Like some waves Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Like some waves” from the New York Times crossword of December 8, 2024? It has 5 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, DECEMBER 8, 2024
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SONIC is the answer to “Like some waves”. It means pertaining to sound.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
Pertaining to sound.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: OCNSI.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Foe of Dr. Eggman, in video games”.
More clues from the New York Times (December 8, 2024)
Across
- 1. Candy that resembles a tube of lipstick7 letters, starts with PPUSHPOP
- 8. Italian title for Puccini's "Butterfly"6 letters, starts with MMADAMA
- 14. Over the line6 letters, starts with TTOOFAR
- 20. "Nothing weird about that"7 letters, starts with AASYOUDO
- 21. Figure of speech?6 letters, starts with OORATOR
- 22. Tarot card group6 letters, starts with AARCANA
- 23. "What a beautiful tackle box!," "Nice casting!" and such?21 letters, starts with CCOMPLIMENTSFORFISHING
- 26. Youngest-ever World Cup winner4 letters, starts with PPELE
- 27. Desire4 letters, starts with WWISH
- 28. Hold 'em declaration4 letters, starts with CCALL
- 29. "I'll handle that"4 letters, starts with OONIT
- 30. Actor Steve of "The White Lotus"4 letters, starts with ZZAHN
- 32. Month, in Monterrey3 letters, starts with MMES
- 33. Snail-paced4 letters, starts with PPOKY
- 34. Group formed from the 2023 W.W.E.-U.F.C. merger3 letters, starts with TTKO
- 35. Lasso?16 letters, starts with AALOOPFORTHROWING
- 41. Daytime TV staple4 letters, starts with SSOAP
- 42. Firebirds and Fieros8 letters, starts with PPONTIACS
- 43. ___ de toilette3 letters, starts with EEAU
- 44. Canonized king of Norway6 letters, starts with SSTOLAF
- 46. Dump3 letters, starts with SSTY
- 47. Utmost degree3 letters, starts with NNTH
- 48. Fleece5 letters, starts with GGRIFT
- 50. Ryan with 12 Olympic swimming medals6 letters, starts with LLOCHTE
- 53. Leaning forward and holding the reins?18 letters, starts with PPOSITIONFORJOCKEYS
- 57. Certain erogenous zone, familiarly5 letters, starts with GGSPOT
- 60. Ambulance destinations, for short3 letters, starts with EERS
- 61. Focus of a House committee6 letters, starts with EETHICS
- 62. Liable (to)3 letters, starts with AAPT
- 63. Dutch astronomer with an eponymous ice cloud4 letters, starts with OOORT
- 64. Singer Del Rey4 letters, starts with LLANA
- 66. Country between Ghana and Benin4 letters, starts with TTOGO
- 67. Family ___4 letters, starts with TTREE
- 68. A in French class?3 letters, starts with UUNE
- 69. Commenced6 letters, starts with LLEDOFF
- 71. Branded item at a bank, maybe3 letters, starts with PPEN
- 72. Instrument heard on the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black"5 letters, starts with SSITAR
- 73. Accidentally using salt instead of sugar, say?18 letters, starts with DDISASTERFORARECIPE
- 78. Fills in for6 letters, starts with AACTSAS
- 79. Great Lakes people5 letters, starts with EERIES
- 80. Cuisine with sticky rice3 letters, starts with LLAO
- 81. Mascot of the Baltimore Ravens3 letters, starts with PPOE
- 84. One-up, militarily6 letters, starts with OOUTGUN
- 87. ___ vez (once, in Spanish)3 letters, starts with UUNA
- 88. Toy-centered theme park8 letters, starts with LLEGOLAND
- 90. Tusked Warcraft race4 letters, starts with OORCS
- 92. Marathon fee or campaign donation?16 letters, starts with OONESMONEYFORARUN
- 95. Agcy. that determined fluoride prevents tooth decay3 letters, starts with NNIH
- 96. Cousins of magpies4 letters, starts with JJAYS
- 97. Cause of a big bang3 letters, starts with TTNT
- 98. It's bigger than a butte4 letters, starts with MMESA
