27444 Tue Dec 31, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 31, 2024

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

Tue Dec 31, 2024 NY Times

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. A little off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASKEW

  Possible Answer : skew-whiff, awry, cockeyed, askew, wonky, lopsided




• The clue is 6. Drive crazy?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEED

  Possible Answer : fastness, step_on_it, rush, bucket_along, speeding, stop_number, focal_ratio, amphetamine, quicken, rush_along, hurrying, velocity, swiftness, speed_up, pelt_along, upper, hasten, speed, f_number, travel_rapidly, cannonball_along, hotfoot, belt_along, accelerate, hie, pep_pill, hurry, zip, race

  Possible Opposite Answer : decelerate, linger




• The clue is 11. Loops in on an email, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CCS

  Possible Answer : mil, ml, cubic_centimeter, millilitre, cc, milliliter, cubic_centimetre




• The clue is 14. Jewish mourning period. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHIVA

  Possible Answer : Siva, shivah, shiva, Shiva, shibah




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

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

  The answer: TOPSY




• The clue is 16. Soccer stadium chant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE




• The clue is 17. VOLT, AMP. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POWERCOUPLE




• The clue is 19. One might get tacked on right before purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEE

  Possible Answer : fee, bung, tip




• The clue is 20. Go around in circles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPIN

  Possible Answer : birl, twisting, gyrate, spin_around, whirl, twirl, spin, tailspin, spin_out, twist, reel




• The clue is 21. Bands' successes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HITS

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : miss




• The clue is 22. Disney villain with a pet parrot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JAFAR

  Possible Answer : Jaffar, Jaffar_Umar_Thalib, Jafar, Jafar_Umar_Thalib




• The clue is 24. "Beowulf" and the "Mahabharata," for two. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPICS

  Possible Answer : epic_poem, epos, epic, heroic_poem




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

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

  The answer: CORERS

  Possible Answer : corer




• The clue is 27. First, as a voyage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAIDEN

  Possible Answer : initiatory, first, maid, initiative, maiden_over, inaugural, maiden




• The clue is 30. Buffalo N.H.L.ers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SABRES

  Possible Answer : sabre, saber, cavalry_sword




• The clue is 31. Summer setting in D.C.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDT




• The clue is 32. PUNCH, WALLOP. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAIROFSOCKS




• The clue is 36. Member of K-pop's Blackpink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LISA




• The clue is 38. Oui's opposite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NON

  Possible Answer : not, non




• The clue is 39. "Hold your horses!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAIT

  Possible Answer : waitress, delay, hold_back, time_lag, wait, await, hold_off, hold, waiting, expect, postponement, look




• The clue is 40. FINGER, TOE. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOUBLEDIGIT




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

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

  The answer: KEA

  Possible Answer : kea, Nestor_notabilis




• The clue is 46. Adjective in the theme of "The Addams Family". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPOOKY

  Possible Answer : skittish, nervous, flighty, spooky




• The clue is 47. Superlatively impolite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUDEST

  Possible Answer : bad-mannered, uncivil, primitive, bounderish, raw, unmannerly, ill-mannered, crude, unmannered, natural, yokelish, ill-bred, underbred, rude, lowbred

  Possible Opposite Answer : civil




• The clue is 49. Grow up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MATURE

  Possible Answer : get_on, ripen, age, mature, matured, senesce, fledged, suppurate, maturate, grow, ripe

  Possible Opposite Answer : immature, green, unfledged




• The clue is 50. Orange box. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRATE

  Possible Answer : crateful, crate

  Possible Opposite Answer : uncrate




• The clue is 52. Act theatrically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMOTE

  Possible Answer : emote




• The clue is 53. Cause of a grimace. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAIN

  Possible Answer : hurting, pain_sensation, painful_sensation, annoyance, botheration, infliction, ail, hurt, trouble, pain, pain_in_the_neck, bother, painfulness, anguish, pain_in_the_ass, nuisance

  Possible Opposite Answer : pleasure




• The clue is 54. Present day, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XMAS

  Possible Answer : Dec_25, Christmas, Christmas_Day, Xmas




• The clue is 58. Like some simple home-improvement projects, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIY




• The clue is 59. HINT, TIP. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TWOPOINTERS




• The clue is 62. In years past. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGO

  Possible Answer : agone, ago




• The clue is 63. Core belief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENET

  Possible Answer : tenet, dogma




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

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

  The answer: BEGAN

  Possible Answer : set_out, lead_off, start, start_out, set_about, begin, commence, get, get_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : end




• The clue is 65. Singer Bega a.k.a. "The King of Mambo". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOU




• The clue is 66. Bottomless pit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABYSS

  Possible Answer : abyss, abysm




• The clue is 67. 10-legged creatures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRABS

  Possible Answer : bitch, crabby_person, Phthirius_pubis, beef, bellyache, Crab, holler, crab, crabmeat, crab_louse, gripe, Cancer_the_Crab, pubic_louse, crabs, grouse, squawk, pediculosis_pubis, Cancer

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Nile reptiles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASPS

  Possible Answer: Naja_haje, asp, Vipera_aspis, asp_viper, Egyptian_cobra

• The clue is 2. Word after talk or gift. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOP

  Possible Answer: tell_on, browse, store, betray, give_away, shop_class, sponsor, patronise, stag, buy_at, rat, frequent, snitch, shop_at, denounce, shit, shop, workshop, patronize, grass

  Possible Opposite Answer : boycott

• The clue is 3. Green fruit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIWI

  Possible Answer: kiwi, New_Zealander, apteryx, Chinese_gooseberry, kiwi_vine, Actinidia_deliciosa, Actinidia_chinensis, Kiwi, kiwi_fruit

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

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

  The answer: EVENED

  Possible Answer: flush, even, level, even_out

• The clue is 5. Simple two-player card game. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAR

  Possible Answer: war, state_of_war, warfare

  Possible Opposite Answer : make_peace, peace

• The clue is 6. Stone-faced. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STOIC

  Possible Answer: Stoic, stoical, unemotional_person, stoic

  Possible Opposite Answer : emotional_person

• The clue is 7. Sulks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POUTS

  Possible Answer: pout, sulk, Ameiurus_Melas, mop, hornpout, wry_face, horned_pout, eelpout, mow, brood, moue

• The clue is 8. Actor Mike or Omar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPPS

• The clue is 9. Subj. for some immigrants. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESL

• The clue is 10. Certain salon offerings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DYEJOBS

• The clue is 11. Sweet treat that often has a crumb topping. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COFFEECAKE

  Possible Answer: coffeecake, coffee_cake

• The clue is 12. Sunny forecast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLEARSKIES

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

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

  The answer: SEERS

  Possible Answer: prophet, visionary, oracle, prophesier, seer, illusionist, vaticinator

• The clue is 18. "Nixon in ___" (John Adams opera). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHINA

  Possible Answer: China, mainland_China, Red_China, PRC, Communist_China, china, Republic_of_China, Cathay, Taiwan, People's_Republic_of_China, Nationalist_China, chinaware

• The clue is 23. The In-N-Out Burger logo has a yellow one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARROW

  Possible Answer: pointer, arrow

• The clue is 25. Verve. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEP

  Possible Answer: peppiness, pep, ginger

• The clue is 26. Half-___ (latte option). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAF

• The clue is 27. Gin rummy combo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MELD

  Possible Answer: immix, coalesce, meld, fuse, flux, merge, melt, canasta, commingle, blend, combine, basket_rummy, conflate, mix

• The clue is 28. Alternative to "Hasta la vista". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADIOSAMIGO

• The clue is 29. "I can't do anything in this case". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITSUPTOYOU

• The clue is 30. Police work?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SONG

  Possible Answer: Song, call, Sung, birdsong, birdcall, song, strain, Song_dynasty, vocal, Sung_dynasty

• The clue is 33. ___ 500. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INDY

• The clue is 34. French king. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROI

  Possible Answer: return_on_investment, return_on_invested_capital, ROI

• The clue is 35. Doctor's "Now!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAT

• The clue is 37. On the topic of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABOUT

  Possible Answer: most, astir, about, nearly, approximately, near, around, well-nigh, nigh, roughly, more_or_less, some, virtually, just_about, or_so, close_to, almost

• The clue is 41. Country legend Lynn. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LORETTA

• The clue is 42. Scratch (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EKE

• The clue is 43. Neighbor of an Afghan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRANI

  Possible Answer: Persian, Irani, Iranian

• The clue is 44. Boy king of Egypt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUT

  Possible Answer: tsk, tut, tut-tut

• The clue is 48. Showtime drama with a serial-killer protagonist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEXTER

  Possible Answer: dexter

• The clue is 49. Gold, silver or bronze. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEDAL

  Possible Answer: decoration, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon, laurel_wreath

• The clue is 50. Certain superhero accessories. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAPES

  Possible Answer: crest, cape, mantle, ness, cap

• The clue is 51. Unruly uprisings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIOTS

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

• The clue is 53. Yankee Doodle's method of transport. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PONY

