NY Times Crossword Answers April 14, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: April 14, 2025

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Our expert breakdown helps you solve the April 14 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Spaghetti-strapped top, for short

4-letter answer Answer: CAMI

Clue #2: 5. Turns sharply

5-letter answer Answer: VEERS

Word Help: Synonyms: swerve, curve, sheer
Antonyms: back

Clue #3: 10. Bullets and such, informally

4-letter answer Answer: AMMO

Word Help: Synonyms: ammunition, ammo

Clue #4: 14. Radar dot

4-letter answer Answer: BLIP

Word Help: Synonyms: radar_target, blip, pip

Clue #5: 15. J.F.K. Presidential Library architect

5-letter answer Answer: IMPEI

Clue #6: 16. Crackpot

4-letter answer Answer: LOON

Word Help: Synonyms: addle-head, loon, birdbrain

Clue #7: 17. Word repeated in "Que ___, ___"

4-letter answer Answer: SERA

Word Help: Synonyms: blood_serum, serum

Clue #8: 18. Word repeated in "___, ___, gone!"

5-letter answer Answer: GOING

Word Help: Synonyms: blend_in, break, proceed
Antonyms: malfunction, stop

Clue #9: 19. Norway's capital

4-letter answer Answer: OSLO

Word Help: Synonyms: capital_of_Norway, Oslo, Christiania

Clue #10: 20. Rules on how to behave

13-letter answer Answer: CODEOFCONDUCT

Clue #11: 23. Alan who played Pierce on "M*A*S*H"

4-letter answer Answer: ALDA

Clue #12: 24. Bother

3-letter answer Answer: ADO

Word Help: Synonyms: hustle, ado, fuss

Clue #13: 25. Baba ghanouj, e.g.

11-letter answer Answer: EGGPLANTDIP

Clue #14: 31. "Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ a bear …"

3-letter answer Answer: WAS

Word Help: Synonyms: make_up, equal, Washington
Antonyms: differ

Clue #15: 34. Froot ___

5-letter answer Answer: LOOPS

Word Help: Synonyms: loop_topology, loop-the-loop, grommet
Antonyms: open_circuit, uncoil

Clue #16: 35. Two on a rowboat

4-letter answer Answer: OARS

Word Help: Synonyms: oar

Clue #17: 36. 65 to 75, typically, on an Interstate hwy.

3-letter answer Answer: MPH

Word Help: Synonyms: miles_per_hour, mph

Clue #18: 37. Boys

4-letter answer Answer: LADS

Word Help: Synonyms: chap, laddie, sonny_boy

Clue #19: 38. Feared scuba diving affliction, with "the"

5-letter answer Answer: BENDS

Word Help: Synonyms: bending, caisson_disease, crimp
Antonyms: straighten, unbend

Clue #20: 40. Roman goddess of the moon

4-letter answer Answer: LUNA

Word Help: Synonyms: Luna

Clue #21: 41. 2003 Will Ferrell Christmas movie

3-letter answer Answer: ELF

Word Help: Synonyms: gremlin, brownie, ELF

Clue #22: 42. Lead-in to truck or gloss

4-letter answer Answer: SEMI

Word Help: Synonyms: semi, trailer_truck, trucking_rig

Clue #23: 43. More whitish

5-letter answer Answer: PALER

Word Help: Synonyms: pale, sick, wan

Clue #24: 44. Fed. intelligence group

3-letter answer Answer: NSA

Word Help: Synonyms: National_Security_Agency, NSA

Clue #25: 45. Goofball

11-letter answer Answer: KNUCKLEHEAD

Word Help: Synonyms: dunderhead, dunce, loggerhead

Clue #26: 48. Prefix with athlete or angle

3-letter answer Answer: TRI

Clue #27: 50. Like diamonds and calculus problems

4-letter answer Answer: HARD

Word Help: Synonyms: operose, difficult, heavy
Antonyms: voiced, lightly

Clue #28: 51. Slangy greeting … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 25- and 45-Across

13-letter answer Answer: WHATSCRACKING

Clue #29: 57. What many dogs do in the spring and fall

4-letter answer Answer: SHED

Word Help: Synonyms: cast, spill, caducous
Antonyms: persistent

Clue #30: 58. Three-line poem from Japan

5-letter answer Answer: HAIKU

Word Help: Synonyms: haiku

Clue #31: 59. Blemish on a car

4-letter answer Answer: DING

Word Help: Synonyms: gouge, nick, dent

Clue #32: 61. Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives"

