Fri Oct 18, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Juice provider, 8. Portrayer of Laurie Strode in seven "Halloween" films, 14. Where customers can pay to smash household objects to smithereens, 16. Play without a break, 17. Attention-grabbing visuals, 18. Part of many singers' vocal warm-up routines, 19. Beef variety, 20. It's often playing games, 22. Playful snarl, 23. What painful sensations and frying pans can both do, 24. Shawarma holder, 25. Express one's displeasure toward, 26. Cryptaesthesia, more familiarly, 27. Artist whose full name anagrams to A MAN DETOURED, 28. Modern party planning tool, 29. Really good time, 30. Orthodontist's recommendation, 32. Digital art?, 35. Makes an opposing argument, 36. It generates a lot of buzz, 37. Register, as a complaint, 38. Voiced amazement, 40. "There, there" accompanier, 43. Former Israeli P.M. Sharon, 44. Stadium sounds, 45. De ___, 46. Word before friendly or name, 47. ID issuers, 48. Hit taker, 49. Beethoven's "Hammerklavier," for one, 51. Phrase typically shortened to its first three letters, 53. Geometry figure, 54. Big name in food delivery, 55. Accommodates, in listing-speak, 56. "That was perfect — I don't have any feedback"

 Fri Oct 18, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Down Clues :

1. Clothing line, 2. Warren of the Allman Brothers Band, 3. Common reason for a missed reference, 4. Come back, 5. Mardi follower, 6. Vast span, 7. Entered a Wild West town, say, 8. "Walking in Memphis" singer Marc, 9. Deep-dish pizza maker, 10. What a '50s-style diner or arcade bar might have, 11. "Star Wars" planet that's home to womp rats, 12. First pitcher, maybe, 13. First pitcher, 15. "That explains it!", 21. Eucharist plate, 24. Crafter's supply, 25. Showed pride, in a way, 27. TV mounting spot, 29. Popular remedy for an upset stomach, 31. Penne, rigatoni, etc., 32. Sad sack, 33. Market, 34. Stick in the closet?, 35. Things of concern to grammarians and negotiators, 39. Moses portrayer in classic film, 40. Prod, 41. Not inclined, 42. Scrolls from right to left?, 45. Avoid, 47. Pops, 48. Fork-tailed bird, 50. Checkout screen option, 52. This is what it sounds like when doves cry

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 18, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: CHARGER

  Possible Answer : charger, courser, battery_charger




• The clue is 8. Portrayer of Laurie Strode in seven "Halloween" films. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CURTIS

  Possible Answer : William_Curtis, Curtis




• The clue is 14. Where customers can pay to smash household objects to smithereens. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAGEROOM




• The clue is 16. Play without a break. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEACT




• The clue is 17. Attention-grabbing visuals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYECANDY




• The clue is 18. Part of many singers' vocal warm-up routines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOTTEA




• The clue is 19. Beef variety. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANGUS

  Possible Answer : Angus_Og, Aengus, black_Angus, Oengus, Aberdeen_Angus, Angus




• The clue is 20. It's often playing games. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESPN




• The clue is 22. Playful snarl. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROWR




• The clue is 23. What painful sensations and frying pans can both do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEAR

  Possible Answer : singe, scorch, blacken, parch, dried-up, sere, withered, shriveled, sear, shrivelled, char




• The clue is 24. Shawarma holder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PITA

  Possible Answer : pita, pocket_bread




• The clue is 25. Express one's displeasure toward. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOOAT




• The clue is 26. Cryptaesthesia, more familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESP

  Possible Answer : ESP, second_sight, extrasensory_perception, E.S.P., clairvoyance




• The clue is 27. Artist whose full name anagrams to A MAN DETOURED. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANET

  Possible Answer : Manet, Edouard_Manet




• The clue is 28. Modern party planning tool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVITE




• The clue is 29. Really good time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAS

  Possible Answer : flatulence, gun, gasconade, brag, gasolene, bluster, gas, petrol, vaunt, natural_gas, boast, throttle, gaseous_state, swash, gasoline, blow, tout, accelerator, gas_pedal, shoot_a_line, flatulency, accelerator_pedal




• The clue is 30. Orthodontist's recommendation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RETAINER

