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Break down the NYT Crosswords: June 18, 2012

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Piquancy -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ZEST

  
  

  Possible Answer : zest, piquancy, spice, spice_up, gusto, piquance, zestfulness, relish, nip, tang, piquantness, tanginess



• 5. Feel in one's ___ -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  GUT

  
  

  Possible Answer : bowel, intestine, catgut, gut



• 8. Sycophants, slangily -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  KISSUPS

  
  


• 15. 1/12 of a ruler -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  INCH

  
  

  Possible Answer : edge, inch, column_inch, in



• 16. Durham sch. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  UNH

  
  


• 17. South Pacific region -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  OCEANIA

  
  

  Possible Answer : Oceanica, Oceania



• 18. Nebraska tribe -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  OTOE

  
  

  Possible Answer : Otoe, Oto



• 19. "___ Beso" (Paul Anka hit) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ESO

  
  


• 20. 1970 song with the lyric "Whisper words of wisdom" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  LETITBE

  
  


• 21. 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word

  NOWHEREMAN

  
  


• 24. Wealthy Brits -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NOBS

  
  

  Possible Answer : toff, nob



• 25. Fictitious -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  UNREAL

  
  

  Possible Answer : insubstantial, unreal, artificial, unsubstantial

  Possible Opposite: real, substantial, natural



• 26. Chow down -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  EAT

  
  

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



• 28. 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (14 letters) word

  GOLDENSLUMBERS

  
  


• 33. Common people -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  FOLK

  
  

  Possible Answer : family, sept, folks, common_people, phratry, folk, kinsfolk, tribe, family_line, folk_music, kinfolk, ethnic_music



• 34. Lament loudly -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  WAIL

  
  

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



• 35. Sick -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ILL

  
  

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

  Possible Opposite: well



• 37. Singer DiFranco -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ANI

  
  

  Possible Answer : ani



• 38. 1965 song with the lyric "These are words that go together well" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (8 letters) word

  MICHELLE

  
  


• 42. Low island -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  CAY

  
  

  Possible Answer : Florida_key, cay, key



• 43. Election mo. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  NOV

  
  

  Possible Answer : Nov, November



• 44. "Am ___ late?" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ITOO

  
  


• 45. Heredity unit -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  GENE

  
  

  Possible Answer : factor, gene, cistron



• 46. 1965 song with the lyric "Think of what you're saying" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (14 letters) word

  WECANWORKITOUT

  
  


• 52. Bear: Sp. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  OSO

  
  


• 53. Nebraska neighbor -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  KANSAS

  
  

  Possible Answer : Kansas_River, KS, Kaw_River, Kansa, Kansas, Sunflower_State



• 54. McCarthy-era attorney Roy -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  COHN

  
  

  Possible Answer : Cohn, Ferdinand_Julius_Cohn



• 57. 1968 song with the lyric "We all want to change the world" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word

  REVOLUTION

  
  

  Possible Answer : rotation, revolution, gyration



• 61. 1968 song with the lyric "Remember to let her into your heart" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  HEYJUDE

  
  


• 64. Suffix with zinc -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ITE

  
  


• 65. "Amos 'n' ___" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ANDY

  
  


• 66. Candid, as a photo -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  UNPOSED

  
  

  Possible Answer : unposed

  Possible Opposite: posed



• 67. Pecan or cashew -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  NUT

  
  

  Possible Answer : bollock, Nut, testis, testicle, ball, freak, junkie, addict, egg, crank, fruitcake, nut, junky, en, crackpot, orchis, nut_case, screwball, ballock



• 68. Some HDTV screens -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  LCDS

  
  

  Possible Answer : liquid_crystal_display, LCD



• 69. Slip-ups -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  BOOBOOS

  
  


• 70. Car rte. displayer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  GPS

  
  

  Possible Answer : GPS, Global_Positioning_System



• 71. Comfort -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  EASE

  
  

  Possible Answer : facilitate, relaxation, comfort, relieve, alleviate, allay, ease, simplicity, informality, rest, repose, still, easiness, relief, simpleness

  Possible Opposite: difficulty

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Jewish homeland -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ZION

  
  

