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Monday, December 16, 2024

2412 Mon Dec 16, 2024 NYT by Ailee Yoshida

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 16, 2024

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

New York Times, Monday, December 16, 2024
New York Times, Monday, December 16, 2024


Across Clues with Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Team that won the most medals at the 2024 Olympics. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USA

    Possible Answer : United_States, US, Army, United_States_of_America, USA, United_States_Army, America, U.S., U.S.A., US_Army, U._S._Army, the_States


  • The clue is 4. Ann ___, Mich.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARBOR

    Possible Answer : bower, mandril, spindle, mandrel, arbour, pergola, arbor


  • The clue is 9. Some laptops. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PCS

    Possible Answer : personal_computer, PC, microcomputer


  • The clue is 12. Director Ephron. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NORA


  • The clue is 14. Real smooth. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SUAVE

    Possible Answer : bland, debonaire, politic, debonair, suave, debonnaire, smooth


  • The clue is 15. What cilantro tastes like to some people. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOAP

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


  • The clue is 16. Enemy of the Jedi. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SITH


  • The clue is 17. Sound of an unfortunate bird poop landing. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPLAT

    Possible Answer : splat


  • The clue is 18. Blab. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TELL

    Possible Answer : William_Tell, order, tell_apart, Tell, narrate, severalise, secernate, say, differentiate, distinguish, assure, severalize, enjoin, secern, tell, evidence, state, separate, recount, recite


  • The clue is 19. Tidbit in a nutritious pudding. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHIASEED


  • The clue is 21. Bulgy belly button. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OUTIE


  • The clue is 22. Hi-___ image. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RES

    Possible Answer : atomic_number_75, re, Re, RES, Ra, rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial_system


  • The clue is 23. Department handling media inquiries. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PRESSOFFICE


  • The clue is 26. Is distressing to. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EATSAT


  • The clue is 28. End of a college URL. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EDU


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

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

    The answer: CON

    Possible Answer : confidence_trick, confidence_game, gyp, hornswoggle, con, scam, memorise, bunko_game, sting, learn, gip, hustle, inmate, rook, short-change, defraud, con_game, yardbird, nobble, goldbrick, victimize, bunco, memorize, diddle, mulct, bunko, yard_bird, bunco_game, swindle, convict, flimflam

    Possible Opposite Answer : pro


  • The clue is 30. Habeas corpus, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WRIT

    Possible Answer : writ, judicial_writ


  • The clue is 31. Like the direction of this answer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACROSS

    Possible Answer : crossways, across, crosswise


  • The clue is 34. Timeout at work … as represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COFFEEBREAK


  • The clue is 38. Bits of wisdom. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEARLS

    Possible Answer : drop, bone, off-white, pearl, bead, ivory


  • The clue is 39. Faller during fall. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LEAF

    Possible Answer : riff, leaf, flick, foliage, flip, leafage, riffle, thumb, folio


  • The clue is 42. "Don't mind ___ do". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IFI


  • The clue is 45. Prefix with -ceratops. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TRI


  • The clue is 46. Packaging for a stack of cookies. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SLEEVE

    Possible Answer : sleeve, arm


  • The clue is 48. Competition whose winner gets a tiara and sash. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MISSAMERICA


  • The clue is 52. Gesture of approval. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NOD

    Possible Answer : nod


  • The clue is 53. Carelessly sits (down). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PLOPS

    Possible Answer : plump, plop, plunk_down, plunk, plank, flump, plump_down, plonk


  • The clue is 54. Refined grace. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELEGANCE

    Possible Answer : elegance

    Possible Opposite Answer : inelegance


  • The clue is 56. Muppet with his own "world" on "Sesame Street". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELMO


  • The clue is 57. Blingy piece of neckwear. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHAIN

    Possible Answer : chain_of_mountains, range, strand, chain, Chain, Ernst_Boris_Chain, concatenation, Sir_Ernst_Boris_Chain, range_of_mountains, mountain_range, string, mountain_chain, chemical_chain

    Possible Opposite Answer : unchain


  • The clue is 59. Teddy Grahams shape. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BEAR

    Possible Answer : endure, suffer, stand, assume, pay, yield, acquit, tolerate, bear, comport, put_up, give_birth, accept, support, deport, abide, birth, stomach, deliver, wear, hold, expect, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, turn_out, behave, brook, take_over, carry, gestate, stick_out, contain, have, conduct, digest

