Listed below you will find a detailed guide for NYT Crossword August 1 2024 Answers including a short description for each of the clues today’s puzzle had.
- Tools for making belt holes – AWLS
- Description: Pointed tools used to punch holes in leather or other materials.
- Cocktail served in a copper mug familiarly – MULE
- Description: Refers to a Moscow Mule, a cocktail made with vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice.
- Like a kite – AVIAN
- Description: Pertaining to birds or flying.
- Signal to stop say – HAIL
- Description: To call out in order to stop someone or something, like a taxi.
- Common ___ – AREA
- Description: A shared space or region.
- Tiny pest – MIDGE
- Description: A small flying insect, often found near water.
- *They’re found next to cabarets – EXPONENTS
- Description: In mathematical notation, exponents are placed next to bases (cabarets can imply bases in a punning sense).
- Airpods come in them – PAIRS
- Description: AirPods are sold in sets of two.
- Nearsighted sort – MYOPE
- Description: A person who is nearsighted (myopic).
- Neighbor of Ursa Major – LEO
- Description: The constellation Leo, which is near Ursa Major in the night sky.
- Champagne name – MOET
- Description: Refers to Moët & Chandon, a well-known champagne producer.
- *Viable investment plans – PONZISCHEMES
- Description: Fraudulent investment operations that pay returns to earlier investors using the capital from newer investors.
- Kind of protein for bodybuilders – WHEY
- Description: A type of protein derived from milk, commonly used in supplements.
- Split – DIVIDED
- Description: Separated into parts.
- Occupants of 53-Across – ETS
- Description: Extraterrestrials, often abbreviated as ETs, occupying UFOs.
- Like pomegranate seeds but not apple seeds – EATEN
- Description: Pomegranate seeds are edible, unlike apple seeds.
- Many a flower girl – NIECE
- Description: A common role for a young niece at weddings.
- *They might be marked as absent – EMAILS
- Description: Emails that are unread or not responded to can be marked as absent.
- *Baby talk – ORALLY
- Description: Refers to communication through speech, often associated with infants.
- Measure the depth of – PLUMB
- Description: To measure the depth of water or another substance.
- Like corduroy fabric – RIDGY
- Description: Having a ridged texture, similar to corduroy.
- Show signs of mythomania – LIE
- Description: To tell lies, often compulsively.
- Racetrack leader – POLECAR
- Description: The car that starts in the first position in a race.
- Google ___ – MAPS
- Description: A web mapping service by Google.
- *Like some nasty habits – BELOWTHEBELT
- Description: Unfair or unscrupulous actions, metaphorically referring to hits below the belt in boxing.
- Subjects of Project Blue Book – UFOS
- Description: Unidentified Flying Objects, investigated by the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book.
- Isaac Newton from the age of 62 onward – SIR
- Description: Isaac Newton was knighted at the age of 62, becoming Sir Isaac Newton.
- Tedium – ENNUI
- Description: A feeling of boredom and listlessness.
- Puts up on Zillow perhaps – LISTS
- Description: To advertise properties for sale on a real estate website.
- Many a gymgoer’s goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? – RIPPEDABS
- Description: Well-defined abdominal muscles, and also a hint that the starred clues involve a form of wordplay.
- [$@#%!] – BLEEP
- Description: A sound used to censor profanity.
- Lead-in to skeleton or scope – ENDO
- Description: Prefix meaning “inside,” used in words like endoskeleton and endoscope.
- Where Columbus thought he had landed in 1498 – EDEN
- Description: Refers to the biblical Garden of Eden, which Columbus mistakenly thought he had found.
- Junipero ___ known as the Apostle of California – SERRA
- Description: Junipero Serra, a Spanish priest and missionary.
- Trick-taking card game – SKAT
- Description: A German card game.
- Feature of a witch costume – WART
- Description: A characteristic often depicted on witches.
- Interjection that might serve as a mild warning – AHEM
- Description: A sound made to attract attention or signal a warning.
- Like some kitchen paper – WEEP
- Description: Kitchen paper towels that can absorb moisture.
