July 30, 2024 Crosswords - CrosswordHints Blog

July 30, 2024 Crosswords

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle:

NYT Crosswords

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Option : Mac :: ___ : PC - Show Answer
  

  ALT

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: altitude, EL, elevation, ALT



• 4. Voodoo Ranger, e.g., for short - Show Answer
  

  IPA

  (3 letters)



• 7. Kahlo or Kandinsky - Show Answer
  

  ARTIST

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: artist, creative_person



• 13. Pick up again - Show Answer
  

  RELEARN

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: relearn



• 15. Apartment sharer, informally - Show Answer
  

  ROOMIE

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: roommate, roomie, roomy



• 16. Restaurant handout that might come with crayons - Show Answer
  

  KIDSMENU

  (8 letters)



• 18. Geologic layers - Show Answer
  

  STRATA

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: socio-economic_class, social_class, stratum, class, layer, level



• 19. "And in this corner ..." speaker - Show Answer
  

  RINGANNOUNCER

  (13 letters)



• 21. Sticky stuff - Show Answer
  

  GOO

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: goop, gook, slime, gunk, ooze, muck, sludge, goo, guck



• 22. Teller's partner in magic - Show Answer
  

  PENN

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: Penn, University_of_Pennsylvania, William_Penn, Pennsylvania



• 23. "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!," e.g. - Show Answer
  

  CHANT

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: intonate, chant, intone, cantillate, tone



• 26. Seven on a sundial - Show Answer
  

  VII

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: septet, seven, septenary, vii, 7, sevener, VII, heptad



• 27. Morse code component - Show Answer
  

  DASH

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: scare_off, dart, sprint, flash, smash, shoot, dash, panache, scud, scare, scare_away, flair, pall, scoot, dah, style, elan, frighten_off, hyphen, bolt, frighten_away, crash, daunt



• 31. Cartoon frame - Show Answer
  

  CEL

  (3 letters)



• 32. Use non-lead pipes? - Show Answer
  

  SINGBACKUP

  (10 letters)



• 35. Something seen in a bubble above a cartoon head - Show Answer
  

  THOUGHT

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: imagine, intend, conceive, reckon, guess, think, believe, thinking, persuasion, opine, remember, cerebration, call_up, retrieve, intellection, call_back, thought, mean, sentiment, cogitate, view, recollect, thought_process, suppose, opinion, cerebrate, consider, mentation, idea, recall

  Antonyms: forget



• 38. In a speedy way - Show Answer
  

  HASTILY

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: hastily, hurriedly, in_haste

  Antonyms: unhurriedly



• 39. Actor who plays Luther Stickell in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise - Show Answer
  

  VINGRHAMES

  (10 letters)



• 41. Piece of corn - Show Answer
  

  EAR

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: pinna, capitulum, ear, spike, auricle



• 42. Uber- relative - Show Answer
  

  MEGA

  (4 letters)



• 43. "Spy vs. Spy" magazine - Show Answer
  

  MAD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: frantic, insane, sore, huffy, sick, unbalanced, unhinged, delirious, brainsick, disturbed, excited, mad, unrestrained, demented, harebrained, crazy



• 44. Like some gods in the Marvel Universe - Show Answer
  

  NORSE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Norse, Norwegian, Norseman, Scandinavian, Northman, Scandinavian_language, North_Germanic_language, Nordic, North_Germanic



• 46. Dreidel turn - Show Answer
  

  SPIN

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: twist, twirl, tailspin, twisting, gyrate, whirl, reel, spin, spin_around, birl, spin_out



• 48. Text of appreciation - Show Answer
  

  THX

  (3 letters)



• 49. Projectiles tossed into cups of beer, in a drinking game - Show Answer
  

  PINGPONGBALLS

  (13 letters)



• 55. End of a threat - Show Answer
  

  ORELSE

  (6 letters)



• 56. Points collected for flying - Show Answer
  

  AIRMILES

  (8 letters)



• 59. Pep rally cry - Show Answer
  

  GOTEAM

  (6 letters)



• 60. Acknowledging an invitation ... or a hint to the starts of 19-, 32-, 39- and 49-Across - Show Answer
  

  RSVPING

  (7 letters)



• 61. Beginnings - Show Answer
  

  ONSETS

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: onset, onslaught, attack, onrush, oncoming



• 62. Dramatic salsa move - Show Answer
  

  DIP

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: magnetic_dip, souse, drop, magnetic_inclination, dip, douse, dim, inclination, pickpocket, fall, dunk, sink, duck, cutpurse, free_fall, plunge, angle_of_dip



• 63. Morse code component - Show Answer
  

  DOT

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: dit, scatter, window_pane, acid, Department_of_Transportation, sprinkle, pane, stud, point, dose, superman, Transportation, Elvis, loony_toons, Zen, constellate, dust, dot, battery-acid, DoT, back_breaker, disperse, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Noah's craft - Show Answer
  

  ARK

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: Ark_of_the_Covenant, Ark, ark



