Wednesday, August 04, 2004 | 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: August 04, 2004

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Variety of guitar -
  

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

  Discover the answer: DOBRO



• 6. Walked (on) -
  

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

  Discover the answer: TROD

  Possible Answer : step, trample, tread



• 10. Touches with a live wire -
  

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

  Discover the answer: ZAPS

  Possible Answer : atomize, nuke, atomise, vaporize, zap, microwave, micro-cook



• 14. Volcanic creation -
  

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

  Discover the answer: ISLET

  Possible Answer : islet, isle



• 15. Part to play -
  

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

  Discover the answer: ROLE

  Possible Answer : theatrical_role, persona, character, office, part, role, purpose, use, function



• 16. Jacques's steady -
  

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

  Discover the answer: AMIE



• 17. Make smooth -
  

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

  Discover the answer: PLANE

  Possible Answer : level, aeroplane, sheet, planing_machine, carpenter's_plane, plane, planer, flat, skim, shave, airplane, woodworking_plane



• 18. Crude org. -
  

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

  Discover the answer: OPEC

  Possible Answer : OPEC, Organization_of_Petroleum-Exporting_Countries



• 19. Mushroom cap part -
  

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

  Discover the answer: GILL

  Possible Answer : branchia, lamella, gill



• 20. Hand raiser's declaration -
  

  Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (11 letters)

  Discover the answer: SOHELPMEGOD



• 23. ___ de guerre -
  

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

  Discover the answer: NOM



• 24. Far from haute cuisine -
  

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

  Discover the answer: GLOP

  Possible Answer : treacle, mush, slop, glop



• 25. 1945 John Wayne western -
  

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

  Discover the answer: DAKOTA

  Possible Answer : Dakota



• 27. Hand raiser's shout -
  

  Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (12 letters)

  Discover the answer: WEREOVERHERE



• 32. The Louisville Lip -
  

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

  Discover the answer: ALI

  Possible Answer : Cassius_Marcellus_Clay, Muhammad_Ali, Cassius_Clay, Ali



• 33. Freedom from hardship -
  

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

  Discover the answer: EASINESS

  Possible Answer : relaxation, ease, simplicity, easiness, simpleness

  Possible Opposite Answer : difficulty



• 37. "Tell Laura ___ Her" (1960 hit) -
  

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

  Discover the answer: ILOVE



• 40. Burrowing insect -
  

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

  Discover the answer: ANT

  Possible Answer : emmet, pismire, ant



• 41. "I mean it!" -
  

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

  Discover the answer: NOLIE



• 42. Leeway -
  

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

  Discover the answer: LATITUDE

  Possible Answer : parallel_of_latitude, latitude, parallel, line_of_latitude



• 44. Not healthy -
  

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

  Discover the answer: ILL

  Possible Answer : sick, poorly, complaint, ailment, inauspicious, ominous, badly, ill

  Possible Opposite Answer : well



• 45. Hand raiser's cry -
  

  Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (12 letters)

  Discover the answer: THROWTHEBALL



• 50. Fountain basin feature -
  

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

  Discover the answer: MOSAIC

  Possible Answer : photomosaic, arial_mosaic, mosaic, Mosaic



• 53. Violinist Leopold -
  

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

  Discover the answer: AUER



• 54. Yes, to 16-Across -
  

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

  Discover the answer: OUI



• 55. Hand raiser's request -
  

  Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (11 letters)

  Discover the answer: CHECKPLEASE



• 61. Girl in Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" -
  

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

  Discover the answer: RITA



• 63. "Dies ___" -
  

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

  Discover the answer: IRAE



• 64. Confident way to solve crosswords -
  

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

  Discover the answer: ININK



• 65. Not completely closed -
  

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

  Discover the answer: AJAR

  Possible Answer : ajar



• 66. "Don't look at me!" -
  

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

  Discover the answer: NOTI



• 67. Griffin of the N.B.A. -
  

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

  Discover the answer: EDDIE



• 68. Bird that "at heaven's gate sings," in Shakespeare -
  

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

  Discover the answer: LARK

  Possible Answer : sport, frolic, cavort, romp, frisk, rollick, run_around, pipit, gambol, meadowlark, lark, titlark, disport, lark_about, skylark, escapade



