27457 Mon Jan 13, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 13, 2025

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

Mon Jan 13, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Place for gladiatorial combat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARENA

  Possible Answer : arena, sports_stadium, field, sphere, area, stadium, domain, orbit, bowl, scene_of_action




• The clue is 6. ___ and seek. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIDE

  Possible Answer : pelt, hide_out, cover, obscure, blot_out, veil, hide, shroud, skin, fell, obliterate, conceal, enshroud

  Possible Opposite Answer : show




• The clue is 10. "Money, Money, Money" group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABBA




• The clue is 14. Some jazz instruments, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAXES

  Possible Answer : Marshal_Saxe, Adolphe_Sax, Saxony, Saxe, saxophone, Hermann_Maurice_Saxe, comte_de_Saxe, Sax, sax, Sachsen




• The clue is 15. Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IHOP




• The clue is 16. "Dagnabbit!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAT




• The clue is 17. Quality of a statement that feels plausible. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRUTHINESS




• The clue is 19. Lead-in to Worth, Wayne or Lauderdale. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FORT

  Possible Answer : fortress, fort_up, fortify, garrison, fort




• The clue is 20. Purges (of). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIDS

  Possible Answer : free, rid, disembarrass




• The clue is 21. Holding hands outside, e.g., for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PDA

  Possible Answer : personal_organiser, organizer, personal_organizer, organiser, personal_digital_assistant, PDA




• The clue is 22. Shelf on a cliff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEDGE

  Possible Answer : ledge, shelf




• The clue is 23. Chewed and swallowed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATE

  Possible Answer : Ate, rust, use_up, eat, exhaust, wipe_out, corrode, deplete, consume, feed, eat_on, run_through, eat_up




• The clue is 24. High school or college seniors, usually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOURTHYEARS




• The clue is 27. Disinfectant brand with the tagline "Healthing". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYSOL

  Possible Answer : Lysol




• The clue is 29. Sweetheart, slangily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAE




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

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

  The answer: TAT

  Possible Answer : cheapness, tackiness, TAT, tat, Thematic_Apperception_Test, sleaze, intertwine




• The clue is 31. Strings along. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEADSON




• The clue is 35. Visibly supports, as a university or sports team. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPS

  Possible Answer : repp, rep




• The clue is 36. Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: MIDDLEENGLISH




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

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

  The answer: LINE

  Possible Answer : business_line, cable, lineage, channel, crinkle, draw, personal_line_of_credit, stemma, pipeline, wrinkle, rail_line, strain, course, ancestry, origin, run_along, subscriber_line, transmission_line, blood, air, describe, telephone_circuit, credit_line, melodic_phrase, line_of_products, line_of_credit, personal_credit_line, short_letter, product_line, contrast, line, job, melody, dividing_line, tune, communication_channel, demarcation, line_of_reasoning, note, phone_line, delineate, line_of_work, logical_argument, production_line, bank_line, agate_line, assembly_line, telephone_line, billet, bloodline, furrow, railway_line, trace, line_of_merchandise, line_of_descent, crease, melodic_line, occupation, argumentation, parentage, seam, argument, stock, line_of_business, business, blood_line, pedigree, descent




• The clue is 40. Tightens one's ice skates, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LACESUP




• The clue is 41. German "Phooey!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACH




• The clue is 42. Give in to gravity. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAG

  Possible Answer : swag, sag, flag, droop, sag_down




• The clue is 43. Gave up, as territory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEDED

  Possible Answer : yield, give_up, concede, deliver, cede, surrender, grant




• The clue is 47. Feel relief from anxiety. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BREATHEEASY




• The clue is 52. Do a whoopsie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERR

  Possible Answer : stray, drift, err, slip, mistake




• The clue is 53. "Rick and ___" (adult animated sitcom). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORTY




• The clue is 54. Card that can have the highest or lowest value. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACE

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




• The clue is 55. Leave roaring with laughter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAY

