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

NYT Crossword - January 09, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Tuesday, January 09, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 09, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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Across Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1A: "1. Nude"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make public
• Similar words include: desolate, marginal, stark
• Opposite of: sheathed, covered

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BARE

2A: "5. Sudden, violent effort"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
• Similar words include: muscle spasm, cramp
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPASM

3A: "10. Grow tiresome"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sudden numbing dread
• Similar words include: scare, curtain, die
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PALL

4A: "14. Soon"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at another time
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANON

5A: "15. Spaghetti, e.g."

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
• Similar words include: alimentary paste
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PASTA

6A: "16. Margarine"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
• Similar words include: marge, margarin, oleomargarine
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OLEO

7A: "17. Asterisk"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Similar words include: stellar, whizz, asterisk
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STAR

8A: "18. Aquatic animal"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fur of an otter
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OTTER

9A: "19. Tidy"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that clean or organized
• Similar words include: straight, bully, groovy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NEAT

10A: "20. British P.M.: 1955-57"

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIRANTHONYEDEN

11A: "23. Neon or argon"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
• Similar words include: boast, natural gas, gun
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GAS

12A: "24. Canonized woman in Fr."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STE

13A: "25. Bundled cotton"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make into a bale
• Similar words include: bale
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BALED

14A: "28. Lamb's cry"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MAA

15A: "31. Some examinations"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
• Similar words include: oral, viva voce, viva
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORALS

16A: "35. ___ Wallach, actor from Brooklyn"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELI

17A: "36. Hanging piece of frozen water"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ICICLE

18A: "39. Exude"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that expel (gases or odors)
• Similar words include: let loose, breathe, pass off
• Opposite of: absorb

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EMIT

19A: "40. Noted English navigator"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIRFRANCISDRAKE

20A: "43. Avocado's shape"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
• Similar words include: oval-shaped, prolate, elliptical
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OVAL

21A: "44. Scold"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that censure severely or angrily
• Similar words include: dress down, trounce, jaw
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BERATE

22A: "45. D.C. bigwig"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• 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: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEN

23A: "46. High plateaus"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
• Similar words include: Mesa, mesa, table
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MESAS

24A: "48. German article"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• Similar words include: dassie, cony, hyrax
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DAS

25A: "49. Lariat"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that belgian composer (1532-1594)
• Similar words include: rope, lariat, Roland de Lassus
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LASSO

26A: "51. Obtain"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Similar words include: obtain, suffer, start out
• Opposite of: leave, take away

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GET

27A: "53. For each"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PER

28A: "54. Author of "Ivanhoe""

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIRWALTERSCOTT

29A: "62. Facts"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Similar words include: datum, data point, information
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DATA

30A: "63. Hire"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
• Similar words include: rent, letting, engage
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEASE

31A: "64. One who mimics"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who copies the words or behavior of another
• Similar words include: emulator, imitator, copycat
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: APER

32A: "65. Solemn assent"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
• Similar words include: Amun, Amon
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMEN

33A: "66. Emulates Maxwell Perkins"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Similar words include: delete, redact, edit
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDITS

34A: "67. Valley"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an open river valley (in a hilly area)
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DALE

35A: "68. Saucy"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
• Similar words include: impertinent, saucy, irreverent
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PERT

36A: "69. Auctions"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
• Similar words include: sales event, sale, gross revenue
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SALES

37A: "70. She, in Sèvres"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELLE

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

1D: "1. Food fish"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the lowest part of the musical range
• Similar words include: bass part, basso, freshwater bass
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BASS

2D: "2. Oppositionist"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• Opposite of: pro
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANTI

3D: "3. Sound at Shea"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deep prolonged loud noise
• Similar words include: hollo, yaup, yawl
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROAR

4D: "4. Madden"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that put into a rage; make violently angry
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENRAGE

5D: "5. Detects"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
• Similar words include: patch, office, slur
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPOTS

6D: "6. Trail"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a course of conduct
• Similar words include: way, route, course
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PATH

7D: "7. Concerning"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASTO

8D: "8. British carbine"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STEN

9D: "9. Astor and Martin"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the mother of jesus; christians refer to her as the virgin mary; she is especially honored by roman catholics
• Similar words include: Madonna, Mary, Virgin Mary
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MARYS

10D: "10. One who deliberates"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
• Similar words include: muser, ruminator, muller
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PONDERER

11D: "11. Helm position"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that on or toward the lee
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALEE

12D: "12. Far from plump"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
• Similar words include: slant, leaning, tend
• Opposite of: rich, fat

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Answer: LEAN

13D: "13. Realty unit"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Similar words include: caboodle, destiny, deal out
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LOT

14D: "21. Opposite of zenith"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
• Similar words include: low-water mark
• Opposite of: zenith

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Answer: NADIR

15D: "22. W W II area"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ETO

16D: "25. Broom made of twigs"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BESOM

17D: "26. Existing"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that possessing life
• Similar words include: live, active, alert
• Opposite of: dead, unanimated

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALIVE

18D: "27. Turkey's monetary units"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of money on malta; equal to 100 cents
• Similar words include: Turkish lira, Maltese lira, lira
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIRAS

19D: "28. Dug for coal, e.g."

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that get from the earth by excavation
• Similar words include: mine
• Opposite of: unmined

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MINED

20D: "29. Capital of Ghana"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the capital and largest city of ghana with a deep-water port
• Similar words include: capital of Ghana
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACCRA

21D: "30. Assumed name"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a name that has been assumed temporarily
• Similar words include: assumed name, also known as, a.k.a.
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALIAS

22D: "32. Accumulate"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that collect or gather
• Similar words include: pile up, conglomerate, cumulate
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMASS

23D: "33. Enjoys"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a similar kind; ,
• Similar words include: the like, ilk, the likes of
• Opposite of: dislike

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Answer: LIKES

24D: "34. To whom an exec dictates"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STENO

25D: "37. Tractor operator's compartment"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAB

26D: "38. Superlative ending"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

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 Standard Time, Eastern Time
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EST

27D: "41. Glaringly bad"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
• Similar words include: crying, rank, glaring
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: FLAGRANT

28D: "42. Erases"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DELES

29D: "47. Stitch"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Similar words include: stitch, tailor, tailor-make
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEW

30D: "50. Covered passageway"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
• Similar words include: colonnade
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARCADE

31D: "52. Supplementary jury group"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• Similar words include: story, fib, tale
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TALES

32D: "53. Squeeze"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of demanding notice or attention
• Similar words include: pressure, adjure, imperativeness
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PRESS

33D: "54. Identical"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern scandinavia and herding reindeer
• Similar words include: Saame, Sami, Saami
• Opposite of: different, unlike

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Answer: SAME

34D: "55. Roman road"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITER

35D: "56. Helen of Troy's mother"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) a queen of sparta who was raped by zeus who had taken the form of a swan; helen of troy was conceived in the rape of leda
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEDA

36D: "57. Kite part"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
• Similar words include: dog, butt, trail
• Opposite of: head

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Answer: TAIL

37D: "58. Italian noble family"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESTE

38D: "59. Iridescent gem"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OPAL

39D: "60. Legendary Swiss hero"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
• Similar words include: order, severalize, say
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TELL

40D: "61. Dryad's home"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Similar words include: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, corner, shoetree
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TREE

41D: "62. Drop bait lightly"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DAP

Puzzle Stats

37 Across

41 Down

78 Total

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