... "Independence Day"? Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “... "Independence Day"?” from the New York Times crossword of October 20, 2024? It has 20 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, OCTOBER 20, 2024
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HANCOCKSIGNSTHEPAPER is the answer to “... "Independence Day"?”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 20-letter answer that starts with H.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: AOSNHARNCISEPHCKGTPE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with H and ends with R.
More clues from the New York Times (October 20, 2024)
Across
- 1. "Yikes!"4 letters, starts with EEGAD
- 5. Italian sauce whose name sounds like a French stew4 letters, starts with RRAGU
- 9. Last word5 letters, starts with FFINIS
- 14. It can bust one's bracket5 letters, starts with UUPSET
- 19. Island west of Komodo National Park4 letters, starts with BBALI
- 20. Privy to4 letters, starts with IINON
- 21. Call to mind5 letters, starts with EEVOKE
- 22. 10th of 245 letters, starts with KKAPPA
- 23. Marquee at the Tri-Plex mistaken as a promo for ... "Godzilla"?15 letters, starts with BBIGGIANTMONSTER
- 26. ___ Island, designated historic site for both New York and New Jersey5 letters, starts with EELLIS
- 27. Fantasy football fodder5 letters, starts with SSTATS
- 28. Something seen framed in a Zoom background, perhaps5 letters, starts with AAWARD
- 29. Honors for David Beckham and Leona Lewis: Abbr.4 letters, starts with OOBES
- 31. Bandmate of Keith for 60+ years4 letters, starts with MMICK
- 32. Hasten, old-style3 letters, starts with HHIE
- 34. Rival of Forbes3 letters, starts with IINC
- 35. Futuristic microscopic machine7 letters, starts with NNANOBOT
- 37. ... "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial"?19 letters, starts with WWITNESSALIENARRIVAL
- 43. Essen exclamations4 letters, starts with AACHS
- 45. Bile3 letters, starts with IIRE
- 46. Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B4 letters, starts with AABBA
- 47. Grave words?6 letters, starts with EEULOGY
- 48. "While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping" poet3 letters, starts with PPOE
- 49. ___ alai3 letters, starts with JJAI
- 50. Sam who directed "Spider-Man"5 letters, starts with RRAIMI
- 52. D-Day craft: Abbr.3 letters, starts with LLST
- 53. With 112-Down, a small laugh3 letters, starts with TTEE
- 54. ... "Independence Day"?20 letters, starts with HHANCOCKSIGNSTHEPAPER
- 59. Having had a few bites, say5 letters, starts with IITCHY
- 60. What this is4 letters, starts with CCLUE
- 61. Mediterranean condiment5 letters, starts with AAIOLI
- 62. "Mon ___!"4 letters, starts with DDIEU
- 63. Liturgical vestment5 letters, starts with SSTOLE
- 65. Center5 letters, starts with MMIDST
- 67. At sea4 letters, starts with LLOST
- 71. Suitor of Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera"5 letters, starts with RRAOUL
- 73. Kind of shell that's easily broken4 letters, starts with TTACO
- 74. Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdity5 letters, starts with KKAFKA
- 75. ... "Rush Hour"?20 letters, starts with TTANGLEDFROZENTRAFFIC
- 81. "Devilish" cartoon character3 letters, starts with TTAZ
- 82. Publishing V.I.P.s3 letters, starts with EEDS
- 83. Like golden eagles vis-à-vis bald eagles, in the United States5 letters, starts with RRARER
- 84. Unsafe?3 letters, starts with OOUT
- 85. Modern H.R. initiative3 letters, starts with DDEI
- 86. Bryn Mawr grad, e.g.6 letters, starts with AALUMNA
- 88. Nag4 letters, starts with PPEST
- 89. Connections3 letters, starts with IINS
- 90. One in a line at a grocery store4 letters, starts with CCART
- 91. ... "Insomnia"?19 letters, starts with WWIREDSLEEPERSMISERY
- 96. Person with attachment issues, perhaps7 letters, starts with EEMAILER
- 97. "The Strife is ___, the Battle Done" (hymn)3 letters, starts with OOER
- 98. Detergent brand3 letters, starts with EERA
- 99. Baja resort town, familiarly4 letters, starts with CCABO
- 101. ___ Sidle, longtime role on "C.S.I."4 letters, starts with SSARA
- 102. Moving day leftovers5 letters, starts with BBOXES
- 104. Overseas refusals5 letters, starts with NNYETS
- 108. Holding nothing back5 letters, starts with AALLIN
- 110. ... "Sex and the City"?15 letters, starts with MMANHATTANHOOKUP
- 113. "Welcome" introduction?5 letters, starts with YYOURE
- 114. Texas A&M athlete5 letters, starts with AAGGIE
- 115. Girl's name that sounds like two adjacent letters4 letters, starts with EEDIE
- 116. Singer Horne4 letters, starts with LLENA
