270824 Tuesday, August NYT Crossword hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 27, 2024

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

Tuesday Auguest 27,  NYT Crossword Clues 

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Campy rock subgenre of the early 1970s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLAM




• The clue is 5. Dance in single file. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CONGA

  Possible Answer : conga




• The clue is 10. Totally smitten. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAGA

  Possible Answer : crazy, doddering, doddery, dotty, senile, wild, gaga




• The clue is 14. Social activity that one tries to get out of?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESCAPEROOM




• The clue is 16. Super-. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBER




• The clue is 17. Mathematician Benoit ___, coiner of the word "fractal". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANDELBROT

  Possible Answer : Benoit_Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot




• The clue is 18. Shelter that's pitched. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENT

  Possible Answer : encamp, bivouac, tent, collapsible_shelter, camp_out, camp




• The clue is 19. Take the wheel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEER

  Possible Answer : maneuver, bullock, head, manoeuver, confidential_information, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, tip, channelise, wind, steer, hint, channelize, lead




• The clue is 20. Conscript. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAFTEE

  Possible Answer : draftee, inductee, conscript

  Possible Opposite Answer : volunteer




• The clue is 22. "You're the One That I Want," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUET

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




• The clue is 25. Rank above viscount. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARL

  Possible Answer : earl




• The clue is 26. Philosophically noncommittal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGNOSTIC

  Possible Answer : agnostic, doubter, agnostical

  Possible Opposite Answer : gnostic




• The clue is 30. Former capital of Japan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KYOTO

  Possible Answer : Kyoto




• The clue is 33. Lead-in to algebra or calculus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRE




• The clue is 34. ___ nous (between us). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRE




• The clue is 36. Cornmeal cake in Colombian cuisine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREPA




• The clue is 38. Epigram or elegy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POEM

  Possible Answer : verse_form, poem




• The clue is 40. Set straight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIGN

  Possible Answer : line_up, aline, align, adjust, ordinate, array, coordinate

  Possible Opposite Answer : skew




• The clue is 42. Opposed to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTI

  Possible Answer : anti

  Possible Opposite Answer : pro




• The clue is 43. Fizzy drinks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SODAS

  Possible Answer : washing_soda, soda_water, tonic, soda_ash, sal_soda, pop, soda_pop, soda, sodium_carbonate




• The clue is 45. Incorporate, as a hyperlink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMBED

  Possible Answer : embed, implant, engraft, plant, imbed




• The clue is 47. Sitcom narrator Mosby. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TED

  Possible Answer : Ted, Teddy_boy




• The clue is 48. "I tip ___ to you!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MYHAT




• The clue is 50. Fashion designer in "The Incredibles". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDNAMODE




• The clue is 52. Start of a texter's two cents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMHO




• The clue is 54. Storm relief org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEMA

  Possible Answer : Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency, FEMA




• The clue is 55. Give one's two cents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIMEIN




• The clue is 58. Nobel Peace Prize winner Sadat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANWAR




• The clue is 62. Covid-19, slangily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RONA




• The clue is 63. Copywriter's handbook. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STYLEGUIDE




• The clue is 67. Hankering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITCH

  Possible Answer : itch, spoil, rub, scratch, scabies, urge, itching, itchiness




• The clue is 68. Messy end to a relationship, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BADBREAKUP




• The clue is 69. Asian cuisine choice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAI

  Possible Answer : Tai, Siamese, Thai, Central_Thai




• The clue is 70. ___ salts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPSOM




• The clue is 71. "Slander!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIES

  Possible Answer : lie, lie_down, Lie, consist, prevarication, rest, lie_in, dwell, Trygve_Halvden_Lie, Trygve_Lie

  Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Precious stones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GEMS

  Possible Answer: gemstone, precious_stone, treasure, stone, muffin, gem, jewel

• The clue is 2. Future J.D.'s exam. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LSAT

• The clue is 3. Skin affliction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACNE

  Possible Answer: acne

• The clue is 4. Worked with what's available. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MADEDO

• The clue is 5. Animation frame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEL

• The clue is 6. Celestial body. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORB

  Possible Answer: eyeball, orbit, ball, revolve, globe, orb

• The clue is 7. "Water, water, every where, / ___ any drop to drink": "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOR

• The clue is 8. Johnny B. of song. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOODE

• The clue is 9. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMTRAK

• The clue is 10. Micro-organisms in the digestive tract. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GUTFLORA

• The clue is 11. Aid's partner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABET

  Possible Answer: abet

• The clue is 12. Apt name for a DNA expert?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENE

  Possible Answer: factor, cistron, gene

• The clue is 13. Commedia dell'___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARTE

• The clue is 15. Read carefully ... or leisurely. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERUSE

  Possible Answer: peruse

• The clue is 21. Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARYA

• The clue is 23. Europe's tallest active volcano. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETNA

  Possible Answer: etna, bunsen_burner, Mt_Etna, Mount_Etna, Etna, bunsen

• The clue is 24. Museum placard info. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITLE

  Possible Answer: deed, statute_title, entitle, title_of_respect, deed_of_conveyance, style, championship, form_of_address, title, rubric, claim

• The clue is 26. Phone screen array. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APPS

• The clue is 27. Bachelor party V.I.P.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GROOM

  Possible Answer: neaten, stableman, dress, stableboy, groom, prepare, train, bridegroom, hostler, curry, ostler

• The clue is 28. Down-and-out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEEDY

  Possible Answer: destitute, necessitous, poverty-stricken, needy, indigent, impoverished

• The clue is 29. True ___ (podcast genre). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRIME

  Possible Answer: crime, offence, offense, criminal_offense, law-breaking, criminal_offence

• The clue is 31. Fifty minutes past the hour. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENTO

• The clue is 32. Made a choice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPTED

  Possible Answer: choose, prefer, opt

• The clue is 35. Musical staff letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGBDF

• The clue is 37. Capitol Hill staffer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIDE

  Possible Answer: aide, adjutant, aide-de-camp, auxiliary

• The clue is 39. Hawaiian fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAHIMAHI

  Possible Answer: dolphinfish, mahimahi, dolphin

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

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

  The answer: NENE

• The clue is 44. Word before day or difference. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAME

  Possible Answer: Lapp, Saame, Saami, like, Lapplander, same, Sami, Same

  Possible Opposite Answer : other, different, unlike

• The clue is 46. Fallout. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAMAGE

  Possible Answer: impairment, terms, price, wrong, damage, scathe, hurt, harm, legal_injury, equipment_casualty

• The clue is 49. Pyramus' beloved, in myth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THISBE

• The clue is 51. Not automatic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANUAL

  Possible Answer: manual, manual_of_arms

  Possible Opposite Answer : automatic

• The clue is 53. Ready for use. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONTAP

• The clue is 55. Feedback session in art school, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRIT

• The clue is 56. Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOTH

  Possible Answer: Hodur, Hoder, Hoth, Hodr, Hothr

• The clue is 57. Largest empire in pre-Columbian America. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INCA

  Possible Answer: Inca, Incan, Inka

• The clue is 59. Reference site, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WIKI

• The clue is 60. Together, in music. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADUE

• The clue is 61. Workout units. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPS

  Possible Answer: rep, repp

• The clue is 64. Gridiron gains: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YDS

• The clue is 65. Wall St. acquisition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LBO

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

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

  The answer: ERM
  
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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (33 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (41 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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. Sore	4
2A	5. Nail polish brand	3
3A	8. Some cantina fare	5
4A	13. "Hip hip hooray!," e.g.	5
5A	15. Sink-or-swim competition?	9
6A	17. Handles a few unresolved issues	15
7A	19. Like tears	6
8A	20. Site to build on	3
9A	21. Gossip, slangily	3
10A	22. Build on	5
11A	24. Welcome at the door, say	5
12A	27. Linguist's concern	7
13A	30. Serious in manner	5
14A	31. Bagel topping	3
15A	32. Not perfect, but acceptable	11
16A	36. Bickering	4
17A	38. Blade that's pulled	3
18A	39. Casual farewell often used outside its language of origin	4
19A	40. Station set up in a kitchen	11
20A	45. Bit of intel	3
21A	46. Coins of Cuba	5
22A	47. Ingredients in some tropical smoothies	7
23A	49. Foreign Service assignments	5
24A	50. Madrid mister	5
25A	51. Church seat	3
26A	52. Promise to pay	3
27A	54. Journalist, informally	6
28A	58. Like children, ideally, in an old adage ... or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-Across	15
29A	62. Rigorous	9
30A	63. Astronomer Carl	5
31A	64. Irritable	5
32A	65. [As written]	3
33A	66. Civil rights activist Parks	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Sore"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that causing a dull and steady pain
• Similar words include: aching
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACHY

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2A: "5. Nail polish brand"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OPI

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3A: "8. Some cantina fare"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
• Similar words include: greaser, wetback, taco
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TACOS

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4A: "13. "Hip hip hooray!," e.g."