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




• The clue is 56. "Beware the ___ of March". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDES

  Possible Answer : ides




• The clue is 57. Aid in preventing a shipwreck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIGHTHOUSE

  Possible Answer : beacon_light, pharos, beacon, lighthouse




• The clue is 60. Edible ice cream holder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CONE

  Possible Answer : retinal_cone, conoid, cone, strobile, cone_cell, strobilus, cone_shape




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

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

  The answer: ABLE

  Possible Answer : able, capable, able-bodied

  Possible Opposite Answer : unable




• The clue is 62. More than willing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAGER

  Possible Answer : eager, tidal_bore, eagre, aegir, bore

  Possible Opposite Answer : uneager




• The clue is 63. "At Last" singer James. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETTA




• The clue is 64. Sent a private text, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DMED




• The clue is 65. Journalism. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRESS

  Possible Answer : weight-lift, insistency, military_press, press, crush, mechanical_press, urge_on, bid, agitate, beseech, iron_out, campaign, exhort, insistence, public_press, compress, constrict, pressure, fight, pressing, iron, press_out, weigh, entreat, adjure, printing_press, weightlift, compact, urge, squeeze, contract, closet, imperativeness, jam, conjure, push, crusade, wardrobe

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Word before plane or projection. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTRAL

  Possible Answer: stellar, astral

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

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

  The answer: RARITY

  Possible Answer: low_density, rarity, rareness, curio, tenuity, oddity, infrequency, peculiarity, oddment, curiosity

• The clue is 3. Oozes, as charm. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXUDES

  Possible Answer: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze_out, transude

• The clue is 4. Basketball goals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NETS

  Possible Answer: profit, net, earnings, nett, cyberspace, mesh, meshing, meshwork, web, internet, sack, network, clear, lucre, sack_up, net_profit, net_income, profits

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

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

  The answer: ASH

  Possible Answer: ash, ash_tree

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

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

  The answer: HINDU

  Possible Answer: Hindi, Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani

• The clue is 7. "Rumor has it …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IHEAR

• The clue is 8. Uno x 2. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOS

  Possible Answer: disk_operating_system, behave, practice, ut, cause, DoS, coiffe, brawl, DOS, get_along, DO, coiffure, arrange, come, State_Department, fare, act, dress, United_States_Department_of_State, Doctor_of_Osteopathy, serve, Department_of_State, execute, perform, practise, make_out, bash, suffice, answer, do, manage, coif, doh, exercise, State, make, set

  Possible Opposite Answer : unmake

• The clue is 9. Mini-albums, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPS

• The clue is 10. Cost for a commercial. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADFEE

• The clue is 11. Hangout events for two guy friends. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRODATES

• The clue is 12. Common chart for comparing data. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARGRAPH

• The clue is 13. Swears (to). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATTESTS

  Possible Answer: evidence, certify, testify, attest, bear_witness, take_the_stand, manifest, demonstrate

• The clue is 18. Stock market debut, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IPO

  Possible Answer: initial_offering, IPO, initial_public_offering

• The clue is 22. Caustic drain cleaner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYE

  Possible Answer: lye

• The clue is 24. Made a quick retreat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLED

  Possible Answer: fly, take_flight, flee

• The clue is 25. Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TBONE

• The clue is 26. Chillaxes with friends. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HANGS

  Possible Answer: hang_up, flow, knack, cling, string_up, bent, pay_heed, attend, give_ear, fall, hang, advert

• The clue is 28. Ye ___ Shoppe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLDE

• The clue is 32. Arabic for God. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLAH

  Possible Answer: Allah

• The clue is 33. Digitally make to look younger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEAGE

• The clue is 34. Brief moment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEC

  Possible Answer: Securities_and_Exchange_Commission, sec, s, secant, unsweet, SEC, second

• The clue is 35. Ready to eat, as fruit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIPE

  Possible Answer: advanced, ripe, good, mature, right

  Possible Opposite Answer : green

• The clue is 36. Minuscule picture used in spycraft. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MICRODOT

  Possible Answer: microdot

• The clue is 37. Essential to the character of something. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INHERENT

  Possible Answer: integral, constitutional, inherent, inbuilt, underlying, built-in, implicit_in

• The clue is 38. Football holder in "Peanuts". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUCY

  Possible Answer: Lucy

• The clue is 39. Cheese-loving test subjects. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LABMICE

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

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

  The answer: STY

  Possible Answer: sty, pigpen, hordeolum, pigsty, stye, eye_infection

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

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

  The answer: DELUGE

  Possible Answer: cloudburst, flood, swamp, alluvion, overwhelm, inundation, flood_out, torrent, soaker, submerge, inundate, deluge, waterspout, downpour, pelter

• The clue is 45. Wipes out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERASES

  Possible Answer: rub_out, erase, wipe_out, wipe_off, delete, score_out, efface

  Possible Opposite Answer : record

• The clue is 46. Spinners in laundromats. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRYERS

  Possible Answer: dryer, drier

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

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

  The answer: ATSEA

• The clue is 49. Sharp-eyed bird. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAGLE

  Possible Answer: eagle, double_birdie, bird_of_Jove

• The clue is 50. Felt sore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACHED

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

• The clue is 51. "Quiet on the ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SET

  Possible Answer: mark, Set, readiness, dictated, solidifying, adjust, solidification, fructify, coiffe, go_under, band, define, typeset, rigid, put, bent, laid, exercise_set, coiffure, situated, correct, fix, arrange, go_down, fixed, prepare, gear_up, ready, determined, determine, circle, dress, hardened, stage_set, limit, lay_out, congeal, plant, Seth, set, lay, position, set_up, specify, localize, located, countersink, fit, hardening, place, sic, localise, primed, do, lot, coif, pose, jell, placed, curing, rig

  Possible Opposite Answer : rise

• The clue is 55. Fly high. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOAR

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

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

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

  The answer: LAD

  Possible Answer: laddie, sonny_boy, gent, cuss, cub, chap, bloke, fellow, feller, blighter, fella, lad, sonny

• The clue is 58. Company nicknamed "Big Blue". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IBM

• The clue is 59. With it, in last-century slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEP

  Possible Answer: hip_to, hep, hip

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Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Small foresail

3-letter answer Answer: JIB

Word Help: Synonyms: balk, gybe, jib

Clue #2: 4. Maritime

5-letter answer Answer: NAVAL

Word Help: Synonyms: naval

Clue #3: 9. Holed up

3-letter answer Answer: HID

Word Help: Synonyms: hide_out, shroud, obscure
Antonyms: show

Clue #4: 12. Rare blood type, in brief

4-letter answer Answer: ANEG

Clue #5: 14. Cognizant

5-letter answer Answer: AWARE

Word Help: Synonyms: cognisant, aware, mindful
Antonyms: unmindful, unaware

Clue #6: 15. Pixar character who has trouble saying "anemone"

4-letter answer Answer: NEMO

Clue #7: 16. Philosopher known for paradoxes

4-letter answer Answer: ZENO

Word Help: Synonyms: Zeno_of_Citium, Zeno, Zeno_of_Elea

Clue #8: 17. Looked stunned, say

5-letter answer Answer: GAPED

Word Help: Synonyms: gawk, gawp, yaw

Clue #9: 18. Decrease?