4-letter answer Answer: TERI

Clue #33: 62. Once more

5-letter answer Answer: AGAIN

Word Help: Synonyms: again, once_again, once_more

Clue #34: 63. Palm tree berry

4-letter answer Answer: ACAI

Clue #35: 64. Money in Mexico

4-letter answer Answer: PESO

Word Help: Synonyms: Philippine_peso, Mexican_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso

Clue #36: 65. Elite group whose members include Steve Martin and Geena Davis

5-letter answer Answer: MENSA

Word Help: Synonyms: Mensa

Clue #37: 66. Chopped, as logs

4-letter answer Answer: HEWN

Word Help: Synonyms: hew, hewn, hand-hewn

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. "CSI" network

3-letter answer Answer: CBS

Clue #2: 2. Baldwin of "30 Rock"

4-letter answer Answer: ALEC

Clue #3: 3. Surrealist Joan

4-letter answer Answer: MIRO

Word Help: Synonyms: Joan_Miro, miro, Podocarpus_ferruginea

Clue #4: 4. Notes, Photos, FaceTime, etc.

8-letter answer Answer: IPADAPPS

Clue #5: 5. Actor Abe of "Barney Miller"

6-letter answer Answer: VIGODA

Clue #6: 6. My Chemical Romance groupie, e.g.

6-letter answer Answer: EMOFAN

Clue #7: 7. "The Divine Comedy" or "Beowulf"

4-letter answer Answer: EPIC

Word Help: Synonyms: epic, epical, larger-than-life

Clue #8: 8. Nevada's "Biggest Little City in the World"

4-letter answer Answer: RENO

Word Help: Synonyms: Reno

Clue #9: 9. Endorse, as a check

4-letter answer Answer: SIGN

Word Help: Synonyms: subscribe, ratify, star_sign

Clue #10: 10. Audibly

5-letter answer Answer: ALOUD

Word Help: Synonyms: loudly, aloud, loud
Antonyms: softly

Clue #11: 11. Cocktail served in a copper mug

10-letter answer Answer: MOSCOWMULE

Clue #12: 12. Slough off

4-letter answer Answer: MOLT

Word Help: Synonyms: molting, moult, molt

Clue #13: 13. Yoko who loved John Lennon

3-letter answer Answer: ONO

Word Help: Synonyms: Yoko_Ono, Ono

Clue #14: 21. 90° angles

4-letter answer Answer: ELLS

Word Help: Synonyms: ell

Clue #15: 22. Fist bumps

4-letter answer Answer: DAPS

Clue #16: 25. Funny DeGeneres

5-letter answer Answer: ELLEN

Clue #17: 26. Hockey scores

5-letter answer Answer: GOALS

Word Help: Synonyms: finish, destination, end

Clue #18: 27. Vito and Michael Corleone

10-letter answer Answer: GODFATHERS

Word Help: Synonyms: godfather

Clue #19: 28. Partner of 60-Down in a bar

5-letter answer Answer: TONIC

Word Help: Synonyms: restorative, soda, soda_pop
Antonyms: atonic

Clue #20: 29. Papa

3-letter answer Answer: DAD

Word Help: Synonyms: dada, daddy, dad

Clue #21: 30. Org. that reviews W-9s

3-letter answer Answer: IRS

Word Help: Synonyms: IRS, Internal_Revenue_Service

Clue #22: 32. Nighttime problem

5-letter answer Answer: APNEA

Word Help: Synonyms: apnea

Clue #23: 33. Sliver

5-letter answer Answer: SHARD

Word Help: Synonyms: shard, sherd, fragment

Clue #24: 38. ___ Folds Five (rock trio)

3-letter answer Answer: BEN

Word Help: Synonyms: ben

Clue #25: 39. Australia's largest bird

3-letter answer Answer: EMU

Word Help: Synonyms: Emu_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit, Dromaius_novaehollandiae

Clue #26: 40. "Well, aren't you fancy!"

