27392 Wed Nov 06, 2024 NYT by Adam Aaronson

Across Clues :

1. Gobi Desert grazer, 4. Green roll, 7. Domain suffix that most people can't register, 10. Tailor's line, 13. Bit of fried finger food, casually, 14. Silvery element, 17. Band initials missing from their hit song "_vi_ W_man", 18. Possible response to a question that begins "Est-ce que …", 19. Northernmost city in North America with over one million people, 20. Inspiration for Toblerone's shape, 21. Channel with Steve Kornacki's election day "Big Board", 23. Gucci played by Al Pacino in 2021's "House of Gucci", 24. Hop on board?, 26. Shot dropped into a glass of beer, in a popular cocktail, 27. Dress shirt fit option, 28. Site for crafts, 29. Band in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 34. Spacecraft that docked with the Soyuz in 1975, 36. Croak, 39. African country, 41. Sweetened beverage, 42. Container for sour cream, 43. Snack brand from the Spanish word for "fried", 46. Make go "Vroom!", 47. "Go-o-oal!", 50. Object of adoration, 51. Brazilian jazz subgenre, informally, 53. Bird with a distinctive call, 56. Spinning one's wheels?, 59. Puff pieces?, 63. General idea … or a hint to the clue/answer pairings at 14-, 29-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across, 68. Conversely, in a text, 69. Second-smallest of seven, 70. Like many granola bars, 71. Unit of power, 72. Performs brilliantly, 73. Dave Bautista's role in "Guardians of the Galaxy"

Down Clues :

1. Focuses of quantum mechanics, 2. Composer with a namesake horn, 3. Foul-smelling prank items, 4. Required word count for a freelance article, e.g., 5. Like food you should probably smell before eating, 6. Patterned fabric named for a Mideast capital, 7. Lay to rest, 8. Hip-hop's Madvillain or Mobb Deep, 9. "Yeah, don't even think about it", 10. Indicators of remaining energy for video game characters, 11. Actress Tracee ___ Ross of "American Fiction", 12. Sullen, 15. Avoid ___ (Google Maps option), 16. World's most populous country as of 2023, 22. ___ Baxter, "Poor Things" protagonist, 25. Leave undisturbed, 30. A-game, so to speak, 31. Elaborate hairdo, 32. Jewish rite, 33. Target, 34. Italian wine region, 35. Look sullen, 37. Middle-of-the-month time, 38. Big name in athletic sandals, 40. Like Antarctica's climate, 41. Hang out, 44. Swearing-in words, 45. Drag on the road, 48. "My plans aren't set in stone", 49. "99 Luftballons" singer, 51. Liverpudlian or Mancunian, 52. "Oh, phew!", 54. ___ Varda, director with an honorary Palme d'Or and Oscar, 55. Plot units, 56. Major setback, 57. Three-syllable letter, 58. Something a rock climber might make with one hand, 60. In the distance, 61. Multitalented Moreno, 62. River in which Achilles was dipped, 64. "Tell me something I don't know!", 65. ___ Lanka, 66. Sweetie, 67. Midwesterner's embarrassed interjection

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 06, 2024

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

New York Times, Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Gobi Desert grazer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASS

  Possible Answer : butt, arsenic, nates, fundament, derriere, arse, roll_in_the_hay, rear, fucking, rump, ass, As, nooky, keister, buttocks, screw, bum, posterior, AS, piece_of_tail, tail, fuck, seat, stern, piece_of_ass, buns, tail_end, fanny, rear_end, hindquarters, tooshie, tush, bottom, can, hind_end, behind, screwing, shtup, atomic_number_33, Eastern_Samoa, American_Samoa, nookie, prat, backside, shag




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

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

  The answer: SOD

  Possible Answer : sod, bugger, superoxide_dismutase, sodomite, turf, SOD, sodomist, greensward, sward




• The clue is 7. Domain suffix that most people can't register. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDU




• The clue is 10. Tailor's line. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEM

  Possible Answer : hem, ahem




• The clue is 13. Bit of fried finger food, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOT

  Possible Answer : tot, tally, add_up, bambino, tot_up, tote_up, add, toddler, sum_up, add_together, sum, summate, yearling, total




• The clue is 14. Silvery element. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLATINUM

  Possible Answer : platinum, Pt, atomic_number_78




• The clue is 17. Band initials missing from their hit song "_vi_ W_man". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELO




• The clue is 18. Possible response to a question that begins "Est-ce que …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUI




• The clue is 19. Northernmost city in North America with over one million people. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDMONTON

  Possible Answer : Edmonton




• The clue is 20. Inspiration for Toblerone's shape. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALP

  Possible Answer : alp




• The clue is 21. Channel with Steve Kornacki's election day "Big Board". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MSNBC




• The clue is 23. Gucci played by Al Pacino in 2021's "House of Gucci". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALDO




• The clue is 24. Hop on board?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLLIE




• The clue is 26. Shot dropped into a glass of beer, in a popular cocktail. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAKE

  Possible Answer : interest, sake, saki, rice_beer




• The clue is 27. Dress shirt fit option. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLIM

  Possible Answer : slight, lose_weight, svelte, melt_off, slim_down, slim, reduce, slender, slenderize, thin

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain




• The clue is 28. Site for crafts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETSY




• The clue is 29. Band in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLACKSABBATH




• The clue is 34. Spacecraft that docked with the Soyuz in 1975. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APOLLO

  Possible Answer : Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus_Apollo




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

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

  The answer: RIBBIT




• The clue is 39. African country. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOMALIA

  Possible Answer : Somalia




• The clue is 41. Sweetened beverage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIMEADE

  Possible Answer : limeade




• The clue is 42. Container for sour cream. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUB

  Possible Answer : bathtub, bathing_tub, vat, tubful, tub, bath




• The clue is 43. Snack brand from the Spanish word for "fried". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRITOS




• The clue is 46. Make go "Vroom!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REV

  Possible Answer : rev_up, rev, rpm, revolutions_per_minute




• The clue is 47. "Go-o-oal!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITSIN




• The clue is 50. Object of adoration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDOL

  Possible Answer : beau_ideal, perfection, graven_image, paragon, god, matinee_idol, idol




• The clue is 51. Brazilian jazz subgenre, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOSSA




• The clue is 53. Bird with a distinctive call. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEADOWLARK

  Possible Answer : lark, meadowlark




• The clue is 56. Spinning one's wheels?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIKING

  Possible Answer : bike, wheel, bicycle, pedal, cycle




• The clue is 59. Puff pieces?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CIGARS

  Possible Answer : cigar




• The clue is 63. General idea … or a hint to the clue/answer pairings at 14-, 29-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (16 letters)

  The answer: LONGANDSHORTOFIT




• The clue is 68. Conversely, in a text. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTOH




• The clue is 69. Second-smallest of seven. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EUROPE

  Possible Answer : EC, EEC, Europe, European_Economic_Community, EU, Common_Market, European_Union, European_Community




• The clue is 70. Like many granola bars. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OATY




• The clue is 71. Unit of power. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WATT

  Possible Answer : watt, Watt, James_Watt, W




• The clue is 72. Performs brilliantly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHINES

  Possible Answer : gleam, glow, radiancy, shin, glitter, strike, skin, polish, reflect, shinny, refulgency, beam, refulgence, smoothen, scramble, glint, struggle, radiance, smooth, fall, radiate, sputter, glisten, clamber, shine, effulgence




• The clue is 73. Dave Bautista's role in "Guardians of the Galaxy". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAX

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Focuses of quantum mechanics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATOMS

  Possible Answer: particle, speck, molecule, corpuscle, atom, mote

• The clue is 2. Composer with a namesake horn. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOUSA

  Possible Answer: March_King, John_Philip_Sousa, Sousa

• The clue is 3. Foul-smelling prank items. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STINKBOMBS

• The clue is 4. Required word count for a freelance article, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEC

  Possible Answer: spec, specification

• The clue is 5. Like food you should probably smell before eating. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLD

  Possible Answer: sometime, honest-to-god, onetime, former, one-time, quondam, honest-to-goodness, Old, erstwhile, previous, sure-enough, old, older

  Possible Opposite Answer : new, young

• The clue is 6. Patterned fabric named for a Mideast capital. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAMASK

  Possible Answer: damask

• The clue is 7. Lay to rest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTOMB

  Possible Answer: inhume, inter, lay_to_rest, bury, entomb

• The clue is 8. Hip-hop's Madvillain or Mobb Deep. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUO

  Possible Answer: twosome, duo, couple, yoke, couplet, brace, duet, twain, span, distich, duette, pair, dyad, duad

• The clue is 9. "Yeah, don't even think about it". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UMNO

• The clue is 10. Indicators of remaining energy for video game characters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEALTHBARS

• The clue is 11. Actress Tracee ___ Ross of "American Fiction". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLIS

  Possible Answer: Elli

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

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

  The answer: MOPEY

• The clue is 15. Avoid ___ (Google Maps option). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOLLS

  Possible Answer: toll, price, cost, bell

• The clue is 16. World's most populous country as of 2023. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INDIA

  Possible Answer: Republic_of_India, India, Bharat

• The clue is 22. ___ Baxter, "Poor Things" protagonist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BELLA

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

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

  The answer: LETBE

• The clue is 30. A-game, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALL

  Possible Answer: wholly, totally, completely, whole, entirely, altogether, all

  Possible Opposite Answer : partly, some

• The clue is 31. Elaborate hairdo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COIF

  Possible Answer: coiffe, hairdo, coiffure, set, coif, hair_style, dress, arrange, do, hairstyle

