270824 Tuesday, August NYT Crossword hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 27, 2024

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

Tuesday Auguest 27,  NYT Crossword Clues 

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Campy rock subgenre of the early 1970s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLAM




• The clue is 5. Dance in single file. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CONGA

  Possible Answer : conga




• The clue is 10. Totally smitten. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAGA

  Possible Answer : crazy, doddering, doddery, dotty, senile, wild, gaga




• The clue is 14. Social activity that one tries to get out of?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESCAPEROOM




• The clue is 16. Super-. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBER




• The clue is 17. Mathematician Benoit ___, coiner of the word "fractal". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANDELBROT

  Possible Answer : Benoit_Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot




• The clue is 18. Shelter that's pitched. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENT

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




• The clue is 19. Take the wheel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEER

  Possible Answer : maneuver, bullock, head, manoeuver, confidential_information, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, tip, channelise, wind, steer, hint, channelize, lead




• The clue is 20. Conscript. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAFTEE

  Possible Answer : draftee, inductee, conscript

  Possible Opposite Answer : volunteer




• The clue is 22. "You're the One That I Want," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUET

  Possible Answer : pas_de_deux, twosome, dyad, yoke, span, duo, couple, couplet, pair, duette, duet, duad, distich, brace, twain




• The clue is 25. Rank above viscount. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARL

  Possible Answer : earl




• The clue is 26. Philosophically noncommittal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGNOSTIC

  Possible Answer : agnostic, doubter, agnostical

  Possible Opposite Answer : gnostic




• The clue is 30. Former capital of Japan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KYOTO

  Possible Answer : Kyoto




• The clue is 33. Lead-in to algebra or calculus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRE




• The clue is 34. ___ nous (between us). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRE




• The clue is 36. Cornmeal cake in Colombian cuisine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREPA




• The clue is 38. Epigram or elegy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POEM

  Possible Answer : verse_form, poem




• The clue is 40. Set straight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIGN

  Possible Answer : line_up, aline, align, adjust, ordinate, array, coordinate

  Possible Opposite Answer : skew




• The clue is 42. Opposed to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTI

  Possible Answer : anti

  Possible Opposite Answer : pro




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

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

  The answer: SODAS

  Possible Answer : washing_soda, soda_water, tonic, soda_ash, sal_soda, pop, soda_pop, soda, sodium_carbonate




• The clue is 45. Incorporate, as a hyperlink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMBED

  Possible Answer : embed, implant, engraft, plant, imbed




• The clue is 47. Sitcom narrator Mosby. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TED

  Possible Answer : Ted, Teddy_boy




• The clue is 48. "I tip ___ to you!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MYHAT




• The clue is 50. Fashion designer in "The Incredibles". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDNAMODE




• The clue is 52. Start of a texter's two cents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMHO




• The clue is 54. Storm relief org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEMA

  Possible Answer : Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency, FEMA




• The clue is 55. Give one's two cents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIMEIN




• The clue is 58. Nobel Peace Prize winner Sadat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANWAR




• The clue is 62. Covid-19, slangily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RONA




• The clue is 63. Copywriter's handbook. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STYLEGUIDE




• The clue is 67. Hankering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITCH

  Possible Answer : itch, spoil, rub, scratch, scabies, urge, itching, itchiness




• The clue is 68. Messy end to a relationship, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BADBREAKUP




• The clue is 69. Asian cuisine choice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAI

  Possible Answer : Tai, Siamese, Thai, Central_Thai




• The clue is 70. ___ salts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPSOM




• The clue is 71. "Slander!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIES

  Possible Answer : lie, lie_down, Lie, consist, prevarication, rest, lie_in, dwell, Trygve_Halvden_Lie, Trygve_Lie

  Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: GEMS

  Possible Answer: gemstone, precious_stone, treasure, stone, muffin, gem, jewel

• The clue is 2. Future J.D.'s exam. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LSAT

