No 27388 Sat Nov 02, 2024 NYT Crossword by Blake Slonecker

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 02, 2024

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

27388 Sat Nov 02, 2024 NYT Crossword by Blake Slonecker

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Early electric lights. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARCLAMPS




• The clue is 9. Modest home in Modesto, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CASITA




• The clue is 15. Direct marketing tactic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COLDCALL




• The clue is 16. First act. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPENER

  Possible Answer : opener, unfastener, untier, undoer




• The clue is 17. Sub's reference. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: CLASSROOMROSTER




• The clue is 19. What always ends well?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELS

  Possible Answer : elevated_railroad, elevated_railway, EL, overhead_railway, el, ALT, elevated, altitude, elevation




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

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

  The answer: STEEP

  Possible Answer : plunge, soak_up, outrageous, usurious, steep, extortionate, absorb, infuse, immerse, exorbitant, unconscionable, engross, engulf

  Possible Opposite Answer : gradual




• The clue is 21. ___ May Gaskin, author of "Spiritual Midwifery". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INA




• The clue is 22. Puzzle (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUSS

  Possible Answer : genus_Sus, Sus




• The clue is 24. Fly traps?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MITTS

  Possible Answer : baseball_mitt, paw, mitt, baseball_glove, hand, glove, manus




• The clue is 25. Fed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GMAN




• The clue is 26. Ward off bad luck, in a Greek tradition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPIT

  Possible Answer : skewer, spit, expectoration, spue, spit_out, saliva, sprinkle, patter, ptyalize, pitter-patter, spittle, spew, ptyalise, tongue, spitting, spatter




• The clue is 27. Noted name in lithographs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVES

  Possible Answer : Ives, James_Ives, James_Merritt_Ives, Charles_Edward_Ives




• The clue is 28. English folk singer Billy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRAGG

  Possible Answer : Bragg, Braxton_Bragg




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

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

  The answer: COAXED

  Possible Answer : sweet-talk, inveigle, coax, wheedle, blarney, palaver, cajole




• The clue is 31. Just so. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOATEE




• The clue is 32. They're not afraid to take charge. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: FEARLESSLEADERS




• The clue is 35. Media-based learning sites, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVLABS




• The clue is 36. Word on many "No Trespassing" signs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POSTED

  Possible Answer : carry, post, stake, station, put_up, mail, brand, send, posted, place




• The clue is 37. Hanes brand once sold in ovoid packaging. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEGGS




• The clue is 38. 90°. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAST

  Possible Answer : East, eastward, Orient, east, E, eastern_United_States, due_east

  Possible Opposite Answer : west




• The clue is 39. Team that briefly changed its name during the 1950s to appease McCarthyites. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDS

  Possible Answer : loss, bolshy, Bolshevik, redness, red_ink, Red_River, red, Marxist, Red, bolshie

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain




• The clue is 42. The case, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRUE

  Possible Answer : straight, dead_on_target, true_up, on-key, dependable, truthful, reliable, admittedly, confessedly, lawful, true, honest, genuine, rightful, avowedly, unfeigned

  Possible Opposite Answer : untruthful, false




• The clue is 43. Jumps from one foot to the other. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JETES

  Possible Answer : gush, jet




• The clue is 44. Break off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STOP

  Possible Answer : hold_on, point, layover, occlusive, stop_over, stoppage, cease, contain, hold_back, blockage, stop_consonant, halt, kibosh, full_stop, diaphragm, terminate, quit, block_up, turn_back, closure, block_off, bar, hitch, full_point, break, plosive, barricade, plosive_speech_sound, end, blockade, check, plosive_consonant, break_off, give_up, arrest, finish, occlusion, lay_off, stopover, intercept, block, catch, period, stay, stop, discontinue

  Possible Opposite Answer : continue, begin, start, continuant_consonant




• The clue is 45. Record company behind (and inside) Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMI




• The clue is 46. 1988 Summer Olympics host. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEOUL

  Possible Answer : capital_of_South_Korea, Seoul




• The clue is 47. Word that's a homophone of its middle letter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARE

  Possible Answer : equal, are, make_up, personify, live, cost, represent, be, ar, embody, exist, constitute, follow, comprise

  Possible Opposite Answer : differ




• The clue is 48. Spin right round?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: ROTATECLOCKWISE




• The clue is 53. What might remove all of your problems?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERASER

  Possible Answer : eraser




• The clue is 54. Went after. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSAILED

  Possible Answer : assault, snipe, assail, round, lash_out, set_on, attack

  Possible Opposite Answer : defend




• The clue is 55. Cleans up like the Pied Piper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DERATS




• The clue is 56. Band aids. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SETLISTS

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. What passwords unlock. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACCESS

  Possible Answer: approach, admission, memory_access, accession, get_at, access_code, admittance, access, entree

• The clue is 2. Arrive curbside. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROLLUP

• The clue is 3. Andrés Segovia won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for it. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: CLASSICALGUITAR

• The clue is 4. Temple Square letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LDS

• The clue is 5. Window installations, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACS

  Possible Answer: alternating_electric_current, Ac, actinium, atomic_number_89, AC, alternating_current

  Possible Opposite Answer : direct_current

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

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

  The answer: MAR

  Possible Answer: impair, blemish, vitiate, mutilate, deflower, Mar, March, defect, spoil, mar

• The clue is 7. P, B, D, T, K and G. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLOSIVES

  Possible Answer: occlusive, plosive, plosive_speech_sound, stop_consonant, plosive_consonant, stop

  Possible Opposite Answer : continuant_consonant

• The clue is 8. Kitchen flippers. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: SLOTTEDSPATULAS

• The clue is 9. De-centers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORES

  Possible Answer: marrow, heart_and_soul, substance, nub, CORE, essence, centre, nucleus, core_group, Congress_of_Racial_Equality, center, kernel, inwardness, effect, pith, sum, heart, magnetic_core, burden, core, gist, meat, nitty-gritty

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

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

  The answer: APOP

• The clue is 11. Its in French. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SES

  Possible Answer: randomness, S, southward, south, atomic_number_34, selenium, atomic_number_16, Se, sou'-east, s, due_south, sulfur, sulphur, reciprocal_ohm, southeast, SE, southeastward, siemens, second, mho, entropy, sec

• The clue is 12. Juicy stuff. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: INTIMATEDETAILS

• The clue is 13. Outspoken parenting critic, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEENAGER

  Possible Answer: adolescent, teen, stripling, teenager

• The clue is 14. Sets up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARRANGES

  Possible Answer: coiffure, coiffe, put, dress, arrange, set, coif, fix_up, set_up, do, order, stage, format

  Possible Opposite Answer : disarrange

• The clue is 18. Subject of the 2021 documentary "Once Upon a Time in Queens". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: METS

• The clue is 23. Cyber space?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STORAGE

  Possible Answer: reposition, storage, computer_memory, storehouse, warehousing, memory, repositing, depot, computer_storage, store, memory_board, entrepot

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

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

  The answer: MIXES

  Possible Answer: meld, shuffle, admixture, combine, mixture, conflate, desegregate, mix_in, ruffle, intermixture, premix, flux, mingle, commixture, coalesce, mix, commix, immix, integrate, blend, merge, commingle, unify, amalgamate, mixing, fuse

  Possible Opposite Answer : segregate

• The clue is 25. Teaching assistants, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRADERS

  Possible Answer: grader

• The clue is 28. Certain Thanksgiving dish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOAT

  Possible Answer: boat, gravy_boat, sauceboat, gravy_holder

• The clue is 30. Mass apparel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALBS

  Possible Answer: alb

• The clue is 31. Pilots, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TESTS

