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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

27458 Tue Jan 14, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 14, 2025

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

27458 Tue Jan 14, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
27458 Tue Jan 14, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints


Across Clues with Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Ruling from a tennis line judge. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ITSIN


  • The clue is 6. Spelled-out chant at the World Cup. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USA

    Possible Answer : America, US_Army, US, U._S._Army, USA, U.S.A., U.S., Army, United_States, United_States_of_America, the_States, United_States_Army


  • The clue is 9. Home for Shrek. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SWAMP

    Possible Answer : drench, flood, swamp, deluge, inundate, swampland


  • The clue is 14. For the first time. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEWLY

    Possible Answer : new, fresh, newly, freshly


  • The clue is 15. ___ Beta Kappa. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PHI

    Possible Answer : phi


  • The clue is 16. Signature Caitlin Clark shot, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: THREE

    Possible Answer : tierce, triad, tercet, ternary, III, trine, iii, triplet, trio, threesome, ternion, deuce-ace, trinity, leash, trey, 3, troika, three, terzetto


  • The clue is 17. One in charge of a sting operation?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BEEKEEPER

    Possible Answer : beekeeper, apiculturist, apiarist


  • The clue is 19. Vessel in a slip. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YACHT

    Possible Answer : yacht, racing_yacht


  • The clue is 20. Individuals. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONES

    Possible Answer : ace, I, one, 1, single, unity


  • The clue is 21. It locks locks into place. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GEL

    Possible Answer : mousse, colloidal_gel, gelatin, gel


  • The clue is 22. Lead-in to rock or weekly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALT

    Possible Answer : ALT, EL, elevation, altitude


  • The clue is 23. Like a birthday candle prior to your making a wish. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LIT

    Possible Answer : well-lighted, lit, get_down, perch, illuminate, light, illume, unhorse, get_off, light_up, lighted, fall, illumine, illuminated, fire_up, alight, literature, ignite, dismount

    Possible Opposite Answer : unlighted, extinguish


  • The clue is 24. Absolute champion. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WORLDBEATER


  • The clue is 29. Head off. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DEPART

    Possible Answer : sidetrack, take_leave, set_forth, take_off, go_away, digress, deviate, set_out, start, pull_up_stakes, go, depart, part, vary, quit, start_out, straggle, diverge, leave, set_off

    Possible Opposite Answer : conform, stay, come


  • The clue is 31. Make good as new. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RESTORE

    Possible Answer : restore, bushel, restitute, rejuvenate, mend, reestablish, doctor, furbish_up, reinstate, touch_on, repair, fix, reconstruct, regenerate

    Possible Opposite Answer : break


  • The clue is 32. Cheer after a gooooooal!. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OLE


  • The clue is 33. Poorly behaved child. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BRAT

    Possible Answer : holy_terror, little_terror, bratwurst, brat, terror


  • The clue is 35. Parks who sparked a bus boycott. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROSA

    Possible Answer : Rosa, genus_Rosa


  • The clue is 36. Publicity hound. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

    The answer: ATTENTIONSEEKER


  • The clue is 40. News of an alien landing, probably. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HOAX

    Possible Answer : humbug, put-on, play_a_joke_on, dupery, fraudulence, fraud, pull_someone's_leg, hoax


  • The clue is 41. "Milk's favorite cookie" brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OREO

    Possible Answer : oreo_cookie, oreo


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

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

    The answer: MAA


  • The clue is 43. Challenge for a person drawing lots?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARTTEST


  • The clue is 45. Piece of equipment seen at the Paralympics. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SITSKI


  • The clue is 48. Person often flirting with disaster. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STORMCHASER


  • The clue is 51. Response in the game of Battleship. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HIT

    Possible Answer : strike, come_to, dispatch, tally, impinge_on, reach, polish_off, off, shoot, bump_off, gain, run_into, smash, murder, remove, collision, score, smasher, stumble, collide_with, slay, pip, hit, arrive_at, make, hitting, attain, rack_up, bang, striking

    Possible Opposite Answer : miss


  • The clue is 52. Org. that helped phase out CFCs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EPA

    Possible Answer : Environmental_Protection_Agency, EPA


  • The clue is 53. Jost's "S.N.L." Weekend Update co-host. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHE


  • The clue is 54. Hardy and Petty. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOMS

    Possible Answer : tomcat, Tom, tom, Uncle_Tom, tom_turkey, gobbler, turkey_cock


  • The clue is 55. Friend of Flower and Thumper. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BAMBI


  • The clue is 58. Game that ends when the snitch is caught … and whose positions end 17-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: QUIDDITCH


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

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

    The answer: FLIER

    Possible Answer : broadsheet, aviator, handbill, aeronaut, flyer, bill, broadside, flier, airman, throwaway, circular


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

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

    The answer: BRR


  • The clue is 62. Home of the Craters of the Moon National Monument. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IDAHO

    Possible Answer : Gem_State, Idaho, ID


  • The clue is 63. Bit of snow. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FLAKE

    Possible Answer : bit, flake, eccentric, geek, peel, oddball, chip, snowflake, eccentric_person, peel_off, fleck, scrap, flake_off


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

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

    The answer: SAT

    Possible Answer : posture, baby-sit, Saturday, sit_around, model, Sabbatum, sit, ride, pose, Sat, sit_down, seat

    Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand


  • The clue is 65. Question after a joke bombs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GETIT


Down Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Emphasized, textwise. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INBOLD

  • The clue is 2. Like the yellow polka dot bikini, in a 1960 #1 novelty song. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TEENIE

  • The clue is 3. Popular Thanksgiving item. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SWEETPOTATO

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

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

    The answer: ILKS

    Possible Answer: ilk, like

  • The clue is 5. Scientific Bill. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NYE

  • The clue is 6. Word before deck or hand. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UPPER

    Possible Answer: upper, speed, upper_berth, amphetamine, pep_pill

  • The clue is 7. Prominent part of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHELL

    Possible Answer: cuticle, shell, beat_out, beat, casing, trounce, racing_shell, shield, case, plate, eggshell, vanquish, carapace, husk, crush, scale, blast

  • The clue is 8. The "A" of A/C. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AIR

    Possible Answer: melodic_phrase, atmosphere, tune, bare, aura, aerate, transmit, publicise, gentle_wind, air, ventilate, melodic_line, melody, zephyr, air_out, beam, strain, air_travel, publicize, line, airwave, send, aviation, broadcast, vent, breeze

  • The clue is 9. Choices at salons. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STYLES

    Possible Answer: dash, fashion, flair, way, panache, expressive_style, manner, stylus, trend, vogue, title, elan, mode, style

  • The clue is 10. "I like this so much!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WHATATREAT

  • The clue is 11. ___ de Triomphe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARC

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

  • The clue is 12. "I wasn't impressed". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MEH

  • The clue is 13. Rescue animal, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PET

    Possible Answer: favorite, positron_emission_tomography, deary, ducky, favored, best-loved, preferent, dearie, favourite, preferred, darling, pet, PET

  • The clue is 18. Quadruple award achievement, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EGOT

  • The clue is 22. Supports illegally, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABETS

    Possible Answer: abet

  • The clue is 24. Small brown songbird. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WREN

    Possible Answer: jenny_wren, Wren, wren, Sir_Christopher_Wren

  • The clue is 25. Liquid-Plumr alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DRANO

  • The clue is 26. Attempted. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOOKASHOTAT

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

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

    The answer: ERSE

    Possible Answer: Goidelic, Erse, Gaelic

  • The clue is 28. Back end. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REAR

    Possible Answer: buns, tail_end, prat, ass, back, arse, nurture, buttocks, can, bottom, rear_end, lift, bring_up, derriere, rise, stern, rear, hindquarters, seat, keister, tail, tooshie, parent, put_up, erect, rearward, hind_end, behind, bum, fundament, posterior, back_end, raise, set_up, nates, tush, butt, rump, rise_up, fanny, backside

    Possible Opposite Answer : front, head, level

  • The clue is 30. TV host who got asked a lot of questions. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALEXTREBEK

  • The clue is 33. Labor day event. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BIRTH

    Possible Answer: birth, giving_birth, nascency, nativity, deliver, have, give_birth, nascence, bear, birthing, parentage, parturition

    Possible Opposite Answer : death

  • The clue is 34. Pseudonym in a landmark legal case. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROE

    Possible Answer: roe, hard_roe

  • The clue is 36. Cries of understanding. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AHAS

  • The clue is 37. Cause for a lawsuit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TORT

    Possible Answer: tort, civil_wrong

  • The clue is 38. "Vissi d'arte" opera. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOSCA

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

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

    The answer: EMIR

    Possible Answer: emeer, emir, ameer, amir

  • The clue is 44. Enemy of the Rebel Alliance. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMPIRE

    Possible Answer: empire, Empire, imperium, conglomerate

  • The clue is 45. Tournament ranking. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEED

    Possible Answer: source, semen, germ, cum, ejaculate, seeded_player, seminal_fluid, come, seed, sow

  • The clue is 46. Korean fermented cabbage. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KIMCHI

  • The clue is 47. Remark while fanning oneself, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ITSHOT

  • The clue is 49. Integra maker. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACURA

  • The clue is 50. Polo, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHIRT

    Possible Answer: shirt

  • The clue is 54. It washes a shore. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIDE

    Possible Answer: tide, surge, lunar_time_period

    Possible Opposite Answer : ebb

  • The clue is 55. Closest pal, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BFF

  • The clue is 56. Not just some. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALL

    Possible Answer: totally, entirely, altogether, all, completely, wholly, whole

    Possible Opposite Answer : partly, some

  • The clue is 57. Hamm of soccer fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MIA

  • The clue is 58. Ones trying not to be sacked, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: QBS

  • The clue is 59. Fossil hunters' project. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DIG

    Possible Answer: excavation, grok, excavate, grasp, barb, gibe, dig_out, jab, drudge, slam, get_the_picture, savvy, dig, cut_into, travail, comprehend, poke, dig_up, delve, stab, turn_over, shot, moil, shaft, toil, grind, fag, prod, compass, labour, archeological_site, digging, labor, hollow, apprehend, jibe

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Friday, August 9, 2024

Thursday, January 06, 2000 NYT crosswords clues with answers hints

Thursday, January 06, 2000 | NYT crossword clues answers - Blogs

The Crossword hints blog is an one of the most popular crossword clue puzzles with answers solver. Here are the clues and answers for today nyt puzzle.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 06, 2000

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

Across Clues and Answers:

Down Clues and Answers:

  • 1. Funny-car fuel -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    NITRO

  • 2. Name on jetliners, once -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    USAIR

  • 3. Dizzy Gillespie's genre -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    BEBOP

    Possible Answer: bebop, bop

  • 4. Does a slow burn -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (7 letters)

    SEETHES

    Possible Answer: boil, seethe, buzz, hum, roll

  • 5. Cause of some knocking -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (8 letters)

    GINRUMMY

  • 6. Santa ___ winds -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (3 letters)

    ANA

    Possible Answer: ana, Ana

  • 7. Knowing when to be silent, e.g. -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    TACT

    Possible Answer: tact, tactfulness

    Possible Opposite Answer : tactlessness

  • 8. ___ Island National Monument -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    ELLIS

    Possible Answer: Elli

  • 9. Makes roads slippery, say -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (6 letters)

    SLEETS

    Possible Answer: sleet

  • 10. To the extent that -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (7 letters)

    ASFARAS

  • 11. Defeat -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (9 letters)

    CHECKMATE

    Possible Answer: mate, checkmate

  • 12. Fine fur -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    MINK

    Possible Answer: mink_coat, mink

  • 13. Pulls the plug on -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    ENDS

    Possible Answer: stop, remnant, cease, last, remainder, conclusion, end, close, death, terminate, destruction, final_stage, closing, oddment, ending, terminal, finish, goal

    Possible Opposite Answer : beginning, begin

  • 18. Quaint dance -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    REEL

    Possible Answer: whirl, lurch, reel, careen, spin_around, Virginia_reel, swag, spin, stagger, Scottish_reel, gyrate, bobbin, keel, spool

  • 22. Namely -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    TOWIT

  • 24. Bygone voting bloc, with "the" -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    SOUTH

    Possible Answer: southward, S, to_the_south, Confederate_States, Dixie, due_south, Dixieland, south, in_the_south, South, Confederacy, Confederate_States_of_America

    Possible Opposite Answer : north

  • 27. Make music, in a way -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    STRUM

