NYT0902 Monday Sep 02, 2024 - NYT Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Spinning item for a circus performer, 6. Pollution portmanteau, 10. Does in, in mob slang, 14. Actress Hinds of "9-1-1", 15. Choco ___ (frozen treat with a rhyming name), 16. Penne ___ vodka, 17. Song character who comes "down the bunny trail", 20. Revered star, 21. Umpire's count after a ball and a strike, 22. Museum in N.Y.C.'s Central Park, with "the", 23. "Makes sense", 25. Narrows at the end, 27. Someone who says the same thing again and again, metaphorically, 32. Engineered embankment, 33. Kwik-E-Mart operator on "The Simpsons", 34. National law enforcement officers, with "the", 38. Dedicated poem, 39. Stance, 43. Slime, 44. Gummy candy shape, 46. U.S. 101 or 66: Abbr., 47. "Bleeding Love" singer Lewis, 49. One having an ice time at the Olympics?, 53. Pop singer Grande, 56. The "m" of e = mc², 57. Sandoval of "Vanderpump Rules", 58. Rocky, 61. Senate affirmatives, 65. Short distance to travel, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 49-Across, 68. City where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded, 69. Put in the mail, 70. Kitchen gadget for apples, 71. River to Hades, 72. They may be graphic, 73. Black wood

Down Clues :

1. Spanish "daddy", 2. Told a fib, 3. Regarding, 4. Others similar, 5. Outsize feature of a bat's head, 6. Pot smoker, 7. Chess game's ending, 8. Eight: Prefix, 9. Hit the road, as a band, 10. Nondairy milk option, 11. Symbol in Tinder's logo, 12. Frequent-___ miles, 13. Seasons to taste, say, 18. Director Joel or Ethan, 19. Approach, 24. Ooze, 26. Common email attachment, 27. What one might do after making a birthday wish, 28. Second chance, 29. Finished, 30. Picky ___, 31. PC "brain", 35. Showbiz awards quartet, 36. Finished, 37. Fly high, 40. Musician in a cathedral, 41. Letters between R and V, 42. Lodge group since 1868, 45. Advanced deg. for creative types, 48. Gravy train gig, 50. Alaska native, 51. Corrects, as a text, 52. What a beach shower helps wash off, 53. One of the Three Musketeers, 54. Pigeon's perch, 55. Suggest indirectly, 59. Fencing sword, 60. Barn topper, 62. Croatian currency beginning in 2023, 63. "___ to that!" ("Totally agree!"), 64. Agile for one's age, 66. Word after White or Red, 67. Card above king

Monday Sep 02, 2024 - NYT Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 02, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Spinning item for a circus performer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLATE

  Possible Answer : home_plate, photographic_plate, shell, denture, dental_plate, home, scale, home_base, crustal_plate, plateful, plate, collection_plate




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

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

  The answer: SMOG

  Possible Answer : smogginess, smog




• The clue is 10. Does in, in mob slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OFFS

  Possible Answer : polish_off, dispatch, remove, slay, murder, hit, bump_off, off




• The clue is 14. Actress Hinds of "9-1-1". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AISHA




• The clue is 15. Choco ___ (frozen treat with a rhyming name). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TACO

  Possible Answer : greaser, taco, wetback




• The clue is 16. Penne ___ vodka. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLA




• The clue is 17. Song character who comes "down the bunny trail". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETERCOTTONTAIL




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

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

  The answer: IDOL

  Possible Answer : perfection, god, matinee_idol, idol, graven_image, paragon, beau_ideal




• The clue is 21. Umpire's count after a ball and a strike. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEONE




• The clue is 22. Museum in N.Y.C.'s Central Park, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MET

  Possible Answer : forgather, fulfil, contact, see, gather, take_on, receive, touch, converge, fulfill, suffer, cope_with, conform_to, fit, foregather, come_across, get_together, encounter, run_into, fill, run_across, adjoin, meet, satisfy, play, assemble, match

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge




• The clue is 23. "Makes sense". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISEE




• The clue is 25. Narrows at the end. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAPERS

  Possible Answer : point, wick, candle, wax_light, taper, sharpen




• The clue is 27. Someone who says the same thing again and again, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: BROKENRECORD




• The clue is 32. Engineered embankment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEVEE

  Possible Answer : levee




• The clue is 33. Kwik-E-Mart operator on "The Simpsons". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APU




• The clue is 34. National law enforcement officers, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEDS

  Possible Answer : Federal_Reserve_System, Federal_Reserve, federal_official, FRS, Fed, Federal




• The clue is 38. Dedicated poem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODE

  Possible Answer : ode




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

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

  The answer: POSTURE

  Possible Answer : military_strength, pose, sit, posture, military_capability, military_posture, model, strength, position, carriage, bearing, stance, attitude




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

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

  The answer: GOO

  Possible Answer : gook, goop, goo, guck, gunk, sludge, muck, ooze, slime




• The clue is 44. Gummy candy shape. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WORM

  Possible Answer : louse, writhe, squirm, dirt_ball, wrestle, worm, twist, insect, wriggle




• The clue is 46. U.S. 101 or 66: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RTE




• The clue is 47. "Bleeding Love" singer Lewis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEONA




• The clue is 49. One having an ice time at the Olympics?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: FIGURESKATER




• The clue is 53. Pop singer Grande. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARIANA

  Possible Answer : Ariana




• The clue is 56. The "m" of e = mc². Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MASS

  Possible Answer : deal, stack, hatful, bulk, heap, plenty, raft, quite_a_little, aggregative, batch, the_great_unwashed, great_deal, muckle, mint, lot, masses, passel, multitude, pot, people, flock, peck, sight, hoi_polloi, mass, Mass, mess, slew, mickle, wad, aggregated, spate, volume, good_deal, mountain, pile, tidy_sum, aggregate




• The clue is 57. Sandoval of "Vanderpump Rules". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOM

  Possible Answer : Tom, Uncle_Tom, tom, gobbler, tomcat, turkey_cock, tom_turkey




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

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

  The answer: UNEVEN

  Possible Answer : odd, spotty, scratchy, uneven, mismatched

  Possible Opposite Answer : even




• The clue is 61. Senate affirmatives. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEAS

  Possible Answer : yea

  Possible Opposite Answer : nay




• The clue is 65. Short distance to travel, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 49-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOPSKIPANDAJUMP




• The clue is 68. City where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer : Christiania, Oslo, capital_of_Norway




• The clue is 69. Put in the mail. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEND

  Possible Answer : mail, send_out, commit, transmit, send, get_off, ship, send_off, beam, air, station, institutionalize, institutionalise, direct, charge, broadcast, post, place, transport




• The clue is 70. Kitchen gadget for apples. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORER

  Possible Answer : corer




• The clue is 71. River to Hades. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STYX

  Possible Answer : Styx, River_Styx




• The clue is 72. They may be graphic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEES

  Possible Answer : golf_tee, teeing_ground, tee_up, football_tee, tee




• The clue is 73. Black wood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBONY

  Possible Answer : pitch_black, ebony, soot_black, ebony_tree, ebon, Diospyros_ebenum, sable, jet_black, coal_black

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Spanish "daddy". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAPI

• The clue is 2. Told a fib. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIED

  Possible Answer: lie_in, dwell, lied, rest, lie_down, consist, lie

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise

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

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

  The answer: ASTO

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

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

  The answer: THELIKE

• The clue is 5. Outsize feature of a bat's head. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAR

  Possible Answer: spike, capitulum, ear, pinna, auricle

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

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

  The answer: STONER

  Possible Answer: lapidator, stone, stoner

• The clue is 7. Chess game's ending. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MATE

  Possible Answer: better_half, twin, spouse, copulate, Ilex_paraguariensis, married_person, match, partner, pair, checkmate, couple, fellow, mate, first_mate, teammate, Paraguay_tea

• The clue is 8. Eight: Prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTO

• The clue is 9. Hit the road, as a band. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOONTOUR

• The clue is 10. Nondairy milk option. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAT

  Possible Answer: oat

• The clue is 11. Symbol in Tinder's logo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLAME

  Possible Answer: flare, fire, flame, flaming

• The clue is 12. Frequent-___ miles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLIER

  Possible Answer: airman, flyer, flier, aviator, broadsheet, bill, circular, handbill, throwaway, aeronaut, broadside

• The clue is 13. Seasons to taste, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SALTS