• The clue is 3. Skin affliction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACNE

  Possible Answer: acne

• The clue is 4. Worked with what's available. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MADEDO

• The clue is 5. Animation frame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEL

• The clue is 6. Celestial body. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORB

  Possible Answer: eyeball, orbit, ball, revolve, globe, orb

• The clue is 7. "Water, water, every where, / ___ any drop to drink": "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOR

• The clue is 8. Johnny B. of song. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOODE

• The clue is 9. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMTRAK

• The clue is 10. Micro-organisms in the digestive tract. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GUTFLORA

• The clue is 11. Aid's partner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABET

  Possible Answer: abet

• The clue is 12. Apt name for a DNA expert?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENE

  Possible Answer: factor, cistron, gene

• The clue is 13. Commedia dell'___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARTE

• The clue is 15. Read carefully ... or leisurely. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERUSE

  Possible Answer: peruse

• The clue is 21. Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARYA

• The clue is 23. Europe's tallest active volcano. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETNA

  Possible Answer: etna, bunsen_burner, Mt_Etna, Mount_Etna, Etna, bunsen

• The clue is 24. Museum placard info. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITLE

  Possible Answer: deed, statute_title, entitle, title_of_respect, deed_of_conveyance, style, championship, form_of_address, title, rubric, claim

• The clue is 26. Phone screen array. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APPS

• The clue is 27. Bachelor party V.I.P.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GROOM

  Possible Answer: neaten, stableman, dress, stableboy, groom, prepare, train, bridegroom, hostler, curry, ostler

• The clue is 28. Down-and-out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEEDY

  Possible Answer: destitute, necessitous, poverty-stricken, needy, indigent, impoverished

• The clue is 29. True ___ (podcast genre). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRIME

  Possible Answer: crime, offence, offense, criminal_offense, law-breaking, criminal_offence

• The clue is 31. Fifty minutes past the hour. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENTO

• The clue is 32. Made a choice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPTED

  Possible Answer: choose, prefer, opt

• The clue is 35. Musical staff letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGBDF

• The clue is 37. Capitol Hill staffer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIDE

  Possible Answer: aide, adjutant, aide-de-camp, auxiliary

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

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

  The answer: MAHIMAHI

  Possible Answer: dolphinfish, mahimahi, dolphin

• The clue is 41. Hawaiian goose. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NENE

• The clue is 44. Word before day or difference. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAME

  Possible Answer: Lapp, Saame, Saami, like, Lapplander, same, Sami, Same

  Possible Opposite Answer : other, different, unlike

• The clue is 46. Fallout. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAMAGE

  Possible Answer: impairment, terms, price, wrong, damage, scathe, hurt, harm, legal_injury, equipment_casualty

• The clue is 49. Pyramus' beloved, in myth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THISBE

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

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

  The answer: MANUAL

  Possible Answer: manual, manual_of_arms

  Possible Opposite Answer : automatic

• The clue is 53. Ready for use. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONTAP

• The clue is 55. Feedback session in art school, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRIT

• The clue is 56. Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOTH

  Possible Answer: Hodur, Hoder, Hoth, Hodr, Hothr

• The clue is 57. Largest empire in pre-Columbian America. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INCA

  Possible Answer: Inca, Incan, Inka

• The clue is 59. Reference site, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WIKI

• The clue is 60. Together, in music. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADUE

• The clue is 61. Workout units. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPS

  Possible Answer: rep, repp

• The clue is 64. Gridiron gains: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YDS

• The clue is 65. Wall St. acquisition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LBO

• The clue is 66. Indecisive sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERM
  
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Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Potato chip, to Brits

5-letter answer Answer: CRISP

Word Help: Synonyms: nipping, nippy, frosty

Clue #2: 6. Boxing call, informally

3-letter answer Answer: TKO

Word Help: Synonyms: TKO, technical_knockout

Clue #3: 9. Award you can wear

5-letter answer Answer: MEDAL

Word Help: Synonyms: decoration, medal, palm

Clue #4: 14. Tower of ___ (mathematical puzzle with disks)

5-letter answer Answer: HANOI

Word Help: Synonyms: Hanoi, capital_of_Vietnam

Clue #5: 15. Cash in Kyoto

3-letter answer Answer: YEN

Word Help: Synonyms: hankering, yen, yearn

Clue #6: 16. Deliver a TED talk, say

5-letter answer Answer: ORATE

Word Help: Synonyms: orate

Clue #7: 17. "Stop!," during roughhousing

5-letter answer Answer: UNCLE

Word Help: Synonyms: uncle
Antonyms: aunt

Clue #8: 18. Something found in a plum, but not a pear

3-letter answer Answer: PIT

Word Help: Synonyms: play_off, oppose, Inferno
Antonyms: Heaven

Clue #9: 19. Situated long-term

5-letter answer Answer: BASED

Word Help: Synonyms: establish, based, ground

Clue #10: 20. *Most "wasabi" at sushi bars, in actuality

11-letter answer Answer: HORSERADISH

Word Help: Synonyms: Armoracia_rusticana, red_cole, horse_radish

Clue #11: 23. *Fruit whose name is also a synonym for a grouch

9-letter answer Answer: CRABAPPLE

Word Help: Synonyms: wild_apple, crabapple, crab_apple

Clue #12: 24. Said "speaking of which," say

6-letter answer Answer: SEGUED

Word Help: Synonyms: segue

Clue #13: 27. Held office

6-letter answer Answer: SERVED

Word Help: Synonyms: suffice, attend_to, swear_out

Clue #14: 31. Take a seat unceremoniously, with "down"

4-letter answer Answer: PLOP

Word Help: Synonyms: plunk, plump, plonk

Clue #15: 32. Hoagie

3-letter answer Answer: SUB

Word Help: Synonyms: submarine, hero_sandwich, wedge

Clue #16: 35. Contest before a final, informally

4-letter answer Answer: SEMI

Word Help: Synonyms: semifinal, trailer_truck, rig

Clue #17: 36. Bathroom, to Brits

3-letter answer Answer: LOO

Word Help: Synonyms: water_closet, loo, closet

Clue #18: 37. Handle, as a tough piece of information

7-letter answer Answer: STOMACH

Word Help: Synonyms: endure, belly, breadbasket

Clue #19: 41. Domain suffix that most civilians can't register

3-letter answer Answer: GOV

Clue #20: 42. "___ a free country"

3-letter answer Answer: ITS

Word Help: Synonyms: IT, information_technology

Clue #21: 43. Omnivorous fish of the Amazon

7-letter answer Answer: PIRANHA

Word Help: Synonyms: pirana, marauder, predator

Clue #22: 44. Info from someone who's on the way

3-letter answer Answer: ETA

Word Help: Synonyms: Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, eta

Clue #23: 45. Like Nickelodeon's Mutant Ninja Turtles

7-letter answer Answer: TEENAGE

Word Help: Synonyms: adolescent, teenaged, teenage

Clue #24: 47. Widens, as a pupil

7-letter answer Answer: DILATES

Word Help: Synonyms: elaborate, expand, flesh_out
Antonyms: contract

Clue #25: 49. Make yawn, say

4-letter answer Answer: BORE

Word Help: Synonyms: hold, endure, suffer
Antonyms: interest

Clue #26: 50. Concluding part

4-letter answer Answer: CODA

Word Help: Synonyms: finale, coda

Clue #27: 51. Electronically produced echo effect

6-letter answer Answer: REVERB

Clue #28: 53. "Fine, I guess"

6-letter answer Answer: OKSURE

Clue #29: 55. Ripped

4-letter answer Answer: TORE

Word Help: Synonyms: buck, bust, tore

Clue #30: 56. "Dead serious," in modern lingo

5-letter answer Answer: NOCAP

Clue #31: 58. ___ of the valley

4-letter answer Answer: LILY

Word Help: Synonyms: lily

Clue #32: 60. Rapper ___ Sweatshirt

4-letter answer Answer: EARL

Word Help: Synonyms: earl

Clue #33: 61. Bring together

5-letter answer Answer: UNITE

Word Help: Synonyms: unite, link, join
Antonyms: disunify, divide

Clue #34: 62. Pacify

4-letter answer Answer: TAME

Word Help: Synonyms: domesticize, chasten, cultivate
Antonyms: wild

Clue #35: 63. Counterpart of Dreyer's east of the Rockies

4-letter answer Answer: EDYS

Clue #36: 64. Actress Thompson of "Selma" and "Creed"

5-letter answer Answer: TESSA

Clue #37: 65. Powdered sugar, for a gingerbread house

4-letter answer Answer: SNOW

Word Help: Synonyms: C._P._Snow, coke, pull_the_wool_over_someone's_eyes

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. "Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon M. ___

3-letter answer Answer: CHU

Clue #2: 2. 1985 Kurosawa epic that is a retelling of "King Lear"

3-letter answer Answer: RAN

Word Help: Synonyms: endure, black_market, die_hard
Antonyms: malfunction, idle

Clue #3: 3. Creep (along)

4-letter answer Answer: INCH

Word Help: Synonyms: inch, edge, in

Clue #4: 4. Beverage holder that's typically red

7-letter answer Answer: SOLOCUP

Clue #5: 5. Capital of South Dakota

6-letter answer Answer: PIERRE

Word Help: Synonyms: Pierre, capital_of_South_Dakota

Clue #6: 6. Characteristically laid-back

5-letter answer Answer: TYPEB

Clue #7: 7. Actress Knightley

5-letter answer Answer: KEIRA

Clue #8: 8. Dispensed from a keg

5-letter answer Answer: ONTAP

Clue #9: 9. Like some homes and phones

6-letter answer Answer: MOBILE

Word Help: Synonyms: mobile, Mobile, Mobile_River
Antonyms: stabile, immobile

Clue #10: 10. Items on a blackboard tray

7-letter answer Answer: ERASERS

Word Help: Synonyms: eraser

Clue #11: 11. Recipe smidgen, as of salt

4-letter answer Answer: DASH

Word Help: Synonyms: dart, pall, frighten_away

Clue #12: 12. Supped

3-letter answer Answer: ATE

Word Help: Synonyms: exhaust, eat_up, consume

Clue #13: 13. Was ahead in a race

3-letter answer Answer: LED

Word Help: Synonyms: run, extend, top
Antonyms: follow

Clue #14: 21. Down

3-letter answer Answer: SAD

Word Help: Synonyms: deplorable, pitiful, sad
Antonyms: glad

Clue #15: 22. They result in two baseball outs, for short

3-letter answer Answer: DPS

Word Help: Synonyms: displaced_person, DP, stateless_person

Clue #16: 24. Divorce

5-letter answer Answer: SPLIT

Word Help: Synonyms: carve_up, rive, break
Antonyms: unite

Clue #17: 25. Mexican dish of corn on the cob with toppings

5-letter answer Answer: ELOTE

Clue #18: 26. *Fruit from a bush, much used in pies and jams

10-letter answer Answer: GOOSEBERRY

Word Help: Synonyms: Ribes_grossularia, gooseberry, Ribes_uva-crispa

Clue #19: 28. Like the foods that answer the starred clues, despite how their names start

10-letter answer Answer: VEGETARIAN

Word Help: Synonyms: vegetarian

Clue #20: 29. Be overdramatic

5-letter answer Answer: EMOTE

Word Help: Synonyms: emote

Clue #21: 30. High-maintenance stars

5-letter answer Answer: DIVAS

Word Help: Synonyms: prima_donna, diva

Clue #22: 32. Ticked off

4-letter answer Answer: SORE

Word Help: Synonyms: sensitive, mad, painful

Clue #23: 33. "Gattaca" co-star Thurman

3-letter answer Answer: UMA

Word Help: Synonyms: genus_Uma, Uma

Clue #24: 34. Word after wedding or rubber

4-letter answer Answer: BAND

Word Help: Synonyms: isthmus, circle, stripe

Clue #25: 37. Tire on the back of a jeep

5-letter answer Answer: SPARE

Word Help: Synonyms: superfluous, spare_part, redundant

Clue #26: 38. *Little tuber used to make Spanish horchata

8-letter answer Answer: TIGERNUT

Clue #27: 39. *Garbanzo, by another name

8-letter answer Answer: CHICKPEA

Word Help: Synonyms: chickpea, chickpea_plant, Cicer_arietinum

Clue #28: 40. Heavenly headwear

5-letter answer Answer: HALOS

Word Help: Synonyms: glory, doughnut, aureole

Clue #29: 46. "Great Expectations" and "The Great Gatsby," for two

6-letter answer Answer: NOVELS

Word Help: Synonyms: novel

Clue #30: 48. Grown-ups

6-letter answer Answer: ADULTS

Word Help: Synonyms: grownup, adult
Antonyms: juvenile

Clue #31: 51. There might be a fork in it

4-letter answer Answer: ROAD

Word Help: Synonyms: road, route

Clue #32: 52. Barbecue discard

4-letter answer Answer: BONE

Word Help: Synonyms: pearl, drum, mug_up

Clue #33: 53. "Overnight" breakfast option

4-letter answer Answer: OATS

Word Help: Synonyms: oat

Clue #34: 54. Muppet who posts on social media in the third person

4-letter answer Answer: ELMO

Clue #35: 55. Stand next to a club?

3-letter answer Answer: TEE

Word Help: Synonyms: teeing_ground, tee, golf_tee

Clue #36: 57. Gender prefix

3-letter answer Answer: CIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Commonwealth_of_Independent_States, Ci, CIS

Clue #37: 59. Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun

3-letter answer Answer: YEW

Word Help: Synonyms: yew

Expert Solving Strategies

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• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
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Across Clues and Answers (39)

Clue #1: 1. Manage, as a bar

4-letter answer Answer: TEND

Word Help: Synonyms: be_given, tend, lean

Clue #2: 5. Boneheaded

4-letter answer Answer: DUMB

Word Help: Synonyms: silent, slow, dense

Clue #3: 9. Petri dish gel

4-letter answer Answer: AGAR

Word Help: Synonyms: agar-agar, nutrient_agar, agar

Clue #4: 13. Protected from the wind

4-letter answer Answer: ALEE

Word Help: Synonyms: alee

Clue #5: 14. It's always the top story

5-letter answer Answer: ATTIC

Word Help: Synonyms: Attic, noodle, noggin

Clue #6: 16. Only nonrigid weapon in Clue

4-letter answer Answer: ROPE

Word Help: Synonyms: forget_me_drug, rophy, rope

Clue #7: 17. Coming-of-age ceremony

10-letter answer Answer: BARMITZVAH

Clue #8: 19. Club in a classic Barry Manilow song, informally

4-letter answer Answer: COPA

Clue #9: 20. "Let's go!" in Mexico

6-letter answer Answer: ANDALE

Clue #10: 21. One of the fam

3-letter answer Answer: SIS

Word Help: Synonyms: sis, sister, Systeme_International
Antonyms: brother

Clue #11: 23. Big mo. for retailers

3-letter answer Answer: DEC

Word Help: Synonyms: Dec, dec, declination

Clue #12: 24. Reek

5-letter answer Answer: STINK

Word Help: Synonyms: stink, mephitis, malodor

Clue #13: 25. Place "rocked" in a Clash song

9-letter answer Answer: THECASBAH

Clue #14: 28. Street ___ (reputation)

4-letter answer Answer: CRED

Word Help: Synonyms: cred, street_cred, street_credibility

Clue #15: 29. Atmosphere

4-letter answer Answer: MOOD

Word Help: Synonyms: modality, mode, humour

Clue #16: 30. Actress Witherspoon

5-letter answer Answer: REESE

Clue #17: 31. Trireme propellers

4-letter answer Answer: OARS

Word Help: Synonyms: oar

Clue #18: 32. ___ Arbor, Mich.

3-letter answer Answer: ANN

Clue #19: 33. Faced the pitcher

6-letter answer Answer: BATTED

Word Help: Synonyms: flutter, thrash, drub

Clue #20: 34. Animal that can go 0-60 in three seconds

7-letter answer Answer: CHEETAH

Word Help: Synonyms: chetah, Acinonyx_jubatus, cheetah

Clue #21: 36. Highest U.S. mountain

6-letter answer Answer: DENALI

Word Help: Synonyms: Mt._McKinley, McKinley, Mount_McKinley

Clue #22: 40. 12-mo. periods

3-letter answer Answer: YRS

Word Help: Synonyms: twelvemonth, yr, year

Clue #23: 41. Many govt. prosecutors

4-letter answer Answer: ADAS

Word Help: Synonyms: adenosine_deaminase, ADA

Clue #24: 45. "La Bohème," for one

5-letter answer Answer: OPERA

Word Help: Synonyms: Opera, opera, opera_house

Clue #25: 46. Garfield's frenemy in the comics

4-letter answer Answer: ODIE

Clue #26: 47. Opposite of starboard

4-letter answer Answer: PORT

Word Help: Synonyms: embrasure, porthole, larboard
Antonyms: starboard

Clue #27: 48. Famed shoe designer

9-letter answer Answer: JIMMYCHOO

Clue #28: 50. Molten rock

5-letter answer Answer: MAGMA

Word Help: Synonyms: magma

Clue #29: 51. Had dinner

3-letter answer Answer: ATE

Word Help: Synonyms: deplete, feed, use_up

Clue #30: 52. Lumberjack's tool

3-letter answer Answer: SAW

Word Help: Synonyms: look, find_out, find

Clue #31: 53. Pie chart piece

6-letter answer Answer: SECTOR

Word Help: Synonyms: sector, sphere

Clue #32: 54. Price

4-letter answer Answer: COST

Word Help: Synonyms: toll, cost, monetary_value

Clue #33: 56. Polite response to the ends of 17-, 25-, 34- and 48-Across

10-letter answer Answer: GESUNDHEIT

Clue #34: 59. Ugandan despot Idi ___

4-letter answer Answer: AMIN

Clue #35: 60. Justice Kagan

5-letter answer Answer: ELENA

Clue #36: 61. ___ Grey tea

4-letter answer Answer: EARL

Word Help: Synonyms: earl

Clue #37: 62. Word before tube or drive

4-letter answer Answer: TEST

Word Help: Synonyms: exam, try, essay

Clue #38: 63. Jump

4-letter answer Answer: LEAP

Word Help: Synonyms: leaping, spring, bound

Clue #39: 64. Captain Hook's sidekick

4-letter answer Answer: SMEE

Across Clues and Answers (39)

Clue #1: 1. Mexican state that shares its name with a hot sauce

7-letter answer Answer: TABASCO

Word Help: Synonyms: red_pepper, Tabasco_sauce, tabasco

Clue #2: 2. Hyundai compact

7-letter answer Answer: ELANTRA

Clue #3: 3. More brainy in an uncool way

7-letter answer Answer: NERDIER

Clue #4: 4. Orders

7-letter answer Answer: DEMANDS

Word Help: Synonyms: require, call_for, requirement
Antonyms: supply, obviate

Clue #5: 5. Go out with

4-letter answer Answer: DATE

Word Help: Synonyms: date, engagement, see

Clue #6: 6. Chip brand with a little-girl logo

3-letter answer Answer: UTZ

Clue #7: 7. "Beavis and Butt-Head" airer

3-letter answer Answer: MTV

Clue #8: 8. Slanted

6-letter answer Answer: BIASED

Word Help: Synonyms: biased, slanted, bias

Clue #9: 9. Lob's path

3-letter answer Answer: ARC

Word Help: Synonyms: electric_arc, discharge, arc

Clue #10: 10. Not quite a sure thing

7-letter answer Answer: GOODBET

Clue #11: 11. Mollify

7-letter answer Answer: APPEASE

Word Help: Synonyms: pacify, placate, mollify

Clue #12: 12. Got to

7-letter answer Answer: REACHED

Word Help: Synonyms: arrive_at, hand, pass

Clue #13: 15. En vogue

4-letter answer Answer: CHIC

Word Help: Synonyms: chicness, modishness, voguish

Clue #14: 18. Type

3-letter answer Answer: ILK

Word Help: Synonyms: like, ilk

Clue #15: 22. Comedian Silverman

5-letter answer Answer: SARAH

Word Help: Synonyms: Sarah

Clue #16: 25. Recorded message prompt

4-letter answer Answer: TONE

Word Help: Synonyms: spirit, smell, look
Antonyms: atonicity

Clue #17: 26. Cute name for a spouse's task list

7-letter answer Answer: HONEYDO

Clue #18: 27. "Game, ___, match"

3-letter answer Answer: SET

Word Help: Synonyms: bent, jell, coif
Antonyms: rise

Clue #19: 29. When doubled, a Hawaiian fish

4-letter answer Answer: MAHI

Clue #20: 33. One of four on a diamond

4-letter answer Answer: BASE

Word Help: Synonyms: root_word, al-Qaeda, home

Clue #21: 34. Potters' options

5-letter answer Answer: CLAYS

Word Help: Synonyms: remains, corpse, Henry_Clay

Clue #22: 35. Rock's Emerson, Lake & Palmer, for one

4-letter answer Answer: TRIO

Word Help: Synonyms: trine, three, troika

Clue #23: 36. "Paint the Town Red" rapper

7-letter answer Answer: DOJACAT

Clue #24: 37. Textbook example

7-letter answer Answer: EPITOME

Word Help: Synonyms: image, paradigm, prototype

Clue #25: 38. Moby Dick, to Ahab

7-letter answer Answer: NEMESIS

Word Help: Synonyms: bane, Nemesis, scourge

Clue #26: 39. Contents of a sleeve

3-letter answer Answer: ARM

Word Help: Synonyms: branch, sleeve, arm
Antonyms: disarm

Clue #27: 41. Military choppers

7-letter answer Answer: APACHES

Word Help: Synonyms: Apache, apache

Clue #28: 42. Sled pullers in the Arctic

7-letter answer Answer: DOGTEAM

Clue #29: 43. Wardrobe

7-letter answer Answer: ARMOIRE

Word Help: Synonyms: armoire

Clue #30: 44. Surprise

7-letter answer Answer: STARTLE

Word Help: Synonyms: galvanise, galvanize, jump

Clue #31: 46. "So it goes"

6-letter answer Answer: OHWELL

Clue #32: 49. Shark diver's protection

4-letter answer Answer: CAGE

Word Help: Synonyms: John_Milton_Cage_Jr., batting_cage, coop

Clue #33: 50. Size between small and large: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: MED

Word Help: Synonyms: MEd, Master_of_Education

Clue #34: 53. Partner of Crackle and Pop

4-letter answer Answer: SNAP

Word Help: Synonyms: picnic, break_down, snap_bean
Antonyms: inelasticity

Clue #35: 55. Explosive stuff

3-letter answer Answer: TNT

Word Help: Synonyms: trinitrotoluene, TNT

Clue #36: 57. Observe

3-letter answer Answer: SEE

Word Help: Synonyms: look, find_out, find

Clue #37: 58. Spanish article

3-letter answer Answer: UNA

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