    Possible Opposite Answer : bull


  • The clue is 60. Ingredient in bug spray. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DEET


  • The clue is 61. Worth. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: VALUE

    Possible Answer : respect, evaluate, valuate, rate, measure, prize, treasure, esteem, appraise, note_value, prise, value, economic_value, time_value, assess, appreciate

    Possible Opposite Answer : disrespect, disesteem


  • The clue is 62. Initials on an "Organic" sticker. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USDA

    Possible Answer : USDA, Department_of_Agriculture, Agriculture_Department, Agriculture


  • The clue is 63. Make a mistake. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERR

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


  • The clue is 64. Phil ___, QB who won two Super Bowls with the Giants. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SIMMS


  • The clue is 65. Sun, in San Juan. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOL

    Possible Answer : Sol, soh, so, sol, colloidal_suspension, colloidal_solution


Down Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Remove, as a bottle cap. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UNSCREW

    Possible Answer: unscrew

    Possible Opposite Answer : screw

  • The clue is 2. "That's the word on the street". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOIHEAR

  • The clue is 3. Good with a paintbrush, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARTISTIC

    Possible Answer: aesthetic, artistic, esthetic

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

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

    The answer: ASSERT

    Possible Answer: verify, asseverate, swan, affirm, put_forward, avow, assert, swear, aver, insist, maintain

  • The clue is 5. Calcutta currency. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RUPEE

    Possible Answer: Pakistani_rupee, Sri_Lanka_rupee, rupee, Mauritian_rupee, Nepalese_rupee, Seychelles_rupee, Indian_rupee

  • The clue is 6. Loses one's hair. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BALDS

    Possible Answer: bald

  • The clue is 7. Egg cells. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OVA

    Possible Answer: egg_cell, ovum

  • The clue is 8. No longer working: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RET

    Possible Answer: ret

  • The clue is 9. Like lines / that rhyme / and keep / good time. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: POETIC

    Possible Answer: poetical, poetic

  • The clue is 10. Cat with a colorful coat. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CALICO

    Possible Answer: multicolor, multi-coloured, particolored, particoloured, multi-colour, varicoloured, motley, pied, multi-color, multicoloured, painted, varicolored, multicolored, multi-colored, multicolour, calico, piebald

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

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

    The answer: SPLEEN

    Possible Answer: irascibility, lien, spleen, quick_temper, short_temper

  • The clue is 13. "I've got it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AHA

  • The clue is 15. Double ___ Oreos. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STUF

  • The clue is 20. Place to get a cucumber mask. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPA

    Possible Answer: watering_place, watering_hole, resort_hotel, spa, health_club, health_spa

  • The clue is 21. Coming in handy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OFUSE

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

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

    The answer: SERBS

    Possible Answer: Serbian, Serb

  • The clue is 25. This stinks!. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ODOR

    Possible Answer: odour, scent, odor, olfactory_perception, olfactory_sensation, olfactory_property, aroma, smell

  • The clue is 27. Word on the street?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STOP

    Possible Answer: halt, break_off, hitch, plosive_speech_sound, give_up, quit, hold_back, cease, layover, closure, diaphragm, occlusive, intercept, stay, block_up, stoppage, plosive_consonant, plosive, period, stop_over, blockage, terminate, break, stop, barricade, point, blockade, full_stop, occlusion, discontinue, stop_consonant, hold_on, full_point, bar, block, finish, check, lay_off, kibosh, turn_back, arrest, block_off, contain, end, catch, stopover

    Possible Opposite Answer : continuant_consonant, start, continue, begin

  • The clue is 31. Eagle's nest. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AERIE

    Possible Answer: aerie, eyry, aery, eyrie

  • The clue is 32. Animation frame. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CEL

  • The clue is 33. Discount offer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SALE

    Possible Answer: sales_agreement, cut-rate_sale, sales_event, sale

  • The clue is 35. Crumbly Greek cheeses. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FETAS

  • The clue is 36. U-pick locale. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FARM

    Possible Answer: grow, farm, raise, produce

  • The clue is 37. Observant quality. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KEENNESS