  Possible Answer: table_salt, Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks, SALT, common_salt, salt, salinity, saltiness

• The clue is 18. Director Joel or Ethan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COEN

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

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

  The answer: NEAR

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : far

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

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

  The answer: SEEP

  Possible Answer: seep, ooze

• The clue is 26. Common email attachment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PDF

• The clue is 27. What one might do after making a birthday wish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOW

  Possible Answer: bollocks_up, bluster, C, bobble, brag, foul_up, bump, shock, fumble, drift, gasconade, swash, vaunt, bollix, blow_out, setback, gust, mess_up, bollocks, black_eye, boast, muff, blow, nose_candy, suck, spoil, shoot_a_line, tout, waste, muck_up, shove_along, screw_up, ball_up, botch, be_adrift, shove_off, reversal, bumble, gas, blast, puff, reverse, bodge, botch_up, bungle, bollix_up, mishandle, louse_up, burn_out, fuck_up, coke, flub, float, snow, fellate, fluff, go_down_on, squander

  Possible Opposite Answer : conserve

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

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

  The answer: REDO

  Possible Answer: reconstruct, remodel, remake, make_over, refashion, redo

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

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

  The answer: OVER

  Possible Answer: all_over, complete, concluded, ended, terminated, o'er, over

• The clue is 30. Picky ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EATER

  Possible Answer: eater, feeder

• The clue is 31. PC "brain". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CPU

  Possible Answer: CPU, C.P.U., central_processor, mainframe, processor, central_processing_unit

• The clue is 35. Showbiz awards quartet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGOT

• The clue is 36. Finished. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONE

  Possible Answer: come, perform, execute, arrange, dress, manage, make_out, practice, coiffe, do, make, cause, practise, suffice, behave, serve, get_along, act, through, fare, through_with, coif, set, exercise, done, coiffure, answer

  Possible Opposite Answer : unmake

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

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

  The answer: SOAR

  Possible Answer: soar_upwards, sailplane, soar_up, surge, zoom, soar, hang_glide

• The clue is 40. Musician in a cathedral. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORGANIST

  Possible Answer: organist

• The clue is 41. Letters between R and V. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STU

• The clue is 42. Lodge group since 1868. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELKS

  Possible Answer: American_elk, red_deer, European_elk, wapiti, Cervus_elaphus_canadensis, elk, Alces_alces, moose, Cervus_elaphus

• The clue is 45. Advanced deg. for creative types. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MFA

  Possible Answer: MFA, Master_of_Fine_Arts

• The clue is 48. Gravy train gig. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EASYJOB

• The clue is 50. Alaska native. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INUK

• The clue is 51. Corrects, as a text. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMENDS

  Possible Answer: emend

• The clue is 52. What a beach shower helps wash off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAND

  Possible Answer: George_Sand, grit, gumption, Sand, Amandine_Aurore_Lucie_Dupin, sandpaper, moxie, Baroness_Dudevant, backbone, guts, sand

• The clue is 53. One of the Three Musketeers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATHOS

  Possible Answer: Mount_Athos, Athos

• The clue is 54. Pigeon's perch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROOST

  Possible Answer: perch, roost, rest

• The clue is 55. Suggest indirectly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMPLY

  Possible Answer: incriminate, inculpate, involve, entail, connote, imply, mean

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

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

  The answer: EPEE

  Possible Answer: epee

• The clue is 60. Barn topper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VANE

  Possible Answer: web, wind_vane, weather_vane, blade, weathervane, vane

• The clue is 62. Croatian currency beginning in 2023. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EURO

  Possible Answer: euro

• The clue is 63. "___ to that!" ("Totally agree!"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMEN

  Possible Answer: Amon, Amen, Amun

• The clue is 64. Agile for one's age. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPRY

  Possible Answer: nimble, spry, agile, quick

• The clue is 66. Word after White or Red. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOX

• The clue is 67. Card above king. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACE

  Possible Answer: breeze_through, adept, single, sensation, whiz, I, maven, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, first-rate, one, genius, topnotch, mavin, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, nail, tiptop, superstar, tops, ACE, sweep_through, unity, whizz, A-one, super, virtuoso, star, wizard, Allied_Command_Europe, pass_with_flying_colors, crack, 1, ace, wiz, hotshot, champion, sail_through, top-notch

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | NYT Crossword Clues Hints - Solution Blog

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | NYT Crossword Clues Hints

NYT Crossword Clues Hints - August 21, 2024

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Use a loofah. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCRUB

  Possible Answer : scouring, cancel, scrub, scrubbing, call_off, scour, chaparral, scratch, bush, scrub_up




• The clue is 6. Biodiverse underwater ecosystem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REEF

  Possible Answer : Witwatersrand, Reef, Rand, reef




• The clue is 10. Something in the air. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAS

  Possible Answer : flatulence, bluster, vaunt, gasoline, throttle, natural_gas, boast, gun, flatulency, brag, shoot_a_line, gas_pedal, blow, accelerator_pedal, accelerator, tout, gas, gasconade, petrol, swash, gaseous_state, gasolene




• The clue is 13. Cinnabon enticements. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AROMAS

  Possible Answer : odour, fragrance, aroma, odor, olfactory_property, smell, scent, perfume




• The clue is 15. ___ mater. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALMA




• The clue is 16. "So ___ heard!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVE




• The clue is 17. Gathering for lathering?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUBADUBCLUB




• The clue is 19. Be a thorn in the side of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VEX

  Possible Answer : stick, disturb, mystify, nark, raise_up, worry, bother, commove, beat, baffle, gravel, stir_up, irritate, shake_up, rag, get, puzzle, bewilder, stupefy, perplex, chafe, devil, get_to, amaze, vex, flummox, dumbfound, agitate, nonplus, annoy, pose, nettle, get_at, rile

  Possible Opposite Answer : reassure




• The clue is 20. Weapon for Viking warriors. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXE

  Possible Answer : axe, ax




• The clue is 21. Feed, as a fire. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STOKE

  Possible Answer : stoke




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

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

  The answer: LEERY

  Possible Answer : untrusting, leery, wary, mistrustful, suspicious




• The clue is 24. Assistant who's always being questioned. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIRI




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

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

  The answer: SASS

  Possible Answer : SAS, sass, mouth, back_talk, Special_Air_Service, lip, backtalk, sassing




• The clue is 26. Jewels for fools?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: DINGALINGBLING




• The clue is 32. Puerto ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RICAN




• The clue is 33. What houses resemble from an airplane. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOTS

  Possible Answer : Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds, scatter, dit, constellate, dust, back_breaker, dose, disperse, point, pane, sprinkle, Zen, stud, Department_of_Transportation, Transportation, superman, Elvis, acid, DoT, battery-acid, loony_toons, window_pane, dot




• The clue is 34. Toy found in King Tut's tomb. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOP

  Possible Answer : crest, tip, peak, clear, circus_tent, lead, top_out, crown, elevation, height, tiptop, top_of_the_inning, upper_side, top_off, superlative, cover, go_past, transcend, top_side, top, teetotum, summit, pinch, big_top, whirligig, spinning_top, exceed, overstep, meridian, acme, round_top, upside, pass, pinnacle

  Possible Opposite Answer : bottom




• The clue is 35. Universal donor's blood type, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEG




• The clue is 36. Events at which you try not to lose track?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEETS

  Possible Answer : sports_meeting, fit, converge, assemble, encounter, conform_to, suffer, adjoin, meet, fulfil, touch, fulfill, see, forgather, play, get_together, cope_with, come_across, take_on, contact, run_into, satisfy, match, fill, receive, run_across, gather, foregather

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge




• The clue is 38. The Floor Is ___ (kids' make-believe game). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAVA

  Possible Answer : lava




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

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

  The answer: TAB

  Possible Answer : pill, tab_key, tablet, check, tab, chit, yellow_journalism, tabloid, lozenge




• The clue is 40. Japanese noodle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOBA




• The clue is 41. Ancestral tales, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAGAS

  Possible Answer : saga




• The clue is 42. Fryer piled higher?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: CHOCKABLOCKWOK




• The clue is 46. Wolverine and others. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XMEN




• The clue is 47. Like wafers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THIN

  Possible Answer : reduce, slim_down, slender, dilute, flimsy, slight, thin_out, sparse, thinly, thin, melt_off, slenderize, slim, tenuous, lose_weight, cut, lean, fragile

