XWordHint Crossword Answers October 07, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (35 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "No seats" sign	3
2A	4. Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood	5
3A	9. ___-famous (reel popular?)	5
4A	14. LOL lite	3
5A	15. Come again	5
6A	16. Curry complements	5
7A	17. Call to cruisers, for short	3
8A	18. Well-manored men?	5
9A	19. Some concert refuse	5
10A	20. Staunchly loyal	8
11A	22. Solo for a soprano	4
12A	23. Wrecks beyond repair	6
13A	24. Popular date night	8
14A	28. Event-planning platform	5
15A	29. Big blare	3
16A	30. "I do"	3
17A	31. Team with a stadium on the Ohio River	4
18A	32. "Been there, done that"	7
19A	36. React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones	13
20A	40. Cut back a bit	7
21A	41. Protein source	4
22A	43. "That's infuriating!"	3
23A	46. B.C. neighbor	3
24A	47. Kid's comeback	5
25A	48. Macs and wellies, e.g.	8
26A	51. Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them	6
27A	52. Spots that may need clearing up	4
28A	53. Aquaman's domain	8
29A	55. Brought into being	5
30A	57. Like the descendants of some dinosaurs	5
31A	58. In Rio, janeiro starts it	3
32A	59. Mislead	5
33A	60. Expression de gratitude	5
34A	61. Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner	3
35A	62. Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire	5
36A	63. Serious schleps	5
37A	64. Lush	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. "No seats" sign"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SRO

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2A: "4. Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
• Similar words include: musical theme, base, composition
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: THEME

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3A: "9. ___-famous (reel popular?)"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INSTA

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4A: "14. LOL lite"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HEH

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5A: "15. Come again"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that happen or occur again
• Similar words include: go back, repeat, fall back
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RECUR

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6A: "16. Curry complements"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROTIS

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7A: "17. Call to cruisers, for short"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: APB

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8A: "18. Well-manored men?"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• Similar words include: earl
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EARLS

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9A: "19. Some concert refuse"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
• Similar words include: ticket stub, counterfoil, butt
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STUBS

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10A: "20. Staunchly loyal"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TRUEBLUE

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11A: "22. Solo for a soprano"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARIA

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12A: "23. Wrecks beyond repair"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the whole amount
• Similar words include: total, sum up, tally
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TOTALS

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13A: "24. Popular date night"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Similar words include: Sat, Sabbatum
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SATURDAY

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14A: "28. Event-planning platform"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EVITE

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15A: "29. Big blare"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud harsh or strident noise
• Similar words include: ruction, clamor, blare
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DIN

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16A: "30. "I do""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an affirmative
• Opposite of: no
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YES

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17A: "31. Team with a stadium on the Ohio River"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Similar words include: Marxist, Red River, bolshie
• Opposite of: gain

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Answer: REDS

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18A: "32. "Been there, done that""

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TRIEDIT

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19A: "36. React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: DOADOUBLETAKE

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20A: "40. Cut back a bit"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
• Similar words include: lop, trim back, cut down
• Opposite of: untrimmed

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Answer: TRIMMED

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21A: "41. Protein source"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Similar words include: gist, pith, heart and soul
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MEAT

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22A: "43. "That's infuriating!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GRR

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23A: "46. B.C. neighbor"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALB

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24A: "47. Kid's comeback"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ARESO

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25A: "48. Macs and wellies, e.g."

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RAINGEAR

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26A: "51. Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elevated geological formation
• Similar words include: swill, incline, side
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SLOPES

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27A: "52. Spots that may need clearing up"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACNE

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28A: "53. Aquaman's domain"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that according to legend, an island in the atlantic ocean that plato said was swallowed by an earthquake
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ATLANTIS

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29A: "55. Brought into being"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make children
• Similar words include: generate, sire, beget
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BEGAT

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30A: "57. Like the descendants of some dinosaurs"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pertaining to or characteristic of birds
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AVIAN

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31A: "58. In Rio, janeiro starts it"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
• Similar words include: Abu Nidal Organization, Fatah-RC, Fatah Revolutionary Council
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANO

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32A: "59. Mislead"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LIETO

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33A: "60. Expression de gratitude"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MERCI

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34A: "61. Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
• Similar words include: B.Th.U., British thermal unit
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BTU

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35A: "62. Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ENRON

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36A: "63. Serious schleps"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
• Similar words include: trek
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TREKS

