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Thursday, September 5, 2024

NYT 0905 Thur Sep 05, 2024 Crossword Clues with Answers Hints

Across Clues :

1. Domains, 6. Result of a bad investment, 10. Hollywood, with "the", 13. Aptly named novelist Charles, 14. Like the secretary of commerce, in the U.S. presidential line of succession, 15. "To" words, 16. Tried getting on a Jumbotron, say, 18. Unit equivalent to 16.5 feet, 19. Spacecraft name since the 1960s, 20. Fund, as a 401(k), 22. Inverse trig function, 24. Approaching empty, 25. Loud, in a way, 26. The Raptors, on scoreboards, 27. Enjoyed some cozy reading, 30. Natural treatment for insect bites, 32. Aetna alternative, 33. "Easy there, Fido!", 36. Paperless means of entry, 40. Spanish city on the Costa del Sol, 42. High-fat diet, 43. Attacked imaginary enemies, in an idiom, 48. Debtor's letters, 49. Big name in bubbly, 50. "1" for the set {1, 2, 3}, in brief, 51. "Au contraire!", 53. Kids' toy that comes in a can, 55. Like home devices with advanced capabilities, 56. Polite address, 57. Made money dishonestly, 61. What a high-altitude balloon might be mistaken for, 62. What Comic Sans is "sans", 63. Crane lookalike, 64. Corral, 65. Peer group?, 66. Famous '50s flop

Down Clues :

1. Museum of Bad ___ (Boston attraction), 2. Vintage car inits., 3. Swallows one's pride, 4. Arranged temporarily, 5. "Peace", 6. Moon lander acronym, 7. Dinner with minimal cleanup, 8. Scarecrow topper, perhaps, 9. Horse-drawn carriage, 10. Island that's home to most of the world's wild orangutans, 11. "Ditto!", 12. Equine hybrid with striped legs, 14. Looney Tunes nickname, 17. Brink, 21. Where overflow stock might be kept, 22. Slightly, 23. Hershey candy wrapped in gold foil, 24. "The Three-Body Problem" author ___ Cixin, 28. "What do you even need me for?", 29. Singer DiFranco, 31. Ill will, 34. Interdict, 35. Like the Rockefellers, Roosevelts and Rothschilds, 37. Fannies, 38. ___ mess (English dessert), 39. Trumpet, 41. National spirit of England, 43. Excites, 44. "L'chaim!", 45. Annoy over time, 46. The long way there?, 47. Noted facial feature of Einstein, informally, 52. Really put off, 54. Vaccine shot, e.g., 55. Letters on some lotion bottles, 58. Member of the fam, 59. Nail holder, 60. Show commemorating its 50th season in 2024, in brief

Sep 05, 2024 Crossword Clues with Answers Hints
 Sep 05, 2024 Crossword Clues with Answers Hints


Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 05, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Domains. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AREAS

    Possible Answer : surface_area, expanse, area, region, country, arena, orbit, domain, field, sphere


  • The clue is 6. Result of a bad investment. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOSS

    Possible Answer : release, loss, deprivation, personnel_casualty, going, exit, red, departure, passing, expiration, red_ink

    Possible Opposite Answer : gain


  • The clue is 10. Hollywood, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BIZ

    Possible Answer : game, biz


  • The clue is 13. Aptly named novelist Charles. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: READE


  • The clue is 14. Like the secretary of commerce, in the U.S. presidential line of succession. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TENTH

    Possible Answer : 10th, tenth_part, ten_percent, one-tenth, tenth


  • The clue is 15. "To" words. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ODE

    Possible Answer : ode


  • The clue is 16. Tried getting on a Jumbotron, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOTHECAMERA


  • The clue is 18. Unit equivalent to 16.5 feet. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROD

    Possible Answer : pole, retinal_rod, gat, rod, rod_cell, perch


  • The clue is 19. Spacecraft name since the 1960s. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOYUZ


  • The clue is 20. Fund, as a 401(k). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PAYINTO


  • The clue is 22. Inverse trig function. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARCCOS

    Possible Answer : arccosine, inverse_cosine, arccos, arc_cosine


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

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

    The answer: LOW

    Possible Answer : blue, lowly, scummy, Low, dispirited, downcast, down, abject, depleted, moo, broken, miserable, David_Low, gloomy, grim, downhearted, humiliated, low-toned, down_in_the_mouth, crushed, low, low-pitched, small, first, scurvy, Sir_David_Alexander_Cecil_Low, low_gear, depression, low-spirited, humbled, Sir_David_Low, low-down, modest, first_gear, depressed, humble

