Our NYT Crossword Hints for December 3, 2023 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, December 3, 2023
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 12/3/23. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
- Landed
- Indian dish of potatoes and cauliflower
- Auntie ___ (pretzel chain)
- Loads
- Pasta recipe instruction
- Character defamation
- Carmina Burana composer
- Utopias
- Otherworldly sorts, for short
- Played the rat
- Outschemed, in a way
- Largest of the lagomorphs
- Inkling
- Many a Shiite
- Coup group
- Units of RAM, for short
- Putt-putt
- Time to get back to work: Abbr.
- Evergreen tree with fragrant bark
- Flag thrower, informally
- Inkling
- Sweet stuff in asparagus (if you read it backward)?
- They're found beside exclamation marks on keyboards
- Family emblems
- Period from 1945 to 1953
- It may be raised in an argument
- Accessibility concern
- Mountaintop homes
- Where sacrifices may be made
- Snooze
- Military trainees
- Items usually sold in boxes of 25
- Seasonal Russian cottages
- Investigators: Abbr.
- "Let's Make a Deal" option
- Use a divining rod
- Wrapped around
- Actress Mireille ___ of TV's "Hanna" and "Lucky Hank"
- Lasting for an immeasurable time span
- Set of books with maps, perhaps
- Walk in place?
- They may need fillings
- "Siddhartha" author
- Intruded, with "in"
- "The Handmaid's Tale" airer
- First Nations group of the Great Lakes region
- How legal papers may be signed
- Like some decals
- Having equal angles
- Purchase at a sports stadium
- Trail behind
- Turkish money
- Capital on the island of Luzon
- Compulsory payments of old
- Badger
- Turner of American history
- Like some golf courses
- "Va-va-voom!"
- Port city in Algeria
- Rang, as a bell
- Who said "Football is not about one or two or three star players"
- Enough to go around
- Rough fabric with a loose weave
- Prompt from the chronically forgetful
- Leafs
- It cuts the cheese (but not the mustard)
- Made scents?
- Pulitzer-winning poet Gary
- Die-hard fan, in modern lingo
- Leave hurriedly, in quaint usage
- Planet Earth
- List of ranked favorites
- Passage from one party to another
- Mark who was the world's highest-paid actor in 2017
- Stimulates
- Got some shut-eye
- Carrier out of Kuala Lumpur
- Stops over in France?
- Picks to win
- Elegant and refined
- That makes two of us
- What a token may resemble
- Jeepers!
- Host city of the 2022 FIFA World Cup
- Emulate
- See 81-Across
- They're seen on the flags of Bhutan and Wales
- Canal inspector
- With 71-Across, participant in some fertility treatments
- Billionaires and such
- Hormone therapy product
- Most serious, in law
- Mainstay of a sci-fi defense system
- "___ Up Offa That Thing" (1976 hit)
- Gold rush camp that became a state capital
- Apocalyptic scene
- Diamond division
- Abandon without warning
- San ___, capital founded in 1521
- Legal claim
- Retailer headquartered in Freeport, Me.
- Acronymic devices in atomic clocks and radio telescopes
- Badly injured
- Sore spots for kids?
- QB-protecting group
- ___ the Lucky Rabbit, character in early Disney shorts
- Map out
- "Media impressions," "influencer marketing," etc., informally
- Actor Wilson of "The Office"
- Month that goes by fast?
- The Stepford wives in "The Stepford Wives," it seems
- Much sketch comedy
- "Will be," in Spanish
- Figure in the Hindu trinity
- What nocturnal polysomnography may detect
- Pleased as punch
- Peacock show?
- __ Vogue
- Part of a woodworking joint
- Given the name
- Metric weight units
- Difficult
- Alexanders I-III
- Super-sillyous?
- Sarcastic response to an unsurprising development
- It's a question of timing
We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.
The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.
The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.
Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.
If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.
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