• 2. Gift with flowers - Show Answer
  

  LEI

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: garland, chaplet, wreath, lei, leu, coronal



• 3. "To recap," in an internet initialism - Show Answer
  

  TLDR

  (4 letters)



• 4. Indignant denial - Show Answer
  

  IAMNOT

  (6 letters)



• 5. Pasta sauce brand - Show Answer
  

  PREGO

  (5 letters)



• 6. Soprano Netrebko - Show Answer
  

  ANNA

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: anna



• 7. Fire-setting crime - Show Answer
  

  ARSON

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: fire-raising, arson, incendiarism



• 8. Features of the U.S. Capitol and Rome's Pantheon - Show Answer
  

  ROTUNDAS

  (8 letters)

  Synonyms: rotunda



• 9. Experiencing a dilemma - Show Answer
  

  TORN

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: torn, shoot_down, deplumate, deplume, pluck, pull, tear, displume, buck, snap, shoot, charge, lacerated, rupture, bust, lacerate, mangled



• 10. Big Apple? - Show Answer
  

  IMAC

  (4 letters)



• 11. Collection of web pages - Show Answer
  

  SITE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: site, web_site, internet_site, situation, locate, website, land_site, place



• 12. Start to cry, with "up" - Show Answer
  

  TEAR

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: deplumate, buck, shoot, teardrop, shoot_down, deplume, snap, bust, rupture, tear, bout, split, pluck, rent, displume, charge, rip, pull, snag, binge



• 14. Endorse digitally - Show Answer
  

  ESIGN

  (5 letters)



• 17. Remove from a bulletin board - Show Answer
  

  UNPIN

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: unpin

  Antonyms: pin



• 20. Called to a colt, say - Show Answer
  

  NEIGHED

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: neigh, whinny, nicker, whicker



• 23. Security camera inits. - Show Answer
  

  CCTV

  (4 letters)



• 24. Masculine pronoun pair - Show Answer
  

  HEHIM

  (5 letters)



• 25. How an introvert likes to spend time - Show Answer
  

  ALONE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: solitary, only, unequalled, exclusively, solely, lone, alone, unequaled, lonely, unparalleled, solo, entirely, unaccompanied, unique



• 26. A, B, C, D, E or K - Show Answer
  

  VITAMIN

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: vitamin



• 28. Play division - Show Answer
  

  ACT

  (3 letters)

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

  Antonyms: refrain



• 29. Winter lift rider - Show Answer
  

  SKIER

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: skier



• 30. Hawaiian dances - Show Answer
  

  HULAS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: hula-hula, Hawaiian_dancing, hula



• 32. "Don't say a word!" - Show Answer
  

  SHH

  (3 letters)



• 33. Some undergrad degs. - Show Answer
  

  BAS

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: BA, Artium_Baccalaurens, Bachelor_of_Arts, atomic_number_56, barium, Ba, AB



• 34. Ritualistic bonfire - Show Answer
  

  PYRE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: funeral_pyre, pyre



• 36. Fashion brand founded by an Australian surfer - Show Answer
  

  UGG

  (3 letters)



• 37. Tries to seize - Show Answer
  

  GRASPSAT

  (8 letters)



• 40. Japanese comics - Show Answer
  

  MANGA

  (5 letters)



• 44. Hart Memorial Trophy recipient, for short - Show Answer
  

  NHLMVP

  (6 letters)



• 45. Yellow primrose - Show Answer
  

  OXLIP

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: oxlip, paigle, Primula_elatior



• 47. Sonnets and such - Show Answer
  

  POEMS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: poem, verse_form



• 48. Ankle bones - Show Answer
  

  TARSI

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: tarsus



• 49. ___ stick - Show Answer
  

  POGO

  (4 letters)



• 50. Most of the earth's core - Show Answer
  

  IRON

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: iron, atomic_number_26, smoothing_iron, Fe, press, iron_out, branding_iron, cast-iron



• 51. Brooklyn squad - Show Answer
  

  NETS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: net_profit, internet, mesh, sack, profit, net, profits, sack_up, web, lucre, clear, meshing, earnings, network, nett, net_income, meshwork, cyberspace



• 52. Elation - Show Answer
  

  GLEE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: glee, gloating, hilarity, mirth, gloat, gleefulness, mirthfulness



• 53. Ornithologist's interest - Show Answer
  

  BIRD

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: razzing, hoot, razz, chick, boo, snort, birdwatch, shuttle, Bronx_cheer, birdie, bird, fowl, skirt, raspberry, dame, wench, hiss, doll, shuttlecock



• 54. Used a fire pole - Show Answer
  

  SLID

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: slip, slither, skid, slide, slue, slew



• 57. Ambient musician Brian - Show Answer
  

  ENO

  (3 letters)



• 58. Three-striper in the Army: Abbr. - Show Answer
  

  SGT

  (3 letters)

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Friday August 09 2024 New York Times Crossword Answers

Friday, August 9, 2024 New York Times Crosswords with Answers

The Crossword Hints is one of the most popular nyt crossword clue puzzles with answers. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle.