    Possible Answer: thrum, strum

  • 29. 1950's-60's NBC star -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    PAAR

  • 30. Lowlife -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    SCUM

    Possible Answer: trash, scum

  • 31. Off-color -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    LEWD

    Possible Answer: libidinous, lewd, lustful, salacious, obscene, raunchy, lascivious

  • 32. "I cannot tell ___" -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    ALIE

  • 33. Pitch off the road -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (9 letters)

    BILLBOARD

    Possible Answer: billboard, hoarding

  • 35. Believe it! -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    TENET

    Possible Answer: dogma, tenet

  • 38. Pioneers of a 365-day calendar -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    MAYAS

    Possible Answer: Maya, Mayan, Mayas, Mayan_language

  • 39. Draws -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (8 letters)

    ATTRACTS

    Possible Answer: pull, draw, pull_in, attract, draw_in, appeal

    Possible Opposite Answer : repel

  • 42. Tennis star Hingis -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (7 letters)

    MARTINA

  • 44. Big catalog company expense -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (7 letters)

    POSTAGE

    Possible Answer: postage_stamp, postage, stamp

  • 46. "Friends," e.g. -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (6 letters)

    SITCOM

    Possible Answer: sitcom, situation_comedy

  • 48. It might be bleeped out -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    OATH

    Possible Answer: cuss, swearword, curse, expletive, curse_word, swearing, oath

  • 50. Kind of jacket -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    NEHRU

    Possible Answer: Jawaharlal_Nehru, Nehru

  • 52. Make a pass at -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    HITON

  • 53. Pop's John -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    ELTON

  • 54. Singer Taylor ___ -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    DAYNE

  • 55. Teletubbies and others -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    FADS

    Possible Answer: fad, craze, furore, cult, rage, furor

  • 56. Nondairy spread -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    OLEO

    Possible Answer: oleomargarine, margarine, marge, oleo, margarin

  • 57. Ice cream purchase -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    PINT

    Possible Answer: dry_pint, pint

  • 61. Little piggy -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (3 letters)

    TOE

    Possible Answer: toenail, toe

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Sunday, August 9, 2026

XWordHint Crossword Answers August 09, 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.

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August 09, 2026 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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. One bit 5
2A 6. Bad jobs 6
3A 12. Target of an annual vaccine 3
4A 15. x or y 4
5A 19. Swimmer's invitation 21
6A 23. One of two in Hawaii 21
7A 24. Father of the river gods, in Greek myth 7
8A 25. Overwhelm 5
9A 26. Jamaican folk song about dock work 4
10A 27. Ones who've made the team 6
11A 28. One at the U.S. mint? 4
12A 29. Long-handled tool 3
13A 31. What might pile up during a digital detox 5
14A 35. Show great fondness, in a way 4
15A 36. In the lead 5
16A 38. Cow 5
17A 40. Oscar winner Hathaway 4
18A 41. Foxlike 3
19A 42. Winter pellets 5
20A 43. ___ forgiveness 4
21A 44. Say without saying 6
22A 46. Godsends 5
23A 47. Up to 150 years, for a tortoise 8
24A 49. The first "C" of Vietnam's H.C.M.C. 3
25A 50. Beaver's home 5
26A 51. Communicate through a disagreement 13
27A 53. Counterpart of 53-Down 5
28A 54. Display perfect timing, much like dancers 9
29A 55. Agcy. that protects the right to unionize 4
30A 56. Some Indian flatbreads 5
31A 57. First woman to play regularly in a major American men's pro baseball league 9
32A 58. Bond between Lazenby and Dalton 5
33A 59. "Let's do it" 4
34A 60. Setting for Ghassan Kanafani's "All That's Left to You" and Mourid Barghouti's "I Saw Ramallah" 9
35A 61. Like a lion's coat 5
36A 62. Reprimand that might be biting, ironically 13
37A 64. Group of partridges 5
38A 65. "www" string 3
39A 66. Honey boo-boo? 8
40A 67. Like the Taj Mahal and the Hagia Sophia, architecturally 5
41A 68. Up for the day 6
42A 70. Named names 4
43A 71. [Oh God ...] 5
44A 72. Nurse 3
45A 75. Many a spacious apartment 4
46A 76. Stand-up comic ___ Wang 5
47A 78. Where a band might go 5
48A 79. "Gimme!" 4
49A 80. Go undefeated 5
50A 82. Enterprise letters 3
51A 83. "Let's put a smile on your plate" chain 4
52A 84. Lover of Tristan 6
53A 86. Combine, as resources 4
54A 88. Nintendo villain with a "W" on his cap 5
55A 90. Bothersome recurrence 7
56A 91. Controversial business oversight 21
57A 96. Amusement park ride in which one's legs dangle high off the ground 21
58A 97. Lip 4
59A 98. "___ bodkins!" (bygone oath) 3
60A 99. Comes clean, with "up" 6
61A 100. Old Bulgarian rulers 5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. One bit"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATALL

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2A: "6. Bad jobs"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of stealing
  • Similar words include: burglarize, rip-off, burgle
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: HEISTS

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3A: "12. Target of an annual vaccine"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
  • Similar words include: grippe, influenza
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: FLU

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4A: "15. x or y"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
  • Similar words include: axis of rotation, bloc, axis vertebra
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXIS

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5A: "19. Swimmer's invitation"

21 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: COMEONINTHEWATERSFINE

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6A: "23. One of two in Hawaii"

21 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT

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7A: "24. Father of the river gods, in Greek myth"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: OCEANUS

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8A: "25. Overwhelm"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
  • Similar words include: swampland, inundate, deluge
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWAMP

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9A: "26. Jamaican folk song about dock work"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DAYO

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10A: "27. Ones who've made the team"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a list of names
  • Similar words include: roll
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROSTER

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11A: "28. One at the U.S. mint?"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: UNUM

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12A: "29. Long-handled tool"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOE

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13A: "31. What might pile up during a digital detox"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
  • Similar words include: netmail, electronic mail, e-mail
  • Opposite of: snail mail
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Answer: EMAIL

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14A: "35. Show great fondness, in a way"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that be foolish or senile due to old age
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOTE

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15A: "36. In the lead"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONTOP

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16A: "38. Cow"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause to lose courage
  • Similar words include: frighten off, scare, dash
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: DAUNT

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17A: "40. Oscar winner Hathaway"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANNE

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18A: "41. Foxlike"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by skill in deception
  • Similar words include: slick, knavish, guileful
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLY

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19A: "42. Winter pellets"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLEET

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20A: "43. ___ forgiveness"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the state of owing something (especially money)
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEBT

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21A: "44. Say without saying"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: HINTAT

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22A: "46. Godsends"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a desirable state
  • Similar words include: blessing, boon
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOONS

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23A: "47. Up to 150 years, for a tortoise"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
  • Similar words include: lifetime, life-time, life
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: LIFESPAN

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24A: "49. The first "C" of Vietnam's H.C.M.C."

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
  • Similar words include: ch'i, ki, qi
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHI

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25A: "50. Beaver's home"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that english physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
  • Similar words include: auberge, file, order
  • Opposite of: dislodge
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Answer: LODGE

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26A: "51. Communicate through a disagreement"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________
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Answer: HAVETHINGSOUT

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27A: "53. Counterpart of 53-Down"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the present time or age
  • Similar words include: now, nowadays
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TODAY

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28A: "54. Display perfect timing, much like dancers"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: MOVEASONE

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29A: "55. Agcy. that protects the right to unionize"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
  • Similar words include: National Labor Relations Board
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: NLRB

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30A: "56. Some Indian flatbreads"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROTIS

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31A: "57. First woman to play regularly in a major American men's pro baseball league"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: TONISTONE

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32A: "58. Bond between Lazenby and Dalton"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states composer of works noted for their use of the american vernacular (1893-1969)
  • Similar words include: Dudley Stuart John Moore, Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOORE

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33A: "59. "Let's do it""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMIN

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34A: "60. Setting for Ghassan Kanafani's "All That's Left to You" and Mourid Barghouti's "I Saw Ramallah""

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a former british mandate on the east coast of the mediterranean; divided between jordan and israel in 1948
  • Similar words include: Promised Land, Holy Land, Canaan
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: PALESTINE

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35A: "61. Like a lion's coat"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather
  • Similar words include: tawny-brown
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAWNY

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36A: "62. Reprimand that might be biting, ironically"

13 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________
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Answer: TONGUELASHING

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37A: "64. Group of partridges"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small collection of people
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: COVEY

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38A: "65. "www" string"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
  • Similar words include: uniform resource locator, universal resource locator
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: URL

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39A: "66. Honey boo-boo?"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: BEESTING

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40A: "67. Like the Taj Mahal and the Hagia Sophia, architecturally"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that having a hemispherical vault or dome
  • Similar words include: vaulted
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DOMED

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41A: "68. Up for the day"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that come into existence; take on form or shape
  • Similar words include: get up, move up, spring up
  • Opposite of: turn in, sit down
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARISEN

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42A: "70. Named names"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that north american woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the chinese ginseng
  • Similar words include: spill the beans, blab out, let the cat out of the bag
  • Opposite of: keep quiet
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Answer: SANG

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43A: "71. [Oh God ...]"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
  • Similar words include: moan
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GROAN

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44A: "72. Nurse"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small drink
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIP

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45A: "75. Many a spacious apartment"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
  • Similar words include: garret, pigeon loft, attic
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LOFT

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46A: "76. Stand-up comic ___ Wang"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHENG

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47A: "78. Where a band might go"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
  • Similar words include: radiocarpal joint, carpus, wrist joint
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: WRIST

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48A: "79. "Gimme!""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: MINE

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49A: "80. Go undefeated"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a wide scope
  • Similar words include: sweep oar, slam, sail
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWEEP

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50A: "82. Enterprise letters"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
  • Similar words include: the States, US, U.S.A.
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: USS

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51A: "83. "Let's put a smile on your plate" chain"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: IHOP

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52A: "84. Lover of Tristan"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (middle ages) the bride of the king of cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
  • Similar words include: Iseult
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ISOLDE

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53A: "86. Combine, as resources"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
  • Similar words include: kitty, pond, consortium
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: POOL

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54A: "88. Nintendo villain with a "W" on his cap"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: WARIO

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55A: "90. Bothersome recurrence"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: FLAREUP

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56A: "91. Controversial business oversight"

21 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: CORPORATESURVEILLANCE

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57A: "96. Amusement park ride in which one's legs dangle high off the ground"

21 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: INVERTEDROLLERCOASTER

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58A: "97. Lip"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
  • Similar words include: backtalk, sassing, lip
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SASS

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59A: "98. "___ bodkins!" (bygone oath)"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a doctor's degree in optometry
  • Similar words include: OD, Doctor of Optometry, oculus dexter
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ODS

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60A: "99. Comes clean, with "up""

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
  • Similar words include: fesse, fess
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: FESSES

