September 21, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword September 21, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Director who said "Horror films don't create fear. They release it"	9
2A	6. Center cut?	6
3A	9. Length just over one centimeter	8
4A	13. Entertainment one might view from a box	5
5A	14. Half of a rhyming game name	4
6A	16. Mine, in Marseille	4
7A	17. Desert near Sinai	5
8A	18. Indecent	4
9A	19. "It's a ___"	4
10A	20. Natural find with a cavity	5
11A	21. Whole alternative	4
12A	23. Major Japanese company HQ'd in a 43-story tower shaped like a rocket	3
13A	24. Capital of Washington?	4
14A	27. Rubber overshoe	6
15A	29. Shows indecision, in a way	4
16A	32. ___ Verde, national park in Colorado	4
17A	35. Org. concerned with cyberwarfare	3
18A	36. Melber of MSNBC	3
19A	37. Infamous presidential denial	12
20A	40. Seasonal phenomenon depicted six times in this puzzle	15
21A	44. Gave advice	9
22A	45. Desire for a lonely hart?	3
23A	46. Childish Gambino's record label	3
24A	47. He actually died about 1,500 years before the fiddle was invented	4
25A	48. Quizzes	4
26A	49. "The $10,000 Pyramid" host	9
27A	52. Person who might call a child a bairn	4
28A	54. "This again?!"	3
29A	55. Tea brand	4
30A	58. How some money is held	8
31A	62. Be overly sweet	4
32A	64. Classic N.Y.C. cinema name	4
33A	66. Food that can be eaten to help with anemia	5
34A	67. Sprinted	4
35A	68. Place for a brace	4
36A	69. Día de los Reyes month	5
37A	70. Drink that should not be served shaken	4
38A	71. Tonsil treater, in brief	3
39A	72. Freshen	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Director who said "Horror films don't create fear. They release it""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WESCRAVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Center cut?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the iroquoian people formerly living along the mohawk river in new york state
• Words that mean the same thing: mohawk haircut
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOHAWK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Length just over one centimeter"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALFINCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Entertainment one might view from a box"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
• Words that mean the same thing: opera house
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Half of a rhyming game name"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Mine, in Marseille"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Desert near Sinai"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a desert in southern israel
• Words that mean the same thing: Negev Desert
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEGEV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Indecent"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
• Words that mean the same thing: obscene, salacious, libidinous
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEWD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. "It's a ___""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
• Words that mean the same thing: signaling, planetary house, preindication
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Natural find with a cavity"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Whole alternative"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: skip, skimming, skitter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Major Japanese company HQ'd in a 43-story tower shaped like a rocket"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
• Words that mean the same thing: necrotizing enterocolitis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Capital of Washington?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: ace, single, one
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Rubber overshoe"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
• Words that mean the same thing: rubber, arctic, gumshoe
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GALOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Shows indecision, in a way"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
• Words that mean the same thing: ahem, hem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. ___ Verde, national park in Colorado"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that flat tableland with steep edges
• Words that mean the same thing: table
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Org. concerned with cyberwarfare"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Melber of MSNBC"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Infamous presidential denial"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IAMNOTACROOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Seasonal phenomenon depicted six times in this puzzle"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINTERMIGRATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Gave advice"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give advice to
• Words that mean the same thing: rede, counsel, advise
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COUNSELED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Desire for a lonely hart?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
• Words that mean the same thing: Energy Department, Department of Energy, Energy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Childish Gambino's record label"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. He actually died about 1,500 years before the fiddle was invented"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that roman emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of rome in 64) but the roman empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
• Words that mean the same thing: Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Quizzes"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: require, demand, need
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. "The $10,000 Pyramid" host"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DICKCLARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Person who might call a child a bairn"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. "This again?!""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Tea brand"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAZO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. How some money is held"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INESCROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Be overly sweet"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that supply or feed to surfeit
• Words that mean the same thing: pall, surfeit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Classic N.Y.C. cinema name"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROXY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Food that can be eaten to help with anemia"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin a; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
• Words that mean the same thing: liver-colored
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Sprinted"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
• Words that mean the same thing: snap, torus, deplume
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Place for a brace"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
• Words that mean the same thing: stifle, human knee, knee joint
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Día de los Reyes month"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. Drink that should not be served shaken"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
• Words that mean the same thing: sal soda, sodium carbonate, washing soda
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. Tonsil treater, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "72. Freshen"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
