December 14, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, December 14, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

December 14, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Swedish group that once comprised two married couples	4
2A	5. With skill	4
3A	9. Opening to be filled	3
4A	12. Sagan who hosted TV's "Cosmos"	4
5A	13. Like calamari ... or overloaded circuitry	5
6A	15. Catches, as a crook	4
7A	16. Game with Mrs. White and Professor Plum	4
8A	17. Kendrick with 13 Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize	5
9A	18. "The Little Rascals" assent	4
10A	19. Model/TV host on a record five Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers	14
11A	22. Envision	3
12A	23. Top card	3
13A	24. Skeeves (out)	6
14A	26. Spirited horse	5
15A	28. "Grey's Anatomy" actress	8
16A	30. Snitch (on)	3
17A	32. Rink surface	3
18A	33. It has a double helix	3
19A	34. "Full Frontal" host	11
20A	38. Dem.'s counterpart	3
21A	40. Prefix with -phyte or -lithic	3
22A	41. Down Under hopper, informally	3
23A	42. North Carolina senator who unseated Elizabeth Dole	8
24A	45. Kind of tea from India	5
25A	49. Highly decorative	6
26A	50. Parts of the body that are "crunched"	3
27A	52. Blue, e.g. ... or a rhyme for "blue"	3
28A	53. Female scholars ... or a hint to 19-, 28-, 34- and 42-Across	14
29A	57. Cher or Adele	4
30A	58. Storehouse of valuables	5
31A	59. "Pick me, pick me!"	4
32A	60. Like, for-EV-er	4
33A	61. See 64-Across	5
34A	62. ___ mortals	4
35A	63. Fashion monogram	3
36A	64. With 61-Across, like some typefaces	4
37A	65. Small wire nail	4

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. Swedish group that once comprised two married couples"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: ABBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. With skill"

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 with competence; in a competent capable manner
• Words that mean the same thing: competently, capably, aptly
• The opposite would be: incompetently
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Opening to be filled"

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 conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
• Words that mean the same thing: break, disruption, breach
• 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: GAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Sagan who hosted TV's "Cosmos""

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: CARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Like calamari ... or overloaded circuitry"

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 be excessively hot
• Words that mean the same thing: electrocute, deep-fried, fry
• 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: FRIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Catches, as a crook"

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 tag the base runner to get him out
• Words that mean the same thing: collar, cop, nail
• 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: NABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Game with Mrs. White and Professor Plum"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a slight indication
• Words that mean the same thing: cue, hint, clew
• 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: CLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Kendrick with 13 Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: LAMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. "The Little Rascals" assent"

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: OTAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Model/TV host on a record five Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert 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: ELLEMACPHERSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Envision"

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 the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: fancy, run across, examine
• 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: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Top card"

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 the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: breeze through, angiotensin converting enzyme, whiz
• 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: ACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Skeeves (out)"

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 fate personified; any one of the three weird sisters
• Words that mean the same thing: Weird, Wyrd
• 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: WEIRDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Spirited horse"

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 (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
• 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: STEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. "Grey's Anatomy" actress"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard 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: SANDRAOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Snitch (on)"

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 any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Words that mean the same thing: dirty dog, fink, grass
• 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: RAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Rink surface"

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 water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: sparkler, ice rink, glass
• 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: ICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. It has a double helix"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• 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: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. "Full Frontal" host"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: SAMANTHABEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Dem.'s counterpart"

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• 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: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Prefix with -phyte or -lithic"

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 (used as a combining form) recent or new
• 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: NEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Down Under hopper, informally"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. North Carolina senator who unseated Elizabeth Dole"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: KAYHAGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Kind of tea from India"

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 state in northeastern india
• 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: ASSAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Highly decorative"

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 marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; ; -john milton
• Words that mean the same thing: flowery
• 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: ORNATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Parts of the body that are "crunched""

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 any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
• Words that mean the same thing: Ab, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, BA
• 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: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Blue, e.g. ... or a rhyme for "blue""

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 the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
• Words that mean the same thing: chromaticity, imbue
• 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: HUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Female scholars ... or a hint to 19-, 28-, 34- and 42-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: WOMENOFLETTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Cher or Adele"

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 distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
• Words that mean the same thing: prima donna
• 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: DIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Storehouse of valuables"

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 treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth)
• Words that mean the same thing: treasure trove
• 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: TROVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. "Pick me, pick me!""

