Sat Oct 05, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Newcastle-under-___, Staffordshire, England, 5. Wail, 9. Zealous sects, 14. "Reward" for altruism, maybe, 16. Beer whose name means "morning sun", 17. Pitches low and inside?, 18. Feature of Garamond or Perpetua, 19. Forensic site in Quantico, Va., 20. Like Russia before 1917, 22. Midday assignation, 23. Org. that discourages traveling, 24. Gets, 25. Mercedes ___, icon of Argentine folk music, 26. Unforgettable night, perhaps, 29. Affliction for Morrie in "Tuesdays With Morrie," in brief, 30. What shells can be filled with, 31. Rotary successor, 32. Oldest city in France, 33. Bodyweight exercise, 36. Ready to drop, 37. W.H. Auden's "The Fall of ___", 38. Rat, 39. Buddy Guy's "Damn Right, ___ Got the Blues", 40. Unchanging, 42. There are layers to this, 44. Double duty?, 45. Plus ___ (national motto of Spain), 46. Part of a doping investigation, 49. Kites, e.g., 50. One who sees what you mean?, 51. Tad, 52. Site for artisans, 53. Like some narratives and rooms

Down Clues :

1. Some appliances, 2. "Imbecile!", 3. Don, 4. Given name of the first Countess Mountbatten, 5. Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington, 6. ___ studies (field for Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said), 7. Erroneous justification for a 2003 invasion, for short, 8. Seventh and final "Chronicles of Narnia" book, with "The", 9. First word in some Spanish restaurant names, 10. Handle online, 11. Things to wrangle with, 12. Lover of Pyramus, in Ovid, 13. Sorts, 15. Plant of the mustard family, 21. It's nothing new, 22. Edward Snowden's former employer, 23. One being onboarded, 27. Accounts ___ (ledger phrase), 28. Gertrude, for one, 30. Key, 31. Drinkers' vessels, 32. Name of the whale in "Pinocchio", 33. Epitome of completeness, 34. Penalty taker's lament, 35. Chest bump?, 36. Post-Trebek "Jeopardy!" host, 37. Go off on, 38. Bungles, 41. Cheek, 43. Big cut, 44. Concessions, 47. Wasted, 48. Whirl, so to speak

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 05, 2024

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

 Sat Oct 05, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Newcastle-under-___, Staffordshire, England. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYME




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

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

  The answer: BAWL

  Possible Answer : bawl, yawp, bellow




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

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

  The answer: CULTS

  Possible Answer : cult, furore, cultus, fad, religious_cult, furor, rage, craze




• The clue is 14. "Reward" for altruism, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOODKARMA




• The clue is 16. Beer whose name means "morning sun". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASAHI




• The clue is 17. Pitches low and inside?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUBWAYADS




• The clue is 18. Feature of Garamond or Perpetua. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERIF

  Possible Answer : serif, seriph




• The clue is 19. Forensic site in Quantico, Va.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FBILAB




• The clue is 20. Like Russia before 1917. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSARIST

  Possible Answer : tzarist, tsarist, czarist, czaristic, tsaristic




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

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

  The answer: NOONER




• The clue is 23. Org. that discourages traveling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NBA




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

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

  The answer: NABS

  Possible Answer : nail, apprehend, nab, collar, arrest, pick_up, cop




• The clue is 25. Mercedes ___, icon of Argentine folk music. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOSA




• The clue is 26. Unforgettable night, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DREAMDATE




• The clue is 29. Affliction for Morrie in "Tuesdays With Morrie," in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALS

  Possible Answer : amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis, Al, Heart_of_Dixie, atomic_number_13, Alabama, Lou_Gehrig's_disease, AL, Camellia_State, ALS, aluminium, aluminum




• The clue is 30. What shells can be filled with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CREWTEAMS




• The clue is 31. Rotary successor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOUCHTONE




• The clue is 32. Oldest city in France. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARSEILLE

  Possible Answer : Marseille, Marseilles, marseille




• The clue is 33. Bodyweight exercise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIP

  Possible Answer : cutpurse, plunge, douse, duck, inclination, souse, magnetic_dip, free_fall, sink, angle_of_dip, dip, drop, dim, dunk, fall, pickpocket, magnetic_inclination




• The clue is 36. Ready to drop. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BONETIRED




• The clue is 37. W.H. Auden's "The Fall of ___". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROME

  Possible Answer : Rome, Roma, capital_of_Italy, Italian_capital, Eternal_City




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

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

  The answer: FINK

  Possible Answer : sneak, fink, snitcher, stool_pigeon, stoolie, rat, scab, confess, snitch, blackleg, squeal, canary, sneaker, stoolpigeon




• The clue is 39. Buddy Guy's "Damn Right, ___ Got the Blues". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVE




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

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

  The answer: STATIC

  Possible Answer : static, motionless, atmospheric_static, electrostatic, still, atmospherics, unchanging, stable, inactive




• The clue is 42. There are layers to this. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASAGNA

  Possible Answer : lasagna, lasagne




• The clue is 44. Double duty?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STUNTS

  Possible Answer : stunt




• The clue is 45. Plus ___ (national motto of Spain). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ULTRA

  Possible Answer : radical, extremist, ultra




• The clue is 46. Part of a doping investigation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOODTEST




• The clue is 49. Kites, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIRDS

  Possible Answer : skirt, razzing, wench, doll, shuttlecock, shuttle, birdie, fowl, Bronx_cheer, hoot, bird, raspberry, snort, razz, dame, boo, chick, hiss, birdwatch




• The clue is 50. One who sees what you mean?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIPREADER




• The clue is 51. Tad. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKOSH




• The clue is 52. Site for artisans. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETSY




• The clue is 53. Like some narratives and rooms. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIDY

  Possible Answer : straighten, sizable, clean_up, straighten_out, healthy, tidy, goodly, tidy_up, goodish, respectable, sizeable, hefty, kempt, neaten, square_away

  Possible Opposite Answer : untidy

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Some appliances. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LGS

• The clue is 2. "Imbecile!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOUFOOL

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

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

  The answer: MOBBOSS

• The clue is 4. Given name of the first Countess Mountbatten. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDWINA

• The clue is 5. Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAYARDRUSTIN

• The clue is 6. ___ studies (field for Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAB

  Possible Answer: Arab, Arabian

• The clue is 7. Erroneous justification for a 2003 invasion, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WMD

  Possible Answer: weapon_of_mass_destruction, WMD, W.M.D.

• The clue is 8. Seventh and final "Chronicles of Narnia" book, with "The". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASTBATTLE

• The clue is 9. First word in some Spanish restaurant names. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CASA

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

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

  The answer: USERNAME

• The clue is 11. Things to wrangle with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LARIATS

  Possible Answer: reata, riata, lasso, lariat

• The clue is 12. Lover of Pyramus, in Ovid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THISBE

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

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

  The answer: SIFTS

  Possible Answer: strain, sift, sieve

• The clue is 15. Plant of the mustard family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KALE

  Possible Answer: kail, colewort, gelt, lettuce, lucre, clams, cole, dinero, pelf, bread, lolly, shekels, Brassica_oleracea_acephala, kale, dough, cabbage, borecole, sugar, scratch, boodle, moolah, wampum, loot, simoleons

• The clue is 21. It's nothing new. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAMEOLDSTORY

• The clue is 22. Edward Snowden's former employer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NSA

  Possible Answer: National_Security_Agency, NSA

• The clue is 23. One being onboarded. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWHIRE

• The clue is 27. Accounts ___ (ledger phrase). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RECEIVABLE

  Possible Answer: receivable

• The clue is 28. Gertrude, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DANE

  Possible Answer: Dane

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

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

  The answer: CORE

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

• The clue is 31. Drinkers' vessels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANKARDS

  Possible Answer: tankard

• The clue is 32. Name of the whale in "Pinocchio". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONSTRO

• The clue is 33. Epitome of completeness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOTTEDI

• The clue is 34. Penalty taker's lament. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMISSED

• The clue is 35. Chest bump?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEC

• The clue is 36. Post-Trebek "Jeopardy!" host. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIALIK

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

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

  The answer: RANTAT

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

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

  The answer: FLUBS

  Possible Answer: mess_up, foul-up, mishandle, louse_up, bollix_up, boner, bodge, fuck_up, blow, bollocks_up, flub, botch_up, bloomer, screw_up, fluff, botch, pratfall, fumble, ball_up, muff, bumble, bollocks, fuckup, bollix, foul_up, blooper, bobble, spoil, bungle, boo-boo, muck_up, blunder

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

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

  The answer: TUDE

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

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

  The answer: GASH

  Possible Answer: gash, cut, slash, slice

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

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

  The answer: SOPS

  Possible Answer: SOP, standard_procedure, sop, soak_through, douse, souse, soak, sops, dowse, standard_operating_procedure, drench, standing_operating_procedure

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

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

  The answer: LIT

  Possible Answer: get_down, illuminate, fire_up, alight, light, dismount, well-lighted, illume, illumine, fall, light_up, illuminated, lit, unhorse, get_off, lighted, literature, ignite, perch

  Possible Opposite Answer : extinguish, unlighted

• The clue is 48. Whirl, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRY

  Possible Answer: prove, seek, assay, endeavour, judge, try, hear, essay, test, taste, endeavor, attempt, render, strain, stress, try_on, effort, examine, sample, adjudicate, try_out

27448 Sat Jan 04, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 04, 2025

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

Sat Jan 04, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Home in the country?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USEMBASSY




• The clue is 10. Red container, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CASK

  Possible Answer : barrel, caskful, cask




• The clue is 14. Second woman, after Kathryn Bigelow, to win a best director Oscar (2020). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHLOEZHAO




• The clue is 15. ___ Huang, whose "Fresh Off the Boat" memoir was turned into an ABC sitcom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDDIE




• The clue is 16. Alternative to a chop or shank. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAMBSTEAK




• The clue is 17. Rage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRAZE

  Possible Answer : delirium, cult, madden, furor, fury, frenzy, fad, furore, craze, rage, hysteria




• The clue is 18. Shopping meccas of old. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGORAE

  Possible Answer : public_square, agora




• The clue is 19. Sauce named after a steward to Louis XIV. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BECHAMEL

  Possible Answer : bechamel_sauce, white_sauce, bechamel




• The clue is 21. Hit entertainment org. in Vegas?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UFC




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

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

  The answer: RECS




• The clue is 23. Historic founder of the Shakers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANNLEE




• The clue is 26. "Totally didn't see that one coming," sarcastically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOCKING

  Possible Answer : take_aback, scandalise, shocking, shameful, floor, disgraceful, ball_over, blow_out_of_the_water, scandalize, traumatise, scandalous, shock, offend, traumatize, lurid, appal, appall, outrage




• The clue is 30. Head shop purchase, nowadays. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VAPE




• The clue is 31. Language spoken in northern New York. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOHAWK

  Possible Answer : Mohawk, mohawk_haircut, mohawk




• The clue is 33. What goes around in the Pacific?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEI

  Possible Answer : wreath, garland, lei, coronal, chaplet, leu




• The clue is 34. [Back off!]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRR




• The clue is 35. Supports. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPHOLDS

  Possible Answer : carry_on, maintain, continue, preserve, bear_on, uphold

  Possible Opposite Answer : discontinue




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

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

  The answer: VHS




• The clue is 37. ___ on one's 38-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACT

  Possible Answer : do, move, represent, roleplay, dissemble, turn, bit, number, deed, human_action, enactment, behave, playact, act_as, human_activity, pretend, routine, act, work, play

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain




• The clue is 38. See 37-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEHALF

  Possible Answer : behalf




• The clue is 39. Name combining with El-, Eg- or Engel-. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BERT




