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January 30, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Master the NYT crossword from January 30, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

🧩 Puzzle Overview

Date: January 30, 1990

Difficulty: Challenging

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

🔤 Across Clues

No.	Clue	Letters	Hints	Answer
1A	"1. Circle parts"	4	Think of something that electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field Similar words include: electric discharge, arc, arch Pattern: ____	Reveal ARCS
2A	"5. Sweet red wine"	4	Think of something that a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country Similar words include: larboard, interface, port wine Opposite of: starboard	Reveal PORT
3A	"9. "Now we ___ be long!": Maugham"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal SHANT
4A	"14. Humble"	4	Think of something that humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness Similar words include: modest, mild, tame Pattern: ____	Reveal MEEK
5A	"15. Buckeye State"	4	Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region Similar words include: Ohio River, Buckeye State, OH Pattern: ____	Reveal OHIO
6A	"16. One with a long sentence"	5	Think of something that a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment Pattern: _____	Reveal LIFER
7A	"17. Blair ___ of "L.A. Law""	9	Think of something that the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest Similar words include: undergrowth, underbrush Pattern: _________	Reveal UNDERWOOD
8A	"19. Concur"	5	Think of something that be in accord; be in agreement Similar words include: match, concur, fit in Opposite of: disagree	Reveal AGREE
9A	"20. Fretted"	6	Think of something that be in a huff; be silent or sullen Similar words include: grizzle, stew, boiled Pattern: ______	Reveal STEWED
10A	"21. Poe and Christie, e.g."	7	Think of something that writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) Similar words include: author, generator, source Pattern: _______	Reveal AUTHORS
11A	"23. Jewish ascetic of yore"	6	Think of something that a member of an ascetic jewish sect around the time of jesus Pattern: ______	Reveal ESSENE
12A	"24. Fine silk"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal SYCEE
13A	"25. Actress Bo"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal DEREK
14A	"27. Out-and-out"	6	Think of something that without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers Similar words include: everlasting, pure, staring Pattern: ______	Reveal ARRANT
15A	"31. Emulate Mopsy"	3	Think of something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot) Similar words include: hops, hop-skip, skip Pattern: ___	Reveal HOP
16A	"34. Weird"	5	Think of something that suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious Similar words include: eery Pattern: _____	Reveal EERIE
17A	"36. "Brown ___," Jagger hit"	5	Think of something that a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative Similar words include: carbohydrate, shekels, bread Pattern: _____	Reveal SUGAR
18A	"37. Of grandparents"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal AVAL
19A	"39. Bell sounds"	5	Think of something that a ringing sound Similar words include: dong, dent, gouge Pattern: _____	Reveal DINGS
20A	"41. "___ Kelly's Blues," Cahn-Heindorf song"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal PETE
21A	"42. A king of Judea"	5	Think of something that king of judea who (according to the new testament) tried to kill jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in bethlehem (73-4 bc) Similar words include: Herod the Great Pattern: _____	Reveal HEROD
22A	"44. Fasteners"	5	Think of something that the act of catching an object with the hands Similar words include: piece of cake, gingersnap, click Opposite of: inelasticity	Reveal SNAPS
23A	"46. Female rabbit"	3	Think of something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977 Similar words include: Energy, Energy Department, Department of Energy Pattern: ___	Reveal DOE
24A	"47. Reply"	6	Think of something that a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation Similar words include: respond, resolve, response Opposite of: question	Reveal ANSWER
25A	"49. Avon family"	5	Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace Similar words include: Shangri-la, paradise, Eden Pattern: _____	Reveal EDENS
26A	"51. Celtic priesthood member"	5	Think of something that a pre-christian priest among the celts of ancient gaul and britain and ireland Pattern: _____	Reveal DRUID
27A	"53. Roman official"	6	Think of something that a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country Pattern: ______	Reveal CONSUL
28A	"57. Natives of Apia"	7	Think of something that a native or inhabitant of the samoan islands Similar words include: Samoan Pattern: _______	Reveal SAMOANS
29A	"60. Continuously blow on a flute"	6	Think of something that the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument Pattern: ______	Reveal TOOTLE
30A	"61. Felix Adler, e.g."	5	Think of something that a rude or vulgar fool Similar words include: merry andrew, buffoon, antic Pattern: _____	Reveal CLOWN
31A	"62. Charge too much for"	9	Think of something that price excessively high Pattern: _________	Reveal OVERPRICE
32A	"65. " ... and fell ___ thieves ... ": Luke 10:30"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal AMONG
33A	"66. Shade of green"	4	Think of something that the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern africa into the mediterranean; the nile river valley in egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization Similar words include: Nile River Pattern: ____	Reveal NILE
34A	"67. Eternally"	4	Think of something that at any time Similar words include: of all time, e'er, always Opposite of: never	Reveal EVER
35A	"68. Parsonage"	5	Think of something that a large and imposing house Similar words include: mansion house, residence, mansion Pattern: _____	Reveal MANSE
36A	"69. Morays"	4	Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled Similar words include: eel Pattern: ____	Reveal EELS
37A	"70. Sun. talks"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal SERS