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37A: "64. Lush"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chronic drinker
• Similar words include: drunk, drunkard, rummy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SOT

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Break to pieces	7
2D	2. Gently scolded	8
3D	3. Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!"	8
4D	4. Knob on an amplifier	6
5D	5. Becomes good as new	5
6D	6. Silk shade	4
7D	7. Stereotypically uncooperative creatures	5
8D	8. IV sites	3
9D	9. Collecting org.	3
10D	10. E-cigarette claim	5
11D	11. Durable	6
12D	12. Shin guards protect them	6
13D	13. Some chemistry lab procedures	6
14D	21. Vexes	6
15D	25. Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube	5
16D	26. Helped through a rough patch, with "over"	5
17D	27. Peck or parsec	4
18D	32. Patterned fabric	5
19D	33. Afro-Cuban dance	5
20D	34. Big name in cloud services	3
21D	35. Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show	6
22D	37. Regalia for some queens	4
23D	38. Monitor closely, with "on"	8
24D	39. Slowly get familiar with	8
25D	42. Chuck	7
26D	43. Pinup icon Betty	6
27D	44. Arrive out of breath, perhaps	6
28D	45. Close lookalike	6
29D	47. Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill"	6
30D	49. Real swell	5
31D	50. All-night party attendee	5
32D	51. In need of tightening, maybe	5
33D	54. Start to fade	4
34D	56. Trucker's measure	3
35D	57. Paycheck fig.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Break to pieces"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that break into many pieces
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SHATTER

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2D: "2. Gently scolded"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take to task
• Similar words include: admonish, reprove
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: REPROVED

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3D: "3. Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!""

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: OHBUTIDO

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4D: "4. Knob on an amplifier"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the pitch range of the highest female voice
• Similar words include: double, ternary, two-fold
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TREBLE

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5D: "5. Becomes good as new"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that heal or recover
• Similar words include: mend, heal, bring around
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HEALS

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6D: "6. Silk shade"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very light brown
• Similar words include: beige
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ECRU

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7D: "7. Stereotypically uncooperative creatures"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
• Similar words include: mule, scuff
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MULES

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8D: "8. IV sites"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: ERS

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9D: "9. Collecting org."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
• Similar words include: Internal Revenue Service
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IRS

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10D: "10. E-cigarette claim"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOTAR

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11D: "11. Durable"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
• Similar words include: stalwart, uncompromising, inflexible
• Opposite of: compromising

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Answer: STURDY

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12D: "12. Shin guards protect them"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
• Similar words include: shinbone, tibia, shin bone
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TIBIAE

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13D: "13. Some chemistry lab procedures"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an appraisal of the state of affairs
• Similar words include: try, attempt, check
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ASSAYS

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14D: "21. Vexes"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EATSAT

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15D: "25. Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADELE

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16D: "26. Helped through a rough patch, with "over""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rise or move forward
• Similar words include: tide, surge
• Opposite of: ebb

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Answer: TIDED

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17D: "27. Peck or parsec"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• Similar words include: whole, social unit, building block
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: UNIT

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18D: "32. Patterned fabric"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TOILE

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19D: "33. Afro-Cuban dance"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
• Similar words include: rhumba
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RUMBA

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20D: "34. Big name in cloud services"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IBM

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21D: "35. Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TAMRON

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22D: "37. Regalia for some queens"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
• Similar words include: drag out, embroil, tangle
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DRAG

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23D: "38. Monitor closely, with "on""

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: KEEPTABS

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24D: "39. Slowly get familiar with"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: EASEINTO

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25D: "42. Chuck"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TOSSOUT

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26D: "43. Pinup icon Betty"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GRABLE

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27D: "44. Arrive out of breath, perhaps"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RACEIN

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28D: "45. Close lookalike"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
• Similar words include: bell ringer, clone, toller
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RINGER

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29D: "47. Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill""

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ALANIS

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30D: "49. Real swell"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NEATO

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31D: "50. All-night party attendee"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a participant in a rave dancing party
• Similar words include: ranter
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAVER

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32D: "51. In need of tightening, maybe"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
• Similar words include: abate, quagmire, morass
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SLACK

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33D: "54. Start to fade"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hoop that covers a wheel
• Similar words include: wear upon, wear out, outwear
• Opposite of: interest, refresh

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIRE

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34D: "56. Trucker's measure"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Similar words include: long ton, short ton, net ton
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TON

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35D: "57. Paycheck fig."