• 69. Within the hour -
  

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

  Discover the answer: SOON

  Possible Answer : shortly, before_long, soon, presently



• 70. Rough tools -
  

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

  Discover the answer: RASPS

  Possible Answer : rasping, rasp, wood_file

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Stock market turns -
  

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

  DIPS

  Possible Answer: magnetic_inclination, douse, souse, dunk, inclination, drop, fall, angle_of_dip, duck, pickpocket, free_fall, cutpurse, dip, dim, plunge, sink, magnetic_dip

• 2. Parliament city -
  

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

  OSLO

  Possible Answer: Oslo, Christiania, capital_of_Norway

• 3. Not piquant -
  

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

  BLAH

  Possible Answer: rant, blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian

• 4. Take back -
  

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

  RENEGE

  Possible Answer: renege_on, revoke, renegue_on, renege, go_back_on

• 5. Opera with "Ave Maria" -
  

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

  OTELLO

• 6. ___ l'oeil -
  

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

  TROMPE

• 7. Part of a climber's gear -
  

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

  ROPE

  Possible Answer: lasso, roach, rope, rophy, R-2, roofy, leash, circle, forget_me_drug, Mexican_valium

• 8. Couturier Cassini -
  

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

  OLEG

• 9. Figures out -
  

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

  DECODES

  Possible Answer: decipher, decode, decrypt

  Possible Opposite Answer : encode

• 10. Quick sidestep -
  

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

  ZAG

  Possible Answer: zag, zig, zigzag

• 11. Protein acid -
  

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

  AMINO

  Possible Answer: amino, aminic, amino_group

• 12. Person who sits in front of a cabin -
  

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

  PILOT

  Possible Answer: pilot_burner, original, pilot_light, airplane_pilot, fly, navigate, buffer, pilot_film, cowcatcher, pilot_program, archetype, fender, pilot, aviate

• 13. City famously visited by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965 -
  

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

  SELMA

  Possible Answer: Selma

• 21. Motion picture angle: Abbr. -
  

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

  POV

• 22. "Beyond the Sea" singer, 1960 -
  

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

  DARIN

• 26. Numbers game -
  

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

  KENO

  Possible Answer: beano, bingo, lotto, keno

• 27. Banshee's cry -
  

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

  WAIL

  Possible Answer: ululate, pule, yaup, lamentation, mewl, yawl, roar, howl, lament, wail, whimper, plaint

• 28. "___ Enchanted" (2004 film) -
  

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

  ELLA

• 29. Gasser -
  

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

  RIOT

  Possible Answer: rioting, thigh-slapper, debauchery, scream, riot, orgy, drunken_revelry, saturnalia, sidesplitter, belly_laugh, wow, public_violence, bacchanalia, carouse, howler, debauch, roister, bacchanal

• 30. Ask for more issues -
  

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

  RENEW

  Possible Answer: renew, reincarnate, regenerate

• 31. Beaver, e.g. -
  

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

  HAT

  Possible Answer: chapeau, lid, hat

• 34. "Dream Children" essayist -
  

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

  ELIA

  Possible Answer: Lamb, Charles_Lamb, Elia

• 35. Threshold -
  

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

  SILL

  Possible Answer: sill

• 36. Peddle -
  

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

  SELL

  Possible Answer: deal, betray, sell, trade

  Possible Opposite Answer : buy

• 38. Short biography -
  

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

  VITA

• 39. Body of good conduct -
  

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

  ETHIC

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

• 40. Hurry-scurry -
  

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

  ADO

  Possible Answer: flurry, fuss, hustle, bustle, ado, stir

• 43. Waifs -
  

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

  URCHINS

  Possible Answer: urchin

• 46. Adopt, as a pet -
  

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

  TAKEIN

• 47. March sound -
  

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

  HUP

• 48. Harder to grasp -
  

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

  EELIER

• 49. "Beverly Hills 90210" girl -
  

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

  BRENDA

• 50. Fable conclusion -
  

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

  MORAL

  Possible Answer: lesson, moral

  Possible Opposite Answer : immoral

• 51. Board used in "The Exorcist" -
  

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

  OUIJA

  Possible Answer: Ouija, Ouija_board

• 52. It was played by George Harrison -
  

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

  SITAR

  Possible Answer: sitar

• 56. Suffix with sock -
  

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

  EROO

• 57. Denouncer of Caesar, 63 B.C. -
  

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

  CATO

• 58. Supports -
  

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

  AIDS

  Possible Answer: help, care, assist, AIDS, economic_aid, acquired_immune_deficiency_syndrome, financial_aid, attention, assistance, aid, tending

• 59. Use scissors -
  

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

  SNIP

  Possible Answer: nip_off, cut_back, trim, prune, snippet, clip, lop, nip, crop, clipping, snip, snip_off, snipping, dress

• 60. Squeezes (out) -
  

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

  EKES

• 62. Torah holder -
  

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

  ARK

  Possible Answer: Ark_of_the_Covenant, ark, Ark

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Across Clues and Answers (34)

Clue #1: 1. Where one might have a mic and a Michelob

10-letter answer Answer: KARAOKEBAR

Clue #2: 11. Edgar Degas's "Miss ___ at the Cirque Fernando"

4-letter answer Answer: LALA

Clue #3: 15. "Been there!"