  Possible Answer: screen, run, exam, mental_test, test, examination, psychometric_test, try_out, trial_run, try, prove, examine, essay, quiz, mental_testing, trial, tryout

• The clue is 32. Had a hiccup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FALTERED

  Possible Answer: stammer, bumble, stutter, falter, stumble, waver

• The clue is 33. Till the end of time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVERMORE

  Possible Answer: evermore, forever, everlastingly, forevermore, eternally

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

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

  The answer: LOSELOSE

• The clue is 38. Fair-hiring agcy.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEOC

• The clue is 40. Home to England's Jurassic Coast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DORSET

• The clue is 41. Fan settings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEEDS

  Possible Answer: hurry, stop_number, hurrying, accelerate, rush_along, quicken, hie, pep_pill, focal_ratio, zip, step_on_it, swiftness, speed, speed_up, race, bucket_along, travel_rapidly, fastness, pelt_along, velocity, f_number, cannonball_along, hasten, hotfoot, belt_along, upper, rush, speeding, amphetamine

  Possible Opposite Answer : linger, decelerate

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

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

  The answer: JEERS

  Possible Answer: mockery, barrack, jeer, flout, gibe, scoff, scoffing, jeering

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

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

  The answer: STET

  Possible Answer: stet

• The clue is 49. Arkansas pol Hutchinson. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASA

• The clue is 50. New Orleans setting: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CST

  Possible Answer: Central_Time, Central_Standard_Time, CST

• The clue is 51. Carrier to 46-Across, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KAL

• The clue is 52. Device sold with a remote. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WII

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 10, 2024

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NYT Saturday, August 10, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Political adviser Dunn. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANITA




• The clue is 6. Disapproving sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSK

  Possible Answer : tut, tsk, tut-tut




• The clue is 9. They don't usually produce change. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATMS

  Possible Answer : automated_teller, standard_pressure, cash_dispenser, automated_teller_machine, atmosphere, standard_atmosphere, automatic_teller_machine, automatic_teller, asynchronous_transfer_mode, cash_machine, atm, ATM




• The clue is 13. Brand of brightly colored hair dye with a rhyming name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANICPANIC




• The clue is 16. Celebratory gloat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IWIN




• The clue is 17. Sport that has generated noise complaints across the country in recent years. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PICKLEBALL




• The clue is 18. Rapper ___ Nasty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RICO

  Possible Answer : Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act, RICO_Act, RICO, anti-racketeering_law




• The clue is 19. Thin strip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAT

  Possible Answer : slat, spline




• The clue is 20. Finish a study session at the library, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOGOUT




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

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

  The answer: SRO




• The clue is 23. Not fooled by. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONTO




• The clue is 25. Circus venue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIGTOP




• The clue is 27. "That's not good!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YIKES




• The clue is 29. Regular joes?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COFFEES

  Possible Answer : coffee_tree, coffee_berry, chocolate, java, deep_brown, coffee_bean, burnt_umber, umber, coffee




• The clue is 31. Becomes inseparable. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BONDS

  Possible Answer : attachment, bring_together, adhesiveness, bail_bond, alliance, Julian_Bond, adherence, bind, bond_certificate, bail, bond_paper, chemical_bond, hamper, trammel, attach, adhere, shackle, Bond, stick, draw_together, hold_fast, James_Bond, stick_to, bond, adhesion, tie




• The clue is 32. Ferocious, as winds. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: GALEFORCE




• The clue is 34. Field of the supernatural. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AURA

  Possible Answer : halo, atmosphere, aura, nimbus, gloriole, glory, aureole, air




• The clue is 35. "Aw, that's a shame". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOSAD




• The clue is 36. Exclamation of exasperation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CMON




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

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: OPENLYGAY




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

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

  The answer: LEAPT

  Possible Answer : jump_off, leap, spring, jump, bound




• The clue is 40. Gambling venues with a portmanteau name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RACINOS




• The clue is 41. Any of the Apennines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONTE

  Possible Answer : three-card_monte, four-card_monte, monte




• The clue is 42. Open, waist-length jacket. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOLERO

  Possible Answer : bolero




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

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

  The answer: ZOOT




• The clue is 44. Inits. on a food assistance card. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBT




• The clue is 45. Photographers' considerations. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANGLES

  Possible Answer : weight, lean, tilt, angle, slant, Angle, tip, fish




• The clue is 48. Animals from which shofars can be made. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAMS

  Possible Answer : pound, random_access_memory, drive, force, crash, jampack, random_memory, random-access_memory, read/write_memory, Ram, Aries_the_Ram, ram, cram, wad, Aries, tup, ram_down, chock_up, jam, RAM




• The clue is 52. Landed (on). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIT




• The clue is 54. Ultraconfident affirmation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOUBETICAN




• The clue is 56. Name that's Latin for "nobody". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEMO




• The clue is 57. She's so full of herself!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MATRYOSHKA




• The clue is 58. Sign. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMEN

  Possible Answer : predict, forecast, presage, omen, Muscat_and_Oman, prognosticate, prefigure, portend, Sultanate_of_Oman, prognostic, prognostication, augur, betoken, prodigy, foreshadow, bode, auspicate, Oman, portent, foretell




• The clue is 59. Gossip, in modern lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEA

  Possible Answer : afternoon_tea, teatime, tea, tea_leaf, Camellia_sinensis




• The clue is 60. Getting a high grade?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEEP

  Possible Answer : infuse, steep, exorbitant, extortionate, unconscionable, engross, plunge, immerse, engulf, soak_up, outrageous, absorb, usurious

  Possible Opposite Answer : gradual

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: AMPS

  Possible Answer: ampere, AMP, amp, adenosine_monophosphate, A, adenylic_acid

• The clue is 2. Get perfectly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAIL

  Possible Answer: blast, cop, pinpoint, sail_through, ace, sweep_through, arrest, nail, smash, nail_down, pass_with_flying_colors, peg, pick_up, apprehend, collar, nab, boom, breeze_through, complete

• The clue is 3. First civilization to cultivate potatoes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INCA

  Possible Answer: Inka, Inca, Incan

• The clue is 4. Noted 21st-century movement?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIKTOKDANCE

• The clue is 5. Knee part, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACL

• The clue is 6. Don't mention it!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TABOO

  Possible Answer: verboten, forbidden, out, proscribed, tabu, prohibited, taboo

• The clue is 7. Pitfall. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAG

  Possible Answer: hitch, rub, tear, rent, rip, snag, hang-up, split

• The clue is 8. Grand opening?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KILO

  Possible Answer: kg, kilogram, kilo

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

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

  The answer: AIR

  Possible Answer: airwave, broadcast, aviation, air, strain, aerate, melodic_line, melodic_phrase, transmit, line, air_out, atmosphere, aura, beam, bare, ventilate, vent, tune, publicise, send, zephyr, melody, publicize, gentle_wind, air_travel, breeze

• The clue is 10. People hold complicated positions on it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TWISTERMAT

• The clue is 11. Metaphor for scrutiny. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MICROSCOPE

  Possible Answer: microscope

• The clue is 12. Poke around. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNOOP

  Possible Answer: snoop, snooper, spy, sleuth, stag

• The clue is 14. Some animal products. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PELTS

  Possible Answer: skin, hide, bombard, pepper, fur, rain_buckets, pour, rain_cats_and_dogs, pelt, stream

• The clue is 15. Relatively nice prison, humorously. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLUBFED

• The clue is 21. Quarrel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIFF

  Possible Answer: tiff, pettifoggery, bicker, squabble, spat, fuss, bickering

• The clue is 24. Switch's ancestor, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NES

  Possible Answer: Nebraska, nor'-east, neon, northeastward, Cornhusker_State, atomic_number_10, Ne, NE, northeast

• The clue is 26. To whom one might say "Not everything revolves around you!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GEOCENTRIST