🔽 Down Clues

No.	Clue	Letters	Hints	Answer
1D	"1. Entertain"	5	Think of something that occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion Similar words include: divert, disport Pattern: _____	Reveal AMUSE
2D	"2. Leases"	5	Think of something that a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service Similar words include: hire, snag, rip Pattern: _____	Reveal RENTS
3D	"3. Surrenders"	5	Think of something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another Similar words include: concede, yield, surrender Pattern: _____	Reveal CEDES
4D	"4. Slanted"	6	Think of something that turn or place at an angle Similar words include: skew Opposite of: align	Reveal SKEWED
5D	"5. Like most perukes"	8	Think of something that make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust Similar words include: pulverise, fine-grained, powder Pattern: ________	Reveal POWDERED
6D	"6. Exclamation of surprise"	3	Pattern: ___	Reveal OHO
7D	"7. A Brazilian coffee"	3	Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro Pattern: ___	Reveal RIO
8D	"8. TV morning show"	5	Think of something that the present time or age Similar words include: nowadays, now Pattern: _____	Reveal TODAY
9D	"9. Some roofers or critics"	7	Think of something that any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats Similar words include: slater, woodlouse Pattern: _______	Reveal SLATERS
10D	"10. Bigwig"	8	Pattern: ________	Reveal HIGHERUP
11D	"11. Kind of hairdo"	4	Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo Similar words include: Afro hairdo Pattern: ____	Reveal AFRO
12D	"12. ___-do-well"	4	Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman Similar words include: nee Pattern: ____	Reveal NEER
13D	"13. Very, in Versailles"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal TRES
14D	"18. Actress Taylor"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal RENEE
15D	"22. Fiddler-crab genus"	3	Think of something that fiddler crabs Similar words include: genus Uca Pattern: ___	Reveal UCA
16D	"24. Peeled"	7	Think of something that climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling Similar words include: peel, scrape, scramble Opposite of: skinless	Reveal SKINNED
17D	"26. Greek goddess of discord"	4	Think of something that (greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of ares Pattern: ____	Reveal ERIS
18D	"28. Matured"	4	Think of something that people who are old collectively Similar words include: senior, of age, get on Opposite of: young, rejuvenate	Reveal AGED
19D	"29. Western alliance"	4	Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Pattern: ____	Reveal NATO
20D	"30. Kind of sparrow or swallow"	4	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, tree diagram Pattern: ____	Reveal TREE
21D	"31. Sunken fence"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal HAHA
22D	"32. Baking chamber"	4	Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting Pattern: ____	Reveal OVEN
23D	"33. Golf scores"	4	Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course Similar words include: equality, equation, par Pattern: ____	Reveal PARS
24D	"35. Mild oath"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal EGAD
25D	"38. Inside items of information"	8	Pattern: ________	Reveal LOWDOWNS
26D	"40. Aylesbury apparitions"	8	Think of something that a ghostly appearing figure Similar words include: ghost, wraith, phantasm Pattern: ________	Reveal SPECTRES
27D	"43. Upset; madden"	7	Think of something that derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane Similar words include: throw out of kilter, unbalance, perturb Pattern: _______	Reveal DERANGE
28D	"45. Search intrusively"	5	Think of something that a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others Similar words include: snooper, spy, stag Pattern: _____	Reveal SNOOP
29D	"48. Operate"	3	Think of something that a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely Similar words include: streak, campaign, work Opposite of: malfunction, idle	Reveal RUN
30D	"50. Nocturnal noises"	6	Think of something that the rattling noise produced when snoring Similar words include: stertor, saw wood, snore Pattern: ______	Reveal SNORES
31D	"52. "The Lord our God ___ Lord": Deut. 6:4"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal ISONE
32D	"54. Chaucerian stew"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal STIVE
33D	"55. Workaholic's comeuppance"	5	Think of something that a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue Similar words include: ulceration Pattern: _____	Reveal ULCER
34D	"56. Looks askance"	5	Think of something that a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls Similar words include: leer, sneer Pattern: _____	Reveal LEERS
35D	"57. Confidence game"	4	Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme Similar words include: swindle, victimize, goldbrick Pattern: ____	Reveal SCAM
36D	"58. ___ mater"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal ALMA
37D	"59. Mullins of comics"	4	Think of something that the natural satellite of the earth Similar words include: moonlight, lunar month, moonshine Pattern: ____	Reveal MOON
38D	"63. Compete"	3	Think of something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others Similar words include: compete, contend Pattern: ___	Reveal VIE
39D	"64. Building wing"	3	Think of something that an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building Pattern: ___	Reveal ELL

