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Friday, August 9, 2024

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

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)


Saturday, July 4, 2026

XWordHint Crossword Answers July 04, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lovers who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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. Bar fight? 9
2A 10. Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name 5
3A 15. Expansive marine exhibits 9
4A 16. Really fancy 5
5A 17. 1991 blockbuster with the tagline "One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage" 9
6A 18. Fax predecessor 5
7A 19. Grand Tour, e.g. 8
8A 20. Buyer 6
9A 21. Like ideal arrivals 6
10A 23. "___ pics!" 4
11A 24. Conceptual framework 6
12A 28. Follower of X or G 3
13A 29. Peacock's home 3
14A 30. Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removed 5
15A 31. "Gotcha," to a beatnik 4
16A 33. Piece of cartoon memorabilia 3
17A 34. Steamed 5
18A 35. Golden goal periods, for short 3
19A 36. "Miracle on 34th Street" actress Maureen 5
20A 38. Certain Ivy Leaguer 3
21A 39. Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum 4
22A 41. Passes (out) 5
23A 42. Bracketed disclaimer 3
24A 43. Lover of sugar 3
25A 44. Results of swiping 6
26A 45. Lend, informally 4
27A 47. Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people) 6
28A 49. Animals with prehensile proboscises 6
29A 51. "The One" 8
30A 56. First name in cosmetics 5
31A 57. Pioneering P.D.A. 9
32A 58. Ship back? 5
33A 59. Soft drink originally made with egg whites 9
34A 60. Short 5
35A 61. Rock instrument? 9

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Bar fight?"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RAPBATTLE

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2A: "10. Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LEGGS

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3A: "15. Expansive marine exhibits"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OCEANARIA

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4A: "16. Really fancy"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that love intensely
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADORE

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5A: "17. 1991 blockbuster with the tagline "One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage""

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BACKDRAFT

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6A: "18. Fax predecessor"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
  • Similar words include: telex machine, teleprinter, teletypewriter
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TELEX

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7A: "19. Grand Tour, e.g."

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: BIKERACE

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8A: "20. Buyer"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who buys
  • Similar words include: emptor, buyer, purchaser
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: VENDEE

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9A: "21. Like ideal arrivals"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ONTIME

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10A: "23. "___ pics!""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause to go somewhere
  • Similar words include: place, post, institutionalize
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEND

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11A: "24. Conceptual framework"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
  • Similar words include: scheme, outline
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SCHEMA

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12A: "28. Follower of X or G"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the force of workers available
  • Similar words include: hands, man, manpower
  • Opposite of: woman, civilian
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Answer: MEN

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13A: "29. Peacock's home"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: NBC

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14A: "30. Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removed"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a location other than here; that place
  • Similar words include: thither, in that respect, at that place
  • Opposite of: here
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: THERE

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15A: "31. "Gotcha," to a beatnik"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IDIG

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16A: "33. Piece of cartoon memorabilia"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: CEL

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17A: "34. Steamed"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • Similar words include: chafe, bother, miffed
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RILED

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18A: "35. Golden goal periods, for short"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: OTS

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19A: "36. "Miracle on 34th Street" actress Maureen"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: OHARA

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20A: "38. Certain Ivy Leaguer"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELI

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21A: "39. Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALMA

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22A: "41. Passes (out)"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
  • Similar words include: dole, pogy, pogey
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DOLES

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23A: "42. Bracketed disclaimer"

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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24A: "43. Lover of sugar"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  • Similar words include: emmet, pismire
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANT

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25A: "44. Results of swiping"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  • Similar words include: thieving, stealing, larceny
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: THEFTS

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26A: "45. Lend, informally"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a point located with respect to surface features of some region
  • Similar words include: recognise, bit, maculation
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SPOT

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27A: "47. Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people)"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that capital of the state of south dakota; located in central south dakota on the missouri river
  • Similar words include: capital of South Dakota
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PIERRE

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28A: "49. Animals with prehensile proboscises"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical america and southeast asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
  • Similar words include: tapir
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TAPIRS

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29A: "51. "The One""

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: SOULMATE

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30A: "56. First name in cosmetics"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ESTEE

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31A: "57. Pioneering P.D.A."