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: OHOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Like, for-EV-er"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: age, geezerhood, years
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. See 64-Across"

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 short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
• Words that mean the same thing: seriph
• 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: SERIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. ___ mortals"

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 small pond of standing water
• Words that mean the same thing: simple, bare
• 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: MERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Fashion monogram"

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: YSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. With 61-Across, like some typefaces"

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: SANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Small wire nail"

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 small nail
• 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: BRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

December 14, 2020 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Means of entering	6
2D	2. "Swan Lake," for one	6
3D	3. Crème ___ (dessert)	6
4D	4. Downwind, at sea	4
5D	5. Company with a spokesduck	5
6D	6. Aid for a twisted knee or ankle	5
7D	7. Result of a twisted ankle	4
8D	8. Opposite of nah	4
9D	9. Beverage with a lightning bolt in its logo	8
10D	10. Leave in the lurch	7
11D	11. "Gangnam Style" rapper	3
12D	14. Got close	8
13D	15. Negative reply to a general	5
14D	20. ___ President	5
15D	21. G.O.P. color on an election map	3
16D	25. ___ Na Na	3
17D	27. 1970s measure that fell three states short of passing, in brief	3
18D	28. Not publish yet, as a scoop	5
19D	29. German's "Alas!"	3
20D	31. Completely different lines of thought	8
21D	34. Typical John le Carré work	8
22D	35. Unionized teachers' grp.	3
23D	36. Brag	5
24D	37. Greek goddess of the dawn	3
25D	38. Studio behind "It's a Wonderful Life"	3
26D	39. Pincered insects	7
27D	43. Gaza Strip governing group	5
28D	44. Devoured	3
29D	46. Common pronoun pairing	6
30D	47. Roman goddess of the dawn	6
31D	48. Intertwined	6
32D	50. Choreographer Ailey	5
33D	51. Fortifies, with "up"	5
34D	54. Metal deposits	4
35D	55. Places to hold discussions	4
36D	56. Dead zone?	4
37D	57. Temp's work unit	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. Means of entering"

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 the right to enter
• Words that mean the same thing: access code, get at, approach
• 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: ACCESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Swan Lake," for one"

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 theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
• Words that mean the same thing: concert dance
• 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: BALLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Crème ___ (dessert)"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: BRULEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Downwind, at sea"

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 on or toward the lee
• 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: ALEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Company with a spokesduck"

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: AFLAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Aid for a twisted knee or ankle"

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 support that steadies or strengthens something else
• Words that mean the same thing: span, duad, couple
• The opposite would be: sedate, de-energize
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Result of a twisted ankle"

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 uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
• Words that mean the same thing: hobble, wilted, gimp
• 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: LIMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Opposite of nah"

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 not only so, but
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• 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: YEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Beverage with a lightning bolt in its logo"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

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: GATORADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Leave in the lurch"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
• Words that mean the same thing: vacate, forsake, give up
• 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: ABANDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Gangnam Style" rapper"

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: PSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "14. Got close"

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: DREWNEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Negative reply to a general"

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

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: NOSIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. ___ President"

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 woman of refinement
• Words that mean the same thing: ma'am, brothel keeper, dame
• 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: MADAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. G.O.P. color on an election map"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: cherry, bolshie, redness
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. ___ Na Na"

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: SHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. 1970s measure that fell three states short of passing, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: geological era, epoch, earned run average
• 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: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Not publish yet, as a scoop"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: SITON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. German's "Alas!""

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: ACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Completely different lines of thought"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
• Words that mean the same thing: tan, tangent
• 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: TANGENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Typical John le Carré work"

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: SPYNOVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Unionized teachers' grp."

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: NEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Brag"

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 speaking of yourself in superlatives
• Words that mean the same thing: blow, shoot a line, gasconade
• 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: BOAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Greek goddess of the dawn"

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 (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• 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: EOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Studio behind "It's a Wonderful Life""

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: RKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Pincered insects"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous insects of the order dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen
• Words that mean the same thing: earwig
• 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: EARWIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Gaza Strip governing group"

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 militant islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an islamic state in place of israel; is opposed to the plo and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in israel; pioneered suicide bombing
• Words that mean the same thing: Islamic Resistance Movement
• 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: HAMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Devoured"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: eat on, deplete, rust
• 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: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Common pronoun pairing"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SHEHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Roman goddess of the dawn"

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 the first light of day
• Words that mean the same thing: sunrise, morning, sunup
• The opposite would be: sunset
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Intertwined"

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 the holy city of shiite muslims; located in northeastern iran
• Words that mean the same thing: lock, enmesh, engage
• The opposite would be: disengage
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Choreographer Ailey"

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: ALVIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Fortifies, with "up""

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 cattle that are reared for their meat
• Words that mean the same thing: beef, grouse, bellyache
• 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: BEEFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Metal deposits"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Words that mean the same thing: ore
• 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: ORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Places to hold discussions"

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 public meeting or assembly for open discussion
• Words that mean the same thing: meeting place, forum, assembly
• 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: FORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Dead zone?"

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 place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
• Words that mean the same thing: grave
• 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: TOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Temp's work unit"

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 time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
• Words that mean the same thing: Clarence Day, twenty-four hour period, daylight
• The opposite would be: night
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	62.2%
Short Answer	21	28.4%
Sports	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

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January 31, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Table of Contents

• Across Clues
• Down Clues
• Puzzle Statistics

Master the Across: NYT Crossword Hints for January 31, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Said "I do"	3
2A	4. Second chance in court	6
3A	10. Chinese gelatin	4
4A	14. Rocks at the bar	3
5A	15. Auto's "face"	6
6A	16. Tempo	4
7A	17. Start of a quip	15
8A	20. It springs eternal	4
9A	21. Born, to Fifi	3
10A	22. Drive forward	5
11A	23. Convened	3
12A	25. Wool producer	3
13A	26. More of the quip	13
14A	33. Kitchen utensil	5
15A	34. Abnormal breathing sounds	5
16A	35. Mate of 25 Across	3
17A	37. Exhort	4
18A	38. Lincoln's logs?	5
19A	39. Rani's garb	4
20A	40. English heat measure: Abbr.	3
21A	41. Mysterious biblical word	5
22A	42. Was skittish	5
23A	43. More of the quip	13
24A	46. Cries of surprise	3
25A	47. Far along in years	3
26A	48. "Topless towers" city	5
27A	51. Blemish	3
28A	53. Gumbo	4
29A	57. End of the quip	15
30A	61. Cleaving tool	4
31A	62. Narrated again	6
32A	63. Okla. city	3
33A	64. Yearnings	4
34A	65. Saves Dad the nuptial costs	6
35A	66. "I am ___ a crook": Nixon	3

Across Clues - Detailed Hints and Explanations

1A: "1. Said "I do"" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Similar words include: get married, wedded, marry
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WED

2A: "4. Second chance in court" (6 letters)

• Think of something that earnest or urgent request
• Similar words include: charm, prayer, entreaty
• Opposite of: repel
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APPEAL

3A: "10. Chinese gelatin" (4 letters)

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

  Answer: AGAR

4A: "14. Rocks at the bar" (3 letters)

• Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
• Similar words include: internal-combustion engine, Methedrine, icing
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ICE

5A: "15. Auto's "face"" (6 letters)

• Think of something that small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
• Similar words include: radiator grille, lattice, grillwork
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GRILLE

6A: "16. Tempo" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• Similar words include: step, yard, tempo
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PACE

7A: "17. Start of a quip" (15 letters)

• Pattern: _______________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SHELOOKSLIKESHE

8A: "20. It springs eternal" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a specific instance of feeling hopeful
• Similar words include: Leslie Townes Hope, trust, go for
• Opposite of: despair
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HOPE

9A: "21. Born, to Fifi" (3 letters)

• Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NEE

10A: "22. Drive forward" (5 letters)

• Think of something that urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
• Similar words include: force, propel
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IMPEL

11A: "23. Convened" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Similar words include: posture, pose, Saturday
• Opposite of: stand, arise
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SAT

12A: "25. Wool producer" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EWE

13A: "26. More of the quip" (13 letters)

• Pattern: _____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WASPOUREDINTO

14A: "33. Kitchen utensil" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a device for removing the core from apples
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CORER

15A: "34. Abnormal breathing sounds" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
• Similar words include: rattle, rale, rattling
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RALES

16A: "35. Mate of 25 Across" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Similar words include: force, jampack, cram
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RAM

17A: "37. Exhort" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an instinctive motive
• Similar words include: urge on, pep up, inspire
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: URGE

18A: "38. Lincoln's logs?" (5 letters)

• Think of something that small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CABIN

19A: "39. Rani's garb" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
• Similar words include: saree
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SARI

20A: "40. English heat measure: Abbr." (3 letters)

• Think of something that a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
• Similar words include: British thermal unit, B.Th.U.
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: BTU

21A: "41. Mysterious biblical word" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SELAH

22A: "42. Was skittish" (5 letters)

• Think of something that start suddenly, as from fright
• Similar words include: shy
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SHIED

23A: "43. More of the quip" (13 letters)

• Pattern: _____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HERCOSTUMEAND

24A: "46. Cries of surprise" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
• Similar words include: OH, Ohio, Buckeye State
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OHS

25A: "47. Far along in years" (3 letters)

• Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Similar words include: erstwhile, sure-enough, one-time
• Opposite of: new, young
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OLD

26A: "48. "Topless towers" city" (5 letters)

• Think of something that an ancient city in asia minor that was the site of the trojan war
• Similar words include: Ilion, Troy
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ILIUM

27A: "51. Blemish" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the month following february and preceding april
• Similar words include: blemish, mutilate, March
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MAR

28A: "53. Gumbo" (4 letters)

• Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Similar words include: lady's-finger, okra plant, Hibiscus esculentus
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OKRA

29A: "57. End of the quip" (15 letters)

• Pattern: _______________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FORGOTTOSAYWHEN

30A: "61. Cleaving tool" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FROE

31A: "62. Narrated again" (6 letters)

• Think of something that render verbally,
• Similar words include: reiterate, restate, fictionalise
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RETOLD

32A: "63. Okla. city" (3 letters)

• Think of something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Similar words include: adenosine deaminase
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ADA

33A: "64. Yearnings" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
• Similar words include: yen, hankering, yearn
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YENS

34A: "65. Saves Dad the nuptial costs" (6 letters)

• Think of something that run away secretly with one's beloved
• Similar words include: elope, run off
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELOPES

35A: "66. "I am ___ a crook": Nixon" (3 letters)

• Think of something that negation of a word or group of words
• Similar words include: non
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NOT

Solve the Down: NYT Crossword Help for January 31, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "When You ___ Upon a Star"	4
2D	2. Repeat	4
3D	3. Area in an ocean floor	4
4D	4. Past	3
5D	5. ASAP	6
6D	6. Toll road	4
7D	7. Other	4
8D	8. Entirety	3
9D	9. Island necklace	3
10D	10. Missing links?	6
11D	11. Pant	4
12D	12. Long	4
13D	13. Walk erratically	4
14D	18. Rent payer	6
15D	19. New Zealanders, informally	5
16D	24. Spring mo.	3
17D	25. Garden spot	4
18D	26. Fort ___, Tex.	5
19D	27. Debate	5
20D	28. Russian mountains	5
21D	29. Morocco's capital	5
22D	30. Nobel Peace Prize winner Root	5
23D	31. Orient Express, e.g.	5
24D	32. Like a galley	5
25D	33. Den denizen	3
26D	36. "___ pleasures and palaces ... "	3
27D	38. Company V.I.P.'s	4
28D	39. What Peter Pan lost	6
29D	41. Jerk	5
30D	42. This goes with poivre	3
31D	44. Reddens the cheeks	6
32D	45. Esprit de corps	6
33D	48. Uncertain: Slang	4
34D	49. Body of knowledge	4
35D	50. Something to pump	4
36D	51. Fictional sleuth	4
37D	52. Soaking wet	4
38D	54. Asian title of respect	4
39D	55. Freshen the décor	4
40D	56. Premed course	4
41D	58. Three, in Torino	3
42D	59. ___ Aviv	3
43D	60. Material measures: Abbr.	3

Down Clues - Comprehensive Solutions and Tips

1D: "1. "When You ___ Upon a Star"" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a specific feeling of desire
• Similar words include: like, compliments, regard
• Opposite of: begrudge
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WISH

2D: "2. Repeat" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Similar words include: reverberation, replication, resound
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ECHO

3D: "3. Area in an ocean floor" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the central and most intense or profound part
• Similar words include: deeply, late, mysterious
• Opposite of: shallow
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DEEP

4D: "4. Past" (3 letters)

• Think of something that gone by; or in the past
• Similar words include: agone
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AGO

5D: "5. ASAP" (6 letters)

• Think of something that in a punctual manner
• Similar words include: readily, promptly
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PRONTO