 NYT Crosswords Clues: August 09, 2024

Let's go into the August 09 2024 puzzle , starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Friday August 09 2024 New York Times Crossword Answers

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Listing on a résumé 
  

  SKILL

  (5 letters)

  Possible Answers: accomplishment, acquisition, skill, science, attainment, acquirement



• 6. Bad news from a maître d' - Show Answer
  

  WAIT

  (4 letters)

  Possible Answers: expect, time_lag, look, wait, hold_back, postponement, waitress, hold, waiting, delay, await, hold_off



• 10. Ocean spray - Show Answer
  

  MIST

  (4 letters)

  Possible Answers: mist, obscure, haze_over, fog, obnubilate, mist_over, cloud, befog, becloud



• 14. The Black Keys and the White Stripes, e.g. - Show Answer
  

  INDIEBANDS

  (10 letters)



• 16. "Why would you ever think that?!" - Show Answer
  

  UMNO

  (4 letters)



• 17. Retire while successful - Show Answer
  

  GOOUTONTOP

  (10 letters)



• 18. Music magazine since 1985 - Show Answer
  

  SPIN

  (4 letters)

  Predict Answers: gyrate, spin, spin_around, reel, birl, spin_out, twist, twisting, whirl, tailspin, twirl



• 19. Short elevations? - Show Answer
  

  HTS

  (3 letters)



• 20. T, for one - Show Answer
  

  MODEL

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: framework, sit, mock_up, manikin, poser, exemplary, role_model, mold, pose, modeling, pattern, mannequin, model, fashion_model, good_example, theoretical_account, mould, simulate, manakin, modelling, simulation, exemplar, example, mannikin, posture



• 21. Sparkly collectible - Show Answer
  

  GEODE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: geode



• 22. Early stage - Show Answer
  

  BETA

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: genus_Beta, Beta, beta



• 23. Top marks - Show Answer
  

  APLUSES

  (7 letters)



• 25. Goes easy on - Show Answer
  

  SPARES

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: spare_part, spar, fifth_wheel, part_with, save, give_up, spare, dispense_with



• 28. Sub groups - Show Answer
  

  BTEAMS

  (6 letters)



• 29. Email ancestor - Show Answer
  

  TELEX

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: teletype_machine, telex, telex_machine, teleprinter, teletypewriter



• 30. Taps one's foot, maybe - Show Answer
  

  KEEPSTIME

  (9 letters)



• 33. Where you can find ME - Show Answer
  

  USMAP

  (5 letters)



• 34. Nonstandard: Abbr. - Show Answer
  

  IRR

  (3 letters)



• 35. Unlit? - Show Answer
  

  SOBER

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: sober_up, unplayful, sedate, serious, sombre, somber, drab, sober, grave, solemn

  Antonyms: intoxicated, playful



• 36. Subway fare - Show Answer
  

  FOOTLONGS

  (9 letters)



• 38. City once home to Black Wall Street - Show Answer
  

  TULSA

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Tulsa



• 39. Animals that appear in the fossil record before trees - Show Answer
  

  SHARKS

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: shark



• 40. Unlawful coercion - Show Answer
  

  DURESS

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: duress



• 41. Sources of some political gaffes - Show Answer
  

  HOTMICS

  (7 letters)



• 43. Middle word of a Stowe title - Show Answer
  

  TOMS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: tom, tomcat, tom_turkey, Uncle_Tom, gobbler, Tom, turkey_cock



• 44. Introduce to the mix - Show Answer
  

  ADDIN

  (5 letters)



• 45. What awakens Godzilla from the ocean, informally - Show Answer
  

  HBOMB

  (5 letters)



• 47. "Les ___" - Show Answer
  

  MIZ

  (3 letters)



• 50. Japanese noodles - Show Answer
  

  UDON

  (4 letters)



• 51. Rodeo event - Show Answer
  

  BARRELRACE

  (10 letters)



• 53. Camp sight - Show Answer
  

  TENT

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: camp_out, encamp, tent, collapsible_shelter, bivouac, camp



• 54. "It's been too long!" - Show Answer
  

  IMISSEDYOU

  (10 letters)



• 55. You are, on the Yucatán - Show Answer
  

  ERES

  (4 letters)



• 56. Helpful how-to - Show Answer
  

  DEMO

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: demonstration, present, exhibit, demonstrate, demo, show



• 57. "Why don't sheep shrink when it ___?": George Carlin - Show Answer
  

  RAINS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: rain, rain_down, rainfall, pelting, rainwater

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Something to heave - Show Answer
  

  SIGH

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: suspire, sigh, suspiration



• 2. Wedding planning website, with "the" - Show Answer
  

  KNOT

  (4 letters)

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

  Antonyms: unravel, unknot



• 3. Wedding exchange - Show Answer
  

  IDOS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: Ido



• 4. Fourth-most-common surname in China (after Wang, Li and Zhang) - Show Answer
  