• The clue is 27. Another's issue, in modern lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOUPROBLEM

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

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

  The answer: INREALTIME

• The clue is 29. Barrio makeup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CASAS

• The clue is 30. Cosmetics giant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLAY

• The clue is 31. Steamed bun of Chinese cuisine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAO

• The clue is 32. "Faster!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOGO

• The clue is 33. Suffix that turns a verb into an adjective. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENT

• The clue is 35. Contracts for shrinks, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SYNONYM

  Possible Answer: equivalent_word, synonym

  Possible Opposite Answer : antonym

• The clue is 38. Turkey's currency. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIRA

  Possible Answer: Italian_lira, lira, Maltese_lira, Turkish_lira

• The clue is 39. ___ roll (toilet paper, in Britspeak). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOO

  Possible Answer: W.C., water_closet, loo, closet

• The clue is 41. Walk leisurely. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOSEY

  Possible Answer: amble, mosey

• The clue is 42. Gas relief brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEANO

  Possible Answer: keno, bingo, beano, lotto

• The clue is 43. Animal whose pattern allows it to camouflage into grassland. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZEBRA

  Possible Answer: zebra

• The clue is 46. Best ever, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOAT

  Possible Answer: Goat, Capricorn, Capricorn_the_Goat, butt, goat, laughingstock, caprine_animal, stooge

• The clue is 47. Chordophone popular in medieval times. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUTE

  Possible Answer: lute, luting

• The clue is 49. Be in pain. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACHE

  Possible Answer: hurt, smart, suffer, ache, aching, yearn, languish, yen, pine

• The clue is 50. Arrive in time for. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAKE

  Possible Answer: ca-ca, micturate, piddle, work, piss, relieve_oneself, take, do, defecate, constitute, stool, pee, earn, have, wee-wee, cause, progress_to, create, construct, form, shuffling, hold, take_a_crap, prepare, stimulate, attain, seduce, spend_a_penny, hit, brand, arrive_at, clear, get_to, establish, give, make, produce, draw, build, crap, ready, realize, shit, lay_down, score, urinate, fix, pass_water, pee-pee, make_believe, puddle, wee, induce, gain, shuffle, nominate, pull_in, take_in, make_water, realise, get, throw, make_up, take_a_shit, cook, pretend, take_a_leak, name, reach, bring_in

  Possible Opposite Answer : break, unmake

• The clue is 51. Lose one's cool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAP

  Possible Answer: bust, snarl, photograph, flick, snap_fastener, snap_bean, cinch, press_stud, picnic, crack, catch, shot, ginger_nut, pushover, snatch_up, centering, break_down, snap, elasticity, cracking, tear, snapshot, snatch, ginger_snap, child's_play, click, piece_of_cake, lose_it, gingersnap, walkover, duck_soup, rupture, shoot, grab, breeze

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity

• The clue is 53. The "long" version of it is 12% heavier. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TON

  Possible Answer: ton, long_ton, short_ton, gross_ton, net_ton

• The clue is 55. How-___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOS

October 27, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (34 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, October 27, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (34 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

October 27, 2023 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Award" bestowed at the Kids' Choice Awards	5
2A	6. Garter and stockinette, in knitting	8
3A	14. Outbreaks	6
4A	15. Admonishment from Austin Powers	8
5A	16. Took on a pet project?	6
6A	17. "All rise" reversal	8
7A	18. "Things ___ that simple"	5
8A	19. Novelist whose "Little Fires Everywhere" became a #1 best seller	9
9A	20. It was called Big Meadows on the California Trail	4
10A	21. Bird whose largest species is called the Goliath	5
11A	22. 66, e.g.: Abbr.	3
12A	23. Casual Friday gaffe	4
13A	24. Self starter?	4
14A	25. Slight contact, on a pool table	4
15A	27. Like either main face of El Capitan	5
16A	29. Lightened up?	5
17A	31. Stand near a poser	5
18A	33. Element exhibiting a blue glow when placed in an electric field	5
19A	35. Unclothe	5
20A	37. Like the bonds of table salt	5
21A	39. Actor Diggs	4
22A	41. Scaloppine option	4
23A	43. Word before and after "'s"	4
24A	45. "House" band?: Abbr.	3
25A	46. Its population doubles once a year	5
26A	47. Barossa Valley export	4
27A	48. Bibimbap and tamago kake gohan, for two	9
28A	51. Shire who played a Corleone	5
29A	52. Popular Schubert composition	8
30A	53. Single-minded philosophy	6
31A	54. Features of many hotel rooms	8
32A	55. Gets ready to dry, say	6
33A	56. "Alas, it is so"	8
34A	57. Group of runners?	5

