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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

27423 Tue Dec 10, 2024 NYT Brian Callahan and Geoffrey Schorkopf

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 10, 2024

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

New York Times, Tuesday, December 10, 2024
New York Times, Tuesday, December 10, 2024


Across Clues with Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Asimov who coined the term "robotics". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ISAAC

    Possible Answer : Isaac


  • The clue is 6. Gospel that includes the Sermon on the Mount. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MATTHEW

    Possible Answer : Saint_Matthew, St._Matthew_the_Apostle, St._Matthew, Gospel_According_to_Matthew, Levi, Matthew, Saint_Matthew_the_Apostle


  • The clue is 13. Hearst mag. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COSMO


  • The clue is 14. Period of accountability since 2017. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: METOOERA


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

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

    The answer: ETHIC

    Possible Answer : ethical_code, ethic, value_orientation, value-system, moral_principle


  • The clue is 16. Hidden feature in a video game. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EASTEREGG


  • The clue is 17. Great Basin people. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UTE

    Possible Answer : Ute


  • The clue is 18. "Old MacDonald" sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OINKS

    Possible Answer : oink, grunt, squeal


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

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

    The answer: SLOE

    Possible Answer : Prunus_alleghaniensis, blackthorn, Prunus_spinosa, Allegheny_plum, Alleghany_plum, sloe


  • The clue is 21. Do some modeling for a figure drawing class, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: POSENUDE


  • The clue is 23. Run ___ (go off the rails). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMOK

    Possible Answer : amok, amuck, possessed, demoniacal, demoniac, murderously, berserk


  • The clue is 25. Problem for shoes on a rainy day. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MUD

    Possible Answer : muck, mud, clay, mire, muck_up


  • The clue is 26. Orange/tangerine/grapefruit hybrid. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UGLI

    Possible Answer : tangelo, ugli, ugli_fruit


  • The clue is 28. "___ not you, ___ me". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ITS

    Possible Answer : IT, information_technology


  • The clue is 31. Dramatic cry in paintball. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMHIT


  • The clue is 34. Piece of asparagus. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPEAR

    Possible Answer : gig, fishgig, lance, shaft, fizgig, spear_up, spear


  • The clue is 35. Third-to-last Greek letter. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHI

    Possible Answer : khi, ch'i, ki, chi, qi


  • The clue is 36. Fly ball?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SWARM

    Possible Answer : horde, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate, cloud, drove, pour


  • The clue is 37. Ben Solo's father in "Star Wars". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAN

    Possible Answer : Han_dynasty, Han


  • The clue is 38. Al of "Today". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROKER


  • The clue is 40. Muscle used in pull-ups, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LAT

    Possible Answer : lat, latissimus_dorsi


  • The clue is 41. Not chemically reactive. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INERT

    Possible Answer : torpid, sluggish, neutral, inert, indifferent, soggy


  • The clue is 43. Desert havens. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OASES

    Possible Answer : oasis, haven


  • The clue is 44. "That hits the spot!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AHH


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

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

    The answer: LAST

    Possible Answer : endure, stopping_point, finish, live_on, net, survive, lastly, final_stage, go, shoemaker's_last, hold_up, end, final, hold_out, death, finale, last-place, finally, close, concluding, terminal, conclusion, in_conclusion, live, utmost, finis, last, lowest, cobbler's_last

    Possible Opposite Answer : first


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

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

    The answer: ARF


  • The clue is 47. Big boats. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARKS

    Possible Answer : ark, Ark_of_the_Covenant, Ark


  • The clue is 49. Teeth that are typically the first to grow in. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INCISORS

    Possible Answer : incisor


  • The clue is 54. Kind of bean used in miso. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOYA

    Possible Answer : soya_bean, soybean_plant, soya, soy, soybean, soja, soja_bean, Glycine_max


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

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

    The answer: PSALM

    Possible Answer : Psalm, psalm


  • The clue is 57. Church seating. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEW

    Possible Answer : pew, church_bench


  • The clue is 58. "No need to fear me!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IWONTBITE