8-letter answer Answer: LAHDIDAH

Clue #27: 42. "Saturday Night Live" segment

4-letter answer Answer: SKIT

Word Help: Synonyms: skit

Clue #28: 43. Become more attentive, with "up"

4-letter answer Answer: PERK

Word Help: Synonyms: pick_up, perk, percolate

Clue #29: 46. Business-casual pants

6-letter answer Answer: KHAKIS

Word Help: Synonyms: khakis, khaki

Clue #30: 47. Gap

6-letter answer Answer: LACUNA

Word Help: Synonyms: caisson, lacuna, blank

Clue #31: 49. The "R" of NPR

5-letter answer Answer: RADIO

Word Help: Synonyms: radio_set, radio_receiver, wireless

Clue #32: 51. Roller coaster exclamation

4-letter answer Answer: WHEE

Clue #33: 52. Fake

4-letter answer Answer: SHAM

Word Help: Synonyms: pretended, impostor, put_on

Clue #34: 53. Shark-diving protection

4-letter answer Answer: CAGE

Word Help: Synonyms: coop, cage_in, John_Cage

Clue #35: 54. Film director Johnson

4-letter answer Answer: RIAN

Clue #36: 55. Pleasurable

4-letter answer Answer: NICE

Word Help: Synonyms: squeamish, courteous, gracious
Antonyms: nasty

Clue #37: 56. Chew (on)

4-letter answer Answer: GNAW

Word Help: Synonyms: erode, eat_at, gnaw_at

Clue #38: 57. Product known as "The Racer's Edge"

3-letter answer Answer: STP

Word Help: Synonyms: s.t.p., STP

Clue #39: 60. Partner of 28-Down in a bar

3-letter answer Answer: GIN

Word Help: Synonyms: gin_rummy, gin, snare

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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No. 27,384 Tue Oct 29, 2024 NY Times Crossword by Kathy Lowden

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 29, 2024

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

Tue Oct 29, 2024 NY Times Crossword

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Alternatives to Ubers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CABS

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




• The clue is 5. Game also called "hoops". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BBALL




• The clue is 10. "I'll drink to ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAT




• The clue is 14. Eleven, in Évian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONZE




• The clue is 15. Stan's partner in old comedy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLLIE




• The clue is 16. ___ cava (blood line to the heart). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VENA

  Possible Answer : vein, venous_blood_vessel, vena




• The clue is 17. Whole bunch at a family reunion?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DOZENSOFCOUSINS




• The clue is 20. Give for safekeeping. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRUST

  Possible Answer : commit, entrust, trust, leave, confide, intrust




• The clue is 21. Titular film character who lives in a swamp. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHREK




• The clue is 22. Parent company of Instagram. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: META




• The clue is 24. Kerfuffle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADO

  Possible Answer : hustle, stir, flurry, ado, bustle, fuss




• The clue is 25. Large array for a desk?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: SCORESOFDRAWERS




• The clue is 33. Author Horatio. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALGER

  Possible Answer : Alger, Horatio_Alger




• The clue is 34. "___ the season!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIS

  Possible Answer : atomic_number_22, Cordyline_terminalis, si, ti, titanium, te, Ti




• The clue is 35. Customizable Nintendo avatar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MII




• The clue is 36. Kind of salad with celery, apples, walnuts and grapes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WALDORF




• The clue is 39. Performing group at a homecoming game. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEPBAND




• The clue is 42. Uno + due. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRE




• The clue is 43. The sun or the moon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORB

  Possible Answer : revolve, globe, orb, eyeball, orbit, ball




• The clue is 45. You might ask for one at an annual review. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAISE

  Possible Answer : heighten, upraise, enhance, parent, set_up, upgrade, climb, ascent, acclivity, farm, enkindle, conjure_up, leaven, bring_up, hike, resurrect, rise, lift, grow, stir, wage_hike, produce, promote, salary_increase, advance, raise, nurture, get_up, call_forth, wage_increase, conjure, invoke, kick_upstairs, heave, kindle, put_forward, erect, evoke, fire, recruit, elicit, levy, arouse, put_up, prove, elevate, rear, provoke, call_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : level, descent, lower, demote




• The clue is 46. Big group in a dog show?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: OODLESOFPOODLES




• The clue is 51. Word before cream or crystals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICE

  Possible Answer : methamphetamine_hydrochloride, sparkler, ice, water_ice, ice-skating_rink, glass, icing, ice_rink, chalk, shabu, frosting, frost, chicken_feed, internal-combustion_engine, crank, ICE, meth, frappe, Methedrine, methamphetamine, deoxyephedrine, trash