10-letter answer Answer: ICANRELATE

Clue #4: 16. Member of BTS or Blackpink, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: IDOL

Word Help: Synonyms: idol, perfection, beau_ideal

Clue #5: 17. What may rise over a range

10-letter answer Answer: BACKSPLASH

Clue #6: 18. Let off

4-letter answer Answer: EMIT

Word Help: Synonyms: breathe, give_off, pass_off
Antonyms: absorb

Clue #7: 19. Spotted cat

6-letter answer Answer: OCELOT

Word Help: Synonyms: panther_cat, ocelot, Felis_pardalis

Clue #8: 20. Response to "Who's going?"

3-letter answer Answer: IAM

Clue #9: 22. Plural suffix

3-letter answer Answer: ISM

Word Help: Synonyms: school_of_thought, doctrine, ism

Clue #10: 23. Beget

4-letter answer Answer: SIRE

Word Help: Synonyms: forefather, father, mother

Clue #11: 24. Symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt

10-letter answer Answer: DUNGBEETLE

Clue #12: 28. Gives birth to

3-letter answer Answer: HAS

Word Help: Synonyms: induce, give, ingest
Antonyms: refuse, lack

Clue #13: 29. Subatomic particle named after an Indian physicist

5-letter answer Answer: BOSON

Word Help: Synonyms: boson

Clue #14: 30. Overdo a celebration, maybe

5-letter answer Answer: GLOAT

Word Help: Synonyms: gloat, glee, triumph

Clue #15: 31. Underline?

5-letter answer Answer: SEWER

Word Help: Synonyms: sewerage, sewer, toilet

Clue #16: 32. Count Vronsky's titular lover in a classic Tolstoy novel

4-letter answer Answer: ANNA

Word Help: Synonyms: anna

Clue #17: 33. Leaves the rest?

7-letter answer Answer: AWAKENS

Word Help: Synonyms: wake_up, awake, come_alive
Antonyms: cause_to_sleep, fall_asleep

Clue #18: 36. Eponym of Pittsburgh's tallest building

7-letter answer Answer: USSTEEL

Clue #19: 39. Country whose predominant language is Bambara

4-letter answer Answer: MALI

Word Help: Synonyms: Republic_of_Mali, French_Sudan, Mali

Clue #20: 40. ___ Grape, Leonardo DiCaprio's role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"

5-letter answer Answer: ARNIE

Clue #21: 41. Minor key?

5-letter answer Answer: ISLET

Word Help: Synonyms: isle, islet

Clue #22: 43. Churro covering

5-letter answer Answer: SUGAR

Word Help: Synonyms: sugar, lucre, boodle

Clue #23: 44. Ride-or-die sort, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: BFF

Clue #24: 47. Participant in a hybrid sport that requires both brains and brawn

10-letter answer Answer: CHESSBOXER

Clue #25: 49. Ski resort in the White River National Forest

4-letter answer Answer: VAIL

Clue #26: 50. Chip maker in a 1961 merger

3-letter answer Answer: LAY

Word Help: Synonyms: ballad, put_down, position
Antonyms: stand, arise

Clue #27: 51. Discipline

3-letter answer Answer: ART

Word Help: Synonyms: fine_art, artistic_production, artwork

Clue #28: 52. Most populous California city with a one-word name

6-letter answer Answer: FRESNO

Word Help: Synonyms: Fresno

Clue #29: 54. Male influencer archetype

4-letter answer Answer: EBOY

Clue #30: 56. Where camels can occasionally be seen swimming

10-letter answer Answer: ARABIANSEA

Clue #31: 59. Kind of juice that's high in antioxidants

4-letter answer Answer: ALOE

Word Help: Synonyms: aloe

Clue #32: 60. What the "T" in CAPTCHA stands for

10-letter answer Answer: TURINGTEST

Clue #33: 61. Set components

4-letter answer Answer: REPS

Word Help: Synonyms: repp, rep

Clue #34: 62. Culturally relevant

10-letter answer Answer: ZEITGEISTY

Across Clues and Answers (34)

Clue #1: 1. Nix

6-letter answer Answer: KIBOSH

Word Help: Synonyms: halt, block, kibosh

Clue #2: 2. Traditional wood for a ukulele

6-letter answer Answer: ACACIA

Word Help: Synonyms: acacia

Clue #3: 3. 500 people?

