NYT2430 Friday, August 30, 2024 Predictions Steps by CrosswordHints blogs

Across Clues :

1. Consideration when donning an off-the-shoulder dress, 10. Vindictiveness, 15. Defiant protester, 16. Uruguayan cash, 17. Illusory quality, 18. Did a jeté, 19. "The Watercourse Way," per an Alan Watts title, 20. They may surround spectacles, 21. Obnoxiously loud, 22. Ones used to working from home?, 24. Mittens might fiddle with one, 26. Animal found on either end of a scale, 27. "Parasite" setting, 29. Dove, e.g., 30. "Job's getting done as we speak!", 31. Many John le Carré characters, 33. Glaring oversight by a writer, 35. Makes fast, 37. Traditional Scottish New Year's gift, representing warmth for the year to come, 38. Marked Twain?, 42. Summer snack with a swirl, 45. Psyche's lover, in Greek myth, 46. Lead-in to stakes, 48. "I think so," in modern shorthand, 50. Symbol of industry, 51. Robert in "Heat", 53. Component of the Tower of Hanoi puzzle, 54. They're made to measure, 56. Neat arrangements, 58. U.S.M.C. bigwig, 59. Disgusting, slangily, 60. Common browser extension, 62. Actor/activist Davis, 63. Uncommitted sort, 64. Advise against, 65. Takes for a spin, as a motorcycle

Down Clues :

1. Historic figure grouped with Judas in Dante's "Inferno", 2. Handles differently?, 3. Genre for Wizkid and Burna Boy, 4. Seek reparations, 5. Title first used by Ivan the Great, 6. Thing of the past, 7. Inner selves, 8. Occasion for retirement?, 9. Chicago W.N.B.A. team, 10. Spread out, 11. Fellow, 12. "Don't ask me again!", 13. Nursery purchase, 14. Connoisseur of the finer things, 21. Disappear into thin air, 23. Deluxe accommodations, 25. Gold Bond ingredient, once, 28. Film character with an iconic gold bikini, 30. "Good heavens!", 32. Waits on, 34. Camper's cover, 36. Spotted, 38. Opening words of a prayer, 39. Vital hosp. worker, 40. Scrammed, 41. Tragic heroine of Irish mythology, 43. Snatched, colloquially, 44. Quite blue, 47. Voyagers, e.g., 49. Portmanteau garments, 51. Alternative to hanging out?, 52. Babe in the woods?, 55. Falco of "The Sopranos", 57. Increase dramatically, 60. Back, at sea, 61. Green-screen tech.

Friday, August 30, 2024 NYT crosswords

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 30, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Consideration when donning an off-the-shoulder dress. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRASTRAPS




• The clue is 10. Vindictiveness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPITE

  Possible Answer : bitchiness, malice, cattiness, offend, hurt, wound, spitefulness, spite, maliciousness, venom, injure, bruise, nastiness




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

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

  The answer: REFUSENIK




• The clue is 16. Uruguayan cash. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PESOS

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




• The clue is 17. Illusory quality. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNREALITY

  Possible Answer : unreality, irreality

  Possible Opposite Answer : reality




• The clue is 18. Did a jeté. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAPT

  Possible Answer : bound, leap, jump_off, jump, spring




• The clue is 19. "The Watercourse Way," per an Alan Watts title. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAO

  Possible Answer : Tao, Taoist




• The clue is 20. They may surround spectacles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIMS

  Possible Answer : flange, rim, brim, lip




• The clue is 21. Obnoxiously loud. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GARISH

  Possible Answer : flashy, loud, tacky, cheap, brassy, gaudy, trashy, flash, gimcrack, tawdry, meretricious, tatty, garish




• The clue is 22. Ones used to working from home?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UMPS

  Possible Answer : umpire, ump




• The clue is 24. Mittens might fiddle with one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATTOY




• The clue is 26. Animal found on either end of a scale. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOE

  Possible Answer : Energy, Department_of_Energy, doe, DOE, Energy_Department




• The clue is 27. "Parasite" setting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEOUL

  Possible Answer : Seoul, capital_of_South_Korea




• The clue is 29. Dove, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOAP

  Possible Answer : scoop, easy_lay, liquid_ecstasy, soap, goop, lather, Georgia_home_boy, grievous_bodily_harm, max




• The clue is 30. "Job's getting done as we speak!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONIT




• The clue is 31. Many John le Carré characters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPIES

  Possible Answer : undercover_agent, espy, spot, stag, sight, snoop, spy, sleuth, descry




• The clue is 33. Glaring oversight by a writer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLOTHOLE




• The clue is 35. Makes fast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIES

  Possible Answer : tie-in, connect, tie_beam, sleeper, bond, tie, railroad_tie, linkup, link, wed, standoff, draw, necktie, tie-up, splice, link_up, attach, affiliation, marry, association, crosstie, bind

  Possible Opposite Answer : disconnect, untie




• The clue is 37. Traditional Scottish New Year's gift, representing warmth for the year to come. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COAL

  Possible Answer : ember, char, coal




• The clue is 38. Marked Twain?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOGEARED




• The clue is 42. Summer snack with a swirl. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FROYO




• The clue is 45. Psyche's lover, in Greek myth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EROS

  Possible Answer : Eros, eros, sexual_desire, physical_attraction, concupiscence




• The clue is 46. Lead-in to stakes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VEEP




• The clue is 48. "I think so," in modern shorthand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROBS




• The clue is 50. Symbol of industry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANT

  Possible Answer : pismire, emmet, ant




• The clue is 51. Robert in "Heat". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DENIRO




• The clue is 53. Component of the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DISK

  Possible Answer : saucer, harrow, record, platter, disk, phonograph_recording, magnetic_disc, magnetic_disk, disc, phonograph_record




• The clue is 54. They're made to measure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RULERS

  Possible Answer : swayer, ruler, rule




• The clue is 56. Neat arrangements. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROWS

  Possible Answer : rowing, wrangle, run-in, words, course, dustup, row, quarrel




• The clue is 58. U.S.M.C. bigwig. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NCO




• The clue is 59. Disgusting, slangily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRODY




• The clue is 60. Common browser extension. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADBLOCKER




• The clue is 62. Actor/activist Davis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSSIE




• The clue is 63. Uncommitted sort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FREEAGENT




• The clue is 64. Advise against. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DETER

  Possible Answer : deter, discourage, dissuade

  Possible Opposite Answer : persuade




• The clue is 65. Takes for a spin, as a motorcycle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TESTRIDES

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Historic figure grouped with Judas in Dante's "Inferno". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRUTUS

  Possible Answer: Brutus, Marcus_Junius_Brutus

• The clue is 2. Handles differently?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RENAMES

  Possible Answer: rename

• The clue is 3. Genre for Wizkid and Burna Boy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFROPOP

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

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

  The answer: SUE

  Possible Answer: sue, litigate, Sue, process, Eugene_Sue, action

• The clue is 5. Title first used by Ivan the Great. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSAR

  Possible Answer: czar, tzar, tsar

• The clue is 6. Thing of the past. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RELIC

  Possible Answer: token, relic, keepsake, souvenir

• The clue is 7. Inner selves. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANIMAS

  Possible Answer: anima

• The clue is 8. Occasion for retirement?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PITSTOP

• The clue is 9. Chicago W.N.B.A. team. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKY

  Possible Answer: toss, sky, pitch, flip

• The clue is 10. Spread out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPLAY

  Possible Answer: luxate, splay, turn_out, dislocate, slip, rotate, spread_out

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

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

  The answer: PEER

  Possible Answer: match, peer, equal, compeer

• The clue is 12. "Don't ask me again!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISAIDNO

• The clue is 13. Nursery purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOPSOIL

  Possible Answer: surface_soil, topsoil

• The clue is 14. Connoisseur of the finer things. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESTHETE

  Possible Answer: aesthete, esthete

• The clue is 21. Disappear into thin air. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOPOOF

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

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

  The answer: SUITES

  Possible Answer: befit, rooms, cortege, suite, accommodate, fit, beseem, entourage, become, suit, retinue

• The clue is 25. Gold Bond ingredient, once. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TALC

  Possible Answer: talcum, talc

• The clue is 28. Film character with an iconic gold bikini. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEIA

• The clue is 30. "Good heavens!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHLORD

• The clue is 32. Waits on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERVES

  Possible Answer: do, dish_out, help, attend_to, assist, serve_well, attend, serf, serve, suffice, process, dish, function, helot, swear_out, villein, dish_up, serve_up, service, wait_on, answer

• The clue is 34. Camper's cover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TARP

  Possible Answer: tarpaulin, tarp

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

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

  The answer: SEEN

  Possible Answer: consider, visualise, visualize, get_word, encounter, get_a_line, see_to_it, view, look, learn, come_across, insure, envision, experience, go_through, escort, attend, determine, control, take_care, go_steady, see, discover, go_out, construe, catch, fancy, date, interpret, visit, reckon, project, ensure, hear, image, take_in, understand, get_wind, realise, figure, ascertain, realize, run_into, meet, find, find_out, pick_up, assure, witness, regard, examine, run_across, check, picture, watch

• The clue is 38. Opening words of a prayer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEARGOD

• The clue is 39. Vital hosp. worker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORNURSE

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

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

  The answer: GOTLOST

• The clue is 41. Tragic heroine of Irish mythology. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEIRDRE

• The clue is 43. Snatched, colloquially. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOINKED

• The clue is 44. Quite blue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBSCENE

  Possible Answer: lewd, repugnant, obscene, detestable, abhorrent, raunchy, repulsive, salacious

• The clue is 47. Voyagers, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROBES

  Possible Answer: poke_into, investigation, examine, probe, dig_into

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

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

  The answer: SKORTS

• The clue is 51. Alternative to hanging out?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRYER

  Possible Answer: dryer, wry, ironic, drier, ironical, juiceless, teetotal, dry

  Possible Opposite Answer : sweet, wet, phlegmy

• The clue is 52. Babe in the woods?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWLET

  Possible Answer: owlet

• The clue is 55. Falco of "The Sopranos". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDIE

• The clue is 57. Increase dramatically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOAR

  Possible Answer: surge, soar_upwards, soar_up, zoom, soar, sailplane, hang_glide

• The clue is 60. Back, at sea. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFT

  Possible Answer: aft, astern, abaft

  Possible Opposite Answer : fore

• The clue is 61. Green-screen tech.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CGI

2504 Fri Apr 11, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clue Hints

NYT Crossword Breakdown: April 11, 2025

Let's solve the puzzle, starting with across and down clues and answers.

Across Clues with Answers:

• Clue 1. Some pops. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COCACOLAS

  
  



• Clue 10. Line accompanying a doorbell ring. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ITSME

  
  



• Clue 15. Richard Nixon or Mao Zedong, in a 1987 premiere. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: OPERAROLE

  
  



• Clue 16. Moved in bounds. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LOPED

  
  

  Possible synonyms: cut_back, lope, crop, lop, trim, prune, sever, snip, discerp, clip, dress




• Clue 17. Activity with pints and points. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: BARTRIVIA

  
  



• Clue 18. Not straight. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LYING

  
  

  Possible synonyms: lie_in, dwell, consist, lie, lie_down, lying, fabrication, rest, prevarication

  Possible antonyms: stand, arise




• Clue 19. Ones in a war of words?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SLAMPOETS

  
  



• Clue 20. Like Iceland's weather most of the year. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: WINDY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tedious, verbose, long-winded, impractical, wordy, airy, Laputan, windy, breezy, visionary, blowy




• Clue 21. Longtime email provider. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: AOL

  
  



• Clue 22. They're high-pressure at their low points. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: OCEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ocean, sea




• Clue 24. Action figures from Hasbro. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: GIJOES

  
  



• Clue 27. Japanese "thank you". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ARIGATO

  
  



• Clue 30. Morris who directed "The Thin Blue Line". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ERROL