  Possible Answer: crib, trot, jigger, shot_glass, pony

• The clue is 55. ___ Millions. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEGA

• The clue is 56. Part of U.A.E.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAB

  Possible Answer: Arabian, Arab

• The clue is 57. Nine-digit government IDs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SSNS

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

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

  The answer: WEB

  Possible Answer: WWW, vane, net, network, entanglement, World_Wide_Web, web

• The clue is 61. "S.N.L." network. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NBC

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Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. Obstinate fool

3-letter answer Answer: ASS

Word Help: Synonyms: piece_of_tail, atomic_number_33, buns

Clue #2: 4. Co. badges, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: IDS

Word Help: Synonyms: Gem_State, id, Idaho

Clue #3: 7. Keeps burning, say

6-letter answer Answer: STOKES

Word Help: Synonyms: stoke

Clue #4: 13. Apt name for a fretful fellow

3-letter answer Answer: STU

Clue #5: 14. Yogi's accessory

3-letter answer Answer: MAT

Word Help: Synonyms: Master_of_Arts_in_Teaching, matted, lustrelessness
Antonyms: unsnarl, disentangle

Clue #6: 15. Goes off track

7-letter answer Answer: DERAILS

Word Help: Synonyms: derail, jump

Clue #7: 16. Jabber

3-letter answer Answer: YAP

Word Help: Synonyms: yip, gob, hole

Clue #8: 17. Chang or Eng Bunker, notably

11-letter answer Answer: SIAMESETWIN

Clue #9: 19. Just managed, with "out"

4-letter answer Answer: EKED

Clue #10: 21. Mix up

4-letter answer Answer: STIR

Word Help: Synonyms: splash, evoke, call_down

Clue #11: 22. Recoils suddenly

5-letter answer Answer: SHIES

Word Help: Synonyms: shy

Clue #12: 23. ___ Haute, Ind.

5-letter answer Answer: TERRE

Clue #13: 25. On its way

4-letter answer Answer: SENT

Word Help: Synonyms: send_out, transport, air
Antonyms: unsent

Clue #14: 27. Throwing a ball and grasping a pencil, e.g.

11-letter answer Answer: MOTORSKILLS

Clue #15: 32. Grammy-nominated poet Nikki ___

8-letter answer Answer: GIOVANNI

Clue #16: 34. Percolated

6-letter answer Answer: SEEPED

Word Help: Synonyms: ooze, seep

Clue #17: 37. Balm additive

4-letter answer Answer: ALOE

Word Help: Synonyms: aloe

Clue #18: 38. Observes Ramadan, say

5-letter answer Answer: FASTS

Word Help: Synonyms: fast, fasting

Clue #19: 40. Stretchiness

4-letter answer Answer: GIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: kick_in, ease_up, pass
Antonyms: starve, take

Clue #20: 41. National park that's home to the Pretty Rocks Landslide

6-letter answer Answer: DENALI

Word Help: Synonyms: McKinley, Denali, Mt._McKinley

Clue #21: 43. Like pumpkin spice latte and peppermint mocha

8-letter answer Answer: SEASONAL

Word Help: Synonyms: seasonal, seasonal_worker
Antonyms: year-round

Clue #22: 45. Provider of crucial testimony

11-letter answer Answer: STARWITNESS

Clue #23: 47. Unbuckled seatbelt alert

4-letter answer Answer: BEEP

Word Help: Synonyms: bleep, beep, claxon

Clue #24: 48. Zigzag

5-letter answer Answer: WEAVE

Word Help: Synonyms: waver, meander, thread
Antonyms: unweave

Clue #25: 51. Solomonic figures

5-letter answer Answer: SAGES

Word Help: Synonyms: swag, salvia, sage

Clue #26: 55. Craft drafts, for short

4-letter answer Answer: IPAS

Clue #27: 58. Sporty auto feature

4-letter answer Answer: TTOP

Clue #28: 59. Copyright wrongs

11-letter answer Answer: PLAGIARISMS

Word Help: Synonyms: plagiarization, piracy, plagiarisation

Clue #29: 62. Sounds heard during a cuteness overload

3-letter answer Answer: AWS

Clue #30: 63. Took to the sky

7-letter answer Answer: AVIATED

Word Help: Synonyms: fly, pilot, aviate

Clue #31: 64. Young 'un

3-letter answer Answer: PUP

Word Help: Synonyms: puppy, whelp, pup

Clue #32: 65. Soccer star Messi, familiarly

3-letter answer Answer: LEO

Word Help: Synonyms: Lion, Leo_the_Lion, Leo

Clue #33: 66. Approach

6-letter answer Answer: MANNER

Word Help: Synonyms: fashion, manner, personal_manner

Clue #34: 67. Spot for wallowing

3-letter answer Answer: STY

Word Help: Synonyms: stye, eye_infection, pigsty

Clue #35: 68. One of four featured on the Yale Nature Walk

3-letter answer Answer: ELM

Word Help: Synonyms: elm, elmwood, elm_tree

Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. To date

5-letter answer Answer: ASYET

Clue #2: 2. Sticking point for a gardener?