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61A: "100. Old Bulgarian rulers"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
  • Similar words include: czar, tsar, tzar
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TSARS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Results of some peace talks 7
2D 2. "Wow!" 7
3D 3. Government act whose name comes from the Greek for "forgetfulness" 7
4D 4. Papal representative 6
5D 5. Michaels of "Saturday Night Live" 5
6D 6. Angry cat's "greeting" 4
7D 7. Nav. rank 3
8D 8. Retort of denial 7
9D 9. Offer emotional support (for) 6
10D 10. Time that's an artist's name backward 5
11D 11. Did the butterfly, e.g. 4
12D 12. Co. whose logo depicts the god Mercury holding flowers 3
13D 13. Dutch city with a namesake jar 6
14D 14. ___ Major 4
15D 15. "Because I Got High" rapper 7
16D 16. 12 letters? 3
17D 17. Magazine for entrepreneurs 3
18D 18. Good to go 3
19D 20. Branch with a stem? 9
20D 21. Number of letters? 12
21D 22. Ocular affliction 4
22D 28. Uintah and Ouray reservation people 4
23D 30. Surpassed 8
24D 32. Group in support of a queen 9
25D 33. Rushing around 8
26D 34. Last Beatles single before Paul McCartney's departure 7
27D 37. Reality TV icon ___ Leakes 4
28D 38. Edging, e.g. 9
29D 39. Title for Macbeth 5
30D 42. Parts of many combo meals 5
31D 43. Selling off, as stocks 9
32D 45. Big inits. in Dutch banking 3
33D 46. Foretelling of 6
34D 47. Bestowing extravagantly (on) 9
35D 48. Source of fragrant cones 4
36D 50. Destiny 9
37D 51. Something that might not be well received when someone asks "How do I look?" 12
38D 52. Was flaky? 6
39D 53. Counterpart of 53-Across 8
40D 54. It's not exactly fast food 8
41D 56. Almsgiving and pilgrimage, for two 7
42D 57. Bit of folklore 4
43D 58. Wonk 5
44D 60. Hammer parts 5
45D 61. Main ingredient in salsa verde 9
46D 63. Purple yam in Filipino desserts 3
47D 64. Sounds from pigeons 4
48D 67. Simple coffee brewing method 4
49D 69. Treeless tracts 7
50D 71. Pleasing rhythms 7
51D 72. Diamond component? 7
52D 73. Gene-activating substance 7
53D 74. Eyes, informally 7
54D 77. Danced at a luau 6
55D 78. Eddies 6
56D 79. Very complicated situation, so to speak 6
57D 81. ___ People's Campaign (1968 S.C.L.C. movement) 4
58D 83. Self-congratulatory declaration 5
59D 85. One of the Five Pillars of Islam, referring to prayer 5
60D 87. "___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet 4
61D 89. Since 4
62D 90. Some fan-made literary works, informally 4
63D 91. Prefix with normative 3
64D 92. ___ shoestring 3
65D 93. They're parked in parks 3
66D 94. Some OT enders 3
67D 95. Before, poetically 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Results of some peace talks"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
  • Similar words include: accordance, accord, agreement
  • Opposite of: disagreement
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Answer: ACCORDS

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2D: "2. "Wow!""

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: TOOCOOL

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3D: "3. Government act whose name comes from the Greek for "forgetfulness""

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
  • Similar words include: free pardon, pardon
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: AMNESTY

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4D: "4. Papal representative"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of a legation
  • Similar words include: official emissary
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEGATE

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5D: "5. Michaels of "Saturday Night Live""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: LORNE

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6D: "6. Angry cat's "greeting""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
  • Similar words include: raspberry, sibilation, razz
  • Opposite of: applaud
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HISS

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7D: "7. Nav. rank"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that half the width of an em
  • Similar words include: nut, en
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENS

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8D: "8. Retort of denial"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: ITISNOT

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9D: "9. Offer emotional support (for)"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHOWUP

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10D: "10. Time that's an artist's name backward"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TENAM

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11D: "11. Did the butterfly, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that travel through water
  • Similar words include: float, drown, swim
  • Opposite of: sink
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Answer: SWAM

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12D: "12. Co. whose logo depicts the god Mercury holding flowers"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FTD

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13D: "13. Dutch city with a namesake jar"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a city in the western netherlands; residence of the pilgrim fathers for 11 years before they sailed for america in 1620
  • Similar words include: Leyden
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LEIDEN

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14D: "14. ___ Major"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: URSA

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15D: "15. "Because I Got High" rapper"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AFROMAN

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16D: "16. 12 letters?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
  • Similar words include: 12, dozen, twelve
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: XII

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17D: "17. Magazine for entrepreneurs"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
  • Similar words include: Iraqi National Congress
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: INC

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18D: "18. Good to go"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
  • Similar words include: hardening, set up, put
  • Opposite of: rise
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Answer: SET

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19D: "20. Branch with a stem?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system
  • Similar words include: clinical neurology
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: NEUROLOGY

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20D: "21. Number of letters?"

12 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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  • Pattern: ____________
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Answer: ALPHABETSONG

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21D: "22. Ocular affliction"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
  • Similar words include: hordeolum, eye infection, sty
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: STYE

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22D: "28. Uintah and Ouray reservation people"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
  • Similar words include: Ute
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: UTES

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23D: "30. Surpassed"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that shine brighter than
  • Similar words include: outshine
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: OUTSHONE

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24D: "32. Group in support of a queen"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: ANTCOLONY

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25D: "33. Rushing around"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: INAHURRY

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26D: "34. Last Beatles single before Paul McCartney's departure"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: LETITBE

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27D: "37. Reality TV icon ___ Leakes"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: NENE

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28D: "38. Edging, e.g."