  Possible Answer : retainer, consideration, servant




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

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: PAINTBYNUMBER




• The clue is 35. Makes an opposing argument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COUNTERS

  Possible Answer : parry, counterpunch, forestall, heel_counter, sideboard, counter, buffet, riposte, replication, anticipate, return, tabulator, retort, foresee, comeback, rejoinder




• The clue is 36. It generates a lot of buzz. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEE

  Possible Answer : bee




• The clue is 37. Register, as a complaint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LODGE

  Possible Answer : society, guild, hunting_lodge, auberge, Sir_Oliver_Joseph_Lodge, indian_lodge, wedge, hostel, charge, gild, club, Sir_Oliver_Lodge, order, file, stick, Lodge, deposit, accommodate, social_club, hostelry, inn, lodge

  Possible Opposite Answer : dislodge




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

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

  The answer: OOHED

  Possible Answer : ooh, aah




• The clue is 40. "There, there" accompanier. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAT

  Possible Answer : tap, chuck, rap, glib, pat, slick, dab




• The clue is 43. Former Israeli P.M. Sharon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARIEL




• The clue is 44. Stadium sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLES




• The clue is 45. De ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOVO




• The clue is 46. Word before friendly or name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USER

  Possible Answer : user, substance_abuser, drug_user, exploiter




• The clue is 47. ID issuers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DMVS




• The clue is 48. Hit taker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOKER




• The clue is 49. Beethoven's "Hammerklavier," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SONATA

  Possible Answer : sonata




• The clue is 51. Phrase typically shortened to its first three letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETCETERA

  Possible Answer : etcetera, etc., and_so_forth, and_so_on




• The clue is 53. Geometry figure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EUCLID

  Possible Answer : Euclid




• The clue is 54. Big name in food delivery. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOORDASH




• The clue is 55. Accommodates, in listing-speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLEEPS

  Possible Answer : sopor, nap, sleep, rest, catch_some_Z's, log_Z's, slumber, eternal_rest, eternal_sleep, kip, quietus

  Possible Opposite Answer : wake




• The clue is 56. "That was perfect — I don't have any feedback". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONOTES

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: CREASE

  Possible Answer: plication, flexure, ruckle, rumple, crinkle, line, scrunch_up, crimp, scrunch, crumple, rake, furrow, creese, crease, bend, crisp, fold, seam, wrinkle, kris, graze

• The clue is 2. Warren of the Allman Brothers Band. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAYNES

• The clue is 3. Common reason for a missed reference. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGEGAP

• The clue is 4. Come back. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RECUR

  Possible Answer: repeat, fall_back, resort, recur, go_back

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

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

  The answer: GRAS

• The clue is 6. Vast span. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EON

  Possible Answer: aeon, eon

• The clue is 7. Entered a Wild West town, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RODEIN

• The clue is 8. "Walking in Memphis" singer Marc. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COHN

  Possible Answer: Ferdinand_Julius_Cohn, Cohn

• The clue is 9. Deep-dish pizza maker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNO

• The clue is 10. What a '50s-style diner or arcade bar might have. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: RETROVIBE

• The clue is 11. "Star Wars" planet that's home to womp rats. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TATOOINE

• The clue is 12. First pitcher, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICEWATER

• The clue is 13. First pitcher. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STARTER

  Possible Answer: crank, fledgling, entrant, starting_motor, neophyte, newbie, freshman, appetizer, starter, starter_motor, appetiser, fledgeling, dispatcher, newcomer

• The clue is 15. "That explains it!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: MYSTERYSOLVED

• The clue is 21. Eucharist plate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATEN

• The clue is 24. Crafter's supply. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PASTE

  Possible Answer: glue, paste, library_paste, spread

• The clue is 25. Showed pride, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEAMED

  Possible Answer: radiate, send, glow, broadcast, shine, transmit, air, beam

• The clue is 27. TV mounting spot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANTEL

  Possible Answer: chimneypiece, mantel, mantle, mantlepiece, mantelpiece

• The clue is 29. Popular remedy for an upset stomach. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: GINGERALE

• The clue is 31. Penne, rigatoni, etc.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUBES

  Possible Answer: tube-shaped_structure, subway_system, tubing, thermionic_vacuum_tube, subway, thermionic_tube, metro, electron_tube, underground, vacuum_tube, tube, pipe, thermionic_valve