  LIU

  (3 letters)



• 5. "Don't get mad yet …" - Show Answer
  

  LETMEEXPLAIN

  (12 letters)



• 6. Marvel's Maximoff - Show Answer
  

  WANDA

  (5 letters)



• 7. Entry fee for some clubs? - Show Answer
  

  ANTE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: ante



• 8. Blind worshipers - Show Answer
  

  IDOLATERS

  (9 letters)

  Synonyms: idolizer, idolater, idol_worshiper, idoliser



• 9. Alternative to a pinch: Abbr. - Show Answer
  

  TSP

  (3 letters)



• 10. Journeys into the past? - Show Answer
  

  MUSEUMTOURS

  (11 letters)



• 11. Out of the question - Show Answer
  

  IMPOSSIBLE

  (10 letters)

  Synonyms: unimaginable, impossible, unacceptable, out_of_the_question, inconceivable, insufferable, unsufferable

  Antonyms: possible



• 12. Nasty, as a remark - Show Answer
  

  SNIDE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: snide, sneering, supercilious



• 13. Busy signals, e.g. - Show Answer
  

  TONES

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: quality, look, note, inflect, flavor, musical_note, feel, tone_up, whole_step, shade, flavour, chant, tincture, timber, smell, tonicity, tone, intone, strengthen, feeling, timbre, whole_tone, tonus, tone_of_voice, spirit, pure_tone, step, modulate, tint

  Antonyms: atonicity



• 15. Kicks (out) - Show Answer
  

  BOOTS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: kick, charge, thrill, the_boot, boot, bang, iron_boot, flush, reboot, iron_heel, bring_up, kicking, rush



• 21. Cocktail vessel - Show Answer
  

  GLASSTUMBLER

  (12 letters)



• 22. Apt anagram of TINS BEAR THEM, minus an E - Show Answer
  

  BREATHMINTS

  (11 letters)



• 24. Dynamism - Show Answer
  

  PEP

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: pep, ginger, peppiness



• 25. Double ___ (cookie descriptor) - Show Answer
  

  STUF

  (4 letters)



• 26. Replacement for the Spanish colonial real - Show Answer
  

  PESO

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: Uruguayan_peso, Mexican_peso, Cuban_peso, peso, Dominican_peso, Chilean_peso, Colombian_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso, Philippine_peso



• 27. "One more minute!" - Show Answer
  

  ALMOSTDONE

  (10 letters)



• 28. They might fall off a shelf - Show Answer
  

  BERGS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: iceberg, berg, Berg, Alban_Berg



• 30. Stigmatize sexual preferences, in modern lingo - Show Answer
  

  KINKSHAME

  (9 letters)



• 31. Fiasco - Show Answer
  

  MESS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: mussiness, flock, muss, pickle, jam, messiness, batch, sight, mountain, fix, lot, hole, raft, good_deal, stack, tidy_sum, mickle, hatful, peck, pot, kettle_of_fish, mass, wad, mess_hall, passel, plenty, spate, heap, pile, mess, muddle, quite_a_little, muckle, great_deal, mint, mess_up, deal, slew



• 32. Meiji and Taisho, in Japanese history - Show Answer
  

  ERAS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: era, earned_run_average, ERA, geological_era, epoch



• 37. Middle-earth menace - Show Answer
  

  ORC

  (3 letters)



• 40. Heads, slangily - Show Answer
  

  DOMES

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: dome, noodle, attic, bean, domed_stadium, noggin, bonce, covered_stadium



• 41. ___ cuisine - Show Answer
  

  HAUTE

  (5 letters)



• 42. Less expected - Show Answer
  

  ODDER

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: funny, unpaired, left_over, peculiar, remaining, odd, uneven, unmated, leftover, left, queer, unexpended, singular, rum, curious, rummy, unmatched

  Antonyms: even



• 43. Line drawn after an early wrong guess in hangman - Show Answer
  

  TORSO

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: trunk, torso, body



• 46. Part of a hat - Show Answer
  

  BRIM

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: lip, rim, brim



• 47. Question that's often a directive to step aside - Show Answer
  

  MAYI

  (4 letters)



• 48. Taskbar image - Show Answer
  

  ICON

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: picture, ikon, icon, image



• 49. A statue of him was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Show Answer
  

  ZEUS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: genus_Zeus, Zeus



• 51. Prospective Olympic city's campaign - Show Answer
  

  BID

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: dictation, press, adjure, wish, invite, play, offer, call, bidding, beseech, conjure, entreat, tender, command, bid



• 52. Vitamin qty. - Show Answer
  

  RDA

  (3 letters)

July 29, 2024 - Crosswords

Crosswords - July 29, 2024

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle:

Break down the NYT Crosswords: July 29, 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:

• 1. U.S. public health org. - Show Answer
  

  CDC

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: CDC, Center_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention



• 4. Impressively done, as a job - Show Answer
  

  BANGUP

  (6 letters)