📊 Puzzle Statistics

37 Across Clues

39 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

💡 Pro Solving Tips

Start with short words: 3-4 letter answers are often easier to guess
Look for common prefixes/suffixes: UN-, RE-, -ING, -ED are frequent
Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually your best starting points
Cross-referencing: Use intersecting letters to verify your answers
Theme awareness: Many puzzles have themed answers that relate to each other

January 31, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Across Clues
Down Clues
Puzzle Statistics

Master the Across: NYT Crossword Hints for January 31, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Said "I do"	3
2A	4. Second chance in court	6
3A	10. Chinese gelatin	4
4A	14. Rocks at the bar	3
5A	15. Auto's "face"	6
6A	16. Tempo	4
7A	17. Start of a quip	15
8A	20. It springs eternal	4
9A	21. Born, to Fifi	3
10A	22. Drive forward	5
11A	23. Convened	3
12A	25. Wool producer	3
13A	26. More of the quip	13
14A	33. Kitchen utensil	5
15A	34. Abnormal breathing sounds	5
16A	35. Mate of 25 Across	3
17A	37. Exhort	4
18A	38. Lincoln's logs?	5
19A	39. Rani's garb	4
20A	40. English heat measure: Abbr.	3
21A	41. Mysterious biblical word	5
22A	42. Was skittish	5
23A	43. More of the quip	13
24A	46. Cries of surprise	3
25A	47. Far along in years	3
26A	48. "Topless towers" city	5
27A	51. Blemish	3
28A	53. Gumbo	4
29A	57. End of the quip	15
30A	61. Cleaving tool	4
31A	62. Narrated again	6
32A	63. Okla. city	3
33A	64. Yearnings	4
34A	65. Saves Dad the nuptial costs	6
35A	66. "I am ___ a crook": Nixon	3

Across Clues - Detailed Hints and Explanations

1A: "1. Said "I do"" (3 letters)

Think of something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
Similar words include: get married, wedded, marry
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: WED

2A: "4. Second chance in court" (6 letters)

Think of something that earnest or urgent request
Similar words include: charm, prayer, entreaty
Opposite of: repel
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APPEAL

3A: "10. Chinese gelatin" (4 letters)

Think of something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
Similar words include: nutrient agar, agar-agar
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AGAR

4A: "14. Rocks at the bar" (3 letters)

Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
Similar words include: internal-combustion engine, Methedrine, icing
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ICE

5A: "15. Auto's "face"" (6 letters)

Think of something that small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
Similar words include: radiator grille, lattice, grillwork
Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GRILLE

6A: "16. Tempo" (4 letters)

Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
Similar words include: step, yard, tempo
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PACE

7A: "17. Start of a quip" (15 letters)

Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SHELOOKSLIKESHE

8A: "20. It springs eternal" (4 letters)

Think of something that a specific instance of feeling hopeful
Similar words include: Leslie Townes Hope, trust, go for
Opposite of: despair
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HOPE

9A: "21. Born, to Fifi" (3 letters)

Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NEE

10A: "22. Drive forward" (5 letters)

Think of something that urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Similar words include: force, propel
Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IMPEL

11A: "23. Convened" (3 letters)

Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
Similar words include: posture, pose, Saturday
Opposite of: stand, arise
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SAT

12A: "25. Wool producer" (3 letters)

Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EWE

13A: "26. More of the quip" (13 letters)

Pattern: _____________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: WASPOUREDINTO

14A: "33. Kitchen utensil" (5 letters)

Think of something that a device for removing the core from apples
Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CORER

15A: "34. Abnormal breathing sounds" (5 letters)

Think of something that a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
Similar words include: rattle, rale, rattling
Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RALES

16A: "35. Mate of 25 Across" (3 letters)

Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
Similar words include: force, jampack, cram
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAM

17A: "37. Exhort" (4 letters)

Think of something that an instinctive motive
Similar words include: urge on, pep up, inspire
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: URGE

18A: "38. Lincoln's logs?" (5 letters)

Think of something that small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CABIN

19A: "39. Rani's garb" (4 letters)

Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
Similar words include: saree
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SARI

20A: "40. English heat measure: Abbr." (3 letters)