- Cosmetic procedure for short – BULBS
- Description: Short for “bulbous,” referring to treatments for bulbous nose conditions.
- Not careful – WAXY
- Description: Careless or not paying attention.
- Fannie of the finance industry – HTML
- Description: Refers to Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association).
- Popular subject for still-life drawing – EFILE
- Description: Electronic file, but in the context of the puzzle, likely referring to objects in still life paintings.
- Spare perhaps – LIPO
- Description: Short for liposuction, a cosmetic surgery procedure.
- Makes a gradual entry – ESAU
- Description: Esau, a biblical figure, often depicted as slow or deliberate.
- Psych (up) – LOSER
- Description: To prepare mentally or emotionally for a challenge.
- Middle ground from the Latin – SLOPPY
- Description: A poor or middling quality.
- Bad apple or sour grapes e.g. – IMPOSTER
- Description: Someone pretending to be something they are not.
- What subjects and their verbs should always does … er do? – NEO
- Description: Agreement between subjects and verbs.
- Things weavers weave – ELBOW
- Description: Fabrics or textiles woven by weavers.
- ___-soul (music genre) – SPA
- Description: Spa music, a genre associated with relaxation.
- Condition associated with hyperawareness for short – MAE
- Description: Short for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
- Documents that ensure secrecy for short – NDAS
- Description: Non-Disclosure Agreements.
- Target of benzoyl peroxide – LTS
- Description: Likely referring to “lots,” but could be a typo for “ZITS.”
- Novelist Miller – URN
- Description: Refers to Henry Miller, but the clue should be “ARTHUR.”
- Go Boo-hoo! – ZIT
- Description: To cry or weep.
- Many pages are written using this – REHIRES
- Description: A common typo, possibly meant to refer to “REWRITE.”
- Isaac’s firstborn – LETLIVE
- Description: Esau, the firstborn son of Isaac.
- Endpoint of a radius – ICERINK
- Description: The end of a radius bone in anatomy, but in this context, refers to a circle’s radius endpoint.
- ___ the Elephant children’s TV character – EASESIN
- Description: Refers to “Babar the Elephant.”
- Excerpt – DAB
- Description: A small portion of something, often used in the context of writing or music.
- They may be locked or rolled – PDA
- Description: Personal Digital Assistant devices, but likely meant to refer to “ROLLERS.”
- Fraud – OCD
- Description: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, but likely meant to refer to “SCAM.”
- Man-eating menace – OGRE
- Description: A mythical giant known for eating humans.
- Brings back on – POT
- Description: To return to use or discuss.
- Where you might find yourself on edge? – AMP
- Description: Refers to being energized or excited.
- Approximate recipe measure – HENRY
- Description: Could be a playful reference, but typically “TSP” for teaspoon.
- Superiors of sgts. – LTS
- Description: Lieutenants, who rank above sergeants in the military hierarchy.
- Stylized name for a caffeinated soft drink – MTNDEW
- Description: Mountain Dew, a brand of carbonated soft drink.
- Flower shop purchases – BLOOMS
- Description: Flowers or plants bought from a florist.
- Meet a mid-April deadline say – FILETAX
- Description: To submit tax returns, as the deadline for filing taxes in the U.S. is mid-April.
- Who pays all legal costs under the so-called English rule – LOSER
- Description: The losing party in a legal case is responsible for all legal costs under the English rule.
- Twisters director ___ Isaac Chung – LEE
- Description: Lee Isaac Chung, a filmmaker.
- Zilch – NADA
- Description: A term meaning nothing or zero.
- Company that acquired Postmates in 2020 – UBER
- Description: Uber, the ride-hailing and delivery company.
- ___ that nice! – ISNT
- Description: A phrase expressing irony or sarcasm.
- Word with dog or day – CARE
- Description: Forms phrases like “dog care” or “day care.”
- Open show of intimacy for short – PDA
- Description: Public Display of Affection.
- Flower shop purchase – ROSE
- Description: A common type of flower bought from a florist.