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

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

    The answer: AGILE

    Possible Answer : nimble, agile, spry, quick


  • The clue is 63. Important events. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BIGDEALS


  • The clue is 64. Mythical lamp dweller. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GENIE

    Possible Answer : jinni, djinny, djinni, djinn, genie, jinnee


  • The clue is 65. "Chilean" food fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEABASS


  • The clue is 66. Vote into office. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELECT

    Possible Answer : elite, chosen, elect


Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

    The answer: ICEUP

  • The clue is 2. ___ voce (quietly). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOTTO

  • The clue is 3. Bonfire remains. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASHES

    Possible Answer: ash, ash_tree

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

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

    The answer: AMI

  • The clue is 5. Rich liquid added to curries. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COCONUTMILK

  • The clue is 6. Likely aftermath of a toddler's playtime. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MESS

    Possible Answer: mickle, raft, kettle_of_fish, spate, good_deal, muddle, pickle, sight, wad, great_deal, jam, lot, tidy_sum, stack, mess_hall, fix, heap, mass, batch, pot, deal, mess, messiness, hole, muckle, peck, plenty, muss, slew, flock, passel, mountain, mint, hatful, pile, mussiness, mess_up, quite_a_little

  • The clue is 7. Lawyer: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATT

  • The clue is 8. Something squeezed when trying on a pair of shoes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOE

    Possible Answer: toenail, toe

  • The clue is 9. Trunk of the body. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TORSO

    Possible Answer: body, torso, trunk

  • The clue is 10. Taekwondo moves done with an outstretched leg. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HEELKICKS

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

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

    The answer: ERGO

    Possible Answer: ergo

  • The clue is 12. Worker's compensation. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WAGE

    Possible Answer: earnings, wage, pay, remuneration, engage, salary

  • The clue is 14. Some movie set workers … or what you do when filling in the shaded squares?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MAKEUPARTISTS

  • The clue is 16. Finish. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: END

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : beginning, begin

  • The clue is 19. T-shaped contraceptive, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IUD

    Possible Answer: intrauterine_device, IUD

  • The clue is 22. Doha dignitary. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMIR

    Possible Answer: ameer, amir, emir, emeer

  • The clue is 23. In the manner of. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALA

    Possible Answer: ala

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

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

    The answer: MIRRORIMAGE

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

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

    The answer: GENT

    Possible Answer: lad, fella, blighter, gent, bloke, Gand, chap, fellow, cuss, Gent, Ghent, feller

  • The clue is 29. Rapper Megan ___ Stallion. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: THEE

  • The clue is 30. Elton John and Mick Jagger, for two. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SIRS

    Possible Answer: sir, Sir

  • The clue is 31. Tenerife, por ejemplo. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ISLA

  • The clue is 32. [You're gorgeous, dahling!]. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MWAH

  • The clue is 33. Fitness discipline for thousands of years. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HATHAYOGA

  • The clue is 34. "___ Gotta Have It" (Spike Lee film). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHES

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

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

    The answer: OAFS

    Possible Answer: lump, stumblebum, gawk, lout, lummox, clod, lubber, oaf, goon

  • The clue is 42. "Illmatic" rapper. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NAS

    Possible Answer: sodium, Na, atomic_number_11

  • The clue is 46. Knee part commonly repaired by a sports doc. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACL

  • The clue is 48. Genre for SZA or H.E.R.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RANDB

  • The clue is 50. "No can do, lassie". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NAE

  • The clue is 51. Give a take. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OPINE

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

  • The clue is 52. Ancient artifact. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RELIC

    Possible Answer: token, keepsake, relic, souvenir

  • The clue is 53. With 59-Down, staple beverage of the South. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SWEET

    Possible Answer: odoriferous, sugariness, dessert, sweetly, cherubic, Sweet, angelic, sweetened, unfermented, odorous, afters, sugared, sweet, fresh, seraphic, mellifluous, mellisonant, scented, sweet-scented, honeyed, perfumed, sweet-smelling, sweet-flavored, confection, dulcet, gratifying, sweetness, angelical, Henry_Sweet