  
  


• 10. To and ___ - Show Answer
  

  FRO

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 13. 2016 Summer Olympics host, informally - Show Answer
  

  RIO

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Rio, Rio_de_Janeiro



• 14. Break free - Show Answer
  

  ESCAPE

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: leak, run, scarper, miss, evasion, lam, run_away, escape, outflow, escapism, safety_valve, take_to_the_woods, dodging, scat, turn_tail, escape_cock, hightail_it, flight, leakage, get_off, bunk, fly_the_coop, break_away, head_for_the_hills, relief_valve, elude, escape_valve, get_away, get_by, get_out, break_loose



• 15. Language that's mutually intelligible with Thai - Show Answer
  

  LAO

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Laotian, Lao



• 16. Cry from someone who has finally had it - Show Answer
  

  ENOUGHISENOUGH

  (14 letters)

  
  


• 19. Wriggly sea creatures - Show Answer
  

  EELS

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: eel



• 20. "Monday Night Football" channel - Show Answer
  

  ESPN

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 21. Mount Olympus ruler - Show Answer
  

  ZEUS

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Zeus, genus_Zeus



• 22. Fuss over one's appearance - Show Answer
  

  PREEN

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: congratulate, primp, plume, dress, preen



• 24. "It's in my ___" ("I was made for this") - Show Answer
  

  DNA

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: DNA, deoxyribonucleic_acid, desoxyribonucleic_acid



• 26. Sarcastic non-apology - Show Answer
  

  SORRYNOTSORRY

  (13 letters)

  
  


• 32. The "veni" in "Veni, vidi, vici" - Show Answer
  

  ICAME

  (5 letters)

  
  


• 33. Heavens - Show Answer
  

  SKIES

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: flip, sky, ski, toss, pitch



• 35. Sheep : flock :: cow : ___ - Show Answer
  

  HERD

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: ruck, crowd, herd



• 38. Comic Silverman - Show Answer
  

  SARAH

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Sarah



• 40. Drain - Show Answer
  

  SAP

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: saphead, play_out, tomfool, cosh, run_down, muggins, fool, exhaust, tire, blackjack, sap



• 41. Wedding ceremony words - Show Answer
  

  IDO

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Ido



• 42. Solar energy collector - Show Answer
  

  PANEL

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: venire, jury, gore, dialog_box, instrument_panel, empanel, impanel, control_board, board, panel, control_panel



• 43. Pod vegetable in gumbo - Show Answer
  

  OKRA

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: okra, lady's-finger, gumbo, Abelmoschus_esculentus, Hibiscus_esculentus, okra_plant



• 44. Fracas - Show Answer
  

  MELEE

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: melee, battle_royal, scrimmage



• 46. Religion of the Quran - Show Answer
  

  ISLAM

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism



• 48. Perennial optimist's motto - Show Answer
  

  NEVERSAYNEVER

  (13 letters)

  
  


• 53. Bard's "before" - Show Answer
  

  ERE

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 54. Pain relief brand - Show Answer
  

  ALEVE

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Aflaxen, naproxen_sodium, Aleve, Anaprox



• 55. Quick drive around town - Show Answer
  

  SPIN

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: birl, whirl, spin, reel, gyrate, twist, spin_around, twisting, twirl, spin_out, tailspin



• 58. Agent ___ Scully of "The X-Files" - Show Answer
  

  DANA

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Danu, Dana



• 62. Cain's nephew in Genesis - Show Answer
  

  ENOS

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 63. Way to make incremental progress - Show Answer
  

  LITTLEBYLITTLE

  (14 letters)

  
  


• 66. Polished off - Show Answer
  

  ATE

  (3 letters)

  
  

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



• 67. "Yes, cap'n!" - Show Answer
  

  AYESIR

  (6 letters)

  
  


• 68. Actress Mendes - Show Answer
  

  EVA

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 69. "Pow!" - Show Answer
  

  BAM

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Bam, bang, bam, blast, clap, eruption



• 70. Strike out - Show Answer
  

  DELETE

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: blue-pencil, erase, edit, delete, cancel

  Antonyms: record



• 71. State that's home to Rehoboth Beach: Abbr. - Show Answer
  

  DEL

  (3 letters)

  
  

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Gives the heebie-jeebies, with "out" - Show Answer
  

  CREEPS

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: crawling, cringe, weirdie, crawl, creeping, weirdy, fawn, creeps, pussyfoot, sneak, mouse, creep, spook, weirdo, cower, grovel



• 2. Spanish for "money" - Show Answer
  

  DINERO

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: pelf, lettuce, bread, scratch, cabbage, dough, sugar, lucre, loot, moolah, dinero, shekels, gelt, wampum, kale, lolly, clams, boodle, simoleons



• 3. Where beers can be found at a tailgate party - Show Answer
  

  COOLER

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: ice_chest, coolheaded, tank, nerveless, cooler, cool

  Antonyms: warm



• 4. Implore - Show Answer
  

  BEG

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: beg, solicit, implore, pray, tap



