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Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. Way out

4-letter answer Answer: AFAR

Word Help: Synonyms: afar

Clue #2: 5. [Gulp!]

5-letter answer Answer: OHGOD

Clue #3: 10. Concern for a physiognomist

4-letter answer Answer: FACE

Word Help: Synonyms: font, cheek, present
Antonyms: avoid, back

Clue #4: 14. Do some modeling

4-letter answer Answer: POSE

Word Help: Synonyms: model, present, sit

Clue #5: 15. Wolfgang ___, pioneer in quantum physics

5-letter answer Answer: PAULI

Word Help: Synonyms: Pauli, Wolfgang_Pauli

Clue #6: 16. Not just suggest

4-letter answer Answer: AVOW

Word Help: Synonyms: avow, aver, affirm
Antonyms: disavow

Clue #7: 17. Assume the spotlight

15-letter answer Answer: TAKECENTERSTAGE

Clue #8: 20. One of many produced in a particle accelerator

5-letter answer Answer: MESON

Word Help: Synonyms: mesotron, meson

Clue #9: 21. Subjects of King Vajiralongkorn

5-letter answer Answer: THAIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Thai, Central_Thai, Tai

Clue #10: 22. What might be said by successful bettors … or sesame seeds?

11-letter answer Answer: WEREONAROLL

Clue #11: 26. "I get it"

9-letter answer Answer: SAYNOMORE

Clue #12: 27. Title abroad

3-letter answer Answer: SAO

Clue #13: 30. Words after grace, perhaps

7-letter answer Answer: LETSEAT

Clue #14: 31. Meilleur ___ (French "bestie")

3-letter answer Answer: AMI

Clue #15: 34. Fast pace

4-letter answer Answer: CLIP

Word Help: Synonyms: time, clipping, trot
Antonyms: unclip

Clue #16: 36. Item that can be described by changing its last letter to a P

5-letter answer Answer: SHARD

Word Help: Synonyms: shard, fragment, sherd

Clue #17: 37. Many a Mauritanian

4-letter answer Answer: ARAB

Word Help: Synonyms: Arabian, Arab

Clue #18: 38. Job actions that come with reimbursement packages, in brief

5-letter answer Answer: RELOS

Clue #19: 40. Figure in the Book of Samuel

3-letter answer Answer: ELI

Clue #20: 41. Nickname that sounds like its second and third letters

5-letter answer Answer: ARTIE

Clue #21: 42. Record label

15-letter answer Answer: EXPLICITCONTENT

Clue #22: 45. Question that suggests "That's crazy!"

3-letter answer Answer: WHA

Clue #23: 46. N.F.L. coach Rivera

3-letter answer Answer: RON

Word Help: Synonyms: Daffo, Bokkos, Ron

Clue #24: 47. Household sighting that one hopes is just a speck of dirt

3-letter answer Answer: ANT

Word Help: Synonyms: ant, pismire, emmet

Clue #25: 48. Got with

3-letter answer Answer: MET

Word Help: Synonyms: encounter, come_across, meet
Antonyms: diverge

Clue #26: 49. Like Google searches, typically

15-letter answer Answer: CASEINSENSITIVE

Clue #27: 53. Tourist town NE of Snowbird

4-letter answer Answer: ALTA

Clue #28: 54. ___-feuille (French pastry named for its layers)

5-letter answer Answer: MILLE

Clue #29: 55. Selfish sort

4-letter answer Answer: USER

Word Help: Synonyms: substance_abuser, exploiter, user

Clue #30: 56. Classmate, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: PEER

Word Help: Synonyms: match, equal, peer

Clue #31: 57. ___ one

5-letter answer Answer: ADMIT

Word Help: Synonyms: take, include, allow
Antonyms: exclude, reject

Clue #32: 58. Buzz

4-letter answer Answer: RING

Word Help: Synonyms: telephone, ringing, doughnut
Antonyms: open_chain

Clue #33: 59. O.E.D. unit: Abbr.

4-letter answer Answer: SYLL

Clue #34: 60. Makes some preparations during pregnancy

5-letter answer Answer: NESTS

Word Help: Synonyms: snuggle, cuddle, nest

Clue #35: 61. North Macedonia joined it in 2020

4-letter answer Answer: NATO

Word Help: Synonyms: NATO, North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization

Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. Mailing address abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: APT

Word Help: Synonyms: apposite, minded, clever

Clue #2: 2. Head of the bar?