    Possible Opposite Answer : sour, dry, salty

  • The clue is 54. Bro and sis. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SIBS

    Possible Answer: sibling, cognate, sib, blood_relation, blood_relative

  • The clue is 55. Boo-boo. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OWIE

  • The clue is 56. Czech lager, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PILS

  • The clue is 59. See 53-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TEA

    Possible Answer: Camellia_sinensis, tea, afternoon_tea, tea_leaf, teatime

  • The clue is 60. Some undergrad degs.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BAS

    Possible Answer: Ba, AB, Artium_Baccalaurens, Bachelor_of_Arts, barium, BA, atomic_number_56

  • The clue is 62. Vibe (with). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GEL

    Possible Answer: gelatin, gel, colloidal_gel, mousse

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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 24, 2025

January 17, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Wednesday, January 17, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 17, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1A: "1. Baltimore chops"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
  • Similar words include: hitting, bump off, tally
  • Opposite of: miss
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HITS

2A: "5. Addis ___, Ethiopian capital"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABABA

3A: "10. "Get lost, Morris!""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
  • Similar words include: break away, fly the coop, scarper
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SCAT

4A: "14. Jacob's twin"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESAU

5A: "15. Seat in a bay window"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that joyful religious song celebrating the birth of christ
  • Similar words include: Christmas carol
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAROL

6A: "16. Corn bread"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
  • Similar words include: cornpone
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PONE

7A: "17. Goodyear orchestra?"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUBBERBAND

8A: "19. Wreck"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
  • Similar words include: ruination, break, wrecking
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUIN

9A: "20. Tough trip"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TREK

10A: "21. Throw one's ___ the ring (run)"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HATINTO

11A: "23. A dry Burgundy"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a city in central georgia to the southeast of atlanta
  • Similar words include: maconnais
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MACON

12A: "26. Gone by"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

13A: "28. Do over, as a roof"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RETAR

14A: "29. Gives someone a lift"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
  • Similar words include: lift up, uplift, pick up
  • Opposite of: depress
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELATES

15A: "31. Unchaste"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that combined with extraneous elements
  • Similar words include: unclean
  • Opposite of: clean, pure
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IMPURE

16A: "33. Finally"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATLAST

17A: "34. Type of crocodile"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • 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: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NILE

18A: "35. "Treasure Island" auth."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RLS

19A: "38. Entertainer Carter"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NELL

20A: "39. Evangelist McPherson"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AIMEE

21A: "41. Scrap"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
  • Similar words include: tiff, ptyalize, applaud
  • Opposite of: boo
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPAT

22A: "42. Cycle starter"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRI

23A: "43. Fashion item"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a very short skirt
  • Similar words include: miniskirt
  • Opposite of: midi
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MINI

24A: "44. Brightest star in Aquila"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that double star 15.7 light years from earth; the brightest star in the aquila constellation
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALTAIR

25A: "46. Of a nerve"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of or relating to the nervous system
  • Similar words include: neuronic, nervous, neuronal
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NEURAL

26A: "48. ___ del Fuego"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TIERRA

27A: "49. Set off"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  • Similar words include: get down, get, start
  • Opposite of: end
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEGAN

28A: "51. Actor Gulager"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CLU

29A: "53. Blair of "Marty""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BETSY

30A: "54. Coat, in a way"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cover or coat with a crust
  • Similar words include: incrust, beset
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENCRUST

31A: "56. Blind, in falconry"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEEL

32A: "58. "Woe is me!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
  • Similar words include: ala, unfortunately, unluckily
  • Opposite of: fortunately, luckily
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALAS

33A: "59. Lofty Wright Brothers?"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person of great ability and ambition
  • Similar words include: highflier, highflyer
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HIGHFLIERS

34A: "64. Labor leader Conboy: 1870-1928"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SARA

35A: "65. Place for a VCR"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TVSET

36A: "66. First name in daredeviltry"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EVEL

