XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 24, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 24 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Dunham of "Girls"
Clue #2: 5. Snowman in "Frozen"
Clue #3: 9. Petty quarrel
Antonyms: boo
Clue #4: 13. "I need this today!"
Clue #5: 14. ___ McEntire a.k.a. "The Queen of Country"
Clue #6: 15. Cockamamie
Clue #7: 16. ___ a ___ (how two foes confront each other)
Clue #8: 17. A couple of places to secure boats ... or a logical contradiction?
Clue #9: 19. Muff
Clue #10: 21. Thing to be clicked in a "Click It or Ticket" campaign
Clue #11: 22. 1917, 1984, 2001 and others
Clue #12: 24. Pop star ___ Lipa
Clue #13: 25. Spanish king
Clue #14: 26. A couple of sets of game cubes ... or heaven?
Clue #15: 29. Some Hollywood tech
Clue #16: 31. State west of Mont.
Clue #17: 32. Infuriate
Clue #18: 34. Surrounded by
Clue #19: 38. Sights at truck stops
Clue #20: 40. "What's the ___?"
Clue #21: 41. Ouzo flavoring
Clue #22: 42. Big wine holder
Clue #23: 43. Nirvana's "___ Like Teen Spirit"
Clue #24: 45. Still in the wrapper, say
Antonyms: old, worn
Clue #25: 46. "Yadda, yadda, yadda"
Clue #26: 48. A couple of fibs ... or incapacitate?
Clue #27: 50. Sarcastic laugh syllable
Clue #28: 53. Alley ___
Clue #29: 55. Rhyming partner of "wheels"
Clue #30: 56. Regular at the Met, maybe
Clue #31: 59. Violent troublemaker
Clue #32: 62. A couple of melees ... or put into new, simpler words without changing the meaning?
Clue #33: 64. Cry upon stubbing one's toe, maybe
Clue #34: 65. ___ mignon
Clue #35: 66. Neighborhood
Clue #36: 67. 1/8 fluid ounce
Clue #37: 68. Charity
Clue #38: 69. Sing like Ella Fitzgerald
Clue #39: 70. Figs. for which you often give just the last four digits
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Epitome of docility
Clue #2: 2. Biblical birthright seller
Clue #3: 3. Surveillance systems installed by parents
Clue #4: 4. Pinnacle
Antonyms: perigee
Clue #5: 5. Patronize DoorDash, say
Clue #6: 6. Actor DiCaprio, in the tabloids
Clue #7: 7. Basics
Clue #8: 8. Produced by A.I., say, as photos
Clue #9: 9. Nose-in-the-air sort
Clue #10: 10. Indiana basketballer
Clue #11: 11. Body part that may be twisted
Clue #12: 12. Irritable
Clue #13: 15. Canine collar attachment
Clue #14: 18. Worcestershire ___
Clue #15: 20. Takes on cargo
Clue #16: 23. Rugby pile
Clue #17: 26. The "D" of CD
Clue #18: 27. "Hey, what's the big ___?"
Clue #19: 28. Painter's support
Clue #20: 30. Scottish form of "John"
Clue #21: 33. Very cold
Clue #22: 35. Preachers
Clue #23: 36. "Gotcha"
Clue #24: 37. Morning condensations
Clue #25: 39. "I Like ___" (1950s campaign slogan)
Clue #26: 41. Very, in music
Clue #27: 43. React to a ridiculous suggestion, maybe
Clue #28: 44. Eyes in a sleazy way
Clue #29: 47. Raise a glass to
Clue #30: 49. London-based insurance giant
Clue #31: 50. Teamster Jimmy
Clue #32: 51. T.S. Eliot's (and the I.R.S.'s) "cruellest month"
Clue #33: 52. Royal domain
Clue #34: 54. Law firm aides, informally … or a hint to 17-, 26-. 48- and 62-Across
Clue #35: 57. Some whiskeys
Clue #36: 58. Drug cop
Clue #37: 60. Verve
Clue #38: 61. Tachometers measure them, in brief
Clue #39: 63. Word said in passing?