  Possible Answer: Yisrael, Israel, Sion, Utopia, Zion, State_of_Israel

• 2. Inner: Prefix -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ENTO

  
  
• 3. Garbage boat -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  SCOW

  
  

  Possible Answer: scow

• 4. One of filmdom's Avengers -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  THEHULK

  
  
• 5. "C'est la ___" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  GUERRE

  
  
• 6. Invisible -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  UNSEEN

  
  

  Possible Answer: unseen, spiritual_world, unobserved, spiritual_domain

• 7. Cartoonist Nast -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  THOMAS

  
  

  Possible Answer: Lowell_Thomas, Seth_Thomas, Thomas_the_doubting_Apostle, Thomas, Norman_Thomas, Lowell_Jackson_Thomas, Dylan_Thomas, Dylan_Marlais_Thomas, Norman_Mattoon_Thomas, Saint_Thomas, doubting_Thomas, St._Thomas

• 8. German cathedral city -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  KOLN

  
  

  Possible Answer: Cologne, Koln

• 9. Cold cube -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ICE

  
  

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

• 10. Sink, as the sun -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  SET

  
  

  Possible Answer: mark, located, Set, fixed, solidification, curing, countersink, primed, solidifying, exercise_set, rig, prepare, localise, coiffure, placed, define, lay_out, specify, Seth, ready, band, laid, arrange, localize, jell, position, situated, do, put, fix, hardened, set_up, rigid, typeset, fructify, sic, coif, hardening, adjust, lot, determine, coiffe, dictated, place, correct, determined, go_down, gear_up, go_under, plant, fit, readiness, circle, pose, limit, lay, set, dress, congeal, stage_set, bent

  Possible Opposite: rise

• 11. Jeanne d'Arc, e.g. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  SAINTE

  
  
• 12. "Do ___ others ..." -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  UNTO

  
  
• 13. Mr. ___ (soft drink) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  PIBB

  
  
• 14. Mailing encls. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  SAES

  
  
• 22. Conclusion -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  END

  
  

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

  Possible Opposite: beginning, begin

• 23. "For ___ know ..." -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ALLWE

  
  
• 26. Disney's "___ and the Detectives" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  EMIL

  
  
• 27. Up to the task -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ABLE

  
  

  Possible Answer: capable, able-bodied, able

  Possible Opposite: unable

• 28. First Moody Blues hit -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  GONOW

  
  
• 29. Martini garnish -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  OLIVE

  
  

  Possible Answer: olive, Olea_europaea, European_olive_tree

• 30. Delta competitor: Abbr. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  UAL

  
  
• 31. Houston sch. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  RICEU

  
  
• 32. Bias -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  SLANT

  
  

  Possible Answer: cant, angle, slant, rake, pitch, cant_over, lean, tilt, weight, tip

• 33. Enthusiast -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  FAN

  
  

  Possible Answer: sports_fan, rooter, winnow, buff, devotee, lover, fan

• 36. Soapmaking stuff -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  LYE

  
  

  Possible Answer: lye

• 38. Unaccounted-for G.I.'s -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  MIAS

  
  
• 39. "Pay ___ mind" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ITNO

  
  
• 40. Mooer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  COW

  
  

  Possible Answer: overawe, moo-cow, cow

• 41. Physicist with a law -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  HOOKE

  
  

  Possible Answer: Robert_Hooke, Hooke

• 45. Lose freshness -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  GOSTALE

  
  
• 47. Scam -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  CONJOB

  
  
• 48. Stark ___ mad -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  RAVING

  
  

  Possible Answer: spout, raving, rant, gush, mouth_off, jabber, ravingly, rave, rabbit_on

• 49. Get tense and hard, as a muscle -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  KNOTUP

  
  
• 50. Archipelago bits -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  ISLETS

  
  

  Possible Answer: islet, isle

• 51. Letter after sigma -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  TAU

  
  

  Possible Answer: tau

• 54. Common bait fish -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  CHUB

  
  

  Possible Answer: chub, Leuciscus_cephalus

• 55. Wine: Prefix -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  OENO

  
  
• 56. Syringe, for short -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  HYPO

  
  

