Sun Sep 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 22, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. One getting into some hot water?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATHER

  Possible Answer : swimmer, bather, natator




• The clue is 7. Home monitors. 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 11. Data sought in phishing attempts, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SSNS




• The clue is 15. Thus far. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TODATE




• The clue is 21. Cry from a treehouse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPHERE




• The clue is 22. Doesn't rule out, as a possibility. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KEEPSOPEN




• The clue is 24. Wrinkle-free, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRONED

  Possible Answer : press, iron, ironed, iron_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : unironed




• The clue is 25. Turned on an axis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLEWED

  Possible Answer : skid, slew, slip, slide, swerve, slue, curve, trend, cut, sheer, veer




• The clue is 26. Real no-brainer?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UTTERFOOL




• The clue is 27. Colorful ingredients in some cookie recipes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANDMS




• The clue is 28. Trash. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOSS

  Possible Answer : fling, thresh, discard, throw_away, flip, sky, jactitate, cast_away, chuck, throw_out, toss_out, thrash_about, put_away, toss, pitch, thresh_about, pass, thrash, cast_out, cast_aside, convulse, chuck_out, dispose, slash, toss_away




• The clue is 29. Reef lurker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEL

  Possible Answer : eel




• The clue is 31. Ways off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXITS

  Possible Answer : kick_the_bucket, conk, die, croak, decease, perish, expiration, snuff_it, choke, outlet, pop_off, issue, give-up_the_ghost, leave, get_out, exit, passing, go_out, cash_in_one's_chips, loss, way_out, pass_away, pass, going, drop_dead, buy_the_farm, expire, go, departure, release

  Possible Opposite Answer : be_born, enter




• The clue is 32. Part of H.M.S.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HER




• The clue is 34. Word with body or blood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TYPE

  Possible Answer : typewrite, eccentric, type, typecast, character, case

  Possible Opposite Answer : antitype




• The clue is 35. Texter's alternative to an eye roll emoji. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMH




• The clue is 36. Olympians on stunt bikes, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BMXERS




• The clue is 38. Genre for Fall Out Boy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMOPOP




• The clue is 41. U.S. currency: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOL

  Possible Answer : dol, Labor, DoL, Labor_Department, Department_of_Labor




• The clue is 42. Negative influence on others, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BADAPPLE




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

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

  The answer: PUT

  Possible Answer : assign, position, order, pose, place, redact, invest, cast, set_up, lay, couch, set, arrange, put, put_option, commit, frame

  Possible Opposite Answer : call_option, divest




• The clue is 47. To sweeten the deal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASABONUS




• The clue is 49. Declines to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WONT

  Possible Answer : habit, wont




• The clue is 50. Houdini's signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESCAPEACT




• The clue is 53. Basis for a feud. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEEF

  Possible Answer : gripe, beef_cattle, boeuf, squawk, bitch, grouse, beef, kick, holler, bellyache, crab




• The clue is 54. Rudder found in nature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FISHFIN




• The clue is 57. "Bad luck, I guess … It was my turn, that's all. I was in the path of the ___" (quote from 18-Down). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORNADO

  Possible Answer : tornado, crack_cocaine, twister, crack




• The clue is 58. Became stuck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HITARUT




• The clue is 61. "This is the worst!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UGH




• The clue is 62. Receptacle for soaking before a pedicure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOOTSPA




• The clue is 64. Brainy bunch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MENSANS




• The clue is 66. Electronica pioneer Brian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENO




• The clue is 67. Bulgarian or Bosnian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAV

  Possible Answer : Slav




• The clue is 69. Rap group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NWA




• The clue is 70. The White House grounds have 18 of them. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACRES

  Possible Answer : Acre, Accho, acre, Akka, Akko, demesne, estate, land, landed_estate, acres




• The clue is 72. Some online pings, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMS




• The clue is 73. "Yo!," on the down-low. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSST




• The clue is 74. Lightning-fast hedgehog of video games. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SONIC

  Possible Answer : transonic, sonic

  Possible Opposite Answer : subsonic




• The clue is 76. What "washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life," per Picasso. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ART

  Possible Answer : nontextual_matter, artistry, artistic_creation, artistic_production, artwork, prowess, graphics, art, fine_art




• The clue is 78. Lane for carpoolers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOV




• The clue is 79. Six-foot-tall Aussie sprinter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMU

  Possible Answer : Dromaius_novaehollandiae, emu, Emu_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit




• The clue is 80. Grows dimmer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WANES

  Possible Answer : ebbing, decline, wan, wane, ebb, go_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : wax




• The clue is 81. "Are you ___ drive?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OKTO




• The clue is 82. Certain online video snippet. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: YOUTUBECLIP




• The clue is 85. Downwind, to seafarers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALEE

  Possible Answer : alee




• The clue is 86. "Breaking Bad" channel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMC




• The clue is 88. Fastener that's one letter ahead of "U-bolt" in the dictionary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TNUT




• The clue is 89. Org. with the Artemis program. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NASA

  Possible Answer : NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration




• The clue is 90. Office building unit: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STE




• The clue is 91. What a police escort may offer. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: SAFEPASSAGE




• The clue is 95. Classic cover-ups for spies. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: TRENCHCOATS




• The clue is 100. Fumble or bumble. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERR

  Possible Answer : drift, stray, mistake, slip, err




• The clue is 101. Card game with a Power Grab edition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNO




• The clue is 102. "Good joke!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAH




• The clue is 103. Red side, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOP

  Possible Answer : Republican_Party, GOP




• The clue is 104. Indecency. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POORTASTE




• The clue is 108. Female in the forest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOE

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




• The clue is 111. "Like that matters to me!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIFICARE




• The clue is 114. Stage a jailbreak à la 18-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUNNELOUT




• The clue is 115. Annual May race, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IND




• The clue is 116. Held together in a makeshift way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUCTTAPED




• The clue is 117. Wraps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENDS

  Possible Answer : close, remnant, closing, stop, terminate, final_stage, goal, destruction, conclusion, oddment, ending, terminal, remainder, finish, death, cease, last, end

  Possible Opposite Answer : begin, beginning




• The clue is 118. Sizable challenge for a mover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFA

  Possible Answer : couch, lounge, sofa




• The clue is 119. Make a break for it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUN

  Possible Answer : bleed, outpouring, runnel, bunk, flow, work, run, running_game, foot_race, turn_tail, test, course, range, running_play, prevail, hunt_down, guide, hunt, track_down, trial, tend, move, be_given, fly_the_coop, running, head_for_the_hills, draw, streak, political_campaign, escape, take_to_the_woods, unravel, lam, melt, streamlet, carry, hightail_it, break_away, lean, scat, function, endure, lead, pass, rivulet, footrace, feed, extend, discharge, operate, persist, execute, black_market, rill, incline, play, run_for, race, melt_down, tally, die_hard, campaign, consort, ladder, go, scarper, run_away, ravel, ply

  Possible Opposite Answer : idle, malfunction




• The clue is 120. Yearn (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACHE

  Possible Answer : yearn, languish, suffer, hurt, smart, aching, ache, pine, yen




• The clue is 121. Swain. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEAU

  Possible Answer : beau, dude, swain, fashion_plate, boyfriend, sheik, swell, dandy, clotheshorse, fop, fellow, gallant, young_man




• The clue is 122. Parts of N.F.L. highlight reels, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TDS




• The clue is 123. This really blows!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TNT

  Possible Answer : trinitrotoluene, TNT




• The clue is 124. Airport monitor, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSA

  Possible Answer : Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA




• The clue is 125. Razz. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KID

  Possible Answer : kidskin, Kyd, Thomas_Kid, josh, small_fry, tiddler, Thomas_Kyd, jolly, youngster, shaver, minor, chaff, Kid, tike, tyke, nestling, kid, nipper, pull_the_leg_of, child, fry, banter

  Possible Opposite Answer : parent




• The clue is 126. Pennzoil competitor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STP

  Possible Answer : STP, s.t.p.

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Exceeds 21, in blackjack. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUSTS

  Possible Answer: bust, binge, fizzle, flop, female_chest, wear, snap, burst, tear, bout, break, wear_out, fall_apart, raid, rupture

  Possible Opposite Answer : repair

• The clue is 2. Poise under pressure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APLOMB

  Possible Answer: aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid, cool

• The clue is 3. With 6-Down, prison drama released on September 23, 1994. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: THESHAWSHANK

• The clue is 4. Hacks with an ax. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEWS

  Possible Answer: hew_out, hew

• The clue is 5. Ahead of, in poetry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERE

• The clue is 6. See 3-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDEMPTION

  Possible Answer: buyback, salvation, redemption, repurchase

• The clue is 7. Instrument strummed in the Train song "Hey, Soul Sister". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UKULELE

  Possible Answer: ukulele, uke

• The clue is 8. Popular gala venue, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MET

  Possible Answer: fulfill, match, contact, encounter, fill, see, receive, conform_to, gather, fit, cope_with, get_together, meet, fulfil, adjoin, assemble, come_across, take_on, satisfy, run_across, touch, play, forgather, foregather, run_into, suffer, converge

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

• The clue is 9. Sneaky ___ (sly dogs). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETES

  Possible Answer: pet

• The clue is 10. Glasses, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEX

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

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

  The answer: SOFT

  Possible Answer: delicate, easygoing, cushy, gentle, mild, soft, diffuse, piano, voiced, diffused, indulgent, lenient, flabby, flaccid, balmy, sonant, easy, subdued

  Possible Opposite Answer : forte, loud, unvoiced, hard, hardened

• The clue is 12. Imagine, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPOSE

• The clue is 13. Prefix with -lithic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer: neo

• The clue is 14. 16-time gig for Steve Martin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNLHOST

• The clue is 15. Portrayer of 18-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIMROBBINS

• The clue is 16. "Cup ___ cone?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORA

  Possible Answer: os, operating_system, oculus_sinister, osmium, atomic_number_76, Os, bone, OS

• The clue is 17. Terse admonishment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONT

• The clue is 18. Lead role in 3-Down/6-Down. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: ANDYDUFRESNE

• The clue is 19. They're measured in beats per minute. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEMPOS

  Possible Answer: tempo, pace, pacing

• The clue is 20. Famed Ford flop. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDSEL

• The clue is 23. Honorific from Sanskrit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SRI

• The clue is 30. Date on a debit card: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXP

• The clue is 33. Pollution-regulating org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPA

  Possible Answer: Environmental_Protection_Agency, EPA

• The clue is 36. Resort town in Alberta's Rockies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BANFF

  Possible Answer: Banff

• The clue is 37. Kicks back. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESTS

  Possible Answer: quietus, repose, lie, balance, ease, residual, roost, perch, residuum, stay, relief, rest_period, relaxation, sleep, respite, catch_one's_breath, pillow, take_a_breather, eternal_sleep, remainder, rest, remain, reside, eternal_rest, breathe, residue

  Possible Opposite Answer : change, be_active

• The clue is 39. "The Heart of Georgia". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MACON

  Possible Answer: macon, maconnais, Macon

• The clue is 40. ___ Corner, section of Westminster Abbey. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POETS

  Possible Answer: poet

• The clue is 43. "What was I thinking!?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOH

  Possible Answer: ut, do, doh

• The clue is 44. Fall accessory?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARACHUTE

  Possible Answer: chute, jump, parachute

• The clue is 45. Bygone channel that launched with the two-hour pilot of "Star Trek: Voyager". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPN

• The clue is 46. 4x100 relay, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEAMEVENT

• The clue is 48. Org. with Student Success Grants. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEA

• The clue is 51. ___ América (quadrennial soccer championship). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COPA

• The clue is 52. Juice drinks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADES

  Possible Answer: fruit_drink, ade

• The clue is 54. To-do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUSS

  Possible Answer: niggle, bustle, dither, pother, bicker, bickering, spat, trouble, flurry, squabble, mother, fuss, hassle, overprotect, pettifoggery, tiff, stir, bother, ado, hustle, flap, tizzy, fret

• The clue is 55. Yeti's commercial rival. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IGLOO

  Possible Answer: igloo, iglu

• The clue is 56. "Ain't gonna happen!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOWAY

• The clue is 58. Overplay. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAMUP

• The clue is 59. Erase from one's memory, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNSEE

• The clue is 60. Target audience for "Peppa Pig". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOTS

  Possible Answer: sum_up, total, add_together, sum, bambino, summate, tote_up, tot_up, tally, toddler, add_up, yearling, tot, add

• The clue is 63. Decks with cards numbered I through XXI. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAROTS

  Possible Answer: tarot_card, tarot

• The clue is 65. Apelike. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIMIAN

  Possible Answer: simian

• The clue is 68. Curriculum ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VITAE

• The clue is 71. Take inventory?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROB

  Possible Answer: gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, fleece, soak, surcharge, rob, plume

