0912 NYT: Thursday September 12, 2024 | Puzzle Breakdown

NYT Crossword Thursday September 12, 2024 Puzzle Breakdown: Your Complete Guide

Here are the puzzles for New York Times Crossword of September 12, 2024 which brings another set of fun and enticing clues and questions. Below are the explanations for the across and down clues which will assist you in completing today’s puzzle.

NYT Thursday September 12, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Like some bad breakups. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MESSY

  Possible Answer : messy, mussy




• The clue is 6. Item of clothing in a Prince hit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BERET

  Possible Answer : beret




• The clue is 11. Fender Bassman, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMP

  Possible Answer : AMP, ampere, adenosine_monophosphate, amp, adenylic_acid, A




• The clue is 14. What Romeo and Juliet planned to do in Mantua. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELOPE

  Possible Answer : run_off, elope




• The clue is 15. Obsessive fan of anime or video games, from the Japanese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTAKU




• The clue is 16. "I can't ___ …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIE

  Possible Answer : Trygve_Lie, lie_down, Lie, lie, Trygve_Halvden_Lie, rest, prevarication, lie_in, dwell, consist

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise




• The clue is 17. Limb?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIFEPARTNER




• The clue is 19. Key not found on a Mac. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALT

  Possible Answer : altitude, EL, ALT, elevation




• The clue is 20. Head of France. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TETE




• The clue is 21. Put at a table, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEAT

  Possible Answer : posterior, place, stern, bottom, fundament, ass, derriere, arse, tooshie, sit_down, buttocks, hindquarters, invest, rear_end, rear, prat, keister, bum, seat, behind, tail, fanny, butt, backside, tush, nates, tail_end, buns, hind_end, can, sit, induct, rump




• The clue is 22. Gets ready for the national anthem, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RISES

  Possible Answer : boost, emanation, originate, resurrect, go_up, ascent, get_up, acclivity, grow, uprise, stand_up, climb, lift, arise, wax, wage_hike, advance, rear, raise, prove, jump, surface, climb_up, come_up, ascend, rebel, hike, move_up, cost_increase, turn_out, rising, salary_increase, upgrade, spring_up, mount, heighten, wage_increase, rising_slope, rise_up, develop, ascending, rise, procession, ascension

  Possible Opposite Answer : wane, turn_in, set, descent, fall, sit_down, go_to_bed




• The clue is 24. "Obviously!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUH




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

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

  The answer: BEAKS

  Possible Answer : nozzle, bill, snoot, pecker, pick, snout, hooter, nib, neb, beak, honker, schnoz, peck, schnozzle




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

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

  The answer: SPAYS

  Possible Answer : castrate, spay, alter, neuter




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

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

  The answer: FIRSTMATE




• The clue is 34. This guy!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIM




• The clue is 35. Sultanate on the island of Borneo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRUNEI

  Possible Answer : Negara_Brunei_Darussalam, Brunei




• The clue is 37. Fratty stereotypes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BROS




• The clue is 38. Petrichor is the aroma produced by this. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAIN

  Possible Answer : rainwater, rain_down, rain, pelting, rainfall




• The clue is 40. Insert, as a video in a post. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMBED

  Possible Answer : implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant




• The clue is 41. Folk rock's Mumford & ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SONS

  Possible Answer : boy, Word, Son, son, Logos

  Possible Opposite Answer : girl, daughter




• The clue is 42. Golden rule word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNTO




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

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

  The answer: DEADEN

  Possible Answer : blunt, damp, dampen, deaden, girdle

  Possible Opposite Answer : enliven




• The clue is 45. Bit of décor at a tiki bar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEI

  Possible Answer : chaplet, lei, garland, wreath, leu, coronal




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

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

  The answer: GOODBUDDY




• The clue is 48. "Not so!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FALSE

  Possible Answer : fake, simulated, treacherously, treasonably, assumed, imitation, untrue, fictitious, faux, off-key, mistaken, false, put_on, traitorously, faithlessly, pretended, sour, fictive, delusive, sham