6-letter answer Answer: RACERS

Word Help: Synonyms: racer, race_car, race_driver

Clue #4: 4. ___ sock

5-letter answer Answer: ANKLE

Word Help: Synonyms: ankle_joint, ankle, mortise_joint

Clue #5: 5. Words after a guesstimate

4-letter answer Answer: ORSO

Clue #6: 6. Repressed

8-letter answer Answer: KEPTDOWN

Clue #7: 7. Likely spot for a pipe jam

3-letter answer Answer: ELL

Word Help: Synonyms: ell

Clue #8: 8. Call repeated in a nursery rhyme

3-letter answer Answer: BAA

Word Help: Synonyms: blate, bleat, blat

Clue #9: 9. Something found next to a handle

6-letter answer Answer: ATSIGN

Clue #10: 10. Bring up to modern standards, say

5-letter answer Answer: REHAB

Clue #11: 11. Fake account

3-letter answer Answer: LIE

Word Help: Synonyms: lie_in, rest, Trygve_Halvden_Lie
Antonyms: stand, arise

Clue #12: 12. Pass words?

8-letter answer Answer: ADMITONE

Clue #13: 13. Subject of the 2023 TV series "My Adventures With Superman"

8-letter answer Answer: LOISLANE

Clue #14: 14. Genre for Soundgarden and Linkin Park

8-letter answer Answer: ALTMETAL

Clue #15: 21. Part of a gig

3-letter answer Answer: MEG

Word Help: Synonyms: 1000000, meg, million

Clue #16: 25. Exercises

4-letter answer Answer: USES

Word Help: Synonyms: practice, U.S.A., enjoyment

Clue #17: 26. Eur. land with more than 60,000 miles of coast

3-letter answer Answer: NOR

Clue #18: 27. Send

5-letter answer Answer: ELATE

Word Help: Synonyms: elate, lift_up, uplift
Antonyms: depress

Clue #19: 29. Competition with some defining moments?

3-letter answer Answer: BEE

Word Help: Synonyms: bee

Clue #20: 31. Hits high in the air

5-letter answer Answer: SKIES

Word Help: Synonyms: flip, pitch, sky

Clue #21: 33. Stern question after laying out expectations

8-letter answer Answer: AMICLEAR

Clue #22: 34. Not likely to leave a mark, say

8-letter answer Answer: WASHABLE

Word Help: Synonyms: washable
Antonyms: nonwashable

Clue #23: 35. Two-person shot

8-letter answer Answer: ALLEYOOP

Clue #24: 36. Press

4-letter answer Answer: URGE

Word Help: Synonyms: recommend, root_on, advocate

Clue #25: 37. Downing, with "down"

8-letter answer Answer: SNARFING

Word Help: Synonyms: swipe, pilfer, pinch

Clue #26: 38. Sean Connery or Mick Jagger, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: SIR

Word Help: Synonyms: sir, Sir

Clue #27: 40. Kind of cable in a car, for short

3-letter answer Answer: AUX

Clue #28: 42. Rod's employer in "Get Out," in brief

3-letter answer Answer: TSA

Word Help: Synonyms: TSA, Transportation_Security_Administration

Clue #29: 43. "I couldn't agree more!"

6-letter answer Answer: SOTRUE

Clue #30: 44. They often end on a low note

6-letter answer Answer: BASSES

Word Help: Synonyms: bass, sea_bass, freshwater_bass

Clue #31: 45. Top-shelf, say

6-letter answer Answer: FINEST

Word Help: Synonyms: ok, all_right, hunky-dory
Antonyms: coarse

Clue #32: 46. Air-filled pool item

6-letter answer Answer: FLOATY

Word Help: Synonyms: buoyant, floaty

Clue #33: 48. Toy doll brand since 2001

5-letter answer Answer: BRATZ

Clue #34: 49. Twenty, in Italian

5-letter answer Answer: VENTI

Clue #35: 53. All the ___

4-letter answer Answer: RAGE

Word Help: Synonyms: ramp, storm, passion

Clue #36: 55. Wry response to a this-or-that question

3-letter answer Answer: YES

Word Help: Synonyms: yes
Antonyms: no

Clue #37: 57. R&B singer Lennox

3-letter answer Answer: ARI

Clue #38: 58. 0 or 1

3-letter answer Answer: BIT

Word Help: Synonyms: mo, snatch, moment

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Across Clues and Answers (69)

Clue #1: 1. "Oh, fiddlesticks!"

6-letter answer Answer: AWDARN

Clue #2: 7. Peace symbol

5-letter answer Answer: VSIGN

Clue #3: 12. What a flipping tool!

7-letter answer Answer: SPATULA

Word Help: Synonyms: spatula

Clue #4: 19. Big, important people, informally

7-letter answer Answer: HEAVIES

Word Help: Synonyms: heavy

Clue #5: 21. Listless malaise

5-letter answer Answer: ENNUI

Word Help: Synonyms: boredom, ennui, tedium

Clue #6: 22. National flowers of India, Vietnam and Egypt

7-letter answer Answer: LOTUSES

Word Help: Synonyms: Lotus, Nelumbo_nucifera, Nymphaea_lotus

Clue #7: 23. Device used to clear out nasal passages / Final part of a radio countdown

7-letter answer Answer: NETIPOT

Clue #8: 24. Perez of "White Men Can't Jump"

5-letter answer Answer: ROSIE

Clue #9: 25. Brunch entrees / Figure with an eponymous fire

7-letter answer Answer: OMELETS

Word Help: Synonyms: omelet, omelette

Clue #10: 26. Paper views?

5-letter answer Answer: OPEDS

Clue #11: 27. Laughing hysterically

10-letter answer Answer: INSTITCHES

Clue #12: 30. Cooling systems, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ACS

Word Help: Synonyms: alternating_current, actinium, Ac
Antonyms: direct_current

Clue #13: 31. ___ Dems (U.K. party, informally)

3-letter answer Answer: LIB

Clue #14: 32. Product branded as the "coldest drink in town"

4-letter answer Answer: ICEE

Clue #15: 33. Belafonte hit featured in the movie "Beetlejuice"

4-letter answer Answer: DAYO

Clue #16: 34. Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan "Vishy" ___

5-letter answer Answer: ANAND

Clue #17: 36. Genetic repositories / Reel Big Fish or Sublime

8-letter answer Answer: DNABANKS

Clue #18: 39. Eau zone?

3-letter answer Answer: MER

Word Help: Synonyms: thousand, k, m

Clue #19: 40. Takes advantage of / Decoration painted on many a W.W. II aircraft

8-letter answer Answer: TRADESON

Clue #20: 43. It's a sin

5-letter answer Answer: GREED

Word Help: Synonyms: avaritia, greed, avarice

Clue #21: 44. Vince Guaraldi ___, jazz group featured in "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

4-letter answer Answer: TRIO

Word Help: Synonyms: trinity, tercet, leash

Clue #22: 46. Note at work

4-letter answer Answer: MEMO

Word Help: Synonyms: memo, memoranda, memorandum

Clue #23: 47. Abbr. in lieu of an ellipsis

3-letter answer Answer: ETC

Clue #24: 48. Figure who might leave you heart-stricken?

4-letter answer Answer: EROS

Word Help: Synonyms: eros, Eros, concupiscence

Clue #25: 50. Taipei-based tech company

4-letter answer Answer: ASUS

Clue #26: 52. Thawb-wearing leaders

5-letter answer Answer: EMIRS

Word Help: Synonyms: emeer, emir, amir

Clue #27: 54. Hit 1981 German-language film / "What a shame!"

7-letter answer Answer: DASBOOT

Clue #28: 57. ___ bene

4-letter answer Answer: NOTA

Clue #29: 58. Women abroad / Wrapped garments

8-letter answer Answer: SIGNORAS

Word Help: Synonyms: signora, Signora

Clue #30: 62. Conference opponent of a Sun Devil

3-letter answer Answer: UTE

Word Help: Synonyms: Ute

Clue #31: 63. Concocts

5-letter answer Answer: BREWS

Word Help: Synonyms: brewage, brew

Clue #32: 65. Record label founded by Clive Davis

6-letter answer Answer: ARISTA

Word Help: Synonyms: arista

Clue #33: 67. Moist

4-letter answer Answer: DAMP

Word Help: Synonyms: damp, weaken, muffle

Clue #34: 68. Father figure?

5-letter answer Answer: PADRE

Word Help: Synonyms: Padre, Holy_Joe, padre

Clue #35: 70. "Love that for you"

7-letter answer Answer: HOWNICE

Clue #36: 72. Actress Sink of "Stranger Things"

5-letter answer Answer: SADIE

Clue #37: 73. Introduction to a conclusion

4-letter answer Answer: ERGO

Word Help: Synonyms: ergo

Clue #38: 74. Headed for disaster

6-letter answer Answer: DOOMED

Word Help: Synonyms: doomed, ill-starred, unlucky

Clue #39: 76. No man's land, maybe?

5-letter answer Answer: ISLET

Word Help: Synonyms: isle, islet

Clue #40: 79. Stumble ___ (punny bar name)

3-letter answer Answer: INN

Word Help: Synonyms: inn, hostelry, auberge

Clue #41: 80. Offerings from Healthline / Roasting on an open fire, maybe

8-letter answer Answer: DIETTIPS

Clue #42: 82. Up to it

4-letter answer Answer: ABLE

Word Help: Synonyms: able-bodied, able, capable
Antonyms: unable

Clue #43: 84. Pioneer in Modernist poetry / Throne

7-letter answer Answer: TSELIOT

Clue #44: 86. Justice Sotomayor

5-letter answer Answer: SONIA

Clue #45: 87. Head-butts

4-letter answer Answer: RAMS

Word Help: Synonyms: cram, random_memory, ram

Clue #46: 88. Weapon used for touching

4-letter answer Answer: EPEE

Word Help: Synonyms: epee

Clue #47: 89. Gate inits.

3-letter answer Answer: ETD

Word Help: Synonyms: explosive_trace_detection, ETD

Clue #48: 92. Turn away

4-letter answer Answer: DENY

Word Help: Synonyms: traverse, deny, abnegate
Antonyms: admit, allow

Clue #49: 93. Ragamuffins and Pixie-bobs, for two

4-letter answer Answer: CATS

Word Help: Synonyms: cat, upchuck, spew
Antonyms: keep_down

Clue #50: 95. Besides, with "from"

5-letter answer Answer: APART

Word Help: Synonyms: apart, asunder, obscure

Clue #51: 98. Portmanteau drinking hangouts / Marine crustacean

8-letter answer Answer: BARCADES

Clue #52: 100. Film studio with a tower logo that beeped out "V for Victory" during W.W. II

3-letter answer Answer: RKO

Clue #53: 101. Like some bikes / Sunken, as the eyes

8-letter answer Answer: TENSPEED

Clue #54: 104. In all honesty

5-letter answer Answer: TRULY

Word Help: Synonyms: genuinely, rightfully, unfeignedly
Antonyms: insincerely

Clue #55: 105. Burst forth

4-letter answer Answer: SPEW

Word Help: Synonyms: cat, upchuck, eruct
Antonyms: keep_down

Clue #56: 107. Mud

4-letter answer Answer: JAVA

Word Help: Synonyms: Java, coffee, java

Clue #57: 108. Issa of "American Fiction"

3-letter answer Answer: RAE

Clue #58: 109. Cry while covering one's ears, maybe

3-letter answer Answer: TMI

Clue #59: 110. Was without peer

10-letter answer Answer: STOODALONE

Clue #60: 113. Social grace

5-letter answer Answer: CLASS

Word Help: Synonyms: socio-economic_class, sort_out, separate

Clue #61: 115. Comparatively upper-crust, in a way / Wood cutter

7-letter answer Answer: WASPIER

Clue #62: 117. One addressed as "lord"

5-letter answer Answer: BARON

Word Help: Synonyms: baron, mogul, king

Clue #63: 118. Component of a Caesar salad / Captivate

7-letter answer Answer: ROMAINE

Word Help: Synonyms: romaine_lettuce, cos, cos_lettuce

Clue #64: 120. Dessert with a cookie crust

7-letter answer Answer: OREOPIE

Clue #65: 121. Person I used to be

5-letter answer Answer: OLDME

Clue #66: 122. Bankroll

7-letter answer Answer: SPONSOR

Word Help: Synonyms: frequent, patronize, patronise
Antonyms: boycott

Clue #67: 123. Trait of many healthy dogs

7-letter answer Answer: WETNOSE

Clue #68: 124. Positive feedback?

5-letter answer Answer: YESES

Word Help: Synonyms: yes
Antonyms: no

Clue #69: 125. How the U.S. has existed since its inception

6-letter answer Answer: INDEBT

Across Clues and Answers (69)

Clue #1: 1. "The Governator"

6-letter answer Answer: AHNOLD

Clue #2: 2. Reaction to a tearjerker

7-letter answer Answer: WEEPING

Word Help: Synonyms: cernuous, dolorous, dolourous
Antonyms: laugh

Clue #3: 3. Hand-held snack with dried fruit

7-letter answer Answer: DATEBAR

Clue #4: 4. Rah-rah

4-letter answer Answer: AVID

Word Help: Synonyms: zealous, esurient, devouring

Clue #5: 5. Copies, as from a disc

4-letter answer Answer: RIPS

Word Help: Synonyms: rip, tear, crosscurrent

Clue #6: 6. Prefix with Confucianism

3-letter answer Answer: NEO

Word Help: Synonyms: neo

Clue #7: 7. Chapter component

5-letter answer Answer: VERSE

Word Help: Synonyms: poesy, versify, rhyme

Clue #8: 8. Little twerp

4-letter answer Answer: SNOT

Word Help: Synonyms: snoot, snob, prig

Clue #9: 9. How a shirt might be put on in a rush … or a hint to this puzzle's theme

21-letter answer Answer: INSIDEOUTANDBACKWARDS

Clue #10: 10. One of at least 35 smashed in 1967 alone by the Who's Pete Townshend

6-letter answer Answer: GUITAR

Word Help: Synonyms: guitar

Clue #11: 11. Actress Nash of "Never Have I Ever"

5-letter answer Answer: NIECY

Clue #12: 12. Bluish-black berry

4-letter answer Answer: SLOE

Word Help: Synonyms: Allegheny_plum, sloe, Prunus_spinosa

Clue #13: 13. Small, fuzzy dogs, informally

4-letter answer Answer: POMS

Word Help: Synonyms: pommy, pom

Clue #14: 14. Took the cake?

3-letter answer Answer: ATE

Word Help: Synonyms: feed, Ate, rust

Clue #15: 15. University whose name sounds like a kind of highway

6-letter answer Answer: TULANE

Clue #16: 16. Scenario for a software developer

7-letter answer Answer: USECASE

Clue #17: 17. "Guys, we're better than this!"

7-letter answer Answer: LETSNOT

Clue #18: 18. Donkey

3-letter answer Answer: ASS

Word Help: Synonyms: butt, piece_of_tail, fundament

Clue #19: 20. Become established over time, so to speak

5-letter answer Answer: STICK

Word Help: Synonyms: cleave, deposit, cohere
Antonyms: move, dislodge

Clue #20: 28. Make one's home in the woods, say

4-letter answer Answer: NEST

Word Help: Synonyms: nestle, draw_close, snuggle

Clue #21: 29. Complete disasters

9-letter answer Answer: HOTMESSES

Clue #22: 32. Like some pets and pools

6-letter answer Answer: INDOOR

Word Help: Synonyms: indoor
Antonyms: outdoor

Clue #23: 34. Zhuzh up

5-letter answer Answer: ADORN

Word Help: Synonyms: ornament, decorate, beautify

Clue #24: 35. Donkey grp.

3-letter answer Answer: DNC

Clue #25: 37. English channel, with "the"

4-letter answer Answer: BEEB

Clue #26: 38. Life form that requires oxygen

6-letter answer Answer: AEROBE

Word Help: Synonyms: aerobe

Clue #27: 39. Japanese paste imparting umami

4-letter answer Answer: MISO

Word Help: Synonyms: miso

Clue #28: 41. Send, as money

5-letter answer Answer: REMIT

Word Help: Synonyms: remitment, prorogue, put_over

Clue #29: 42. Guadalajara girlfriend

5-letter answer Answer: AMIGA

Clue #30: 45. Bad return policy?