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: PALMPILOT

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32A: "58. Ship back?"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the rear part of a ship
  • Similar words include: unforgiving, tail end, austere
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STERN

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33A: "59. Soft drink originally made with egg whites"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: CREAMSODA

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34A: "60. Short"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that brief and to the point; effectively cut short
  • Similar words include: curt, crisp, laconic
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TERSE

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35A: "61. Rock instrument?"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: STONETOOL

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones" 4
2D 2. Berry spelled with a cedilla 4
3D 3. Small smack 4
4D 4. Brown, in a way 4
5D 5. Milky Way's nearest major galaxy 9
6D 6. #MeToo movement activist Burke 6
7D 7. Expanse 5
8D 8. Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity 15
9D 9. "Mangia!" 3
10D 10. Not 21-Across 4
11D 11. Elysia 5
12D 12. False idol in the Old Testament 10
13D 13. Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nickname 10
14D 14. Where students learn about congress 10
15D 20. "___ Sancte Spiritus" (medieval Latin hymn) 4
16D 22. Things often refilled, informally 4
17D 24. Cardiac exam on a treadmill 10
18D 25. Gochujang, e.g. 10
19D 26. Blade runner? 10
20D 27. Before, in olden times 3
21D 32. "Lord, have mercy!" 9
22D 35. One attracted to all gender identities, for short 4
23D 37. Tilling aid 3
24D 40. The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of them 4
25D 44. President who married one of his kindergarten classmates 6
26D 46. Membership categories 5
27D 48. Loggers' competition 5
28D 50. Former French president ___ Coty 4
29D 52. Weather phenomenon often appearing in the evening 4
30D 53. Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish) 4
31D 54. List header 4
32D 55. List ender 4
33D 57. Some notebooks, in brief 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ROBB

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2D: "2. Berry spelled with a cedilla"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ACAI

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3D: "3. Small smack"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • Similar words include: mickle, slew, muckle
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PECK

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4D: "4. Brown, in a way"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
  • Similar words include: broil
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BAKE

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5D: "5. Milky Way's nearest major galaxy"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that broad-leaved evergreen asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
  • Similar words include: lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica, Japanese andromeda
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANDROMEDA

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6D: "6. #MeToo movement activist Burke"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TARANA

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7D: "7. Expanse"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an extended area of land
  • Similar words include: piece of ground, nerve tract, pamphlet
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TRACT

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8D: "8. Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity"

15 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LIFEIMITATESART

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9D: "9. "Mangia!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that take in solid food
  • Similar words include: consume, deplete, wipe out
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EAT

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10D: "10. Not 21-Across"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
  • Similar words include: recent, former, belated
  • Opposite of: early
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Answer: LATE

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11D: "11. Elysia"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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  • Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
  • Similar words include: Eden, nirvana, heaven
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDENS

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12D: "12. False idol in the Old Testament"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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Answer: GOLDENCALF

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13D: "13. Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nickname"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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Answer: GREENBERET

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14D: "14. Where students learn about congress"

10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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Answer: SEXEDCLASS

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15D: "20. "___ Sancte Spiritus" (medieval Latin hymn)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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Answer: VENI

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16D: "22. Things often refilled, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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  • Think of something that a master's degree in education
  • Similar words include: Master of Education, MEd
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEDS

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17D: "24. Cardiac exam on a treadmill"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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Answer: STRESSTEST

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18D: "25. Gochujang, e.g."

10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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Answer: CHILIPASTE

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19D: "26. Blade runner?"

10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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  • Think of something that an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
  • Similar words include: eggbeater, chopper, whirlybird
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Answer: HELICOPTER

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20D: "27. Before, in olden times"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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Answer: ERE

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21D: "32. "Lord, have mercy!""