4-letter answer Answer: IRON

Word Help: Synonyms: iron_out, cast-iron, branding_iron

Clue #10: 19. "Sharp Dressed Man" band

5-letter answer Answer: ZZTOP

Clue #11: 21. Understanding

3-letter answer Answer: KEN

Word Help: Synonyms: ken, cognizance, sight

Clue #12: 22. Special ___

5-letter answer Answer: AGENT

Word Help: Synonyms: factor, agentive_role, agent

Clue #13: 23. Two tablets, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: DOSE

Word Help: Synonyms: battery-acid, Venus's_curse, STD

Clue #14: 25. Sholem ___, author of "Children of Abraham"

4-letter answer Answer: ASCH

Word Help: Synonyms: Shalom_Asch, Sholom_Asch, Asch

Clue #15: 27. Cause of low vitality

6-letter answer Answer: ANEMIA

Word Help: Synonyms: anemia, Anemia, anaemia

Clue #16: 30. Something to get the ball rolling

6-letter answer Answer: PUTTER

Word Help: Synonyms: muck_around, monkey, mess_around

Clue #17: 34. New Jersey city with a bridge to Staten Island

7-letter answer Answer: BAYONNE

Word Help: Synonyms: Bayonne

Clue #18: 36. Certain Nov. 11 honoree

7-letter answer Answer: ARMYVET

Clue #19: 37. Turned aside

7-letter answer Answer: AVERTED

Word Help: Synonyms: deflect, turn_away, obviate

Clue #20: 38. Like many a Swiftie

7-letter answer Answer: TEENAGE

Word Help: Synonyms: teenaged, teenage, teen

Clue #21: 39. ___ a soul

4-letter answer Answer: NARY

Word Help: Synonyms: nary

Clue #22: 40. Part of Caesar's boast

4-letter answer Answer: VENI

Clue #23: 41. Rice-A-___

4-letter answer Answer: RONI

Clue #24: 44. Eur. alliance

4-letter answer Answer: GSIX

Clue #25: 48. Anthem that ends "We stand on guard for thee"

7-letter answer Answer: OCANADA

Clue #26: 52. One attending orientation

7-letter answer Answer: NEWHIRE

Clue #27: 55. Sounded like a brook

7-letter answer Answer: GURGLED

Word Help: Synonyms: burble, guggle, babble

Clue #28: 56. Left off

7-letter answer Answer: OMITTED

Word Help: Synonyms: pretermit, drop, overleap
Antonyms: attend_to, include

Clue #29: 57. New Haven collegian

3-letter answer Answer: ELI

Clue #30: 58. Musical featuring the song depicted by this puzzle's circled letters, familiarly

7-letter answer Answer: FIDDLER

Word Help: Synonyms: twiddler, fiddler, tinkerer

Clue #31: 60. "One card left"

3-letter answer Answer: UNO

Clue #32: 61. Backstabber

3-letter answer Answer: RAT

Word Help: Synonyms: betrayer, scum_bag, skunk

Clue #33: 62. 41-Down's "Top Hat" co-star

7-letter answer Answer: ASTAIRE

Word Help: Synonyms: Astaire, Fred_Astaire

Clue #34: 63. It means little in Paris

3-letter answer Answer: PEU

Clue #35: 64. Majorcan Mrs.

3-letter answer Answer: SRA

Clue #36: 65. Troopers, on a CB radio

7-letter answer Answer: SMOKEYS

Clue #37: 66. Concorde, e.g., for short

3-letter answer Answer: SST

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Genre for Count Basie or Charlie Parker

4-letter answer Answer: JAZZ

Word Help: Synonyms: bonk, make_love, get_it_on

Clue #2: 2. Name akin to Agnes

4-letter answer Answer: INEZ

Clue #3: 3. Proclivity

4-letter answer Answer: BENT

Word Help: Synonyms: bow, knack, crouch
Antonyms: straighten, unbend

Clue #4: 4. Keep after, say

3-letter answer Answer: NAG

Word Help: Synonyms: hen-peck, scold, jade

Clue #5: 5. Out of the arms of Morpheus, so to speak

5-letter answer Answer: AWAKE

Word Help: Synonyms: arouse, wake_up, come_alive
Antonyms: fall_asleep, asleep

Clue #6: 6. Puff on an e-cig

4-letter answer Answer: VAPE

Clue #7: 7. Kind of rock

5-letter answer Answer: ARENA

Word Help: Synonyms: orbit, stadium, bowl

Clue #8: 8. Spearheaded

3-letter answer Answer: LED

Word Help: Synonyms: conduct, leave, head
Antonyms: follow

Clue #9: 9. Question while pointing

4-letter answer Answer: HERE

Word Help: Synonyms: hither, here, Hera
Antonyms: there

Clue #10: 10. "That's my cue!"

