NYTimes Saturday, August 17, 2024 - Crossword Clues Hints

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NYTimes Saturday, August 17, 2024 

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 17, 2024

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Ireland's second-best-selling musical act after U2. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENYA




• The clue is 5. Forsythia, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHRUB

  Possible Answer : shrub, bush




• The clue is 10. Verbally waver. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAW

  Possible Answer : haw, hawthorn




• The clue is 13. Something shown to a rude houseguest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOOR

  Possible Answer : threshold, doorway, room_access, door




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

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

  The answer: ABUSE

  Possible Answer : mistreat, ill-treatment, maltreatment, ill-usage, revilement, contumely, pervert, blackguard, vilification, step, misuse, ill-use, maltreat, shout, ill-treat, insult, clapperclaw, abuse




• The clue is 15. "___ Agua Para Chocolate" (hit 1992 foreign-language film). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COMO




• The clue is 16. One might clean up lots of toys. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOGGROOMER




• The clue is 18. Potatoes, in Indian cuisine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALOO




• The clue is 19. Grown in ___ (brand of frozen French fries). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDAHO

  Possible Answer : Gem_State, ID, Idaho




• The clue is 20. Reason one might read a "Speed Hump" sign and laugh. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIRTYMIND




• The clue is 22. One might be "slippery". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELM

  Possible Answer : elmwood, elm_tree, elm




• The clue is 23. Epic backdrop, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAR

  Possible Answer : war, state_of_war, warfare

  Possible Opposite Answer : peace, make_peace




• The clue is 25. Some skintight clothing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHAPERS

  Possible Answer : maker, shaping_machine, shaper




• The clue is 26. Coal miner's discovery. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEAM

  Possible Answer : wrinkle, crease, line, crinkle, furrow, bed, seam




• The clue is 28. Josh who voices Olaf in "Frozen". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAD

  Possible Answer : gad, generalized_anxiety_disorder, spur, GAD, anxiety_reaction, jazz_around, gallivant




• The clue is 30. Initial tentative attempt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FORAY

  Possible Answer : despoil, maraud, reave, foray, strip, plunder, rifle, raid, ransack, pillage, loot




• The clue is 31. Nonstop flight?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAIRMASTER




• The clue is 35. Jamie Lee Curtis or Neve Campbell, notably. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCREAMQUEEN




• The clue is 37. Really loses one's cool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOESNUCLEAR




• The clue is 39. Planned Parenthood doc. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBGYN




• The clue is 42. Often-bracketed bit of Latin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIC

  Possible Answer : sic, set




• The clue is 43. Mark as important, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAR

  Possible Answer : virtuoso, adept, sensation, prima, lead, headliner, hotshot, principal, wiz, champion, mavin, leading, whizz, whiz, star, maven, wizard, starring, ace, genius, star_topology, stellar, superstar, asterisk




• The clue is 45. You! All of you!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOLVERS

  Possible Answer : problem_solver, convergent_thinker, solver




• The clue is 48. Lunes, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIA

  Possible Answer : DIA, Defense_Intelligence_Agency




• The clue is 50. The "1" in 8-8-1, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIE

  Possible Answer : bond, standoff, tie, link, railroad_tie, tie_beam, wed, bind, necktie, attach, sleeper, crosstie, association, affiliation, linkup, tie-up, connect, tie-in, link_up, draw, marry, splice

  Possible Opposite Answer : disconnect, untie




• The clue is 51. "Hold please"?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INEEDAHUG




• The clue is 53. River through Glasgow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLYDE

  Possible Answer : Clyde




• The clue is 55. What lions can do that pumas cannot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROAR

  Possible Answer : wail, bellow, yawl, yaup, roar, yowl, bellowing, hollering, ululate, thunder, boom, hollo, roaring, holla, holloa, howl, holler




• The clue is 56. "A deal's a deal!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOBACKSIES




• The clue is 58. ThinkPads, originally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IBMS




• The clue is 59. ___ anglaise (rich custard). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CREME




• The clue is 60. Survey unit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACRE

  Possible Answer : Akko, Akka, acre, Accho, Acre




• The clue is 61. Cry for help. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOS

  Possible Answer : SOS, sol, soh, so




• The clue is 62. Toaster's opening. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HERES

  Possible Answer : Here, Hera, here

  Possible Opposite Answer : there




• The clue is 63. Randall's elder daughter on "This Is Us". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TESS

  Possible Answer : si, atomic_number_52, te, Te, tellurium, ti

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Goes down the drain, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDDIES

  Possible Answer: twist, eddy, Mary_Morse_Baker_Eddy, whirl, Eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, Mary_Baker_Eddy

• The clue is 2. Thinks (on). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOODLES

  Possible Answer: bonce, bean, noodle, attic, noggin, dome

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

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

  The answer: YOGAMATS

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

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

  The answer: ARGH

• The clue is 5. Portuguese title. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAO

• The clue is 6. "True Detective" and "The Wire," for two. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HBODRAMAS

• The clue is 7. One-named poet from the 13th century. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUMI

• The clue is 8. App audience. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USERS

