Helpful hint like this one that is derived from the Middle English word "clew," meaning "a ball of yarn" Crossword Clue

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Helpful hint like this one that is derived from the Middle English word "clew," meaning "a ball of yarn" Crossword Answer

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a slight indication
2. evidence that helps to solve a problem
(verb)
1. roll into a ball

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DERIVED (adjective)
1. formed or developed from something else; not original
HELPFUL (adjective)
1. providing assistance or serving a useful function

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
LUCE

More Daily Themed Crossword (7/11/2025) Answers

Across

1. Fitting, as a description (anagram of "pat")

4. Makes illegal

8. Curved trajectory of a basketball throw

11. Broad toothy smile

13. Ill-mannered child

14. Los Angeles Clippers organization: Abbr.

15. Actor's part in a movie

16. Wile E. Coyote's explosive supplier

17. Bite from a playful puppy

18. ___ of Capri (Italian island)

19. Person aged 13-19

21. Spanish surrealist artist Salvador ___

24. Automated machine that is derived from the Czech word "robota," that is associated with labor

28. "John ___" (2014 film starring Keanu Reeves)

30. Country with Lima and Cusco

31. Often-flexed body part that is derived from the Latin word "musculus," that comes from "mouse"

35. What flamingos often stand on: 2 wds.

37. Honolulu's island

38. Playfully shy

39. "... and a partridge in a ___ tree" (Christmastime song lyric)

40. Actor ___ Baldwin of "Glengarry Glen Ross"

42. Flat-topped hills (anagram of "seams")

45. Room with beakers and burners, for short

48. Official at Wrigley Field, for short

52. Orchestral double-reed instrument

54. "___-hoo!" (cry of excitement)

55. Actor Rickman or Thicke

56. Skeleton part that connects the wrist to the elbow

57. Genre for Dashboard Confessional, say

58. Not too spicy

59. "The ___ Hunter" (Oscar winner for Best Picture)

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Down

1. Farming-related prefix with "culture"

2. Opposite of "cons," in a debate

3. Part of a cash register

4. Business major's undergraduate degree: Abbr.

5. Cold area around the North Pole that is derived from the Greek word "arktos," meaning "bear"

6. Common first field on a form

7. ___ clear of (avoid)

8. Cape ___, Massachusetts

9. Baseball hitting stat: Abbr.

10. Toothpaste tube topper

12. "A friend in ___ is a friend indeed"

20. Informal way of saying "no"

22. Leatherworker's tool

23. What a polygraph test may reveal

25. "The Fresh Prince of ___-Air" ('90s sitcom)

26. Resource in the board game Catan

27. __-of-war (rope-pulling game)

29. ___-Aid (flavored drink mix)

31. Deck-swabbing tool

32. Sharjah's country: Abbr.

33. Hair product used for cleansing that is derived from the Hindi word "champo," meaning "to massage"

34. "Prevention is better than ___"

36. "Science Rules! with Bill ___" (science podcast)

38. ___ Friday (day for informal attire)

41. Fluffy floater in the sky that is derived from the Old English word "clud," meaning "mass of rock"

43. Ponzi scheme, for one

44. Mariah Carey's "___ Want for Christmas Is You": 2 wds.

46. Up to the job

47. 56a is an example of one

48. Former NHL star ___ Krupp

49. Boo-boo kisser, affectionately

51. Finish line, e.g.

53. There can be a ring in it or on it

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