  Possible Opposite Answer : true




• The clue is 50. It might cause some unsurprised looks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOTOX

  Possible Answer : Botox, botulinum_toxin_A




• The clue is 51. Stately tree. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELM

  Possible Answer : elmwood, elm, elm_tree




• The clue is 52. "Fathoms ___" (opening song of "The Little Mermaid"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BELOW

  Possible Answer : beneath, under, to_a_lower_place, at_a_lower_place, down_the_stairs, downstairs, on_a_lower_floor, below, infra

  Possible Opposite Answer : upstairs, above




• The clue is 53. Each. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APOP




• The clue is 56. River through Louisville. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHIO

  Possible Answer : Ohio_River, Ohio, OH, Buckeye_State




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

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

  The answer: RNA

  Possible Answer : RNA, ribonucleic_acid




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

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

  The answer: WINEPAIRING




• The clue is 64. See 67-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACT

  Possible Answer : human_activity, represent, routine, behave, playact, deed, act, act_as, roleplay, number, dissemble, move, turn, bit, play, pretend, work, do, human_action, enactment

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain




• The clue is 65. Large wedding band, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTET

  Possible Answer : eight, eightsome, ogdoad, octette, octonary, eighter, 8, octad, VIII, eighter_from_Decatur, octet




• The clue is 66. Former title for Pete Buttigieg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAYOR

  Possible Answer : city_manager, mayor




• The clue is 67. With 64-Across, bad thing to be caught in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THE




• The clue is 68. Pregnancy increments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEEKS

  Possible Answer : week, hebdomad, workweek, calendar_week




• The clue is 69. Nose-in-the-air type?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLANE

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

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Hot deli order. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MELT

  Possible Answer: mellow_out, fade, mellow, unthaw, melting, melt, disappear, unfreeze, thawing, run, dethaw, thaw, dissolve, evaporate, melt_down, meld

• The clue is 2. Legal writer Mystal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELIE

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

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

  The answer: SOFT

  Possible Answer: lenient, flaccid, cushy, balmy, diffused, mild, indulgent, gentle, piano, voiced, soft, easy, subdued, easygoing, sonant, diffuse, flabby, delicate

  Possible Opposite Answer : forte, loud, hard, hardened, unvoiced

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

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

  The answer: SPEEDY

  Possible Answer: quick, rapid, speedy

• The clue is 5. "You betcha". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEP

• The clue is 6. Tunnel (through). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BORE

  Possible Answer: pay, put_up, deport, eagre, bear, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, suffer, calibre, behave, acquit, drill_hole, deliver, contain, birth, comport, brook, support, assume, stand, take_over, eager, tolerate, accept, dullard, drill, caliber, bore-hole, gauge, tire, hold, carry, turn_out, tidal_bore, stick_out, bore, stomach, wear, give_birth, conduct, yield, aegir, gestate, endure, abide, expect, digest, have

  Possible Opposite Answer : interest

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

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

  The answer: ETTA

• The clue is 8. Railing post?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANT

  Possible Answer: blah, claptrap, spout, rabbit_on, harangue, jabber, fustian, rave, bombast, rant, mouth_off, ranting

• The clue is 9. Scrape (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EKE

• The clue is 10. One of 27 on Disney World's Cinderella Castle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TURRET

  Possible Answer: gun_enclosure, gun_turret, turret

• The clue is 11. Sushi order topped with salmon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALASKAROLL

• The clue is 12. Progress markers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MILESTONES

  Possible Answer: milestone, milepost

• The clue is 13. Rewards for a "good boy". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETS

  Possible Answer: ducky, darling, pet, PET, deary, positron_emission_tomography, dearie, favourite, favorite

• The clue is 18. It can come before Wednesday. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASH

  Possible Answer: ash, ash_tree

• The clue is 23. Feet in a meter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IAMBS

  Possible Answer: iambus, iamb

• The clue is 25. Charger option, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USB