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cry or shout of approval
• Similar words include: sunshine, barrack, jolly up
• Opposite of: complain, dishearten

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Answer: CHEER

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5A: "15. Sink-or-swim competition?"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: WATERPOLO

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6A: "17. Handles a few unresolved issues"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: TIESUPLOOSEENDS

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7A: "19. Like tears"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
• Similar words include: saline solution
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SALINE

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8A: "20. Site to build on"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Similar words include: quite a little, sight, band
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LOT

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9A: "21. Gossip, slangily"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Similar words include: Camellia sinensis, tea leaf, teatime
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TEA

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10A: "22. Build on"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADDTO

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11A: "24. Welcome at the door, say"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASKIN

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12A: "27. Linguist's concern"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: GRAMMAR

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13A: "30. Serious in manner"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the rear part of a ship
• Similar words include: posterior, unforgiving, exacting
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STERN

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14A: "31. Bagel topping"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
• Similar words include: liquid oxygen
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LOX

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15A: "32. Not perfect, but acceptable"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: CLOSEENOUGH

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16A: "36. Bickering"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATIT

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17A: "38. Blade that's pulled"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OAR

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18A: "39. Casual farewell often used outside its language of origin"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Similar words include: aloha
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CIAO

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19A: "40. Station set up in a kitchen"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: MISEENPLACE

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20A: "45. Bit of intel"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
• Similar words include: steer, bakshish, summit
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TIP

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21A: "46. Coins of Cuba"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
• Similar words include: Uruguayan peso, Dominican peso, Mexican peso
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PESOS

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22A: "47. Ingredients in some tropical smoothies"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tropical american shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
• Similar words include: papaya, Carica papaya, papaya tree
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PAPAYAS

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23A: "49. Foreign Service assignments"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
• Similar words include: station, military post, billet
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: POSTS

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24A: "50. Madrid mister"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the english `mr' or `sir'
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SENOR

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25A: "51. Church seat"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
• Similar words include: church bench
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PEW

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26A: "52. Promise to pay"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IOU

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27A: "54. Journalist, informally"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that french playwright (1791-1861)
• Similar words include: penman, scrivener, scriber
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SCRIBE

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28A: "58. Like children, ideally, in an old adage ... or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-Across"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEENANDNOTHEARD

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29A: "62. Rigorous"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
• Similar words include: tight, rigorous
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: STRINGENT

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30A: "63. Astronomer Carl"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAGAN

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31A: "64. Irritable"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that easily irritated or annoyed
• Similar words include: cranky, nettlesome, irritable
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TESTY

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32A: "65. [As written]"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that urge to attack someone
• Similar words include: set
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SIC

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33A: "66. Civil rights activist Parks"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
• Similar words include: genus Rosa
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROSA

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Play parts	4
2D	2. Kind of seed or pet	4
3D	3. Sometimes-raised part of a shoe	4
4D	4. Emphatic confirmation	6
5D	5. Nocturnal hooter	3
6D	6. Painter Veronese	5
7D	7. Langston Hughes poem	4
8D	8. Due + 1	3
9D	9. Mimic	3
10D	10. Script supervisor's concern	10
11D	11. ___ days	5
12D	12. Slugger Sammy	4
13D	14. "Raising Hell" rap trio	6
14D	16. Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project)	6
15D	18. Part of a piano or loom	5
16D	23. Boots on the ground	6
17D	25. Rep.'s counterpart	3
18D	26. Ray of McDonald's	4
19D	27. Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informally	4
20D	28. Naan alternative	4
21D	29. Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. II	10
22D	30. Mexican wrap	6
23D	33. Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pail	3
24D	34. Greek goddess of the earth	4
25D	35. Brewing need	4
26D	37. They help you drive farther	4
27D	41. Ballpark fig.	3
28D	42. Snooping (around)	6
29D	43. "___ thou not minister to a mind diseased ...?": Macbeth	5
30D	44. Significant periods	6
31D	48. Overdue debt	6
32D	49. Golfer Calvin or QB Rodney	5
33D	50. Islam's largest branch	5
34D	51. Alternative to a tap on the shoulder	4
35D	53. Works of praise	4
36D	55. "Othello" villain	4
37D	56. Some supports	4
38D	57. ___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking"	4
39D	59. Minor complaint	3
40D	60. Unspecified amount	3
41D	61. Not Rx	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Play parts"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Similar words include: play, pretend, deed
• Opposite of: refrain