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

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

  The answer: POORSOUL

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

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

  The answer: AUDIENCE

  Possible Answer: interview, audience, consultation, hearing

• The clue is 34. Stick in the closet?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BROOM

  Possible Answer: broom, ling, heather, Scots_heather, sweep, Calluna_vulgaris

• The clue is 35. Things of concern to grammarians and negotiators. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLAUSES

  Possible Answer: article, clause

• The clue is 39. Moses portrayer in classic film. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HESTON

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

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

  The answer: POKEAT

• The clue is 41. Not inclined. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVERSE

  Possible Answer: indisposed, antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, loth, loath

• The clue is 42. Scrolls from right to left?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORAHS

  Possible Answer: Torah, Pentateuch, Laws

• The clue is 45. Avoid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTDO

• The clue is 47. Pops. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DADS

  Possible Answer: dad, daddy, pop, pappa, papa, dada, pa

• The clue is 48. Fork-tailed bird. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TERN

  Possible Answer: tern

• The clue is 50. Checkout screen option. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIP

  Possible Answer: crest, tilt, hint, tumble, gratuity, steer, slant, lean, tiptoe, pourboire, confidential_information, point, bakshis, tip, wind, angle, bung, lead, topple, bakshish, summit, baksheesh, tippytoe, backsheesh, crown, top, tip_off, peak, tap, fee

• The clue is 52. This is what it sounds like when doves cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COO

  Possible Answer: coo

27412 Wed Nov 27, 2024 nyt by Jill Singer

Across Clues :

1. Long, 5. Member of an 1800s literary family, 9. Handy expressions?, 14. "Justice League of America," e.g., 16. Possesses a certain je ne sais quoi, 17. Member of an 1800s literary family, 18. Member of an 1800s literary family, 19. Check for errors, perhaps, 20. Key to close a window, 22. Part of I.P.A., 23. A little buggy?, 24. Pump selection: Abbr., 26. @@@, 28. Rose Bowl city, 31. Hospital dept. that sounds like a sentence, 34. Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, 37. Symbols of longevity in Chinese iconography, 39. Corn, beans and squash, in Mesoamerican tradition ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle, 42. Home to horned vipers and deathstalker scorpions, 43. Scorch, 44. Hold (down), 45. Member of a 2000s showbiz family, 48. ___ Quentin, Calif., 49. Meditative discipline, 50. Member of a 2000s showbiz family, 53. Too easy (on), 56. Long time, 59. Singer known as the "Queen of Tejano Music", 61. Member of a 2000s showbiz family, 63. Linguistic "stems", 65. In an online convo, perhaps, 66. Clever person, 67. Universal donor's classification, 68. Flexible Flyer, for one, 69. Good-looking couple?

Down Clues :

1. African city that's home to the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre, 2. Poet Leonard, 3. "Crying in ___," best-selling memoir of 2021, 4. Gaelic homeland, 5. Dwellings, 6. "___ on your life!", 7. Pay attention to, 8. Barely gets (by), 9. Fidel's longtime lieutenant, 10. Things found by reading chairs, 11. Home of the highest and lowest points on the earth's surface, 12. Party pooper, 13. Eye malady, 15. Composer Schumann, 21. Final two words of "Over the Rainbow", 25. Patisserie purchase, 27. Southwest ski resort with lifts up to 12,450 feet, 28. Ball pythons, at times, 29. Pulitzer-winning novelist Anthony, 30. Fake, 31. "Understood", 32. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie", 33. Home to Leningrad, for short, 34. Link prefix, 35. "Fancy meeting you here!", 36. Hammer's end, 38. First word in a rhyming pair meaning "small", 40. Maori ceremonial dance, 41. River that provides the largest inflow into the Mediterranean, 46. Fit together, 47. Celebrity gossip show, 48. 14-pound unit, 50. Former presidential candidate who served as Biden's climate envoy, 51. Not mainstream, 52. Ship poles, 53. Short routine, 54. "Goodness gracious!", 55. Do a grillmaster's job, 57. 69-Across, poetically, 58. Père ___ (Santa's French counterpart), 60. Effortless stride, 62. One's self, 64. Flamenco cry