4-letter answer Answer: IMON

Clue #11: 11. Terse admonition

4-letter answer Answer: DONT

Clue #12: 13. First words of the day, perhaps

11-letter answer Answer: GOODMORNING

Clue #13: 15. Last words of the day, perhaps

11-letter answer Answer: NIGHTYNIGHT

Clue #14: 20. Starting place

6-letter answer Answer: POINTA

Clue #15: 22. Astuteness

6-letter answer Answer: ACUMEN

Word Help: Synonyms: insightfulness, acumen

Clue #16: 24. More sound

5-letter answer Answer: SANER

Word Help: Synonyms: sane, reasonable
Antonyms: insane

Clue #17: 26. Buying binge

5-letter answer Answer: SPREE

Word Help: Synonyms: fling, spree

Clue #18: 27. Legal org.

3-letter answer Answer: ABA

Word Help: Synonyms: aba

Clue #19: 28. ___ system (GPS device)

3-letter answer Answer: NAV

Clue #20: 29. Symbol on the back of a dollar bill

3-letter answer Answer: EYE

Word Help: Synonyms: optic, oculus, middle

Clue #21: 31. F.D.R. program

3-letter answer Answer: TVA

Clue #22: 32. Hosp. diagnostic

3-letter answer Answer: EEG

Word Help: Synonyms: EEG, electroencephalogram, encephalogram

Clue #23: 33. Waze suggestion: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: RTE

Clue #24: 35. Big name in the freezer aisle

3-letter answer Answer: EDY

Clue #25: 36. Off-roader, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: ATV

Clue #26: 41. 62-Across's "Top Hat" co-star

6-letter answer Answer: ROGERS

Word Help: Synonyms: Virginia_McMath, Carl_Rogers, Rogers

Clue #27: 42. Related to vision

6-letter answer Answer: OCULAR

Word Help: Synonyms: eyepiece, optic, ocular

Clue #28: 43. International airport serving Tokyo

6-letter answer Answer: NARITA

Clue #29: 45. Some gym reps

6-letter answer Answer: SITUPS

Clue #30: 46. Actresses Dunne and Ryan

6-letter answer Answer: IRENES

Clue #31: 47. Crossed off

6-letter answer Answer: XEDOUT

Clue #32: 49. Some sporty wheels, informally

5-letter answer Answer: ALFAS

Clue #33: 50. Benjamin Franklin's faith

5-letter answer Answer: DEISM

Word Help: Synonyms: free_thought, deism

Clue #34: 51. Complement

5-letter answer Answer: ADDTO

Clue #35: 52. "I swear!"

5-letter answer Answer: NOLIE

Clue #36: 53. Mani-pedi material

5-letter answer Answer: EMERY

Word Help: Synonyms: emery

Clue #37: 54. Does some electrical work on

5-letter answer Answer: WIRES

Word Help: Synonyms: wire, telegram, cable
Antonyms: unwire

Clue #38: 59. ___ Terr., area from 1861 to 1889

3-letter answer Answer: DAK

Word Help: Synonyms: dhak, Butea_frondosa, dak

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27417 Tue Mar 12, 2024 NYT by Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin

Across Clues :