• The clue is 52. Mattress specification. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIRM

  Possible Answer : unbendable, steady, steadfast, unfluctuating, loyal, unwaveringly, unshakable, business_firm, strong, immobile, unfaltering, house, stiff, truehearted, fast, firm, steadfastly, solid, firmly, tauten, unwavering




• The clue is 53. Lead-in to soprano. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEZZO

  Possible Answer : mezzo, mezzo-soprano




• The clue is 56. Suddenly started speaking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIPEDUP




• The clue is 61. Massive collection for an alchemist?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: OCEANSOFPOTIONS




• The clue is 65. Blacken on the grill. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHAR

  Possible Answer : blacken, charr, sear, charwoman, coal, char, cleaning_woman, scorch, cleaning_lady, woman




• The clue is 66. Be behind. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAIL

  Possible Answer : give_chase, lead, dog, get_behind, train, track, drag, drop_back, chase_after, chase, hang_back, go_after, shack, tail, trail, drop_behind, tag




• The clue is 67. Boring routines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUTS

  Possible Answer : groove, furrow, rut, estrus, heat, oestrus

  Possible Opposite Answer : anestrus




• The clue is 68. Word after "Going once, going twice!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOLD

  Possible Answer : trade, betray, sell, sold, deal

  Possible Opposite Answer : buy, unsold




• The clue is 69. Tube-shaped pasta. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PENNE

  Possible Answer : penne




• The clue is 70. Achievement for Elton John and John Legend, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGOT

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. With 28-Down, emergency status. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CODE

  Possible Answer: codification, write_in_code, computer_code, encipher, inscribe, cypher, cipher, code, encrypt

• The clue is 2. Unknown writer, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANON

  Possible Answer: anon

• The clue is 3. [Wrong answer!]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BZZT

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

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

  The answer: SEER

  Possible Answer: illusionist, vaticinator, prophet, seer, prophesier, visionary, oracle

• The clue is 5. Office heads. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOSSES

  Possible Answer: knob, chief, honcho, hirer, boss, party_boss, gaffer, emboss, foreman, stamp, political_boss

• The clue is 6. Drunk as a skunk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOTTO

  Possible Answer: soused, blotto, smashed, pixilated, sloshed, loaded, wet, cockeyed, crocked, blind_drunk, plastered, tight, sozzled, stiff, fuddled, pissed, slopped, besotted, soaked, squiffy, pie-eyed

• The clue is 7. Sitcom extraterrestrial. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALF

• The clue is 8. D.M.V. document: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIC

• The clue is 9. Virgo preceder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEO

  Possible Answer: Lion, Leo_the_Lion, Leo

• The clue is 10. "Nashville" or "Atlanta," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TVSHOW

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

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

  The answer: HEIR

  Possible Answer: inheritor, heritor, successor, heir

• The clue is 12. Name shared by two of King Henry VIII's wives. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANNE

  Possible Answer: Anne

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

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

  The answer: TASK

  Possible Answer: chore, task, project, undertaking, labor, tax, job

• The clue is 18. Uno or due. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUMERO

• The clue is 19. Org. that grades meat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USDA

  Possible Answer: Agriculture, USDA, Agriculture_Department, Department_of_Agriculture

• The clue is 23. Fore's counterpart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFT

  Possible Answer: astern, aft, abaft

  Possible Opposite Answer : fore

• The clue is 24. Rear end, in London's West End. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARSE

  Possible Answer: behind, butt, stern, fundament, can, tush, keister, asshole, buns, backside, bum, tooshie, bottom, posterior, tail_end, buttocks, prat, nates, arse, tail, ass, seat, bunghole, fanny, arsehole, rump, hind_end, hindquarters, rear, derriere, rear_end

• The clue is 25. Took care of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAWTO

• The clue is 26. "Of course!," in Spanish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLARO

  Possible Answer: claro

• The clue is 27. Looked at rudely. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OGLED

  Possible Answer: ogle

• The clue is 28. See 1-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RED

  Possible Answer: Marxist, Red_River, cherry, violent, redness, ruddy, red, red_ink, cerise, crimson, ruby, Bolshevik, Red, blood-red, reddish, flushed, cherry-red, bolshie, bolshy, red-faced, reddened, carmine, ruby-red, scarlet, loss