6-letter answer Answer: RANSOM

Word Help: Synonyms: ransom_money, redeem, ransom

Clue #31: 49. Business address abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: STE

Clue #32: 51. Wrapped garment

4-letter answer Answer: SARI

Word Help: Synonyms: sari, saree

Clue #33: 53. Drink from a fountain

4-letter answer Answer: SODA

Word Help: Synonyms: soda_pop, soda, soda_water

Clue #34: 54. Got good

5-letter answer Answer: DUPED

Word Help: Synonyms: take_in, put_one_over, cod

Clue #35: 55. Company whose logo was designed to resemble the game Pong

5-letter answer Answer: ATARI

Clue #36: 56. Grasslike marsh plant

5-letter answer Answer: SEDGE

Word Help: Synonyms: sedge

Clue #37: 59. Pie chart dividers

5-letter answer Answer: RADII

Word Help: Synonyms: wheel_spoke, radius, r

Clue #38: 60. ___ acid

5-letter answer Answer: AMINO

Word Help: Synonyms: amino_group, amino, aminic

Clue #39: 61. Totally beat

5-letter answer Answer: SPENT

Word Help: Synonyms: pass, spend, worn-out
Antonyms: unexhausted

Clue #40: 64. Question of authority

9-letter answer Answer: WHOSAYSSO

Clue #41: 66. Most in need of salt, say

6-letter answer Answer: ICIEST

Word Help: Synonyms: polar, frosty, frigid

Clue #42: 69. Goes bad

4-letter answer Answer: ROTS

Word Help: Synonyms: buncombe, decompose, rotting

Clue #43: 71. Fray

4-letter answer Answer: WEAR

Word Help: Synonyms: jade, hold_out, get_into
Antonyms: refresh

Clue #44: 72. Gets in hot water?

6-letter answer Answer: STEEPS

Word Help: Synonyms: engross, engulf, immerse

Clue #45: 74. Chowed down (on)

5-letter answer Answer: DINED

Word Help: Synonyms: din, boom, dine

Clue #46: 75. Share one's take

5-letter answer Answer: OPINE

Word Help: Synonyms: think, guess, opine

Clue #47: 77. Smartphone alternative to Wi-Fi

3-letter answer Answer: LTE

Clue #48: 78. El país de Palma

6-letter answer Answer: ESPANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Spain, Espana, Kingdom_of_Spain

Clue #49: 81. Program that debuted a little before "The Tonight Show," appropriately

5-letter answer Answer: TODAY

Word Help: Synonyms: today, now, nowadays

Clue #50: 83. "u crack me up"

4-letter answer Answer: LMAO

Clue #51: 85. Gap in logic

4-letter answer Answer: LEAP

Word Help: Synonyms: bound, jump, spring

Clue #52: 89. Inits. on a food assistance card

3-letter answer Answer: EBT

Clue #53: 90. Served raw

7-letter answer Answer: TARTARE

Clue #54: 91. Kit with cymbals

7-letter answer Answer: DRUMSET

Clue #55: 94. Comics legend Lee

4-letter answer Answer: STAN

Clue #56: 96. Daring poker action

7-letter answer Answer: RERAISE

Clue #57: 97. Someone who might find Darjeeling appealing

7-letter answer Answer: TEASNOB

Clue #58: 99. Like some ties

6-letter answer Answer: CLIPON

Clue #59: 100. Colorful selection at an Irish pub

6-letter answer Answer: REDALE

Clue #60: 102. Civil rights activist Medgar

5-letter answer Answer: EVERS

Word Help: Synonyms: Medgar_Wiley_Evers, Medgar_Evers, Evers

Clue #61: 103. Parched place

6-letter answer Answer: DESERT

Word Help: Synonyms: desolate, abandon, forsake

Clue #62: 106. New Orleans food specialty

5-letter answer Answer: POBOY

Clue #63: 107. Craving

5-letter answer Answer: JONES

Word Help: Synonyms: Daniel_Jones, Inigo_Jones, Jones

Clue #64: 110. Twice tres

4-letter answer Answer: SEIS

Clue #65: 111. One of many on Antarctica over 280 million years ago, scientists have discovered

4-letter answer Answer: TREE

Word Help: Synonyms: corner, shoetree, Sir_Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree

Clue #66: 112. Togo's capital

4-letter answer Answer: LOME

Word Help: Synonyms: Lome, capital_of_Togo

Clue #67: 113. "Gimme a break!"

4-letter answer Answer: CMON

Clue #68: 114. Succeed, as a joke

4-letter answer Answer: LAND

Word Help: Synonyms: earth, res_publica, realm

Clue #69: 115. "There are no words"

3-letter answer Answer: WOW

Word Help: Synonyms: howler, riot, wow

Clue #70: 116. Corp. debut

3-letter answer Answer: IPO

Word Help: Synonyms: IPO, initial_offering, initial_public_offering

Clue #71: 119. Nail polish brand with a "Wicked"-inspired collection

3-letter answer Answer: OPI

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