Antonyms: nay
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
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Today Crossword puzzle - July 26, 2024
Today Crossword puzzle hints - July 26, 2024
Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle:
Break down the NYT Crosswords: July 26, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues and Answers:
- 1. Letters of coverage - Show Answer
SPF
(3 letters)
Synonyms: sun_protection_factor, SPF
- 4. Roadside buildup on a warm winter day - Show Answer
SLUSH
(5 letters)
Synonyms: splosh, slush_around, slush, slosh_around, splash, slosh
- 9. They're often around two feet - Show Answer
SOCKS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: whap, air_sock, drogue, whop, windsock, bonk, bop, bash, wind_sock, wind_sleeve, air-sleeve, sock, wind_cone
- 14. Metonym for attention - Show Answer
EAR
(3 letters)
Synonyms: spike, capitulum, auricle, pinna, ear
- 15. Spotted - Show Answer
PINTO
(5 letters)
Synonyms: pinto
- 16. Lost intentionally - Show Answer
THREW
(5 letters)
Synonyms: shake_off, contrive, bedevil, confuse, throw_off, cast, have, throw, hold, make, bewilder, flip, drop, switch, confound, fox, fuddle, cast_off, hurl, befuddle, bemuse, thrust, discombobulate, give, throw_away, project, shed
- 17. Phase - Show Answer
ERA
(3 letters)
Synonyms: geological_era, ERA, epoch, earned_run_average, era
- 18. Departure announcement - Show Answer
IMOUTTAHERE
(11 letters)
- 20. Samurai's sword - Show Answer
KATANA
(6 letters)
- 22. French buns - Show Answer
DERRIERE
(8 letters)
Synonyms: stern, ass, fundament, rear, nates, butt, tail_end, seat, rear_end, buns, derriere, tail, hindquarters, arse, tush, posterior, rump, backside, bum, keister, tooshie, fanny, can, prat, bottom, buttocks, hind_end, behind
- 23. Garment for a vaquero - Show Answer
SERAPE
(6 letters)
Synonyms: serape, sarape
- 25. First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county - Show Answer
LOS
(3 letters)
- 26. Center of a 63-Across - Show Answer
PIT
(3 letters)
Synonyms: fossa, cavity, stone_pit, Inferno, pit, mark, pock, scar, play_off, quarry, endocarp, perdition, stone, colliery, Hell, oppose, pitfall, orchestra_pit, match, nether_region, infernal_region
Antonyms: Heaven
- 27. Melville character with the mantra "I would prefer not to" - Show Answer
BARTLEBY
(8 letters)
- 29. Up to - Show Answer
TIL
(3 letters)
- 31. Pitchfork part - Show Answer
TINE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: tine
- 32. Bush bounders - Show Answer
ROOS
(4 letters)
- 34. "Shoo!" - Show Answer
GIT
(3 letters)
Synonyms: git, stinker, dirty_dog, crumb, rotter, rat, lowlife, bum, skunk, puke, so-and-so, stinkpot, scum_bag
- 36. Jam session? - Show Answer
SLAMDUNKCONTEST
(15 letters)
- 41. "That's a ___!" - Show Answer
LIE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: lie, lie_down, rest, lie_in, consist, prevarication, Trygve_Lie, Lie, dwell, Trygve_Halvden_Lie
Antonyms: stand, arise
- 42. Best Actress Oscar winner of 2022 - Show Answer
YEOH
(4 letters)
- 43. First Nations people - Show Answer
CREE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Cree
- 44. Tearing up, perhaps - Show Answer
SAD
(3 letters)
Synonyms: distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, deplorable, sorry
Antonyms: glad
- 46. Breed once known as the "Tax Collector's Dog" - Show Answer
DOBERMAN
(8 letters)
Synonyms: Doberman, Doberman_pinscher
- 48. Landscaper's supply - Show Answer
SOD
(3 letters)
Synonyms: sod, bugger, sodomite, superoxide_dismutase, greensward, sodomist, sward, turf, SOD
- 51. ___ Lipa ("Dance the Night" singer) - Show Answer
DUA
(3 letters)
- 53. Threats - Show Answer
PERILS
(6 letters)
Synonyms: menace, jeopardize, queer, jeopardy, risk, jeopardise, scupper, expose, danger, endanger, riskiness, threaten, peril, hazard, imperil, endangerment
- 54. Predictive text? - Show Answer
PROPHECY
(8 letters)
Synonyms: divination, prognostication, vaticination, prophecy
- 57. Not at all into - Show Answer