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 27, 2024

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

New York Times, Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: ACHE

  Possible Answer : ache, smart, hurt, yen, aching, yearn, pine, suffer, languish




• The clue is 5. Member of an 1800s literary family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANNE

  Possible Answer : Anne




• The clue is 9. Handy expressions?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLAPS

  Possible Answer : applaud, eruption, clap, bam, bang, acclaim, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, blast, spat, clack

  Possible Opposite Answer : boo




• The clue is 14. "Justice League of America," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: COMICBOOK




• The clue is 16. Possesses a certain je ne sais quoi. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HASIT




• The clue is 17. Member of an 1800s literary family. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: CHARLOTTE

  Possible Answer : Queen_City, Charlotte, charlotte




• The clue is 18. Member of an 1800s literary family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMILY




• The clue is 19. Check for errors, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REREAD

  Possible Answer : reread




• The clue is 20. Key to close a window. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESC




• The clue is 22. Part of I.P.A.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALE

  Possible Answer : picket, blanch, blench, sick, pallid, pale, wan




• The clue is 23. A little buggy?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANT

  Possible Answer : pismire, ant, emmet




• The clue is 24. Pump selection: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REG




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

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

  The answer: ATS

  Possible Answer : At, at, atomic_number_85, astatine




• The clue is 28. Rose Bowl city. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PASADENA

  Possible Answer : Pasadena




• The clue is 31. Hospital dept. that sounds like a sentence. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICU

  Possible Answer : intensive_care_unit, ICU




• The clue is 34. Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOPE

  Possible Answer : promise, desire, trust, Hope, Leslie_Townes_Hope, Bob_Hope, hope, go_for

  Possible Opposite Answer : despair




• The clue is 37. Symbols of longevity in Chinese iconography. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TORTOISES

  Possible Answer : tortoise




• The clue is 39. Corn, beans and squash, in Mesoamerican tradition ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: THETHREESISTERS




• The clue is 42. Home to horned vipers and deathstalker scorpions. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: THESAHARA




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

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

  The answer: SEAR

  Possible Answer : parch, blacken, sear, shrivelled, char, shriveled, dried-up, withered, sere, scorch, singe




• The clue is 44. Hold (down). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIN

  Possible Answer : rowlock, peg, oarlock, pin, immobilise, stick, personal_identification_number, bowling_pin, PIN, trap, pivot, fall, pin_tumbler, PIN_number, tholepin, flag, thole, immobilize

  Possible Opposite Answer : unpin




• The clue is 45. Member of a 2000s showbiz family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOURTNEY




• The clue is 48. ___ Quentin, Calif.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAN




• The clue is 49. Meditative discipline. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZEN

  Possible Answer : superman, loony_toons, battery-acid, Zen, Zen_Buddhism, dose, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds, acid, window_pane, Elvis, pane, back_breaker, dot




• The clue is 50. Member of a 2000s showbiz family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIM




• The clue is 53. Too easy (on). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFT

  Possible Answer : flabby, piano, diffused, lenient, easy, flaccid, cushy, easygoing, balmy, mild, soft, sonant, gentle, indulgent, delicate, diffuse, voiced, subdued

  Possible Opposite Answer : hardened, hard, loud, unvoiced, forte




• The clue is 56. Long time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EON

  Possible Answer : aeon, eon




• The clue is 59. Singer known as the "Queen of Tejano Music". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELENA




• The clue is 61. Member of a 2000s showbiz family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KHLOE




• The clue is 63. Linguistic "stems". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ROOTWORDS




• The clue is 65. In an online convo, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMING




• The clue is 66. Clever person. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: BELESPRIT




• The clue is 67. Universal donor's classification. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TYPEO




• The clue is 68. Flexible Flyer, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLED

  Possible Answer : sleigh, sled, sledge




• The clue is 69. Good-looking couple?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYES

  Possible Answer : centre, eyes, heart, middle, eyeball, oculus, eye, optic, center

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. African city that's home to the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACCRA

  Possible Answer: Accra, capital_of_Ghana

• The clue is 2. Poet Leonard. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COHEN

• The clue is 3. "Crying in ___," best-selling memoir of 2021. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HMART

• The clue is 4. Gaelic homeland. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EIRE