5-letter answer Answer: STAKE

Word Help: Synonyms: wager, bet_on, bet

Clue #3: 3. Celestial phenomena observed at perigees

10-letter answer Answer: SUPERMOONS

Clue #4: 4. Some online exchanges, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: IMS

Clue #5: 5. Speaker's spot

4-letter answer Answer: DAIS

Word Help: Synonyms: podium, pulpit, stump

Clue #6: 6. Walks or runs

4-letter answer Answer: STAT

Clue #7: 7. French possessive

3-letter answer Answer: SES

Word Help: Synonyms: sec, south, siemens

Clue #8: 8. Bridge support

7-letter answer Answer: TRESTLE

Word Help: Synonyms: trestle

Clue #9: 9. Swearword

4-letter answer Answer: OATH

Word Help: Synonyms: expletive, curse_word, oath

Clue #10: 10. Aussie's neighbor

4-letter answer Answer: KIWI

Word Help: Synonyms: Actinidia_chinensis, kiwi_fruit, Kiwi

Clue #11: 11. Nobel laureate Wiesel

4-letter answer Answer: ELIE

Clue #12: 12. Figs. with two dashes

4-letter answer Answer: SSNS

Clue #13: 15. Jeter in Cooperstown

5-letter answer Answer: DEREK

Clue #14: 18. Natural dividing line on a U.S. map, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters

11-letter answer Answer: MISSISSIPPI

Word Help: Synonyms: Mississippi_River, MS, Mississippi

Clue #15: 20. Strongly suggested

7-letter answer Answer: DROVEAT

Clue #16: 24. Fig. at a train station

3-letter answer Answer: ETA

Word Help: Synonyms: ETA, eta, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom

Clue #17: 26. Titan maker

6-letter answer Answer: NISSAN

Word Help: Synonyms: Nisan, Nissan

Clue #18: 28. Really killing it, so to speak

6-letter answer Answer: ONFIRE

Clue #19: 29. Strand in a cell

3-letter answer Answer: RNA

Word Help: Synonyms: RNA, ribonucleic_acid

Clue #20: 30. The World Map is the largest one to date, with 11,695 pieces

7-letter answer Answer: LEGOSET

Clue #21: 31. Does some creative accounting?

10-letter answer Answer: SPINSATALE

Clue #22: 32. Meander (about)

3-letter answer Answer: GAD

Word Help: Synonyms: spur, anxiety_reaction, gad

Clue #23: 33. Saint Martin, par exemple

3-letter answer Answer: ILE

Clue #24: 35. Actress Mendes

3-letter answer Answer: EVA

Clue #25: 36. Torre ___ Greco, Italy

3-letter answer Answer: DEL

Clue #26: 39. Celebration whose full name translates as "festival of the first day"

3-letter answer Answer: TET

Word Help: Synonyms: Tet

Clue #27: 42. Menlo Park, N.J., famously

7-letter answer Answer: LABSITE

Clue #28: 44. Hem, but not haw

3-letter answer Answer: SEW

Word Help: Synonyms: stitch, sew_together, run_up

Clue #29: 46. Screwy

5-letter answer Answer: WEIRD

Word Help: Synonyms: weird, uncanny, eldritch

Clue #30: 49. I, for one

5-letter answer Answer: VOWEL

Word Help: Synonyms: vowel, vowel_sound
Antonyms: consonant

Clue #31: 50. Surrey town known for its salt

5-letter answer Answer: EPSOM

Clue #32: 51. Most bulk email

4-letter answer Answer: SPAM

Word Help: Synonyms: junk_e-mail, spam, Spam

Clue #33: 52. Thomas ___ Edison

4-letter answer Answer: ALVA

Clue #34: 53. Appreciation

4-letter answer Answer: GAIN

Word Help: Synonyms: earn, realize, gain
Antonyms: fall_back, lose

Clue #35: 54. Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer

4-letter answer Answer: EGAN

Clue #36: 56. Certain vipers

4-letter answer Answer: ASPS

Word Help: Synonyms: asp_viper, asp, Egyptian_cobra

Clue #37: 57. X-rated material

4-letter answer Answer: SMUT

Word Help: Synonyms: porno, smut, pornography

Clue #38: 60. ___ Lingus

3-letter answer Answer: AER

Clue #39: 61. Stratego piece

3-letter answer Answer: SPY

Word Help: Synonyms: sight, spot, undercover_agent

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
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XWordHint Crossword Answers September 14, 2025 | 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.

