Crossword Definitions and Answers

Constructed by: Billy Bratton Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Theme: None Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 13m 47s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 7 YouTube influencers have big ones : FAN BASES YouTube is a video-sharing website that was launched in 2005 by three ex-PayPal employees. Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion. Yep, $1.65 billion, less than two years after it was founded … 16 Utopian : IDEALIST The word “Utopia” was coined by Sir Thomas More in his book “Utopia” published in 1516 to describe an idyllic fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. More’s use of the name Utopia comes from the Greek “ou” meaning “not” and “topos” meaning “place”. By calling his perfect island “Not Place”, More was apparently making the point that he didn’t think that the ideal coul

Advertisement Constructed by: Evan Mulvihill Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Theme: None Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 7m 30s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 Accessory that may be paired with a smoking jacket : ASCOT An ascot is a wide tie that narrows at the neck, which these days is only really worn at weddings or part of a dress uniform. The tie takes its name from the Royal Ascot horse race at which punters still turn up in formal wear at Ascot Racecourse in England. 6 “Euphoria” network : HBO “Euphoria” is an HBO teen drama show that is loosely based on a miniseries of the same name from Israel. Lead actress in the show is Zendaya, who plays a recovering teenage drug addict. 9 Okra or orca unit : POD The plant known as okra is mainly grown for its edible green pods. The pods are said to resemble “ladies’ fingers”, which is an alt

Advertisement Constructed by: Mark Valdez & Brooke Husic Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer: Add Up Themed answers are common phrases with “UP” ADDED: 71A Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues : ADD UP 20A *Separation after the vernal equinox? : SPRING BREAK UP (from “spring break”) 31A *Nightmare for a wedding baker? : CAKE MIX- UP (from “cake mix”) 45A *Arrangement of extras for a zombie movie? : DEAD SET UP (from “dead set”) 58A *Halloween costume that’s a sheet on the bottom and a witch’s hat on top? : MONSTER MASH- UP Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 8m 37s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 6 Word files, informally : DOCS Microsoft Word documents have the “.doc” file extension, at least those created prior to the introduction of Microsoft Office 2007. The extension used now is “.docx”. 10 Bo

Constructed by: Brendan Emmett Quigley Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Theme: None Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 15m 56s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies My wife and I are in Ireland right now, for Christmas and to start off the New Year with family. I just managed to slip away to solve the puzzle, and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can. Thank you for your understanding. Bill Read on, or … … return to top of page Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1 Sleeper’s support : SOFA LEG 8 Quick refresher : CATNAP 14 “The Spoonful of Milk” painter, 1912 : CHAGALL 15 Whom The New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920 : MAN O’ WAR 16 Peppery orange-red condiment : ANNATTO 17 What a single is worth : ONE BASE

Constructed by: Claire Rimkus & Rachel Fabi Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: Late Shift Themed answers come in pairs, side-by-side in rows. The letter string “LATE” is SHIFTED from one element of each pair to the other: 37A Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle : LATE SHIFT 17A Gathering of protesters : RALLY ( LATE RALLY – LATE) 19A Models used in copying : TEMP LATE S (TEMPS + LATE) 24A Makes the rounds : CIRCU LATE S (CIRCUS + LATE) 26A Large, flightless birds : EMUS (EMU LATE S – LATE) 51A Chilly : COLD (COL LATE D – LATE) 54A Fresh start, metaphorically : CLEAN S LATE (CLEANS + LATE) 59A Work as an interpreter : TRANS LATE (TRANS + LATE) 62A Size option at Starbucks : VENTI (VENTI LATE – LATE) Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s

Advertisement Constructed by: Damon Gulczynski Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Theme (according to Bill): Questionable Clues Themed clues are all kinds of QUESTIONS: 17A Trick question? : WAS THIS YOUR CARD? 23A Quick question? : DONE ALREADY? 38A Burning question? : WHERE’S THE FIRE? 49A Leading question? : WHO’S WINNING? 58A Probing question? : FIND ANYTHING YET? Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 7m 13s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 14 Samoa’s biggest city : APIA Apia is the capital city, and the only city, of the Pacific island-nation of Samoa. The harbor of Apia is famous for a very foolish incident in 1889 involving seven naval vessels from Germany, the US and Britain. A typhoon was approaching so the safest thing to do was to head for open water away from land, but no nation would move its ships for fear of losing face in front

Advertisement Constructed by: Julian Lim Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer: Devious Themed answers each end with a word in the format DxVxS, very “devious”, very D-V-S: 35A Sly, and a phonetic hint to the pattern in the last words of 17-, 24-, 42-, and 58-Across : DEVIOUS, and D-V-S 17A Actress who wrote the 2022 memoir “Dying of Politeness” : GEENA D A V I S 24A Expeditions made by freegans, say : DUMPSTER D I V E S 42A Policy debate sides during an international conflict : HAWKS AND D O V E S 58A Prima donnas : OPERA D I V A S Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 6m 15s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 5 Suffix with “Wrestle” : -MANIA “WrestleMania” is a pay-per-view professional wrestling event that was first produced in 1985. I really don’t do wrestling … 10 Stinging insect : WASP While wasps are considered a nuisance by