0917 NYT Crossword Tuesday, Sept 17, 2024 | Puzzle Answers

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NYT Crossword puzzle answers and clues for tuesday, September 17, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Tuckered out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEAT

  Possible Answer : measure, shell, beat, bunk, musical_rhythm, amaze, quiver, get, stupefy, pulse, all_in, pound, thump, mystify, trounce, exhaust, tucker_out, beat_out, outsmart, tucker, round, puzzle, drum, cadence, work_over, pulsation, ticktack, pulsate, rhythm, metre, flummox, pose, vanquish, flap, scramble, bushed, stick, overreach, nonplus, circumvent, perplex, gravel, dead, dumbfound, outfox, thrum, heartbeat, vex, baffle, bewilder, meter, beat_up, tick, outwit, beatnik, crush, ticktock, wash_up




• The clue is 5. Edinburgher or Glaswegian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCOT

  Possible Answer : Scotsman, Scot, Scotchman




• The clue is 9. Bottom of the barrel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WORST

  Possible Answer : uncollectible, pip, high-risk, big, unsound, defective, tough, worst, speculative, regretful, rack_up, risky, whip, forged, sorry, bad, spoiled, unfit, spoilt, mop_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : good, best, unregretful




• The clue is 14. Second chance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDO

  Possible Answer : remodel, remake, make_over, redo, refashion, reconstruct




• The clue is 15. Brand owned by Purina. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALPO




• The clue is 16. ___ Holmes, teen detective played by Millie Bobby Brown. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENOLA




• The clue is 17. "AB negatve" or "B poditive"?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOODTYPO




• The clue is 19. Strung along. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEDON




• The clue is 20. Verbally gave the thumbs-up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAIDOK




• The clue is 21. "Naughty" and "Nice," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LISTS

  Possible Answer : inclination, leaning, number, heel, list, name, listing, tilt, lean




• The clue is 22. Dessert drink made from frozen grapes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICEWINE




• The clue is 25. Wrinkle-faced dogs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUGS

  Possible Answer : pug, pug-dog




• The clue is 27. Islanders and Sharks, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NHLERS




• The clue is 28. Odysseus vis-à-vis Ulysses?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAMEHERO




• The clue is 32. Father/son surname in Chicago politics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DALEY




• The clue is 33. Singer Patsy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLINE

  Possible Answer : Martin_Cline, Cline




• The clue is 34. Pre-___ (undergrad track). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MED

  Possible Answer : Master_of_Education, MEd




• The clue is 35. Still standing, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INIT




• The clue is 36. Italian for "good". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUONO




• The clue is 37. What one might do to the rules or the truth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEND

  Possible Answer : flexure, fold, crouch, turn, bending, stoop, crimp, bend, bend_dexter, turn_away, crease, deflect, Bend, curve, crook, bow, plication, deform, twist, flex

  Possible Opposite Answer : unbend, straighten




• The clue is 38. In the 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 39. Soothes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CALMS

  Possible Answer : calmness, composure, calm_air, becalm, cool_off, equanimity, quiet, chill_out, cool_it, sedate, calm, still, quieten, steady, simmer_down, calm_down, tranquillize, lull, tranquilize, tranquillise, settle_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : agitate, discomposure, stimulate




• The clue is 40. ___ blanche. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CARTE

  Possible Answer : card, carte_du_jour, carte, menu, bill_of_fare




• The clue is 41. Surprising answer to the question "What is Ecuador's most populous city?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTQUITO




• The clue is 43. Stuffs (oneself). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GORGES

  Possible Answer : gourmandize, esophagus, glut, stuff, overgorge, defile, ingurgitate, scarf_out, overindulge, gormandize, oesophagus, gorge, gullet, pig_out, englut, overeat, binge, gormandise, satiate, engorge




• The clue is 44. Ego. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELF

  Possible Answer : self, ego




• The clue is 45. Late-night host who coined the word "truthiness". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COLBERT

