May 17, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (36 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (36 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

May 17, 2022 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Kids and their parents	5
2A	6. Help with a job, in a way	4
3A	10. Wanted, but nowhere to be found	4
4A	14. Nickname for Schwarzenegger or Palmer	5
5A	15. Winged chatterbox	4
6A	16. Deal (with)	4
7A	17. Hive minders	10
8A	19. Having trouble deciding	4
9A	20. Early-season farming task	6
10A	21. C, for one	4
11A	23. Video chat disruption	3
12A	24. Words before "the stars are brightly shining," in a carol	10
13A	27. Lute ___, longtime Arizona basketball coach	5
14A	32. Winged hooter	3
15A	33. Grind, as one's teeth	5
16A	34. Second-most-visited website worldwide, after Google	7
17A	36. Many a Hollywood car crash	5
18A	38. So as not to stand out	6
19A	39. Some South Pacific greetings	6
20A	42. "Skol!," in Sauternes	5
21A	44. Literally, "on fire" … or, metaphorically, excellent	7
22A	45. "Three coins" fountain location	5
23A	47. Lip	3
24A	49. Scatter, as flower petals	5
25A	50. Drink that comes with a buzz cut?	10
26A	53. Gently touch, either forward or backward	3
27A	54. Staples of West African cuisine	4
28A	55. Frustrate	6
29A	61. Et ___ (and others)	4
30A	63. Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order?	10
31A	65. Neatnik's opposite	4
32A	66. Palindromic fashion magazine	4
33A	67. Petulant	5
34A	68. Line up	4
35A	69. Ones calling offsides	4
36A	70. Garlic squeezer	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Kids and their parents"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
• Words that mean the same thing: Capricorn, goat, butt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Help with a job, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Wanted, but nowhere to be found"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one who is away or absent without leave
• Words that mean the same thing: truant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Nickname for Schwarzenegger or Palmer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARNIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Winged chatterbox"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tropical asian starlings
• Words that mean the same thing: myna bird, minah, mynah bird
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MYNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Deal (with)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
• Words that mean the same thing: get by, grapple, manage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Hive minders"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
• Words that mean the same thing: apiculturist, beekeeper, apiarist
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEEKEEPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Having trouble deciding"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that separate or cause to separate abruptly
• Words that mean the same thing: mangled, charge, deplume
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Early-season farming task"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
• Words that mean the same thing: inseminate, sow in, seed
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOWING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. C, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a brief written record
• Words that mean the same thing: tone, observe, government note
• The opposite would be: ignore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Video chat disruption"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of slowing down or falling behind
• Words that mean the same thing: dawdle, slowdown, interim
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Words before "the stars are brightly shining," in a carol"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OHOLYNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Lute ___, longtime Arizona basketball coach"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Winged hooter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: hooter, bird of night, bird of Minerva
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Grind, as one's teeth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that grind together, of teeth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Second-most-visited website worldwide, after Google"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YOUTUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Many a Hollywood car crash"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. So as not to stand out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in a subtle manner
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUBTLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Some South Pacific greetings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: aloha, ciao
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOHAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. "Skol!," in Sauternes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SALUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Literally, "on fire" … or, metaphorically, excellent"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENFUEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. "Three coins" fountain location"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TREVI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Lip"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
• Words that mean the same thing: brim, flange, lip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Scatter, as flower petals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that spread by scattering ( is archaic)
• Words that mean the same thing: straw
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Drink that comes with a buzz cut?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DECAFLATTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Gently touch, either forward or backward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: glib, chuck, tap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Staples of West African cuisine"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that edible tuber of any of several yams
• Words that mean the same thing: yam plant, yam
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Frustrate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
• Words that mean the same thing: obstruct, blockade, block
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Et ___ (and others)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
• Words that mean the same thing: mesmerize, mesmerised, mesmerise
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPELLBOUND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. Neatnik's opposite"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a coarse obnoxious person
• Words that mean the same thing: slovenly person, pig, sloven
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Palindromic fashion magazine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Petulant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
• Words that mean the same thing: huffish, gloomful, gloomy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SULKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Line up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
• Words that mean the same thing: synchronise, synchronize
• The opposite would be: desynchronize, desynchronise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Ones calling offsides"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• Words that mean the same thing: referee, ref
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Garlic squeezer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of demanding notice or attention
• Words that mean the same thing: insistence, bid, campaign
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle May 17, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Yaks	4