  Possible Answer: hypo, hypodermic_syringe, sodium_thiosulfate, hypodermic, sodium_thiosulphate

• 57. Cherry and ruby -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  REDS

  
  

  Possible Answer: red_ink, Marxist, Red, redness, Bolshevik, bolshy, red, Red_River, loss, bolshie

  Possible Opposite: gain

• 58. Ancient Peruvian -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  INCA

  
  

  Possible Answer: Inka, Incan, Inca

• 59. Bookies give them -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ODDS

  
  

  Possible Answer: betting_odds, odds

• 60. Big Board inits. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NYSE

  
  

  Possible Answer: N._Y._Stock_Exchange, New_York_Stock_Exchange, big_board, NYSE

• 62. Troop-entertaining grp. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  USO

  
  
• 63. "In excelsis ___" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  DEO

  
  

February 01, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Table of Contents

• Across Clues
• Down Clues
• Puzzle Statistics

Across Clues Explained - NYT Crossword February 01, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Kind of song or dance	4
2A	5. Code sounds	4
3A	9. Adult walking stick, e.g.	5
4A	14. Netman Nastase	4
5A	15. "Support Your Local Sheriff!" actor	4
6A	16. Broods of pheasants	5
7A	17. Upward of	4
8A	18. Hurting	4
9A	19. Green-skinned pear	5
10A	20. Actress Reichenberg's flambé	12
11A	23. Hiemal vehicle	4
12A	24. Broadcast	5
13A	27. Aquila's brightest star	6
14A	30. Kind of bath	4
15A	32. Kettle et al.	3
16A	34. Freebie's cousin	4
17A	35. Describing an Italian diva's pasta dish	10
18A	38. Harvard climbers	5
19A	40. "___ Dalmatians," Disney film	3
20A	41. Bear and Berra	5
21A	42. Russian count's treat	10
22A	45. Mispickels	4
23A	46. Catch	3
24A	47. What, to Watteau	4
25A	48. With wisdom	6
26A	50. Kyongsong	5
27A	52. Passage, anatomically	4
28A	53. Meat topping à la a French marshal	12
29A	59. Wahine's porch	5
30A	62. An anagram for deli	4
31A	63. Bow	4
32A	64. Girlfriend, in Grenada	5
33A	65. Be chockablock	4
34A	66. Author Shere ___	4
35A	67. Mingles	5
36A	68. Chow	4
37A	69. Flanders flower	4

Across Clues - Detailed Hints and Explanations

1A: "1. Kind of song or dance" (4 letters)

• Think of something that people in general (often used in the plural)
• Similar words include: common people, phratry, kinfolk
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FOLK

2A: "5. Code sounds" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in morse code
• Similar words include: dah, dash
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DAHS

3A: "9. Adult walking stick, e.g." (5 letters)

• Think of something that (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IMAGO

4A: "14. Netman Nastase" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ILIE

5A: "15. "Support Your Local Sheriff!" actor" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an ancient country in southwestern asia to the east of the tigris river (in what is modern iran); was known for its warlike people
• Similar words include: Susiana
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELAM

6A: "16. Broods of pheasants" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NIDES

7A: "17. Upward of" (4 letters)

• Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
• Similar words include: around, or so, more or less
• Opposite of: no
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SOME

8A: "18. Hurting" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an open skin infection
• Similar words include: huffy, painful, tender
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SORE

9A: "19. Green-skinned pear" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a former province of western france in the loire valley
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ANJOU

10A: "20. Actress Reichenberg's flambé" (12 letters)

• Pattern: ____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CREPESUZETTE

11A: "23. Hiemal vehicle" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Similar words include: sledge, sleigh
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SLED

12A: "24. Broadcast" (5 letters)

• Think of something that expose to fresh air
• Similar words include: aerate, publicize, bare
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AIRED

13A: "27. Aquila's brightest star" (6 letters)

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

  Answer: ALTAIR

14A: "30. Kind of bath" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SITZ

15A: "32. Kettle et al." (3 letters)

• Think of something that informal terms for a mother
• Similar words include: milliampere, mom, momma
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MAS

16A: "34. Freebie's cousin" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
• Similar words include: gain vigor, perquisite, pick up
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PERK