• The clue is 40. Just *done* with something. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOOVERIT




• The clue is 42. Development area. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UTERUS

  Possible Answer : uterus, womb




• The clue is 44. Un animal del zodíaco. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORO




• The clue is 45. Hip-hop group with the 1990 hit "100 Miles and Runnin'". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NWA




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

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

  The answer: THEWORST




• The clue is 50. Fudge substitute. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DARNIT




• The clue is 54. "Holy oleo!" speaker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROBIN

  Possible Answer : robin, American_robin, Erithacus_rubecola, redbreast, Old_World_robin, robin_redbreast, Turdus_migratorius




• The clue is 55. Designation for some apartments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOWINCOME




• The clue is 57. Vacuous. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INANE

  Possible Answer : mindless, inane, vacuous, asinine, fatuous




• The clue is 58. Creature whose name means "forest person". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORANGUTAN

  Possible Answer : Pongo_pygmaeus, orang, orangutan, orangutang




• The clue is 59. Simon of "Shaun of the Dead". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEGG




• The clue is 60. Get carried along, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIGGYBACK

  Possible Answer : pig-a-back, pickaback, piggyback

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Holder of the longest winning streak in N.C.A.A. men's basketball history (88 games). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UCLA

• The clue is 2. High-piled style. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHAG

  Possible Answer: screw, nookie, shag, piece_of_ass, shtup, roll_in_the_hay, screwing, fuck, piece_of_tail, fucking, ass, nooky

• The clue is 3. Popular red Halloween costume. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELMO

• The clue is 4. Ochlocracy, by another name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOBRULE

• The clue is 5. "Take care". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BESAFE

• The clue is 6. Ancient figure called the "huey tlatoani" by his subjects. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AZTECEMPEROR

• The clue is 7. "___ Came to Me" (2023 rom-com). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHE

• The clue is 8. Maker of the 900 in '94 and the 9-3 in '99. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAAB

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

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

  The answer: YOKE

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : unyoke

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

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

  The answer: CDRACK

• The clue is 11. David Stern's successor as N.B.A. commissioner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADAMSILVER

• The clue is 12. L or M, but not N or O. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIZE

  Possible Answer: sizing, size, size_of_it

• The clue is 13. Collapse, with "over". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KEEL

  Possible Answer: keel, careen, swag, lurch, stagger, reel

• The clue is 15. Things sent from some online accounts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHECKS

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

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

  The answer: CROWDFUNDING

• The clue is 23. Portmanteau term for airplane fuel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVGAS

• The clue is 24. Traffic figure, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NARCO

• The clue is 25. Iconic bit of media merch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NPRTOTEBAG

• The clue is 26. Tiny swine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOAT

  Possible Answer: piggy, piglet, shote, shoat

• The clue is 27. Room for a meal, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALL

  Possible Answer: dorm, residence_hall, anteroom, foyer, manor_hall, Granville_Stanley_Hall, manse, student_residence, entrance_hall, G._Stanley_Hall, antechamber, Marguerite_Radclyffe_Hall, Hall, vestibule, mansion_house, Charles_Francis_Hall, Asaph_Hall, mansion, hall, Radclyffe_Hall, dormitory, Charles_Martin_Hall, residence, lobby, hallway

• The clue is 28. Writer of 1929's "Letters From a Father to His Daughter" while imprisoned. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEHRU

  Possible Answer: Jawaharlal_Nehru, Nehru

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

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

  The answer: GISTS

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

• The clue is 32. Hesitant response to "Is that you?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHHI

• The clue is 35. Premium service with discounts on rides. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBERONE

• The clue is 39. Babe in the woods?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEARCUB

• The clue is 41. Oath activity. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VOWING

  Possible Answer: vow, consecrate

• The clue is 43. Like some country singers' voices. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TWANGY

• The clue is 46. Word with round or power. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIP

  Possible Answer: activate, head_trip, turn_on, jaunt, tripper, stumble, actuate, trip-up, trip, trigger_off, misstep, get_off, trip_out, spark, slip, spark_off, touch_off, set_off, trigger, trip_up, travel

• The clue is 47. Perfect over time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HONE

  Possible Answer: perfect, hone

• The clue is 48. Refuse to eat?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLOP

  Possible Answer: pigswill, squish, spill, mire, swill, treacle, slop, glop, slops, mush, squelch, slosh, splash, splosh, splatter, pigwash

• The clue is 49. Spelling seen in credits. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORI

  Possible Answer: torus, toroid, tore

• The clue is 51. "___ chance". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTA

• The clue is 52. Cook's offering with chips?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMAC

• The clue is 53. Many a charity run. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENK

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

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

  The answer: WAG

  Possible Answer: wit, waggle, shake, wag, card

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (41 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Fanatical groups	5
2A	6. Dish often topped with lime and cilantro	3
3A	9. Sci-fi warrior	4
4A	13. One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven	5
5A	14. Team behind the cameras	4
6A	15. Actor Epps of "House"	4
7A	16. Question after "Well, well, well ..."	14
8A	18. Jerk	4
9A	19. "Family Guy" character with a nasal voice	4
10A	20. Exec who manages a company's day-to-day affairs	3
11A	21. Word with market or list	5
12A	22. "Too late to do anything about it now"	17
13A	26. One who has a lot to show?	7
14A	28. Bungee jumping requirement	4
15A	29. First name in beauty products	5
16A	30. Egg carton?	3
17A	31. Holders of hammers and anvils	4
18A	35. One cause of deterioration	3
19A	36. Marine creatures that can grow to the size of double-decker buses	11
20A	40. Genre for DMX or DMC	3
21A	41. Coffee maker inserts	4
22A	43. Actor Somerhalder of "Lost"	3
23A	44. Gas company with a triangular logo	5
24A	46. One side in a "Holy War" rivalry in college football	4
25A	48. Player on the bench?	7
26A	50. Sarcastic response to an unwanted offer	17
27A	54. Oodles	5
28A	55. Member of a Tolkien army	3
29A	56. Object in Pixar's logo	4
30A	59. Demolish	4
31A	60. Facial wrinkles ... or what's present in 16-, 22-, 36- and 50-Across?	10
32A	63. School with a larger-than-life bronze statue of Henry VI	4
33A	64. Fun-size	4
34A	65. Irritating "cloud"	5
35A	66. Beech or birch	4
36A	67. Ernie who has won the British Open twice	3
37A	68. Shoelace protector	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Fanatical groups"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
• Similar words include: furor, religious cult, rage
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CULTS

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2A: "6. Dish often topped with lime and cilantro"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PHO

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3A: "9. Sci-fi warrior"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: JEDI

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4A: "13. One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
• Similar words include: opera house
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OPERA

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5A: "14. Team behind the cameras"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
• Similar words include: gang, crowd, work party
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CREW

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6A: "15. Actor Epps of "House""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OMAR

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7A: "16. Question after "Well, well, well ...""

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: WHATHAVEWEHERE

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8A: "18. Jerk"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an american who lives in the north (especially during the american civil war)
• Similar words include: jerk, Yankee, Northerner
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YANK

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9A: "19. "Family Guy" character with a nasal voice"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LOIS

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10A: "20. Exec who manages a company's day-to-day affairs"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound made by a pigeon
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: COO

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11A: "21. Word with market or list"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
• Similar words include: Mary Leontyne Price, Leontyne Price, terms
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PRICE

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12A: "22. "Too late to do anything about it now""

17 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________________

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Answer: THATSHIPHASSAILED

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13A: "26. One who has a lot to show?"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a real estate agent who is a member of the national association of realtors
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: REALTOR

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14A: "28. Bungee jumping requirement"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a line made of twisted fibers or threads
• Similar words include: electric cord, corduroy
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CORD

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15A: "29. First name in beauty products"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ESTEE