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. "Award" bestowed at the Kids' Choice Awards"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: ooze, goop, goo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Garter and stockinette, in knitting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing
• Words that mean the same thing: run up, stitch, sew
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STITCHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Outbreaks"

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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Words that mean the same thing: rush, passel, hatful
• The opposite would be: boo
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Admonishment from Austin Powers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHBEHAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Took on a pet project?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CATSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. "All rise" reversal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BESEATED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. "Things ___ that simple""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Novelist whose "Little Fires Everywhere" became a #1 best seller"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CELESTENG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. It was called Big Meadows on the California Trail"

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 city in western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Bird whose largest species is called the Goliath"

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 greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hero of Alexandria, Hero
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. 66, e.g.: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Casual Friday gaffe"

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 set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
• Words that mean the same thing: courting, causa, beseem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Self starter?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Slight contact, on a pool table"

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 the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
• Words that mean the same thing: osculation, snog, osculate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Like either main face of El Capitan"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a steep place (as on a hill)
• Words that mean the same thing: exorbitant, outrageous, extortionate
• The opposite would be: gradual
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Lightened up?"

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 turn pale, as if in fear
• Words that mean the same thing: pale, blench, blanch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Stand near a poser"

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 upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Element exhibiting a blue glow when placed in an electric field"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
• Words that mean the same thing: Xe, atomic number 54
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: XENON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Unclothe"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a relatively long narrow piece of something
• Words that mean the same thing: disinvest, comic strip, strip down
• The opposite would be: dress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Like the bonds of table salt"

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 the dialect of ancient greek spoken and written in attica and athens and ionia
• Words that mean the same thing: Attic, Classical Greek, Ionic dialect
• The opposite would be: nonionic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Actor Diggs"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Scaloppine option"

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 meat from a calf
• Words that mean the same thing: veau
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Word before and after "'s""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. "House" band?: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Its population doubles once a year"

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 joint capital (with riyadh) of saudi arabia; located in western saudi arabia; as the birthplace of muhammad it is the holiest city of islam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MECCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Barossa Valley export"

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 fermented juice (of grapes especially)
• Words that mean the same thing: wine-colored, vino, wine-coloured
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Bibimbap and tamago kake gohan, for two"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICEBOWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Shire who played a Corleone"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Popular Schubert composition"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVEMARIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Single-minded philosophy"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element
• The opposite would be: pluralism
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MONISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Features of many hotel rooms"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sideboard with compartments for holding bottles
• Words that mean the same thing: minibar, cellaret
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINIBARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "55. Gets ready to dry, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
• Words that mean the same thing: wash, rinsing, rinse off
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RINSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "56. "Alas, it is so""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SADLYYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "57. Group of runners?"