HATING
(6 letters)
Synonyms: hate, hat, detest
Antonyms: love
- 59. Best-selling author of 2017's "The Hate U Give" - Show Answer
ANGIETHOMAS
(11 letters)
- 61. Kid's cry - Show Answer
MAA
(3 letters)
- 62. Jason of "Aquaman" - Show Answer
MOMOA
(5 letters)
- 63. Divisive pizza topping - Show Answer
OLIVE
(5 letters)
Synonyms: Olea_europaea, European_olive_tree, olive
- 64. "South Park" kid - Show Answer
IKE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: President_Eisenhower, Dwight_D._Eisenhower, Dwight_Eisenhower, Ike, Dwight_David_Eisenhower, Eisenhower
- 65. Vacate a seat - Show Answer
STAND
(5 letters)
Synonyms: bear, abide, support, tie-up, stick_out, stomach, rack, bandstand, fend, place_upright, stand_up, stall, sales_booth, resist, remain_firm, pedestal, tolerate, standstill, point_of_view, put_up, digest, endure, suffer, base, standpoint, brook, viewpoint, stand, outdoor_stage
Antonyms: sit, yield
- 66. Was syrupy, in a way - Show Answer
OOZED
(5 letters)
Synonyms: exudate, seep, ooze_out, ooze, transude, exude
- 67. Sachet filler - Show Answer
TEA
(3 letters)
Synonyms: tea, teatime, Camellia_sinensis, tea_leaf, afternoon_tea
Down Clues and Answers:
- 1. Go after - Show Answer
SEEK
(4 letters)
Synonyms: seek, look_for, try, assay, essay, attempt, search
- 2. Chute behind a boat - Show Answer
PARASAIL
(8 letters)
Synonyms: parasail
- 3. Not identical, say - Show Answer
FRATERNAL
(9 letters)
Synonyms: brotherly, biovular, brotherlike, fraternal
Antonyms: identical, sisterly
- 4. Kind of column - Show Answer
SPINAL
(6 letters)
Synonyms: spinal_anaesthesia, spinal_anesthesia, spinal
- 5. Capital city whose main governmental building is known as the "House of Pizarro" - Show Answer
LIMAPERU
(8 letters)
- 6. Game with a draw pile - Show Answer
UNO
(3 letters)
- 7. Term of endearment akin to "handsome" - Show Answer
STUD
(4 letters)
Synonyms: macho-man, constellate, dot, scantling, rivet, stud, studhorse, he-man, stud_poker
- 8. Monopoly piece - Show Answer
HOTEL
(5 letters)
Synonyms: hotel
- 9. Personality indicator, some say - Show Answer
STARSIGN
(8 letters)
- 10. "I didn't see you there!" - Show Answer
OHHI
(4 letters)
- 11. Radiohead's highest-selling single - Show Answer
CREEP
(5 letters)
Synonyms: pussyfoot, crawl, grovel, weirdie, mouse, fawn, spook, creep, weirdy, cower, creeping, cringe, weirdo, crawling, sneak
- 12. Three-time Olympic gold medalist ___ Walsh Jennings - Show Answer
KERRI
(5 letters)
- 13. Like port - Show Answer
SWEET
(5 letters)
Synonyms: seraphic, unfermented, angelical, sweetly, sweet, scented, honeyed, dessert, Sweet, sweet-smelling, sweetened, afters, Henry_Sweet, odoriferous, sweet-scented, sugared, odorous, perfumed, sugariness, sweet-flavored, gratifying, mellifluous, cherubic, dulcet, sweetness, angelic, mellisonant, fresh, confection
Antonyms: salty, sour, dry
- 19. Race pace - Show Answer
TROT
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Trotskyite, pony, Trotskyist, crib, jog, lope, clip, trot, Trot
- 21. Lunar mission of the 2020s - Show Answer
ARTEMIS
(7 letters)
Synonyms: Cynthia, Artemis
- 24. Wood that sinks in water - Show Answer
EBONY
(5 letters)
Synonyms: soot_black, Diospyros_ebenum, sable, ebon, jet_black, ebony_tree, pitch_black, coal_black, ebony
- 27. "The world's biggest band," per a 2021 Rolling Stone cover - Show Answer
BTS
(3 letters)
- 28. Joined together - Show Answer
YOKED
(5 letters)
Synonyms: link, yoke
Antonyms: unyoke
- 30. Rhyming subject for an English major - Show Answer
LITCRIT
(7 letters)
- 33. Feat on a beat - Show Answer
SCOOP
(5 letters)
Synonyms: soap, exclusive, trump, easy_lay, scoopful, outflank, liquid_ecstasy, max, outdo, lift_out, best, scoop_out, Georgia_home_boy, take_up, grievous_bodily_harm, goop, pocket, scoop, scoop_up, scoop_shovel
- 35. Office max? - Show Answer
TERMLIMIT
(9 letters)
- 37. Fan associated with a red, white and blue skull logo - Show Answer
DEADHEAD
(8 letters)
Synonyms: deadhead
- 38. Catchphrase for Austin Powers - Show Answer