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (60 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (74 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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. New H.S. student	5
2A	6. They're here today, gone tomorrow	4
3A	10. Complete	4
4A	14. Swanky Tokyo shopping district	5
5A	19. Supplier of oxygenated blood	5
6A	20. Very similar	9
7A	22. Shaped like a kiwi fruit	5
8A	23. Orange creature in an arcade game	5
9A	24. Trees native to the Yukon	9
10A	25. Young bucks, say	5
11A	26. Supplier of 110-Across	15
12A	29. Locale of the oracle of Apollo	6
13A	32. Some tots' transports	6
14A	36. Allhallows ___	3
15A	37. Trees on the National Mall	4
16A	40. Nintendo character with a long, sticky tongue	5
17A	43. Emmy-winning actress Edebiri	3
18A	44. Celebration dedicated to a saint	8
19A	46. Vessel that infuses and pours	10
20A	48. Italian for "year"	4
21A	49. Reason to atone	3
22A	50. Lindsay who played both twins in 1998's "The Parent Trap"	5
23A	51. Monumental	4
24A	52. Voice of 110-Across	8
25A	54. Artist and co-creator of 91- and 110-Across	10
26A	56. Confectioner said to have co-created Rocky Road ice cream	3
27A	57. Liverpool's borders?	3
28A	58. Bowie collaborator Brian	3
29A	59. Key that a Mac lacks	3
30A	60. 1949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-Across	15
31A	69. Left-wing activist movement	6
32A	72. Sax who invented the saxophone	7
33A	73. ___ horse	6
34A	77. Emulate an owl	4
35A	78. Closely tracking	9
36A	80. Love letters?	4
37A	81. Apropos	3
38A	82. It pumps up the volume	3
39A	84. What a queen may lay	6
40A	87. ___ Wong, co-star of "Always Be My Maybe"	3
41A	88. Signature sound of 91-Across	8
42A	91. Target of 110-Across	10
43A	93. Partner of a pestle	6
44A	94. Broadband connection, in brief	3
45A	95. North Carolina college town	4
46A	96. Eccentric	5
47A	97. Personal trainer's count	4
48A	98. "That's useful information"	7
49A	101. Unscheduled slots	9
50A	106. P, to Pythagoras	3
51A	107. DuBois's portrayer in the film "A Streetcar Named Desire"	5
52A	110. Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle	11
53A	112. Company that once offered "50 Free Hours" CDs	3
54A	113. Bert's best buddy	5
55A	114. Supervised	7
56A	115. Upper limit	3
57A	116. "Huh?," in Honduras	3
58A	117. Mercilessly mock	5
59A	118. Part of Wayne's world?	7
60A	119. Nonkosher sandwich, in brief	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. New H.S. student"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FROSH

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2A: "6. They're here today, gone tomorrow"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
• Similar words include: cult, rage, furore
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FADS

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3A: "10. Complete"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATOZ

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4A: "14. Swanky Tokyo shopping district"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GINZA

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5A: "19. Supplier of oxygenated blood"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AORTA

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6A: "20. Very similar"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ALOTALIKE

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7A: "22. Shaped like a kiwi fruit"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an egg-shaped object
• Similar words include: elliptical, prolate, oval
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OVOID

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8A: "23. Orange creature in an arcade game"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: QBERT

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9A: "24. Trees native to the Yukon"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: REDALDERS

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10A: "25. Young bucks, say"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
• Similar words include: kotow, truckle, fawn
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FAWNS

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11A: "26. Supplier of 110-Across"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: ACMECORPORATION

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12A: "29. Locale of the oracle of Apollo"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an ancient greek city on the slopes of mount parnassus; site of the oracle of delphi
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DELPHI

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13A: "32. Some tots' transports"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
• Similar words include: trike, tricycle, velocipede
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TRIKES

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14A: "36. Allhallows ___"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

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: evening, eventide, even
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EVE

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15A: "37. Trees on the National Mall"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Similar words include: elmwood, elm, elm tree
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELMS

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16A: "40. Nintendo character with a long, sticky tongue"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: YOSHI

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17A: "43. Emmy-winning actress Edebiri"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AYO