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMT

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

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

Use Cross-References

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

Build Vocabulary

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

Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

35 Down Clues

72 Total Clues

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Last updated: October 07, 2026 at 10:25 AM

April 25, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (34 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle April 25, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Snap	3
2A	4. Misfortune	3
3A	7. Warm-up leader at a race	7
4A	14. Dirty look	5
5A	16. Passionate, as a performance	7
6A	17. Seats of power	7
7A	18. Good and hot	7
8A	19. Signal to snap	3
9A	20. Kind of workout class	4
10A	21. Longtime judge on "Britain's Got Talent" and "America's Got Talent"	11
11A	27. Alternative	5
12A	29. Small power sources	3
13A	30. Plant with lance-shaped leaves	4
14A	31. Surrounded	8
15A	33. Fords discontinued in 1959	6
16A	35. Lit part of an 11-Down	3
17A	36. One wearing stripes	3
18A	37. "Thanks for sharing ... not!"	3
19A	38. Gender prefix	3
20A	39. "Doesn't matter to me"	6
21A	41. Mixtape medium	8
22A	43. Ready to move on from	4
23A	44. Wicked stuff?	3
24A	45. Jazz singer Carmen	5
25A	46. City in the Pacific Northwest with a Russian-sounding name	11
26A	50. Puzzle (out)	4
27A	51. Musician Brian	3
28A	52. The tiniest bit	7
29A	56. Quarterback's pass	7
30A	60. Big name in sports betting	7
31A	61. "Wow!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme	7
32A	62. Globe, for one	7
33A	63. Uncover dirt, in a way	3
34A	64. "Me!"	3

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Snap"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
• Words that mean the same thing: moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Misfortune"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that misery resulting from affliction
• Words that mean the same thing: suffering, woefulness
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "7. Warm-up leader at a race"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PACECAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Dirty look"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __ _ __
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SC O WL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Passionate, as a performance"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that characterized by emotion
• Words that mean the same thing: affective, affectional
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMOTIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Seats of power"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: toilet, commode, potty
• The opposite would be: dethrone
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THRONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Good and hot"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that put into a rage; make violently angry
• Words that mean the same thing: infuriated, angered, maddened
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENRAGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Signal to snap"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that temporary military shelter
• Words that mean the same thing: shanty, army hut, field hut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Kind of workout class"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
• Words that mean the same thing: birl, gyrate, spin out
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Longtime judge on "Britain's Got Talent" and "America's Got Talent""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______ _ ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIMONC O WELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "27. Alternative"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLANB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "29. Small power sources"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an associate degree in applied science
• Words that mean the same thing: AA, aa, Alcoholics Anonymous
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Plant with lance-shaped leaves"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Surrounded"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEDGEDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Fords discontinued in 1959"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDSELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Lit part of an 11-Down"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: stop, closing, death
• The opposite would be: beginning, begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. One wearing stripes"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• Words that mean the same thing: referee
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. "Thanks for sharing ... not!""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Gender prefix"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an alliance made up of states that had been soviet socialist republics in the soviet union prior to its dissolution in dec 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: curie, Commonwealth of Independent States, Ci
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. "Doesn't matter to me""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOLOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Mixtape medium"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASSETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Ready to move on from"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
• Words that mean the same thing: all over, terminated, complete
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Wicked stuff?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
• Words that mean the same thing: climb, mount, rise
• The opposite would be: wane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Jazz singer Carmen"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MCRAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. City in the Pacific Northwest with a Russian-sounding name"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____ _ ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOSC O WIDAHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Puzzle (out)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that type genus of the suidae
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Sus, Sus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Musician Brian"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. The tiniest bit"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONEIOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Quarterback's pass"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: effort, try, endeavor
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTEMPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Big name in sports betting"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FANDUEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. "Wow!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLYCOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Globe, for one"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
• Words that mean the same thing: house, field of operations, field
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THEATRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Uncover dirt, in a way"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. "Me!""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDO

  Great job if you got it right!