17A: "35. Describing an Italian diva's pasta dish" (10 letters)

• Think of something that a pasta dish with cream sauce and mushrooms
• Pattern: __________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TETRAZZINI

18A: "38. Harvard climbers" (5 letters)

• Think of something that old world vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
• Similar words include: ivy, Hedera helix, English ivy
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IVIES

19A: "40. "___ Dalmatians," Disney film" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IOI

20A: "41. Bear and Berra" (5 letters)

• Think of something that united states baseball player (born 1925)
• Similar words include: yogi, Yogi, Yogi Berra
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YOGIS

21A: "42. Russian count's treat" (10 letters)

• Think of something that a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
• Similar words include: Nesselrode pudding
• Pattern: __________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NESSELRODE

22A: "45. Mispickels" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Similar words include: ore
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ORES

23A: "46. Catch" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Similar words include: induce, start, become
• Opposite of: leave, take away
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GET

24A: "47. What, to Watteau" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: QUEL

25A: "48. With wisdom" (6 letters)

• Think of something that in a wise manner
• Similar words include: wisely
• Opposite of: foolishly
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SAGELY

26A: "50. Kyongsong" (5 letters)

• Think of something that the capital of south korea and the largest city of asia; located in northwestern south korea
• Similar words include: capital of South Korea
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SEOUL

27A: "52. Passage, anatomically" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ITER

28A: "53. Meat topping à la a French marshal" (12 letters)

• Pattern: ____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SOUBISESAUCE

29A: "59. Wahine's porch" (5 letters)

• Think of something that an island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
• Similar words include: Lanai Island
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LANAI

30A: "62. An anagram for deli" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
• Similar words include: out of work, laze, groundless
• Opposite of: work, busy
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IDLE

31A: "63. Bow" (4 letters)

• Think of something that front part of a vessel or aircraft
• Similar words include: bow, fore, stem
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PROW

32A: "64. Girlfriend, in Grenada" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AMIGA

33A: "65. Be chockablock" (4 letters)

• Think of something that be teeming, be abuzz
• Similar words include: pour, stream, swarm
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TEEM

34A: "66. Author Shere ___" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HITE

35A: "67. Mingles" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
• Similar words include: blend, ruffle, premix
• Opposite of: segregate
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MIXES

36A: "68. Chow" (4 letters)

• Think of something that informal terms for a meal
• Similar words include: corrode, use up, eat on
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EATS

37A: "69. Flanders flower" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YSER

Solve the Down: NYT Crossword Help for February 01, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Exchequer	4
2D	2. Swan genus	4
3D	3. Key ___ pie	4
4D	4. Giftbooks	9
5D	5. Peach Melba, for one	7
6D	6. Audibly	5
7D	7. German mountain range	4
8D	8. Barrie baddie	4
9D	9. Agitated	8
10D	10. Pitman	5
11D	11. Pt. of speech	3
12D	12. Part of five Declaration of Independence signatures	3
13D	13. The Beavers' sch.	3
14D	21. "Whiffenpoof" singer	3
15D	22. "So long!"	4
16D	25. Expatriate	6
17D	26. Ortega or Defoe	6
18D	27. Little action	5
19D	28. Antiflood embankments	6
20D	29. Sorrowful, to Chopin	6
21D	30. " ... fettered to an office ___": G. & S.	5
22D	31. Crocus, e.g.	4
23D	33. Scaredy-cat	5
24D	36. Banshee's land	4
25D	37. Animal science	9
26D	39. Trees named for a Cherokee scholar	8
27D	43. Tubby's friend, Little ___	4
28D	44. Thinks well of	7
29D	49. D.D.E. opponent	3
30D	51. Bowwood	5
31D	52. Small land mass	5
32D	54. Snack	4
33D	55. Cogitator's reward	4
34D	56. "Mila 18" author	4
35D	57. Shed for pouters	4
36D	58. Wide-mouthed container	4
37D	59. Hasty retreat: Slang	3
38D	60. "___ Blue," 1929 tune	3
39D	61. Nope	3

Down Clues - Comprehensive Solutions and Tips

1D: "1. Exchequer" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of rome or the emperor's private purse
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FISC

2D: "2. Swan genus" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OLOR

3D: "3. Key ___ pie" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
• Similar words include: linden tree, fluxing lime, calcium hydrate
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LIME

4D: "4. Giftbooks" (9 letters)

• Think of something that something of sentimental value
• Similar words include: relic, token, keepsake
• Pattern: _________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: KEEPSAKES

5D: "5. Peach Melba, for one" (7 letters)

• Think of something that a dish served as the last course of a meal
• Similar words include: sweet, afters
• Pattern: _______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DESSERT

6D: "6. Audibly" (5 letters)

• Think of something that using the voice; not silently
• Similar words include: out loud, loud, loudly
• Opposite of: softly
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ALOUD

7D: "7. German mountain range" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HARZ

8D: "8. Barrie baddie" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SMEE

9D: "9. Agitated" (8 letters)

• Pattern: ________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: INATIZZY

10D: "10. Pitman" (5 letters)

• Think of something that laborer who works in a mine
• Similar words include: mineworker
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MINER

11D: "11. Pt. of speech" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ADJ

12D: "12. Part of five Declaration of Independence signatures" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GEO

13D: "13. The Beavers' sch." (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OSU

14D: "21. "Whiffenpoof" singer" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELI

15D: "22. "So long!"" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TATA

16D: "25. Expatriate" (6 letters)

• Think of something that someone who leaves one country to settle in another
• Similar words include: outgoer, emigrant, emigree
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EMIGRE

17D: "26. Ortega or Defoe" (6 letters)

• Think of something that (old testament) a youth who was taken into the court of nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century bc)
• Similar words include: Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DANIEL

18D: "27. Little action" (5 letters)

• Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
• Similar words include: caricature, ape
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APING

19D: "28. Antiflood embankments" (6 letters)

• Think of something that a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
• Similar words include: levee
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LEVEES

20D: "29. Sorrowful, to Chopin" (6 letters)

• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TRISTE

21D: "30. " ... fettered to an office ___": G. & S." (5 letters)

• Think of something that a simple seat without a back or arms
• Similar words include: ca-ca, pot, can
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: STOOL

22D: "31. Crocus, e.g." (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IRID

23D: "33. Scaredy-cat" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
• Similar words include: cissy, sissified, effeminate
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SISSY

24D: "36. Banshee's land" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Similar words include: Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland, Ireland
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EIRE

25D: "37. Animal science" (9 letters)

• Pattern: _________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ZOOGRAPHY

26D: "39. Trees named for a Cherokee scholar" (8 letters)

• Think of something that either of two huge coniferous california trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the taxodiaceae
• Similar words include: sequoia, redwood
• Pattern: ________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SEQUOIAS

27D: "43. Tubby's friend, Little ___" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a very attractive or seductive looking woman
• Similar words include: smasher, beauty, mantrap
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LULU

28D: "44. Thinks well of" (7 letters)

• Think of something that the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
• Similar words include: repute, value, look on
• Opposite of: disesteem, disrespect
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ESTEEMS

29D: "49. D.D.E. opponent" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AES

30D: "51. Bowwood" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in missouri in the valleys of the missouri and osage rivers; oil was found on osage lands early in the 20th century
• Similar words include: Osage River
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OSAGE

31D: "52. Small land mass" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a small island
• Similar words include: isle
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ISLET

32D: "54. Snack" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
• Similar words include: burn, sharpness, bit
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: BITE

33D: "55. Cogitator's reward" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Similar words include: estimate, mind, musical theme
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IDEA

34D: "56. "Mila 18" author" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: URIS

35D: "57. Shed for pouters" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: COTE

36D: "58. Wide-mouthed container" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
• Similar words include: pitcher
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EWER

37D: "59. Hasty retreat: Slang" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Similar words include: scarper, escape, break away
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LAM

38D: "60. "___ Blue," 1929 tune" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AMI

39D: "61. Nope" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a quantity of no importance
• Similar words include: nada, veto, null
• Opposite of: allow, permit
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NIX

Puzzle Statistics

Category	Count
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76

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Last Updated: August 24, 2025 at 07:19 AM