NY Times Crossword Answers July 15, 2024 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 15, 2024

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Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. Environmentalist Thunberg

5-letter answer Answer: GRETA

Clue #2: 6. Concluding musical passage

4-letter answer Answer: CODA

Word Help: Synonyms: coda, finale

Clue #3: 10. Bringing up the rear

4-letter answer Answer: LAST

Word Help: Synonyms: shoemaker's_last, finish, close
Antonyms: first

Clue #4: 14. Diameter halves

5-letter answer Answer: RADII

Word Help: Synonyms: wheel_spoke, r, spoke

Clue #5: 15. Enthusiastic

4-letter answer Answer: AVID

Word Help: Synonyms: zealous, esurient, avid

Clue #6: 16. ___ in a blue moon

4-letter answer Answer: ONCE

Word Help: Synonyms: one_time, at_one_time, erst

Clue #7: 17. "Don't you worry about me!"

10-letter answer Answer: ICANMANAGE

Clue #8: 19. Resting on

4-letter answer Answer: ATOP

Word Help: Synonyms: atop

Clue #9: 20. Rep.'s opponent

3-letter answer Answer: DEM

Clue #10: 21. Surgery souvenir

4-letter answer Answer: SCAR

Word Help: Synonyms: scrape, scar, mark

Clue #11: 22. Listing on a mall directory

5-letter answer Answer: STORE

Word Help: Synonyms: shop, computer_memory, entrepot

Clue #12: 23. Fixture that may hold gumballs

12-letter answer Answer: CANDYMACHINE

Clue #13: 26. Drink with tapioca pearls

7-letter answer Answer: BOBATEA

Clue #14: 29. Who might say "Take me to your leader"

5-letter answer Answer: ALIEN

Word Help: Synonyms: estrange, stranger, extraterrestrial
Antonyms: acquaintance, citizen

Clue #15: 30. Hubbubs

4-letter answer Answer: ADOS

Word Help: Synonyms: bustle, ado, hustle

Clue #16: 31. Cat, in Spanish

4-letter answer Answer: GATO

Clue #17: 32. Flow back, as the tide

3-letter answer Answer: EBB

Word Help: Synonyms: ebb_down, wane, ebb_off
Antonyms: tide

Clue #18: 35. Supposed sighting in the Scottish Highlands

15-letter answer Answer: LOCHNESSMONSTER

Clue #19: 40. Historical period

3-letter answer Answer: ERA

Word Help: Synonyms: earned_run_average, ERA, geological_era

Clue #20: 41. Sign of things to come

4-letter answer Answer: OMEN

Word Help: Synonyms: Oman, prognostic, prognosticate

Clue #21: 42. Palindromic boy's name

4-letter answer Answer: OTTO

Clue #22: 43. Desert or tundra

5-letter answer Answer: BIOME

Word Help: Synonyms: biome

Clue #23: 45. Melancholy feeling

7-letter answer Answer: SADNESS

Word Help: Synonyms: unhappiness, lugubriousness, sorrowfulness
Antonyms: happiness

Clue #24: 48. Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor with bananas and walnuts

12-letter answer Answer: CHUNKYMONKEY

Clue #25: 51. They're often in front of the percussion section in an orchestra

5-letter answer Answer: HORNS

Word Help: Synonyms: hooter, French_horn, trumpet

Clue #26: 52. Bit of bridal attire

4-letter answer Answer: VEIL

Word Help: Synonyms: embryonic_membrane, hide, veil
Antonyms: unveil

Clue #27: 53. Question that anagrams to another question

3-letter answer Answer: HOW

Clue #28: 56. Pond organism

4-letter answer Answer: ALGA

Word Help: Synonyms: alga, algae

Clue #29: 57. Colorful marine creature ... or a phonetic hint to the circled letters in 17-, 23-, 35- and 48-Across

