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NYT Crossword September 07, 2024 Puzzle Breakdown: Your Complete Guide

Here are the puzzles for New York Times Crossword of September 07, 2024 which brings another set of fun and enticing clues and questions. Below are the explanations for the across and down clues which will assist you in completing today’s puzzle.

Breakdown of the NYT Crossword September 07, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Labor tactic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAMAZE




• The clue is 7. Ding-dong. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOOFUS

  Possible Answer : nitwit, half-wit, doofus, dimwit




• The clue is 13. Etymologists' interests. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORIGINS

  Possible Answer : blood_line, bloodline, origin, extraction, ancestry, stemma, blood, pedigree, line_of_descent, rootage, root, origination, parentage, line, source, stock, descent, beginning, lineage, inception




• The clue is 15. Out-of-the-blue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABRUPT

  Possible Answer : sharp, precipitous, abrupt, disconnected




• The clue is 16. Family inheritance?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENEPOOL




• The clue is 18. Give temporarily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOANTO




• The clue is 19. Signs up for. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JOINS

  Possible Answer : sum, bring_together, unite, fall_in, articulation, get_together, joint, juncture, connect, union, link, conjoin, link_up, join, junction

  Possible Opposite Answer : disjoin




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

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

  The answer: FABLE

  Possible Answer : parable, apologue, fable, fiction, legend, allegory, fabrication




• The clue is 22. Cool off, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAN

  Possible Answer : fan, winnow, sports_fan, rooter, buff, lover, devotee




• The clue is 23. Scores. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALOT




• The clue is 24. How someone might be in love. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MADLY

  Possible Answer : dementedly, deucedly, insanely, frantically, devilishly, crazily, deadly, madly

  Possible Opposite Answer : sanely




• The clue is 25. Tesla, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAKE

  Possible Answer : score, relieve_oneself, draw, crap, progress_to, reach, defecate, piss, pull_in, make, stimulate, puddle, cause, work, realize, pee, make_water, have, attain, construct, form, hold, make_up, constitute, ca-ca, earn, clear, fix, do, cook, produce, ready, name, lay_down, urinate, get_to, shuffle, build, bring_in, make_believe, shit, spend_a_penny, shuffling, get, hit, piddle, give, pass_water, gain, micturate, nominate, establish, seduce, realise, pretend, stool, take_a_shit, prepare, wee, arrive_at, brand, take, wee-wee, create, induce, throw, pee-pee, take_a_crap, take_in, take_a_leak

  Possible Opposite Answer : break, unmake




• The clue is 26. "I mean, come on!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAN

  Possible Answer : human_beings, valet_de_chambre, serviceman, man, gentleman's_gentleman, human_being, humanity, military_man, humankind, valet, military_personnel, mankind, humans, Isle_of_Man, homo, piece, human_race, world, adult_male, gentleman, human, Man

  Possible Opposite Answer : civilian, woman




• The clue is 27. Pain ___ (French toast, in French). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERDU




• The clue is 28. Like soffritto ingredients. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DICED

  Possible Answer : cube, dice




• The clue is 29. Deep fears?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: SEASERPENTS




• The clue is 31. Methods for sharing pirated material. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: BITTORRENTS




• The clue is 32. Details. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: NITTYGRITTY




• The clue is 33. One of the Goonies in "The Goonies". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIKEY




• The clue is 34. It might be fluid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUNCE

  Possible Answer : ounce, Panthera_uncia, troy_ounce, snow_leopard, apothecaries'_ounce, oz.




• The clue is 35. Mediocre, in modern slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MID

  Possible Answer : mid




• The clue is 38. Whizzes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACES

  Possible Answer : ace, genius, adept, star, mavin, unity, sail_through, virtuoso, whizz, nail, champion, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, sweep_through, superstar, whiz, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, I, breeze_through, maven, sensation, single, ACE, 1, wiz, one, wizard, Allied_Command_Europe, hotshot, pass_with_flying_colors




• The clue is 39. Word in two African country names. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CONGO

  Possible Answer : Zaire_River, Belgian_Congo, French_Congo, English_breakfast_tea, Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, Congo, Congo_River, congo, Zaire, congou_tea, congou, Republic_of_the_Congo




• The clue is 40. Somewhat, musically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POCO




• The clue is 41. Poivre go-with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEL




• The clue is 42. Videographer's words before recording, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDGO




• The clue is 43. Pass it on!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATON

  Possible Answer : truncheon, billy, nightstick, billy_club, baton, billystick, wand




• The clue is 44. Reach, as new heights. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOARTO




• The clue is 46. Sporting venue also known as a dohyo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUMORING




• The clue is 48. Fast-food chain with palm trees on its packaging. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INNOUT




• The clue is 49. First word in the opening crawl for "Star Wars: Episode I". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TURMOIL

  Possible Answer : convulsion, agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, tumult, upheaval, turmoil




• The clue is 50. Weak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEEBLE

  Possible Answer : rickety, debile, nerveless, faint, lame, weakly, infirm, decrepit, weak, feeble, sapless




• The clue is 51. Where you might say "That's the spirit!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEANCE

  Possible Answer : session, sitting, seance

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: LOGJAM

  Possible Answer: logjam

• The clue is 2. Iris feature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREOLA

  Possible Answer: areola, ring_of_color

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

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

  The answer: MINION

  Possible Answer: minion

• The clue is 4. One running the showing, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGENT

  Possible Answer: federal_agent, agent, broker, factor, agentive_role

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

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

  The answer: ZIPS

  Possible Answer: zero, zippo, postcode, postal_code, nothing, energy, zip_fastener, zilch, travel_rapidly, aught, goose_egg, vigor, cipher, zipper, nada, ZIP_code, cypher, nil, null, ZIP, hurry, slide_fastener, naught, nix, zip_up, speed, zip, vigour

  Possible Opposite Answer : unzip

• The clue is 6. Experimental music documentary of 2024. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENO

• The clue is 7. Move slowly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DALLY

  Possible Answer: philander, dally, romance, chat_up, flirt, play, toy, coquet, coquette, mash, butterfly, dawdle, trifle

• The clue is 8. Relative of a heckelphone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBOE

  Possible Answer: hautboy, oboe, hautbois

• The clue is 9. "Se Non ___, Quando?" (Primo Levi novel whose title translates to "If not now, when?"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORA

  Possible Answer: os, osmium, bone, oculus_sinister, operating_system, Os, OS, atomic_number_76

• The clue is 10. Trivia worth learning. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUNFACTS

• The clue is 11. Moments of comprehension, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPTAKES

  Possible Answer: intake, ingestion, uptake, consumption

• The clue is 12. High. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STONED

  Possible Answer: stoned, stone, pit, lapidate, hopped-up

• The clue is 14. "Everything's coming along great!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: SOFARSOGOOD

• The clue is 17. Levels of corporate hierarchy, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: LADDERRUNGS

• The clue is 21. Censoring, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: BLURRINGOUT

• The clue is 24. Like material you can sink your teeth into. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEATY

  Possible Answer: substantive, meaty

  Possible Opposite Answer : meatless

• The clue is 25. Like mojitos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINTY

  Possible Answer: minty

• The clue is 27. Small-minded. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETTY

  Possible Answer: fiddling, niggling, subaltern, lowly, piddling, junior-grade, petit_larceny, small-minded, footling, picayune, little, petty, petty_larceny, lower-ranking, secondary, trivial, lilliputian, piffling

  Possible Opposite Answer : grand_larceny

• The clue is 28. Sausage grinder in Italy?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DENTE

• The clue is 29. Listings on a blogroll. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITES

  Possible Answer: web_site, model, place, ride, baby-sit, sit_around, sit_down, pose, posture, site, land_site, sit, seat, internet_site, website, locate, situation

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise

• The clue is 30. Competitor of Chewy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETCO

• The clue is 31. Stretch near a shoulder, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIKELANE

• The clue is 32. "Zing!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NICEONE

• The clue is 33. Mountain grouping. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MASSIF

  Possible Answer: massif

• The clue is 35. Courtroom request. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOTION

  Possible Answer: gesticulate, motion, movement, apparent_motion, apparent_movement, gesture, motility, question, move

  Possible Opposite Answer : motionlessness

• The clue is 36. Seriously memorable. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICONIC

  Possible Answer: iconic

• The clue is 37. Computer accessory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONGLE

  Possible Answer: dongle

• The clue is 39. Big bill, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CNOTE