  
  



• Clue 31. It's one step down from an F. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: EFLAT

  
  



• Clue 33. "Uh-huh". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: YUP

  
  



• Clue 34. Vulgarian. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: BOOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tike, Goth, barbarian, tyke, boor, peasant, churl




• Clue 35. What ice skaters might turn into?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: AXELS

  
  



• Clue 36. "Sort by" option in a credit card history. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: DATE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: date_stamp, go_out, day_of_the_month, engagement, escort, go_steady, see, date, particular_date, appointment




• Clue 37. Messy ___ (hairstyle). Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: BUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: roll, bun




• Clue 38. Liquid-Plumr alternative. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: DRANO

  
  



• Clue 39. Pilot returning to the air, e.g.. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RERUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: rebroadcast, rerun




• Clue 40. Popeye's fare. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: SPINACH

  
  

  Possible synonyms: prickly-seeded_spinach, spinach_plant, spinach, Spinacia_oleracea




• Clue 42. Passionate tributes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: PAEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: paean, pean, panegyric, encomium, eulogy




• Clue 44. Screen mover. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: CURSOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: pointer, cursor




• Clue 46. Dose of unreality?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: LSD

  
  

  Possible synonyms: LSD, lysergic_acid_diethylamide




• Clue 47. Sign of romantic chemistry. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: SPARK

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Spark, trigger, touch_off, flicker, Muriel_Sarah_Spark, twinkle, discharge, Muriel_Spark, spark, trip, actuate, activate, sparkle, arc, electric_arc, electric_discharge, trigger_off, light, Dame_Muriel_Spark, glint, set_off, spark_off




• Clue 49. Dropped, as a touchy subject. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: LEFTALONE

  
  



• Clue 54. Sign of vitality. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: PULSE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: pulsing, pulse, pulsation, heart_rate, pulsate, impulse, heartbeat, beat, pulse_rate, throb




• Clue 55. Neptune, e.g.. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: ICEPLANET

  
  



• Clue 56. French city whose last three letters are a French article. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ARLES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: arles, earnest_money




• Clue 57. Simple question written with two question marks. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COMOESTAS

  
  



• Clue 58. Private affair. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TRYST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tryst, assignation, rendezvous




• Clue 59. Certain ephemeral social media post, informally. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SNAPSTORY

  
  

Down Clues with Answers:

• Clue 1. Makings of some homemade pipes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: COBS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: great_black-backed_gull, Larus_marinus, cobnut, cob, filbert, hazelnut, black-backed_gull




• Clue 2. Fitting name for a girl born in October. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPAL

  
  

  Possible synonyms: opal




• Clue 3. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: CERA

  
  



• Clue 4. One into modeling at school. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: ARTMAJOR

  
  



• Clue 5. Go on a full ride, say?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: CARPOOL

  
  



• Clue 6. Maryland's state bird. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ORIOLE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: oriole, Old_World_oriole, New_World_oriole, American_oriole




• Clue 7. What crossing your hands in front of your chest means in American Sign Language. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: LOVE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: have_it_off, fuck, dearest, make_love, honey, erotic_love, be_intimate, bed, sexual_love, passion, have_sex, dear, have_intercourse, get_it_on, sleep_with, have_a_go_at_it, hump, bang, have_it_away, get_laid, jazz, lie_with, love, lovemaking, sleep_together, bonk, roll_in_the_hay, do_it, love_life, screw, making_love, beloved, enjoy, make_out, eff, know

  Possible antonyms: hate




• Clue 8. Bush nominee to the Supreme Court. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ALITO

  
  



• Clue 9. Creature with over 200 tiny eyes along its shell. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEASCALLOP

  
  



• Clue 10. "Finish what you're doing". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ILLWAIT

  
  



• Clue 11. Futzing (with). Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: TOYING

  
  

  Possible synonyms: toying, toy, diddle, flirt, coquetry, play, dally, flirting, flirtation, fiddle, dalliance




• Clue 12. Fabulizes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SPINSAYARN

  
  



• Clue 13. On the ___. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: MEND

  
  