• Words that mean the same thing: reincarnate, regenerate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword September 21, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Third-most common Chinese surname in America	4
2D	2. Competitive poker?	4
3D	3. State flower of Utah	4
4D	4. Guiding statements	6
5D	5. Jet black, as hair	5
6D	6. ___ de mer	3
7D	7. They may precede cries of "GOOOOOAAAAL!"	4
8D	8. Peddle	4
9D	9. Isn't out of	3
10D	10. Our bodies need 20+ different kinds to function	10
11D	11. Some seating sections	5
12D	12. Lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird"	5
13D	15. Cool cat's "Copy that"	4
14D	22. Wide ray	5
15D	25. Male members of the House of Saud	5
16D	26. Some people on deck	6
17D	28. Its lowest score is 120, in brief	4
18D	29. Show indecision, in a way	3
19D	30. Name of seven Danish kings	4
20D	31. D-F-A is one, in music	10
21D	33. What you do just for grins?	5
22D	34. Ticks off	6
23D	38. Many a surgeon, informally	5
24D	39. Corner piece	4
25D	41. Conceal, with "away"	4
26D	42. Pass	5
27D	43. The Legend of Zelda console, in brief	3
28D	48. When many businesses open	6
29D	49. Passageways	5
30D	50. Structure built in a catenary arch shape	5
31D	51. On a ___	4
32D	53. Edmonton N.H.L. player	5
33D	56. Ending with euro	4
34D	57. Animals on Nebraska's state quarter	4
35D	59. Like some numbers and scores	4
36D	60. Withered, climate-wise	4
37D	61. Toot one's own horn	4
38D	63. "___, verily"	3
39D	65. Up to this point	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Third-most common Chinese surname in America"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Competitive poker?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. State flower of Utah"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Guiding statements"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any system of principles or beliefs
• Words that mean the same thing: credo, creed
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREDOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Jet black, as hair"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
• Words that mean the same thing: devour, guttle, prey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ de mer"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. They may precede cries of "GOOOOOAAAAL!""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Peddle"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
• Words that mean the same thing: vend, war hawk, clear the throat
• The opposite would be: dove
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAWK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Isn't out of"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Words that mean the same thing: birth, give, have got
• The opposite would be: abstain, refuse
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Our bodies need 20+ different kinds to function"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMINOACIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Some seating sections"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine
• Words that mean the same thing: log, box, lumber
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FINCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Cool cat's "Copy that""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "22. Wide ray"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl
• Words that mean the same thing: devilfish, manta ray
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "25. Male members of the House of Saud"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Words that mean the same thing: amir, emir, emeer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Some people on deck"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a man who serves as a sailor
• Words that mean the same thing: seafarer, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, gob
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Its lowest score is 120, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Show indecision, in a way"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus crataegus
• Words that mean the same thing: hawthorn
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Name of seven Danish kings"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. D-F-A is one, in music"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINORCHORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. What you do just for grins?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: grinning, smiling, grin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Ticks off"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: anger, ira, angriness
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Many a surgeon, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORDOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Corner piece"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
• Words that mean the same thing: con, hornswoggle, gip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Conceal, with "away""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that eatables (especially sweets)
• Words that mean the same thing: pucker, gather, insert
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Pass"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that order by virtue of superior authority; decree
• Words that mean the same thing: ordain, act out, reenact
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. The Legend of Zelda console, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Words that mean the same thing: Ne, Cornhusker State, northeastward
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. When many businesses open"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATNINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Passageways"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
• Words that mean the same thing: duct, epithelial duct, canal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUCTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Structure built in a catenary arch shape"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
• Words that mean the same thing: iglu
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGLOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. On a ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american songbirds having a yellow breast
• Words that mean the same thing: run around, frolic, titlark
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Edmonton N.H.L. player"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a worker who oils engines or machinery
• Words that mean the same thing: tanker, oil well, tank ship
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OILER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Ending with euro"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
• Words that mean the same thing: zona, district, partition
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Animals on Nebraska's state quarter"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - bible
• Words that mean the same thing: wild ox, ox, cows
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Like some numbers and scores"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
• Words that mean the same thing: flush, evening, fifty-fifty
• The opposite would be: odd, uneven
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Withered, climate-wise"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
• Words that mean the same thing: shriveled, dried-up, sear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Toot one's own horn"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that black birds having a raucous call
• Words that mean the same thing: triumph, brag, vaporing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "63. "___, verily""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yeah
• The opposite would be: nay
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. Up to this point"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that up to the present time
• Words that mean the same thing: however, even, withal
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YET