1. Discontinue, 5. ___ cake (dessert with a liquid chocolate core), 9. Skewered meat dish, 14. Wander, 15. "Victory is mine!", 16. Reply to "Grazie", 17. A♭?, 19. Feeling the need to scratch, 20. Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", 21. Tries not to be found, 22. "Hello," in Mandarin, 23. Categorize, 25. Give lip to, 26. Where visitors take photos pretending to hold up a landmark, 28. Not playing any songs, as a radio station, 31. Rocker Lavigne, 34. Offering from the miller or the cook, in Chaucer, 36. Never Have I ___ (party game), 37. Shakespearean "Tsk!", 38. B♭?, 41. X–III, 42. Berry rich in antioxidants (and vowels), 44. Accessory that may denote military rank, 45. Deep chasm, 47. Smallest unit of purchasing power, in an idiom, 49. Start of a spell, 51. Liquid-ate?, 52. "You can say that again!", 56. High-end Honda, 58. Pancakes sometimes served with caviar, 61. Apt anagram of "yea", 62. Put forward, 63. B♯?, 65. Speak one's mind, 66. Cereal crop, 67. Gave the go-ahead, 68. Quick kisses, 69. Occasion for blowing out candles, informally, 70. Dudes

Down Clues :

1. Field of play?, 2. Double Dutch equipment, 3. Racetrack shapes, 4. Pay-___-view, 5. City ___ (place for a population sign), 6. Wowed, 7. Botanical climber, 8. Flik and Dot, in "A Bug's Life", 9. Kind of cord or column, 10. Skilled performer, 11. E♯?, 12. Persian honorific, 13. Fluctuate wildly, 18. Skydiving or a ride on a roller coaster, 24. Big name in nail polish, 25. Whole host, 27. Corroded, 28. "Hi," in Lanai, 29. Lanai neckwear, 30. Mother of Kim, Kylie and Kourtney, 31. A ways away, 32. The "V" of V.P., 33. Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle, 35. Show stoppers?, 39. "Winning ___ everything", 40. Fictional land ruled by Aslan, 43. Winter Olympics facility, 46. Naughty, 48. Fills with delight, 50. Anonymous creator of a painting sold at auction that subsequently shredded itself, 53. A kind of poem / Found within this crossword clue / Serendipity, 54. "Sheesh!", 55. Tends to an overgrown garden, 56. Each, 57. Make do, 58. Amorphous shape, 59. Hamperful, 60. Smallest bit, 64. Daily record

Break down the NYT Crosswords: March 12, 2024

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

New York Times, Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: DROP

  Possible Answer : spend, shed, throw_away, overlook, dismiss, devolve, drop_off, set_down, deteriorate, fall, throw, degenerate, dribble, cliff, throw_off, knock_off, dip, drip, expend, put_down, neglect, flatten, discharge, cut_down, free_fall, send_away, drop_cloth, unload, driblet, strike_down, omit, miss, overleap, drop-off, sink, bead, pearl, cast, fell, swing, shake_off, dangle, cast_off, pretermit, leave_out, drib, drop, drop_curtain, send_packing, drop_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : sharpen, recuperate, attend_to




• The clue is 5. ___ cake (dessert with a liquid chocolate core). 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 9. Skewered meat dish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SATAY




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

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

  The answer: ROVE

  Possible Answer : roll, rove, vagabond, reeve, ramble, range, tramp, drift, roam, stray, swan, wander, cast




• The clue is 15. "Victory is mine!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IWIN




• The clue is 16. Reply to "Grazie". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PREGO




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

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

  The answer: APARTMENT

  Possible Answer : flat, apartment




• The clue is 19. Feeling the need to scratch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITCHY

  Possible Answer : antsy, itchy, fretful, fidgety




• The clue is 20. Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEL




• The clue is 21. Tries not to be found. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIDES

  Possible Answer : fell, enshroud, conceal, pelt, shroud, cover, hide_out, obscure, obliterate, hide, blot_out, veil, skin

  Possible Opposite Answer : show




• The clue is 22. "Hello," in Mandarin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIHAO




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

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

  The answer: ASSORT

  Possible Answer : sort_out, associate, separate, class, classify, sort, consort, assort, affiliate




• The clue is 25. Give lip to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SASS

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




• The clue is 26. Where visitors take photos pretending to hold up a landmark. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PISA