• The clue is 26. Track that fans flip for?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BSIDE

• The clue is 27. [Meh]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHRUG

  Possible Answer: shrug

• The clue is 28. Spot to store sheet music. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIANOBENCH

• The clue is 29. "Did it happen already?!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMITOOLATE

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

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

  The answer: FUMED

  Possible Answer: smoke, reek, fume, fumed, fumigate

• The clue is 31. Not on good terms (with). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INBAD

• The clue is 32. Like much marshland. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REEDY

  Possible Answer: reedy, reedlike, wheezy

• The clue is 33. Nail polish brand with a "Get It Girl" pink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSIE

• The clue is 36. Brought back. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDUX

  Possible Answer: redux

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

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

  The answer: NODTO

• The clue is 44. Bills might pass in this, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NFL

• The clue is 47. Lab report?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOWWOW

• The clue is 49. Unmoved by ethical arguments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMORAL

• The clue is 51. Org. that tests the waters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPA

  Possible Answer: EPA, Environmental_Protection_Agency

• The clue is 52. 2024 Charli XCX album with a lime green cover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRAT

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

• The clue is 53. Chip in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTE

  Possible Answer: ante

• The clue is 54. Give in on Christmas Eve, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEEK

  Possible Answer: glint, glance, peep, peek

• The clue is 55. Goes (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPTS

  Possible Answer: opt, choose, prefer

• The clue is 57. "Howdy!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIYA

• The clue is 58. Aware of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INON

• The clue is 59. Creature popularized in Charles Perrault's "Tales of Mother Goose". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OGRE

  Possible Answer: monster, fiend, ogre, demon, devil

• The clue is 62. Glass blocks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICE

  Possible Answer: methamphetamine, meth, water_ice, crank, chicken_feed, internal-combustion_engine, ice, frosting, shabu, deoxyephedrine, methamphetamine_hydrochloride, frappe, Methedrine, sparkler, chalk, ICE, icing, trash, glass, frost, ice-skating_rink, ice_rink

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

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

  The answer: IMP

  Possible Answer: scamp, elf, brownie, imp, scalawag, rapscallion, scallywag, gremlin, pixie, pixy, hob, monkey, rascal

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Tuesday NYT Crossword Answers: August 20, 2024 – Hints, Clues, and Solutions

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

Tuesday NYT Crossword Answers: August 20, 2024 

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Largest city in Nebraska. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMAHA

  Possible Answer : Omaha, Maha




• The clue is 6. "Excuse me …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHEM

  Possible Answer : ahem, hem




• The clue is 10. Letters on old Soviet rockets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CCCP




• The clue is 14. Eschew the subway, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CABIT




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

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

  The answer: JEER

  Possible Answer : scoffing, mockery, barrack, jeering, jeer, gibe, flout, scoff




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

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

  The answer: AURA

  Possible Answer : nimbus, aura, gloriole, halo, aureole, atmosphere, air, glory




• The clue is 17. Superscript by a brand name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRADEMARKSYMBOL




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

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

  The answer: EST

  Possible Answer : EST, Eastern_Time, Eastern_Standard_Time




• The clue is 21. Losing line in tic-tac-toe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OXO




• The clue is 22. Major in mass communication?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POPE

  Possible Answer : Bishop_of_Rome, pontiff, Roman_Catholic_Pope, Catholic_Pope, Pope, Alexander_Pope, pope, Vicar_of_Christ, Holy_Father




• The clue is 23. "Won't Get Fooled Again" rockers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEWHO




• The clue is 26. The "F" of FTW. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOR




• The clue is 27. Actress Wray of "King Kong". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAY

  Possible Answer : faery, faerie, fairy, sprite, fay




• The clue is 30. Fighter jet's landing spot. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: AIRFORCEBASE




• The clue is 34. Neighbor of an Uzbek. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAJIK

  Possible Answer : Tajik, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tajiki, Republic_of_Tajikistan, Tadjik, Tajikistan