• 5. Tennis champ Arthur - Show Answer
  

  ASHE

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Arthur_Ashe, Arthur_Robert_Ashe, Ashe



• 6. Police procedural that premiered in 2003 - Show Answer
  

  NCIS

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 7. [Oh, no!] - Show Answer
  

  GASP

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: puff, pant, heave, gasp



• 8. Flips on its head - Show Answer
  

  UPENDS

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: upend



• 9. Something brought out with a restaurant check - Show Answer
  

  PEN

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: indite, write, pen, compose, playpen, penitentiary



• 10. Chimney duct - Show Answer
  

  FLUE

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: flue, labial_pipe, fluke, flue_pipe



• 11. Big name in pasta sauce - Show Answer
  

  RAGU

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 12. Audibly reacts to fireworks - Show Answer
  

  OOHS

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: aah, ooh



• 17. Log-in requirement - Show Answer
  

  USERID

  (6 letters)

  
  


• 18. Missouri's ___ Mountains - Show Answer
  

  OZARK

  (5 letters)

  
  


• 23. Home of MoMA, for short - Show Answer
  

  NYC

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 25. Nibble between meals - Show Answer
  

  NOSH

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: nosh, snack



• 27. Apollo mission org. - Show Answer
  

  NASA

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration



• 28. Muscat residents - Show Answer
  

  OMANIS

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Omani



• 29. Mother with a Nobel Peace Prize - Show Answer
  

  TERESA

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Teresa, Agnes_Gonxha_Bojaxhiu, Theresa, Mother_Theresa, Mother_Teresa



• 30. Contest of continental conquest? - Show Answer
  

  RISK

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: risk_of_exposure, adventure, danger, take_chances, risk_of_infection, peril, endangerment, put_on_the_line, chance, jeopardy, run_a_risk, gamble, lay_on_the_line, risk, hazard, take_a_chance



• 31. 2024, e.g. - Show Answer
  

  YEAR

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: yr, year, class, twelvemonth



• 34. Relaxing getaway - Show Answer
  

  SPA

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: health_club, spa, watering_hole, resort_hotel, watering_place, health_spa



• 35. "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew ___ …": Hamlet - Show Answer
  

  HIM

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 36. Biblical land west of Nod - Show Answer
  

  EDEN

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Eden, paradise, Garden_of_Eden, Shangri-la, heaven, promised_land, nirvana



• 37. Actor's assignment - Show Answer
  

  ROLE

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: theatrical_role, office, part, function, persona, role, use, character, purpose



• 39. Any member of NATO, to another - Show Answer
  

  ALLY

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: friend, ally

  Antonyms: foe



• 42. Colleague - Show Answer
  

  PEER

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: equal, match, peer, compeer



• 43. Popular brunch order - Show Answer
  

  OMELET

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: omelette, omelet



• 45. ___ planner (occupation) - Show Answer
  

  EVENT

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: outcome, case, result, event, issue, effect, consequence, upshot



• 47. Actress de Armas - Show Answer
  

  ANA

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Ana, ana



• 49. Overnight flight - Show Answer
  

  REDEYE

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: redeye_flight, redeye



• 50. Recapped a frustrating day at work, maybe - Show Answer
  

  VENTED

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: vented, ventilate, air_out, give_vent, vent, air



• 51. Develop over time - Show Answer
  

  EVOLVE

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: germinate, acquire, develop, evolve



• 52. Close again, as an envelope - Show Answer
  

  RESEAL

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: reseal



• 55. Chunk of concrete - Show Answer
  

  SLAB

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: slab



• 56. Gyro bread - Show Answer
  

  PITA

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: pocket_bread, pita



• 57. Tabloid couple - Show Answer
  

  ITEM

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: particular, token, item, point, detail



• 59. Cain's brother in Genesis - Show Answer
  

  ABEL

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Niels_Henrik_Abel, Abel, Niels_Abel



• 60. Nasdaq alternative - Show Answer
  

  NYSE

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: N._Y._Stock_Exchange, big_board, New_York_Stock_Exchange, NYSE



• 61. Landed (on) - Show Answer
  

  ALIT

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 64. Wee chap - Show Answer
  

  LAD

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: feller, chap, lad, blighter, cuss, fellow, bloke, laddie, sonny, gent, fella, cub, sonny_boy



• 65. Fury - Show Answer
  

  IRE

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: choler, anger, ire, wrath, ira

NY Times Crossword Answers May 12, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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NY Times Crossword Complete Solution May 12, 2025

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Cowboy's rope

5-letter answer Answer: LASSO

Word Help: Synonyms: lariat, riata, rope

Clue #2: 6. Relative of a milkshake

4-letter answer Answer: MALT

Word Help: Synonyms: malt, malted_milk, malt_liquor

Clue #3: 10. NaCl

4-letter answer Answer: SALT

Word Help: Synonyms: salt, table_salt, SALT

Clue #4: 14. Take place

5-letter answer Answer: OCCUR

Word Help: Synonyms: go_on, happen, come

Clue #5: 15. Director Kazan who helped popularize Method acting

4-letter answer Answer: ELIA

Word Help: Synonyms: Charles_Lamb, Lamb, Elia

Clue #6: 16. Falco of "The Sopranos"

4-letter answer Answer: EDIE

Clue #7: 17. Dessert cocktail with crème de cacao

15-letter answer Answer: BRANDYALEXANDER

Clue #8: 20. "Ready, ___, go!"