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 (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
• Words that mean the same thing: slating, ticket
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle October 27, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "We've heard enough of this nonsense"	7
2D	2. Like some TV talk shows, informally	8
3D	3. "There's a lot more to this than you think"	10
4D	4. Heart	4
5D	5. Contractor's fig.	3
6D	6. Get serious, in a way	7
7D	7. Children's story with Truffula Trees	8
8D	8. Playwright awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1893	5
9D	9. Links things	4
10D	10. Jaw	4
11D	11. Unfriendly crowd	6
12D	12. Goings-on	6
13D	13. Plant growing in tufts	5
14D	14. Results of cuts, maybe	5
15D	19. Lead runner, for short?	3
16D	21. Really excited	5
17D	25. Game whose name comes from French for "five winning numbers"	4
18D	26. Response from one who ain't gonna	10
19D	28. 90° from norte	4
20D	30. Actress George of "Animal Kingdom"	5
21D	32. Volatile personality	8
22D	34. One who might say "Nothing is real"	8
23D	36. It might conclude with a shower, informally	7
24D	38. "Care to show me?"	7
25D	39. Pub ___	6
26D	40. Climb	6
27D	42. Heat extractors, for short	3
28D	44. Devils and Angels, e.g.	5
29D	45. Apothecary measures	5
30D	46. Cooperative hunter with the coral grouper	5
31D	49. Romanian philosopher Cioran	4
32D	50. Miniature	4
33D	51. Labor	4
34D	53. "___ Davis" (series starring Betty Gilpin)	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. "We've heard enough of this nonsense""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAREUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Like some TV talk shows, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATENITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "There's a lot more to this than you think""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITSNOTEASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Heart"

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 flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: gist, essence, heart
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Contractor's fig."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Get serious, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOBERUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Children's story with Truffula Trees"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THELORAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Playwright awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1893"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that realistic norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
• Words that mean the same thing: Henrik Ibsen, Henrik Johan Ibsen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: IBSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Links things"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Words that mean the same thing: golf tee, tee up, tee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: TEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Jaw"

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 an informal conversation
• Words that mean the same thing: New World chat, confabulate, chatter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Unfriendly crowd"

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 a person who hates
• Words that mean the same thing: hater
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HATERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Goings-on"

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 something that happens at a given place and time
• Words that mean the same thing: outcome, upshot, event
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Plant growing in tufts"

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

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• This could be something that grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Results of cuts, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: cicatrix, pock, scratch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Lead runner, for short?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.

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• This could be something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Words that mean the same thing: chief executive officer, chief operating officer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: CEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Really excited"

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

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• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Game whose name comes from French for "five winning numbers""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• Words that mean the same thing: lotto, bingo, beano
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Response from one who ain't gonna"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDONTWANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. 90° from norte"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Actress George of "Animal Kingdom""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEILA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Volatile personality"

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

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• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIVEWIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. One who might say "Nothing is real""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief
• Words that mean the same thing: syndicalist, anarchist
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIHILIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. It might conclude with a shower, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PECLASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. "Care to show me?""

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

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• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Pub ___"

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 something of small importance
• Words that mean the same thing: small beer, trivium, trifle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIVIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Climb"

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 go back in order of genealogical succession
• Words that mean the same thing: come up, go up, uprise
• The opposite would be: set, descend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASCEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Heat extractors, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
• Words that mean the same thing: actinium, atomic number 89, alternating electric current
• The opposite would be: direct current
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Devils and Angels, e.g."

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 cooperative unit (especially in sports)
• Words that mean the same thing: team up, squad, team
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Apothecary measures"

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 unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
• Words that mean the same thing: dram, drachm, drachma
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Cooperative hunter with the coral grouper"

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

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• This could be something that family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
• Words that mean the same thing: moray eel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Romanian philosopher Cioran"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Miniature"

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 very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Words that mean the same thing: mollycoddle, pamper, featherbed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BABY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Labor"

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 productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
• Words that mean the same thing: moil, fag, dig
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. "___ Davis" (series starring Betty Gilpin)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a form of address for a married woman
• Words that mean the same thing: Mr., Mister, Mr
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	77.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	6	8.8%
History	3	4.4%
Abbreviation	3	4.4%
Literature	1	1.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 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!

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Last Updated: August 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM