Crossword Definitions and Answers

Advertisement Constructed by: Wendy L. Brandes Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer: Dismissal Themed answers are common phrases with the suffix “-AL” DISMISSED from the first word: 59A Favorite time of the school day for some teachers and students, or a two-word hint for the answers to the starred clues : DISMISSAL or DISMISS “-AL” 17A *Desire to dress in Victorian era garb and sip tea daintily? : PRIM URGES (from “ primal urges”) 23A *One who helps fix a banged-up car? : DENT ASSISTANT (from “ dental assistant”) 49A *Fine print about a knee replacement? : LEG DISCLAIMER (from “ legal disclaimer”) Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 6m 11s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 The “sheet” in “three sheets to the wind” : ROPE A sheet is the rope that is used to control a sail on a sailing vessel. The expression “three sheets t...

Constructed by: Will Nediger 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: 10m 06s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 6 ___ law : OHM’S The unit of electrical resistance is the ohm (with the symbol omega) named after German physicist Georg Simon Ohm. Ohm was the guy who established experimentally that the amount of current flowing through a circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied, (V=IR) a relationship that every school kid knows as Ohm’s Law. 10 Member of the mammalian order Chiroptera (“hand wing”) : BAT The Arm & Hammer brand, particularly associated with baking soda and washing soda, has been around since the 1860s. The famous Arm & Hammer logo represents the Roman god Vulcan. 18 N.Y.C. neighborhood west of the Bowery : NO...

Advertisement Constructed by: Michael Lieberman Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer(s): Unfinished … Business Themed answers each include the UNFINISHED name of a BUSINESS hidden within: 57A With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? : UNFINISHED … 62A See 57-Across : … BUSINESS 16A 100% guaranteed : IN TH E BA G (unfinished EBA Y) 19A Trade an aisle seat for a window seat, say : SW AP PL ACES (unfinished APPL E) 31A Many night owls, in the morning : LA TE SL EEPERS (unfinished TESL A) 41A Doomsday prophecy : THE EN D IS NE AR (unfinished DISNE Y) Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 6m 54s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 “American Idol” network : ABC “American Idol” is a spin-off show that was created after the amazing success of the British television show “Pop Idol”. Aire...

Constructed by: Barbara Lin Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Theme (according to Bill): One Word, or Two We have a rebus puzzle today. The two letters in each rebus form a two-letter sequence in the down-answer. Those two-letters are used individually to form two words in the across-answer: 20A Eat, quaintly : BREA K BREA D 5D Place where everything should have a mate : SOC K D RAWER 28A Confronts reality : FAC E FAC T S 12D Places to hang hangers : CLOS ET S 32A “That’s a bad idea!” : DO N ‘T DO I T 3D Not derived from living matter : INORGA NI C 46A Wildly outlandish story : TAL L TAL E 42D Oodles : S LE WS 53A Lawn equipment with an engine : P OWER M OWER 47D College-level H.S. class with scales and intervals : A P M USIC 58A Be in direct competition : G O TOE- T O-TOE 35D Moving too slowly, say : LOSIN G T IME Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to disc...

Constructed by: Simeon Seigel Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: All-Fours Themed answers can each be broken into FOUR words of FOUR letters each: 38A What you’re on when you’re crawling … or a hint to parsing 18-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across : ALL-FOURS 18A Patsy + French “to be” + Singe + Pop queen = Sales wonk : MARKET RESEARCHER (MARK + ETRE + SEAR + CHER) 27A Boat pole + Old “once” + Pace + Essence = Chief planner : MASTER STRATEGIST (MAST + ERST + RATE + GIST) 46A Fiber source + Auto make + Red planet + Boxing family = Noted jazz saxophonist : BRANFORD MARSALIS (BRAN + FORD + MARS + ALIS) 61A Interpret + Hockey’s Kovalchuk + Colorado ski town + Fit = On hand : READILY AVAILABLE (READ + ILYA + VAIL + ABLE) Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 8m 04s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazon...

Advertisement Constructed by: Julian Lim Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer: Speak of the Devil Themed answers each start with a feature OF THE DEVIL: 62A “We were just talking about you!” and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues : SPEAK OF THE DEVIL 17A *Equally disagreeable choices : HORNS OF A DILEMMA 23A *Easy to cut, as meat : FORK -TENDER 40A *Improvises : WINGS IT 51A *Braking signals : TAIL LIGHTS Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 4m 53s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 5 Baby horse : FOAL There are lots of terms to describe horses of different ages and sexes, it seems: Foal: horse of either sex that is less than one year old Yearling: horse of either sex that is one to two years old Filly: female horse under the age of four Colt: male horse under the age of four Gelding: castrated ma...