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Break down the NYT Crosswords: June 18, 2012
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. Piquancy -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : zest, piquancy, spice, spice_up, gusto, piquance, zestfulness, relish, nip, tang, piquantness, tanginess
- 5. Feel in one's ___ -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 8. Sycophants, slangily -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
- 15. 1/12 of a ruler -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : edge, inch, column_inch, in
- 16. Durham sch. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 17. South Pacific region -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
- 18. Nebraska tribe -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 19. "___ Beso" (Paul Anka hit) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 20. 1970 song with the lyric "Whisper words of wisdom" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
- 21. 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word
- 24. Wealthy Brits -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 25. Fictitious -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
Possible Answer : insubstantial, unreal, artificial, unsubstantial
Possible Opposite: real, substantial, natural
- 26. Chow down -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer : eat_up, run_through, feed, wipe_out, use_up, eat_on, consume, corrode, eat, exhaust, rust, deplete
- 28. 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (14 letters) word
- 33. Common people -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : family, sept, folks, common_people, phratry, folk, kinsfolk, tribe, family_line, folk_music, kinfolk, ethnic_music
- 34. Lament loudly -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : ululate, pule, yaup, lamentation, mewl, yawl, roar, howl, lament, wail, whimper, plaint
- 35. Sick -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer : sick, poorly, complaint, ailment, inauspicious, ominous, badly, ill
Possible Opposite: well
- 37. Singer DiFranco -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer : ani
- 38. 1965 song with the lyric "These are words that go together well" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (8 letters) word
- 42. Low island -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer : Florida_key, cay, key
- 43. Election mo. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 44. "Am ___ late?" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 45. Heredity unit -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 46. 1965 song with the lyric "Think of what you're saying" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (14 letters) word
- 52. Bear: Sp. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 53. Nebraska neighbor -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
Possible Answer : Kansas_River, KS, Kaw_River, Kansa, Kansas, Sunflower_State
- 54. McCarthy-era attorney Roy -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : Cohn, Ferdinand_Julius_Cohn
- 57. 1968 song with the lyric "We all want to change the world" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word
Possible Answer : rotation, revolution, gyration
- 61. 1968 song with the lyric "Remember to let her into your heart" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
- 64. Suffix with zinc -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 65. "Amos 'n' ___" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 66. Candid, as a photo -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer : unposed
Possible Opposite: posed
- 67. Pecan or cashew -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer : bollock, Nut, testis, testicle, ball, freak, junkie, addict, egg, crank, fruitcake, nut, junky, en, crackpot, orchis, nut_case, screwball, ballock
- 68. Some HDTV screens -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : liquid_crystal_display, LCD
- 69. Slip-ups -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
- 70. Car rte. displayer -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer : GPS, Global_Positioning_System
- 71. Comfort -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : facilitate, relaxation, comfort, relieve, alleviate, allay, ease, simplicity, informality, rest, repose, still, easiness, relief, simpleness
Possible Opposite: difficulty
Down Clues and Answers:
- 1. Jewish homeland -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: Yisrael, Israel, Sion, Utopia, Zion, State_of_Israel
- 2. Inner: Prefix -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 3. Garbage boat -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: scow
- 4. One of filmdom's Avengers -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
- 5. "C'est la ___" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 6. Invisible -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
Possible Answer: unseen, spiritual_world, unobserved, spiritual_domain
- 7. Cartoonist Nast -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
Possible Answer: Lowell_Thomas, Seth_Thomas, Thomas_the_doubting_Apostle, Thomas, Norman_Thomas, Lowell_Jackson_Thomas, Dylan_Thomas, Dylan_Marlais_Thomas, Norman_Mattoon_Thomas, Saint_Thomas, doubting_Thomas, St._Thomas
- 8. German cathedral city -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 9. Cold cube -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: ICE, frosting, ice-skating_rink, internal-combustion_engine, shabu, chicken_feed, methamphetamine, icing, trash, deoxyephedrine, chalk, frost, Methedrine, frappe, crank, water_ice, glass, ice_rink, meth, sparkler, ice, methamphetamine_hydrochloride
- 10. Sink, as the sun -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: mark, located, Set, fixed, solidification, curing, countersink, primed, solidifying, exercise_set, rig, prepare, localise, coiffure, placed, define, lay_out, specify, Seth, ready, band, laid, arrange, localize, jell, position, situated, do, put, fix, hardened, set_up, rigid, typeset, fructify, sic, coif, hardening, adjust, lot, determine, coiffe, dictated, place, correct, determined, go_down, gear_up, go_under, plant, fit, readiness, circle, pose, limit, lay, set, dress, congeal, stage_set, bent
Possible Opposite: rise
- 11. Jeanne d'Arc, e.g. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 12. "Do ___ others ..." -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 13. Mr. ___ (soft drink) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 14. Mailing encls. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 22. Conclusion -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: stop, remnant, cease, last, remainder, conclusion, end, close, death, terminate, destruction, final_stage, closing, oddment, ending, terminal, finish, goal
- 23. "For ___ know ..." -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 26. Disney's "___ and the Detectives" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 27. Up to the task -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: capable, able-bodied, able
Possible Opposite: unable
- 28. First Moody Blues hit -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 29. Martini garnish -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: olive, Olea_europaea, European_olive_tree
- 30. Delta competitor: Abbr. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 31. Houston sch. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 32. Bias -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: cant, angle, slant, rake, pitch, cant_over, lean, tilt, weight, tip
- 33. Enthusiast -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: sports_fan, rooter, winnow, buff, devotee, lover, fan
- 36. Soapmaking stuff -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: lye
- 38. Unaccounted-for G.I.'s -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 39. "Pay ___ mind" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 40. Mooer -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 41. Physicist with a law -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: Robert_Hooke, Hooke
- 45. Lose freshness -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
- 47. Scam -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 48. Stark ___ mad -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
Possible Answer: spout, raving, rant, gush, mouth_off, jabber, ravingly, rave, rabbit_on
- 49. Get tense and hard, as a muscle -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 50. Archipelago bits -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 51. Letter after sigma -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: tau
- 54. Common bait fish -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: chub, Leuciscus_cephalus
- 55. Wine: Prefix -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 56. Syringe, for short -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: hypo, hypodermic_syringe, sodium_thiosulfate, hypodermic, sodium_thiosulphate
- 57. Cherry and ruby -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: red_ink, Marxist, Red, redness, Bolshevik, bolshy, red, Red_River, loss, bolshie
Possible Opposite: gain
- 58. Ancient Peruvian -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 59. Bookies give them -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: betting_odds, odds
- 60. Big Board inits. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: N._Y._Stock_Exchange, New_York_Stock_Exchange, big_board, NYSE
- 62. Troop-entertaining grp. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 63. "In excelsis ___" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