6D: "6. Toll road" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
• Similar words include: superhighway, state highway, thruway
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PIKE

7D: "7. Other" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELSE

8D: "8. Entirety" (3 letters)

• Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Similar words include: completely, entirely, wholly
• Opposite of: partly, some
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ALL

9D: "9. Island necklace" (3 letters)

• Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Similar words include: coronal, chaplet, garland
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LEI

10D: "10. Missing links?" (6 letters)

• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APEMEN

11D: "11. Pant" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
• Similar words include: heave, puff, pant
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GASP

12D: "12. Long" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Similar words include: aching, yen, suffer
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ACHE

13D: "13. Walk erratically" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
• Similar words include: bobbin, spin around, spool
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: REEL

14D: "18. Rent payer" (6 letters)

• Think of something that a tenant who holds a lease
• Similar words include: leaseholder
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LESSEE

15D: "19. New Zealanders, informally" (5 letters)

• Think of something that climbing vine native to china; cultivated in new zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
• Similar words include: apteryx, kiwi vine, Kiwi
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: KIWIS

16D: "24. Spring mo." (3 letters)

• Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
• Similar words include: April
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APR

17D: "25. Garden spot" (4 letters)

• Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Similar words include: promised land, paradise, Shangri-la
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EDEN

18D: "26. Fort ___, Tex." (5 letters)

• Think of something that an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
• Similar words include: deserving, Charles Frederick Worth
• Opposite of: worthlessness
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WORTH

19D: "27. Debate" (5 letters)

• Think of something that present reasons and arguments
• Similar words include: fence, debate, reason
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ARGUE

20D: "28. Russian mountains" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a mountain range in western russia extending from the arctic to the caspian sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between europe and asia
• Similar words include: Ural Mountains
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: URALS

21D: "29. Morocco's capital" (5 letters)

• Think of something that the capital of morocco; located in the northwestern on the atlantic coast
• Similar words include: capital of Morocco
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RABAT

22D: "30. Nobel Peace Prize winner Root" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELIHU

23D: "31. Orient Express, e.g." (5 letters)

• Think of something that public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
• Similar words include: civilize, caravan, groom
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TRAIN

24D: "32. Like a galley" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OARED

25D: "33. Den denizen" (3 letters)

• Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
• Similar words include: sonny, greenhorn, laddie
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CUB

26D: "36. "___ pleasures and palaces ... "" (3 letters)

• Think of something that used in combination to denote the middle
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MID

27D: "38. Company V.I.P.'s" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Similar words include: chief operating officer, CEO, chief executive officer
• Pattern: ____
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  Answer: CEOS

28D: "39. What Peter Pan lost" (6 letters)

• Think of something that shade within clear boundaries
• Similar words include: shade, apparition, phantasma
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SHADOW

29D: "41. Jerk" (5 letters)

• Think of something that (yiddish) a jerk
• Similar words include: schmuck, shmo, shmuck
• Pattern: _____
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  Answer: SCHMO

30D: "42. This goes with poivre" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SEL

31D: "44. Reddens the cheeks" (6 letters)

• Think of something that makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
• Similar words include: rouge, paint, blusher
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ROUGES

32D: "45. Esprit de corps" (6 letters)

• Think of something that a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
• Similar words include: esprit de corps, team spirit
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MORALE

33D: "48. Uncertain: Slang" (4 letters)

• Think of something that subject to accident or chance or change
• Similar words include: flukey, fluky, chancy
• Pattern: ____
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  Answer: IFFY

34D: "49. Body of knowledge" (4 letters)

• Think of something that knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
• Similar words include: traditional knowledge
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LORE

35D: "50. Something to pump" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• Similar words include: branding iron, Fe, smoothing iron
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IRON

36D: "51. Fictional sleuth" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MOTO

37D: "52. Soaking wet" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ASOP

38D: "54. Asian title of respect" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a title given to rulers or other important people in asian countries
• Similar words include: caravanserai, caravan inn, caravansary
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: KHAN

39D: "55. Freshen the décor" (4 letters)

• Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
• Similar words include: refashion, remodel, remake
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: REDO

40D: "56. Premed course" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ANAT

41D: "58. Three, in Torino" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TRE

42D: "59. ___ Aviv" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TEL

43D: "60. Material measures: Abbr." (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YDS

Puzzle Statistics

Category	Count
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	78

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Last Updated: August 24, 2025 at 07:06 AM