NY Times Crossword Answers April 26, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: April 26, 2025

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NY Times Crossword Answers April 26, 2025

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Intellectual

9-letter answer Answer: EGGHEADED

Clue #2: 10. Like embers

5-letter answer Answer: AGLOW

Word Help: Synonyms: luminous, aglow, lambent

Clue #3: 15. Tantric meditation practiced while in a sleeping state

9-letter answer Answer: DREAMYOGA

Clue #4: 16. Pointless

5-letter answer Answer: INANE

Word Help: Synonyms: inane, fatuous, mindless

Clue #5: 17. "Would you like a bite?"

9-letter answer Answer: WANTTOTRY

Clue #6: 18. Fruit high in antioxidants

5-letter answer Answer: DATES

Word Help: Synonyms: go_steady, appointment, see

Clue #7: 19. Prestigious octad

5-letter answer Answer: IVIES

Word Help: Synonyms: Hedera_helix, English_ivy, common_ivy

Clue #8: 20. Emily ___, winner of the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel

4-letter answer Answer: TESH

Clue #9: 22. "The young man who has not ___ is a savage": George Santayana

4-letter answer Answer: WEPT

Word Help: Synonyms: cry, weep
Antonyms: laugh

Clue #10: 23. Countdown occasion, for short

3-letter answer Answer: NYE

Clue #11: 24. Relative of a trivet

6-letter answer Answer: HOTPAD

Clue #12: 26. ___ Dunn (brand of ceramic art and other housewares)

3-letter answer Answer: RAE

Clue #13: 27. "That's so relatable," in modern slang

4-letter answer Answer: MOOD

Word Help: Synonyms: mood, humour, mode

Clue #14: 29. Aquarius is one, perhaps surprisingly

7-letter answer Answer: AIRSIGN

Clue #15: 31. Literally, "good word"

6-letter answer Answer: BONMOT

Clue #16: 33. Expired

6-letter answer Answer: LAPSED

Word Help: Synonyms: pass, regress, slip_by

Clue #17: 34. Source of an unsigned love letter

13-letter answer Answer: SECRETADMIRER

Clue #18: 36. Charge

6-letter answer Answer: RUSHAT

Clue #19: 37. Not as nice

6-letter answer Answer: MEANER

Word Help: Synonyms: tight, miserly, mingy

Clue #20: 38. ___ Prime, protagonist in the "Transformers" franchise

7-letter answer Answer: OPTIMUS

Clue #21: 40. Gaelic language

4-letter answer Answer: ERSE

Word Help: Synonyms: Gaelic, Erse, Goidelic

Clue #22: 41. Vote for

3-letter answer Answer: YEA

Word Help: Synonyms: yea, yeah
Antonyms: nay

Clue #23: 42. "Gossip Girl" fashion descriptor

6-letter answer Answer: PREPPY

Clue #24: 44. "... your point being?"

3-letter answer Answer: AND

Clue #25: 47. Parabolic paths

4-letter answer Answer: ARCS

Word Help: Synonyms: arch, arc, bow

Clue #26: 49. Land granted to a vassal

4-letter answer Answer: FIEF

Word Help: Synonyms: feoff, fief

Clue #27: 50. Circus performer

5-letter answer Answer: TAMER

Word Help: Synonyms: meek, tamer, tamed
Antonyms: wild

Clue #28: 52. Discovered unexpectedly

5-letter answer Answer: LITON

Clue #29: 54. Rely on audience support during a show?

9-letter answer Answer: STAGEDIVE

Clue #30: 56. Author whose name sounds like a canine

5-letter answer Answer: WOOLF

Word Help: Synonyms: Woolf, Adeline_Virginia_Stephen_Woolf, Virginia_Woolf

Clue #31: 57. Do the impossible

9-letter answer Answer: MAKEMAGIC

Clue #32: 58. Flynn of old Hollywood

5-letter answer Answer: ERROL

Clue #33: 59. Eye shadow for a night out?