  Possible Answer: Republic_of_Ireland, Ireland, Eire, Irish_Republic

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

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

  The answer: ABODES

  Possible Answer: dwelling_house, habitation, abode, domicile, residence, dwelling, home

• The clue is 6. "___ on your life!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOT

  Possible Answer: non, not

• The clue is 7. Pay attention to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTE

  Possible Answer: greenback, tone, musical_note, short_letter, banker's_bill, billet, notice, observe, mention, Federal_Reserve_note, notation, preeminence, promissory_note, bank_note, annotation, banknote, eminence, line, mark, note, bill, take_note, government_note, bank_bill, take_down, remark, distinction, note_of_hand

  Possible Opposite Answer : ignore

• The clue is 8. Barely gets (by). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EKES

• The clue is 9. Fidel's longtime lieutenant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHE

• The clue is 10. Things found by reading chairs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAMPS

  Possible Answer: lamp

• The clue is 11. Home of the highest and lowest points on the earth's surface. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIA

  Possible Answer: Asia

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

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

  The answer: PILL

  Possible Answer: oral_contraceptive, contraceptive_pill, tab, anovulant, pill, birth_control_pill, oral_contraceptive_pill, tablet, lozenge, anovulatory_drug

• The clue is 13. Eye malady. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STYE

  Possible Answer: eye_infection, stye, hordeolum, sty

• The clue is 15. Composer Schumann. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLARA

• The clue is 21. Final two words of "Over the Rainbow". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANTI

• The clue is 25. Patisserie purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GATEAU

  Possible Answer: gateau

• The clue is 27. Southwest ski resort with lifts up to 12,450 feet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAOS

  Possible Answer: Taoist, Tao, Taos

• The clue is 28. Ball pythons, at times. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETS

  Possible Answer: ducky, PET, dearie, darling, favourite, pet, favorite, deary, positron_emission_tomography

• The clue is 29. Pulitzer-winning novelist Anthony. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOERR

• The clue is 30. Fake. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERSATZ

  Possible Answer: ersatz, substitute

• The clue is 31. "Understood". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISEE

• The clue is 32. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CERA

• The clue is 33. Home to Leningrad, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USSR

  Possible Answer: Russia, Soviet_Union, USSR, Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics

• The clue is 34. Link prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HTTP

  Possible Answer: hypertext_transfer_protocol, HTTP

• The clue is 35. "Fancy meeting you here!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHHI

• The clue is 36. Hammer's end. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEEN

  Possible Answer: peen

• The clue is 38. First word in a rhyming pair meaning "small". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITSY

• The clue is 40. Maori ceremonial dance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAKA

• The clue is 41. River that provides the largest inflow into the Mediterranean. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RHONE

  Possible Answer: Rhone, Rhone_River

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

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

  The answer: NESTED

  Possible Answer: nuzzle, snuggle, cuddle, draw_close, nestle, nest

• The clue is 47. Celebrity gossip show. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENEWS

• The clue is 48. 14-pound unit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STONE

  Possible Answer: Harlan_Stone, pit, lapidate, Harlan_Fisk_Stone, stone, gemstone, Harlan_F._Stone, gem, Oliver_Stone, Isidor_Feinstein_Stone, Harlan_Fiske_Stone, I._F._Stone, Stone, Edward_Durell_Stone, endocarp, rock, Lucy_Stone

• The clue is 50. Former presidential candidate who served as Biden's climate envoy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KERRY

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

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

  The answer: INDIE

  Possible Answer: indie

• The clue is 52. Ship poles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MASTS

  Possible Answer: mast

• The clue is 53. Short routine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIT

  Possible Answer: skit

• The clue is 54. "Goodness gracious!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHMY

• The clue is 55. Do a grillmaster's job. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLIP

  Possible Answer: flip_out, interchange, flick, somersaulting, summerset, riffle, toss, tack, thumb, alternate, flip, switch, twitch, flip-flop, flip_over, pitch, pass, insolent, somersault, throw, turn_over, sky, summersault, snotty-nosed, leaf, riff, somerset, impudent

• The clue is 57. 69-Across, poetically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORBS

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

• The clue is 58. Père ___ (Santa's French counterpart). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOEL

  Possible Answer: Christmastime, Yuletide, Noel, Christmastide, Christmas, Yule

• The clue is 60. Effortless stride. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOPE

  Possible Answer: canter, trot, lope, jog

• The clue is 62. One's self. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGO

  Possible Answer: self, ego, egotism, self-importance

• The clue is 64. Flamenco cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE

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Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

💡 Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Neighbor of Vt. and N.H."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
• Similar words include: mess, deal, peck
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MASS

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🧩 2A: "5. Canceled, as a mission"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOGO

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🧩 3A: "9. Debt to equity, for example"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
• Similar words include: proportion
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RATIO

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🧩 4A: "14. Longer of the two lower arm bones"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
• Similar words include: elbow bone
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ULNA

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🧩 5A: "15. Word with monetary or military"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• Similar words include: unit of measurement, whole, social unit
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UNIT

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🧩 6A: "16. Option on a popular car service"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UBERX

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🧩 7A: "17. Porn"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
• Similar words include: soot, carbon black, lampblack
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SMUT

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🧩 8A: "18. "Designing Women" co-star of 1980s-'90s TV"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DELTABURKE

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🧩 9A: "20. Japanese theatrical genre"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KABUKI

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🧩 10A: "22. The new oil, it's said"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Similar words include: data point, information, datum
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DATA

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🧩 11A: "23. Yahoo alternative"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MSN

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🧩 12A: "24. Snorkeling site"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
• Similar words include: Witwatersrand, Rand
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REEF

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🧩 13A: "26. Nonspecific cash quantities"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large number or amount
• Similar words include: mess, deal, ram
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WADS

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🧩 14A: "28. Player of the middle son on TV's "The Partridge Family""

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DANNYBONADUCE

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🧩 15A: "33. Egg cells"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
• Similar words include: ovum, egg cell
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OVA

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🧩 16A: "34. Dress in Delhi"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
• Similar words include: saree
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SARI

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🧩 17A: "35. Readies, as a fishing line"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that anything that serves as an enticement
• Similar words include: come-on, tease, tantalize
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BAITS

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🧩 18A: "38. Blowout game, in sports headlines"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an easy victory
• Similar words include: lark about, play, gambol
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROMP

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🧩 19A: "40. Auto-___, setting for many subscription services"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
• Similar words include: reincarnate, regenerate
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RENEW

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🧩 20A: "43. American city in the Sonoran Desert"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
• Similar words include: table
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MESA

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🧩 21A: "44. Work on with the hands, as dough or tired muscles"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make uniform
• Similar words include: work, massage, rub down
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KNEAD

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🧩 22A: "46. First corner square after Go on a Monopoly board"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
• Similar words include: pokey, incarcerate, put behind bars
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JAIL

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🧩 23A: "48. Author Fleming"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IAN

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🧩 24A: "49. "E.T." actress"

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DREWBARRYMORE

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🧩 25A: "53. One of the life sciences: Abbr."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ECOL

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🧩 26A: "54. Dry, as the Sonoran Desert"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
• Similar words include: withered, shrivelled, shriveled
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SERE

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🧩 27A: "55. Dr. whose "lab" is a studio"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DRE

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🧩 28A: "58. Bad way to run"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that frenzied as if possessed by a demon
• Similar words include: murderously, amuck, demoniac
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMOK

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🧩 29A: "60. First basic cable show to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an insane person
• Similar words include: maniac, lunatic, madman
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MADMEN

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🧩 30A: "64. Singer who starred in "Labyrinth" (1986) and "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976)"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DAVIDBOWIE

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🧩 31A: "67. Shakespearean conspirator"

📏 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: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IAGO

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🧩 32A: "68. Nimble"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that moving quickly and lightly
• Similar words include: quick, nimble, spry
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AGILE

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🧩 33A: "69. Rips in a review"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
• Similar words include: trash, tear apart, Pan
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PANS

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🧩 34A: "70. "Later!""