• The clue is 37. Longtime Heat coach Spoelstra. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERIK




• The clue is 38. Annoys. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRKS

  Possible Answer : gall, irk




• The clue is 39. Singer with the albums "21," "25" and "30". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADELE




• The clue is 40. Director Ang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEE

  Possible Answer : Gypsy_Rose_Lee, Lee_Yuen_Kam, Robert_Edward_Lee, Lee, Rose_Louise_Hovick, Richard_Henry_Lee, Robert_E._Lee, Henry_Lee, lee_side, Shelton_Jackson_Lee, Spike_Lee, Bruce_Lee, Tsung_Dao_Lee, lee, leeward, downwind, Lighthorse_Harry_Lee

  Possible Opposite Answer : windward




• The clue is 41. Man of Marseilles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOMME




• The clue is 42. Not doing much. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDLE

  Possible Answer : wild, tick_over, loose, out_of_work, unused, idle, unwarranted, light, stagnate, slug, baseless, unfounded, jobless, laze, groundless, dead

  Possible Opposite Answer : run, busy, work




• The clue is 43. ___ ring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOOD

  Possible Answer : modality, humour, temper, humor, mood, climate, mode




• The clue is 44. Areas for altars. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APSES

  Possible Answer : apse, apsis




• The clue is 45. Investment banking giant. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: GOLDMANSACHS




• The clue is 48. Lead-in to "-hoo". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANY

  Possible Answer : whatever, any, whatsoever




• The clue is 49. Apple platform. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IOS

  Possible Answer : Io




• The clue is 50. Extended period of inactivity. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAYOFF

  Possible Answer : layoff




• The clue is 54. Final opponent in a video game level. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOSS

  Possible Answer : party_boss, Bos, political_boss, foreman, genus_Bos, stamp, hirer, honcho, knob, brag, boss, chief, gaffer, emboss




• The clue is 56. With 57-Down, lacking in variety. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONE

  Possible Answer : unmatchable, peerless, unrivalled, i, unitary, unrivaled, ace, single, I, 1, matchless, one_and_only, unmatched, ane, nonpareil, unity, one




• The clue is 58. Dave Brubeck's "Blue Rondo ___ Turk". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALA

  Possible Answer : ala




• The clue is 59. Best Picture winner of 1965 ... or a description of the ends of 17-, 30- and 45-Across?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THESOUNDOFMUSIC




• The clue is 64. Chef's creation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEAL

  Possible Answer : repast, meal




• The clue is 65. "Sure, sure ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IBET




• The clue is 66. Kick out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVICT

  Possible Answer : evict, force_out




• The clue is 67. Greek founder of Stoicism. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZENO

  Possible Answer : Zeno_of_Elea, Zeno_of_Citium, Zeno




• The clue is 68. Stun with a jolt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TASE




• The clue is 69. Things on a to-do list. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TASKS

  Possible Answer : job, labor, chore, project, undertaking, task, tax

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Set of white pawns in chess, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTET

  Possible Answer: eightsome, VIII, octette, octad, eighter, eight, 8, octet, ogdoad, octonary, eighter_from_Decatur

• The clue is 2. Everglades ecosystem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARSH

  Possible Answer: Reginald_Marsh, Marsh, marsh, fenland, marshland, Ngaio_Marsh, fen

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

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

  The answer: ABATE

  Possible Answer: die_away, abate, slake, slack_off, let_up, slack

• The clue is 4. Put out of sight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HID

  Possible Answer: blot_out, obscure, hide, cover, obliterate, enshroud, conceal, hide_out, shroud, veil

  Possible Opposite Answer : show

• The clue is 5. Had a ball ... a meatball, that is. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATE

  Possible Answer: use_up, feed, rust, Ate, eat, corrode, run_through, wipe_out, consume, eat_up, eat_on, deplete, exhaust

• The clue is 6. Warrior in the "Iliad". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AJAX

  Possible Answer: Ajax

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

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

  The answer: HERO

  Possible Answer: poor_boy, zep, Cuban_sandwich, bomber, Hero_of_Alexandria, wedge, grinder, Heron, submarine, hero_sandwich, submarine_sandwich, paladin, Hero, torpedo, sub, fighter, champion, hoagy, hero, hoagie, Italian_sandwich

• The clue is 8. "A spider!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEK

• The clue is 9. Logical "Star Trek" character. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MRSPOCK

• The clue is 10. Setting for "Wet Hot American Summer". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAMP

  Possible Answer: camp_out, campy, refugee_camp, tent, clique, cantonment, summer_camp, camp_down, camp, bivouac, encampment, coterie, ingroup, inner_circle, pack, encamp

• The clue is 11. Offices with partitioned workspaces, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUBEFARMS

• The clue is 12. ___-Magnon man. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRO

  Possible Answer: cathode-ray_oscilloscope, oscilloscope, CRO, scope

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

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

  The answer: PAL

  Possible Answer: brother, sidekick, pal, crony, chum, pal_up, chum_up, buddy

• The clue is 18. Tie at the dock. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOOR

  Possible Answer: berth, moor, Moor, moorland, wharf, tie_up

• The clue is 19. Days long ago. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YORE

  Possible Answer: yore

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

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

  The answer: WAILED

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

• The clue is 25. Take to the trail. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIKE

  Possible Answer: boost, tramp, wage_increase, hiking, rise, wage_hike, cost_increase, salary_increase, hike, raise, hike_up

• The clue is 26. Curly-haired friend of Charlie Brown. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRIEDA

• The clue is 28. "I'm here if you have questions!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASKME

• The clue is 29. Green lights. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YESES

  Possible Answer: yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no

• The clue is 31. Certain convicted criminals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FELONS

  Possible Answer: outlaw, whitlow, malefactor, crook, criminal, felon

• The clue is 32. Twistable treats. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OREOS

  Possible Answer: oreo, oreo_cookie

• The clue is 33. Tissue sample test. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIOPSY

  Possible Answer: biopsy

• The clue is 34. Evergreen forest that covers much of Canada. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAIGA

• The clue is 35. Extra. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADDON

• The clue is 36. Item in a classic guessing contest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JELLYBEAN

• The clue is 41. "LOL". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAHA

• The clue is 43. Iconic outfit for a noted chairman. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAOSUIT

• The clue is 46. Japanese soup flavoring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISO

  Possible Answer: miso

• The clue is 47. Staff leader?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLEF

  Possible Answer: clef

• The clue is 51. "Wonderwall" group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OASIS

  Possible Answer: haven, oasis

• The clue is 52. Movie, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLICK

  Possible Answer: motion_picture, flip, thumb, movie, flicker, picture, pic, film, moving_picture, click, snap, leaf, flick, motion-picture_show, ruffle, riffle, moving-picture_show, jerk, riff, picture_show

• The clue is 53. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own ___": Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FACTS

  Possible Answer: fact

• The clue is 55. 1952 Winter Olympics host. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Norway, Oslo, Christiania

• The clue is 56. Poems of praise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODES

  Possible Answer: ode

• The clue is 57. See 56-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTE

  Possible Answer: promissory_note, banknote, Federal_Reserve_note, tone, annotation, bank_bill, billet, banker's_bill, bank_note, note_of_hand, notation, mention, greenback, remark, take_note, notice, bill, musical_note, observe, short_letter, preeminence, mark, note, take_down, line, eminence, government_note, distinction

  Possible Opposite Answer : ignore

• The clue is 59. Celebrity gossip website. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TMZ

• The clue is 60. ___-haw. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEE

• The clue is 61. Org. associated with the John Tesh instrumental "Roundball Rock". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NBA

• The clue is 62. Got together. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MET

  Possible Answer: forgather, take_on, adjoin, play, meet, foregather, run_into, fulfil, encounter, match, fill, come_across, run_across, conform_to, get_together, cope_with, touch, suffer, fit, fulfill, see, assemble, satisfy, converge, contact, gather, receive

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

• The clue is 63. 2019 March Madness champs, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UVA

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 08, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Friday, August 08, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

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Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Who wrote in an 1852 novel "Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
• Similar words include: Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STOWE

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🧩 2A: "6. Stick around camp?"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TENTPOLE

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🧩 3A: "14. Synthetic fabric sometimes called "elastane"""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LYCRA

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🧩 4A: "15. Competition conducted in rounds over rounds"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BARTRIVIA

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🧩 5A: "16. Microscope component"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the organ of sight
• Similar words include: ocular, eye, visual
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPTIC

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🧩 6A: "17. Establishments with many green rooms"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ECOHOTELS

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🧩 7A: "18. "Aw, that's so nice of you!""

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GEETHANKS

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🧩 8A: "20. Toadlike"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
• Similar words include: verrucose, wartlike
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WARTY

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🧩 9A: "21. Stuff"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fill to satisfaction
• Similar words include: satiate, fill, replete
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SATE

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🧩 10A: "22. Some fridges"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LGS

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🧩 11A: "23. Way to the left?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the countries of (originally) europe and (now including) north america and south america
• Similar words include: western United States, Benjamin West, due west
• Opposite of: east

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WEST

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🧩 12A: "24. Rum-soaked cake"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small cake leavened with yeast
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BABA

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🧩 13A: "26. Frameable frame"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CEL

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🧩 14A: "27. Anytown, ___"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Similar words include: the States, United States Army, America
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: USA

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🧩 15A: "30. Many an I.R.S. public service announcement"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCAMALERT

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🧩 16A: "33. Heart"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the milky way near centaurus
• Similar words include: crux of the matter, Crux Australis, Southern Cross
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CRUX

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🧩 17A: "34. Reassuring words when help is needed"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YOUCANCOUNTONME

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🧩 18A: "36. Means of defense for an elephant"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
• Similar words include: detusk, horn, ivory
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TUSK

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🧩 19A: "37. "That would make the most sense to me""

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IASSUMESO

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🧩 20A: "38. Some residents: Abbr."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DRS

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🧩 21A: "39. Blubber"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
• Similar words include: fatty, fatten, avoirdupois
• Opposite of: thin, leanness

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FAT

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🧩 22A: "40. Like Antarctica, notably"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Similar words include: desiccate, waterless, desiccated
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARID

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🧩 23A: "41. Disaccustom"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
• Similar words include: ablactate
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WEAN

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🧩 24A: "43. Their tracks diffract light into rainbows"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
• Similar words include: cd, compact disk, standard candle
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CDS

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🧩 25A: "44. Tricky situation"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a point located with respect to surface features of some region
• Similar words include: recognise, smear, spy
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPOT

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🧩 26A: "48. Eurasian ermine"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STOAT

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🧩 27A: "50. Surfaces for making cookies"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHEETPANS

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🧩 28A: "52. Guiding principle, metaphorically"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NORTHSTAR

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🧩 29A: "54. 2023 title role for Timothée Chalamet"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WONKA

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🧩 30A: "55. Events akin to streaks"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UNDIERUNS

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🧩 31A: "56. Opposite of entropy"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
• Similar words include: regulate, Holy Order, rank
• Opposite of: disorderliness, disorder

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORDER

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🧩 32A: "57. "Don't give up""

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BESTRONG

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🧩 33A: "58. Corset supports"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
• Similar words include: check, persist, remain
• Opposite of: depart, move

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STAYS

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Tedious trials"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that work doggedly or persistently
• Similar words include: tramp, footslog, slog
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SLOGS

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🧩 2D: "2. Ambitious and uncompromising, say"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TYPEA

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🧩 3D: "3. The planets, since 2006"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• Similar words include: ogdoad, octonary, octette
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OCTET

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🧩 4D: "4. Follow to the letter?"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WRITEBACK