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18A: "44. Celebration dedicated to a saint"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: FEASTDAY

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19A: "46. Vessel that infuses and pours"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: TEAPITCHER

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20A: "48. Italian for "year""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANNO

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21A: "49. Reason to atone"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that estrangement from god
• Similar words include: boob, sinning, sinfulness
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SIN

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22A: "50. Lindsay who played both twins in 1998's "The Parent Trap""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a buddhist who has attained nirvana
• Similar words include: Arhat, Arhant
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LOHAN

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23A: "51. Monumental"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
• Similar words include: vast, immense, Brobdingnagian
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HUGE

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24A: "52. Voice of 110-Across"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: MELBLANC

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25A: "54. Artist and co-creator of 91- and 110-Across"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: CHUCKJONES

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26A: "56. Confectioner said to have co-created Rocky Road ice cream"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EDY

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27A: "57. Liverpool's borders?"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Similar words include: elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ELS

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28A: "58. Bowie collaborator Brian"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ENO

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29A: "59. Key that a Mac lacks"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Similar words include: altitude, EL, elevation
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALT

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30A: "60. 1949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-Across"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: FASTANDFURRYOUS

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31A: "69. Left-wing activist movement"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ANTIFA

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32A: "72. Sax who invented the saxophone"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ADOLPHE

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33A: "73. ___ horse"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native of ancient troy
• Similar words include: trojan horse, Dardan, Dardanian
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TROJAN

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34A: "77. Emulate an owl"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
• Similar words include: hiss, tinker's dam, damn
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HOOT

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35A: "78. Closely tracking"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of following someone secretly
• Similar words include: shade, tailing, overshadow
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SHADOWING

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36A: "80. Love letters?"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: XOXO

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37A: "81. Apropos"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Similar words include: pertinent, minded, apposite
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: APT

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38A: "82. It pumps up the volume"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Similar words include: A, ampere, adenylic acid
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMP

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39A: "84. What a queen may lay"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ANTEGG

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40A: "87. ___ Wong, co-star of "Always Be My Maybe""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• Similar words include: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALI

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41A: "88. Signature sound of 91-Across"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: BEEPBEEP

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42A: "91. Target of 110-Across"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that speedy largely terrestrial bird found from california and mexico to texas
• Similar words include: chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus
• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ROADRUNNER

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43A: "93. Partner of a pestle"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
• Similar words include: howitzer, trench mortar
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MORTAR

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44A: "94. Broadband connection, in brief"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
• Similar words include: digital subscriber line
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DSL

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45A: "95. North Carolina college town"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELON

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46A: "96. Eccentric"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• Similar words include: barmy, loco, batty
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KOOKY

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47A: "97. Personal trainer's count"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Similar words include: rep, repp
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: REPS

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48A: "98. "That's useful information""

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ITHELPS

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49A: "101. Unscheduled slots"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPENDATES

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50A: "106. P, to Pythagoras"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RHO

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51A: "107. DuBois's portrayer in the film "A Streetcar Named Desire""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english film actress (1913-1967)
• Similar words include: Vivien Leigh
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LEIGH

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52A: "110. Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: WILEECOYOTE

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53A: "112. Company that once offered "50 Free Hours" CDs"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AOL

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54A: "113. Bert's best buddy"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERNIE

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55A: "114. Supervised"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that watch and direct
• Similar words include: manage, superintend, oversee
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: OVERSAW

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56A: "115. Upper limit"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
• Similar words include: goop, liquid ecstasy, Georgia home boy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MAX

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57A: "116. "Huh?," in Honduras"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: QUE

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58A: "117. Mercilessly mock"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAGON

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59A: "118. Part of Wayne's world?"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a film about life in the western united states during the period of exploration and development
• Similar words include: horse opera, western sandwich, westerly
• Opposite of: eastern

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Answer: WESTERN

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60A: "119. Nonkosher sandwich, in brief"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
• Similar words include: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BLT