OHBEHAVE
(8 letters)
- 39. Venomous reef dweller - Show Answer
SEASNAKE
(8 letters)
- 40. "Powers of ___" (landmark documentary about the scale of the universe) - Show Answer
TEN
(3 letters)
Synonyms: 10, decade, tenner, X, x, ten, ten-spot
- 45. Two-piece? - Show Answer
DUET
(4 letters)
Synonyms: pair, distich, span, duad, brace, twosome, couplet, duet, duette, couple, pas_de_deux, duo, yoke, twain, dyad
- 47. Took off the board - Show Answer
ERASED
(6 letters)
Synonyms: rub_out, wipe_off, score_out, erase, delete, efface, wipe_out
Antonyms: record
- 48. Floods with junk - Show Answer
SPAMS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: junk_e-mail, Spam, spam
- 49. "... oops, my mistake" - Show Answer
ORNOT
(5 letters)
- 50. Set of beliefs - Show Answer
DOGMA
(5 letters)
Synonyms: tenet, dogma
- 52. Cold call? - Show Answer
ACHOO
(5 letters)
- 55. Subatomic particle named for a Greek letter - Show Answer
PION
(4 letters)
Synonyms: pion, pi-meson
- 56. "Well, here goes nothing!" - Show Answer
YOLO
(4 letters)
- 58. Mother of the Titans - Show Answer
GAEA
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Ge, Gaea, Gaia
- 60. "Les ___" - Show Answer
MIZ
(3 letters)
Thursday, September 11, 2025
March 18, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint
Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
- Across Clues (35 clues)
- Down Clues (37 clues)
- Category Breakdown
- Complete Puzzle Statistics
- Pro Solving Tips
Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, March 18, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.3 letters
March 18, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Longtime cosmetics brand | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Dematerialize | 9 |
| 3A | 14. De segunda ___ (secondhand: Sp.) | 4 |
| 4A | 15. Surest shot | 10 |
| 5A | 16. Things stuck with toothpicks | 4 |
| 6A | 17. "Don't rush!" | 10 |
| 7A | 18. Like the more interesting twin, some would say | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Power ___ | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Allied (with) | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Many a Tumblr share | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Lead-in to -logical | 4 |
| 12A | 25. Articulated | 3 |
| 13A | 26. It might come with a spoon straw | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Attractively bold self-assurance, casually | 4 |
| 15A | 32. ___ Bryant, 20th-century singer/civil rights activist | 5 |
| 16A | 34. Do most of the work for, as a team | 5 |
| 17A | 36. Long ___ | 3 |
| 18A | 37. Not exactly a priority | 15 |
| 19A | 40. ___-pitch | 3 |
| 20A | 41. Island that's part of Maui County | 5 |
| 21A | 42. Word with rock or hard | 5 |
| 22A | 43. Set of eight for most spiders | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Bring (out) | 4 |
| 24A | 46. Soul seller | 3 |
| 25A | 47. Pants: Ger. | 4 |
| 26A | 49. Program | 6 |
| 27A | 52. Courts of sorts | 5 |
| 28A | 55. "Future Nostalgia" singer Dua ___ | 4 |
| 29A | 58. Sum preceder | 4 |
| 30A | 59. Acknowledgment that another person is at least partly right | 10 |
| 31A | 61. "Twilight," for one | 4 |
| 32A | 62. March participants, maybe | 10 |
| 33A | 63. Thick noodle | 4 |
| 34A | 64. "Not literally" | 9 |
| 35A | 65. Cross products | 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. Longtime cosmetics brand"
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 river in southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn
- Words that mean the same thing: Upper Avon River, Upper Avon, River Avon
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Dematerialize"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that get lost, as without warning or explanation
- Words that mean the same thing: go away, melt, evaporate
- The opposite would be: appear
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DISAPPEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "14. De segunda ___ (secondhand: Sp.)"
