Crossword Definitions and Answers

Constructed by: Andrew Linzer 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: 11m 59s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 ___ Network, onetime HGTV spinoff : DIY The DIY Network is a television channel that focuses on DIY (do-it-yourself) projects. You can learn about anything from rebuilding an engine to scrapbooking on the DIY channel. 15 Rock variety : EMO “Emo” is short for “emotional hardcore”. 16 Bit of album info : RELEASE DATE The Latin word “album” translates as “white”. Back in the 17th century, public notices and lists of names were written on a board painted white, or in a souvenir book with white pages known as an “albo” (from “album”). Over time, the term “album” came to be used in English for a blank book created to collect signatures ...

Advertisement Constructed by: Christina Iverson & Beth Rubin Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer: Book Drops Themed answers each include the title of BOOK as a hidden word, but that title has DROPPED from the across-direction to the down-direction: 60A Places to return library materials, and a hint to how the authors in four Down clues help complete the answers to the starred clues : BOOK DROPS 15A *Folded brunch dish : FRENC H OME LET 16A (Robinson) : HOME 21A *Ethical challenges : MORAL DIL EMMA S 25A (Austen) : EMMA 36A *Fleet operator headquartered in Montreal : AIR CAN ADA 38A (Nabokov) : ADA 49A *Planet in the Super Mario Galaxy : MUSH ROOM WORLD 50A (Donoghue) : ROOM Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 8m 11s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 5 Tats : INK The word “tattoo” (often shortened to “tat”) was fir...

Constructed by: Robert Logan Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: Even Odds All across answers comprise an even number of letters, and all down answers an odd number: 64A A 50/50 chance … or a description of the lengths of this puzzle’s Across and Down answers, respectively : EVEN ODDS Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 15m 39s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 9 Aidy of “Saturday Night Live” : BRYANT Actor and comedian Aidy Bryant made her debut on “Saturday Night Live” in 2012. Bryant married fellow comedian Conner O’Malley in 2018. 19 Bulrush, e.g. : REED Cattails are flowering plants found in wetlands. We call them bulrushes back in Ireland … 20 Zoom call background effect : BLUR Zoom is a videoconferencing app that became remarkably popular in the early days of ...

Constructed by: Olivia Mitra Framke & Andrea Carla Michaels Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: Tri-State Area Themed answers comprise THREE STATES, with their names overlapping: 54A U.S. geographical grouping … or a hint to 20-, 27- and 47-Across : TRI-STATE AREA 20A Buckeye-Hawkeye-Yellowhammer : OH IOWA LABAMA (OHIO- IOWA -ALABAMA) 27A Pine Tree-Cornhusker-Sunflower : MAI NEBRASKA NSAS (MAINE- NEBRASKA -KANSAS) 47A Green Mountain-Treasure-Last Frontier : VER MONTANA LASKA (VERMONT- MONTANA -ALASKA) Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 10m 40s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 14 Device for Arachne, in Greek myth : LOOM In Greek and Roman mythology, Arachne was a mortal woman who was a great weaver. Arachne boasted that her weaving was greater than that of the g...

Constructed by: Colin Ernst Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: Real Estate Agent Themed clues are each euphemisms that might be used by a REAL ESTATE AGENT in trying to sell the corresponding themed answer: 56A Source of the euphemisms found in the clues for 17-, 23- and 48-Across : REAL ESTATE AGENT 17A “It’s super-cozy, and a breeze to clean!” : STUDIO APARTMENT 23A “You can cancel that gym membership!” : FIVE-FLOOR WALK-UP 48A “The space has endless possibilities!” : MAJOR FIXER-UPPER Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 9m 18s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 4 Lots and lots : SCADS The origin of the word “scads”, meaning “lots and lots”, is unclear. That said, “scads” was used to mean “dollars” back in the mid-1800s. 9 Cubist Picasso : PABLO Artist Pablo ...

Constructed by: Trey Mendez Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Theme (according to Bill): RIgID Cluing? Themed answers each start and end with postal abbreviations of states: 18A What follows a plane going from Richmond to Chicago? : VA POR TRA IL (VA- Virginia & IL- Illinois ) 26A Part of a plane traveling from New Orleans to Little Rock? : LA NDING GE AR (LA- Louisiana & AR- Arkansas ) 45A Former airline from Denver to Birmingham? : CO NTINENT AL (CO- Colorado & AL- Alabama ) 56A Duration of air travel from Miami to Bangor? : FL YING TI ME (FL- Florida & ME- Maine ) Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 7m 00s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 10 Woman’s name hidden inside “assumed name” : EDNA The phrase “assumed name” includes the name “EDNA” hidden within...