    Possible Opposite Answer : high


  • The clue is 25. Loud, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEON

    Possible Answer : atomic_number_10, neon, Ne


  • The clue is 26. The Raptors, on scoreboards. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOR

    Possible Answer : tor


  • The clue is 27. Enjoyed some cozy reading. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UPWITHABOOK


  • The clue is 30. Natural treatment for insect bites. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALOE

    Possible Answer : aloe


  • The clue is 32. Aetna alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HUMANA


  • The clue is 33. "Easy there, Fido!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DOWNBOY


  • The clue is 36. Paperless means of entry. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ETICKET


  • The clue is 40. Spanish city on the Costa del Sol. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MALAGA

    Possible Answer : Malaga


  • The clue is 42. High-fat diet. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KETO


  • The clue is 43. Attacked imaginary enemies, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATWINDMILLS


  • The clue is 48. Debtor's letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IOU

    Possible Answer : IOU


  • The clue is 49. Big name in bubbly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MOET


  • The clue is 50. "1" for the set {1, 2, 3}, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MIN

    Possible Answer : min, Min, Fukkianese, Amoy, Hokkianese, Min_dialect, Taiwanese, minute, Fukien


  • The clue is 51. "Au contraire!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ITISNT


  • The clue is 53. Kids' toy that comes in a can. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PLAYDOH


  • The clue is 55. Like home devices with advanced capabilities. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SMART

    Possible Answer : impertinent, smartness, wise, impudent, smart, ache, overbold, saucy, smarting, chic, sassy, fresh, hurt, voguish, bright

    Possible Opposite Answer : stupid


  • The clue is 56. Polite address. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SIR

    Possible Answer : sir, Sir


  • The clue is 57. Made money dishonestly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONESPOCKETS


  • The clue is 61. What a high-altitude balloon might be mistaken for. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UFO

    Possible Answer : flying_saucer, unidentified_flying_object, UFO


  • The clue is 62. What Comic Sans is "sans". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SERIF

    Possible Answer : serif, seriph


  • The clue is 63. Crane lookalike. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HERON

    Possible Answer : Heron, heron, Hero, Hero_of_Alexandria


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

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

    The answer: PEN

    Possible Answer : penitentiary, pen, indite, compose, playpen, write


  • The clue is 65. Peer group?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EYES

    Possible Answer : eyes, middle, optic, eye, center, heart, oculus, eyeball, centre


  • The clue is 66. Famous '50s flop. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EDSEL


Down Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Museum of Bad ___ (Boston attraction). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ART

    Possible Answer: art, artistic_creation, artistic_production, artistry, artwork, fine_art, nontextual_matter, prowess, graphics

  • The clue is 2. Vintage car inits.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REO

  • The clue is 3. Swallows one's pride. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EATSCROW

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

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

    The answer: ADHOC

  • The clue is 5. "Peace". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEEYOU

  • The clue is 6. Moon lander acronym. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LEM

    Possible Answer: lunar_module, LEM, lunar_excursion_module

  • The clue is 7. Dinner with minimal cleanup. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONEPOTMEAL

  • The clue is 8. Scarecrow topper, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STRAWHAT

  • The clue is 9. Horse-drawn carriage. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHAY

    Possible Answer: shay, chaise

  • The clue is 10. Island that's home to most of the world's wild orangutans. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BORNEO

    Possible Answer: Kalimantan, Borneo

  • The clue is 11. "Ditto!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IDOTOO

  • The clue is 12. Equine hybrid with striped legs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ZEDONK

  • The clue is 14. Looney Tunes nickname. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TAZ

  • The clue is 17. Brink. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CUSP

    Possible Answer: leaflet, cusp

  • The clue is 21. Where overflow stock might be kept. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INBACK

  • The clue is 22. Slightly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATAD

  • The clue is 23. Hershey candy wrapped in gold foil. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROLO

  • The clue is 24. "The Three-Body Problem" author ___ Cixin. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LIU

  • The clue is 28. "What do you even need me for?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WHYAMIHERE