  Possible Answer : Colbert, Colbert_butter




• The clue is 46. Kick out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVICT

  Possible Answer : force_out, evict




• The clue is 49. How the mendacious might be caught. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INALIE




• The clue is 51. Capital of Vietnam. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HANOI

  Possible Answer : Hanoi, capital_of_Vietnam




• The clue is 52. Prom transport that keeps breaking down?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEMONLIMO




• The clue is 56. Illegally seize. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USURP

  Possible Answer : assume, arrogate, usurp, take_over, seize




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

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

  The answer: MIEN

  Possible Answer : comportment, presence, mien, bearing




• The clue is 58. Prominent part of a bowline knot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOOP

  Possible Answer : loop, closed_circuit, coil, loop_topology, iteration, eyelet, cringle, grummet, intertwine, grommet, curl, loop-the-loop

  Possible Opposite Answer : open_circuit, uncoil




• The clue is 59. Hockey fake-outs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEKES




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

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

  The answer: SLOG

  Possible Answer : trudge, swig, slog, peg_away, footslog, slug, keep_one's_nose_to_the_grindstone, tramp, keep_one's_shoulder_to_the_wheel, plod, pad, plug_away




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

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

  The answer: SNIT

  Possible Answer : snit

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Texter's "Hang on a sec". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRB

• The clue is 2. Typically nocturnal predatory fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEL

  Possible Answer: eel

• The clue is 3. "Without further ___ …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADO

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

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

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

  The answer: TOOSWEET

• The clue is 5. Luxurious fabrics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SATINS

  Possible Answer: satin

• The clue is 6. Basketball great Drexler. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLYDE

  Possible Answer: Clyde

• The clue is 7. Research on a rival, in D.C.-speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPPO

• The clue is 8. Made significant efforts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOOKPAINS

• The clue is 9. "Why, I'll be!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WELLGEE

• The clue is 10. Vague early afternoon time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEISH

• The clue is 11. Certain pretzel shapes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RODS

  Possible Answer: rod, perch, rod_cell, retinal_rod, gat, pole

• The clue is 12. Assigned position. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLOT

  Possible Answer: one-armed_bandit, time_slot, expansion_slot, slot

• The clue is 13. Treats, as animal hide. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANS

  Possible Answer: tangent, burn, bronze, suntan, sunburn, topaz, tan

• The clue is 18. Eating it with meat isn't kosher. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAIRY

  Possible Answer: dairy, dairy_farm

• The clue is 22. Like some tigers, rhinoceroses and elephants. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INDIAN

  Possible Answer: Amerindian_language, Amerindic, Indian, Amerind, American-Indian_language, American_Indian, Red_Indian, Native_American

• The clue is 23. "Presto ___!" ... or a hint to 17-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHANGO

• The clue is 24. Page of Hollywood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLIOT

• The clue is 26. "That's just … completely incorrect". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UMNO

• The clue is 28. Instant replay effect. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLOMO

• The clue is 29. Move from darkness into light, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMERGE

  Possible Answer: issue, come_out, emerge, egress, come_forth, go_forth

• The clue is 30. Resident with monthly payments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RENTER

  Possible Answer: tenant, renter

• The clue is 31. Most offbeat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODDEST

  Possible Answer: unpaired, left, rum, singular, left_over, rummy, odd, unmatched, peculiar, curious, leftover, unexpended, remaining, uneven, unmated, funny, queer

  Possible Opposite Answer : even

• The clue is 33. "Rushmore" and "Clerks," for two. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CULTFILMS

• The clue is 36. Abandon one's social plans. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAIL

  Possible Answer: bail, bail_bond, bond

• The clue is 37. People are often spotted pressing them. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARBELLS

  Possible Answer: barbell

• The clue is 39. Targets of pool chalk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUETIPS

• The clue is 40. Jost of "Saturday Night Live". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COLIN

• The clue is 42. Brand popularity metric. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QSCORE

• The clue is 43. "Get ready for a bomb!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOLONG

• The clue is 45. Celebrity appearance, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAMEO

  Possible Answer: cameo

• The clue is 46. ___ Barak, former prime minister of Israel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EHUD

• The clue is 47. Florist's container. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VASE

  Possible Answer: vase

• The clue is 48. Arctic native. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INUK

• The clue is 50. Astronaut Armstrong. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEIL

• The clue is 53. Particle in an electrolyte. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ION

  Possible Answer: ion

• The clue is 54. "Pretentious? ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOI

• The clue is 55. Choose, with "for". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPT

  Possible Answer: opt, prefer, choose

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NYT Crossword Monday, Sept 16, 2024 Clues

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 09, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Saturday, August 09, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

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 lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Approach boldly"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that speak to someone
• Similar words include: address, hook, solicit
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACCOST

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🧩 2A: "7. Word with fixed or net"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
• Similar words include: plus, asset
• Opposite of: liability

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Answer: ASSETS

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🧩 3A: "13. Purple-hatted Nintendo character"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: WALUIGI

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🧩 4A: "15. Mildew, e.g."

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state or condition being blighted
• Similar words include: plague
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BLIGHT

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🧩 5A: "16. Little Italian toasts"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: CROSTINI

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🧩 6A: "18. One choice at a dry cleaner"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a worker who hangs something
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: HANGER

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🧩 7A: "19. Say but not really mean"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
• Similar words include: verbalize, speak, backtalk
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOUTH

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🧩 8A: "20. English town known for its mineral water"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EPSOM

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🧩 9A: "22. Historical event that acquired its name almost two decades after it ended, in brief"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: WWI

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🧩 10A: "23. Car once promoted with the slogan "It's Your Money … Demand Better," informally"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Similar words include: old
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OLDS

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🧩 11A: "24. Joy of television"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEHAR

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🧩 12A: "25. Windjammer, e.g."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vessel that carries passengers or freight
• Similar words include: transport, send, embark
• Opposite of: disembark

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Answer: SHIP

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🧩 13A: "26. 33-Down platform, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Similar words include: neon, Nebraska, nor'-east
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NES

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🧩 14A: "27. Deceived, maybe"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LEDON

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🧩 15A: "28. Retreats"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
• Similar words include: den, lair
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LAIRS

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🧩 16A: "29. Move around from here to there"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: CUTANDPASTE

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🧩 17A: "31. Unhelpful response to "Why?""

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: JUSTBECAUSE

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🧩 18A: "32. Rabbit food?"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: EASTERCANDY

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🧩 19A: "33. Pats (down)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
• Similar words include: tamp down, tamping bar, pack
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TAMPS

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🧩 20A: "34. Progresses slowly"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
• Similar words include: comfort, repose, still
• Opposite of: difficulty

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Answer: EASES

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🧩 21A: "35. Something chewed over"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
• Similar words include: plug, chew, rechewed food
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CUD

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🧩 22A: "38. Sections of history"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Similar words include: earned run average, geological era, ERA
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ERAS

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🧩 23A: "39. Has legs"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the temporal end; the concluding time
• Similar words include: hold up, death, end
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LASTS

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🧩 24A: "40. Something to climb in a WWE match"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a strong line
• Similar words include: forget me drug, rophy, roach
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROPE

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🧩 25A: "41. "Stop! We get it!""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TMI

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🧩 26A: "42. Rube"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
• Similar words include: rube, chawbacon, hick
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YOKEL

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🧩 27A: "43. Literature Nobelist who wrote "Siddhartha""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that swiss writer (born in germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
• Similar words include: Hermann Hesse
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HESSE

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🧩 28A: "44. People whose flag depicts the Lion of Judah"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (jamaica) a black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of kingston, jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music
• Similar words include: Rastafari, Rasta, Rastafarian
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RASTAS

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🧩 29A: "46. Animal that sleeps while floating on its back"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEAOTTER

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🧩 30A: "48. University of California campus locale"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IRVINE

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🧩 31A: "49. "The Ultimate Trivia Destination," per its website"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPORCLE

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🧩 32A: "50. Moves in the shadows"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
• Similar words include: malinger, skulk, lurk
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SKULKS

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🧩 33A: "51. Parts of cassette players"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
• Similar words include: bobbin, reel, spool
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPOOLS

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. "Really, now!""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AWCMON

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🧩 2D: "2. Actress Lombard of classic Hollywood"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CAROLE

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🧩 3D: "3. "Above the ___, as high as heaven itself?": Shak."