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!
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The answer is: MANO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "15. Surest shot"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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!
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The answer is: BESTCHANCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Things stuck with toothpicks"
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 sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich, BLT
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. "Don't rush!""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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!
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The answer is: ONEATATIME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "18. Like the more interesting twin, some would say"
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 morally objectionable behavior
- Words that mean the same thing: evilness, malefic, immorality
- The opposite would be: good, goodness
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Power ___"
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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- Words that mean the same thing: exploiter, drug user, substance abuser
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Allied (with)"
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 take sides for or against; ; m siding against the current candidate"
- Words that mean the same thing: side
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIDED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Many a Tumblr share"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REPOST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Lead-in to -logical"
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!
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The answer is: THEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Articulated"
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 option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- Words that mean the same thing: assign, set up, commit
- The opposite would be: divest, call option
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. It might come with a spoon straw"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Attractively bold self-assurance, casually"
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 valuable goods
- Words that mean the same thing: careen, keel, stagger
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. ___ Bryant, 20th-century singer/civil rights activist"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that influential irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
- Words that mean the same thing: James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, James Joyce
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JOYCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. Do most of the work for, as a team"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of carrying something
- Words that mean the same thing: take, transmit, have a bun in the oven
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "36. Long ___"
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 gone by; or in the past
- Words that mean the same thing: agone
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Not exactly a priority"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONTHEBACKBURNER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. ___-pitch"
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!
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The answer is: SLO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Island that's part of Maui County"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
- Words that mean the same thing: Lanai Island
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LANAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Word with rock or hard"
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 rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
- Words that mean the same thing: confect, glaze, sugarcoat
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CANDY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. Set of eight for most spiders"
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 opinion or judgment
- Words that mean the same thing: heart, centre, optic
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EYES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. Bring (out)"
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 slow pace of running
- Words that mean the same thing: clip, pony, crib
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TROT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. Soul seller"
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!
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The answer is: KIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Pants: Ger."
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 socks and stockings and tights collectively (the british include underwear)
- Words that mean the same thing: hose down, hosepipe, hosiery
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Program"
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 instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- Words that mean the same thing: organisation, organization, arrangement
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SYSTEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. Courts of sorts"
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 any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
- Words that mean the same thing: atrium
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATRIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "55. "Future Nostalgia" singer Dua ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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!
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The answer is: LIPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "58. Sum preceder"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "59. Acknowledgment that another person is at least partly right"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POINTTAKEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. "Twilight," for one"
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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAGA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "62. March participants, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who dissents from some established policy
- Words that mean the same thing: dissenter, objector, contestant
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROTESTERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Thick noodle"
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!
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The answer is: UDON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. "Not literally""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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!
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The answer is: SOTOSPEAK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Cross products"
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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
- Words that mean the same thing: pen, indite, compose
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PENS
Great job if you got it right!
March 18, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Ale category | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Key for a trumpet | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Stretching to see just a teensy bit better, perhaps | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Pretty darn good | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Winter homes, for some | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Clear indication? | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Basics to build with | 10 |
| 8D | 8. The musical "Come From Away" has one | 3 |
| 9D | 9. What a rebellious teenager may be going through | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Spots for grills | 6 |
| 11D | 11. "The Walking Dead" role | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Height | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Oregon college whose mascot is a griffin | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Undercard listing | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Symbol of strength | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Garden variety? | 4 |
| 17D | 26. "Tell me about it!" | 10 |
| 18D | 27. Ingredient in some mole | 5 |
| 19D | 29. Exchange words | 10 |
| 20D | 30. Let develop, in a way | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Sensational, as certain details | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Filipino national hero ___ Rizal | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Singular | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Eliciting an "Ick!" | 5 |
| 25D | 38. They may emit as many as 200 beeps per second | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Elevates | 8 |
| 27D | 44. Indigenous religion of Japan | 6 |
| 28D | 48. Music/comedy duo Garfunkel and ___ | 5 |
| 29D | 49. ___ doute (definitely: Fr.) | 4 |
| 30D | 50. Encourage, maybe too much | 5 |
| 31D | 51. Sounds that might accompany foot-dragging | 5 |
| 32D | 52. Short courses? | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Spanish wine region named for an animal | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Laughfest | 4 |
| 35D | 56. Store with a three-syllable name in four letters | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Gym membership, maybe | 4 |
| 37D | 60. Shortening in a recipe | 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. Ale category"
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 deep yellow color
- Words that mean the same thing: gold, yellow-brown, brownish-yellow
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMBER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Key for a trumpet"
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 structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VALVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Stretching to see just a teensy bit better, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONTIPPYTOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Pretty darn good"
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!