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

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

    The answer: ANI

    Possible Answer: ani

  • The clue is 31. Ill will. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENMITY

    Possible Answer: enmity, hostility, ill_will, antagonism

  • The clue is 34. Interdict. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BAN

    Possible Answer: prohibition, cast_out, proscription, Bachelor_of_Arts_in_Nursing, ostracise, forbidding, ban, blackball, ostracize, banning, shun, BAN, banish, censor, forbiddance

  • The clue is 35. Like the Rockefellers, Roosevelts and Rothschilds. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OLDMONEY

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

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

    The answer: KEISTERS

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

  • The clue is 38. ___ mess (English dessert). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ETON

  • The clue is 39. Trumpet. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOUT

    Possible Answer: gasconade, boast, brag, ticket_tout, vaunt, bluster, shoot_a_line, tout, swash, tipster, blow, gas, touter

  • The clue is 41. National spirit of England. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GIN

    Possible Answer: gin_rummy, gin, cotton_gin, noose, snare, knock_rummy

  • The clue is 43. Excites. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMPSUP

  • The clue is 44. "L'chaim!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOLIFE

  • The clue is 45. Annoy over time. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WEARON

  • The clue is 46. The long way there?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LIMO

    Possible Answer: limo, limousine

  • The clue is 47. Noted facial feature of Einstein, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STACHE

  • The clue is 52. Really put off. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IRKED

    Possible Answer: gall, irk

  • The clue is 54. Vaccine shot, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DOSE

    Possible Answer: venereal_infection, sexually_transmitted_disease, loony_toons, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds, Elvis, venereal_disease, Zen, drug, Cupid's_disease, dose, acid, dosage, superman, STD, back_breaker, Venus's_curse, pane, window_pane, battery-acid, social_disease, dot, VD, Cupid's_itch

  • The clue is 55. Letters on some lotion bottles. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPF

    Possible Answer: sun_protection_factor, SPF

  • The clue is 58. Member of the fam. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SIS

    Possible Answer: Systeme_International, International_System_of_Units, sis, ti, SI_unit, silicon, SI, te, Si, sister, SI_system, Systeme_International_d'Unites, si, atomic_number_14, International_System

    Possible Opposite Answer : brother

  • The clue is 59. Nail holder. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOE

    Possible Answer: toe, toenail

  • The clue is 60. Show commemorating its 50th season in 2024, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SNL

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Thursday, August 15, 2024

NYT Thursday, August 15, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

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

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 15, 2024

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

NYT Thursday, August 15, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues and Answers:
Down Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Like the longer route, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SCENIC

    Possible Answer: scenic

  • The clue is 2. Martial art with movements like "Parting the Horse's Mane" and "Grasp Bird's Tail". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TAICHI

    Possible Answer: tai_chi, taichi, t'ai_chi, tai_chi_chuan, taichichuan, t'ai_chi_chuan

  • The clue is 3. One way to get around town. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONFOOT

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

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

    The answer: OAF

    Possible Answer: lout, gawk, clod, stumblebum, oaf, lummox, lump, goon, lubber

  • The clue is 5. Annapolis frosh. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PLEBE

    Possible Answer: plebe, cadet

  • The clue is 6. Persian's realm?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CATDOM

  • The clue is 7. They often clash. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EGOS

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

  • The clue is 8. Forecast word. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOW

    Possible Answer: moo, first_gear, humbled, depressed, low-toned, miserable, downhearted, Low, abject, crushed, Sir_David_Low, scummy, low_gear, low-down, grim, downcast, Sir_David_Alexander_Cecil_Low, gloomy, David_Low, first, humble, small, scurvy, depleted, blue, down, low, low-spirited, depression, low-pitched, humiliated, down_in_the_mouth, broken, modest, dispirited, lowly

    Possible Opposite Answer : high

  • The clue is 9. Poetic palindrome. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERE

  • The clue is 10. She originated the role of Fanny in "Funny Girl". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BARBRA

  • The clue is 11. Like pangolins. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SCALY

    Possible Answer: lepidote, scaly, scaled, leprose, scaley, scurfy, scabrous

  • The clue is 12. Small sofa. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOVESEAT

    Possible Answer: loveseat, vis-a-vis, tete-a-tete, love_seat

  • The clue is 13. Fallopian tube, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OVIDUCT

    Possible Answer: uterine_tube, oviduct, Fallopian_tube

  • The clue is 14. Make one out of two?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WED