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	69.2%
Short Answer	11	14.1%
Geography	4	5.1%
Food & Drink	3	3.8%
Sports	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: August 30, 2025 at 05:16 PM

XWordHint Crossword Answers November 02, 2025 | 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.

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (52 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (65 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Cause a mess, as with frying oil	8
2A	9. Create an intricate series of lies, say	8
3A	17. Offerings to prospective bicycle buyers	9
4A	19. "Ben-Hur" or "Lawrence of Arabia"	9
5A	20. Or more	10
6A	22. Like many public housing projects	10
7A	23. Comprehends	4
8A	24. Way to manipulate public opinion through fear	11
9A	26. "The ___ is done"	4
10A	27. Some ambulance destinations, for short	3
11A	28. Ceramicists' devices	13
12A	30. Hog heaven?	3
13A	31. Wrong idea	15
14A	33. Word with bean or lemon	4
15A	34. ___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives"	5
16A	35. Tick off	4
17A	37. Pieces of art?	7
18A	40. Allude (to)	3
19A	41. Winter Olympics event	7
20A	44. Agreements where one party takes some heat?	9
21A	46. Old-time theater item	9
22A	48. They point toward Mecca while salah is performed	10
23A	50. Evergreen pointer	10
24A	51. Sharpen	4
25A	52. Natural process of maturing	11
26A	54. Airplane wing feature	4
27A	55. Girder whose name assumes a serif font	5
28A	57. Paleolithic-era tools	9
29A	58. Have spiritual unity (with)	5
30A	59. Falsify	6
31A	61. ___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites)	7
32A	62. Actress and model Ali ___	6
33A	63. Like some pricing strategies	6
34A	65. Annual awards whose name is an acronym	5
35A	66. Affectedly clever	6
36A	67. Allude (to)	5
37A	69. Southwest landform	5
38A	70. Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short	3
39A	73. Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more	13
40A	79. [ha ha!]	3
41A	82. Reddish-brown color	4
42A	84. Ones skilled in governance	11
43A	85. Gram	4
44A	86. Return analogue	5
45A	88. "You're one to talk!"	9
46A	89. Mumbo jumbo	5
47A	90. Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed	10
48A	92. Drink order at a sushi restaurant	10
49A	94. What might have green rooms?	9
50A	95. Unlikely sportsmanship award winner	9
51A	96. ___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister"	8
52A	97. Quarter-barrel containers of beer	8

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Cause a mess, as with frying oil"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
• Similar words include: spatter, plash, sputtering
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPLATTER

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2A: "9. Create an intricate series of lies, say"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPINAWEB

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3A: "17. Offerings to prospective bicycle buyers"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TESTRIDES

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4A: "19. "Ben-Hur" or "Lawrence of Arabia""

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EPICDRAMA

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5A: "20. Or more"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATAMINIMUM

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6A: "22. Like many public housing projects"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STATEAIDED