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
• Similar words include: cloud, obnubilate, mist
• Opposite of: clear up

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Answer: CLOUDS

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🧩 4D: "4. Ejects"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove from a position or office
• Similar words include: drum out, expel, oust
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OUSTS

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🧩 5D: "5. Villainous group of science fiction"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SITH

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🧩 6D: "6. ___ Fridays"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TGI

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🧩 7D: "7. Can't stand"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that find repugnant
• Similar words include: loathe, abominate, execrate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ABHOR

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🧩 8D: "8. Dis"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
• Similar words include: shaft, slam dance, bang
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLAM

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🧩 9D: "9. "The only ___ is mediocrity": Martha Graham"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that estrangement from god
• Similar words include: transgress, hell, wickedness
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SIN

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🧩 10D: "10. Ingredient in meringue cookies"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: EGGWHITE

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🧩 11D: "11. #1 on BBC's list of greatest 21st-century TV series"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THEWIRE

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🧩 12D: "12. Comics"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a relatively long narrow piece of something
• Similar words include: uncase, clean, funnies
• Opposite of: dress

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STRIPS

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🧩 13D: "14. "This work is getting to be too much""

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INEEDABREAK

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🧩 14D: "17. Apple skins?"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: IPHONECASES

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🧩 15D: "21. Buildings that aren't water-resistant"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: SANDCASTLES

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🧩 16D: "24. "La Cousine ___" (Balzac novel)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BETTE

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🧩 17D: "25. Overly wise, say"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that improperly forward or bold
• Similar words include: overbold, saucy, impertinent
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SASSY

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🧩 18D: "27. Feels thirsty"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a strong sexual desire
• Similar words include: lust, crave, luxuria
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LUSTS

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🧩 19D: "28. Gives accolades"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that praise, glorify, or honor
• Similar words include: extol, laud, glorify
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAUDS

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🧩 20D: "29. Edges"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a gothic arch)
• Similar words include: leaflet, cusp
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUSPS

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🧩 21D: "30. You can see right through them"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
• Similar words include: dot, window glass, Elvis
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PANES

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🧩 22D: "31. Phenomenon of experiencing something as strangely new even though one has experienced it before"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JAMAISVU

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🧩 23D: "32. Designate, as funds"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
• Similar words include: set aside, trademark, hallmark
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EARMARK

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🧩 24D: "33. Series of mental blocks?"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that 100 tetri equal 1 lari in georgia
• Similar words include: tetri
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TETRIS

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🧩 25D: "35. Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 1983"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COSTCO

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🧩 26D: "36. Persuade to pay more than originally intended"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UPSELL

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🧩 27D: "37. Popular farm vehicles"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)
• Similar words include: John Deere, Deere
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEERES

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🧩 28D: "39. Falls short, say"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Similar words include: fall behind, suffer, lose
• Opposite of: profit, find

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOSES

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🧩 29D: "40. Lead-in to active"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fashion reminiscent of the past
• Similar words include: ex post facto, retroactive
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RETRO

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🧩 30D: "42. American in Paris?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an american who lives in the north (especially during the american civil war)
• Similar words include: jerk, Yankee-Doodle, Northerner
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YANK

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🧩 31D: "43. Certain earring"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
• Similar words include: basket, basketball hoop, ring
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOOP

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🧩 32D: "45. Poetic contraction"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIL

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🧩 33D: "47. Some courses for honor students, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APS

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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33 Down Clues

66 Total Clues

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