Taking a hint? Crossword Clue

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TAKING (adjective)
1. very attractive; capturing interest
TAKING (noun)
1. the act of someone who picks up or takes something
HINT (noun)
1. a slight indication
2. a just detectable amount
HINT (verb)
1. drop a hint; intimate by a hint

More NYT Crossword (3/8/2025) Answers

Across

1. Something extra, redundantly

11. "M*A*S*H" actress Loretta

15. Entry form?

16. Bird whose name may be written with two diacritics called kahakos

17. Watches, say

18. So-called "wolf of the sea"

19. Cider mill fixture

20. Join, in a way

21. Org. symbolized by an eagle holding a key

22. Private agreement?

28. "Harrumph!"

31. Pit

32. Singer Dua __

33. Visual classification systems

35. Menaces in some adventure films

36. "___ Control" (50 Cent hit)

37. Ports, typically

38. Common component of ranch dressing?

40. This might come after the check

41. Company founded as Sleeper, Inc.

42. "Por que no los ___?"

43. 1980s PC standard

44. Sheltered, in a way

46. Antonym of "iie" in Japanese

48. Ream (out)

49. Not looking so good

56. L.G.B.T.Q. activist McDonald

57. Certain Southerner, colloquially

58. Scrolls' homes

59. Publication that once branded itself as "the best of the alternative press"

60. Unwind, so to speak

61. Did a whole lot of nothing

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Down

1. Flour used to make a chapati

2. Cause of insomnia, maybe

3. Newly hung out to dry, say

4. First name in thrill shows

5. Hang on

6. Insignificant interruptions

7. More than teem

8. Way to go

9. Listing on many a medication bottle

10. Smart

11. Big blanket makers

12. "Mom is gonna FLIP!"

13. Thinking that one might

14. Garden party outfits often with floral patterns

23. Key to get out?

24. Thunderbird, e.g.

25. "Oyez!"

26. Areas with nosebleed seats

27. How the trade winds blow

29. Howeer

30. Scorching

33. "Who's the cutest li'l baby?," e.g.

34. Animal fittingly used as a motif in "The Departed"

39. Title with a tilde

43. Took for a ride

45. Put together haphazardly

47. Treasure

50. What's added to one to make zero?

51. ___ vivants (sociable sorts)

52. Flak

53. Arabic man's name meaning "servant of God"

54. Sweet inclusion in a greeting card, maybe

55. Orphan of Brit lit

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