  Possible synonyms: reparation, touch_on, darn, heal, mend, repair, doctor, fixture, bushel, furbish_up, mending, fixing, fix, restore, patch

  Possible antonyms: break




• Clue 14. Pushing boundaries. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EDGY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: jumpy, jittery, nervy, uptight, highly_strung, overstrung, edgy, restive, high-strung




• Clue 23. Things sometimes named after kings and queens. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ERAS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: era, earned_run_average, ERA, epoch, geological_era




• Clue 24. Party. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: GROUP

  
  

  Possible synonyms: aggroup, mathematical_group, grouping, chemical_group, radical, group




• Clue 25. How Romeo dies, in the eyes of the audience. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: IRONICALLY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ironically




• Clue 26. Ones lost in lust. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEXAHOLICS

  
  



• Clue 28. Some attire worn with tights. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TUTUS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tutu, Tutu, Desmond_Tutu, ballet_skirt




• Clue 29. P.G.A. Tour event. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: spread_out, out-of-doors, undefended, unfold, outdoors, loose, undecided, capable, candid, unfastened, give, overt, undefendable, subject, opened, unresolved, heart-to-heart, receptive, open_up, open_air, surface, exposed, afford, undetermined, open, clear, assailable, spread

  Possible antonyms: closed, covert, shut, fold, close, unreceptive




• Clue 30. Wanes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EBBS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ebb, reflux, ebb_down, ebb_away, ebb_out, ebb_off, wane, ebbing

  Possible antonyms: tide




• Clue 32. Boggy land. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: FEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: marshland, marsh, fen, fenland




• Clue 35. Characters' trajectories. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ARCS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: discharge, bow, spark, arc, curve, electric_arc, arch, electric_discharge




• Clue 36. At the absolute back of the pack. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: DEADLAST

  
  



• Clue 38. Like the night right before dawn, proverbially. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: DARKEST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: dreary, gloomy, colored, non-white, morose, dour, dark-skinned, blue, dismal, obscure, sour, sorry, disconsolate, sullen, dark, glowering, glum, benighted, drab, dingy, saturnine, grim, drear, black, sinister, coloured, moody

  Possible antonyms: light




• Clue 39. Some real estate deals. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: RESALES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: resale




• Clue 41. Tends to. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: NURSES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: nurse, nanny, entertain, breastfeed, harbor, suckle, harbour, hold, suck, give_suck, wet-nurse, lactate, nursemaid

  Possible antonyms: bottlefeed




• Clue 43. Music genre that's experimental yet radio-friendly. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ALTPOP

  
  



• Clue 45. Means of intel gathering. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RECON

  
  



• Clue 47. Minor disagreement. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: SPAT

  
  

  Possible synonyms: clap, patter, spat, pitter-patter, sprinkle, bickering, spit, ptyalise, spatter, fuss, spew, ptyalize, acclaim, tiff, spit_out, gaiter, squabble, skewer, spue, bicker, pettifoggery, applaud

  Possible antonyms: boo




• Clue 48. [Please keep scratching me!]. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: PURR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: whirr, whir, whizz, make_vibrant_sounds, whiz, purr, birr




• Clue 50. Org. that's busy after disasters. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: FEMA

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency, FEMA




• Clue 51. "You're ___ something!". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ONTO

  
  



• Clue 52. Word with mint or miss. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: NEAR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: well-nigh, near, dear, nearly, close, draw_near, approximate, good, approach, penny-pinching, come_on, nigh, about, cheeseparing, skinny, draw_close, virtually, most, come_near, go_up, almost

  Possible antonyms: far




• Clue 53. Site with shops from around the world. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ETSY

  
  

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NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: April 11, 2025

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Some pops

9-letter answer Answer: COCACOLAS

Clue #2: 10. Line accompanying a doorbell ring

5-letter answer Answer: ITSME

Clue #3: 15. Richard Nixon or Mao Zedong, in a 1987 premiere

9-letter answer Answer: OPERAROLE

Clue #4: 16. Moved in bounds

5-letter answer Answer: LOPED

Word Help: Synonyms: trim, lop, lope

Clue #5: 17. Activity with pints and points

9-letter answer Answer: BARTRIVIA

Clue #6: 18. Not straight

5-letter answer Answer: LYING

Word Help: Synonyms: lying, prevarication, rest
Antonyms: stand, arise

Clue #7: 19. Ones in a war of words?