    Possible Answer: splice, wedded, wed, hook_up_with, Wed, tie, Midweek, get_married, conjoin, Wednesday, espouse, marry, get_hitched_with

  • The clue is 19. 18th-century French novelist whose name means "the wise man". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LESAGE

  • The clue is 24. Charge for money, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATMFEE

  • The clue is 26. Friends, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEEPS

    Possible Answer: chirrup, peep, peek, chirp, cheep

  • The clue is 27. Major tributary of the Missouri. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PLATTE

    Possible Answer: Platte, Platte_River

  • The clue is 28. Farming prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGRO

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

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

    The answer: BOS

    Possible Answer: genus_Bos, Bos

  • The clue is 32. "Well, shoot!," more colorfully. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AWHELL

  • The clue is 35. Fix. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REMEDY

    Possible Answer: remediation, therapeutic, repair, remedy, amend, rectify, cure, relieve, redress, curative, remediate

  • The clue is 38. Deleted scene, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EXTRA

    Possible Answer: spare, redundant, supererogatory, surplus, additional, spear_carrier, excess, special, superfluous, supernumerary, duplicate, extra

  • The clue is 39. Afro-Caribbean religion. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SANTERIA

  • The clue is 40. Plant in the mint family with healthful seeds. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHIA

  • The clue is 41. Mobile dinner table. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TVTRAY

  • The clue is 42. Banned chemical contaminant, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PCB

  • The clue is 43. Bungle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOUSEUP

  • The clue is 48. One half of the merger that formed Paramount Global. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: VIACOM

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

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

    The answer: SAIDSO

  • The clue is 51. Not remote. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONSITE

  • The clue is 52. Starting position, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INTERN

    Possible Answer: intern, medical_intern, houseman, interne

  • The clue is 53. Ran out. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LAPSED

    Possible Answer: relapse, pass, fall_back, retrogress, sink, glide_by, nonchurchgoing, lapsed, backslide, slide_by, slip_by, elapse, regress, slip_away, go_by, recidivate, go_along, lapse

  • The clue is 55. Rainflies can cover them. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TENTS

    Possible Answer: collapsible_shelter, tent, bivouac, encamp, camp_out, camp

  • The clue is 57. Identifying words from a familiar voice. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ITSME

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

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

    The answer: FUEL

    Possible Answer: fire, fuel

  • The clue is 61. Makes ineligible for competition, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DQS

  • The clue is 63. N.Y.C. luggage tag letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LGA

  • The clue is 64. Defenseman who scored a Stanley Cup-winning "flying goal". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORR

    Possible Answer: Bobby_Orr, Robert_Orr, Orr

  • The clue is 65. ___ Dae-jung, Nobel-winning former president of South Korea. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KIM

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Monday, December 22, 2025

XWordHint Crossword Answers December 22, 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.

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December 22, 2025 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Deep sleeps 5
2A 6. High-speed Amtrak train 5
3A 11. Word with punching or sleeping 3
4A 14. One of a battery's poles 5
5A 15. Older but ___ 5
6A 16. Under the weather 3
7A 17. Saxophone, trumpet, piano and bass, perhaps 11
8A 19. Day-___ paint 3
9A 20. "Garfield" dog 4
10A 21. "It's freezing!" 3
11A 22. Typical "Survivor" locales 5
12A 24. Rapper ___ Uzi Vert 3
13A 25. Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, for two 11
14A 28. Fish that may have an electric charge 3
15A 29. Stammering sounds 3
16A 30. Indignation 7
17A 31. What each U.S. senator represents 5
18A 33. Raggedy ___ 3
19A 34. Breyers competitor 4
20A 35. Some exams allow them 9
21A 39. Cops, slangily 4
22A 42. Rode the bench 3
23A 43. Yoga pose 5
24A 47. Enjoying great success 7
25A 49. What electric cars don't use 3
26A 51. Like a 49-Across gauge that's near "Empty" 3
27A 52. Overly fussy 11
28A 54. Bit of forensic evidence 3
29A 55. Pink ___ (rock band) 5
30A 56. Singer DiFranco 3
31A 57. Bill 4
32A 58. Mideast export 3
33A 59. Cheat ... or a punny hint to the four sets of circled letters 11
34A 63. French "a" 3
35A 64. Hearing-related 5
36A 65. Playwright Chekhov 5
37A 66. Kind of lamp that's energy-efficient 3
38A 67. Easily irritated 5
39A 68. Romeo and Juliet, agewise 5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Deep sleeps"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury
  • Similar words include: coma, comatoseness
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: COMAS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2A: "6. High-speed Amtrak train"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3A: "11. Word with punching or sleeping"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a flexible container with a single opening
  • Similar words include: suitcase, pocketbook, travelling bag
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BAG