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7A: "23. Comprehends"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Similar words include: obtain, commence, make
• Opposite of: end, leave

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GETS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

8A: "24. Way to manipulate public opinion through fear"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCARETACTIC

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9A: "26. "The ___ is done""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
• Similar words include: title, human activity, act
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10A: "27. Some ambulance destinations, for short"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Similar words include: atomic number 68, erbium, ER
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERS

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11A: "28. Ceramicists' devices"

13 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POTTERYWHEELS

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12A: "30. Hog heaven?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Similar words include: hordeolum, stye, eye infection
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STY

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13A: "31. Wrong idea"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FALSEIMPRESSION

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14A: "33. Word with bean or lemon"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CURD

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15A: "34. ___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAEED

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16A: "35. Tick off"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of irritation or annoyance
• Similar words include: huff, seeing red
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MIFF

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17A: "37. Pieces of art?"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
• Similar words include: arial mosaic, photomosaic, Mosaic
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOSAICS

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18A: "40. Allude (to)"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOD

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19A: "41. Winter Olympics event"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that formerly two short sleds coupled together
• Similar words include: bobsleigh, bob
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOBSLED

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20A: "44. Agreements where one party takes some heat?"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARMSDEALS

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21A: "46. Old-time theater item"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOVIEREEL

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22A: "48. They point toward Mecca while salah is performed"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PRAYERMATS

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23A: "50. Evergreen pointer"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PINENEEDLE

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24A: "51. Sharpen"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
• Similar words include: perfect
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HONE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

25A: "52. Natural process of maturing"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SUNRIPENING

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26A: "54. Airplane wing feature"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
• Similar words include: dither, tizzy, flapping
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FLAP

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27A: "55. Girder whose name assumes a serif font"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IBEAM

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28A: "57. Paleolithic-era tools"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STONEAXES

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29A: "58. Have spiritual unity (with)"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEONE

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30A: "59. Falsify"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a licensed medical practitioner
• Similar words include: MD, medico, furbish up
• Opposite of: break

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOCTOR

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31A: "61. ___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites)"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SKEETER

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32A: "62. Actress and model Ali ___"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LARTER

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33A: "63. Like some pricing strategies"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having or arranged in tiers
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIERED

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34A: "65. Annual awards whose name is an acronym"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that catch sight of
• Similar words include: espy, spot, descry
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ESPYS

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35A: "66. Affectedly clever"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUTESY

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36A: "67. Allude (to)"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make reference to
• Similar words include: concern, relate, consult
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REFER

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37A: "69. Southwest landform"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BUTTE

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38A: "70. Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Similar words include: prostate specific antigen
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PSA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

39A: "73. Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SILICONVALLEY

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40A: "79. [ha ha!]"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOL

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41A: "82. Reddish-brown color"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
• Similar words include: rust-brown, rust fungus, eat
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RUST

Remember this word for future puzzles!

42A: "84. Ones skilled in governance"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
• Similar words include: technocrat
• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TECHNOCRATS

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43A: "85. Gram"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NANA

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44A: "86. Return analogue"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to come or go into
• Similar words include: enrol, infix, enroll
• Opposite of: drop out, exit

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Answer: ENTER

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45A: "88. "You're one to talk!""

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: THATSRICH

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46A: "89. Mumbo jumbo"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that senseless talk
• Similar words include: stuff and nonsense, stuff, poppycock
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HOOEY

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47A: "90. Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: FORTEPIANO

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48A: "92. Drink order at a sushi restaurant"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: SAKEBOTTLE

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49A: "94. What might have green rooms?"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ECORESORT

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50A: "95. Unlikely sportsmanship award winner"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SORELOSER

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51A: "96. ___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister""