9-letter answer Answer: SLAMPOETS

Clue #8: 20. Like Iceland's weather most of the year

5-letter answer Answer: WINDY

Word Help: Synonyms: breezy, blowy, impractical

Clue #9: 21. Longtime email provider

3-letter answer Answer: AOL

Clue #10: 22. They're high-pressure at their low points

6-letter answer Answer: OCEANS

Word Help: Synonyms: ocean, sea

Clue #11: 24. Action figures from Hasbro

6-letter answer Answer: GIJOES

Clue #12: 27. Japanese "thank you"

7-letter answer Answer: ARIGATO

Clue #13: 30. Morris who directed "The Thin Blue Line"

5-letter answer Answer: ERROL

Clue #14: 31. It's one step down from an F

5-letter answer Answer: EFLAT

Clue #15: 33. "Uh-huh"

3-letter answer Answer: YUP

Clue #16: 34. Vulgarian

4-letter answer Answer: BOOR

Word Help: Synonyms: tike, peasant, boor

Clue #17: 35. What ice skaters might turn into?

5-letter answer Answer: AXELS

Clue #18: 36. "Sort by" option in a credit card history

4-letter answer Answer: DATE

Word Help: Synonyms: engagement, see, go_steady

Clue #19: 37. Messy ___ (hairstyle)

3-letter answer Answer: BUN

Word Help: Synonyms: roll, bun

Clue #20: 38. Liquid-Plumr alternative

5-letter answer Answer: DRANO

Clue #21: 39. Pilot returning to the air, e.g.

5-letter answer Answer: RERUN

Word Help: Synonyms: rebroadcast, rerun

Clue #22: 40. Popeye's fare

7-letter answer Answer: SPINACH

Word Help: Synonyms: prickly-seeded_spinach, spinach_plant, spinach

Clue #23: 42. Passionate tributes

6-letter answer Answer: PAEANS

Word Help: Synonyms: paean, pean, encomium

Clue #24: 44. Screen mover

6-letter answer Answer: CURSOR

Word Help: Synonyms: pointer, cursor

Clue #25: 46. Dose of unreality?

3-letter answer Answer: LSD

Word Help: Synonyms: LSD, lysergic_acid_diethylamide

Clue #26: 47. Sign of romantic chemistry

5-letter answer Answer: SPARK

Word Help: Synonyms: spark, trigger, light

Clue #27: 49. Dropped, as a touchy subject

9-letter answer Answer: LEFTALONE

Clue #28: 54. Sign of vitality

5-letter answer Answer: PULSE

Word Help: Synonyms: pulsation, pulsing, throb

Clue #29: 55. Neptune, e.g.

9-letter answer Answer: ICEPLANET

Clue #30: 56. French city whose last three letters are a French article

5-letter answer Answer: ARLES

Word Help: Synonyms: earnest_money, arles

Clue #31: 57. Simple question written with two question marks

9-letter answer Answer: COMOESTAS

Clue #32: 58. Private affair

5-letter answer Answer: TRYST

Word Help: Synonyms: assignation, tryst, rendezvous

Clue #33: 59. Certain ephemeral social media post, informally

9-letter answer Answer: SNAPSTORY

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Makings of some homemade pipes

4-letter answer Answer: COBS

Word Help: Synonyms: Larus_marinus, cobnut, filbert

Clue #2: 2. Fitting name for a girl born in October

4-letter answer Answer: OPAL

Word Help: Synonyms: opal

Clue #3: 3. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie"

4-letter answer Answer: CERA

Clue #4: 4. One into modeling at school

8-letter answer Answer: ARTMAJOR

Clue #5: 5. Go on a full ride, say?