4-letter answer Answer: FOAM

Word Help: Synonyms: foam, form_bubbles, effervesce

Clue #3: 3. A bit off, say

5-letter answer Answer: ASKEW

Word Help: Synonyms: askew, cockeyed, skew-whiff

Clue #4: 4. Brand name associated with cups

6-letter answer Answer: REESES

Clue #5: 5. Alertness

8-letter answer Answer: OPENEYES

Clue #6: 6. World's largest ethnic group, representing about 18% of the global population

3-letter answer Answer: HAN

Word Help: Synonyms: Han_dynasty, Han

Clue #7: 7. Tear down to the studs

3-letter answer Answer: GUT

Word Help: Synonyms: bowel, intestine, catgut

Clue #8: 8. Informal adjective after "big" or "good"

3-letter answer Answer: OLE

Clue #9: 9. Where one might get into a rut

8-letter answer Answer: DIRTROAD

Clue #10: 10. Natasha ___ ("Rocky and Bullwinkle" antagonist)

6-letter answer Answer: FATALE

Clue #11: 11. Prove useful to

5-letter answer Answer: AVAIL

Word Help: Synonyms: help, service, avail

Clue #12: 12. Unimportant workers, metaphorically

4-letter answer Answer: COGS

Word Help: Synonyms: cog, sprocket

Clue #13: 13. Milk source

3-letter answer Answer: EWE

Word Help: Synonyms: Ewe, ewe

Clue #14: 18. Natural jewelry material

5-letter answer Answer: CORAL

Word Help: Synonyms: coral, precious_coral, red_coral

Clue #15: 19. Lacking

5-letter answer Answer: SHORT

Word Help: Synonyms: forgetful, unretentive, brusque
Antonyms: tall, retentive

Clue #16: 23. Where spies work

11-letter answer Answer: ONTHEINSIDE

Clue #17: 24. Bloody Mary request

6-letter answer Answer: NOSALT

Clue #18: 25. English class largely unconcerned with the English?

11-letter answer Answer: AMERICANLIT

Clue #19: 27. Some bottle openers

9-letter answer Answer: SCREWCAPS

Clue #20: 28. Writer who collaborated with Malcolm X on his posthumous 1965 autobiography

9-letter answer Answer: ALEXHALEY

Clue #21: 29. Crayon alternative

9-letter answer Answer: OILPASTEL

Clue #22: 31. Plant genus named after the Greek goddess of nature

9-letter answer Answer: ARTEMISIA

Word Help: Synonyms: artemisia

Clue #23: 32. Headliner

9-letter answer Answer: MAINEVENT

Clue #24: 33. "Would you look at the time!"

9-letter answer Answer: IBETTERGO

Clue #25: 35. Who's in the running?

3-letter answer Answer: POL

Word Help: Synonyms: political_leader, politico, politician

Clue #26: 37. ___ film

3-letter answer Answer: ART

Word Help: Synonyms: graphics, prowess, art

Clue #27: 39. Tech debut of 2011

4-letter answer Answer: SIRI

Clue #28: 41. Not supporting

4-letter answer Answer: ANTI

Word Help: Synonyms: anti
Antonyms: pro

Clue #29: 43. Hustler

6-letter answer Answer: CONMAN

Clue #30: 44. Early phases

6-letter answer Answer: ONSETS

Word Help: Synonyms: oncoming, onrush, onset

Clue #31: 50. ___ Boykins, longtime N.B.A. player who stood at only 5'5"

4-letter answer Answer: EARL

Word Help: Synonyms: earl

Clue #32: 51. They form parallel lines along the National Mall

4-letter answer Answer: ELMS

Word Help: Synonyms: elm_tree, elm, elmwood

Clue #33: 52. Take for a spin?

4-letter answer Answer: TURN

Word Help: Synonyms: flex, round, turn
Antonyms: unbend

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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January 23, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Tuesday, January 23, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 23, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

1A: "1. Shopper's mecca"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
• Similar words include: shopping mall, shopping centre, plaza
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MALL

2A: "5. Wise ___ owl"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASAN

3A: "9. Young bull"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that young of domestic cattle
• Similar words include: calfskin, sura
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CALF

4A: "13. Red as ___"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABEET

5A: "15. Tony ___, memorable golfer"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEMA

6A: "16. Sheltered at sea"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that on or toward the lee
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALEE

7A: "17. His sentence is lengthy"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIFER

8A: "18. Broadway hit of yore, with "The""

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: FRONTPAGE

9A: "20. Tropical fish"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TETRA

10A: "21. Puts in a container"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that enclose in, or as if in, a case
• Similar words include: encase, incase, case
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENCASES

11A: "22. Residue"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
• Similar words include: ash tree
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASH

12A: "23. Shows fear"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that draw back, as with fear or pain
• Similar words include: quail, funk, flinch
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CRINGES

13A: "26. "___ for Danny Fisher": Robbins"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASTONE

14A: "28. Andrea del ___"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SARTO

15A: "33. ___ avail"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TONO

16A: "35. Loni's husband"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)
• Similar words include: Cyril Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BURT

17A: "37. Eastern biggies"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Similar words include: emeer, ameer, emir
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EMIRS

18A: "38. Lasts"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that put up with something or somebody unpleasant
• Similar words include: last, live on, brook
• Opposite of: enjoy

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENDURES

19A: "40. Asseverates"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that report or maintain
• Similar words include: say, allege, aver
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALLEGES

20A: "42. Ebbets Field star"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REESE