    Possible Answer: avidness, acuteness, keenness, eagerness, avidity, sharpness, acuity

    Possible Opposite Answer : dullness

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

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

    The answer: AVOCADO

    Possible Answer: avocado_tree, Persea_Americana, aguacate, avocado_pear, avocado, alligator_pear

  • The clue is 41. The "F" of F.B.I.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FEDERAL

    Possible Answer: Federal, Fed, federal, Union, Union_soldier, Federal_soldier, federal_official

    Possible Opposite Answer : unitary

  • The clue is 42. Stand in the way of. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMPEDE

    Possible Answer: hinder, occlude, block, close_up, jam, impede, obstruct, obturate

    Possible Opposite Answer : free

  • The clue is 43. Lip-plumping injection. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FILLER

    Possible Answer: makeweight, filler

  • The clue is 44. Compound with the same number of atoms in a different arrangement. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ISOMER

    Possible Answer: isomer

  • The clue is 46. Behind the ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SCENES

    Possible Answer: conniption, scene, vista, prospect, view, scenery, fit, shot, setting, picture, aspect, tantrum, panorama

  • The clue is 47. Fall behind. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LAG

    Possible Answer: interim, lag, remand, meanwhile, immure, fall_behind, incarcerate, jug, imprison, gaol, put_behind_bars, dawdle, meantime, retardation, fall_back, jail, stave, put_away, slowdown

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

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

    The answer: SPOT

    Possible Answer: smudge, maculation, spy, tell_apart, spot, situation, descry, blot, recognize, pick_out, blob, smirch, espy, pip, topographic_point, touch, smear, place, billet, dapple, distinguish, fleck, discern, blemish, daub, point, stain, bit, patch, recognise, berth, make_out, speckle, slur, office, post, spotlight, position

  • The clue is 50. King's domain. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REALM

    Possible Answer: land, kingdom, realm, region

  • The clue is 51. Pelvic bone. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ILIUM

    Possible Answer: ilium, Troy, Ilion, Ilium

  • The clue is 55. ___ Dhabi. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABU

  • The clue is 57. Drugstore that prints famously long receipts. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CVS

    Possible Answer: curriculum_vitae, CV, resume

  • The clue is 58. Yes, in Japanese. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAI

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Monday, August 12, 2024

NYT Monday, August 12, 2024 | Crossword Clues Solution Blog

The Crossword hints blog is an one of the most popular crossword clue puzzles with answers solver. Here are the clues and answers for today nyt puzzle.

NYT Monday, August 12, 2024 | Crossword Clues Solution Blog
NYT Monday, August 12, 2024 - Crossword Clues Solution 

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 12, 2024

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

Across Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Major purchase when furnishing a dining room. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TABLE

    Possible Answer : postpone, defer, put_over, remit, set_back, tabular_array, tabularise, tabulate, tabularize, put_off, mesa, shelve, board, table, hold_over, prorogue


  • The clue is 6. Reprimanding sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TSKS

    Possible Answer : tut, tsk, tut-tut


  • The clue is 10. ___ de gallo (salsa variety). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PICO


  • The clue is 14. White wetland wader. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EGRET

    Possible Answer : egret


  • The clue is 15. Company name aptly found in "The bookcase came together like a charm!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IKEA


  • The clue is 16. Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EVAN


  • The clue is 17. *One leaving money under a pillow. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOOTHFAIRY


  • The clue is 19. Southern cornbread. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PONE

    Possible Answer : cornpone, pone


  • The clue is 20. Noisy bedmate. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SNORER

    Possible Answer : snorer


  • The clue is 21. Sean who played Rudy in "Rudy". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASTIN


  • The clue is 22. *Hobbes, vis-à-vis Calvin. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMAGINARYFRIEND


  • The clue is 26. Submission to a record label in the 1990s. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DEMOCD


  • The clue is 27. "Humble" home. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABODE

    Possible Answer : suffer, stomach, brook, abide, support, habitation, stand, bide, bear, domicile, tolerate, endure, stay, stick_out, dwelling, home, put_up, abode, dwelling_house, residence, digest


  • The clue is 28. Narcissist's flaw. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EGO

    Possible Answer : self-importance, ego, self, egotism


  • The clue is 29. Toe woe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BUNION

    Possible Answer : bunion


  • The clue is 32. "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle?. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