April 25, 2024 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Vegas winter hrs.	3
2D	2. German pronoun	3
3D	3. Ire	6
4D	4. 1, 2, 3, etc.	12
5D	5. Have because of	5
6D	6. Leads of "La La Land"?	3
7D	7. Low-tech security measures on some doors	9
8D	8. Procedure performed by an OB	5
9D	9. Popular backyard game	8
10D	10. Important info for a connection, in brief	3
11D	11. Smoke	3
12D	12. Address abbr.	3
13D	13. Detroit ___, nickname for Malcolm X	3
14D	15. Expressing wonder	6
15D	20. Instruction to open some restaurant menus	4
16D	21. Burdens (with)	7
17D	22. Ingenuous person	4
18D	23. Historian's verb	3
19D	24. Spider-Man adversary played by Jamie Foxx	7
20D	25. Novel parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita"	6
21D	26. Tenant	6
22D	27. Prodigy	6
23D	28. Laptop brand	6
24D	32. From, in France	3
25D	33. Letters on an ambulance	3
26D	34. Break down	9
27D	37. Something checkered in New York's past?	4
28D	40. Creature of fantasy	3
29D	41. Harsh cries	4
30D	42. Like like like this clue clue clue ...	6
31D	44. Not retail	9
32D	47. Sinks the putt	8
33D	48. What "ecto-" means as a prefix	5
34D	49. Artoo-___	5
35D	52. E'er so frequently	3
36D	53. "Pass"	3
37D	54. Suffix with methyl	3
38D	55. Journalist Tarbell	3
39D	56. "That's the spot!"	3
40D	57. Former AT&T competitor	3
41D	58. Where peas are queued?	3
42D	59. Powerful card in the game President	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Vegas winter hrs."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that standard time in the 8th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Pacific Standard Time, Pacific Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. German pronoun"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Ire"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an irritable petulant feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: ire, irritability, peevishness
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHOLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. 1, 2, 3, etc."

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHOLENUMBERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Have because of"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Leads of "La La Land"?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: altitude, overhead railway, elevated
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Low-tech security measures on some doors"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
• Words that mean the same thing: eyehole, spyhole, peephole
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEPHOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Procedure performed by an OB"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
• Words that mean the same thing: amniocentesis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMNIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Popular backyard game"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORNHOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Important info for a connection, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Smoke"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Address abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Detroit ___, nickname for Malcolm X"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: violent, Red River, carmine
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Expressing wonder"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: aah, ooh
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOHING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Instruction to open some restaurant menus"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
• Words that mean the same thing: run down, CAT scan, rake
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Burdens (with)"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
• Words that mean the same thing: burden, saddleback, bicycle seat
• The opposite would be: unsaddle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SADDLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Ingenuous person"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a naive or inexperienced person
• Words that mean the same thing: naive
• The opposite would be: sophisticated
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "23. Historian's verb"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: Evergreen State, personify, WA
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "24. Spider-Man adversary played by Jamie Foxx"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELECTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "25. Novel parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sexually precocious young girl
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOLITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "26. Tenant"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tenant who holds a lease
• Words that mean the same thing: leaseholder
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESSEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "27. Prodigy"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHENOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "28. Laptop brand"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENOVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. From, in France"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
• Words that mean the same thing: diethylstilbestrol, DE, stilboestrol
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Letters on an ambulance"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a quad with a square body
• Words that mean the same thing: mutton quad, pica, em
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "34. Break down"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tear down so as to make flat with the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: strip, pull down, disassemble
• The opposite would be: assemble, raise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISMANTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Something checkered in New York's past?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• Words that mean the same thing: cab, hack, taxicab
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: TAXI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Creature of fantasy"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Harsh cries"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sound made by corvine birds
• Words that mean the same thing: caw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: CAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Like like like this clue clue clue ..."

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ECHOEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Not retail"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
• Words that mean the same thing: in large quantities, sweeping
• The opposite would be: retail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHOLESALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Sinks the putt"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: HOLESOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. What "ecto-" means as a prefix"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that being on the outside or further from a center
• Words that mean the same thing: proscribed, verboten, forbidden
• The opposite would be: inner, safe
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Artoo-___"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DETOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. E'er so frequently"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that many times at short intervals
• Words that mean the same thing: oftentimes, frequently, ofttimes
• The opposite would be: rarely, infrequently
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: OFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. "Pass""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Suffix with methyl"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the compass point midway between northeast and east
• Words that mean the same thing: east northeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Journalist Tarbell"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency of the united nations affiliated with the world bank
• Words that mean the same thing: International Development Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. "That's the spot!""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "57. Former AT&T competitor"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "58. Where peas are queued?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• Words that mean the same thing: fuel pod, seedcase, seedpod
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "59. Powerful card in the game President"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: deuce, ii, II
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	39	51.3%
Short Answer	28	36.8%
Sports	3	3.9%
History	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: August 26, 2025 at 05:21 AM