9-letter answer Answer: SLEEPMASK

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Dickens's Drood

5-letter answer Answer: EDWIN

Word Help: Synonyms: Edwin

Clue #2: 2. ___ boat

5-letter answer Answer: GRAVY

Word Help: Synonyms: gravy, bonanza, windfall

Clue #3: 3. Bottled spirit

5-letter answer Answer: GENIE

Word Help: Synonyms: jinni, djinni, genie

Clue #4: 4. Word before mail or watch

4-letter answer Answer: HATE

Word Help: Synonyms: hatred, detest, hate
Antonyms: love

Clue #5: 5. Ones trained to administer naloxone, for short

4-letter answer Answer: EMTS

Clue #6: 6. Actress and comedian Edebiri

3-letter answer Answer: AYO

Clue #7: 7. Connections puzzle?

8-letter answer Answer: DOTTODOT

Clue #8: 8. Creature in the National Audubon Society logo

5-letter answer Answer: EGRET

Word Help: Synonyms: egret

Clue #9: 9. Destination for dermaplaning

6-letter answer Answer: DAYSPA

Clue #10: 10. Relief

3-letter answer Answer: AID

Word Help: Synonyms: assistance, tending, attention

Clue #11: 11. Eat (at)

4-letter answer Answer: GNAW

Word Help: Synonyms: wear_away, gnaw, erode

Clue #12: 12. Night owl, typically

9-letter answer Answer: LATERISER

Clue #13: 13. Short product overview, in business lingo

8-letter answer Answer: ONEPAGER

Clue #14: 14. Theater district where "The Mousetrap" has been playing continuously since 1952

7-letter answer Answer: WESTEND

Clue #15: 21. Hard pass?

8-letter answer Answer: HAILMARY

Clue #16: 24. Where an athlete has an advantage

8-letter answer Answer: HOMETURF

Clue #17: 25. They're grated outdoors

6-letter answer Answer: DRAINS

Word Help: Synonyms: drainage, drainpipe, enfeeble

Clue #18: 27. Traditional treat in Japanese New Year celebrations

5-letter answer Answer: MOCHI

Clue #19: 28. Artery access point

6-letter answer Answer: ONRAMP

Clue #20: 30. Tear

5-letter answer Answer: SPREE

Word Help: Synonyms: spree, fling

Clue #21: 31. Words on a statue honoring Washington

9-letter answer Answer: BESTACTOR

Clue #22: 32. Soft-topped cap

3-letter answer Answer: TAM

Word Help: Synonyms: tam, tammy, tam-o'-shanter

Clue #23: 34. Lake ___, setting for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

8-letter answer Answer: SUPERIOR

Word Help: Synonyms: victor, superscript, Lake_Superior
Antonyms: subscript, inferior

Clue #24: 35. Convincing A.I.-created video

8-letter answer Answer: DEEPFAKE

Clue #25: 36. Pronoun also known as pluralis majestatis

7-letter answer Answer: ROYALWE

Clue #26: 39. Shakes, but not sundaes

6-letter answer Answer: SEISMS

Word Help: Synonyms: seism, quake, earthquake

Clue #27: 43. Something picked in a fortunetelling game

5-letter answer Answer: PETAL

Word Help: Synonyms: petal, flower_petal

Clue #28: 44. Early home computer brand

5-letter answer Answer: AMIGA

Clue #29: 45. "Forgotten spot in the Caribbean," per "Hamilton"

5-letter answer Answer: NEVIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Nevis

Clue #30: 46. Junk

5-letter answer Answer: DRECK

Word Help: Synonyms: dreck, schlock, shlock

Clue #31: 48. How Joshua Slocum sailed around the world starting in 1895, becoming the first person to do so

4-letter answer Answer: SOLO

Word Help: Synonyms: solo, alone, unaccompanied

Clue #32: 50. Ski resort worker, often

4-letter answer Answer: TEMP

Word Help: Synonyms: temp, temporary, temporary_worker

Clue #33: 51. "East of Eden" role

4-letter answer Answer: ADAM

Word Help: Synonyms: X, Robert_Adam, go

Clue #34: 53. Bills' org.

3-letter answer Answer: NFL

Clue #35: 55. "Golly!"