10-letter answer Answer: SEAANEMONE

Clue #30: 60. Track or swimming competition

4-letter answer Answer: MEET

Word Help: Synonyms: encounter, come_across, meet
Antonyms: diverge

Clue #31: 61. Converse

4-letter answer Answer: TALK

Word Help: Synonyms: blab_out, verbalize, talk_of_the_town
Antonyms: keep_quiet

Clue #32: 62. Scrabble pieces

5-letter answer Answer: TILES

Word Help: Synonyms: tile, roofing_tile

Clue #33: 63. Flammable pile

4-letter answer Answer: PYRE

Word Help: Synonyms: pyre, funeral_pyre

Clue #34: 64. Online marketplace for crafts

4-letter answer Answer: ETSY

Clue #35: 65. Live and breathe

5-letter answer Answer: EXIST

Word Help: Synonyms: exist, survive, subsist

Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. Crossword diagram

4-letter answer Answer: GRID

Word Help: Synonyms: gridiron, storage-battery_grid, power_system

Clue #2: 2. Marathon, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: RACE

Word Help: Synonyms: hie, pelt_along, hasten
Antonyms: linger

Clue #3: 3. Answer to the riddle "What cheese is made backward?"

4-letter answer Answer: EDAM

Word Help: Synonyms: Edam

Clue #4: 4. Altoids container

3-letter answer Answer: TIN

Word Help: Synonyms: cannister, tin_can, atomic_number_50

Clue #5: 5. Zeroes in on

6-letter answer Answer: AIMSAT

Clue #6: 6. Country with a maple leaf on its flag

6-letter answer Answer: CANADA

Word Help: Synonyms: Canada

Clue #7: 7. Egg-producing organ

5-letter answer Answer: OVARY

Word Help: Synonyms: ovary

Clue #8: 8. Use a shovel

3-letter answer Answer: DIG

Word Help: Synonyms: dig_up, comprehend, hollow

Clue #9: 9. Citrus drink suffix

3-letter answer Answer: ADE

Word Help: Synonyms: fruit_drink, ade

Clue #10: 10. Abhor

6-letter answer Answer: LOATHE

Word Help: Synonyms: execrate, abhor, loathe

Clue #11: 11. Marie of Versailles

10-letter answer Answer: ANTOINETTE

Clue #12: 12. Disdain

5-letter answer Answer: SCORN

Word Help: Synonyms: contemn, spurn, despite

Clue #13: 13. Conical home

5-letter answer Answer: TEPEE

Word Help: Synonyms: teepee, tepee, tipi

Clue #14: 18. Common case for a dermatologist

4-letter answer Answer: ACNE

Word Help: Synonyms: acne

Clue #15: 22. Descendant

5-letter answer Answer: SCION

Word Help: Synonyms: scion

Clue #16: 23. Bills and coins

4-letter answer Answer: CASH

Word Help: Synonyms: Johnny_Cash, cash_in, hard_cash
Antonyms: credit

Clue #17: 24. Sir's counterpart

4-letter answer Answer: MAAM

Clue #18: 25. Voice between soprano and tenor

4-letter answer Answer: ALTO

Word Help: Synonyms: countertenor, contralto, alto

Clue #19: 26. Hay bundle

4-letter answer Answer: BALE

Word Help: Synonyms: bale, Basle, Basel

Clue #20: 27. Stink

4-letter answer Answer: ODOR

Word Help: Synonyms: odour, olfactory_sensation, smell

Clue #21: 28. Barbecue option for a vegetarian

10-letter answer Answer: BOCABURGER

Clue #22: 31. Cable channel that airs "Family Feud" reruns

3-letter answer Answer: GSN

Clue #23: 33. Wagers

4-letter answer Answer: BETS

Word Help: Synonyms: calculate, reckon, stake

Clue #24: 34. Super Mario ___

4-letter answer Answer: BROS

Clue #25: 36. Cozy spots

5-letter answer Answer: NOOKS

Word Help: Synonyms: nook, corner

Clue #26: 37. The "E" of EGOT

4-letter answer Answer: EMMY

Word Help: Synonyms: Emmy

Clue #27: 38. Appear to be

4-letter answer Answer: SEEM

Word Help: Synonyms: appear, seem, look

Clue #28: 39. PlayStation maker

4-letter answer Answer: SONY

Clue #29: 44. Present at birth

6-letter answer Answer: INNATE

Word Help: Synonyms: unlearned, natural, inborn
Antonyms: conditioned

Clue #30: 45. Devious

6-letter answer Answer: SNEAKY

Word Help: Synonyms: sneak, stealthy, surreptitious

Clue #31: 46. Similar (to)