  Possible Answer : Pisa




• The clue is 28. Not playing any songs, as a radio station. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLTALK




• The clue is 31. Rocker Lavigne. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVRIL




• The clue is 34. Offering from the miller or the cook, in Chaucer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TALE

  Possible Answer : tale, narration, tarradiddle, story, taradiddle, narrative, fib




• The clue is 36. Never Have I ___ (party game). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVER

  Possible Answer : ever, of_all_time, ever_so, e'er, always

  Possible Opposite Answer : never




• The clue is 37. Shakespearean "Tsk!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIE




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

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

  The answer: LIEDOWN




• The clue is 41. X–III. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VII

  Possible Answer : VII, septet, seven, heptad, septenary, vii, 7, sevener




• The clue is 42. Berry rich in antioxidants (and vowels). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACAI




• The clue is 44. Accessory that may denote military rank. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SASH

  Possible Answer : waistband, waistcloth, sash, window_sash, girdle, cincture




• The clue is 45. Deep chasm. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABYSS

  Possible Answer : abysm, abyss




• The clue is 47. Smallest unit of purchasing power, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDCENT




• The clue is 49. Start of a spell. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABRA




• The clue is 51. Liquid-ate?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MELT

  Possible Answer : run, evaporate, unfreeze, unthaw, melt, mellow_out, fade, dethaw, thawing, melting, mellow, dissolve, meld, thaw, disappear, melt_down




• The clue is 52. "You can say that again!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDHOW




• The clue is 56. High-end Honda. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACURA




• The clue is 58. Pancakes sometimes served with caviar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLINI

  Possible Answer : bliny, blini




• The clue is 61. Apt anagram of "yea". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AYE




• The clue is 62. Put forward. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POSIT

  Possible Answer : fix, situate, put_forward, deposit, posit, submit, postulate, state




• The clue is 63. B♯?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOOKALIVE




• The clue is 65. Speak one's mind. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPINE

  Possible Answer : animadvert, sound_off, think, speak_out, opine, speak_up, imagine, suppose, guess, reckon




• The clue is 66. Cereal crop. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OATS

  Possible Answer : oat




• The clue is 67. Gave the go-ahead. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OKED




• The clue is 68. Quick kisses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PECKS

  Possible Answer : beak, lot, mass, pot, peck_at, passel, spate, heap, peck, batch, mickle, hen-peck, sight, pick_at, stack, nag, mint, pick, pick_up, pile, good_deal, slew, flock, great_deal, muckle, plenty, raft, tidy_sum, smack, mess, wad, deal, mountain, hatful, quite_a_little




• The clue is 69. Occasion for blowing out candles, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BDAY




• The clue is 70. Dudes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GUYS

  Possible Answer : make_fun, guy_rope, laugh_at, poke_fun, Guy, cat, hombre, bozo, ridicule, rib, blackguard, guy, roast, guy_cable, jest_at, guy_wire

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Field of play?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAMA

  Possible Answer: drama, dramatic_play, play, dramatic_event

• The clue is 2. Double Dutch equipment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROPES

  Possible Answer: Mexican_valium, R-2, roofy, rope, circle, forget_me_drug, rophy, leash, lasso, roach

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

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

  The answer: OVALS

  Possible Answer: oval, ellipse

• The clue is 4. Pay-___-view. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PER

• The clue is 5. City ___ (place for a population sign). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIMITS

  Possible Answer: fix, limit, demarcation_line, trammel, confine, define, determine, throttle, boundary, bound, terminal_point, restrain, demarcation, point_of_accumulation, terminus_ad_quem, specify, restrict, circumscribe, set, limitation, limit_point

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

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

  The answer: AWED

  Possible Answer: awestricken, awful, awed, awe, awestruck

  Possible Opposite Answer : unawed

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

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

  The answer: VINE

  Possible Answer: vine

• The clue is 8. Flik and Dot, in "A Bug's Life". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTS

  Possible Answer: emmet, pismire, ant

• The clue is 9. Kind of cord or column. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPINAL

  Possible Answer: spinal, spinal_anesthesia, spinal_anaesthesia

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

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

  The answer: ARTISTE

  Possible Answer: artiste

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

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

  The answer: TECHSAVVY

• The clue is 12. Persian honorific. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGHA

  Possible Answer: Aga, Agha

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

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

  The answer: YOYO

• The clue is 18. Skydiving or a ride on a roller coaster. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THRILL

  Possible Answer: exalt, inebriate, kick, thrill, throb, exhilarate, tickle, beatify, vibrate, bang, boot, chill, shiver, frisson, rush, tingle, shudder, charge, flush, quiver, tickle_pink

• The clue is 24. Big name in nail polish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPI

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

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

  The answer: SLEW

  Possible Answer: lot, mass, pot, passel, spate, heap, slue, peck, batch, mickle, sheer, murder, bump_off, swerve, veer, sight, polish_off, slide, stack, remove, dispatch, mint, cut, pile, slay, skid, good_deal, slew, flock, great_deal, muckle, plenty, raft, tidy_sum, mess, wad, deal, slip, off, hit, mountain, hatful, quite_a_little, trend, curve

• The clue is 27. Corroded. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATEAT

• The clue is 28. "Hi," in Lanai. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALOHA

  Possible Answer: ciao, aloha

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

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

  The answer: LEIS

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

• The clue is 30. Mother of Kim, Kylie and Kourtney. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KRIS

  Possible Answer: kris, creese, crease

• The clue is 31. A ways away. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFAR

  Possible Answer: afar

• The clue is 32. The "V" of V.P.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VICE

  Possible Answer: frailty, vice

• The clue is 33. Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: READMUSIC

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

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

  The answer: ADS

  Possible Answer: advertizement, advertisement, advertising, ad, advertizing, advert

• The clue is 39. "Winning ___ everything". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISNT

• The clue is 40. Fictional land ruled by Aslan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NARNIA

• The clue is 43. Winter Olympics facility. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICERINK

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

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

  The answer: BAD

  Possible Answer: risky, spoiled, spoilt, regretful, badness, bad, unfit, defective, badly, tough, unsound, speculative, big, forged, uncollectible, high-risk, sorry

  Possible Opposite Answer : good, goodness, unregretful

• The clue is 48. Fills with delight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELATES

  Possible Answer: uplift, lift_up, intoxicate, pick_up, elate

  Possible Opposite Answer : depress

• The clue is 50. Anonymous creator of a painting sold at auction that subsequently shredded itself. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BANKSY

• The clue is 53. A kind of poem / Found within this crossword clue / Serendipity. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAIKU

  Possible Answer: haiku

• The clue is 54. "Sheesh!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OYVEY

• The clue is 55. Tends to an overgrown garden. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEEDS

  Possible Answer: pot, sens, grass, weeds, smoke, weed, locoweed, dope, sess, green_goddess, widow's_weeds, Mary_Jane, mourning_band, skunk, gage

  Possible Opposite Answer : cultivated_plant

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

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

  The answer: APOP

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

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

  The answer: COPE

  Possible Answer: make_out, cope, coping, grapple, make_do, header, manage, contend, deal, get_by

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

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

  The answer: BLOB

  Possible Answer: fleck, blob, blot, spot

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

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

  The answer: LOAD

  Possible Answer: cargo, encumbrance, shipment, lode, warhead, load_up, dilute, consignment, stretch, incumbrance, burden, debase, loading, laden, payload, lading, lade, load, freight, charge, onus, adulterate

• The clue is 60. Smallest bit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IOTA

  Possible Answer: whit, tittle, smidge, shred, smidgen, iota, smidgeon, scintilla, smidgin

• The clue is 64. Daily record. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOG

  Possible Answer: log, logarithm, lumber