3-letter answer Answer: GEE

Word Help: Synonyms: g, gee, g-force

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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Saturday April 11, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clue Hints

NYT Crossword Breakdown: April 11, 2025

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

Friday April 11, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clue Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COCACOLAS

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ITSME

  
  



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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: OPERAROLE

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LOPED

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: BARTRIVIA

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LYING

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: stand, arise




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SLAMPOETS

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: WINDY

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: AOL

  
  



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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: OCEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ocean, sea




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: GIJOES

  
  



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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ARIGATO

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ERROL

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: EFLAT

  
  



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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: YUP

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: BOOR

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: AXELS

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: DATE

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: BUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: bun, roll




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: DRANO

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RERUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: rerun, rebroadcast




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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: SPINACH

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: PAEANS

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: CURSOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: pointer, cursor




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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: LSD

  
  

  Possible synonyms: LSD, lysergic_acid_diethylamide




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: SPARK

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: LEFTALONE

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: PULSE

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: ICEPLANET

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ARLES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: earnest_money, arles




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COMOESTAS

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TRYST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tryst, rendezvous, assignation




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SNAPSTORY

  
  

Down Clues with Answers:

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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: COBS

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPAL

  
  

  Possible synonyms: opal




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: CERA

  
  



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

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: ARTMAJOR

  
  



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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: CARPOOL

  
  



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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ORIOLE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: New_World_oriole, American_oriole, oriole, Old_World_oriole




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: LOVE

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: hate




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ALITO

  
  



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

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEASCALLOP

  
  



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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ILLWAIT

  
  



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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: TOYING

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SPINSAYARN

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: MEND

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: break




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EDGY

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ERAS

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: GROUP

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: IRONICALLY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ironically




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

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEXAHOLICS

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TUTUS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Tutu, ballet_skirt, Desmond_Tutu, tutu




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPEN

  
  

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

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




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EBBS

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: tide




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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: FEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: marsh, marshland, fenland, fen




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ARCS

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: DEADLAST

  
  



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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: DARKEST

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: light




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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: RESALES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: resale




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: NURSES

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: bottlefeed




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ALTPOP

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RECON

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: SPAT

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: boo




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: PURR

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: FEMA

  
  

  Possible synonyms: FEMA, Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ONTO

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: NEAR

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: far




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ETSY

  
  

2504 Fri Apr 11, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clue Hints

NYT Crossword Breakdown: April 11, 2025

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

Across Clues with Answers:

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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COCACOLAS

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ITSME

  
  



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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: OPERAROLE

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LOPED

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: BARTRIVIA

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LYING

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: stand, arise




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SLAMPOETS

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: WINDY

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: AOL

  
  



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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: OCEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ocean, sea




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: GIJOES

  
  



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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ARIGATO

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ERROL

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: EFLAT

  
  



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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: YUP

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: BOOR

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: AXELS

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: DATE

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: BUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: roll, bun




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: DRANO

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RERUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: rebroadcast, rerun




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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: SPINACH

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: PAEANS

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: CURSOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: pointer, cursor




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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: LSD

  
  

  Possible synonyms: LSD, lysergic_acid_diethylamide




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: SPARK

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: LEFTALONE

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: PULSE

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: ICEPLANET

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ARLES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: arles, earnest_money




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COMOESTAS

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TRYST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tryst, assignation, rendezvous




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

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SNAPSTORY

  
  

Down Clues with Answers:

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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: COBS

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPAL

  
  

  Possible synonyms: opal




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: CERA

  
  



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

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: ARTMAJOR

  
  



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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: CARPOOL

  
  



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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ORIOLE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: oriole, Old_World_oriole, New_World_oriole, American_oriole




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: LOVE

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: hate




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ALITO

  
  



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

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEASCALLOP

  
  



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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ILLWAIT

  
  



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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: TOYING

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SPINSAYARN

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: MEND

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: break




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EDGY

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ERAS

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: GROUP

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: IRONICALLY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ironically




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

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEXAHOLICS

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TUTUS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tutu, Tutu, Desmond_Tutu, ballet_skirt




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPEN

  
  

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

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




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EBBS

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: tide




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

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: FEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: marshland, marsh, fen, fenland




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ARCS

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: DEADLAST

  
  



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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: DARKEST

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: light




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

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: RESALES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: resale




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: NURSES

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: bottlefeed




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

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ALTPOP

  
  



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

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RECON

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: SPAT

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: boo




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: PURR

  
  

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




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: FEMA

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency, FEMA




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ONTO

  
  



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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: NEAR

  
  

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

  Possible antonyms: far




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

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ETSY