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Answer: ACTS

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2D: "2. Kind of seed or pet"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CHIA

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3D: "3. Sometimes-raised part of a shoe"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
• Similar words include: bounder, reheel, hound
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HEEL

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4D: "4. Emphatic confirmation"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: YESIAM

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5D: "5. Nocturnal hooter"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Similar words include: bird of night, bird of Minerva, hooter
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OWL

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6D: "6. Painter Veronese"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PAOLO

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7D: "7. Langston Hughes poem"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ITOO

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8D: "8. Due + 1"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TRE

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9D: "9. Mimic"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Similar words include: copycat, imitator, caricature
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: APE

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10D: "10. Script supervisor's concern"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that uninterrupted connection or union
• Similar words include: persistence
• Opposite of: discontinuity

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Answer: CONTINUITY

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11D: "11. ___ days"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OLDEN

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12D: "12. Slugger Sammy"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOSA

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13D: "14. "Raising Hell" rap trio"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RUNDMC

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14D: "16. Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project)"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
• Similar words include: land, the three estates, demesne
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ESTATE

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15D: "18. Part of a piano or loom"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sustained bass note
• Similar words include: foot lever, cycle, wheel
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEDAL

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16D: "23. Boots on the ground"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that soldiers collectively
• Similar words include: scout troop, scout group, military personnel
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TROOPS

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17D: "25. Rep.'s counterpart"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fractional monetary unit of japan and indonesia and cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SEN

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18D: "26. Ray of McDonald's"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KROC

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19D: "27. Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GLAM

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20D: "28. Naan alternative"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROTI

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21D: "29. Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. II"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: AXISPOWERS

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22D: "30. Mexican wrap"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by mexican men
• Similar words include: sarape
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SERAPE

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23D: "33. Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pail"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SAL

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24D: "34. Greek goddess of the earth"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of cronus and the titans in ancient mythology
• Similar words include: Gaea, Ge
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GAIA

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25D: "35. Brewing need"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
• Similar words include: skip, hop-skip, hop
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HOPS

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26D: "37. They help you drive farther"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Similar words include: golf tee, football tee, tee up
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TEES

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27D: "41. Ballpark fig."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EST

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28D: "42. Snooping (around)"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that search or inquire in a meddlesome way
• Similar words include: horn in, intrude, nuzzle
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NOSING

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29D: "43. "___ thou not minister to a mind diseased ...?": Macbeth"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CANST

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30D: "44. Significant periods"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Similar words include: date of reference, era, epoch
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EPOCHS

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31D: "48. Overdue debt"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ARREAR

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32D: "49. Golfer Calvin or QB Rodney"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEETE

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33D: "50. Islam's largest branch"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the branch of islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to muhammad
• Similar words include: Sunnite, Sunni Muslim, Sunni Islam
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SUNNI

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34D: "51. Alternative to a tap on the shoulder"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PSST

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35D: "53. Works of praise"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Similar words include: ode
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ODES

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36D: "55. "Othello" villain"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IAGO

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37D: "56. Some supports"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
• Similar words include: bandeau, brassiere, bra
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BRAS

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38D: "57. ___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EDNA

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39D: "59. Minor complaint"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NIT

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40D: "60. Unspecified amount"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one or some or every or all without specification
• Similar words include: whatsoever, whatever
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANY

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41D: "61. Not Rx"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
• Similar words include: over-the-counter
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OTC

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

33 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

74 Total Clues

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