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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Answer: GODHELPME

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22D: "35. One attracted to all gender identities, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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Answer: OMNI

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23D: "37. Tilling aid"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOE

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24D: "40. The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of them"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Think of something that the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
  • Similar words include: lap covering, wash, circuit
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAPS

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25D: "44. President who married one of his kindergarten classmates"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Think of something that elected vice president in roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd president of the united states on roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected president in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against japan (1884-1972)
  • Similar words include: Harry S Truman, President Truman, Harry Truman
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRUMAN

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26D: "46. Membership categories"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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  • Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
  • Similar words include: tier, tier up, level
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TIERS

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27D: "48. Loggers' competition"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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Answer: ROLEO

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28D: "50. Former French president ___ Coty"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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Answer: RENE

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29D: "52. Weather phenomenon often appearing in the evening"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Similar words include: mist over, cloud, befog
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: MIST

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30D: "53. Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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Answer: ALOO

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31D: "54. List header"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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Answer: TODO

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32D: "55. List ender"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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Answer: ETAL

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33D: "57. Some notebooks, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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  • Think of something that a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
  • Similar words include: microcomputer, PC, personal computer
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: PCS

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Monday, July 14, 2025

NY Times Crossword Answers July 14, 2020 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 14, 2020

Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 14 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (39)

Clue #1: 1. Grant entry to

5-letter answer Answer: LETIN

Clue #2: 6. Things that may be open or folded

4-letter answer Answer: ARMS
Word Help: Synonyms: coat_of_arms, sleeve, subdivision
Antonyms: disarm

Clue #3: 10. "Friends" or "Frasier"

4-letter answer Answer: SHOW
Word Help: Synonyms: exhibit, establish, point
Antonyms: disprove, hide

Clue #4: 14. Pizzeria needs

5-letter answer Answer: OVENS
Word Help: Synonyms: oven

Clue #5: 15. Jacob's first bride

4-letter answer Answer: LEAH

Clue #6: 16. Give a hoot

4-letter answer Answer: CARE
Word Help: Synonyms: tending, precaution, forethought

Clue #7: 17. Super-cold spell on the set of a 1996 Broadway musical?

10-letter answer Answer: RENTFREEZE

Clue #8: 19. What yeast makes dough do

4-letter answer Answer: RISE
Word Help: Synonyms: go_up, jump, uprise
Antonyms: wane, go_to_bed

Clue #9: 20. One of the First Nations of Canada

4-letter answer Answer: CREE
Word Help: Synonyms: Cree

Clue #10: 21. Primates, for humans

5-letter answer Answer: ORDER
Word Help: Synonyms: ordain, orderliness, purchase_order
Antonyms: deregulate, disorderliness

Clue #11: 22. Newsmaking ex-Yankee, informally

4-letter answer Answer: AROD

Clue #12: 23. Have a magnetic effect on

7-letter answer Answer: ATTRACT
Word Help: Synonyms: attract, draw_in, appeal
Antonyms: repel

Clue #13: 25. Gloss targets

4-letter answer Answer: LIPS
Word Help: Synonyms: lip, sass, sassing

Clue #14: 27. Org. concerned with sustainability

3-letter answer Answer: EPA
Word Help: Synonyms: Environmental_Protection_Agency, EPA

Clue #15: 28. Full out

8-letter answer Answer: WHOLEHOG

Clue #16: 32. Waxing crescent, e.g.