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Page for online answers	3
2D	2. Stick up	3
3D	3. Source of minerals	3
4D	4. Part of many purses	5
5D	5. It's buried to make peace	7
6D	6. Cost of a cab	4
7D	7. Baldwin of "The Boss Baby"	4
8D	8. Imbecile	4
9D	9. Overhead light?	4
10D	10. Gucci who pioneered bamboo-handled handbags	4
11D	11. Auditorium balcony, e.g.	4
12D	12. Cajun cooking staple	4
13D	13. Shaving on citrus desserts	4
14D	14. "You have my blessing"	7
15D	15. Russian ruler nicknamed "The Moneybag"	5
16D	16. This very moment	3
17D	17. Wine also known as Primitivo, familiarly	3
18D	18. Purchased spots	3
19D	21. View from St. Moritz	3
20D	27. Certain taco topping	9
21D	28. "Uh-uh"	9
22D	29. Run down	6
23D	30. Tied up	6
24D	31. With little excess	6
25D	33. Big ___ Burger, fictional Hawaiian fast-food chain in "Pulp Fiction"	6
26D	34. Cream that's said to combat dark circles	6
27D	35. Holding the biggest grudge	6
28D	38. Prime retail area: Abbr.	6
29D	39. Match up, as two devices	4
30D	40. Oscar-winning Michelle	4
31D	41. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum site	4
32D	42. Dazed and confused	6
33D	45. ___ story	3
34D	46. R&B group with the #1 hit "Waterfalls"	3
35D	47. Stand-up comic Margaret	3
36D	53. It falls in the fall	4
37D	55. Day, in Dijon	4
38D	60. Be part of the crowd, with "in"	3
39D	61. "That feels incredible!"	3
40D	62. Silence-enforcing doc	3
41D	63. Avoid, as a falling anvil	5
42D	64. Spokeswoman in Progressive commercials	3
43D	65. Rising	6
44D	66. Some megafauna, informally	6
45D	67. Summer cabin, maybe	6
46D	68. "Go ___!" (Boston cheer)	3
47D	69. Captain in a classic novel	4
48D	70. "Uh-uh"	4
49D	71. Head over head?	5
50D	74. Actress Pflug	5
51D	75. Rod in a hot rod	4
52D	76. Word after film or pinot	4
53D	78. Vocally combine talking and crooning	9
54D	79. H.S. diploma alternative	3
55D	82. Tummy-toning tool	8
56D	83. Renowned N.Y.C. venue for divas	8
57D	85. Energy-saving vehicle	8
58D	86. Guzzle	8
59D	89. Raw fish dish	4
60D	90. Be a buttinsky	3
61D	92. Lack of a voice	5
62D	97. Witherspoon of "A Wrinkle in Time"	5
63D	98. Modern locale of ancient Babylon	4
64D	99. You, to Shakespeare	4
65D	100. Ozone layer issue	4
66D	101. Accented exclamations	4
67D	102. Two-in-one shampoo and conditioner brand	4
68D	103. Paris's Panthéon, for one	4
69D	104. Latin list shortener, in brief	4
70D	105. Risqué message	4
71D	108. Italian architect Ponti	3
72D	109. Nest builder	3
73D	110. Awe	3
74D	111. "___ heard enough!"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Page for online answers"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FAQ

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2D: "2. Stick up"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
• Similar words include: fleece, hook, overcharge
• Opposite of: undercharge

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROB

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3D: "3. Source of minerals"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORE

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4D: "4. Part of many purses"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
• Similar words include: lash, lather, flog
• Opposite of: unstrap

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STRAP

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5D: "5. It's buried to make peace"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by north american indians
• Similar words include: tomahawk
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HATCHET

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6D: "6. Cost of a cab"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agenda of things to do
• Similar words include: make out, menu, transportation
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FARE

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7D: "7. Baldwin of "The Boss Baby""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALEC

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8D: "8. Imbecile"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone whose style is out of fashion
• Similar words include: fogy, fogey, fossil
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DODO

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9D: "9. Overhead light?"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STAR

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10D: "10. Gucci who pioneered bamboo-handled handbags"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALDO

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11D: "11. Auditorium balcony, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
• Similar words include: tier up, grade, level
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TIER

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12D: "12. Cajun cooking staple"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Similar words include: gumbo, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OKRA

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13D: "13. Shaving on citrus desserts"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
• Similar words include: tanginess, relish, spice up
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ZEST

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14D: "14. "You have my blessing""

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: GOFORIT

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15D: "15. Russian ruler nicknamed "The Moneybag""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IVANI

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16D: "16. This very moment"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the momentary present
• Similar words include: nowadays, straight off, directly
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOW

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17D: "17. Wine also known as Primitivo, familiarly"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ZIN

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18D: "18. Purchased spots"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
• Similar words include: advertisement, advertising, advert
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ADS

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19D: "21. View from St. Moritz"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any high mountain
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALP

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20D: "27. Certain taco topping"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _________

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Answer: MILDSALSA

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21D: "28. "Uh-uh""

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ITHINKNOT

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22D: "29. Run down"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
• Similar words include: smirch, asperse, denigrate
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DEFAME

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23D: "30. Tied up"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make level or straight
• Similar words include: even, even out, flush
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EVENED

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24D: "31. With little excess"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LEANLY

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25D: "33. Big ___ Burger, fictional Hawaiian fast-food chain in "Pulp Fiction""

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: KAHUNA

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26D: "34. Cream that's said to combat dark circles"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EYEGEL

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27D: "35. Holding the biggest grudge"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that causing misery or pain or distress
• Similar words include: huffy, painful, tender
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SOREST

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28D: "38. Prime retail area: Abbr."