  Possible Opposite Answer : full, thick, thickly, gain, fat, thicken




• The clue is 48. Gold coin of old Europe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUCAT

  Possible Answer : ducat




• The clue is 50. Apt setting for a French kiss. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARIS

  Possible Answer : French_capital, genus_Paris, Paris, capital_of_France, City_of_Light




• The clue is 52. Wrath. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRE

  Possible Answer : choler, anger, ira, wrath, ire




• The clue is 55. Outfit inspiration for a Swiftie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERA

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




• The clue is 56. Cup to drink up?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHUGALUGMUG




• The clue is 59. Interact with a Magic 8 Ball, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASK

  Possible Answer : necessitate, require, need, call_for, ask, expect, take, inquire, involve, postulate, demand, enquire

  Possible Opposite Answer : obviate




• The clue is 60. Not out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOME

  Possible Answer : plate, household, domicile, home_plate, dwelling, menage, internal, interior, habitation, dwelling_house, place, rest_home, house, nursing_home, national, family, home_base, abode, home, base

  Possible Opposite Answer : away




• The clue is 61. What some credit cards offer rewards points for. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DINING

  Possible Answer : din, boom, dine, dining




• The clue is 62. Issa of Hollywood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAE




• The clue is 63. Time machine entry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEAR

  Possible Answer : class, year, twelvemonth, yr




• The clue is 64. Music, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUNES

  Possible Answer : tune, line, melodic_phrase, tune_up, strain, air, melody, melodic_line

  Possible Opposite Answer : untune

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Fleetwood Mac song with Stevie Nicks on piano. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SARA

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

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

  The answer: CRUX

  Possible Answer: crux, Crux, Southern_Cross, crux_of_the_matter, Crux_Australis

• The clue is 3. Post-shower wear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROBE

  Possible Answer: vest, robe, gown, clothe, cloak, drape

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

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

  The answer: UMA

  Possible Answer: genus_Uma, Uma

• The clue is 5. Hardly a heartening harbinger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BADSIGN

• The clue is 6. Unlikely thing off of which to buy haute couture. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RACK

  Possible Answer: squeeze, torture, stand, rack, wheel, scud, extort, gouge, wring, wrack, torment, excruciate, single-foot

• The clue is 7. She: Fr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLE

• The clue is 8. Bird that can run up to 30 m.p.h.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMU

  Possible Answer: emu, electromagnetic_unit, Dromaius_novaehollandiae, Emu_novaehollandiae

• The clue is 9. Workspaces with 3-D printers and laser cutters, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FABLABS

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

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

  The answer: GIVESITAGO

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

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

  The answer: AVER

  Possible Answer: swan, swear, verify, assert, affirm, allege, aver, avow, say

• The clue is 12. Descriptor for some Halloween costumes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEXY

  Possible Answer: aphrodisiac, sexy, aphrodisiacal

  Possible Opposite Answer : anaphrodisiac, unsexy

• The clue is 14. Kama ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUTRA

  Possible Answer: sutra

• The clue is 18. Simplify, with "down". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOIL

  Possible Answer: furuncle, moil, boiling_point, roil, seethe, boil, churn

  Possible Opposite Answer : freeze

• The clue is 23. Course for some new immigrants, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESL

• The clue is 24. Manage to get, as tickets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAG

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

• The clue is 25. Pepper and others: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SGTS

• The clue is 26. Singer/actress Shore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DINAH

• The clue is 27. No-bake dessert that's chilled before serving. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICEBOXCAKE

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

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

  The answer: IDEAL

  Possible Answer: nonpareil, ideal, nonsuch, nonesuch, saint, idealistic, apotheosis, paragon

• The clue is 29. "Why ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOT

  Possible Answer: non, not

• The clue is 30. Most common Czech surname. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOVAK

• The clue is 31. Figs. on college transcripts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GPAS

  Possible Answer: GPA, grade_point_average

• The clue is 32. Univ. program with cadets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROTC

  Possible Answer: Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps, ROTC

• The clue is 36. Reaction upon tasting a decadent dessert. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOAN

  Possible Answer: groan, moan

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

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

  The answer: EBB

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : tide

• The clue is 38. What a picket fence may enclose. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAWN

  Possible Answer: lawn

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

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

  The answer: SKETCHY

  Possible Answer: unelaborated, sketchy

• The clue is 41. Outfit for the mountains. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKISUIT

• The clue is 43. Nashville-based awards org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CMA

• The clue is 44. Other, in Oaxaca. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTRA

• The clue is 45. Dependent, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHILD

  Possible Answer: small_fry, tike, nipper, minor, shaver, tyke, nestling, fry, baby, child, youngster, kid, tiddler

  Possible Opposite Answer : parent

• The clue is 48. Cherished. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEAR

  Possible Answer: lamb, honey, costly, beloved, good, dearest, darling, pricy, devout, dearly, earnest, high-priced, love, affectionately, near, pricey, dear, heartfelt

• The clue is 49. Bear of constellations. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URSA

• The clue is 50. Guinness record holder for "Mammal with the most names". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUMA

  Possible Answer: catamount, painter, mountain_lion, puma, Felis_concolor, panther, cougar

• The clue is 51. Golden ___ (retiree). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGER

• The clue is 52. "Let's do it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMIN

• The clue is 53. Mysterious character. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUNE

  Possible Answer: rune, runic_letter

• The clue is 54. Charges of male emperor penguins. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGGS

  Possible Answer: bollock, ballock, orchis, testicle, eggs, ball, testis, nut, egg

• The clue is 57. Get into the weeds?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOE

  Possible Answer: hoe

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

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

  The answer: GNU

  Possible Answer: gnu, wildebeest

NYT Crossword - January 06, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Saturday, January 06, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 06, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1A: "1. Guthrie's restaurateur"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALICE

2A: "6. Worn away"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
• Similar words include: toothed, jagged, jaggy
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EROSE

3A: "11. Pep-rally word"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAH

4A: "14. "___ Attraction," 1987 movie"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that bringing death
• Similar words include: fateful, black, calamitous
• Opposite of: nonfatal

Click to reveal answer

Answer: FATAL

5A: "15. Belief"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
• Similar words include: dogma
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TENET

6A: "16. Abilene-to-Fort Worth dir."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the compass point midway between northeast and east
• Similar words include: east northeast
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENE

7A: "17. Colorful Boston matriarch"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROSEKENNEDY

8A: "19. Genetic initials"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Similar words include: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DNA

9A: "20. Namesakes of explorer Johnson"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OSAS

10A: "21. Squealer"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Similar words include: betray, fink, shit
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAT

11A: "22. Funnybone tickler"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMUSER

12A: "24. Yvette's boyfriend"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMI

13A: "26. Filled the larder"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have on hand
• Similar words include: stock up, carry, stocked with
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STOCKED

14A: "27. Hug"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
• Similar words include: embracement, sweep up, adopt
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EMBRACE

15A: "31. Noted German pathologist: 1809-85"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HENLE

16A: "32. Female ruff"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REE

17A: "33. Tied securely"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that beat severely with a whip or rod
• Similar words include: strap, lather, lash
• Opposite of: unlash

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LASHED

18A: "35. College in Mich."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALMA

19A: "38. Tin or copper"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
• Similar words include: metallic element, metallic, alloy
• Opposite of: nonmetallic

Click to reveal answer

Answer: METAL

20A: "40. Yellow or Checker follower"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Similar words include: taxi, cabriolet, hack
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAB

21A: "41. Stage direction"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to come or go into
• Similar words include: move into, get in, insert
• Opposite of: drop out, exit

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENTER

22A: "42. Envelope abbr."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATTN

23A: "43. Milk: Comb. form"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GALACT

24A: "45. Bit for Fido"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORT

25A: "46. Writer of "White Shadows""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YODER

26A: "48. Boot"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who is being trained
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TRAINEE

27A: "50. Inn name, too often"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a drop of dew
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DEWDROP

28A: "52. Nav. vessel designation"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Similar words include: America, the States, United States of America
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: USS

29A: "53. Assume control again"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REHEAD

30A: "54. Doctrine"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
• Similar words include: doctrine, philosophical system, school of thought
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ISM

31A: "56. Entertainer Lane"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a french abbot
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABBE

32A: "60. The Greatest"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• Similar words include: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALI

33A: "61. Colorful singer"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PEARLBAILEY