    The answer: AREYOUFORREAL


  • The clue is 38. One on maternity leave. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEWMOM


  • The clue is 39. California's Monterey ___ Aquarium. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BAY

    Possible Answer : embayment, bay_tree, Laurus_nobilis, bay_laurel, alcove, quest, bay, true_laurel


  • The clue is 41. Indian yogurt drink. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LASSI


  • The clue is 43. Frozen ocean water. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEAICE


  • The clue is 46. *Cryptid in the Scottish Highlands. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOCHNESSMONSTER


  • The clue is 50. Prefix with -naut. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASTRO


  • The clue is 51. Period of one's prime. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HEYDAY

    Possible Answer : heyday, blossom, efflorescence, flush, peak, prime, flower, bloom


  • The clue is 52. Arnaz who loved Lucy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DESI


  • The clue is 53. *"Ho, ho, ho!" hollerer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SANTACLAUS


  • The clue is 57. British boarding school. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ETON


  • The clue is 58. "Keep it down!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HUSH

    Possible Answer : still, pipe_down, silence, quiesce, hush_up, quiet, shut_up, quieten, hush, stillness, quiet_down

    Possible Opposite Answer : louden


  • The clue is 59. Rwandan minority. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TUTSI

    Possible Answer : Tutsi, Watutsi, Watusi


  • The clue is 60. 0%. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NONE

    Possible Answer : none


  • The clue is 61. Dollar bills. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONES

    Possible Answer : 1, single, ace, I, one, unity


  • The clue is 62. Finger-painting smudge. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SMEAR

    Possible Answer : smear, slander, daub, smirch, defame, slur, smutch, blot, besmirch, asperse, cytologic_smear, spot, vilification, calumniate, malignment, smudge, denigrate, sully, cytosmear, blur, stain


Down Clues and Answers:
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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

XWordHint Crossword Answers August 26, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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

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August 26, 2026 NYT Crossword Solutions

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. Modern lead-in to quit or bait 4
2A 5. Heat source for many hydrothermal vents 5
3A 10. Act all teenagerly, say 4
4A 14. [I have something to say ...] 4
5A 15. He has the weight of the world on his shoulders 5
6A 16. River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 4
7A 17. Enhancing "blemish" (3x) 10
8A 19. Rip apart 4
9A 20. Something to belly up to 3
10A 21. Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarly 4
11A 22. Cautious 4
12A 23. "My guess is ..." 5
13A 25. Teach, playfully (3x) 9
14A 29. Pinocchio's tell 4
15A 31. South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born 7
16A 32. ___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name) 4
17A 33. PC key 3
18A 34. Wait for it! 3
19A 35. Sweet popcorn coating (4x) 13
20A 39. Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo 3
21A 40. Call, as a poker bet 3
22A 41. Roman author of "Metamorphoses" 4
23A 42. Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarry 7
24A 45. Tech review site 4
25A 46. Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x) 9
26A 48. Bundles in a stationery shop 5
27A 52. Pointed remarks 4
28A 53. "Famous" cookie entrepreneur 4
29A 55. Church fixture 3
30A 56. Black mark on a credit report, in brief 4
31A 57. "Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise? 10
32A 60. Never Have I ___ (party game) 4
33A 61. April's ___ Day 5
34A 62. Bug on a pug 4
35A 63. Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 4
36A 64. Acrimonious, as a breakup 5
37A 65. Units of verse 4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Modern lead-in to quit or bait"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a feeling of intense anger
  • Similar words include: storm, furore, craze
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAGE

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2A: "5. Heat source for many hydrothermal vents"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that molten rock in the earth's crust
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAGMA

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3A: "10. Act all teenagerly, say"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who wastes time
  • Similar words include: dilly-dallier, mope around, moon around
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MOPE

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4A: "14. [I have something to say ...]"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
  • Similar words include: hem
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AHEM

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5A: "15. He has the weight of the world on his shoulders"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
  • Similar words include: telamon, atlas vertebra, book of maps
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATLAS

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6A: "16. River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a river in southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn
  • Similar words include: Upper Avon, River Avon, Upper Avon River
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AVON

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7A: "17. Enhancing "blemish" (3x)"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: BEAUTYMARK

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8A: "19. Rip apart"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tear or be torn violently
  • Similar words include: rip, pull, rive
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REND

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9A: "20. Something to belly up to"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
  • Similar words include: streak, cake, Browning automatic rifle
  • Opposite of: unbar
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BAR

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10A: "21. Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarly"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAFA

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11A: "22. Cautious"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  • Similar words include: leery, mistrustful, suspicious
  • Opposite of: unwary
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WARY

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12A: "23. "My guess is ...""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IDSAY

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13A: "25. Teach, playfully (3x)"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EDUMACATE

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14A: "29. Pinocchio's tell"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
  • Similar words include: nozzle, intrude, olfactory organ
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NOSE

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15A: "31. South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the capital and largest city of venezuela
  • Similar words include: capital of Venezuela
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CARACAS

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16A: "32. ___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name)"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the second largest of the hawaiian islands
  • Similar words include: Maui Island
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MAUI

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17A: "33. PC key"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
  • Similar words include: EL, elevation, altitude
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALT

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18A: "34. Wait for it!"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
  • Similar words include: peak, lead, tip off
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TIP

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19A: "35. Sweet popcorn coating (4x)"

13 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SALTEDCARAMEL

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20A: "39. Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
  • Similar words include: Han dynasty
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HAN

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21A: "40. Call, as a poker bet"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
  • Similar words include: insure, find, go steady
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEE

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22A: "41. Roman author of "Metamorphoses""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
  • Similar words include: Publius Ovidius Naso
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OVID

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23A: "42. Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarry"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MRSLATE

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24A: "45. Tech review site"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CNET

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25A: "46. Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x)"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any tree of the genus macadamia
  • Similar words include: macadamia tree
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MACADAMIA

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26A: "48. Bundles in a stationery shop"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large quantity of written matter
  • Similar words include: ream
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REAMS

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27A: "52. Pointed remarks"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
  • Similar words include: thrusting, dig, thrust
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JABS

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28A: "53. "Famous" cookie entrepreneur"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
  • Similar words include: Book of Amos
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AMOS

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29A: "55. Church fixture"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
  • Similar words include: church bench
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PEW

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30A: "56. Black mark on a credit report, in brief"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REPO

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31A: "57. "Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise?"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SOMEPEOPLE

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32A: "60. Never Have I ___ (party game)"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that at any time
  • Similar words include: e'er, ever so, always
  • Opposite of: never
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EVER

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33A: "61. April's ___ Day"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tree (as opposed to shrub)
  • Similar words include: pergola, spindle, arbour
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARBOR

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34A: "62. Bug on a pug"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FLEA

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35A: "63. Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
  • Similar words include: fuel pod, seedpod, cod
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PODS

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36A: "64. Acrimonious, as a breakup"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that dirty and disorderly
  • Similar words include: mussy
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MESSY

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37A: "65. Units of verse"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
  • Similar words include: base, groundwork, metrical unit
  • Opposite of: head
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FEET

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Torah scholar 5
2D 2. Bridge Out ___ (sign) 5
3D 3. They have teeth but don't bite 5
4D 4. Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest 3
5D 5. Chichén Itzá builders 4
6D 6. Taking charge? 6
7D 7. Happy-sounding advocacy grp. 5
8D 8. Scuff up, say 3
9D 9. Set, as a price 3
10D 10. Instrument associated with beans and salsa? 6
11D 11. Was a ham 9
12D 12. Scrunchied hairstyle 8
13D 13. "The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road") 3
14D 18. Audition 6
15D 22. Word that can precede cry or baby 3
16D 24. Picky, picky, picky 4
17D 26. Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate) 4
18D 27. Housemother 6
19D 28. What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief 3
20D 30. Day break? 6
21D 32. Got it all off his chest? 9
22D 33. Disc golf "hole"-in-one 3
23D 35. Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans" 8
24D 36. Consider 4
25D 37. Disinclined 6
26D 38. Small bug with a strong-sounding name 4
27D 39. "Well, let me think" 3
28D 43. Herculean tasks 6
29D 44. Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run time 3
30D 45. Sometimes-uncredited appearances 6
31D 47. da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example 5
32D 49. Gift from a teacher's pet 5
33D 50. Free-for-all 5
34D 51. Result of a hot pursuit? 5
35D 54. Grand Ole ___ 4
36D 56. One leg press, say 3
37D 57. Uncle ___ 3
38D 58. Minecraft resource 3
39D 59. Command to a jumpy dog 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Torah scholar"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that spiritual leader of a jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply jewish law
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RABBI