📏 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: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CIAO

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🧩 35A: "71. Carolers' celebrations"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
• Similar words include: Christmastide, Noel, Christmas
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YULES

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🧩 36A: "72. Sound of either weariness or relief"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an utterance made by exhaling audibly
• Similar words include: suspiration, suspire
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SIGH

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🧩 37A: "73. One place to find 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across ... or, parsed differently, how these people might introduce themselves"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IMDB

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Cologne scent"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MUSK

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🧩 2D: "2. Heroine of Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALMA

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🧩 3D: "3. Give the cold shoulder"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an instance of driving away or warding off
• Similar words include: cold shoulder, rebuff, ignore
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SNUB

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4D: "4. What NASA's Cassini probe orbited for 13 years"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SATURN

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🧩 5D: "5. Gentlemen's club, colloquially"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NUDIEBAR

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🧩 6D: "6. Point value of 68% of Scrabble tiles"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: ane, 1, one and only
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7D: "7. Coat with a thin auric layer"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a formal association of people with similar interests
• Similar words include: order, club, begild
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GILD

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🧩 8D: "8. Capital city on the banks of the Rideau River"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the algonquian people of southern ontario
• Similar words include: capital of Canada, Canadian capital, Ottawa river
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OTTAWA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9D: "9. Nonsense syllables one might say in a tub"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RUBADUB

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🧩 10D: "10. ___ Dhabi"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABU

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🧩 11D: "11. Contract clause"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a word or expression used for some particular thing
• Similar words include: terminal figure, terminus, full term
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TERM

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🧩 12D: "12. Ticks off"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that irritate or vex
• Similar words include: gall, irk
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IRKS

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🧩 13D: "13. Yoked team"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - bible
• Similar words include: wild ox, cattle, Bos taurus
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OXEN

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🧩 14D: "19. Slightly"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATAD

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🧩 15D: "21. Ivories, on a piano"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
• Similar words include: identify, keystone, describe
• Opposite of: atonality

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Answer: KEYS

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🧩 16D: "25. Cry from a klutzy golfer"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that front part of a vessel or aircraft
• Similar words include: prow, forward, stem
• Opposite of: aft

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Answer: FORE

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🧩 17D: "27. Grift"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme
• Similar words include: swindle, nobble, gip
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SCAM

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🧩 18D: "28. Socially awkward sort"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that a dull stupid fatuous person
• Similar words include: jerk
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DORK

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🧩 19D: "29. Stratford-on-___"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a river in southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn
• Similar words include: Upper Avon, River Avon, Upper Avon River
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AVON

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🧩 20D: "30. Christened"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
• Similar words include: name, list, refer
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NAMED

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🧩 21D: "31. Stealthy assassin with a sword"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NINJA

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🧩 22D: "32. Farmyard refrain in a children's song"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EIEIO

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🧩 23D: "36. Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Similar words include: czar, tzar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TSAR

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🧩 24D: "37. Levelheaded"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
• Similar words include: reasonable
• Opposite of: insane

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Answer: SANE

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🧩 25D: "39. Remove the skin from"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that decrease gradually or bit by bit
• Similar words include: peel, pare down, skin
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PARE

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🧩 26D: "41. Notable features of elves and basset hounds"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Similar words include: spike, auricle, ear
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EARS

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🧩 27D: "42. Latticed metal used in construction and fencing"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: WIREMESH

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🧩 28D: "45. Divisions in some history books"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period of 10 years
• Similar words include: decennary, tenner, decade
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DECADES

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🧩 29D: "47. Constellation resembling a musical instrument"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near cygnus and draco; contains the star vega
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LYRA

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🧩 30D: "50. Development center?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
• Similar words include: uterus
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WOMB

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🧩 31D: "51. Arcing baseball hits"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BLOOPS

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🧩 32D: "52. House of ___ (old Italian banking family)"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that aristocratic italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled florence in the 15th century
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MEDICI

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🧩 33D: "55. June 6 remembrance"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DDAY

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🧩 34D: "56. Competitor of Rao's"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RAGU

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🧩 35D: "57. Diabolical"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that morally objectionable behavior
• Similar words include: vicious, iniquity, malefic
• Opposite of: good, goodness

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Answer: EVIL

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🧩 36D: "59. Title river in an Oscar-winning movie"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of money in china
• Similar words include: yuan
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KWAI

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🧩 37D: "61. Severely injure"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MAIM

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🧩 38D: "62. Antiquated "OMG!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EGAD

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🧩 39D: "63. Modern greenhorn"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOOB

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🧩 40D: "65. ___ de la Cité"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ILE

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🧩 41D: "66. Verb suffix"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ING

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

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37 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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