5-letter answer Answer: PHASE
Word Help: Synonyms: phase_angle, phase, form

Clue #17: 35. Succumb to pressure

5-letter answer Answer: CRACK
Word Help: Synonyms: check, topnotch, crock_up

Clue #18: 36. Abbr. in a discount bin

3-letter answer Answer: IRR

Clue #19: 37. Tweetstorm, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: RANT
Word Help: Synonyms: spout, rant, mouth_off

Clue #20: 38. Old piano's sound

5-letter answer Answer: PLONK
Word Help: Synonyms: plunk_down, plump, flump

Clue #21: 39. Christmas ___

4-letter answer Answer: TREE
Word Help: Synonyms: shoetree, tree_diagram, corner

Clue #22: 40. Have title to

3-letter answer Answer: OWN
Word Help: Synonyms: own, have, possess

Clue #23: 41. Concert piano

5-letter answer Answer: GRAND
Word Help: Synonyms: gilded, distinguished, lofty

Clue #24: 42. Trying to look cultured

5-letter answer Answer: ARTSY

Clue #25: 43. Saying "No thanks" to, say

8-letter answer Answer: SKIPPING
Word Help: Synonyms: decamp, jump, vamoose

Clue #26: 45. One of the components of an M.L.B. Triple Crown

3-letter answer Answer: RBI
Word Help: Synonyms: rbi, run_batted_in

Clue #27: 46. Workplace discrimination law enforcer, for short

4-letter answer Answer: EEOC

Clue #28: 47. We two

7-letter answer Answer: YOUANDI

Clue #29: 51. Where to find Amazon's Alexa

4-letter answer Answer: ECHO
Word Help: Synonyms: reverberation, Echo, echo

Clue #30: 53. Modern missives

5-letter answer Answer: EMAIL
Word Help: Synonyms: e-mail, electronic_mail, email
Antonyms: snail_mail

Clue #31: 56. Norse goddess of fate

4-letter answer Answer: NORN
Word Help: Synonyms: Norn, weird_sister

Clue #32: 57. Suds maker

4-letter answer Answer: SOAP
Word Help: Synonyms: easy_lay, lather, grievous_bodily_harm

Clue #33: 58. Positive, albeit terse, review of a 2003 Broadway musical?

10-letter answer Answer: WICKEDGOOD

Clue #34: 60. Like tales you can't believe

4-letter answer Answer: TALL
Word Help: Synonyms: grandiloquent, marvellous, improbable
Antonyms: short

Clue #35: 61. Poker prerequisite

4-letter answer Answer: ANTE
Word Help: Synonyms: ante

Clue #36: 62. Dark, yellowish green

5-letter answer Answer: OLIVE
Word Help: Synonyms: Olea_europaea, European_olive_tree, olive

Clue #37: 63. It keeps the wheels turning

4-letter answer Answer: AXLE
Word Help: Synonyms: axle

Clue #38: 64. Muckraking journalist Jacob

4-letter answer Answer: RIIS

Clue #39: 65. Kind of message made obsolescent by faxes

5-letter answer Answer: TELEX
Word Help: Synonyms: telex, teletypewriter, teletype_machine

Across Clues and Answers (39)

Clue #1: 1. Poet/playwright Federico García ___

5-letter answer Answer: LORCA
Word Help: Synonyms: Lorca, Frederico_Garcia_Lorca, Garcia_Lorca

Clue #2: 2. Chris in the International Tennis Hall of Fame

5-letter answer Answer: EVERT
Word Help: Synonyms: Evert, Chrissie_Evert, evert

Clue #3: 3. Core belief

5-letter answer Answer: TENET
Word Help: Synonyms: dogma, tenet

Clue #4: 4. It may grow via compounding

8-letter answer Answer: INTEREST
Word Help: Synonyms: sake, interest_group, pursuit
Antonyms: bore, uninterestingness

Clue #5: 5. Abbr. on a returned check

3-letter answer Answer: NSF
Word Help: Synonyms: National_Science_Foundation, NSF

Clue #6: 6. Wide-eyed

5-letter answer Answer: ALERT
Word Help: Synonyms: rattling, snappy, zippy
Antonyms: unalert

Clue #7: 7. Plant by a pond

4-letter answer Answer: REED
Word Help: Synonyms: Reed, reed, reed_instrument

Clue #8: 8. Lab rat's challenge

4-letter answer Answer: MAZE
Word Help: Synonyms: snarl, tangle, maze

Clue #9: 9. Genius, informally

8-letter answer Answer: SHERLOCK
Word Help: Synonyms: PI, sherlock, operative

Clue #10: 10. What a bandage may cover

6-letter answer Answer: SCRAPE
Word Help: Synonyms: excoriation, genuflect, scrape

Clue #11: 11. Souvenir from a 1968 Broadway musical?