4-letter answer Answer: AKIN

Word Help: Synonyms: consanguineous, consanguineal, consanguine

Clue #32: 47. Backspace over

6-letter answer Answer: DELETE

Word Help: Synonyms: erase, cancel, blue-pencil
Antonyms: record

Clue #33: 48. Tourney winner

5-letter answer Answer: CHAMP

Word Help: Synonyms: chomp, title-holder, champ

Clue #34: 49. Like Swiss cheese

5-letter answer Answer: HOLEY

Word Help: Synonyms: porous, holey

Clue #35: 50. NASCAR circuits, geometrically

5-letter answer Answer: OVALS

Word Help: Synonyms: oval, ellipse

Clue #36: 53. Hindu festival of colors

4-letter answer Answer: HOLI

Clue #37: 54. Half of the digits in binary code

4-letter answer Answer: ONES

Word Help: Synonyms: 1, single, I

Clue #38: 55. Toward sunset

4-letter answer Answer: WEST

Word Help: Synonyms: western_United_States, Benjamin_West, Rebecca_West
Antonyms: east

Clue #39: 57. French holy woman: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: STE

Clue #40: 58. Consume

3-letter answer Answer: EAT

Word Help: Synonyms: consume, use_up, eat_on

Clue #41: 59. Mingle

3-letter answer Answer: MIX

Word Help: Synonyms: coalesce, blend, mix_in
Antonyms: segregate

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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NYT Crossword Breakdown: April 11, 2025

Let's solve the puzzle, starting with across and down clues and answers.

Across Clues with Answers:

• Clue 1. Some pops. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COCACOLAS

  
  



• Clue 10. Line accompanying a doorbell ring. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ITSME

  
  



• Clue 15. Richard Nixon or Mao Zedong, in a 1987 premiere. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: OPERAROLE

  
  



• Clue 16. Moved in bounds. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LOPED

  
  

  Possible synonyms: cut_back, lope, crop, lop, trim, prune, sever, snip, discerp, clip, dress




• Clue 17. Activity with pints and points. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: BARTRIVIA

  
  



• Clue 18. Not straight. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LYING

  
  

  Possible synonyms: lie_in, dwell, consist, lie, lie_down, lying, fabrication, rest, prevarication

  Possible antonyms: stand, arise




• Clue 19. Ones in a war of words?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SLAMPOETS

  
  



• Clue 20. Like Iceland's weather most of the year. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: WINDY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tedious, verbose, long-winded, impractical, wordy, airy, Laputan, windy, breezy, visionary, blowy




• Clue 21. Longtime email provider. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: AOL

  
  



• Clue 22. They're high-pressure at their low points. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: OCEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ocean, sea




• Clue 24. Action figures from Hasbro. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: GIJOES

  
  



• Clue 27. Japanese "thank you". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ARIGATO

  
  



• Clue 30. Morris who directed "The Thin Blue Line". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ERROL

  
  



• Clue 31. It's one step down from an F. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: EFLAT

  
  



• Clue 33. "Uh-huh". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: YUP

  
  



• Clue 34. Vulgarian. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: BOOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tike, Goth, barbarian, tyke, boor, peasant, churl




• Clue 35. What ice skaters might turn into?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: AXELS

  
  



• Clue 36. "Sort by" option in a credit card history. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: DATE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: date_stamp, go_out, day_of_the_month, engagement, escort, go_steady, see, date, particular_date, appointment




• Clue 37. Messy ___ (hairstyle). Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: BUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: roll, bun




• Clue 38. Liquid-Plumr alternative. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: DRANO

  
  



• Clue 39. Pilot returning to the air, e.g.. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RERUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: rebroadcast, rerun