3-letter answer Answer: SET

Word Help: Synonyms: located, determine, exercise_set
Antonyms: rise

Clue #9: 21. Serpentine swimmers

4-letter answer Answer: EELS

Word Help: Synonyms: eel

Clue #10: 22. Common destination for a field trip

6-letter answer Answer: MUSEUM

Word Help: Synonyms: museum

Clue #11: 23. Funeral vessel

3-letter answer Answer: URN

Word Help: Synonyms: urn

Clue #12: 24. Contacted using a beeper

5-letter answer Answer: PAGED

Word Help: Synonyms: page, paginate, foliate

Clue #13: 25. Created, as yarn or a spider web

4-letter answer Answer: SPUN

Word Help: Synonyms: spin_around, gyrate, spin

Clue #14: 28. 10-12-year-old

5-letter answer Answer: TWEEN

Clue #15: 31. ___ Francisco

3-letter answer Answer: SAN

Clue #16: 34. Classic board game with the Peppermint Forest and Lollipop Lane

9-letter answer Answer: CANDYLAND

Clue #17: 36. Dig (out)

5-letter answer Answer: GOUGE

Word Help: Synonyms: nick, rack, wring

Clue #18: 38. "Goodie" on classic radio

5-letter answer Answer: OLDIE

Word Help: Synonyms: golden_oldie, oldie

Clue #19: 39. Food label inits.

3-letter answer Answer: RDA

Clue #20: 40. "Inside Out" emotion who says "We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!"

5-letter answer Answer: ANGER

Word Help: Synonyms: angriness, wrath, choler

Clue #21: 41. Oboe accessories that are often carved by the oboist

5-letter answer Answer: REEDS

Word Help: Synonyms: Walter_Reed, beating-reed_instrument, vibrating_reed

Clue #22: 42. Move from an acrobat or breakdancer

9-letter answer Answer: HANDSTAND

Word Help: Synonyms: handstand

Clue #23: 44. Negative conjunction

3-letter answer Answer: NOR

Clue #24: 45. Montana is the only U.S. state with one in Spanish

5-letter answer Answer: MOTTO

Word Help: Synonyms: slogan, motto, catchword

Clue #25: 46. Defense Against the Dark ___ ("Harry Potter" class)

4-letter answer Answer: ARTS

Word Help: Synonyms: humanities, artistic_creation, graphics

Clue #26: 47. What a baby's bib might protect a onesie from

5-letter answer Answer: DROOL

Word Help: Synonyms: baloney, slobber, slabber

Clue #27: 50. Standout athlete, for short

3-letter answer Answer: MVP

Word Help: Synonyms: most_valuable_player, MVP

Clue #28: 52. Free items that come with drinks

6-letter answer Answer: STRAWS

Word Help: Synonyms: stalk, wheat, stubble

Clue #29: 54. Black-and-white cookie

4-letter answer Answer: OREO

Word Help: Synonyms: oreo, oreo_cookie

Clue #30: 56. What some people confuse with a monkey

3-letter answer Answer: APE

Word Help: Synonyms: anthropoid, ape, copycat

Clue #31: 59. Scottish archipelago west of Norway

15-letter answer Answer: SHETLANDISLANDS

Clue #32: 62. What spectacles perch on

4-letter answer Answer: NOSE

Word Help: Synonyms: poke, wind, pry

Clue #33: 63. "Oh, uh-huh, sure"

4-letter answer Answer: IBET

Clue #34: 64. Magicians' cries

5-letter answer Answer: TADAS

Clue #35: 65. Figure (out)

4-letter answer Answer: SUSS

Word Help: Synonyms: genus_Sus, Sus

Clue #36: 66. Social worker's assignment

4-letter answer Answer: CASE

Word Help: Synonyms: guinea_pig, grammatical_case, showcase

Clue #37: 67. Parental authority

5-letter answer Answer: SAYSO

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Arcing tennis shots

4-letter answer Answer: LOBS

Word Help: Synonyms: lob

Clue #2: 2. Farmland unit

4-letter answer Answer: ACRE

Word Help: Synonyms: Akko, Akka, acre

Clue #3: 3. Jazz singer's improvised syllables

4-letter answer Answer: SCAT

Word Help: Synonyms: scat, lam, take_to_the_woods

Clue #4: 4. What the circle on the Japanese flag represents

3-letter answer Answer: SUN

Word Help: Synonyms: Sun, solarise, insolate

Clue #5: 5. "Can I take your ___?" (server's question)

5-letter answer Answer: ORDER

Word Help: Synonyms: orderliness, lodge, ordinate
Antonyms: deregulate, disorderliness

Clue #6: 6. Brunch or lunch

4-letter answer Answer: MEAL

Word Help: Synonyms: meal, repast

Clue #7: 7. "___ well that ends well!"