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2D: "2. Bridge Out ___ (sign)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that having the leading position or higher score in a contest
  • Similar words include: onwards, leading, forward
  • Opposite of: backward, back
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AHEAD

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3D: "3. They have teeth but don't bite"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
  • Similar words include: geared wheel, gear wheel, train
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GEARS

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4D: "4. Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
  • Similar words include: Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit, Emu novaehollandiae
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EMU

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5D: "5. Chichén Itzá builders"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of an american indian people of yucatan and belize and guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between ad 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
  • Similar words include: Mayan language, Mayan
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MAYA

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6D: "6. Taking charge?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATMFEE

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7D: "7. Happy-sounding advocacy grp."

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GLAAD

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8D: "8. Scuff up, say"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the month following february and preceding april
  • Similar words include: spoil, vitiate, mutilate
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MAR

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9D: "9. Set, as a price"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that inquire about
  • Similar words include: inquire, need, involve
  • Opposite of: obviate
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASK

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10D: "10. Instrument associated with beans and salsa?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MARACA

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11D: "11. Was a ham"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that exaggerate one's acting
  • Similar words include: ham it up, overact, ham
  • Opposite of: underact
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OVERACTED

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12D: "12. Scrunchied hairstyle"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PONYTAIL

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13D: "13. "The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road")"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
  • Similar words include: remainder, final stage, closing
  • Opposite of: begin, beginning
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: END

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14D: "18. Audition"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that trying something to find out about it
  • Similar words include: audition, trial, trial run
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TRYOUT

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15D: "22. Word that can precede cry or baby"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
  • Similar words include: warfare, state of war
  • Opposite of: peace, make peace
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WAR

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16D: "24. Picky, picky, picky"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of or related to the anus
  • Similar words include: anal retentive
  • Opposite of: oral
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANAL

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17D: "26. Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: UCLA

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18D: "27. Housemother"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MATRON

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19D: "28. What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
  • Similar words include: second sight, E.S.P., extrasensory perception
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ESP

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20D: "30. Day break?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SIESTA

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21D: "32. Got it all off his chest?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MANSCAPED

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22D: "33. Disc golf "hole"-in-one"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • Similar words include: genius, nail, Allied Command Europe
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ACE

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23D: "35. Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans""

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that capital and largest city of bosnia; scene of the assassination of francis ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated world war i
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SARAJEVO

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24D: "36. Consider"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
  • Similar words include: view as, hold, take for
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DEEM

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25D: "37. Disinclined"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
  • Similar words include: loath, loth, antipathetic
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AVERSE

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26D: "38. Small bug with a strong-sounding name"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slight but appreciable amount
  • Similar words include: pinch, touch, soupcon
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MITE

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27D: "39. "Well, let me think""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HMM

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28D: "43. Herculean tasks"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
  • Similar words include: parturiency, trade union movement, drive
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LABORS

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29D: "44. Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run time"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
  • Similar words include: ad, advertising, advertisement
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADS

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30D: "45. Sometimes-uncredited appearances"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
  • Similar words include: cameo
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CAMEOS

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31D: "47. da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
  • Similar words include: iamb, iambus
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IAMBS

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32D: "49. Gift from a teacher's pet"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
  • Similar words include: Malus pumila, orchard apple tree
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: APPLE

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33D: "50. Free-for-all"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a noisy riotous fight
  • Similar words include: scrimmage, battle royal
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MELEE

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34D: "51. Result of a hot pursuit?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
  • Similar words include: travail, sudate, swither
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SWEAT

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35D: "54. Grand Ole ___"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OPRY

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36D: "56. One leg press, say"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that informal abbreviation of `representative'
  • Similar words include: repp
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REP

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37D: "57. Uncle ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
  • Similar words include: surface-to-air missile
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SAM

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38D: "58. Minecraft resource"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ORE

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39D: "59. Command to a jumpy dog"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that kill intentionally and with premeditation
  • Similar words include: polish off, murder, forth
  • Opposite of: on
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OFF

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
76 Total Clues

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