- 117. Mount5 letters, starts with SSTEED
- 118. Detritus at the bottom of a bag of bagels5 letters, starts with SSEEDS
- 119. Variety4 letters, starts with TTYPE
- 120. Novelist Johnson who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction4 letters, starts with AADAM
Down
- 1. Subsides4 letters, starts with EEBBS
- 2. Walk way?4 letters, starts with GGAIT
- 3. Aquarium growth4 letters, starts with AALGA
- 4. "Check it out, man!"7 letters, starts with DDIGTHIS
- 5. Narrow inlet3 letters, starts with RRIA
- 6. Antonio López de Santa ___, three-time president of Mexico4 letters, starts with AANNA
- 7. Finally saw through a deception7 letters, starts with GGOTWISE
- 8. Emasculates6 letters, starts with UUNMANS
- 9. Ward (off)4 letters, starts with FFEND
- 10. E.R. lines3 letters, starts with IIVS
- 11. 0%9 letters, starts with NNOTONEBIT
- 12. Japanese art of flower arrangement7 letters, starts with IIKEBANA
- 13. Star in Venus's orbit?6 letters, starts with SSERENA
- 14. Island strings3 letters, starts with UUKE
- 15. Ingredient in some lipsticks, pizza dough and biodiesel7 letters, starts with PPALMOIL
- 16. Cause of a hung jury9 letters, starts with SSPLITVOTE
- 17. Larger-than-life4 letters, starts with EEPIC
- 18. Assignment4 letters, starts with TTASK
- 24. "Really?"4 letters, starts with IISIT
- 25. Marine menace4 letters, starts with OORCA
- 30. Sensitive subject8 letters, starts with SSORESPOT
- 33. Pioneering computer5 letters, starts with EENIAC
- 36. Harsh6 letters, starts with BBRUTAL
- 37. From what place6 letters, starts with WWHENCE
- 38. Actor-turned-policeman Estrada4 letters, starts with EERIK
- 39. Jazz singer Cleo5 letters, starts with LLAINE
- 40. Some old PCs4 letters, starts with IIBMS
- 41. Ending with teen4 letters, starts with AAGER
- 42. "That's a ___!" (chemist's punny observation)3 letters, starts with LLYE
- 43. Garden invader5 letters, starts with AAPHID
- 44. Raccoon relative5 letters, starts with CCOATI
- 49. Partner of pride3 letters, starts with JJOY
- 50. Small brook4 letters, starts with RRILL
- 51. Illness with chills4 letters, starts with AAGUE
- 52. Island rings4 letters, starts with LLEIS
- 55. Roil5 letters, starts with CCHURN
- 56. Give a lecture, say5 letters, starts with SSCOLD
- 57. Sported5 letters, starts with HHADON
- 58. Seasoned rice dish5 letters, starts with PPILAF
- 63. Listing agent's condition8 letters, starts with SSOLDASIS
- 64. Voting day: Abbr.4 letters, starts with TTUES
- 65. Feature of some English gardens4 letters, starts with MMAZE
- 66. "Happy Birthday" writer, sometimes4 letters, starts with IICER
- 68. Athlete's out-of-character performance, say6 letters, starts with OOFFDAY
- 69. Lift ticket purchaser5 letters, starts with SSKIER
- 70. Unspoken5 letters, starts with TTACIT
- 72. Word after hidden or political6 letters, starts with AAGENDA
- 73. Calorie-rich cake5 letters, starts with TTORTE
- 74. Apt name for a veterinarian3 letters, starts with KKAT
- 75. Ankle bones4 letters, starts with TTALI
- 76. Sky shade9 letters, starts with AAZUREBLUE
- 77. Claim on an egg carton9 letters, starts with FFREERANGE
- 78. Woodworking tool4 letters, starts with RRASP
- 79. Tennille of Captain & Tennille4 letters, starts with TTONI
- 80. Charlotte ___ (dessert)5 letters, starts with RRUSSE
- 81. Shooting marble3 letters, starts with TTAW
- 87. Aide-___ (mnemonic device)7 letters, starts with MMEMOIRE
- 88. Nobility7 letters, starts with PPEERAGE
- 89. "Let's do this thing!"7 letters, starts with IIMREADY
- 90. Creator of colorful crafts7 letters, starts with CCRAYOLA
- 92. Woolly pack animals6 letters, starts with LLLAMAS
- 93. Origin4 letters, starts with RROOT
- 94. Hexad6 letters, starts with SSEXTET
- 95. Rubik of puzzle cube fame4 letters, starts with EERNO
- 99. Coral islets4 letters, starts with CCAYS
- 100. Quite often4 letters, starts with AALOT
- 102. Sweeties, informally4 letters, starts with BBAES
- 103. Barbershop sound4 letters, starts with SSNIP
- 105. Barely made, with "out"4 letters, starts with EEKED
- 106. Poke bowl ingredient4 letters, starts with TTUNA
- 107. Overcommunicate, say4 letters, starts with SSPAM
- 109. ___ Low, famed English pirate3 letters, starts with NNED
- 111. Secreted3 letters, starts with HHID
- 112. See 53-Across3 letters, starts with HHEE
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Questions
What is the answer to “... "Independence Day"?”?
HANCOCKSIGNSTHEPAPER, 20 letters.
When was “... "Independence Day"?” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of October 20, 2024.
How many letters does the answer have?
20 letters, starting with H.