4-letter answer Answer: ALLS

Clue #8: 8. Word that would be more grammatical in the title "Lay, Lady, Lay"

3-letter answer Answer: LIE

Word Help: Synonyms: Trygve_Halvden_Lie, prevarication, consist
Antonyms: arise, stand

Clue #9: 9. Beatles song with the lyric "Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all"

6-letter answer Answer: TAXMAN

Word Help: Synonyms: tax_collector, internal_revenue_agent, exciseman

Clue #10: 10. Touch or taste

5-letter answer Answer: SENSE

Word Help: Synonyms: common_sense, mother_wit, smell

Clue #11: 11. Source of extra sweetness

10-letter answer Answer: ADDEDSUGAR

Clue #12: 12. Stead

4-letter answer Answer: LIEU

Word Help: Synonyms: lieu, position, stead

Clue #13: 13. Four years, for a president

4-letter answer Answer: TERM

Word Help: Synonyms: term, full_term, terminus

Clue #14: 18. 1983 musical starring Barbra Streisand

5-letter answer Answer: YENTL

Clue #15: 19. Sept. preceder

3-letter answer Answer: AUG

Word Help: Synonyms: August, Aug

Clue #16: 23. Loosened, as a knot

5-letter answer Answer: UNDID

Word Help: Synonyms: undo, unmake, untie
Antonyms: make, wrap

Clue #17: 24. Nitpicker

6-letter answer Answer: PEDANT

Word Help: Synonyms: bookworm, pedant, scholastic

Clue #18: 25. Contempt

5-letter answer Answer: SCORN

Word Help: Synonyms: despite, contemn, freeze_off

Clue #19: 26. Kind of diet inspired by hunters and gatherers

5-letter answer Answer: PALEO

Clue #20: 27. Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, say

10-letter answer Answer: UNDERDRESS

Word Help: Synonyms: dress_down, underdress
Antonyms: dress_up, overdress

Clue #21: 29. Noted painter of soup cans

6-letter answer Answer: WARHOL

Word Help: Synonyms: Warhol, Andy_Warhol

Clue #22: 30. Go until

5-letter answer Answer: ENDAT

Clue #23: 32. Who might help an author get a book deal

5-letter answer Answer: AGENT

Word Help: Synonyms: federal_agent, agentive_role, agent

Clue #24: 33. Stereotypical bookworms

5-letter answer Answer: NERDS

Word Help: Synonyms: dweeb, wonk, nerd

Clue #25: 35. "Affirmative"

3-letter answer Answer: YES

Word Help: Synonyms: yes
Antonyms: no

Clue #26: 36. What you might "fill 'er up" with

3-letter answer Answer: GAS

Word Help: Synonyms: throttle, gasolene, accelerator

Clue #27: 37. Alternative to bottled

5-letter answer Answer: ONTAP

Clue #28: 43. Mosque toppers

5-letter answer Answer: DOMES

Word Help: Synonyms: bean, covered_stadium, noggin

Clue #29: 45. Art with tiles in fancy styles (that might produce smiles)

6-letter answer Answer: MOSAIC

Word Help: Synonyms: mosaic, arial_mosaic, Mosaic

Clue #30: 48. Gives stars to, say

5-letter answer Answer: RATES

Word Help: Synonyms: charge_per_unit, rates, betray

Clue #31: 49. "Wise" bird

3-letter answer Answer: OWL

Word Help: Synonyms: bird_of_night, owl, bird_of_Minerva

Clue #32: 51. Hybrid Chevys

5-letter answer Answer: VOLTS

Word Help: Synonyms: volt, V

Clue #33: 52. Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief

4-letter answer Answer: SSNS

Clue #34: 53. "___ shalt not …"

4-letter answer Answer: THOU

Word Help: Synonyms: 1000, one_thousand, G

Clue #35: 54. Poetic tributes

4-letter answer Answer: ODES

Word Help: Synonyms: ode

Clue #36: 55. Formal ceremony

4-letter answer Answer: RITE

Word Help: Synonyms: rite, ritual, religious_rite

Clue #37: 56. Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across?

4-letter answer Answer: ANDY

Clue #38: 57. Smartphone predecessors, in brief

4-letter answer Answer: PDAS

Word Help: Synonyms: organiser, personal_organiser, PDA

Clue #39: 58. Competitor of Petro-Canada

4-letter answer Answer: ESSO

Clue #40: 60. Org. with the Knicks and Clippers

3-letter answer Answer: NBA

Clue #41: 61. Battery for some small toys

3-letter answer Answer: AAA

Word Help: Synonyms: AAA, abdominal_aortic_aneurysm

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