2D	2. Twistable snack item	4
3D	3. From the top	4
4D	4. First man, in Polynesian creation myth	4
5D	5. Observed	4
6D	6. Rock blaster	3
7D	7. "Ta-ta!"	6
8D	8. Prepares to get schooled, perhaps	7
9D	9. Yummilicious	5
10D	10. Not just sit around daydreaming	3
11D	11. Just sit around daydreaming	10
12D	12. ___ Book Club	6
13D	13. Yardstick measurement	6
14D	18. ___ trip	3
15D	22. Swamps	7
16D	25. De-weeder	3
17D	26. West Coast burger chain	6
18D	27. Cries of dismay	3
19D	28. "Sweet Jane" songwriter Reed	3
20D	29. Indented part of an outline	10
21D	30. ___ rima (eight-line stanza)	6
22D	31. Invalidate	7
23D	35. Sch. affiliated with the Latter-day Saints	3
24D	37. Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club"	3
25D	40. Bouncer's concern	3
26D	41. Female hog	3
27D	43. Ride roughshod over	7
28D	44. 911 responder	3
29D	45. QB's six-pointer	6
30D	46. In actuality	6
31D	48. In and of ___	6
32D	51. Means of tagging in a game	5
33D	52. Class offered at many Y.M.C.A.s	3
34D	56. Baking meas.	4
35D	57. "That's ___ business"	4
36D	58. Workhorse that's only part horse	4
37D	59. Tattoo shop supplies	4
38D	60. Ice cream brand	4
39D	62. "American Idol" airer starting in 2018	3
40D	64. "___ Miz"	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Yaks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that light informal conversation for social occasions
• Words that mean the same thing: chin wag, gabfest, gab
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Twistable snack item"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. From the top"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that again but in a new or different way
• Words that mean the same thing: afresh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. First man, in Polynesian creation myth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TIKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Observed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
• Words that mean the same thing: learn, control, get a line
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Rock blaster"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: A, adenosine monophosphate, ampere
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Ta-ta!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BYENOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Prepares to get schooled, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that register formally as a participant or member
• Words that mean the same thing: inscribe, recruit, enrol
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENROLLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Yummilicious"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pleasing to the sense of taste
• The opposite would be: tasteless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Not just sit around daydreaming"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: work, behave, deed
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Just sit around daydreaming"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
• Words that mean the same thing: stargaze, dream, daydream
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOLGATHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. ___ Book Club"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPRAHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Yardstick measurement"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
• Words that mean the same thing: duration, distance
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENGTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. ___ trip"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self-importance, egotism, self
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Swamps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that devote (oneself) fully to
• Words that mean the same thing: steep, engross, immerse
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENGULFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. De-weeder"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. West Coast burger chain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INNOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Cries of dismay"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. "Sweet Jane" songwriter Reed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Indented part of an outline"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
• Words that mean the same thing: subdivision
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUBSECTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. ___ rima (eight-line stanza)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTTAVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Invalidate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that declare invalid
• Words that mean the same thing: annul, avoid, invalidate
• The opposite would be: validate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NULLIFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Sch. affiliated with the Latter-day Saints"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BYU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: bronze, topaz, tangent
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Bouncer's concern"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: maturate, historic period, mature
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Female hog"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an adult female hog
• Words that mean the same thing: inseminate, sow in, seed
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Ride roughshod over"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sound of heavy treading or stomping
• Words that mean the same thing: tread down, tread, tramp down
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAMPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. 911 responder"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. QB's six-pointer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TDPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. In actuality"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in accordance with truth or fact or reality
• Words that mean the same thing: rattling, genuinely, very
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REALLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. In and of ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITSELF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Means of tagging in a game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
• Words that mean the same thing: optical maser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Class offered at many Y.M.C.A.s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ESL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Baking meas."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TBSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. "That's ___ business""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Workhorse that's only part horse"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
• Words that mean the same thing: scuff
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MULE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Tattoo shop supplies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
• Words that mean the same thing: ink
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Ice cream brand"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. "American Idol" airer starting in 2018"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: ABC's, ABCs, first principle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. "___ Miz""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Words that mean the same thing: lupus erythematosus, LE
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	64.5%
Short Answer	15	19.7%
History	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Literature	2	2.6%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 09, 2025 at 11:38 PM

