Crossword Definitions and Answers

Constructed by: Sam Buchbinder & Brad Wilber Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: Let’s Put a Pin in It Themed answers are all things one IN which one might PUT A PIN: 38A Suggestion to defer discussion … and what might be said of 17-, 25, 46- and 60-Across : LET’S PUT A PIN IN IT 17A Figure in many hexes : VOODOO DOLL 25A Alternative to Huggies or Luvs : CLOTH DIAPER 46A Place for splits and spares : BOWLING LANE 60A $$$ dispenser : ATM MACHINE Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 12m 53s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 6 Actor Hemsworth : LIAM Liam Hemsworth is an Australian actor who is best known these days for playing Gale Hawthorne in “The Hunger Games” series of films. Hemsworth met Miley Cyrus while working on the movie “The Last Song”, and the two acto

Advertisement Constructed by: Catherine Cetta Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer: Tree Huggers Themed answers each HUG (include) a TREE as a hidden word: 55A Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are : TREE HUGGERS 20A *Mahalia Jackson’s genre : GOSP EL M USIC (hugging “ ELM ”) 29A *Colorful top with a tropical design : ALOH A SH IRT (hugging “ ASH ”) 45A *Trial figure who can give a firsthand account : E YEW ITNESS (hugging “ YEW ”) Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 5m 07s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 Dart around like a hummingbird : FLIT Hummingbirds are the smallest of all the birds. The bee hummingbird is native to Cuba and weighs less than a tenth of an ounce and is about two inches in length! 9 Dark drink with fizz : COLA The first cola drink to become a commercial success was Coca-C

Constructed by: Alexander Liebeskind Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: New Beginnings Themed answers each BEGIN with a “NEW-” sound: 37A Fresh starts … or, when said aloud, what 18-, 23-, 53- and 58-Across all have? : NEW BEGINNINGS 18A Nutty candy offering : NOU GAT BAR 23A Ultradense galactic body : NEU TRON STAR 53A Soba servings, for instance : NOO DLE BOWLS 58A Top dog : NU MERO UNO Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 5m 01s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 10 Famous ___ cookies : AMOS Wally Amos was a talent agent, one who was in the habit of taking home-baked cookies with him as an enticement to get celebrities to see him. He was urged by friends to open a cookie store (the cookies were that delicious, I guess) and this he did in Los Angeles in 1975 using

Advertisement Constructed by: David Alfred Bywaters Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Theme: Day Trading Themed answers come in pairs, side by side in the grid. Each starts with an abbreviation for a day of the week. Swapping those abbreviations (DAY TRADING) within each pair gives us two common phrases: 23A First the chardonnay, then the merlot, then the cabernet? : TASTER PLAN (trade M-onday for T-uesday = MASTER PLAN) 25A Invisible walls? : MIME LIMITS (trade T-uesday for M-onday = TIME LIMITS) 54A Inept caner’s resource? : WICKER TAPE (trade W-ednesday for T-uesday = TICKER TAPE) 57A Meteorology lectures? : TALKS ON AIR (trade T-uesday for W-ednesday = WALKS ON AIR) 91A Bungalow owner’s challenge to a roofer? : THATCH THIS (trade TH-ursday for W-ednesday = WATCH THIS) 95A Makes doubly sure everyone’s in on the joke? : WINKS TWICE (trade W-ednesday for TH-ursday = THINKS TWICE) 124A Appreciative sound from the alumni luxury box? : FUNDER CLAP