• The clue is 40. City famous for its ham and cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARMA

• The clue is 42. Surgeon/writer Gawande. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATUL

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

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

  The answer: BORE

  Possible Answer: assume, stomach, calibre, bear, acquit, aegir, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, gestate, suffer, eagre, tire, drill_hole, abide, eager, tidal_bore, support, have, stick_out, dullard, hold, brook, behave, conduct, take_over, stand, bore, caliber, give_birth, wear, deport, contain, digest, endure, yield, put_up, tolerate, deliver, gauge, pay, drill, accept, carry, expect, turn_out, birth, comport, bore-hole

  Possible Opposite Answer : interest

• The clue is 45. Deprive (of). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROB

  Possible Answer: surcharge, gazump, rob, fleece, soak, pluck, hook, overcharge, plume

  Possible Opposite Answer : undercharge

• The clue is 47. Some fraternity letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUS

  Possible Answer: mu, genus_Mus, Mus

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Across Clues and Answers (61)

Clue #1: 1. Cartridge from the 1980s

9-letter answer Answer: ATARIGAME

Clue #2: 10. Source of the words "galore" and "smithereens"

5-letter answer Answer: IRISH

Word Help: Synonyms: Irish, Irish_people, Irish_whiskey

Clue #3: 15. "Nice!"

5-letter answer Answer: SWEET

Word Help: Synonyms: dulcet, sweet, odorous
Antonyms: dry, salty

Clue #4: 20. Drag-racing venue

9-letter answer Answer: MOTORPLEX

Clue #5: 21. Nature personified

11-letter answer Answer: MOTHEREARTH

Clue #6: 23. "Pinky-swear?"

9-letter answer Answer: PROMISEME

Clue #7: 24. Step on a scale?

11-letter answer Answer: MUSICALNOTE

Clue #8: 25. The Beatles' "White Album" has four of them

5-letter answer Answer: SIDES

Word Help: Synonyms: position, incline, side

Clue #9: 26. Sphere of influence

5-letter answer Answer: ORBIT

Word Help: Synonyms: orbital_cavity, scope, celestial_orbit

Clue #10: 28. 1957 Isaac Asimov novel, with "The"

8-letter answer Answer: NAKEDSUN

Clue #11: 29. Command that might be represented by a curved arrow pointing left

4-letter answer Answer: UNDO

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

Clue #12: 30. Outer layer of the brain

6-letter answer Answer: CORTEX

Word Help: Synonyms: cerebral_cortex, lens_cortex, cortex
Antonyms: medulla

Clue #13: 32. Inveigle

6-letter answer Answer: ENTICE

Word Help: Synonyms: lure, tempt, entice

Clue #14: 33. Package drop-off sites: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: POS

Word Help: Synonyms: Post_Office, P.O., polonium

Clue #15: 34. "Council," in Russian

6-letter answer Answer: SOVIET

Word Help: Synonyms: Soviet, soviet

Clue #16: 35. "Flower Myth" painter Paul

4-letter answer Answer: KLEE

Word Help: Synonyms: Klee, Paul_Klee

Clue #17: 36. Takes a bit off the top

5-letter answer Answer: TRIMS

Word Help: Synonyms: cut, shave, reduce

Clue #18: 40. Showed off on an instrument

6-letter answer Answer: SOLOED

Word Help: Synonyms: solo

Clue #19: 41. Follow closely

4-letter answer Answer: HEED

Word Help: Synonyms: regard, mind, attentiveness
Antonyms: inattentiveness

Clue #20: 42. Note-to-self medium, perhaps

6-letter answer Answer: POSTIT

Clue #21: 43. Beers from Bremen, informally

8-letter answer Answer: STPAULIS

Clue #22: 46. Zingy flavor

4-letter answer Answer: TANG

Word Help: Synonyms: savour, bladder_fucus, sea_tang

Clue #23: 47. Way off in the distance

3-letter answer Answer: FAR

Word Help: Synonyms: Army_for_the_Liberation_of_Rwanda, Former_Armed_Forces, far
Antonyms: near