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ROSAMUND

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52A: "97. Quarter-barrel containers of beer"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PONYKEGS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo)	5
2D	2. Fizzle (out)	5
3D	3. Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024	5
4D	4. PINpoints?	4
5D	5. Lead-in to state or Star	3
6D	6. Typically red-coated toy figurines	11
7D	7. Official proclamations	6
8D	8. Try to produce better offspring from	6
9D	9. Bursts	6
10D	10. Feels for	6
11D	11. Sport with crampons and carabiners	11
12D	12. Document that promises secrecy, for short	3
13D	13. Like the climate in Antarctica	4
14D	14. Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say	5
15D	15. Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g.	5
16D	16. Villain	5
17D	18. "No doubt about it!"	6
18D	19. Inscribed	6
19D	21. Mythical creature with scales	6
20D	22. Lost one's temper	6
21D	25. Like some donations that anyone can accept	5
22D	28. Pride celebration	6
23D	29. "That much is obvious"	6
24D	31. Child who refuses to put things away?	10
25D	32. Flag thrower	10
26D	33. Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score	8
27D	36. Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A.	8
28D	37. TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist	7
29D	38. Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria	5
30D	39. Perspectives	6
31D	41. More difficult to eat, as fish	6
32D	42. Tandoors, e.g.	5
33D	43. Lucy ___, African American slave narrator	7
34D	44. Garden pest	5
35D	45. Butterfly, e.g.	6
36D	46. Cheeky flirts	6
37D	47. Sufferer healed by Jesus	5
38D	49. Unit circle ratios	5
39D	50. Like some soils high in organic matter	5
40D	53. Small protestation	4
41D	56. Sociologist's concern	5
42D	58. Eccentric	5
43D	60. Update the equipment in	5
44D	62. Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front	5
45D	64. Erasure	8
46D	66. Person idolized by a niche audience	8
47D	68. Physics Nobelist Feynman	7
48D	69. Covert mission, familiarly	7
49D	70. Be partial to	6
50D	71. Shell competitor	6
51D	72. Daikin Park team	6
52D	74. Gregorian ___	5
53D	75. Aware of	4
54D	76. We, in Portuguese	3
55D	77. Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound	4
56D	78. Teatro alla Scala solos	5
57D	79. Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master"	6
58D	80. Support for the tree pose in yoga	6
59D	81. Strategy against fickle weather	6
60D	83. One more than 5-Down	5
61D	85. Unacceptable	5
62D	87. ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table"	4
63D	89. Hallowed	4
64D	91. Nittany Lions' sch.	3
65D	93. Big ___	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Similar words include: stagecoach, degree, point
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STAGE

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2D: "2. Fizzle (out)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that disciple of jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by catholics as the vicar of christ on earth and first pope
• Similar words include: putz, tool, Saint Peter
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PETER

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3D: "3. Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LSATS

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4D: "4. PINpoints?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Similar words include: atm, asynchronous transfer mode, automated teller machine
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATMS

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5D: "5. Lead-in to state or Star"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TRI

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6D: "6. Typically red-coated toy figurines"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: TINSOLDIERS

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7D: "7. Official proclamations"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a formal or authoritative proclamation
• Similar words include: rescript, edict, decree
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EDICTS

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8D: "8. Try to produce better offspring from"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REMATE

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9D: "9. Bursts"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Similar words include: flock, good deal, sight
• Opposite of: boo

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Answer: SPATES

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10D: "10. Feels for"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
• Similar words include: pathos, commiseration, compassionate
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PITIES

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11D: "11. Sport with crampons and carabiners"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: ICECLIMBING

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12D: "12. Document that promises secrecy, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NDA

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13D: "13. Like the climate in Antarctica"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Similar words include: desiccated, desiccate, waterless
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARID

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14D: "14. Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
• Similar words include: cram, jampack, chock up
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WADES

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15D: "15. Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g."

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EMEET

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16D: "16. Villain"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BADDY

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17D: "18. "No doubt about it!""