9-letter answer Answer: HAIRSHIRT

Clue #12: 12. Estimator's phrase

4-letter answer Answer: ORSO

Clue #13: 13. Gardener's bane

4-letter answer Answer: WEED
Word Help: Synonyms: grass, smoke, sess
Antonyms: cultivated_plant

Clue #14: 18. Almond ___ (candy brand)

4-letter answer Answer: ROCA

Clue #15: 24. Something studied by a primatologist

3-letter answer Answer: APE
Word Help: Synonyms: copycat, emulator, aper

Clue #16: 26. Sort

3-letter answer Answer: ILK
Word Help: Synonyms: ilk, like

Clue #17: 28. All wet

5-letter answer Answer: WRONG
Word Help: Synonyms: unseasonable, incorrectly, awry
Antonyms: correctly, right

Clue #18: 29. Unit in the measure of a horse's height

4-letter answer Answer: HAND
Word Help: Synonyms: bridge_player, paw, hired_hand

Clue #19: 30. Miners' finds

4-letter answer Answer: ORES
Word Help: Synonyms: ore

Clue #20: 31. Jennifer of "Dirty Dancing"

4-letter answer Answer: GREY
Word Help: Synonyms: grizzly, Grey, greyness

Clue #21: 32. Reasons to do something

4-letter answer Answer: PROS
Word Help: Synonyms: professional, pro
Antonyms: con, amateur

Clue #22: 33. War supporter

4-letter answer Answer: HAWK
Word Help: Synonyms: monger, pitch, war_hawk
Antonyms: dove

Clue #23: 34. Performance venue for a 1977 Broadway musical?

9-letter answer Answer: ANNIEHALL

Clue #24: 35. Extended family

4-letter answer Answer: CLAN
Word Help: Synonyms: tribe, kinship_group, kin

Clue #25: 38. Conflict helpful to customers

8-letter answer Answer: PRICEWAR

Clue #26: 39. Word with love or right

8-letter answer Answer: TRIANGLE
Word Help: Synonyms: Triangulum, trigon, triangle

Clue #27: 41. Collector of letters: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: GPO
Word Help: Synonyms: US_Government_Printing_Office, United_States_Government_Printing_Office, GPO

Clue #28: 42. "Aladdin" monkey

3-letter answer Answer: ABU

Clue #29: 44. Sexiest Man Alive magazine

6-letter answer Answer: PEOPLE
Word Help: Synonyms: citizenry, the_great_unwashed, hoi_polloi

Clue #30: 45. Auditioner's desire

4-letter answer Answer: ROLE
Word Help: Synonyms: character, purpose, use

Clue #31: 47. "Aiiieee!"

5-letter answer Answer: YIKES

Clue #32: 48. Dieter's food request, maybe

5-letter answer Answer: NOOIL

Clue #33: 49. Motored

5-letter answer Answer: DROVE
Word Help: Synonyms: repulse, get, force
Antonyms: attract

Clue #34: 50. End of many a nonfiction book

5-letter answer Answer: INDEX
Word Help: Synonyms: indicator, exponent, indicant

Clue #35: 51. ___ noche (tonight: Sp.)

4-letter answer Answer: ESTA

Clue #36: 52. Sweet-talk

4-letter answer Answer: COAX
Word Help: Synonyms: palaver, sweet-talk, coaxial_cable

Clue #37: 54. ___ Cooper

4-letter answer Answer: MINI
Word Help: Synonyms: mini, miniskirt
Antonyms: midi

Clue #38: 55. Broadway opening?

4-letter answer Answer: ACTI

Clue #39: 59. Pointillism unit

3-letter answer Answer: DOT
Word Help: Synonyms: scatter, dit, point

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