Clue #24: 48. Agreeable words

3-letter answer Answer: IDO

Word Help: Synonyms: Ido

Clue #25: 49. Defeated decisively

7-letter answer Answer: WHIPPED

Word Help: Synonyms: flog, slash, blister

Clue #26: 50. Fish that passes the "mirror test" of self-recognition

8-letter answer Answer: MANTARAY

Clue #27: 52. Salon sound

4-letter answer Answer: SNIP

Word Help: Synonyms: nip, snip_off, cut_back

Clue #28: 53. Poker declaration

6-letter answer Answer: IRAISE

Clue #29: 54. "I've Been Everywhere" singer in the Country Music Hall of Fame

8-letter answer Answer: HANKSNOW

Clue #30: 55. Mass agreements

5-letter answer Answer: AMENS

Word Help: Synonyms: Amun, Amen, Amon

Clue #31: 56. "Whoever did this has it coming!"

21-letter answer Answer: SOMEONEISGETTINGFIRED

Clue #32: 59. Lynn ___, Super Bowl X M.V.P.

5-letter answer Answer: SWANN

Clue #33: 60. At the end of the day

8-letter answer Answer: AFTERALL

Clue #34: 61. Recently

6-letter answer Answer: OFLATE

Clue #35: 62. "Phooey!"

4-letter answer Answer: RATS

Word Help: Synonyms: rotter, betray, blabber

Clue #36: 63. Right of way, say

8-letter answer Answer: PRIORITY

Word Help: Synonyms: priority, antecedence, precedence
Antonyms: posteriority

Clue #37: 64. Cornmeal dish at a trattoria

7-letter answer Answer: POLENTA

Word Help: Synonyms: polenta

Clue #38: 65. "I ___ you!"

3-letter answer Answer: OWE

Word Help: Synonyms: owe

Clue #39: 66. Eternity

3-letter answer Answer: EON

Word Help: Synonyms: eon, aeon

Clue #40: 67. Partner of 74-Across

4-letter answer Answer: DINE

Word Help: Synonyms: dine

Clue #41: 68. Acted diplomatically

8-letter answer Answer: MEDIATED

Word Help: Synonyms: mediated, intermediate, mediate

Clue #42: 69. Organ above the trachea

6-letter answer Answer: LARYNX

Word Help: Synonyms: larynx, voice_box

Clue #43: 71. Comic Ali

4-letter answer Answer: WONG

Clue #44: 72. Black out

6-letter answer Answer: REDACT

Word Help: Synonyms: cast, edit, reviser

Clue #45: 73. Big name in the cleaning aisle

5-letter answer Answer: LYSOL

Word Help: Synonyms: Lysol

Clue #46: 74. Partner of 67-Across

4-letter answer Answer: WINE

Word Help: Synonyms: wine-coloured, vino, wine-colored

Clue #47: 75. Embody something proudly

6-letter answer Answer: WEARIT

Clue #48: 76. ___ Fring, "Breaking Bad" antagonist

3-letter answer Answer: GUS

Word Help: Synonyms: Guam, GU

Clue #49: 79. Spots for lavalier mics

6-letter answer Answer: LAPELS

Word Help: Synonyms: lapel

Clue #50: 81. Hebrew greeting

6-letter answer Answer: SHALOM

Clue #51: 82. Turn to pulp

4-letter answer Answer: MASH

Word Help: Synonyms: comminute, squash, bray

Clue #52: 83. 1999 Maeve Binchy novel

8-letter answer Answer: TARAROAD

Clue #53: 86. Young salmon

5-letter answer Answer: SMOLT

Clue #54: 87. Unit of magnetic flux density

5-letter answer Answer: GAMMA

Word Help: Synonyms: Gamma, Vasco_da_Gamma, da_Gamma

Clue #55: 88. Spirit with a citrus flavor

11-letter answer Answer: ORANGEVODKA

Clue #56: 90. Head cheese

9-letter answer Answer: MISTERBIG

Clue #57: 93. Minor crime

11-letter answer Answer: MISDEMEANOR

Word Help: Synonyms: infraction, misdemeanour, infringement

Clue #58: 94. Adding up (to)

9-letter answer Answer: AMOUNTING

Word Help: Synonyms: come, number, add_up

Clue #59: 95. Joy on TV

5-letter answer Answer: BEHAR

Clue #60: 96. Button on many appliances

5-letter answer Answer: START

Word Help: Synonyms: showtime, start, set_off
Antonyms: middle, finish

Clue #61: 97. "Network" co-star, 1976

9-letter answer Answer: NEDBEATTY

Across Clues and Answers (61)

Clue #1: 1. Invigorates

6-letter answer Answer: AMPSUP

Clue #2: 2. Home of the Italian soccer club Juventus

6-letter answer Answer: TORINO

Word Help: Synonyms: Turin, Torino

Clue #3: 3. Fighting (with)

6-letter answer Answer: ATODDS

Clue #4: 4. Fictional character who says "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick"

5-letter answer Answer: ROMEO

Word Help: Synonyms: Romeo

Clue #5: 5. Mechanism that controls a camera's aperture

4-letter answer Answer: IRIS

Word Help: Synonyms: flag, fleur-de-lis, sword_lily

Clue #6: 6. Dashboard device, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: GPS

Word Help: Synonyms: GPS, Global_Positioning_System

Clue #7: 7. Tavern offering

3-letter answer Answer: ALE

Word Help: Synonyms: ale

Clue #8: 8. High school reunion topic

8-letter answer Answer: MEMORIES

Word Help: Synonyms: retentivity, retentiveness, storage

Clue #9: 9. Spent

7-letter answer Answer: EXERTED

Word Help: Synonyms: exert, maintain, exercise

Clue #10: 10. Amalgamate

5-letter answer Answer: IMMIX

Word Help: Synonyms: combine, commingle, blend

Clue #11: 11. Uninteresting game, perhaps

4-letter answer Answer: ROUT

Word Help: Synonyms: rout_out, spreadeagle, rout

Clue #12: 12. Word with a commonly misapplied apostrophe

3-letter answer Answer: ITS

Word Help: Synonyms: information_technology, IT

Clue #13: 13. Climbed, as a rope

7-letter answer Answer: SHINNED

Word Help: Synonyms: scramble, sputter, struggle

Clue #14: 14. Greek goddess depicted holding torches and snakes

6-letter answer Answer: HECATE

Word Help: Synonyms: Hecate

Clue #15: 15. Person on a nominating committee, say

8-letter answer Answer: SELECTOR

Word Help: Synonyms: picker, selector_switch, selector

Clue #16: 16. Goes nowhere in particular

7-letter answer Answer: WANDERS

Word Help: Synonyms: betray, drift, cheat_on

Clue #17: 17. Psyche's partner

4-letter answer Answer: EROS

Word Help: Synonyms: eros, Eros, physical_attraction

Clue #18: 18. Accusatory words

4-letter answer Answer: ETTU

Clue #19: 19. "Well ___"

4-letter answer Answer: THEN

Word Help: Synonyms: and_then, so, and_so

Clue #20: 22. Twice-distilled Turkish beverage

4-letter answer Answer: RAKI

Clue #21: 27. Item in a hedge

3-letter answer Answer: BET

Word Help: Synonyms: stakes, depend, count

Clue #22: 30. Lass

7-letter answer Answer: COLLEEN

Word Help: Synonyms: colleen

Clue #23: 31. Semicircular?

5-letter answer Answer: OVOID

Word Help: Synonyms: ovate, elliptic, oval

Clue #24: 32. With style

9-letter answer Answer: ELEGANTLY

Word Help: Synonyms: elegantly
Antonyms: inelegantly

Clue #25: 34. "Let's eat!"

7-letter answer Answer: SOUPSON

Clue #26: 35. School whose sports teams are known as the Golden Flashes

9-letter answer Answer: KENTSTATE

Clue #27: 37. Traveling from place to place

9-letter answer Answer: ITINERANT

Word Help: Synonyms: gipsy, gypsy, itinerant

Clue #28: 38. Shopgirl in a Paris boutique

9-letter answer Answer: MIDINETTE

Word Help: Synonyms: midinette

Clue #29: 39. Freezes

9-letter answer Answer: STOPSDEAD

Clue #30: 40. Homo ___ neanderthalensis

7-letter answer Answer: SAPIENS

Word Help: Synonyms: sapiens

Clue #31: 41. Strong urge

9-letter answer Answer: HANKERING

Word Help: Synonyms: yen, hankering, yearn

Clue #32: 42. Cough up

3-letter answer Answer: PAY

Word Help: Synonyms: pay_up, wage, bear
Antonyms: default

Clue #33: 43. Cake with a distinctive swirl

9-letter answer Answer: SWISSROLL

Clue #34: 44. Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remark

9-letter answer Answer: THROWAWAY

Word Help: Synonyms: flyer, flier, bill

Clue #35: 45. Spinal cord membranes

9-letter answer Answer: PIAMATERS

Clue #36: 46. Shade akin to pumpkin

9-letter answer Answer: TANGERINE

Word Help: Synonyms: tangerine_tree, tangerine

Clue #37: 47. Court favor in a cringey fashion

4-letter answer Answer: FAWN

Word Help: Synonyms: greyish_brown, cower, kotow

Clue #38: 50. Beasts with enormous tusks

9-letter answer Answer: MASTODONS

Word Help: Synonyms: mastodont, mastodon

Clue #39: 51. Shake up

4-letter answer Answer: ROIL

Word Help: Synonyms: boil, moil, rile

Clue #40: 52. Show warmth to

7-letter answer Answer: SMILEAT

Clue #41: 54. Like recording studio equipment

4-letter answer Answer: HIFI

Clue #42: 55. Plague

7-letter answer Answer: AFFLICT

Word Help: Synonyms: smite, afflict

Clue #43: 57. Take in

4-letter answer Answer: EARN

Word Help: Synonyms: garner, gain, realize

Clue #44: 58. Archer's gift

7-letter answer Answer: GOODAIM

Clue #45: 63. Old curse word

3-letter answer Answer: POX

Word Help: Synonyms: syph, lues_venerea, lues

Clue #46: 64. Actor Pascal of "Gladiator II"

5-letter answer Answer: PEDRO

Clue #47: 66. What provides the big picture?

8-letter answer Answer: ENLARGER

Word Help: Synonyms: enlarger

Clue #48: 68. Noon or 6:00 p.m., for some

8-letter answer Answer: MEALTIME

Word Help: Synonyms: mealtime

Clue #49: 70. Reality TV star Hadid

7-letter answer Answer: YOLANDA

Clue #50: 71. Something sown, per an idiom

7-letter answer Answer: WILDOAT

Clue #51: 72. Macho stereotype

7-letter answer Answer: REALMAN

Clue #52: 74. Goes in and out

6-letter answer Answer: WEAVES

Word Help: Synonyms: wind, meander, waver
Antonyms: unweave

Clue #53: 75. Word before knows or cares

3-letter answer Answer: WHO

Word Help: Synonyms: World_Health_Organization, WHO

Clue #54: 76. Chess opening

6-letter answer Answer: GAMBIT

Word Help: Synonyms: gambit, stratagem, ploy

Clue #55: 77. Dime store?

6-letter answer Answer: USMINT

Clue #56: 78. In need of a haircut, say

6-letter answer Answer: SHAGGY

Word Help: Synonyms: shaggy-coated, shagged, shaggy-haired

Clue #57: 80. Limerick, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: POEM

Word Help: Synonyms: poem, verse_form

Clue #58: 81. Tricked out with the latest technology, say

5-letter answer Answer: SMART

Word Help: Synonyms: chic, smarting, voguish
Antonyms: stupid

Clue #59: 82. One-named Brazilian soccer star who is a six-time FIFA World Player of the Year

5-letter answer Answer: MARTA

Clue #60: 83. Body building?

4-letter answer Answer: TOMB

Word Help: Synonyms: tomb, grave

Clue #61: 84. ___ Crown Theater (downtown Chicago landmark)

4-letter answer Answer: ARIE

Clue #62: 85. Acting without thinking

4-letter answer Answer: RASH

Word Help: Synonyms: skin_rash, rash, roseola

Clue #63: 86. Candy brand with a crown in its logo

4-letter answer Answer: SKOR

Clue #64: 87. See 89-Down

4-letter answer Answer: GENE

Word Help: Synonyms: cistron, gene, factor

Clue #65: 89. 87-Down makeup

3-letter answer Answer: DNA

Word Help: Synonyms: desoxyribonucleic_acid, DNA, deoxyribonucleic_acid

Clue #66: 91. It may be rolled out in the backyard

3-letter answer Answer: SOD

Word Help: Synonyms: sod, bugger, sodomist

Clue #67: 92. Setting for Jacques-Louis David's painting "The Death of Marat"

3-letter answer Answer: TUB

Word Help: Synonyms: bathing_tub, tub, bath

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