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🧩 5D: "5. Grocery pricing term"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
• Similar words include: for each one, from each one, to each one
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EACH

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🧩 6D: "6. Sailing maneuvers"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
• Similar words include: wear round, hang on, interchange
• Opposite of: disassemble

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TACKS

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🧩 7D: "7. Freudian drive to survive"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Similar words include: physical attraction, concupiscence, sexual desire
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EROS

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🧩 8D: "8. High degree"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Similar words include: n-th
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NTH

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🧩 9D: "9. Part of a masonry kit"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TROWEL

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🧩 10D: "10. Breads that may be used as scoops"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling
• Similar words include: pocket bread, pita
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PITAS

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🧩 11D: "11. Nullifies"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of upsetting something
• Similar words include: repeal, revolutionise, overrule
• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OVERTURNS

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🧩 12D: "12. Pleasing cadence"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a jaunty rhythm in music
• Similar words include: swing
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LILT

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🧩 13D: "13. "Don't stress yourself""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
• Similar words include: slowly, well-situated, well-off
• Opposite of: uneasy, difficult

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EASY

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🧩 14D: "15. Hybrid feline whose coat may feature rosettes"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BENGALCAT

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🧩 15D: "19. One of two official languages of Kosovo"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of albania
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALBANIAN

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🧩 16D: "23. Caregiver known as a "nutrix" in ancient Rome"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
• Similar words include: amah, wet-nurse, wet nurse
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WETNURSE

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🧩 17D: "25. Org. with a serpent in its logo"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMA

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🧩 18D: "26. Warriors for a cause"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disputant who advocates reform
• Similar words include: meliorist, reformist, crusader
• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CRUSADERS

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🧩 19D: "28. Bouts held in a dohyo"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SUMO

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🧩 20D: "29. Medieval warrior's weapon"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• Similar words include: ax
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AXE

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🧩 21D: "30. Turned"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
• Similar words include: turn, acidity, sourness
• Opposite of: sweeten, sweet

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Answer: SOUR

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🧩 22D: "31. #@$% and &?*!, by implication"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: CUSSWORDS

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🧩 23D: "32. Sister of Helios"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EOS

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🧩 24D: "33. Table tennis or beach volleyball"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: COEDSPORT

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🧩 25D: "34. Abbr. on a pay stub"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YTD

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🧩 26D: "35. Letters said out of embarrassment"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TMI

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🧩 27D: "39. Pops"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
• Similar words include: Padre, founder, begetter
• Opposite of: mother, female parent

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Answer: FATHER

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🧩 28D: "42. Face-plant, so to speak"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EATIT

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🧩 29D: "43. Iris ___, author of "The Chinese in America""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the longest river of asia; flows eastward from tibet into the east china sea near shanghai
• Similar words include: Changjiang, Yangtze, Yangtze River
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHANG

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🧩 30D: "45. Animal that's mostly white, helping it hide in its natural habitat"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of china and tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family ailuropodidae
• Similar words include: red panda, giant panda, coon bear
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PANDA

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🧩 31D: "46. Pitch-perfect"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ONKEY

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🧩 32D: "47. Alexis, Feodor and Peter, among others"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Similar words include: tzar, czar, tsar
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TSARS

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🧩 33D: "48. Slight"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an instance of driving away or warding off
• Similar words include: rebuff, cold shoulder, ignore
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SNUB

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🧩 34D: "49. What's hard to read in a text"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the quality of a person's voice
• Similar words include: pure tone, quality, flavor
• Opposite of: atonicity

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Answer: TONE

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🧩 35D: "50. Floor"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
• Similar words include: bedaze, stupefy, daze
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STUN

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🧩 36D: "51. Rare bills and dice rolls"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: II, 2, deuce
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TWOS

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🧩 37D: "53. Sign of a sellout"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SRO

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

🔤 Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

📚 Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

📊 Today's Puzzle Stats

33 Across Clues

37 Down Clues

70 Total Clues

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