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4A: "14. One of a battery's poles"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
  • Opposite of: cathode
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANODE

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5A: "15. Older but ___"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
  • Similar words include: saucy, fresh, impudent
  • Opposite of: foolish
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WISER

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6A: "16. Under the weather"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
  • Similar words include: ailment, poorly, ominous
  • Opposite of: well
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ILL

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7A: "17. Saxophone, trumpet, piano and bass, perhaps"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JAZZQUARTET

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8A: "19. Day-___ paint"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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9A: "20. "Garfield" dog"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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10A: "21. "It's freezing!""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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11A: "22. Typical "Survivor" locales"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small island
  • Similar words include: isle, islet
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ISLES

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12A: "24. Rapper ___ Uzi Vert"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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13A: "25. Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, for two"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JEDIMASTERS

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14A: "28. Fish that may have an electric charge"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EEL

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15A: "29. Stammering sounds"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
  • Similar words include: emergency room, ER, erbium
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ERS

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16A: "30. Indignation"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a feeling of righteous anger
  • Similar words include: scandalise, appal, desecrate
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OUTRAGE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

17A: "31. What each U.S. senator represents"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
  • Similar words include: land, say, nation
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STATE

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18A: "33. Raggedy ___"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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19A: "34. Breyers competitor"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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20A: "35. Some exams allow them"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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21A: "39. Cops, slangily"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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22A: "42. Rode the bench"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
  • Similar words include: sit around, seat, pose
  • Opposite of: stand, arise
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SAT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

23A: "43. Yoga pose"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASANA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

24A: "47. Enjoying great success"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

25A: "49. What electric cars don't use"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

26A: "51. Like a 49-Across gauge that's near "Empty""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
  • Similar words include: miserable, lowly, downhearted
  • Opposite of: high
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LOW

Remember this word for future puzzles!

27A: "52. Overly fussy"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; -laurent le sage
  • Similar words include: snot-nosed, bigheaded, pernickety
  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PERSNICKETY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

28A: "54. Bit of forensic evidence"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of 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
  • Similar words include: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DNA

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29A: "55. Pink ___ (rock band)"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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30A: "56. Singer DiFranco"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that black tropical american cuckoo
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANI

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31A: "57. Bill"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
  • Similar words include: pecker, snoot, nib
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BEAK

Remember this word for future puzzles!

32A: "58. Mideast export"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
  • Similar words include: anele, crude, fossil oil
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OIL

Remember this word for future puzzles!

33A: "59. Cheat ... or a punny hint to the four sets of circled letters"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SHORTCHANGE

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34A: "63. French "a""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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35A: "64. Hearing-related"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AURAL

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36A: "65. Playwright Chekhov"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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37A: "66. Kind of lamp that's energy-efficient"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
  • Similar words include: light-emitting diode, leave, top
  • Opposite of: follow
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

38A: "67. Easily irritated"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that easily irritated or annoyed
  • Similar words include: cranky, tetchy, irritable
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TESTY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