21A: "43. Brown, as raw silk"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ECRU

22A: "45. Stadium in Queens"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SHEA

23A: "46. Having form without reality"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality
• Similar words include: modal auxiliary, average, modal verb
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MODAL

24A: "47. Aboveboard"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
• Similar words include: true, dependable, fair
• Opposite of: dishonest

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HONEST

25A: "49. Land holdings"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
• Similar words include: estate, land, acres
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESTATES

26A: "52. Kind of mask or pipe"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
• Similar words include: bluster, petrol, tout
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GAS

27A: "55. Oriental"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lying toward or situated in the east
• Similar words include: easterly
• Opposite of: western

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EASTERN

28A: "58. Pat or tap"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the event of something coming in contact with the body
• Similar words include: pinch, speck, relate
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TOUCH

29A: "60. Behind the scenes"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a stage area out of sight of the audience
• Similar words include: offstage, wing
• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BACKSTAGE

30A: "62. Gladden"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
• Similar words include: pick up, uplift, intoxicate
• Opposite of: depress

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELATE

31A: "63. Lake in Ireland"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of europe and greenland
• Similar words include: white-tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, gray sea eagle
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERNE

32A: "64. Joined"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
• Similar words include: even, link up, bond
• Opposite of: untied, disconnect

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TIED

33A: "65. Fathered"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make children
• Similar words include: engender, sire, father
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIRED

34A: "66. Kind of club"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that great merriment
• Similar words include: gloat, gloating, mirth
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GLEE

35A: "67. Rival of Henry Ford"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OLDS

36A: "68. Tout's concern"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
• Similar words include: betting odds
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ODDS

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1D: "1. Knights of ___"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic on the island of malta in the mediterranean; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1964
• Similar words include: Republic of Malta
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MALTA

2D: "2. "___ Irish Rose""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make amends for
• Similar words include: expiate, atone, genus Abies
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABIES

3D: "3. Sinistral"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEFTHANDED

4D: "4. Ogle's cousin"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
• Similar words include: sneer
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEER

5D: "5. Landon"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALF

6D: "6. More tranquil"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not agitated; without losing self-possession
• Similar words include: unagitated, calm, tranquil
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SERENER

7D: "7. Surrounded by"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMONG

8D: "8. John ___ Garner, former V.P."

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that offensive term for an openly homosexual man
• Similar words include: fairy, pansy, pouf
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NANCE

9D: "9. Tams"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tight-fitting headdress
• Similar words include: jacket crown, crest, jacket
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAPS

10D: "10. Amor's wings"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Similar words include: ala
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALAE

11D: "11. Diamond that was rough"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that staying power
• Similar words include: leg, wooden leg, ramification
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEGS

12D: "12. Charge"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
• Similar words include: tip, bung
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: FEE

13D: "14. Region"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an extended area of land
• Similar words include: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TRACT

14D: "19. Pendent ornament"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TASSEL

15D: "24. Garb for an investiture"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any loose flowing garment
• Similar words include: gown, drape, vest
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROBE

16D: "25. Occupied"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: INUSE

17D: "27. March king"

5 letters Category: Common Word

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: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SOUSA

18D: "29. "Better a ___ of pottage ... ""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMESS

19D: "30. College lineman"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RIGHTGUARD

20D: "31. Sweet bay, e.g."

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Similar words include: tree diagram, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, shoetree
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TREE

21D: "32. Greek mountain"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Similar words include: oculus sinister, bone, os
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OSSA

22D: "33. Six years in the Senate"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a word or expression used for some particular thing
• Similar words include: full term, terminal figure, condition
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TERM

23D: "34. ___ -cat (sandlot game)"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ONEO

24D: "36. Fortuneteller's card"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
• Similar words include: tarot card
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TAROT

25D: "39. Finds new tenants"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RELETS

26D: "41. Crescent-shaped figure"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LUNE

27D: "44. Altered"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
• Similar words include: alter, convert, commute
• Opposite of: unchanged, stay

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CHANGED

28D: "48. Kefauver"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESTES

29D: "50. Fracas"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SETTO

30D: "51. Oregon or Santa Fe"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a track or mark left by something that has passed
• Similar words include: hang back, get behind, drop behind
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TRAIL

31D: "53. Performed"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
• Similar words include: pretend, act as, move
• Opposite of: refrain

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACTED

32D: "54. Gets rid of"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
• Similar words include: shed, shake off, throw away
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SHEDS

33D: "55. A peer"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EARL

34D: "56. Teen woe"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACNE

35D: "57. ___-Ball (amusement-park game)"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SKEE

36D: "59. Mélange"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OLIO

37D: "60. What mendicants do"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that call upon in supplication; entreat
• Similar words include: solicit, pray, implore
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEG

38D: "61. McMahon and Sullivan"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using x-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
• Similar words include: male erecticle dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, ED
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDS

Puzzle Stats

36 Across

38 Down

74 Total

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