7-letter answer Answer: CARPOOL

Clue #6: 6. Maryland's state bird

6-letter answer Answer: ORIOLE

Word Help: Synonyms: oriole, Old_World_oriole, American_oriole

Clue #7: 7. What crossing your hands in front of your chest means in American Sign Language

4-letter answer Answer: LOVE

Word Help: Synonyms: hump, honey, be_intimate
Antonyms: hate

Clue #8: 8. Bush nominee to the Supreme Court

5-letter answer Answer: ALITO

Clue #9: 9. Creature with over 200 tiny eyes along its shell

10-letter answer Answer: SEASCALLOP

Clue #10: 10. "Finish what you're doing"

7-letter answer Answer: ILLWAIT

Clue #11: 11. Futzing (with)

6-letter answer Answer: TOYING

Word Help: Synonyms: diddle, flirtation, play

Clue #12: 12. Fabulizes

10-letter answer Answer: SPINSAYARN

Clue #13: 13. On the ___

4-letter answer Answer: MEND

Word Help: Synonyms: heal, darn, repair
Antonyms: break

Clue #14: 14. Pushing boundaries

4-letter answer Answer: EDGY

Word Help: Synonyms: jumpy, overstrung, nervy

Clue #15: 23. Things sometimes named after kings and queens

4-letter answer Answer: ERAS

Word Help: Synonyms: epoch, earned_run_average, era

Clue #16: 24. Party

5-letter answer Answer: GROUP

Word Help: Synonyms: mathematical_group, aggroup, radical

Clue #17: 25. How Romeo dies, in the eyes of the audience

10-letter answer Answer: IRONICALLY

Word Help: Synonyms: ironically

Clue #18: 26. Ones lost in lust

10-letter answer Answer: SEXAHOLICS

Clue #19: 28. Some attire worn with tights

5-letter answer Answer: TUTUS

Word Help: Synonyms: tutu, Desmond_Tutu, Tutu

Clue #20: 29. P.G.A. Tour event

4-letter answer Answer: OPEN

Word Help: Synonyms: open_air, heart-to-heart, overt
Antonyms: covert, fold

Clue #21: 30. Wanes

4-letter answer Answer: EBBS

Word Help: Synonyms: ebbing, wane, reflux
Antonyms: tide

Clue #22: 32. Boggy land

3-letter answer Answer: FEN

Word Help: Synonyms: marshland, fen, marsh

Clue #23: 35. Characters' trajectories

4-letter answer Answer: ARCS

Word Help: Synonyms: spark, bow, electric_discharge

Clue #24: 36. At the absolute back of the pack

8-letter answer Answer: DEADLAST

Clue #25: 38. Like the night right before dawn, proverbially

7-letter answer Answer: DARKEST

Word Help: Synonyms: dark, sullen, dreary
Antonyms: light

Clue #26: 39. Some real estate deals

7-letter answer Answer: RESALES

Word Help: Synonyms: resale

Clue #27: 41. Tends to

6-letter answer Answer: NURSES

Word Help: Synonyms: nursemaid, nurse, harbour
Antonyms: bottlefeed

Clue #28: 43. Music genre that's experimental yet radio-friendly

6-letter answer Answer: ALTPOP

Clue #29: 45. Means of intel gathering

5-letter answer Answer: RECON

Clue #30: 47. Minor disagreement

4-letter answer Answer: SPAT

Word Help: Synonyms: bicker, pitter-patter, fuss
Antonyms: boo

Clue #31: 48. [Please keep scratching me!]

4-letter answer Answer: PURR

Word Help: Synonyms: whir, whizz, whiz

Clue #32: 50. Org. that's busy after disasters

4-letter answer Answer: FEMA

Word Help: Synonyms: FEMA, Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency

Clue #33: 51. "You're ___ something!"

4-letter answer Answer: ONTO

Clue #34: 52. Word with mint or miss

4-letter answer Answer: NEAR

Word Help: Synonyms: cheeseparing, nigh, dear
Antonyms: far

Clue #35: 53. Site with shops from around the world

4-letter answer Answer: ETSY

Expert Solving Strategies

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