• Clue 40. Popeye's fare. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: SPINACH

  
  

  Possible synonyms: prickly-seeded_spinach, spinach_plant, spinach, Spinacia_oleracea




• Clue 42. Passionate tributes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: PAEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: paean, pean, panegyric, encomium, eulogy




• Clue 44. Screen mover. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: CURSOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: pointer, cursor




• Clue 46. Dose of unreality?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: LSD

  
  

  Possible synonyms: LSD, lysergic_acid_diethylamide




• Clue 47. Sign of romantic chemistry. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: SPARK

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Spark, trigger, touch_off, flicker, Muriel_Sarah_Spark, twinkle, discharge, Muriel_Spark, spark, trip, actuate, activate, sparkle, arc, electric_arc, electric_discharge, trigger_off, light, Dame_Muriel_Spark, glint, set_off, spark_off




• Clue 49. Dropped, as a touchy subject. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: LEFTALONE

  
  



• Clue 54. Sign of vitality. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: PULSE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: pulsing, pulse, pulsation, heart_rate, pulsate, impulse, heartbeat, beat, pulse_rate, throb




• Clue 55. Neptune, e.g.. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: ICEPLANET

  
  



• Clue 56. French city whose last three letters are a French article. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ARLES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: arles, earnest_money




• Clue 57. Simple question written with two question marks. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COMOESTAS

  
  



• Clue 58. Private affair. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TRYST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tryst, assignation, rendezvous




• Clue 59. Certain ephemeral social media post, informally. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SNAPSTORY

  
  

Down Clues with Answers:

• Clue 1. Makings of some homemade pipes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: COBS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: great_black-backed_gull, Larus_marinus, cobnut, cob, filbert, hazelnut, black-backed_gull




• Clue 2. Fitting name for a girl born in October. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPAL

  
  

  Possible synonyms: opal




• Clue 3. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: CERA

  
  



• Clue 4. One into modeling at school. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: ARTMAJOR

  
  



• Clue 5. Go on a full ride, say?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: CARPOOL

  
  



• Clue 6. Maryland's state bird. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ORIOLE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: oriole, Old_World_oriole, New_World_oriole, American_oriole




• Clue 7. What crossing your hands in front of your chest means in American Sign Language. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: LOVE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: have_it_off, fuck, dearest, make_love, honey, erotic_love, be_intimate, bed, sexual_love, passion, have_sex, dear, have_intercourse, get_it_on, sleep_with, have_a_go_at_it, hump, bang, have_it_away, get_laid, jazz, lie_with, love, lovemaking, sleep_together, bonk, roll_in_the_hay, do_it, love_life, screw, making_love, beloved, enjoy, make_out, eff, know

  Possible antonyms: hate




• Clue 8. Bush nominee to the Supreme Court. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ALITO

  
  



• Clue 9. Creature with over 200 tiny eyes along its shell. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEASCALLOP

  
  



• Clue 10. "Finish what you're doing". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ILLWAIT

  
  



• Clue 11. Futzing (with). Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: TOYING

  
  

  Possible synonyms: toying, toy, diddle, flirt, coquetry, play, dally, flirting, flirtation, fiddle, dalliance




• Clue 12. Fabulizes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SPINSAYARN

  
  



• Clue 13. On the ___. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: MEND

  
  

  Possible synonyms: reparation, touch_on, darn, heal, mend, repair, doctor, fixture, bushel, furbish_up, mending, fixing, fix, restore, patch

  Possible antonyms: break




• Clue 14. Pushing boundaries. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EDGY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: jumpy, jittery, nervy, uptight, highly_strung, overstrung, edgy, restive, high-strung




• Clue 23. Things sometimes named after kings and queens. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ERAS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: era, earned_run_average, ERA, epoch, geological_era




• Clue 24. Party. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: GROUP

  
  

  Possible synonyms: aggroup, mathematical_group, grouping, chemical_group, radical, group




• Clue 25. How Romeo dies, in the eyes of the audience. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: IRONICALLY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ironically




• Clue 26. Ones lost in lust. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEXAHOLICS

  
  



• Clue 28. Some attire worn with tights. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TUTUS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tutu, Tutu, Desmond_Tutu, ballet_skirt




• Clue 29. P.G.A. Tour event. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: spread_out, out-of-doors, undefended, unfold, outdoors, loose, undecided, capable, candid, unfastened, give, overt, undefendable, subject, opened, unresolved, heart-to-heart, receptive, open_up, open_air, surface, exposed, afford, undetermined, open, clear, assailable, spread

  Possible antonyms: closed, covert, shut, fold, close, unreceptive




• Clue 30. Wanes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EBBS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ebb, reflux, ebb_down, ebb_away, ebb_out, ebb_off, wane, ebbing

  Possible antonyms: tide




• Clue 32. Boggy land. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: FEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: marshland, marsh, fen, fenland




• Clue 35. Characters' trajectories. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ARCS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: discharge, bow, spark, arc, curve, electric_arc, arch, electric_discharge




• Clue 36. At the absolute back of the pack. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: DEADLAST

  
  



• Clue 38. Like the night right before dawn, proverbially. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: DARKEST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: dreary, gloomy, colored, non-white, morose, dour, dark-skinned, blue, dismal, obscure, sour, sorry, disconsolate, sullen, dark, glowering, glum, benighted, drab, dingy, saturnine, grim, drear, black, sinister, coloured, moody

  Possible antonyms: light




• Clue 39. Some real estate deals. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: RESALES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: resale




• Clue 41. Tends to. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: NURSES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: nurse, nanny, entertain, breastfeed, harbor, suckle, harbour, hold, suck, give_suck, wet-nurse, lactate, nursemaid

  Possible antonyms: bottlefeed




• Clue 43. Music genre that's experimental yet radio-friendly. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ALTPOP

  
  



• Clue 45. Means of intel gathering. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RECON

  
  



• Clue 47. Minor disagreement. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: SPAT

  
  

  Possible synonyms: clap, patter, spat, pitter-patter, sprinkle, bickering, spit, ptyalise, spatter, fuss, spew, ptyalize, acclaim, tiff, spit_out, gaiter, squabble, skewer, spue, bicker, pettifoggery, applaud

  Possible antonyms: boo




• Clue 48. [Please keep scratching me!]. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: PURR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: whirr, whir, whizz, make_vibrant_sounds, whiz, purr, birr




• Clue 50. Org. that's busy after disasters. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: FEMA

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency, FEMA




• Clue 51. "You're ___ something!". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ONTO

  
  



• Clue 52. Word with mint or miss. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: NEAR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: well-nigh, near, dear, nearly, close, draw_near, approximate, good, approach, penny-pinching, come_on, nigh, about, cheeseparing, skinny, draw_close, virtually, most, come_near, go_up, almost

  Possible antonyms: far




• Clue 53. Site with shops from around the world. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ETSY

  
  

Saturday April 11, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clue Hints

NYT Crossword Breakdown: April 11, 2025

Let's solve the puzzle, starting with across and down clues and answers.

Friday April 11, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clue Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• Clue 1. Some pops. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COCACOLAS

  
  



• Clue 10. Line accompanying a doorbell ring. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ITSME

  
  



• Clue 15. Richard Nixon or Mao Zedong, in a 1987 premiere. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: OPERAROLE

  
  



• Clue 16. Moved in bounds. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LOPED

  
  

  Possible synonyms: lop, dress, snip, clip, prune, discerp, lope, trim, cut_back, crop, sever




• Clue 17. Activity with pints and points. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: BARTRIVIA

  
  



• Clue 18. Not straight. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LYING

  
  

  Possible synonyms: rest, lying, fabrication, lie_in, prevarication, dwell, lie, lie_down, consist

  Possible antonyms: stand, arise




• Clue 19. Ones in a war of words?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SLAMPOETS

  
  



• Clue 20. Like Iceland's weather most of the year. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: WINDY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: verbose, impractical, windy, breezy, tedious, airy, Laputan, wordy, visionary, blowy, long-winded