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The answer is: NOSLOUCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Winter homes, for some"
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 habitation of wild animals
- Words that mean the same thing: lair, den, hideout
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Clear indication?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ISEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Basics to build with"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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!
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The answer is: STARTERKIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. The musical "Come From Away" has one"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- Words that mean the same thing: deed, do, move
- The opposite would be: refrain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. What a rebellious teenager may be going through"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- Words that mean the same thing: form, phase angle, stage
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PHASE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Spots for grills"
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 usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
- Words that mean the same thing: terrace, patio
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PATIOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "The Walking Dead" role"
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 town in north central oklahoma
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Height"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- Words that mean the same thing: peak, summit, superlative
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Oregon college whose mascot is a griffin"
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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
- Words that mean the same thing: John Reed, beating-reed instrument, vibrating reed
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Undercard listing"
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 (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- Words that mean the same thing: round, binge, tear
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Symbol of strength"
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 an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
- Words that mean the same thing: blade, nerve, sword
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Garden variety?"
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 plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
- Words that mean the same thing: herbaceous plant
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HERB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. "Tell me about it!""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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!
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The answer is: ICANRELATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. Ingredient in some mole"
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 tropical american tree producing cacao beans
- Words that mean the same thing: Theobroma cacao, chocolate tree, cacao tree
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CACAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "29. Exchange words"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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!
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The answer is: WANNATRADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "30. Let develop, in a way"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that people who are old collectively
- Words that mean the same thing: senesce, older, age
- The opposite would be: young, rejuvenate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "31. Sensational, as certain details"
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 covered with blood
- Words that mean the same thing: slaughterous, bloodstained, sanguineous
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GORY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "32. Filipino national hero ___ Rizal"
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!
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The answer is: JOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "33. Singular"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that being the only one; single and isolated from others
- Words that mean the same thing: sole, solitary, but
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONLY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Down: "35. Eliciting an "Ick!""
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 highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- Words that mean the same thing: disgustful, repellant, distasteful
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YUCKY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Down: "38. They may emit as many as 200 beeps per second"
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 nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- Words that mean the same thing: squash racket, at-bat, bonkers
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Down: "39. Elevates"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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!
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The answer is: RAISESUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Down: "44. Indigenous religion of Japan"
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 native religion and former ethnic cult of japan
- Words that mean the same thing: Shintoism, Shintoist, Shintoistic
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHINTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Down: "48. Music/comedy duo Garfunkel and ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that english conspirator who claimed that there was a jesuit plot to assassinate charles ii (1649-1705)
- Words that mean the same thing: Joyce Carol Oates, Titus Oates
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OATES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Down: "49. ___ doute (definitely: Fr.)"
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!
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The answer is: SANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Down: "50. Encourage, maybe too much"
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!
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The answer is: EGGON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Down: "51. Sounds that might accompany foot-dragging"
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 an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- Words that mean the same thing: moan, groan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Down: "52. Short courses?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Down: "53. Spanish wine region named for an animal"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TORO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Down: "54. Laughfest"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a public act of violence by an unruly mob
- Words that mean the same thing: orgy, saturnalia, bacchanal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Down: "56. Store with a three-syllable name in four letters"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IKEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Down: "57. Gym membership, maybe"
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 an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
- Words that mean the same thing: perk up, gain vigor, fringe benefit
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PERK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Down: "60. Shortening in a recipe"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TSP
Great job if you got it right!
Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 61 | 84.7% |
| Short Answer | 4 | 5.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.8% |
| Music | 2 | 2.8% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.3 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 11, 2025 at 07:20 AM