  Possible Answer: substance_abuser, drug_user, exploiter, user

• The clue is 9. Sea bed?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BERTH

  Possible Answer: bunk, place, moorage, built_in_bed, office, mooring, wharf, post, berth, tie_up, billet, spot, position, slip, situation, moor

• The clue is 10. Like Medina, Saudi Arabia, vis-à-vis Medina, Ohio. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOLIER

  Possible Answer: holy

  Possible Opposite Answer : unholy

• The clue is 11. So-called "king of the Egyptian gods". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMONRA

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

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

  The answer: WOODSY

  Possible Answer: woodsy, arboreous, arboraceous, woody

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

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

  The answer: CAMPOREES

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

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

  The answer: ROW

  Possible Answer: row, words, quarrel, wrangle, rowing, course, run-in, dustup

• The clue is 21. "Get me?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YAFEEL

• The clue is 24. Match up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGREE

  Possible Answer: hold, harmonize, match, gibe, jibe, fit, agree, tally, consort, fit_in, concord, check, correspond, harmonise, accord, concur

  Possible Opposite Answer : disagree

• The clue is 27. Fashions out of whatever's lying around. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MACGYVERS

• The clue is 29. Sends to hell. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAMNS

  Possible Answer: hoot, darn, imprecate, anathemise, beshrew, maledict, shucks, anathemize, tinker's_dam, bedamn, damn, tinker's_damn, curse, red_cent, shit

  Possible Opposite Answer : bless

• The clue is 32. Worked on a collapsible table, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRONED

  Possible Answer: press, iron, ironed, iron_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : unironed

• The clue is 33. Hit Netflix show whose pilot episode is titled "Red Light, Green Light". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SQUIDGAME

• The clue is 34. Stanley of "Julie & Julia". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUCCI

• The clue is 36. Low-cost lager from Anheuser-Busch, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NATTYICE

• The clue is 38. Eleven in Las Vegas. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAIDERS

  Possible Answer: despoiler, plunderer, pillager, raider, looter, freebooter, spoiler

• The clue is 39. God slain by his brother, then resurrected by his wife. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSIRIS

  Possible Answer: Osiris

• The clue is 40. Animal also known as a pygmy chimpanzee. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BONOBO

  Possible Answer: Pan_paniscus, bonobo, pygmy_chimpanzee

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

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

  The answer: GLEAMS

  Possible Answer: gleaming, lambency, gleam, glimmer, glow, shine, glisten, glint, glitter

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

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

  The answer: REESES

• The clue is 46. In Buffalo, it's a faux pas to order this with Buffalo wings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANCH

  Possible Answer: ranch, cattle_ranch, cattle_farm, spread

• The clue is 47. Buttress, with "up". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHORE

  Possible Answer: set_ashore, shore, prop, shoring, prop_up, land, shore_up

• The clue is 49. Frustrated cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACK

• The clue is 52. Eschew the subway, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBER

• The clue is 54. Something that's good to do a 180 on?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LSAT

• The clue is 57. These, in French. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CES

  Possible Answer: cerium, atomic_number_58, Ce

January 25, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Thursday, January 25, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 25, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

1A: "1. Ma Bell's boy"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALEX

2A: "5. Intimate"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Similar words include: chum salmon, pal, brother
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CHUM

3A: "9. Cob or pen"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
• Similar words include: swear, wander, tramp
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SWAN

4A: "13. Hop stem"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that european twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in america
• Similar words include: European hop, common hop, common hops
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BINE

5A: "14. Forfeits"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LOSES

6A: "16. "For ___ jolly ... ""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HESA

7A: "17. Start of a quip"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEINGOVERWEIGHT

8A: "20. Sanctioned"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be behind; approve of
• Similar words include: support, back, endorse
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENDORSED

9A: "21. Wadi's kin"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a stream or brook
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARROYO

10A: "22. Fellow citizen"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
• Similar words include: equal, match, compeer
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PEER

11A: "23. Noisy disagreement"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
• Similar words include: spatter, tiff, ptyalize
• Opposite of: boo

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPAT

12A: "24. Seamlike joining, in anatomy"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ridge that forms a seam between two parts
• Similar words include: rhaphe
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RAPHE

13A: "27. Domino spots"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disease of poultry
• Similar words include: spot, rack up, worst
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PIPS

14A: "28. Dax or Ems"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Similar words include: watering place, resort hotel, health spa
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPA

15A: "31. Part of N.A.M."