• Clue 21. Longtime email provider. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: AOL

  
  



• Clue 22. They're high-pressure at their low points. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: OCEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ocean, sea




• Clue 24. Action figures from Hasbro. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: GIJOES

  
  



• Clue 27. Japanese "thank you". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ARIGATO

  
  



• Clue 30. Morris who directed "The Thin Blue Line". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ERROL

  
  



• Clue 31. It's one step down from an F. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: EFLAT

  
  



• Clue 33. "Uh-huh". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: YUP

  
  



• Clue 34. Vulgarian. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: BOOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: boor, tike, churl, barbarian, Goth, tyke, peasant




• Clue 35. What ice skaters might turn into?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: AXELS

  
  



• Clue 36. "Sort by" option in a credit card history. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: DATE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: escort, date, go_out, particular_date, see, go_steady, date_stamp, appointment, engagement, day_of_the_month




• Clue 37. Messy ___ (hairstyle). Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: BUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: bun, roll




• Clue 38. Liquid-Plumr alternative. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: DRANO

  
  



• Clue 39. Pilot returning to the air, e.g.. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RERUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: rerun, rebroadcast




• Clue 40. Popeye's fare. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: SPINACH

  
  

  Possible synonyms: prickly-seeded_spinach, spinach, spinach_plant, Spinacia_oleracea




• Clue 42. Passionate tributes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: PAEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: encomium, pean, eulogy, paean, panegyric




• Clue 44. Screen mover. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: CURSOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: pointer, cursor




• Clue 46. Dose of unreality?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: LSD

  
  

  Possible synonyms: LSD, lysergic_acid_diethylamide




• Clue 47. Sign of romantic chemistry. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: SPARK

  
  

  Possible synonyms: actuate, arc, sparkle, Spark, spark_off, twinkle, trip, flicker, light, electric_arc, set_off, trigger, Muriel_Sarah_Spark, spark, trigger_off, Dame_Muriel_Spark, glint, touch_off, discharge, activate, Muriel_Spark, electric_discharge




• Clue 49. Dropped, as a touchy subject. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: LEFTALONE

  
  



• Clue 54. Sign of vitality. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: PULSE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: throb, heartbeat, heart_rate, pulsate, beat, pulse_rate, impulse, pulsation, pulse, pulsing




• Clue 55. Neptune, e.g.. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: ICEPLANET

  
  



• Clue 56. French city whose last three letters are a French article. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ARLES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: earnest_money, arles




• Clue 57. Simple question written with two question marks. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COMOESTAS

  
  



• Clue 58. Private affair. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TRYST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tryst, rendezvous, assignation




• Clue 59. Certain ephemeral social media post, informally. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SNAPSTORY

  
  

Down Clues with Answers:

• Clue 1. Makings of some homemade pipes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: COBS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Larus_marinus, filbert, great_black-backed_gull, cob, hazelnut, cobnut, black-backed_gull




• Clue 2. Fitting name for a girl born in October. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPAL

  
  

  Possible synonyms: opal




• Clue 3. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: CERA

  
  



• Clue 4. One into modeling at school. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: ARTMAJOR

  
  



• Clue 5. Go on a full ride, say?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: CARPOOL

  
  



• Clue 6. Maryland's state bird. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ORIOLE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: New_World_oriole, American_oriole, oriole, Old_World_oriole




• Clue 7. What crossing your hands in front of your chest means in American Sign Language. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: LOVE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: bonk, know, get_it_on, love, honey, lie_with, sleep_together, hump, enjoy, dearest, sexual_love, eff, bed, sleep_with, have_it_away, bang, roll_in_the_hay, have_a_go_at_it, make_out, make_love, be_intimate, jazz, have_it_off, have_intercourse, lovemaking, have_sex, erotic_love, love_life, passion, making_love, screw, do_it, beloved, fuck, dear, get_laid

  Possible antonyms: hate




• Clue 8. Bush nominee to the Supreme Court. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ALITO

  
  



• Clue 9. Creature with over 200 tiny eyes along its shell. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEASCALLOP

  
  