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16A: "30. Egg carton?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an enclosed space
• Similar words include: pouch, sack, pocket
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SAC

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17A: "31. Holders of hammers and anvils"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Similar words include: ear, auricle, pinna
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EARS

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18A: "35. One cause of deterioration"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of using
• Similar words include: employment, exercise, purpose
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: USE

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19A: "36. Marine creatures that can grow to the size of double-decker buses"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: WHALESHARKS

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20A: "40. Genre for DMX or DMC"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Similar words include: tap, rap music, pat
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RAP

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21A: "41. Coffee maker inserts"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• Similar words include: cod, seedcase, pod
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PODS

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22A: "43. Actor Somerhalder of "Lost""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IAN

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23A: "44. Gas company with a triangular logo"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CITGO

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24A: "46. One side in a "Holy War" rivalry in college football"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
• Similar words include: Ute
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: UTES

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25A: "48. Player on the bench?"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who plays the piano
• Similar words include: piano player
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PIANIST

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26A: "50. Sarcastic response to an unwanted offer"

17 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________________

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Answer: THANKSBUTNOTHANKS

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27A: "54. Oodles"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large number or amount
• Similar words include: scores, lashings, peck
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HEAPS

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28A: "55. Member of a Tolkien army"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORC

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29A: "56. Object in Pixar's logo"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an artificial source of visible illumination
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LAMP

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30A: "59. Demolish"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tear down so as to make flat with the ground
• Similar words include: dismantle, rase, tear down
• Opposite of: raise

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Answer: RAZE

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31A: "60. Facial wrinkles ... or what's present in 16-, 22-, 36- and 50-Across?"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: LAUGHLINES

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32A: "63. School with a larger-than-life bronze statue of Henry VI"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ETON

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33A: "64. Fun-size"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: bantam, midget, petite
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TINY

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34A: "65. Irritating "cloud""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
• Similar words include: gnat
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GNATS

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35A: "66. Beech or birch"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
• Similar words include: Sir Henry Wood, woodwind, Grant Wood
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WOOD

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36A: "67. Ernie who has won the British Open twice"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Similar words include: el, elevated railroad, overhead railway
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ELS

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37A: "68. Shoelace protector"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon
• Similar words include: aiglet, aiguilette
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AGLET

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Part of a Batman costume	4
2D	2. Until	4
3D	3. Had an uplifting experience?	9
4D	4. Bridge framework	7
5D	5. Shop item with teeth	3
6D	6. Before surgery, in brief	5
7D	7. "Let ___ Go" (2012 Passenger hit)	3
8D	8. Be shy	3
9D	9. Some kicks on Route 66, maybe	7
10D	10. Bit of info on a résumé	5
11D	11. Ball	5
12D	12. Teed off	5
13D	14. Group in a loft	5
14D	17. Sound in a cave	4
15D	21. Course standard	3
16D	23. Gumbo, e.g.	4
17D	24. Disney villain based on Shakespeare's King Claudius	4
18D	25. Punch in the face, say	4
19D	26. Extend a tour of duty	4
20D	27. The first letter in this gas brand's logo resembles a backward 3	4
21D	30. It's often identified by its last four digits, in brief	3
22D	32. Made in a nonmechanized way, as food products	9
23D	33. Cloths for custodians	4
24D	34. TV ad	4
25D	37. Stead	4
26D	38. Like Alabama vis-à-vis Mississippi	4
27D	39. Create a PDF of, maybe	4
28D	42. Hang	7
29D	45. Slightest idea	7
30D	47. Airer of the game show "Wipeout"	3
31D	48. Bess's beau on Broadway	5
32D	49. Eczema symptom	4
33D	50. Pitched	5
34D	51. "Cool beans!"	5
35D	52. Instrument once known as a "toy trumpet"	5
36D	53. Followers of articles	5
37D	57. Parcel (out)	4
38D	58. Whisper that might accompany a tap	4
39D	60. Broadband letters	3
40D	61. Need a day off, say	3
41D	62. Big Apple airport code	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Part of a Batman costume"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
• Similar words include: cowling, bonnet, hood
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COWL