  Possible Opposite Answer : undercharge

• The clue is 73. Prefix with -lithic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALEO

• The clue is 75. Make sense. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COMPUTE

  Possible Answer: reckon, compute, calculate, work_out, cipher, cypher, figure

• The clue is 77. Ingredient in a niçoise salad. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUNA

  Possible Answer: tuna, tuna_fish, tunny, Opuntia_tuna, Anguilla_sucklandii

• The clue is 79. Conditional coding word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELSE

• The clue is 80. "Hey, I'm walkin' here!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WATCHIT

• The clue is 83. Harbor helper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUG

  Possible Answer: labor, towboat, tug, jerk, drive, tote, lug, tower, tugboat, labour, push

• The clue is 84. It might get booted. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAR

  Possible Answer: auto, machine, automobile, railcar, railway_car, motorcar, gondola, elevator_car, car, railroad_car, cable_car

• The clue is 87. Main blvd. through N.Y.C.'s Chinatown. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANALST

• The clue is 90. Treated unfairly, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHAFTED

  Possible Answer: screw, jockey, chouse, shaft, cheat, chicane

• The clue is 91. The swans in "The Twelve Days of Christmas," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEPTET

  Possible Answer: septenary, VII, sevensome, 7, septette, seven, septet, heptad, sevener

• The clue is 92. In the area. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AROUND

  Possible Answer: or_so, some, more_or_less, approximately, around, just_about, round, about, close_to, roughly

• The clue is 93. Some makeshift fans. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRONDS

  Possible Answer: frond

• The clue is 94. "Already?!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOSOON

• The clue is 96. Ostentatiously stylish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHICHI

  Possible Answer: chic, swank, smartness, chichi, modishness, last_word, stylishness, chicness

• The clue is 97. Early Christian meals of love and fellowship. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGAPES

  Possible Answer: agape, agape_love, love_feast

• The clue is 98. Unwrapped with gusto. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOREAT

• The clue is 99. Accelerated. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEDUP

• The clue is 105. Shot makers, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RNS

  Possible Answer: Rn, registered_nurse, radon, atomic_number_86, RN

• The clue is 106. Top of a titmouse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUFT

  Possible Answer: tuft, tussock

• The clue is 107. H on a frat house. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

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

• The clue is 108. Shoveled stuff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIRT

  Possible Answer: poop, grease, turd, filth, grunge, malicious_gossip, stain, dirt, ungraded, scandal, soil, grime, shit, shite, crap

• The clue is 109. Unwelcome obligation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONUS

  Possible Answer: onus, burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load

• The clue is 110. Irish novelist O'Brien. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDNA

• The clue is 111. Coding pioneer Lovelace. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADA

  Possible Answer: ADA, adenosine_deaminase

• The clue is 112. Be bad, like really bad. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUCK

  Possible Answer: fellate, suck_in, sop_up, blow, draw, imbibe, absorb, soak_up, lactate, take_up, go_down_on, suck, sucking, suction, take_in, suck_up, nurse, suckle, give_suck, breastfeed, wet-nurse

  Possible Opposite Answer : bottlefeed

• The clue is 113. Kin of a zin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAB

  Possible Answer: hack, taxicab, cabriolet, cab, taxi

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (67 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (73 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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. Huge success	5
2A	6. Seal, say	5
3A	11. From the beginning	4
4A	15. ___ sequencing (lab technique)	3
5A	18. Lively Bohemian dances	6
6A	20. Alternative to a tissue, informally	5
7A	21. Bit in a hippie's necklace	8
8A	23. Poker declaration	6
9A	24. Remove, as a ribbon	5
10A	25. Share confidences with	8
11A	26. Business traveler's convenience	11
12A	28. Divisions on a map	9
13A	29. Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music"	3
14A	30. Second volume	6
15A	31. 😂😂😂	4
16A	32. Broadband inits.	3
17A	33. Fights back tears?	5
18A	34. Michelle Obama, to Princeton	4
19A	36. Indulge (in)	7
20A	40. National Arab American Heritage Month	5
21A	43. Place to hang at home?	6
22A	45. Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the"	6
23A	46. Have an ominous presence	9
24A	50. Sound of a joke going over one's head	6
25A	52. Giant Middle-earth creature	3
26A	53. Arched recess	4
27A	54. Person I truly am	6
28A	56. "Hey!" from on high	6
29A	59. Word with pack or rug	3
30A	60. Senior, informally	7
31A	61. Org. that confiscates liquids	3
32A	62. Knocked out of the park	4
33A	65. Pop culture hit about dystopian technology	8
34A	67. Former parent of NBC	3
35A	69. Eliminators of some teams	8
36A	72. Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor	4
37A	73. In the vein of	3
38A	75. Smallish batteries	7
39A	77. Rapper ___ Milli	3
40A	78. Get involved	6
41A	80. Perceptive	6
42A	81. Hawaiian shindig	4
43A	82. Clothes for a doze, in brief	3
44A	85. Native of the Delaware Valley	6
45A	87. Pursuers of utopian goals	9
46A	89. Coffees that aren't single-origin	6
47A	92. Self-admiring sort	6
48A	94. Major Ukrainian seaport	5
49A	95. Sisterly	7
50A	97. Sneaky plot	4
51A	98. Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia	5
52A	101. Ear-related prefix	3
53A	102. Not fully open	4
54A	104. Hybrid pastry	6
55A	106. P, to Pericles	3
56A	109. Injection associated with a certain toxin	9
57A	112. Annoyances for ticket holders	11
58A	114. Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably	8
59A	115. Brown songbirds	5
60A	116. Tale-telling brothers	6
61A	117. Turned up	8
62A	118. "Strike up the band!"	5
63A	119. Neighbor of a Saudi	6
64A	120. Nickname for Rachel	3
65A	121. Verbally expresses disdain	4
66A	122. Warning signs	5
67A	123. Tightly packed	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Huge success"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vigorous blow
• Similar words include: bang up, blast, smashingly
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SMASH

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2A: "6. Seal, say"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the temporal end; the concluding time
• Similar words include: near, nigh, secretive
• Opposite of: far, distant

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Answer: CLOSE

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3A: "11. From the beginning"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that again but in a new or different way
• Similar words include: afresh
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANEW

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4A: "15. ___ sequencing (lab technique)"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Similar words include: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DNA

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5A: "18. Lively Bohemian dances"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that music performed for dancing the polka
• Similar words include: polka
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: POLKAS

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6A: "20. Alternative to a tissue, informally"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
• Similar words include: hankie, hankey, handkerchief
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HANKY

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7A: "21. Bit in a hippie's necklace"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: LOVEBEAD

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8A: "23. Poker declaration"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IRAISE

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9A: "24. Remove, as a ribbon"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that undo the ties of
• Similar words include: unbrace, loosen, undo
• Opposite of: tie

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Answer: UNTIE

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10A: "25. Share confidences with"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: OPENUPTO

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11A: "26. Business traveler's convenience"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: COMPANYCARD

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12A: "28. Divisions on a map"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a politically organized body of people under a single government
• Similar words include: rural area, res publica, body politic
• Opposite of: urban area

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Answer: COUNTRIES

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13A: "29. Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ENO

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14A: "30. Second volume"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BOOKII

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15A: "31. 😂😂😂"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROFL

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16A: "32. Broadband inits."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
• Similar words include: digital subscriber line
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DSL

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17A: "33. Fights back tears?"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something of little value
• Similar words include: damn, shucks, tinker's dam
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DARNS

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18A: "34. Michelle Obama, to Princeton"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
• Similar words include: ammonium alum, ammonia alum, graduate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ALUM

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19A: "36. Indulge (in)"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have some of the qualities or attributes of something
• Similar words include: share, partake in, touch
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PARTAKE

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20A: "40. National Arab American Heritage Month"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
• Similar words include: Apr
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: APRIL

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21A: "43. Place to hang at home?"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
• Similar words include: cupboard, W.C., loo
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CLOSET

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22A: "45. Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the""

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
• Similar words include: organisation, organization, system of rules
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SYSTEM

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23A: "46. Have an ominous presence"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: LOOMLARGE

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24A: "50. Sound of a joke going over one's head"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
• Similar words include: hiss, swoosh, woosh
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: WHOOSH

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25A: "52. Giant Middle-earth creature"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ENT

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26A: "53. Arched recess"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Similar words include: apsis
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: APSE

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27A: "54. Person I truly am"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REALME

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28A: "56. "Hey!" from on high"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: UPHERE

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29A: "59. Word with pack or rug"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Similar words include: scum bag, rotter, blabber
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RAT

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30A: "60. Senior, informally"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elderly person
• Similar words include: golden ager, senior citizen, old person
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: OLDSTER

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31A: "61. Org. that confiscates liquids"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TSA

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32A: "62. Knocked out of the park"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that succeed at easily
• Similar words include: ace, sweep through, breeze through
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACED

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33A: "65. Pop culture hit about dystopian technology"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: MRROBOTO

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34A: "67. Former parent of NBC"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RCA

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35A: "69. Eliminators of some teams"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any final competition to determine a championship
• Similar words include: playoff
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PLAYOFFS

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36A: "72. Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TAKI

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37A: "73. In the vein of"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALA

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38A: "75. Smallish batteries"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: AACELLS

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39A: "77. Rapper ___ Milli"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: FLO

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40A: "78. Get involved"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: STEPIN

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41A: "80. Perceptive"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
• Similar words include: scheming, conniving, sharp
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHREWD

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42A: "81. Hawaiian shindig"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LUAU

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43A: "82. Clothes for a doze, in brief"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PJS

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44A: "85. Native of the Delaware Valley"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LENAPE

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45A: "87. Pursuers of utopian goals"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
• Similar words include: idealist, dreamer
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: IDEALISTS

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46A: "89. Coffees that aren't single-origin"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an occurrence of thorough mixing
• Similar words include: portmanteau, combine, go
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BLENDS

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47A: "92. Self-admiring sort"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a conceited and self-centered person
• Similar words include: egocentric, swellhead, egotist
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EGOIST

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48A: "94. Major Ukrainian seaport"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a port city of south central ukraine on an arm of the black sea
• Similar words include: Odessa
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ODESA

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49A: "95. Sisterly"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that like or characteristic of or befitting a sister
• Similar words include: sisterly, sisterlike
• Opposite of: brotherly

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Answer: SORORAL

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50A: "97. Sneaky plot"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
• Similar words include: artifice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RUSE

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51A: "98. Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to mecca
• Similar words include: hadji, haji, hajji
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HAJIS

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52A: "101. Ear-related prefix"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Similar words include: Otoe
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OTO

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53A: "102. Not fully open"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that slightly open
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AJAR

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54A: "104. Hybrid pastry"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CRONUT

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55A: "106. P, to Pericles"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RHO

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56A: "109. Injection associated with a certain toxin"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ANTIVENOM

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57A: "112. Annoyances for ticket holders"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: TRAINDELAYS

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58A: "114. Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: GAYMECCA

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59A: "115. Brown songbirds"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
• Similar words include: Sir Christopher Wren, wren, Wren
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WRENS

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60A: "116. Tale-telling brothers"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the younger of the two grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)
• Similar words include: Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GRIMMS

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61A: "117. Turned up"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• Similar words include: look, appear, come along
• Opposite of: disappear

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Answer: APPEARED

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62A: "118. "Strike up the band!""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HITIT

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63A: "119. Neighbor of a Saudi"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of yemen
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: YEMENI

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64A: "120. Nickname for Rachel"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RAE

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65A: "121. Verbally expresses disdain"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Similar words include: tsk, tut-tut, tut
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TUTS

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66A: "122. Warning signs"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sign of something about to happen
• Similar words include: prodigy, betoken, bode
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OMENS

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67A: "123. Tightly packed"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
• Similar words include: thick, dim, impenetrable
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DENSE

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Food enlivener	5
2D	2. Hardly a genius	5
3D	3. Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it	5
4D	4. Spotify button	4
5D	5. Loves, loves, loves the occasion	8
6D	6. Hurls	6
7D	7. Feature of a Hawaiian house	5
8D	8. Being prosecuted	7
9D	9. Go downhill fast, say	4
10D	10. ___ candy	3
11D	11. Chilly	5
12D	12. Orange juice preference	6
13D	13. With no one ahead or behind	4
14D	14. Lost all liquid resources	7
15D	15. Remove hair from	8
16D	16. Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria"	4
17D	17. Clamors	4
18D	19. Mexicali mister	5
19D	22. Ruptures	6
20D	27. Over there, poetically	3
21D	28. Openly reveal one's sexuality	7
22D	31. Process for would-be Greeks	4
23D	33. It's over a quarter of a quarter	4
24D	35. Features of the names of many Apple products	11
25D	37. N.Y.C. stadium eponym	4
26D	38. Doll of a guy?	3
27D	39. Vitals checker, in brief	3
28D	40. Interrupter of dreams, maybe	5
29D	41. Genre for Keith Haring	6
30D	42. Political platforms?	6
31D	43. Saxon's foe	4
32D	44. Competitive athlete's goal, perhaps	8
33D	47. Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant"	4
34D	48. Bureaucratic barriers	7
35D	49. Fuel source	8
36D	51. "Care to dance?"	7
37D	55. Sea, to Seurat	3
38D	57. They may be caught in the summer	4
39D	58. Prefix with sphere	3
40D	60. Tribute in the Tribune, say	4
41D	63. Flow out	6
42D	64. Keys above C's	6
43D	66. Blesses	3
44D	68. "That feels ama-a-azing!"	3
45D	70. Alan with six Emmys	4
46D	71. Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band	5
47D	74. Canniest, for instance	7
48D	76. Artist's feedback session, informally	4
49D	79. Olaf's creator in "Frozen"	4
50D	81. Tops	4
51D	82. Channel supported by pledge drives	3
52D	83. "Jenny From the Block" singer, to fans	3
53D	84. Immune cell variation	8
54D	86. Flow (out)	4
55D	88. Hung around idly	8
56D	90. "Sorry, I'm unavailable!"	6
57D	91. Tried to convey	7
58D	93. Hide	7
59D	96. Surgical instrument	6
60D	98. Lifts with a pulley	6
61D	99. "Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column)	3
62D	100. Overly fault-finding	5
63D	103. "The Grapes of Wrath" family	5
64D	105. Entered quickly	5
65D	106. Food traditionally eaten with chopsticks	5
66D	107. Songs on Sundays	5
67D	108. Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogy	5
68D	109. Gelatinous thickener	4
69D	110. ___ Valley	4
70D	111. Shade lighter than cappuccino	4
71D	112. Decorative auto upgrade	4
72D	113. Mojito garnish	4
73D	115. 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in Iowa	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Food enlivener"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
• Similar words include: zest, spicery, spice up
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SPICE

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2D: "2. Hardly a genius"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person of subnormal intelligence
• Similar words include: retard, half-wit, changeling
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MORON

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3D: "3. Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a siege and massacre at a mission in san antonio in 1836; mexican forces under santa anna besieged and massacred american rebels who were fighting to make texas independent of mexico
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALAMO

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4D: "4. Spotify button"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a gait in which steps and hops alternate
• Similar words include: hop, decamp, vamoose
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SKIP

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5D: "5. Loves, loves, loves the occasion"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: HASABALL

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6D: "6. Hurls"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for a meal
• Similar words include: sick, chow, disgorge
• Opposite of: keep down

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Answer: CHUCKS

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7D: "7. Feature of a Hawaiian house"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
• Similar words include: Lanai Island
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LANAI

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8D: "8. Being prosecuted"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ONTRIAL

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9D: "9. Go downhill fast, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
• Similar words include: slide, slue, shoe
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SKID

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10D: "10. ___ candy"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the organ of sight
• Similar words include: optic, centre, center
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EYE

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11D: "11. Chilly"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remote in manner
• Similar words include: distant, upstage
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALOOF

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12D: "12. Orange juice preference"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NOPULP

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13D: "13. With no one ahead or behind"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
• Similar words include: yet, still, eve
• Opposite of: odd, uneven

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Answer: EVEN

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14D: "14. Lost all liquid resources"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: WENTDRY

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15D: "15. Remove hair from"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove body hair
• Similar words include: epilate
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: DEPILATE

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16D: "16. Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NATE

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17D: "17. Clamors"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rapid active commotion
• Similar words include: hustle, bustle, ado
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ADOS

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18D: "19. Mexicali mister"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the english `mr' or `sir'
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SENOR

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19D: "22. Ruptures"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of exploding or bursting
• Similar words include: outburst, salvo, erupt
• Opposite of: implode

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Answer: BURSTS

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20D: "27. Over there, poetically"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: YON

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21D: "28. Openly reveal one's sexuality"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: COMEOUT

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22D: "31. Process for would-be Greeks"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
• Similar words include: belt along, rushing, festinate
• Opposite of: delay, linger

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Answer: RUSH

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23D: "33. It's over a quarter of a quarter"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united states coin worth one tenth of a dollar
• Similar words include: dime bag
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DIME

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24D: "35. Features of the names of many Apple products"

11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: LOWERCASEIS

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25D: "37. N.Y.C. stadium eponym"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
• Similar words include: Arthur Robert Ashe, Arthur Ashe
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASHE

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26D: "38. Doll of a guy?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
• Similar words include: cognizance, sight
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: KEN

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27D: "39. Vitals checker, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EMT

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28D: "40. Interrupter of dreams, maybe"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fear resulting from the awareness of danger
• Similar words include: warning device, alarm clock, warning signal
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALARM

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29D: "41. Genre for Keith Haring"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: POPART

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30D: "42. Political platforms?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
• Similar words include: soapbox, pulpit, rostrum
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ROSTRA

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31D: "43. Saxon's foe"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of a european people who once occupied britain and spain and gaul prior to roman times
• Similar words include: Kelt
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CELT

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32D: "44. Competitive athlete's goal, perhaps"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TOPSPEED

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33D: "47. Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARLO

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34D: "48. Bureaucratic barriers"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: REDTAPE

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35D: "49. Fuel source"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
• Similar words include: gasolene, petrol, gas
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: GASOLINE

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36D: "51. "Care to dance?""

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SHALLWE

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37D: "55. Sea, to Seurat"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
• Similar words include: 1000, thousand, one thousand
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MER

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38D: "57. They may be caught in the summer"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a column of light (as from a beacon)
• Similar words include: irradiation, ray of light, radiate
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAYS

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39D: "58. Prefix with sphere"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ECO

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40D: "60. Tribute in the Tribune, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
• Similar words include: obituary, necrology
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OBIT

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41D: "63. Flow out"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flow or spill forth
• Similar words include: flow out, pour out
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EFFUSE

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42D: "64. Keys above C's"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DFLATS

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43D: "66. Blesses"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state in south central united states
• Similar words include: okay, O.K., okeh
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OKS

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44D: "68. "That feels ama-a-azing!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Similar words include: ooh
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AAH

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45D: "70. Alan with six Emmys"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALDA

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46D: "71. Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united states bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932)
• Similar words include: March King, John Philip Sousa
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SOUSA

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47D: "74. Canniest, for instance"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
• Similar words include: anagrammatize, anagrammatise
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANAGRAM

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48D: "76. Artist's feedback session, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CRIT

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49D: "79. Olaf's creator in "Frozen""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELSA

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50D: "81. Tops"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LIDS

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51D: "82. Channel supported by pledge drives"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a solution containing a phosphate buffer
• Similar words include: pebibyte, petabyte, petabit
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PBS

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52D: "83. "Jenny From the Block" singer, to fans"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JLO

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53D: "84. Immune cell variation"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEROTYPE

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54D: "86. Flow (out)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to run
• Similar words include: pullulate, stream, pelt
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POUR

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55D: "88. Hung around idly"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: lollygag, footle, mill around
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOITERED

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56D: "90. "Sorry, I'm unavailable!""

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOTIME

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57D: "91. Tried to convey"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DROVEAT

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58D: "93. Hide"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
• Similar words include: release
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SECRETE

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59D: "96. Surgical instrument"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acutely pointed gothic arch, like a lance
• Similar words include: lancet arch, lance
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LANCET

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60D: "98. Lifts with a pulley"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
• Similar words include: wind, hoist, lift
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOISTS

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61D: "99. "Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANN

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62D: "100. Overly fault-finding"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JUDGY

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63D: "103. "The Grapes of Wrath" family"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JOADS

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64D: "105. Entered quickly"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RANIN

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65D: "106. Food traditionally eaten with chopsticks"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAMEN

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66D: "107. Songs on Sundays"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a song of praise (to god or to a saint or to a nation)
• Similar words include: hymn, anthem
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HYMNS

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67D: "108. Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogy"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OSSIE

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68D: "109. Gelatinous thickener"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
• Similar words include: nutrient agar, agar-agar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AGAR

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69D: "110. ___ Valley"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east asia
• Similar words include: pe-tsai, celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NAPA

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70D: "111. Shade lighter than cappuccino"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very light brown
• Similar words include: beige
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ECRU

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71D: "112. Decorative auto upgrade"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of arrangement or appearance
• Similar words include: clean-cut, crop, trimming
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRIM

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72D: "113. Mojito garnish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
• Similar words include: calcium hydrate, linden tree, calx
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LIME

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73D: "115. 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in Iowa"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
• Similar words include: World Health Organization
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHO

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Today's Puzzle Stats

67 Across Clues

73 Down Clues

140 Total Clues

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