34A: "64. N.Y. opera house"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that come together
• Similar words include: see, foregather, assemble
• Opposite of: diverge

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MET

35A: "65. Locke opus"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an analytic or interpretive literary composition
• Similar words include: prove, try, examine
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESSAY

36A: "66. Fermata"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
• Similar words include: interruption, suspension, intermit
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PAUSE

37A: "67. "Violets ___ blue""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Similar words include: ar, constitute, exist
• Opposite of: differ

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARE

38A: "68. "___ Daughter," 1970 film"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RYANS

39A: "69. Bobby Fischer's game"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that weedy annual native to europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
• Similar words include: chess game, Bromus secalinus, cheat
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CHESS

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1D: "1. A hairdo"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo
• Similar words include: Afro hairdo
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AFRO

2D: "2. Thai neighbor"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
• Similar words include: Laotian, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lao
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAOS

3D: "3. "___ Long Way to Tipperary""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITSA

4D: "4. Lyricist for Gershwin's "Swanee""

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that conqueror of gaul and master of italy (100-44 bc)
• Similar words include: Gaius Julius Caesar, Sidney Caesar, Sid Caesar
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAESAR

5D: "5. He has a Grand Exalted Ruler"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Similar words include: Alces alces, Cervus elaphus, red deer
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELK

6D: "6. Sicilian firebox"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
• Similar words include: Mount Etna, Mt Etna, bunsen
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ETNA

7D: "7. Lease"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
• Similar words include: let, snag, take
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RENT

8D: "8. A follower"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: nonpareil, matchless, unity
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ONE

9D: "9. Anesthetized"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
• Similar words include: tranquilize, sedate, tranquillize
• Opposite of: stimulate

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEDATED

10D: "10. Base word"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
• Similar words include: root
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ETYMON

11D: "11. Colorful comedian"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REDSKELTON

12D: "12. "Bonne ___!""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANNEE

13D: "13. Got the word"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
• Similar words include: pick up, try, take heed
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HEARD

14D: "18. Heath"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any plant of the genus erica
• Similar words include: true heath
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERICA

15D: "23. Bruin of the Pac Ten"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: UCLAN

16D: "25. Shopping center"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
• Similar words include: center, shopping mall, shopping centre
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MALL

17D: "26. Jewish month"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the jewish calendar (in january and february)
• Similar words include: Shevat
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SHEBAT

18D: "27. Writer Calderon"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERMA

19D: "28. Miler's milieu"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Similar words include: see, fitting, foregather
• Opposite of: diverge

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MEET

20D: "29. Colorful Golden Girl"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BETTYWHITE

21D: "30. Steep slope"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
• Similar words include: scarp, escarpment, protective embankment
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESCARP

22D: "34. Bandleader Kemp"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HAL

23D: "36. Pure and simple"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small pond of standing water
• Similar words include: simple, bare
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MERE

24D: "37. Prado offering"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARTE

25D: "39. Battery terminal"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
• Opposite of: cathode
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ANODE

26D: "41. An anagram for seat"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Similar words include: eta, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, ETA
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ETAS

27D: "43. Science of earth measurement"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: GEODESY

28D: "44. Toaster ort"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very small quantity of something
• Similar words include: git, lowlife, stinkpot
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CRUMB

29D: "47. Fabric merchant"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DRAPER

30D: "49. O.T. book"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) the first of the major hebrew prophets (8th century bc)
• Similar words include: Book of Isaiah
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ISAIAH

31D: "50. Pinter product"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
• Similar words include: dramatic play, play, dramatic event
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DRAMA

32D: "51. He might say: "That's a moray!""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EELER

33D: "54. An OPEC land"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
• Similar words include: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IRAN

34D: "55. Stallone and Stone"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLYS

35D: "57. Colorful comedian Ben"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
• Similar words include: blueish, bluing, blasphemous
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BLUE

36D: "58. Catfish Row gal"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BESS

37D: "59. Poet's "windows of the soul""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that opinion or judgment
• Similar words include: eye, centre, oculus
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EYES

38D: "62. "End ___ Man": Willingham"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ASA

39D: "63. Common headache med."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
• Similar words include: armoured personnel carrier, armored personnel carrier
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: APC

Puzzle Stats

39 Across

39 Down

78 Total

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