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain

• The clue is 29. Guacamole or hummus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIP

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

• The clue is 30. It might be spam. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMAIL

  Possible Answer: netmail, email, e-mail, electronic_mail

  Possible Opposite Answer : snail_mail

• The clue is 31. Lather, ___, repeat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RINSE

  Possible Answer: wash, gargle, rinse_off, rinse, rinsing

• The clue is 32. Diner add-ons. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIDES

  Possible Answer: side_of_meat, side, incline, position, slope, face, English

• The clue is 37. Warm pink hue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROSE

  Possible Answer: climb_up, heighten, jump, blush_wine, uprise, climb, rebel, ascend, resurrect, roseate, rise, lift, grow, originate, come_up, move_up, wax, arise, develop, pink_wine, stand_up, rosiness, go_up, get_up, rose, rosebush, rose_wine, rosaceous, turn_out, prove, surface, rise_up, mount, rear, spring_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : fall, turn_in, go_to_bed, wane, sit_down, set

• The clue is 38. To and ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRO

• The clue is 40. Not tardy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROMPT

  Possible Answer: immediate, prompt, quick, actuate, move, prompting, motivate, instigate, remind, command_prompt, propel, incite, inspire, cue, straightaway

• The clue is 41. Misbehaving. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAD

  Possible Answer: spoilt, spoiled, speculative, defective, regretful, forged, tough, uncollectible, bad, high-risk, badness, unfit, unsound, badly, big, risky, sorry

  Possible Opposite Answer : goodness, unregretful, good

• The clue is 44. Very good pal, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BFF

• The clue is 47. ___ brain (source of our primal instincts, it's said). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIZARD

  Possible Answer: lounge_lizard, lizard

• The clue is 48. Supply-and-demand subj.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECON

• The clue is 49. Broadway musical about the son of Charlemagne. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIPPIN

  Possible Answer: Pippin

• The clue is 50. Baltimore ballplayer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORIOLE

  Possible Answer: oriole, American_oriole, Old_World_oriole, New_World_oriole

• The clue is 53. Slipperlike shoes, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOCS

• The clue is 54. Repeat word for word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHO

  Possible Answer: reverberate, repeat, resound, recall, Echo, ring, sound_reflection, reverberation, echo, replication

• The clue is 55. Ardent enthusiasm. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZEAL

  Possible Answer: zeal, ardour, elan, eagerness, forwardness, readiness, ardor

• The clue is 57. Ireland, to the Irish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EIRE

  Possible Answer: Republic_of_Ireland, Irish_Republic, Ireland, Eire

• The clue is 58. ___ Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOUG

• The clue is 59. "For ___ us a child is born". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNTO

• The clue is 60. Vowelless attention-getter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSST

• The clue is 62. Pit stop brand. 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.

• The clue is 63. Something crushed during a gold rush. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORE

  Possible Answer: ore

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

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

  The answer: FAN

  Possible Answer: winnow, devotee, lover, rooter, buff, fan, sports_fan

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Crossword Answers June 02, 2025

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. "Don't love it, don't hate it"

3-letter answer Answer: MEH

Clue #2: 4. "It's just one of ___ days"

5-letter answer Answer: THOSE

Clue #3: 9. Prickly plants

5-letter answer Answer: CACTI

Word Help: Synonyms: cactus

Clue #4: 14. "Without further ___ …"

3-letter answer Answer: ADO

Word Help: Synonyms: ado, stir, bustle

Clue #5: 15. Crossed one's fingers

5-letter answer Answer: HOPED

Word Help: Synonyms: skip, hop, trust
Antonyms: despair

Clue #6: 16. Constellation with a belt

5-letter answer Answer: ORION

Word Help: Synonyms: Orion, Hunter

Clue #7: 17. Grab a chair

3-letter answer Answer: SIT

Word Help: Synonyms: seat, sit_around, pose
Antonyms: stand, arise

Clue #8: 18. "Go fly a kite!"

11-letter answer Answer: EATMYSHORTS

Clue #9: 20. Skewered meat dish

5-letter answer Answer: KEBAB

Word Help: Synonyms: kabob, shish_kebab, kebab

Clue #10: 22. "Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album)

5-letter answer Answer: SISTA

Clue #11: 23. One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps

3-letter answer Answer: CAT

Word Help: Synonyms: honk, barf, vomit
Antonyms: keep_down

Clue #12: 24. Thick noodle in Japanese soups

4-letter answer Answer: UDON

Clue #13: 26. Grandma, in Guatemala

6-letter answer Answer: ABUELA

Clue #14: 28. "Pipe down!"

12-letter answer Answer: PUTASOCKINIT

Clue #15: 33. Like the name Parker, for a valet

3-letter answer Answer: APT

Word Help: Synonyms: pertinent, given, tending

Clue #16: 34. Thyme piece

5-letter answer Answer: SPRIG

Word Help: Synonyms: twig, sprig, branchlet

Clue #17: 35. They might be sold à la carte at a Mexican restaurant

5-letter answer Answer: TACOS

Word Help: Synonyms: greaser, wetback, taco

Clue #18: 39. [Gone … like magic!]

4-letter answer Answer: POOF

Word Help: Synonyms: fairy, faggot, queen

Clue #19: 41. Some English noblemen

5-letter answer Answer: EARLS

Word Help: Synonyms: earl

Clue #20: 43. Possess

4-letter answer Answer: HAVE

Word Help: Synonyms: hold, rich_person, bear
Antonyms: lack, abstain

Clue #21: 44. Per ___ (yearly)

5-letter answer Answer: ANNUM

Word Help: Synonyms: annum

Clue #22: 46. "Explosive" expletive

5-letter answer Answer: FBOMB

Clue #23: 48. Scratch or stain, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: MAR

Word Help: Synonyms: Mar, deflower, spoil

Clue #24: 49. "No skin off my nose!"

12-letter answer Answer: SUITYOURSELF

Clue #25: 52. Move upward

6-letter answer Answer: ASCEND

Word Help: Synonyms: climb_up, ascend, uprise
Antonyms: set, descend

Clue #26: 55. Hook, line and sinker, for an angler

4-letter answer Answer: GEAR

Word Help: Synonyms: appurtenance, gear_wheel, geartrain

Clue #27: 56. Neither here ___ there

3-letter answer Answer: NOR

Clue #28: 57. Word before act or action

5-letter answer Answer: CLASS

Word Help: Synonyms: assort, classify, sort

Clue #29: 61. Gunslinger Earp

5-letter answer Answer: WYATT

Word Help: Synonyms: Wyat, Sir_Thomas_Wyat, Wyatt

Clue #30: 64. Where duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across?

11-letter answer Answer: CLOTHESLINE

Word Help: Synonyms: clothesline

Clue #31: 67. "___ sells seashells by the seashore"

3-letter answer Answer: SHE

Clue #32: 68. Actor Ethan whose surname sounds like a bird

5-letter answer Answer: HAWKE

Clue #33: 69. "The ___ Express" (kid-lit classic)

5-letter answer Answer: POLAR

Word Help: Synonyms: pivotal, arctic, opposite
Antonyms: equatorial

Clue #34: 70. Alternative to a trowel for an archaeologist

3-letter answer Answer: HOE

Word Help: Synonyms: hoe

Clue #35: 71. It's nearly impossible to split their creme equally, per M.I.T.

5-letter answer Answer: OREOS

Word Help: Synonyms: oreo, oreo_cookie

Clue #36: 72. Poker-faced

5-letter answer Answer: STONY

Word Help: Synonyms: bouldered, flint, rocklike

Clue #37: 73. "Dee-lish!"

3-letter answer Answer: YUM

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Part of a Halloween costume

4-letter answer Answer: MASK

Word Help: Synonyms: masquerade_party, masque, masquerade
Antonyms: unmask

Clue #2: 2. "The Sopranos" actress Falco

4-letter answer Answer: EDIE

Clue #3: 3. Emotionally charged, as an issue

9-letter answer Answer: HOTBUTTON

Clue #4: 4. Bruce Springsteen, to fans

7-letter answer Answer: THEBOSS

Clue #5: 5. Rule-making grp. for a residential community

3-letter answer Answer: HOA

Clue #6: 6. Goes (for)

