILOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Chicken scratchings, say"

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 poor handwriting
• Words that mean the same thing: scratch, scrawl, scribble
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCRAWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Credit card come-on"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOFEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Too"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASWELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Successful shot from downtown, in basketball lingo"

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 the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: three, trine, threesome
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Subdue"

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 correct by punishment or discipline
• Words that mean the same thing: cultivate, naturalise, tamed
• The opposite would be: wild
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Honker"

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 informal terms for the nose
• Words that mean the same thing: nozzle, schnozzle, snoot
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCHNOZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Name so sacred that some refuse to speak it"

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 name for the god of the old testament as transliterated from the hebrew consonants yhvh
• Words that mean the same thing: JHVH, Wahvey, Jehovah
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAHWEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Total inconvenience"

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 symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
• Words that mean the same thing: hurting, pain sensation, trouble
• The opposite would be: pleasure
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Most common papal name"

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 room or building equipped with one or more toilets
• Words that mean the same thing: John Lackland, St. John the Apostle, toilet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOHN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. End of a riddle"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHATAMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Lack"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAVENOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. College football rival of 'Bama"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLEMISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Trait of a talented musician"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOODEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Wigs out"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOESAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Provide, as a password"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTERIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Hijiki or arame, in a Japanese restaurant"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAWEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Opposed"

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 (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
• Words that mean the same thing: loath, antipathetical, indisposed
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Like some forests and fog"

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 permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
• Words that mean the same thing: heavy, obtuse, impenetrable
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Conforms"

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 be obedient to
• Words that mean the same thing: obey
• The opposite would be: disobey
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBEYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. It may be measured in feet"

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 composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
• Words that mean the same thing: verse form
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. "___ brillig ...""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Not square, once"

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 informed about the latest trends
• Words that mean the same thing: hip to, hip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Shape that is both concave and convex"

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 radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
• Words that mean the same thing: einsteinium, E, Es
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	81.9%
Short Answer	7	9.7%
Music	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
History	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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Last Updated: September 21, 2025 at 09:18 AM

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 09, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Saturday, August 09, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

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

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Approach boldly"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that speak to someone
• Similar words include: address, hook, solicit
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACCOST

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2A: "7. Word with fixed or net"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
• Similar words include: plus, asset
• Opposite of: liability

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASSETS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3A: "13. Purple-hatted Nintendo character"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WALUIGI

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4A: "15. Mildew, e.g."

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state or condition being blighted
• Similar words include: plague
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BLIGHT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5A: "16. Little Italian toasts"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CROSTINI

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🧩 6A: "18. One choice at a dry cleaner"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a worker who hangs something
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HANGER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7A: "19. Say but not really mean"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
• Similar words include: verbalize, speak, backtalk
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOUTH

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8A: "20. English town known for its mineral water"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EPSOM

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9A: "22. Historical event that acquired its name almost two decades after it ended, in brief"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WWI

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🧩 10A: "23. Car once promoted with the slogan "It's Your Money … Demand Better," informally"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Similar words include: old
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OLDS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11A: "24. Joy of television"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEHAR

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12A: "25. Windjammer, e.g."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vessel that carries passengers or freight
• Similar words include: transport, send, embark
• Opposite of: disembark

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHIP

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13A: "26. 33-Down platform, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of 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
• Similar words include: neon, Nebraska, nor'-east
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14A: "27. Deceived, maybe"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEDON

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🧩 15A: "28. Retreats"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
• Similar words include: den, lair
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAIRS

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🧩 16A: "29. Move around from here to there"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUTANDPASTE

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🧩 17A: "31. Unhelpful response to "Why?""

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JUSTBECAUSE

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🧩 18A: "32. Rabbit food?"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EASTERCANDY

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🧩 19A: "33. Pats (down)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
• Similar words include: tamp down, tamping bar, pack
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TAMPS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 20A: "34. Progresses slowly"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
• Similar words include: comfort, repose, still
• Opposite of: difficulty

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EASES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 21A: "35. Something chewed over"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
• Similar words include: plug, chew, rechewed food
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUD

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 22A: "38. Sections of history"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Similar words include: earned run average, geological era, ERA
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERAS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 23A: "39. Has legs"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the temporal end; the concluding time
• Similar words include: hold up, death, end
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LASTS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 24A: "40. Something to climb in a WWE match"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a strong line
• Similar words include: forget me drug, rophy, roach
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROPE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 25A: "41. "Stop! We get it!""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TMI