39A: "68. Romeo and Juliet, agewise"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
  • Similar words include: adolescent, teenager, stripling
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TEENS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Persuades with flattery 7
2D 2. Doing keto, perhaps 7
3D 3. Creator of Firefox and Thunderbird 7
4D 4. Woodworking tool 4
5D 5. Orderly arrangement: Abbr. 3
6D 6. Oscars and Grammys, e.g. 6
7D 7. Wispy clouds 5
8D 8. Approx. 3
9D 9. Harper ___, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" 3
10D 10. Monet or Manet 6
11D 11. Don't blow it! 7
12D 12. Reaction to pollen, e.g. 7
13D 13. Shiny coatings 7
14D 18. Lyft competitor 4
15D 23. Heart attack risk factor 6
16D 25. Cherokee maker 4
17D 26. "The kissing disease" 4
18D 27. Em, to Dorothy 4
19D 32. Foot, in baby talk 6
20D 33. Word after fire or carpenter 3
21D 36. Actor Morales 4
22D 37. Drug agent, informally 4
23D 38. "No sweat!" 4
24D 39. Ball batted up and behind the catcher, say 7
25D 40. Length of a pithy joke 7
26D 41. Released from jail early 7
27D 44. Pasta preference 7
28D 45. Nine-sided figure 7
29D 46. Stirs from sleep 7
30D 48. Is over by 6
31D 49. With a light touch 6
32D 50. Suffix with problem 4
33D 53. Gold standard 5
34D 57. Scourge 4
35D 60. Shade of color 3
36D 61. Surgery sites, in brief 3
37D 62. Beanie or bowler 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Persuades with flattery"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  • Similar words include: inveigle, palaver, blarney
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CAJOLES

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2D: "2. Doing keto, perhaps"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3D: "3. Creator of Firefox and Thunderbird"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4D: "4. Woodworking tool"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
  • Similar words include: adz
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADZE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

5D: "5. Orderly arrangement: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6D: "6. Oscars and Grammys, e.g."

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a grant made by a law court
  • Similar words include: prize, honour, award
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AWARDS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

7D: "7. Wispy clouds"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that usually coiled
  • Similar words include: cirrus, cirrus cloud, cirrhus
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CIRRI

Remember this word for future puzzles!

8D: "8. Approx."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
  • Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EST

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9D: "9. Harper ___, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
  • Similar words include: Gypsy Rose Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Henry Lee
  • Opposite of: windward
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LEE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10D: "10. Monet or Manet"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
  • Similar words include: creative person
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARTIST

Remember this word for future puzzles!

11D: "11. Don't blow it!"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

12D: "12. Reaction to pollen, e.g."

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity
  • Similar words include: allergic reaction
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALLERGY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

13D: "13. Shiny coatings"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
  • Similar words include: color, colour, polish
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GLOSSES

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14D: "18. Lyft competitor"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

15D: "23. Heart attack risk factor"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
  • Similar words include: tension, accentuate, strain
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STRESS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

16D: "25. Cherokee maker"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
  • Similar words include: landrover
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JEEP

Remember this word for future puzzles!

17D: "26. "The kissing disease""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
  • Similar words include: glandular fever, monophonic, infectious mononucleosis
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MONO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

18D: "27. Em, to Dorothy"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
  • Similar words include: auntie, aunty
  • Opposite of: uncle
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AUNT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

19D: "32. Foot, in baby talk"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

20D: "33. Word after fire or carpenter"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  • Similar words include: emmet, pismire
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANT

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21D: "36. Actor Morales"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

22D: "37. Drug agent, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
  • Similar words include: narcotics agent, nark
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NARC

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23D: "38. "No sweat!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
  • Similar words include: well-situated, promiscuous, slowly
  • Opposite of: difficult, quickly
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EASY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

24D: "39. Ball batted up and behind the catcher, say"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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25D: "40. Length of a pithy joke"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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26D: "41. Released from jail early"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that release a criminal from detention and place him on parole
  • Similar words include: parole
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PAROLED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

27D: "44. Pasta preference"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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28D: "45. Nine-sided figure"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a nine-sided polygon
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NONAGON

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29D: "46. Stirs from sleep"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause to become awake or conscious
  • Similar words include: awake, rouse, wake up
  • Opposite of: cause to sleep, fall asleep
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AWAKENS

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30D: "48. Is over by"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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31D: "49. With a light touch"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that in a gradual manner
  • Similar words include: mildly, lightly, softly
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GENTLY

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32D: "50. Suffix with problem"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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33D: "53. Gold standard"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
  • Similar words include: kt, carat
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KARAT

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34D: "57. Scourge"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something causing misery or death
  • Similar words include: nemesis, scourge, curse
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BANE

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35D: "60. Shade of color"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
  • Similar words include: chromaticity, imbue
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HUE

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36D: "61. Surgery sites, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
  • Similar words include: Oregon, operating theatre, operating theater
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ORS

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37D: "62. Beanie or bowler"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
  • Similar words include: chapeau, lid
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HAT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

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

Decode the Clues

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

Use Cross-References

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

Build Vocabulary

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

Today's Puzzle Stats

39 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
76 Total Clues

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