4-letter answer Answer: OPTS

Word Help: Synonyms: opt, prefer, choose

Clue #7: 7. 18-wheeler

4-letter answer Answer: SEMI

Word Help: Synonyms: tractor_trailer, articulated_lorry, trucking_rig

Clue #8: 8. Ice cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West Coast

4-letter answer Answer: EDYS

Clue #9: 9. Live together

7-letter answer Answer: COHABIT

Word Help: Synonyms: live_together, cohabit, shack_up

Clue #10: 10. Preferring platonic relationships, informally

3-letter answer Answer: ARO

Clue #11: 11. Greek sorceress who took the phrase "men are pigs" literally

5-letter answer Answer: CIRCE

Word Help: Synonyms: Circe

Clue #12: 12. Smash to smithereens

5-letter answer Answer: TOTAL

Word Help: Synonyms: tally, summate, total

Clue #13: 13. Social media app with Reels and Stories, familiarly

5-letter answer Answer: INSTA

Clue #14: 19. Superfan, in slang

4-letter answer Answer: STAN

Clue #15: 21. Accessibility law inits.

3-letter answer Answer: ADA

Word Help: Synonyms: adenosine_deaminase, ADA

Clue #16: 25. "Negatory"

4-letter answer Answer: NOPE

Clue #17: 27. Only U.S. state whose capital has a three-word name

4-letter answer Answer: UTAH

Word Help: Synonyms: Mormon_State, Utah, UT

Clue #18: 28. Bear with a hard bed and hot porridge

4-letter answer Answer: PAPA

Word Help: Synonyms: dad, daddy, pappa

Clue #19: 29. "Once ___ a midnight dreary …"

4-letter answer Answer: UPON

Clue #20: 30. Make by hand

5-letter answer Answer: CRAFT

Word Help: Synonyms: workmanship, wiliness, craft

Clue #21: 31. Pink Nintendo character from Planet Popstar

5-letter answer Answer: KIRBY

Clue #22: 32. Home on the "I" page of many ABC books

5-letter answer Answer: IGLOO

Word Help: Synonyms: igloo, iglu

Clue #23: 36. Out of the picture, maybe?

9-letter answer Answer: CAMERASHY

Clue #24: 37. Actual shape of the Crab Nebula, disappointingly

4-letter answer Answer: OVAL

Word Help: Synonyms: ellipse, ovoid, prolate

Clue #25: 38. Feudal underling

4-letter answer Answer: SERF

Word Help: Synonyms: villein, serf, helot

Clue #26: 40. "Short" thing for someone with a temper

4-letter answer Answer: FUSE

Word Help: Synonyms: conflate, safety_fuse, mix
Antonyms: defuse

Clue #27: 42. High-and-mighty

4-letter answer Answer: SMUG

Word Help: Synonyms: smug, self-satisfied

Clue #28: 45. Snacks (on)

7-letter answer Answer: MUNCHES

Word Help: Synonyms: munch, Edvard_Munch, crunch

Clue #29: 47. Beermaking establishment

7-letter answer Answer: BREWERY

Word Help: Synonyms: brewery

Clue #30: 50. Lollygag

4-letter answer Answer: IDLE

Word Help: Synonyms: laze, idle, dead
Antonyms: work, run

Clue #31: 51. "Here's a thought …"

3-letter answer Answer: SAY

Word Help: Synonyms: enjoin, enounce, aver

Clue #32: 52. Dried chili in Mexican cuisine

5-letter answer Answer: ANCHO

Clue #33: 53. Kind of power using rooftop panels

5-letter answer Answer: SOLAR

Word Help: Synonyms: solar

Clue #34: 54. Actor Russell whose surname sounds like a bird

5-letter answer Answer: CROWE

Clue #35: 58. Vile Nile reptiles

4-letter answer Answer: ASPS

Word Help: Synonyms: Naja_haje, Egyptian_cobra, asp

Clue #36: 59. Piggy bank opening

4-letter answer Answer: SLOT

Word Help: Synonyms: slot, expansion_slot, time_slot

Clue #37: 60. Sight along a farm country road

4-letter answer Answer: SILO

Word Help: Synonyms: silo

Clue #38: 62. "O Brother, Where Art ___?" (2000 Coen brothers film)

4-letter answer Answer: THOU

Word Help: Synonyms: K, chiliad, thousand

Clue #39: 63. Abound

4-letter answer Answer: TEEM

Word Help: Synonyms: pour, teem, stream

Clue #40: 65. Ring result, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: TKO

Word Help: Synonyms: technical_knockout, TKO

Clue #41: 66. Grandma, in Glasgow

3-letter answer Answer: NAN

Word Help: Synonyms: Nan, naan, grannie

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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