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MAINST

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29D: "39. Match up, as two devices"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
• Similar words include: synchronize, synchronise
• Opposite of: desynchronize, desynchronise

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Answer: SYNC

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30D: "40. Oscar-winning Michelle"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YEOH

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31D: "41. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum site"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
• Similar words include: Oahu Island
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OAHU

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32D: "42. Dazed and confused"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug
• Similar words include: spacy, spaced-out
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPACEY

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33D: "45. ___ story"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dyspneic condition
• Similar words include: breathlessness, dickhead, prick
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SOB

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34D: "46. R&B group with the #1 hit "Waterfalls""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that considerate and solicitous care
• Similar words include: tender loving care
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TLC

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35D: "47. Stand-up comic Margaret"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CHO

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36D: "53. It falls in the fall"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
• Similar words include: leafage, foliage, riffle
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LEAF

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37D: "55. Day, in Dijon"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: JOUR

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38D: "60. Be part of the crowd, with "in""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a display of bad temper
• Similar words include: outfit, check, equip
• Opposite of: unfit, disagree

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Answer: FIT

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39D: "61. "That feels incredible!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Similar words include: ooh
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AAH

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40D: "62. Silence-enforcing doc"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NDA

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41D: "63. Avoid, as a falling anvil"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
• Similar words include: circumvent, evade, parry
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DODGE

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42D: "64. Spokeswoman in Progressive commercials"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: FLO

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43D: "65. Rising"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that directed up
• Similar words include: upwardly, upwards, up
• Opposite of: down, downwards

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Answer: UPWARD

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44D: "66. Some megafauna, informally"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
• Similar words include: rhinoceros, rhino
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RHINOS

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45D: "67. Summer cabin, maybe"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
• Similar words include: lease, letting, renting
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RENTAL

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46D: "68. "Go ___!" (Boston cheer)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SOX

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47D: "69. Captain in a classic novel"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th century bc)
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AHAB

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48D: "70. "Uh-uh""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOPE

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49D: "71. Head over head?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TOTEM

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50D: "74. Actress Pflug"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: JOANN

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51D: "75. Rod in a hot rod"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AXLE

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52D: "76. Word after film or pinot"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOIR

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53D: "78. Vocally combine talking and crooning"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SPEAKSING

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54D: "79. H.S. diploma alternative"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GED

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55D: "82. Tummy-toning tool"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ABROLLER

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56D: "83. Renowned N.Y.C. venue for divas"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: METOPERA

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57D: "85. Energy-saving vehicle"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: GREENCAR

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58D: "86. Guzzle"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: GULPDOWN

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59D: "89. Raw fish dish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tall coarse perennial american herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
• Similar words include: Phytolacca americana, scoke, carrier bag
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: POKE

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60D: "90. Be a buttinsky"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
• Similar words include: crowbar, prize, prise
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PRY

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61D: "92. Lack of a voice"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOSAY

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62D: "97. Witherspoon of "A Wrinkle in Time""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: REESE

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63D: "98. Modern locale of ancient Babylon"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
• Similar words include: Al-Iraq, Irak, Republic of Iraq
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IRAQ

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64D: "99. You, to Shakespeare"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• Similar words include: chiliad, yard, K
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: THOU

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65D: "100. Ozone layer issue"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an opening into or through something
• Similar words include: muddle, hollow, kettle of fish
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HOLE

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66D: "101. Accented exclamations"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OLES

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67D: "102. Two-in-one shampoo and conditioner brand"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: PERT

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68D: "103. Paris's Panthéon, for one"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
• Similar words include: grave
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TOMB

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69D: "104. Latin list shortener, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ETAL

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70D: "105. Risqué message"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEXT

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71D: "108. Italian architect Ponti"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GIO

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72D: "109. Nest builder"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that adult female chicken
• Similar words include: biddy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HEN

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73D: "110. Awe"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a joke that seems extremely funny
• Similar words include: belly laugh, howler, scream
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: WOW

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74D: "111. "___ heard enough!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IVE

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Today's Puzzle Stats

60 Across Clues

74 Down Clues

134 Total Clues

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