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 26A: "42. Rube"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
• Similar words include: rube, chawbacon, hick
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YOKEL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 27A: "43. Literature Nobelist who wrote "Siddhartha""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that swiss writer (born in germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
• Similar words include: Hermann Hesse
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HESSE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 28A: "44. People whose flag depicts the Lion of Judah"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (jamaica) a black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of kingston, jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music
• Similar words include: Rastafari, Rasta, Rastafarian
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RASTAS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 29A: "46. Animal that sleeps while floating on its back"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEAOTTER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 30A: "48. University of California campus locale"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IRVINE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 31A: "49. "The Ultimate Trivia Destination," per its website"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPORCLE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 32A: "50. Moves in the shadows"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
• Similar words include: malinger, skulk, lurk
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SKULKS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 33A: "51. Parts of cassette players"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
• Similar words include: bobbin, reel, spool
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPOOLS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. "Really, now!""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AWCMON

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2D: "2. Actress Lombard of classic Hollywood"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CAROLE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3D: "3. "Above the ___, as high as heaven itself?": Shak."

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
• Similar words include: cloud, obnubilate, mist
• Opposite of: clear up

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CLOUDS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4D: "4. Ejects"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove from a position or office
• Similar words include: drum out, expel, oust
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OUSTS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5D: "5. Villainous group of science fiction"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SITH

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6D: "6. ___ Fridays"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TGI

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7D: "7. Can't stand"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that find repugnant
• Similar words include: loathe, abominate, execrate
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABHOR

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8D: "8. Dis"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
• Similar words include: shaft, slam dance, bang
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SLAM

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9D: "9. "The only ___ is mediocrity": Martha Graham"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that estrangement from god
• Similar words include: transgress, hell, wickedness
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SIN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 10D: "10. Ingredient in meringue cookies"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EGGWHITE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11D: "11. #1 on BBC's list of greatest 21st-century TV series"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THEWIRE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12D: "12. Comics"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a relatively long narrow piece of something
• Similar words include: uncase, clean, funnies
• Opposite of: dress

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STRIPS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13D: "14. "This work is getting to be too much""

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INEEDABREAK

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🧩 14D: "17. Apple skins?"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IPHONECASES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 15D: "21. Buildings that aren't water-resistant"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SANDCASTLES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 16D: "24. "La Cousine ___" (Balzac novel)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BETTE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 17D: "25. Overly wise, say"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that improperly forward or bold
• Similar words include: overbold, saucy, impertinent
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SASSY

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 18D: "27. Feels thirsty"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a strong sexual desire
• Similar words include: lust, crave, luxuria
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LUSTS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 19D: "28. Gives accolades"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that praise, glorify, or honor
• Similar words include: extol, laud, glorify
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAUDS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 20D: "29. Edges"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a gothic arch)
• Similar words include: leaflet, cusp
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUSPS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 21D: "30. You can see right through them"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
• Similar words include: dot, window glass, Elvis
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PANES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 22D: "31. Phenomenon of experiencing something as strangely new even though one has experienced it before"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: JAMAISVU

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🧩 23D: "32. Designate, as funds"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
• Similar words include: set aside, trademark, hallmark
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: EARMARK

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🧩 24D: "33. Series of mental blocks?"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that 100 tetri equal 1 lari in georgia
• Similar words include: tetri
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TETRIS

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🧩 25D: "35. Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 1983"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: COSTCO

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🧩 26D: "36. Persuade to pay more than originally intended"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: UPSELL

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🧩 27D: "37. Popular farm vehicles"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)
• Similar words include: John Deere, Deere
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DEERES

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🧩 28D: "39. Falls short, say"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Similar words include: fall behind, suffer, lose
• Opposite of: profit, find

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Answer: LOSES

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🧩 29D: "40. Lead-in to active"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fashion reminiscent of the past
• Similar words include: ex post facto, retroactive
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RETRO

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🧩 30D: "42. American in Paris?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an american who lives in the north (especially during the american civil war)
• Similar words include: jerk, Yankee-Doodle, Northerner
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YANK

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🧩 31D: "43. Certain earring"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
• Similar words include: basket, basketball hoop, ring
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HOOP

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🧩 32D: "45. Poetic contraction"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TIL

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🧩 33D: "47. Some courses for honor students, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: APS

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

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📊 Today's Puzzle Stats

33 Across Clues

33 Down Clues

66 Total Clues

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