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASSOC

16A: "32. November tally"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• Similar words include: voter turnout, balloting, voting
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: VOTE

17A: "33. Strikebreaker"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
• Similar words include: blackleg, strikebreaker, rat
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SCAB

18A: "34. Middle of quip"

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MAYBEHEREDITARY

19A: "37. Formerly"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that on one occasion
• Similar words include: in one case, at one time, one time
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ONCE

20A: "38. Approaching 100"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that people who are old collectively
• Similar words include: senior, of age, older
• Opposite of: rejuvenate, young

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AGED

21A: "39. Rx items"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
• Similar words include: do drugs, drug, dose
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DRUGS

22A: "40. Breezy turndown"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NAH

23A: "41. Pleased"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous plants of the genus gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and south africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
• Similar words include: sword lily, beaming, happy
• Opposite of: sad

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GLAD

24A: "42. Sounds of alarm"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that bark in a high-pitched tone
• Similar words include: yelp, yap, yip
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: YIPES

25A: "43. Blokes"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal term for a youth or man
• Similar words include: ridicule, poke fun, guy wire
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GUYS

26A: "44. Converse"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an exchange of ideas via conversation
• Similar words include: blab out, tattle, peach
• Opposite of: keep quiet

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TALK

27A: "46. ___ Madre"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
• Similar words include: Scomberomorus sierra
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIERRA

28A: "49. Is devious"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
• Similar words include: lead astray, misdirect, misguide
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MISLEADS

29A: "53. End of quip"

15 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASYOURJEANSSHOW

30A: "55. F.F.V. folks"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
• Similar words include: Richard Henry Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Robert E. Lee
• Opposite of: windward

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEES

31A: "56. Raison ___"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DETRE

32A: "57. Annapolis inst."

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: USNA

33A: "58. Koppel and Knight"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
• Similar words include: Ted, Teddy boy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TEDS

34A: "59. Make strips"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
• Similar words include: snap, displume, rip
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TEAR

35A: "60. After: Prefix"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
• Similar words include: position, office, situation
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: POST

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1D: "1. Chanteuse Lane"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a french abbot
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABBE

2D: "2. Title encumbrance"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
• Similar words include: spleen
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIEN

3D: "3. Writer Bagnold"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a town in north central oklahoma
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENID

4D: "4. He fears strangers"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: XENOPHOBE

5D: "5. By a whisker"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the temporal end; the concluding time
• Similar words include: closely, secretive, confining
• Opposite of: distant, far

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CLOSE

6D: "6. Hummingbird verb"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
• Similar words include: brood, bulk large, vacillate
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HOVER

7D: "7. Exploited"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
• Similar words include: utilise, put-upon, secondhand
• Opposite of: misused

Click to reveal answer

Answer: USED

8D: "8. Mal de ___"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
• Similar words include: one thousand, 1000, m
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MER

9D: "9. Blouse"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a garment worn on the upper half of the body
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SHIRT

10D: "10. "And away ___!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: WEGO

11D: "11. Pallid"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of a light grey
• Similar words include: ash-gray, ash-grey
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASHY

12D: "12. Western pact"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
• Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NATO

13D: "15. Exchanged"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that exchange or give (something) in exchange for
• Similar words include: switch, swop, trade
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SWAPPED

14D: "18. Land of feta"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic in southeastern europe on the southern part of the balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
• Similar words include: Hellenic Republic, Ellas
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GREECE

15D: "19. Points in time"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: ERAS

16D: "23. Located"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that assign a location to
• Similar words include: sit down, posture, ride
• Opposite of: arise, stand

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Answer: SITED

17D: "24. Actor Novarro"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAMON

18D: "25. Yoga posture"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASANA

19D: "26. Prepare oneself mentally"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PSYCH

20D: "27. Studied in depth"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that direct one's attention on something
• Similar words include: center, pore, rivet
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PORED

21D: "28. Wild duck"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that diving ducks of north america having a bluish-grey bill
• Similar words include: scaup duck, broadbill, bluebill
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SCAUP

22D: "29. Coat with plaster"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PARGE

23D: "30. Ocean deep"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
• Similar words include: abysm
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ABYSS

24D: "32. "Las ___ Lady," 1976 film"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that prolific spanish playwright (1562-1635)
• Similar words include: Lope de Vega, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio, Vega
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: VEGAS

25D: "33. Begins to play a song"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: STRIKESUP

26D: "35. Flagpole rope"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag
• Similar words include: halliard
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HALYARD

27D: "36. "The ___ of the King": Tennyson"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
• Similar words include: bucolic, eclogue, idyl
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IDYLLS

28D: "41. Revered leader"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hindu or buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GURU

29D: "43. Offensive"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that twelve dozen
• Similar words include: crude, revenue, sodding
• Opposite of: net

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Answer: GROSS

30D: "44. Headgear for a princess"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TIARA

31D: "45. "Lou Grant" star"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASNER

32D: "46. Mariner"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Similar words include: common salt, salinity, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SALT

33D: "47. Conversation filler"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISEE

34D: "48. Took a look"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
• Similar words include: eye, eyeball
• Opposite of: eyeless

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Answer: EYED

35D: "49. Dish out"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a line that indicates a boundary
• Similar words include: borderline, delimitation, border
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: METE

36D: "50. Phrase for Mr. Moto"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AHSO

37D: "51. Puts on"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spanish gentleman or nobleman
• Similar words include: assume, father, get into
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DONS

38D: "52. Thwack"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sharp blow
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SWAT

39D: "54. Concorde, for one"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
• Similar words include: jet-propelled plane, reverse lightning, sooty
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: JET

Puzzle Stats

35 Across

39 Down

74 Total

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