XWordHint Crossword Answers April 28, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lovers who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (33 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: Tricky

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. Sore	4
2A	5. Nail polish brand	3
3A	8. Some cantina fare	5
4A	13. "Hip hip hooray!," e.g.	5
5A	15. Sink-or-swim competition?	9
6A	17. Handles a few unresolved issues	15
7A	19. Like tears	6
8A	20. Site to build on	3
9A	21. Gossip, slangily	3
10A	22. Build on	5
11A	24. Welcome at the door, say	5
12A	27. Linguist's concern	7
13A	30. Serious in manner	5
14A	31. Bagel topping	3
15A	32. Not perfect, but acceptable	11
16A	36. Bickering	4
17A	38. Blade that's pulled	3
18A	39. Casual farewell often used outside its language of origin	4
19A	40. Station set up in a kitchen	11
20A	45. Bit of intel	3
21A	46. Coins of Cuba	5
22A	47. Ingredients in some tropical smoothies	7
23A	49. Foreign Service assignments	5
24A	50. Madrid mister	5
25A	51. Church seat	3
26A	52. Promise to pay	3
27A	54. Journalist, informally	6
28A	58. Like children, ideally, in an old adage ... or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-Across	15
29A	62. Rigorous	9
30A	63. Astronomer Carl	5
31A	64. Irritable	5
32A	65. [As written]	3
33A	66. Civil rights activist Parks	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Sore"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that causing a dull and steady pain
• Similar words include: aching
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACHY

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2A: "5. Nail polish brand"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPI

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3A: "8. Some cantina fare"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
• Similar words include: greaser, wetback, taco
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TACOS

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4A: "13. "Hip hip hooray!," e.g."

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cry or shout of approval
• Similar words include: sunshine, barrack, jolly up
• Opposite of: complain, dishearten

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHEER

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5A: "15. Sink-or-swim competition?"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WATERPOLO

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6A: "17. Handles a few unresolved issues"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIESUPLOOSEENDS

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7A: "19. Like tears"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
• Similar words include: saline solution
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SALINE

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8A: "20. Site to build on"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Similar words include: quite a little, sight, band
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOT

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9A: "21. Gossip, slangily"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Similar words include: Camellia sinensis, tea leaf, teatime
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TEA

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10A: "22. Build on"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADDTO

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11A: "24. Welcome at the door, say"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASKIN

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12A: "27. Linguist's concern"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GRAMMAR

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13A: "30. Serious in manner"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the rear part of a ship
• Similar words include: posterior, unforgiving, exacting
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STERN

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14A: "31. Bagel topping"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
• Similar words include: liquid oxygen
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOX

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15A: "32. Not perfect, but acceptable"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CLOSEENOUGH

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16A: "36. Bickering"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATIT

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17A: "38. Blade that's pulled"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OAR

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18A: "39. Casual farewell often used outside its language of origin"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Similar words include: aloha
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CIAO

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19A: "40. Station set up in a kitchen"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MISEENPLACE

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20A: "45. Bit of intel"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
• Similar words include: steer, bakshish, summit
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIP

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21A: "46. Coins of Cuba"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
• Similar words include: Uruguayan peso, Dominican peso, Mexican peso
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PESOS

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22A: "47. Ingredients in some tropical smoothies"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tropical american shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
• Similar words include: papaya, Carica papaya, papaya tree
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PAPAYAS

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23A: "49. Foreign Service assignments"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
• Similar words include: station, military post, billet
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POSTS

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24A: "50. Madrid mister"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the english `mr' or `sir'
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SENOR

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25A: "51. Church seat"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
• Similar words include: church bench
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PEW

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26A: "52. Promise to pay"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IOU

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27A: "54. Journalist, informally"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that french playwright (1791-1861)
• Similar words include: penman, scrivener, scriber
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCRIBE

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28A: "58. Like children, ideally, in an old adage ... or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-Across"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEENANDNOTHEARD

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29A: "62. Rigorous"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
• Similar words include: tight, rigorous
• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STRINGENT

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30A: "63. Astronomer Carl"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAGAN

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31A: "64. Irritable"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that easily irritated or annoyed
• Similar words include: cranky, nettlesome, irritable
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TESTY

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32A: "65. [As written]"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that urge to attack someone
• Similar words include: set
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SIC

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33A: "66. Civil rights activist Parks"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
• Similar words include: genus Rosa
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROSA

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Play parts	4
2D	2. Kind of seed or pet	4
3D	3. Sometimes-raised part of a shoe	4
4D	4. Emphatic confirmation	6
5D	5. Nocturnal hooter	3
6D	6. Painter Veronese	5
7D	7. Langston Hughes poem	4
8D	8. Due + 1	3
9D	9. Mimic	3
10D	10. Script supervisor's concern	10
11D	11. ___ days	5
12D	12. Slugger Sammy	4
13D	14. "Raising Hell" rap trio	6
14D	16. Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project)	6
15D	18. Part of a piano or loom	5
16D	23. Boots on the ground	6
17D	25. Rep.'s counterpart	3
18D	26. Ray of McDonald's	4
19D	27. Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informally	4
20D	28. Naan alternative	4
21D	29. Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. II	10
22D	30. Mexican wrap	6
23D	33. Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pail	3
24D	34. Greek goddess of the earth	4
25D	35. Brewing need	4
26D	37. They help you drive farther	4
27D	41. Ballpark fig.	3
28D	42. Snooping (around)	6
29D	43. "___ thou not minister to a mind diseased ...?": Macbeth	5
30D	44. Significant periods	6
31D	48. Overdue debt	6
32D	49. Golfer Calvin or QB Rodney	5
33D	50. Islam's largest branch	5
34D	51. Alternative to a tap on the shoulder	4
35D	53. Works of praise	4
36D	55. "Othello" villain	4
37D	56. Some supports	4
38D	57. ___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking"	4
39D	59. Minor complaint	3
40D	60. Unspecified amount	3
41D	61. Not Rx	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Play parts"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Similar words include: play, pretend, deed
• Opposite of: refrain

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACTS

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2D: "2. Kind of seed or pet"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHIA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3D: "3. Sometimes-raised part of a shoe"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
• Similar words include: bounder, reheel, hound
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HEEL

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4D: "4. Emphatic confirmation"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YESIAM

Remember this word for future puzzles!

5D: "5. Nocturnal hooter"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Similar words include: bird of night, bird of Minerva, hooter
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OWL

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6D: "6. Painter Veronese"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PAOLO

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7D: "7. Langston Hughes poem"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ITOO

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8D: "8. Due + 1"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRE

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9D: "9. Mimic"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Similar words include: copycat, imitator, caricature
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APE

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10D: "10. Script supervisor's concern"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that uninterrupted connection or union
• Similar words include: persistence
• Opposite of: discontinuity

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CONTINUITY

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11D: "11. ___ days"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OLDEN

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12D: "12. Slugger Sammy"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOSA

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13D: "14. "Raising Hell" rap trio"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RUNDMC

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14D: "16. Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project)"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
• Similar words include: land, the three estates, demesne
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ESTATE

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15D: "18. Part of a piano or loom"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sustained bass note
• Similar words include: foot lever, cycle, wheel
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEDAL

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16D: "23. Boots on the ground"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that soldiers collectively
• Similar words include: scout troop, scout group, military personnel
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TROOPS

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17D: "25. Rep.'s counterpart"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that a fractional monetary unit of japan and indonesia and cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SEN

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18D: "26. Ray of McDonald's"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KROC

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19D: "27. Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GLAM

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20D: "28. Naan alternative"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROTI

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21D: "29. Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. II"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: AXISPOWERS

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22D: "30. Mexican wrap"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by mexican men
• Similar words include: sarape
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SERAPE

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23D: "33. Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pail"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SAL

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24D: "34. Greek goddess of the earth"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of cronus and the titans in ancient mythology
• Similar words include: Gaea, Ge
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GAIA

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25D: "35. Brewing need"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
• Similar words include: skip, hop-skip, hop
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HOPS

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26D: "37. They help you drive farther"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Similar words include: golf tee, football tee, tee up
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TEES

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27D: "41. Ballpark fig."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EST

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28D: "42. Snooping (around)"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that search or inquire in a meddlesome way
• Similar words include: horn in, intrude, nuzzle
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NOSING

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29D: "43. "___ thou not minister to a mind diseased ...?": Macbeth"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CANST

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30D: "44. Significant periods"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Similar words include: date of reference, era, epoch
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EPOCHS

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31D: "48. Overdue debt"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ARREAR

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32D: "49. Golfer Calvin or QB Rodney"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEETE

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33D: "50. Islam's largest branch"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the branch of islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to muhammad
• Similar words include: Sunnite, Sunni Muslim, Sunni Islam
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SUNNI

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34D: "51. Alternative to a tap on the shoulder"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PSST

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35D: "53. Works of praise"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Similar words include: ode
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ODES

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36D: "55. "Othello" villain"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IAGO

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37D: "56. Some supports"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
• Similar words include: bandeau, brassiere, bra
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BRAS

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38D: "57. ___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EDNA

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39D: "59. Minor complaint"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NIT

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40D: "60. Unspecified amount"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one or some or every or all without specification
• Similar words include: whatsoever, whatever
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANY

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41D: "61. Not Rx"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
• Similar words include: over-the-counter
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OTC

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Today's Puzzle Stats

33 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

74 Total Clues

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