Our NYT Crossword Hints for September 22, 2024 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, September 22, 2024
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 9/22/24. 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.
- 1A. One getting into some hot water?
- 7A. Home monitors
- 11A. Data sought in phishing attempts, in brief
- 15A. Thus far
- 21A. Cry from a treehouse
- 22A. Doesn't rule out, as a possibility
- 24A. Wrinkle-free, say
- 25A. Turned on an axis
- 26A. Real no-brainer?
- 27A. Colorful ingredients in some cookie recipes
- 28A. Trash
- 29A. Reef lurker
- 31A. Ways off
- 32A. Part of H.M.S.
- 34A. Word with body or blood
- 35A. Texter’s alternative to an eye roll emoji
- 36A. Olympians on stunt bikes, informally
- 38A. Genre for Fall Out Boy
- 41A. U.S. currency: Abbr.
- 42A. Negative influence on others, metaphorically
- 44A. Expressed
- 47A. To sweeten the deal
- 49A. Declines to
- 50A. Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle
- 53A. Basis for a feud
- 54A. Rudder found in nature
- 57A. "Bad luck, I guess … It was my turn, that's all. I was in the path of the ___" (quote from 18-Down)
- 58A. Became stuck
- 61A. 'This is the worst!'
- 62A. Receptacle for soaking before a pedicure
- 64A. Brainy bunch
- 66A. Electronica pioneer Brian
- 67A. Bulgarian or Bosnian
- 69A. Rap group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- 70A. The White House grounds have 18 of them
- 72A. Some online pings, in brief
- 73A. "Yo!," on the down-low
- 74A. Lightning-fast hedgehog of video games
- 76A. What "washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life," per Picasso
- 78A. Lane for carpoolers
- 79A. Six-foot-tall Aussie sprinter
- 80A. Grows dimmer
- 81A. "Are you ___ drive?"
- 82A. Certain online video snippet
- 85A. Downwind, to seafarers
- 86A. 'Breaking Bad' channel
- 88A. Fastener that's one letter ahead of "U-bolt" in the dictionary
- 89A. Org. with the Artemis program
- 90A. Office building unit: Abbr.
- 91A. What a police escort may offer
- 95A. Classic cover-ups for spies
- 100A. Fumble or bumble
- 101A. Card game with a Power Grab edition
- 102A. Good joke!
- 103A. Red side, in brief
- 104A. Indecency
- 108A. Female in the forest
- 111A. "Like that matters to me!"
- 114A. Stage a jailbreak à la 18-Down
- 115A. Annual May race, familiarly
- 116A. Held together in a makeshift way
- 117A. Wraps
- 118A. Sizable challenge for a mover
- 119A. Make a break for it
- 120A. Yearn for
- 121A. Swain
- 122A. Parts of N.F.L. highlight reels, for short
- 123A. This really blows
- 124A. Airport monitor, for short
- 125A. Razz
- 126A. Pennzoil competitor
- 1D. Exceeds 21, in blackjack
- 2D. Poise under pressure
- 3D. With 6-Down, prison drama released on September 23, 1994
- 4D. Hacks with an ax
- 5D. Ahead of, in poetry
- 6D. See 3-Down
- 7D. Instrument strummed in the Train song "Hey, Soul Sister"
- 8D. Popular gala venue, with "the"
- 9D. Sneaky ___ (sly dogs)
- 10D. Glasses, informally
- 11D. Like cashmere
- 12D. Imagine, casually
- 13D. Prefix with -lithic
- 14D. 16-time gig for Steve Martin
- 15D. Portrayer of 18-Down
- 16D. cup ___ cone?
- 17D. Terse admonishment
- 18D. Lead role in 3-Down/6-Down
- 19D. They're measured in beats per minute
- 20D. Famed Ford flop
- 23D. Honorific from Sanskrit
- 30D. Date on a debit card: Abbr.
- 33D. Pollution-regulating org.
- 36D. Resort town in Alberta's Rockies
- 37D. Kicks back
- 39D. "The Heart of Georgia"
- 40D. ___ Corner, section of Westminster Abbey
- 43D. "What was I thinking?"
- 44D. Fall accessory?
- 45D. Bygone channel that launched with the two-hour pilot of "Star Trek: Voyager"
- 46D. 4x100 relay, for one
- 48D. Org. with Student Success Grants
- 51D. ___ América (quadrennial soccer championship)
- 52D. Juice drinks
- 54D. To-do
- 55D. Yeti's commercial rival
- 56D. Aint gonna happen
- 58D. Overplay
- 59D. Erase from one's memory, in slang
- 60D. Target audience for "Peppa Pig"
- 63D. Decks with cards numbered I through XXI
- 65D. Apelike
- 68D. Curriculum ___
- 71D. Take inventory?
- 73D. Prefix with -lithic
- 75D. Make sense
- 77D. Ingredient in a niçoise salad
- 79D. Conditional coding word
- 80D. "Hey, I'm walkin' here!"
- 83D. Harbor helper
- 84D. It might get booted
- 87D. Main blvd. through N.Y.C.'s Chinatown
- 90D. Treated unfairly, informally
- 91D. The swans in "The Twelve Days of Christmas," e.g.
- 92D. In the area
- 93D. Some makeshift fans
- 94D. Already?
- 96D. Ostentatiously stylish
- 97D. Early Christian meals of love and fellowship
- 98D. Unwrapped with gusto
- 99D. Accelerated
- 105D. Shot makers, for short
- 106D. Top of a titmouse
- 107D. H on a frat house
- 108D. Shoveled stuff
- 109D. Unwelcome obligation
- 110D. Irish novelist O’Brien
- 111D. Coding pioneer Lovelace
- 112D. Be bad, like really bad
- 113D. Kin of a zin
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.
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