37A: "67. Antimacassar"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
  • Similar words include: neaten, goodish, clean up
  • Opposite of: untidy
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TIDY

38A: "68. Machine parts"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
  • Similar words include: power train, cogwheel, gear mechanism
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GEARS

39A: "69. Risqué"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
  • Similar words include: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal
  • Opposite of: unsexy, anaphrodisiac
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEXY

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1D: "1. "Rings on ___ fingers ... ""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HER

2D: "2. Inst. at Ames"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ISU

3D: "3. Check"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
  • Similar words include: pill, yellow journalism, tabloid
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TAB

4D: "4. Accountant's partial sum"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sum of part of a group of numbers
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SUBTOTAL

5D: "5. Seaport in Israel"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
  • Similar words include: Akko, Akka, Accho
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ACRE

6D: "6. Rum cake"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BABKA

7D: "7. Heavenly Altar"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a constellation in the southern hemisphere near telescopium and norma
  • Similar words include: genus Ara
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARA

8D: "8. Geniality"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
  • Similar words include: amiability, geniality, affability
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BONHOMIE

9D: "9. Star in "The Four Seasons""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALDA

10D: "10. More agile"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that moving quickly and lightly
  • Similar words include: spry, agile, nimble
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPRIER

11D: "11. Role for Geiger?"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
  • Similar words include: vis-a-vis, opposite number, similitude
  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: COUNTERPART

12D: "12. Writer Loos"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANITA

13D: "13. Drift"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the adult male singing voice above baritone
  • Similar words include: tenor voice, strain
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TENOR

14D: "18. Birds of merit?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of europe and greenland
  • Similar words include: Haliatus albicilla, white-tailed sea eagle, gray sea eagle
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERNES

15D: "22. "___ Love," Porter song"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
  • Similar words include: dependable, reliable, truthful
  • Opposite of: untruthful, false
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRUE

16D: "23. Intended"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that mean or intend to express or convey
  • Similar words include: have in mind, think, signify
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MEANT

17D: "24. Modify"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  • Similar words include: neuter, interpolate, castrate
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALTER

18D: "25. Hilarious Mister Bell?"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CALLINGCARD

19D: "27. Whitney's factory?"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
  • Similar words include: bar, taproom, saloon
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GINMILL

20D: "30. Flight member"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
  • Similar words include: step
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STAIR

21D: "32. Kilt feature"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
  • Similar words include: plicate, ruffle, plait
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PLEAT

22D: "36. Retreats"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
  • Similar words include: lair, den
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAIRS

23D: "37. Ramble"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
  • Similar words include: rove, ramble, roll
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STRAY

24D: "40. Still"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
  • Similar words include: dormant, passive, static
  • Opposite of: operational, active
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INACTIVE

25D: "41. Rainbow trouts, informally"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STEELIES

26D: "43. Lambda followers"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MUNU

27D: "45. Cause for a suit"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIBEL

28D: "47. Soho scuttlebutt"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EARSAY

29D: "49. Ron Perlman title role"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  • Similar words include: savage, creature, animate being
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEAST

30D: "50. Zhou ___ of China"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENLAI

31D: "52. Courtroom doorkeeper"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
  • Similar words include: James Usher, James Ussher, Ussher
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: USHER

32D: "55. Lack, in brief"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SHTG

33D: "57. Frog's cousins"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
  • Similar words include: eft
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EFTS

34D: "60. Org. started by J. Low"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a central management agency that sets federal policy for federal procurement and real property management and information resources management
  • Similar words include: General Services Administration
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GSA

35D: "61. December 24, e.g."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
  • Similar words include: eventide, even, evening
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EVE

36D: "62. "Oedipus ___," Sophocles play"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
  • Similar words include: male monarch, king
  • Opposite of: female monarch, queen
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REX

37D: "63. Nickname for Stallone"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by skill in deception
  • Similar words include: slick, tricksy, dodgy
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SLY

Puzzle Stats

39 Across
37 Down
76 Total

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