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SUREIS

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18D: "19. Inscribed"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make an etching of
• Similar words include: engrave, engraved, graven
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ETCHED

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19D: "21. Mythical creature with scales"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
• Similar words include: Ethel Merman
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MERMAN

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20D: "22. Lost one's temper"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SAWRED

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21D: "25. Like some donations that anyone can accept"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TYPEO

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22D: "28. Pride celebration"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ceremonial procession including people marching
• Similar words include: promenade, troop, march
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PARADE

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23D: "29. "That much is obvious""

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SOISEE

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24D: "31. Child who refuses to put things away?"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: FUSSYEATER

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25D: "32. Flag thrower"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: __________

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Answer: NFLREFEREE

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26D: "33. Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: COMANECI

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27D: "36. Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A."

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a building where livestock are fattened for market
• Similar words include: feedlot
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: FEEDLOTS

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28D: "37. TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MRROBOT

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29D: "38. Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that french writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)
• Similar words include: Albert Camus
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CAMUS

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30D: "39. Perspectives"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a biased way of looking at or presenting something
• Similar words include: angle, lean, slant
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SLANTS

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31D: "41. More difficult to eat, as fish"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
• Similar words include: haggard, cadaverous, emaciated
• Opposite of: boneless

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Answer: BONIER

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32D: "42. Tandoors, e.g."

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
• Similar words include: oven
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OVENS

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33D: "43. Lucy ___, African American slave narrator"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DELANEY

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34D: "44. Garden pest"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various small plant-sucking insects
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: APHID

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35D: "45. Butterfly, e.g."

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
• Similar words include: solidus, virgule, fortuity
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: STROKE

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36D: "46. Cheeky flirts"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
• Similar words include: vamper, prickteaser, flirt
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MINXES

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37D: "47. Sufferer healed by Jesus"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person afflicted with leprosy
• Similar words include: lazar
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LEPER

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38D: "49. Unit circle ratios"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• Similar words include: drop the ball, trespass, goof
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SINES

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39D: "50. Like some soils high in organic matter"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEATY

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40D: "53. Small protestation"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the short weak cry of a young bird
• Similar words include: chirrup, peek, cheep
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PEEP

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41D: "56. Sociologist's concern"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
• Similar words include: Thomas More, More, Sir Thomas More
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MORES

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42D: "58. Eccentric"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• Similar words include: loco, nuts, crackers
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BATTY

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43D: "60. Update the equipment in"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: REFIT

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44D: "62. Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
• Similar words include: lute, luting
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LUTES

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45D: "64. Erasure"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
• Similar words include: excision, omission, cut
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: DELETION

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46D: "66. Person idolized by a niche audience"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: CULTHERO

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47D: "68. Physics Nobelist Feynman"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: RICHARD

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48D: "69. Covert mission, familiarly"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BLACKOP

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49D: "70. Be partial to"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that like better; value more highly
• Similar words include: favor, choose, opt
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PREFER

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50D: "71. Shell competitor"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SUNOCO

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51D: "72. Daikin Park team"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ASTROS

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52D: "74. Gregorian ___"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
• Similar words include: intonate, tone, cantillate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHANT

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53D: "75. Aware of"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ONTO

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54D: "76. We, in Portuguese"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
• Similar words include: no, No, atomic number 102
• Opposite of: yes

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Answer: NOS

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55D: "77. Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) tv programs
• Similar words include: videocassette recorder, VCR
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VCRS

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56D: "78. Teatro alla Scala solos"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Similar words include: aria
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ARIAS

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57D: "79. Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master""

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LAOTSE

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58D: "80. Support for the tree pose in yoga"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ONELEG

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59D: "81. Strategy against fickle weather"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
• Similar words include: level, stratum, layer
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LAYERS

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60D: "83. One more than 5-Down"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: TETRA

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61D: "85. Unacceptable"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOTOK

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62D: "87. ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: REEM

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63D: "89. Hallowed"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sacred place of pilgrimage
• Similar words include: holy place, sanctum
• Opposite of: unholy

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Answer: HOLY

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64D: "91. Nittany Lions' sch."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PSU

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65D: "93. Big ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mountain or tall hill
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BEN

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52 Across Clues

65 Down Clues

117 Total Clues

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