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that win a victory over
  • Similar words include: defeat, overcome, kill
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: DEFEATING

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29D: "39. Title for Macbeth"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a feudal lord or baron
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: THANE

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30D: "42. Parts of many combo meals"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
  • Similar words include: sal soda, soda ash, pop
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SODAS

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31D: "43. Selling off, as stocks"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that take away possessions from someone
  • Similar words include: strip, divest, deprive
  • Opposite of: invest
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Answer: DIVESTING

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32D: "45. Big inits. in Dutch banking"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ING

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33D: "46. Foretelling of"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a feeling of evil to come
  • Similar words include: predict, presentiment, foreshadow
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: BODING

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34D: "47. Bestowing extravagantly (on)"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
  • Similar words include: lavish, shower
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: LAVISHING

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35D: "48. Source of fragrant cones"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a coniferous tree
  • Similar words include: ache, languish, yearn
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: PINE

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36D: "50. Destiny"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: LOTINLIFE

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37D: "51. Something that might not be well received when someone asks "How do I look?""

12 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____________
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Answer: HONESTANSWER

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38D: "52. Was flaky?"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fall as snow
  • Similar words include: snow, bamboozle, pull the wool over someone's eyes
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SNOWED

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39D: "53. Counterpart of 53-Across"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the day after today
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: TOMORROW

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40D: "54. It's not exactly fast food"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: MOLASSES

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41D: "56. Almsgiving and pilgrimage, for two"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any customary observance or practice
  • Similar words include: ritual, rite
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: RITUALS

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42D: "57. Bit of folklore"

4 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: fib, narration, taradiddle
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: TALE

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43D: "58. Wonk"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  • Similar words include: whiz, champion, wiz
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAVEN

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44D: "60. Hammer parts"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
  • Similar words include: peen
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEENS

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45D: "61. Main ingredient in salsa verde"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that mexican annual naturalized in eastern north america having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
  • Similar words include: Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, Mexican husk tomato
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: TOMATILLO

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46D: "63. Purple yam in Filipino desserts"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: UBE

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47D: "64. Sounds from pigeons"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sound made by a pigeon
  • Similar words include: coo
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: COOS

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48D: "67. Simple coffee brewing method"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
  • Similar words include: dripping, drop, trickle
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DRIP

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49D: "69. Treeless tracts"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern russia and siberia)
  • Similar words include: steppe
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: STEPPES

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50D: "71. Pleasing rhythms"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
  • Similar words include: groove, channel, furrow
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: GROOVES

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51D: "72. Diamond component?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: SILENTA

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52D: "73. Gene-activating substance"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an agent capable of activating specific genes
  • Similar words include: persuader
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: INDUCER

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53D: "74. Eyes, informally"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
  • Similar words include: voyeur, peeper, Peeping Tom
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: PEEPERS

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54D: "77. Danced at a luau"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: HULAED

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55D: "78. Eddies"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that confused movement
  • Similar words include: offer, eddy, pass
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: WHIRLS

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56D: "79. Very complicated situation, so to speak"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  • Similar words include: quag, quagmire, slack
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: MORASS

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57D: "81. ___ People's Campaign (1968 S.C.L.C. movement)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
  • Similar words include: poor people, misfortunate, short
  • Opposite of: rich, rich people
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Answer: POOR

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58D: "83. Self-congratulatory declaration"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRULE

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59D: "85. One of the Five Pillars of Islam, referring to prayer"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the second pillar of islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward mecca
  • Similar words include: salaat, salah, salaah
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALAT

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60D: "87. "___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORTO

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61D: "89. Since"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASOF

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62D: "90. Some fan-made literary works, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: FICS

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63D: "91. Prefix with normative"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an alliance made up of states that had been soviet socialist republics in the soviet union prior to its dissolution in dec 1991
  • Similar words include: Ci, curie, Commonwealth of Independent States
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: CIS

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64D: "92. ___ shoestring"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONA

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65D: "93. They're parked in parks"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities
  • Similar words include: recreational vehicle, RV, R.V.
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: RVS

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66D: "94. Some OT enders"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TDS

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67D: "95. Before, poetically"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERE

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61 Across Clues
67 Down Clues
128 Total Clues

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