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2D: "2. Until"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UPTO

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3D: "3. Had an uplifting experience?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
• Similar words include: levitate, hover
• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEVITATED

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4D: "4. Bridge framework"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a supporting tower used to support a bridge
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TRESTLE

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5D: "5. Shop item with teeth"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• Similar words include: construe, assure, run into
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAW

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6D: "6. Before surgery, in brief"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PREOP

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7D: "7. "Let ___ Go" (2012 Passenger hit)"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HER

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8D: "8. Be shy"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be obliged to pay or repay
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OWE

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9D: "9. Some kicks on Route 66, maybe"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure
• Similar words include: tool around, tool
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: JOYRIDE

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10D: "10. Bit of info on a résumé"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
• Similar words include: netmail, e-mail, electronic mail
• Opposite of: snail mail

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EMAIL

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11D: "11. Ball"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an artistic form of nonverbal communication
• Similar words include: trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dancing
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DANCE

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12D: "12. Teed off"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that irritate or vex
• Similar words include: irk, gall
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IRKED

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13D: "14. Group in a loft"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
• Similar words include: consort, chorus
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHOIR

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14D: "17. Sound in a cave"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Similar words include: repeat, reverberation, reverberate
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ECHO

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15D: "21. Course standard"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
• Similar words include: equality, equivalence, equation
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PAR

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16D: "23. Gumbo, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Similar words include: lather, sweat, swither
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STEW

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17D: "24. Disney villain based on Shakespeare's King Claudius"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
• Similar words include: pock, mark, cicatrix
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCAR

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18D: "25. Punch in the face, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
• Similar words include: whop, bonk, drogue
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOCK

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19D: "26. Extend a tour of duty"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REUP

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20D: "27. The first letter in this gas brand's logo resembles a backward 3"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ESSO

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21D: "30. It's often identified by its last four digits, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SSN

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22D: "32. Made in a nonmechanized way, as food products"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARTISANAL

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23D: "33. Cloths for custodians"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small piece of cloth or paper
• Similar words include: cod, lecture, call down
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAGS

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24D: "34. TV ad"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a point located with respect to surface features of some region
• Similar words include: smirch, position, spy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPOT

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25D: "37. Stead"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• Similar words include: place, stead, position
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LIEU

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26D: "38. Like Alabama vis-à-vis Mississippi"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Similar words include: due east, E, eastern United States
• Opposite of: west

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EAST

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27D: "39. Create a PDF of, maybe"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
• Similar words include: run down, rake, skim
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCAN

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28D: "42. Hang"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hang freely
• Similar words include: debar, set aside, freeze
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SUSPEND

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29D: "45. Slightest idea"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slight suggestion or vague understanding
• Similar words include: intimation, glimmering, glimmer
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: INKLING

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30D: "47. Airer of the game show "Wipeout""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
• Similar words include: terabit, TiB, tuberculosis
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TBS

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31D: "48. Bess's beau on Broadway"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern atlantic coast of the united states
• Similar words include: scup
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PORGY

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32D: "49. Eczema symptom"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
• Similar words include: scabies, urge, itching
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ITCH

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33D: "50. Pitched"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that propel through the air
• Similar words include: throw off, befuddle, confound
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: THREW

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34D: "51. "Cool beans!""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NEATO

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35D: "52. Instrument once known as a "toy trumpet""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KAZOO

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36D: "53. Followers of articles"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
• Similar words include: noun
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOUNS

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37D: "57. Parcel (out)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a line that indicates a boundary
• Similar words include: delimitation, boundary line, borderline
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: METE

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38D: "58. Whisper that might accompany a tap"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PSST

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39D: "60. Broadband letters"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LTE

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40D: "61. Need a day off, say"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that aromatic bulb used as seasoning
• Similar words include: trouble, garlic, pain
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AIL

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41D: "62. Big Apple airport code"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LGA

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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