• Clue 10. "Finish what you're doing". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ILLWAIT

  
  



• Clue 11. Futzing (with). Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: TOYING

  
  

  Possible synonyms: flirt, toy, toying, dalliance, dally, diddle, flirtation, play, fiddle, flirting, coquetry




• Clue 12. Fabulizes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SPINSAYARN

  
  



• Clue 13. On the ___. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: MEND

  
  

  Possible synonyms: doctor, restore, furbish_up, fixing, heal, fixture, patch, touch_on, reparation, repair, bushel, fix, mending, mend, darn

  Possible antonyms: break




• Clue 14. Pushing boundaries. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EDGY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: highly_strung, jumpy, edgy, restive, jittery, overstrung, nervy, high-strung, uptight




• Clue 23. Things sometimes named after kings and queens. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ERAS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: geological_era, era, epoch, earned_run_average, ERA




• Clue 24. Party. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: GROUP

  
  

  Possible synonyms: radical, group, aggroup, chemical_group, grouping, mathematical_group




• Clue 25. How Romeo dies, in the eyes of the audience. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: IRONICALLY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ironically




• Clue 26. Ones lost in lust. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEXAHOLICS

  
  



• Clue 28. Some attire worn with tights. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TUTUS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Tutu, ballet_skirt, Desmond_Tutu, tutu




• Clue 29. P.G.A. Tour event. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: unfastened, undefendable, unresolved, outdoors, opened, unfold, loose, out-of-doors, heart-to-heart, give, open_up, undecided, receptive, subject, undefended, assailable, open_air, overt, clear, afford, spread, open, exposed, candid, surface, spread_out, capable, undetermined

  Possible antonyms: close, shut, covert, fold, closed, unreceptive




• Clue 30. Wanes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EBBS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ebbing, ebb_down, ebb, ebb_out, reflux, wane, ebb_off, ebb_away

  Possible antonyms: tide




• Clue 32. Boggy land. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: FEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: marsh, marshland, fenland, fen




• Clue 35. Characters' trajectories. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ARCS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: discharge, arc, electric_arc, bow, arch, curve, spark, electric_discharge




• Clue 36. At the absolute back of the pack. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: DEADLAST

  
  



• Clue 38. Like the night right before dawn, proverbially. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: DARKEST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: moody, grim, sullen, sour, black, blue, gloomy, dreary, sinister, drear, dismal, glowering, obscure, coloured, non-white, saturnine, sorry, drab, dark, dark-skinned, benighted, disconsolate, dingy, colored, dour, morose, glum

  Possible antonyms: light




• Clue 39. Some real estate deals. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: RESALES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: resale




• Clue 41. Tends to. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: NURSES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: suckle, entertain, nursemaid, harbour, harbor, breastfeed, lactate, hold, nanny, wet-nurse, suck, give_suck, nurse

  Possible antonyms: bottlefeed




• Clue 43. Music genre that's experimental yet radio-friendly. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ALTPOP

  
  



• Clue 45. Means of intel gathering. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RECON

  
  



• Clue 47. Minor disagreement. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: SPAT

  
  

  Possible synonyms: spew, pettifoggery, patter, bicker, spatter, acclaim, tiff, gaiter, ptyalize, skewer, sprinkle, squabble, clap, spue, spat, fuss, ptyalise, applaud, spit, pitter-patter, spit_out, bickering

  Possible antonyms: boo




• Clue 48. [Please keep scratching me!]. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: PURR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: whirr, whir, make_vibrant_sounds, whizz, purr, birr, whiz




• Clue 50. Org. that's busy after disasters. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: FEMA

  
  

  Possible synonyms: FEMA, Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency




• Clue 51. "You're ___ something!". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ONTO

  
  



• Clue 52. Word with mint or miss. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: NEAR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: good, cheeseparing, come_near, almost, skinny, come_on, virtually, about, nigh, draw_near, near, draw_close, well-nigh, approach, close, nearly, approximate, dear, most, go_up, penny-pinching

  Possible antonyms: far




• Clue 53. Site with shops from around the world. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ETSY