Think of something that a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
Similar words include: British thermal unit, B.Th.U.
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BTU

21A: "41. Mysterious biblical word" (5 letters)

Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SELAH

22A: "42. Was skittish" (5 letters)

Think of something that start suddenly, as from fright
Similar words include: shy
Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SHIED

23A: "43. More of the quip" (13 letters)

Pattern: _____________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HERCOSTUMEAND

24A: "46. Cries of surprise" (3 letters)

Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
Similar words include: OH, Ohio, Buckeye State
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OHS

25A: "47. Far along in years" (3 letters)

Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
Similar words include: erstwhile, sure-enough, one-time
Opposite of: new, young
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OLD

26A: "48. "Topless towers" city" (5 letters)

Think of something that an ancient city in asia minor that was the site of the trojan war
Similar words include: Ilion, Troy
Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ILIUM

27A: "51. Blemish" (3 letters)

Think of something that the month following february and preceding april
Similar words include: blemish, mutilate, March
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MAR

28A: "53. Gumbo" (4 letters)

Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
Similar words include: lady's-finger, okra plant, Hibiscus esculentus
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OKRA

29A: "57. End of the quip" (15 letters)

Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FORGOTTOSAYWHEN

30A: "61. Cleaving tool" (4 letters)

Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FROE

31A: "62. Narrated again" (6 letters)

Think of something that render verbally,
Similar words include: reiterate, restate, fictionalise
Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RETOLD

32A: "63. Okla. city" (3 letters)

Think of something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
Similar words include: adenosine deaminase
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ADA

33A: "64. Yearnings" (4 letters)

Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
Similar words include: yen, hankering, yearn
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: YENS

34A: "65. Saves Dad the nuptial costs" (6 letters)

Think of something that run away secretly with one's beloved
Similar words include: elope, run off
Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELOPES

35A: "66. "I am ___ a crook": Nixon" (3 letters)

Think of something that negation of a word or group of words
Similar words include: non
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NOT

Solve the Down: NYT Crossword Help for January 31, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "When You ___ Upon a Star"	4
2D	2. Repeat	4
3D	3. Area in an ocean floor	4
4D	4. Past	3
5D	5. ASAP	6
6D	6. Toll road	4
7D	7. Other	4
8D	8. Entirety	3
9D	9. Island necklace	3
10D	10. Missing links?	6
11D	11. Pant	4
12D	12. Long	4
13D	13. Walk erratically	4
14D	18. Rent payer	6
15D	19. New Zealanders, informally	5
16D	24. Spring mo.	3
17D	25. Garden spot	4
18D	26. Fort ___, Tex.	5
19D	27. Debate	5
20D	28. Russian mountains	5
21D	29. Morocco's capital	5
22D	30. Nobel Peace Prize winner Root	5
23D	31. Orient Express, e.g.	5
24D	32. Like a galley	5
25D	33. Den denizen	3
26D	36. "___ pleasures and palaces ... "	3
27D	38. Company V.I.P.'s	4
28D	39. What Peter Pan lost	6
29D	41. Jerk	5
30D	42. This goes with poivre	3
31D	44. Reddens the cheeks	6
32D	45. Esprit de corps	6
33D	48. Uncertain: Slang	4
34D	49. Body of knowledge	4
35D	50. Something to pump	4
36D	51. Fictional sleuth	4
37D	52. Soaking wet	4
38D	54. Asian title of respect	4
39D	55. Freshen the décor	4
40D	56. Premed course	4
41D	58. Three, in Torino	3
42D	59. ___ Aviv	3
43D	60. Material measures: Abbr.	3

Down Clues - Comprehensive Solutions and Tips

1D: "1. "When You ___ Upon a Star"" (4 letters)

Think of something that a specific feeling of desire
Similar words include: like, compliments, regard
Opposite of: begrudge
Click to reveal answer
Answer: WISH

2D: "2. Repeat" (4 letters)

Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
Similar words include: reverberation, replication, resound
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ECHO

3D: "3. Area in an ocean floor" (4 letters)

Think of something that the central and most intense or profound part
Similar words include: deeply, late, mysterious
Opposite of: shallow
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEEP

4D: "4. Past" (3 letters)

Think of something that gone by; or in the past
Similar words include: agone
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AGO

5D: "5. ASAP" (6 letters)

Think of something that in a punctual manner
Similar words include: readily, promptly
Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PRONTO

6D: "6. Toll road" (4 letters)

Think of something that a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
Similar words include: superhighway, state highway, thruway
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PIKE

7D: "7. Other" (4 letters)

Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELSE

8D: "8. Entirety" (3 letters)

Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
Similar words include: completely, entirely, wholly
Opposite of: partly, some
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALL

9D: "9. Island necklace" (3 letters)

Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
Similar words include: coronal, chaplet, garland
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEI

10D: "10. Missing links?" (6 letters)

Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APEMEN

11D: "11. Pant" (4 letters)

Think of something that a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
Similar words include: heave, puff, pant
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GASP

12D: "12. Long" (4 letters)

Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
Similar words include: aching, yen, suffer
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ACHE

13D: "13. Walk erratically" (4 letters)

Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
Similar words include: bobbin, spin around, spool
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REEL

14D: "18. Rent payer" (6 letters)

Think of something that a tenant who holds a lease
Similar words include: leaseholder
Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LESSEE

15D: "19. New Zealanders, informally" (5 letters)

Think of something that climbing vine native to china; cultivated in new zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
Similar words include: apteryx, kiwi vine, Kiwi
Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KIWIS

16D: "24. Spring mo." (3 letters)

Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
Similar words include: April
Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APR

17D: "25. Garden spot" (4 letters)

Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Similar words include: promised land, paradise, Shangri-la
Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDEN

18D: "26. Fort ___, Tex." (5 letters)

Think of something that an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
Similar words include: deserving, Charles Frederick Worth
Opposite of: worthlessness
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Answer: WORTH

19D: "27. Debate" (5 letters)

Think of something that present reasons and arguments
Similar words include: fence, debate, reason
Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARGUE

20D: "28. Russian mountains" (5 letters)

Think of something that a mountain range in western russia extending from the arctic to the caspian sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between europe and asia
Similar words include: Ural Mountains
Pattern: _____
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Answer: URALS

21D: "29. Morocco's capital" (5 letters)

Think of something that the capital of morocco; located in the northwestern on the atlantic coast
Similar words include: capital of Morocco
Pattern: _____
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Answer: RABAT

22D: "30. Nobel Peace Prize winner Root" (5 letters)

Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELIHU

23D: "31. Orient Express, e.g." (5 letters)

Think of something that public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
Similar words include: civilize, caravan, groom
Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRAIN

24D: "32. Like a galley" (5 letters)

Pattern: _____
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Answer: OARED

25D: "33. Den denizen" (3 letters)

Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
Similar words include: sonny, greenhorn, laddie
Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUB

26D: "36. "___ pleasures and palaces ... "" (3 letters)

Think of something that used in combination to denote the middle
Pattern: ___
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Answer: MID

27D: "38. Company V.I.P.'s" (4 letters)

Think of something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
Similar words include: chief operating officer, CEO, chief executive officer
Pattern: ____
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Answer: CEOS

28D: "39. What Peter Pan lost" (6 letters)

Think of something that shade within clear boundaries
Similar words include: shade, apparition, phantasma
Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHADOW

29D: "41. Jerk" (5 letters)

Think of something that (yiddish) a jerk
Similar words include: schmuck, shmo, shmuck
Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCHMO

30D: "42. This goes with poivre" (3 letters)

Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEL

31D: "44. Reddens the cheeks" (6 letters)

Think of something that makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
Similar words include: rouge, paint, blusher
Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROUGES

32D: "45. Esprit de corps" (6 letters)

Think of something that a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
Similar words include: esprit de corps, team spirit
Pattern: ______
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Answer: MORALE

33D: "48. Uncertain: Slang" (4 letters)

Think of something that subject to accident or chance or change
Similar words include: flukey, fluky, chancy
Pattern: ____
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Answer: IFFY

34D: "49. Body of knowledge" (4 letters)

Think of something that knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
Similar words include: traditional knowledge
Pattern: ____
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Answer: LORE

35D: "50. Something to pump" (4 letters)

Think of something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
Similar words include: branding iron, Fe, smoothing iron
Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRON

36D: "51. Fictional sleuth" (4 letters)

Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOTO

37D: "52. Soaking wet" (4 letters)

Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASOP

38D: "54. Asian title of respect" (4 letters)

Think of something that a title given to rulers or other important people in asian countries
Similar words include: caravanserai, caravan inn, caravansary
Pattern: ____
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Answer: KHAN

39D: "55. Freshen the décor" (4 letters)

Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
Similar words include: refashion, remodel, remake
Pattern: ____
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Answer: REDO

40D: "56. Premed course" (4 letters)

Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANAT

41D: "58. Three, in Torino" (3 letters)

Pattern: ___
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Answer: TRE

42D: "59. ___ Aviv" (3 letters)

Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEL

43D: "60. Material measures: Abbr." (3 letters)

Pattern: ___
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Answer: YDS

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Total Clues	78

Last Updated: August 24, 2025 at 07:06 AM

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