• The clue is 32. Jewish rite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRIS

  Possible Answer: Bris, Brith, Berit, Berith, Briss

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

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

  The answer: AIM

  Possible Answer: point, intent, aim, bearing, train, propose, place, drive, design, get, objective, direct, object, take_aim, target, take, purport, intention, aspire, purpose, calculate, shoot_for, draw_a_bead_on, heading

• The clue is 34. Italian wine region. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTI

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

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

  The answer: POUT

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

• The clue is 37. Middle-of-the-month time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDES

  Possible Answer: ides

• The clue is 38. Big name in athletic sandals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEVA

• The clue is 40. Like Antarctica's climate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARID

  Possible Answer: desiccated, waterless, arid, desiccate

• The clue is 41. Hang out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOLL

  Possible Answer: loll, arse_about, waste_one's_time, droop, bum, bum_around, loaf, bum_about, lounge_around, fuck_off, arse_around, lounge_about, frig_around, loll_around

• The clue is 44. Swearing-in words. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDO

  Possible Answer: Ido

• The clue is 45. Drag on the road. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOW

  Possible Answer: towage, tow

• The clue is 48. "My plans aren't set in stone". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMIGHT

• The clue is 49. "99 Luftballons" singer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NENA

• The clue is 51. Liverpudlian or Mancunian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRIT

  Possible Answer: britt, Briton, brit, Britisher, Brit

• The clue is 52. "Oh, phew!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OKGOOD

• The clue is 54. ___ Varda, director with an honorary Palme d'Or and Oscar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGNES

• The clue is 55. Plot units. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACRES

  Possible Answer: landed_estate, land, acre, demesne, estate, Acre, Akko, Accho, Akka, acres

• The clue is 56. Major setback. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOW

  Possible Answer: bump, botch, vaunt, tout, fuck_up, screw_up, bumble, muff, bollocks_up, gas, shock, waste, shove_off, blast, puff, bollix, foul_up, gasconade, bobble, botch_up, reversal, bluster, mess_up, shoot_a_line, fellate, be_adrift, bodge, setback, burn_out, nose_candy, gust, coke, suck, black_eye, snow, swash, flub, blow, squander, C, bollocks, go_down_on, shove_along, bungle, spoil, louse_up, boast, reverse, fumble, fluff, brag, muck_up, ball_up, blow_out, bollix_up, drift, float, mishandle

  Possible Opposite Answer : conserve

• The clue is 57. Three-syllable letter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IOTA

  Possible Answer: smidge, smidgin, smidgeon, tittle, smidgen, shred, whit, scintilla, iota

• The clue is 58. Something a rock climber might make with one hand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KNOT

  Possible Answer: knot, ravel, greyback, tangle, nautical_mile, mi, mile, grayback, air_mile, burl, Calidris_canutus, naut_mi, international_nautical_mile, slub, gnarl

  Possible Opposite Answer : unravel, unknot

• The clue is 60. In the distance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFAR

  Possible Answer: afar

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

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

  The answer: RITA

• The clue is 62. River in which Achilles was dipped. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STYX

  Possible Answer: River_Styx, Styx

• The clue is 64. "Tell me something I don't know!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUH

• The clue is 65. ___ Lanka. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SRI

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

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

  The answer: HON

• The clue is 67. Midwesterner's embarrassed interjection. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPE

January 13, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

1A: "1. Syncopated drumbeats"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
• Similar words include: roll, drum roll
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PARADIDDLE

2A: "11. Pass catcher Collinsworth"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CRIS

3A: "15. One-sided"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that involving only one part or side
• Similar words include: one-sided
• Opposite of: multilateral

Click to reveal answer

Answer: UNILATERAL

4A: "16. A Rodgers partner"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states playwright who collaborated with george s. kaufman (1904-1961)
• Similar words include: Lorenz Hart, Moss Hart, stag
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HART

5A: "17. Deliverers"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
• Similar words include: liberator
• Opposite of: captor

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIBERATORS

6A: "18. Hungary's Nagy"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IMRE

7A: "19. As written: Mus."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STA

8A: "20. Alt."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELEV

9A: "21. Axilla"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
• Similar words include: axillary cavity, axilla, axillary fossa
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARMPIT

10A: "23. Young Guthrie"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARLO

11A: "25. Musical tones"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
• Similar words include: rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial system
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RES

12A: "27. "Deirdre" dramatist"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
• Similar words include: William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YEATS

13A: "28. Communicates à la sparks"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that medium for communication
• Similar words include: radiocommunication, radio set, radio receiver
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RADIOS

14A: "31. Plexus"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
• Similar words include: plexus
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RETE

15A: "33. Noted Indian novelist"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAO

16A: "34. ___-faire"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAISSEZ

17A: "36. Abbr. on an envelope"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATTN

18A: "37. Egypt's ___ stone"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROSETTA

19A: "40. Author Gay and family"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TALESES

20A: "42. Footless"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: APOD

21A: "43. Theater cries"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
• Similar words include: encore
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENCORES

22A: "45. Alouette's bill"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEC

23A: "46. It is, in Ibiza"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESTA

24A: "47. Two jiggers"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disrespectful laugh
• Similar words include: hiss, razz, raspberry
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SNORTS

25A: "51. Dropped a fly"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Similar words include: mistake, stray, err
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERRED

26A: "53. Goal"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
• Similar words include: last, close, remainder
• Opposite of: beginning, begin

Click to reveal answer

Answer: END

27A: "55. Ding or dong"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
• Similar words include: roll, ring, pealing
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PEAL

28A: "56. Crude shelter"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEANTO

29A: "58. Former Venezuelan mining town"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AROA

30A: "61. He, to Louis"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LUI

31A: "62. Aleutian island"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATTU

32A: "63. Return a P.O.W. to his native land"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
• Opposite of: expatriate
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REPATRIATE

33A: "66. Via's kin"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITER

34A: "67. Crackles"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a crackling sound
• Similar words include: crackle, crepitate
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CREPITATES

35A: "68. Ltr. enclosure"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SASE

36A: "69. Rating"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
• Similar words include: appraisal, judgement, judgment
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASSESSMENT

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1D: "1. Neutron star"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PULSAR

2D: "2. "Peer Gynt" temptress"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANITRA

3D: "3. Gross"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
• Similar words include: bawdy, off-color
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RIBALD

4D: "4. Porter relative"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALE

5D: "5. Venture"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
• Similar words include: make bold, presume, defy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DARE

6D: "6. Romance lang."

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITAL

7D: "7. Hold back"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that try to prevent; show opposition to
• Similar words include: discourage, dissuade
• Opposite of: persuade

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DETER

8D: "8. Herdsmen"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who drives a herd
• Similar words include: herdsman, drover, herder
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DROVERS

9D: "9. Gibbon"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAR

10D: "10. Lionized lion"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELSA

11D: "11. Voice of Grandfather Time?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
• Similar words include: gong, bell
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CHIME

12D: "12. What we watched o'er"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
• Similar words include: bulwark, wall, rampart
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAMPARTS

13D: "13. Irk"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Similar words include: get at, nettle, rag
• Opposite of: soothe

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IRRITATE

14D: "14. Texans' toppers"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hat made of felt with a creased crown
• Similar words include: felt hat, trilby, fedora
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STETSONS

15D: "22. Bodies' meeting place in Scotland?"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
• Similar words include: rye whisky, Secale cereale, rye whiskey
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RYE

16D: "24. Lubed the limo"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cover with oil, as if by rubbing
• Similar words include: anele, inunct, oil
• Opposite of: unoiled

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OILED

17D: "26. Mind"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEETO

18D: "29. Cereal grass"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OAT

19D: "30. Where to build houses"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
• Similar words include: sit down, situation, place
• Opposite of: stand, arise

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SITES

20D: "32. Autocratic rulers: Var."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TZARS

21D: "35. Last word in French toast"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SANTE

22D: "36. Fabulist"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AESOP

23D: "37. Alcofribas Nasier's real name"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
• Similar words include: Francois Rabelais
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RABELAIS

24D: "38. "The Mikado," for one"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short amusing opera
• Similar words include: light opera
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OPERETTA

25D: "39. Plato was his pupil"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ancient athenian philosopher; teacher of plato and xenophon (470-399 bc)
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SOCRATES

26D: "41. Author Deighton"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEN

27D: "44. Hors d'oeuvres"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
• Similar words include: canape
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CANAPES

28D: "46. N.Y. time in June"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDT

29D: "48. Tell"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a logical or causal connection
• Similar words include: associate, touch on, interrelate
• Opposite of: dissociate

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RELATE

30D: "49. Become uptight"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that become taut or tauter
• Similar words include: firm
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TAUTEN

31D: "50. Most foxy"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by skill in deception
• Similar words include: dodgy, foxy, knavish
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SLIEST

32D: "52. Harden"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENURE

33D: "54. Hang"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• Similar words include: curtain, clothe, cloak
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DRAPE

34D: "57. Grampus"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Similar words include: killer whale, sea wolf, killer
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORCA

35D: "59. Regretful Miss, in a song"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Similar words include: genus Otis, Elisha Graves Otis
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OTIS

36D: "60. Crafts' companion"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Similar words include: prowess, fine art, humanities
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARTS

37D: "64. Hesitation sounds"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Similar words include: emergency room, atomic number 68, Er
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERS

38D: "65. Wee, small hr."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IAM

Puzzle Stats

36 Across

38 Down

74 Total

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