- 99. Saxophonist Getz4 letters, starts with SSTAN
- 101. Cowpoke's compadre4 letters, starts with PPARD
- 102. Slacked, say4 letters, starts with IIMED
- 104. Wharton major, in brief4 letters, starts with EECON
- 106. Not being allowed to lick the spatula clean?21 letters, starts with PPUNISHMENTFORAGLUTTON
- 112. Bested a birdie6 letters, starts with EEAGLED
- 113. Salt, say6 letters, starts with SSEASON
- 114. Join in7 letters, starts with PPARTAKE
- 115. Completes, as a circuit6 letters, starts with CCLOSES
- 116. ___ Biggums, memorable character on "Chappelle's Show"6 letters, starts with TTYRONE
- 117. "The other thing is …"7 letters, starts with AANDALSO
Down
- 1. ___-Man3 letters, starts with PPAC
- 2. Troop grp.3 letters, starts with UUSO
- 3. One of over 100 for Haydn8 letters, starts with SSYMPHONY
- 4. "Fingers crossed that you're wrong"7 letters, starts with HHOPENOT
- 5. Sway4 letters, starts with PPULL
- 6. Pooch in the funnies4 letters, starts with OODIE
- 7. When doubled, something seen atop a pyramid?3 letters, starts with PPOM
- 8. Philosophical believer in essential unity6 letters, starts with MMONIST
- 9. Kennedy Center focus4 letters, starts with AARTS
- 10. Skedaddle4 letters, starts with DDASH
- 11. Anti-trafficking org.3 letters, starts with AATF
- 12. Toddler's term for a farm animal6 letters, starts with MMOOCOW
- 13. Spice planet in the "Dune" universe7 letters, starts with AARRAKIS
- 14. Shadow4 letters, starts with TTAIL
- 15. Certain Boolean operators3 letters, starts with OORS
- 16. Number of eyes for a tarántula4 letters, starts with OOCHO
- 17. Squeamish12 letters, starts with FFAINTOFHEART
- 18. Sorenstam of golf6 letters, starts with AANNIKA
- 19. Convertible, casually6 letters, starts with RRAGTOP
- 24. Still-life vessels5 letters, starts with EEWERS
- 25. Larry ___, founder of Hustler magazine5 letters, starts with FFLYNT
- 30. Hits with a ray gun4 letters, starts with ZZAPS
- 31. Over and over4 letters, starts with AALOT
- 32. Chewy Japanese dessert5 letters, starts with MMOCHI
- 33. Fluffy footstool6 letters, starts with PPOUFFE
- 36. Merlot alternative5 letters, starts with PPINOT
- 37. Top section of the food pyramid4 letters, starts with FFATS
- 38. ___ journey (story framework)5 letters, starts with HHEROS
- 39. Common sound from a white noise machine4 letters, starts with RRAIN
- 40. Totally lose it6 letters, starts with GGOLOCO
- 41. Can4 letters, starts with SSACK
- 45. Dreaded hairstyle4 letters, starts with LLOCS
- 48. Animal that fights by "necking"7 letters, starts with GGIRAFFE
- 49. Sways7 letters, starts with TTOTTERS
- 51. Far from laid-back5 letters, starts with TTYPEA
- 52. Fruity-smelling compound5 letters, starts with EESTER
- 53. "___, meet kettle"3 letters, starts with PPOT
- 54. Bocelli, e.g.5 letters, starts with TTENOR
- 55. Waterway through Lake Geneva5 letters, starts with RRHONE
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- 57. Cheese that's often smoked5 letters, starts with GGOUDA
- 58. Like some waves5 letters, starts with SSONIC
- 59. Wand-waving words12 letters, starts with PPRESTOCHANGO
- 64. "Woo-hoo, that's awesome!"6 letters, starts with LLETSGO
- 65. Suffix with block or stock3 letters, starts with AADE
- 67. Love all, say3 letters, starts with TTIE
- 69. Exam for aspiring attys.4 letters, starts with LLSAT
- 70. Discussion sites6 letters, starts with FFORUMS
- 71. Song of praise5 letters, starts with PPAEAN
- 72. Bloodhound's trail5 letters, starts with SSPOOR
- 74. Laptop brand4 letters, starts with AASUS
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- 76. Chin feature5 letters, starts with CCLEFT
- 77. "Aladdin" character who hates crackers4 letters, starts with IIAGO
- 81. PG-13 word8 letters, starts with PPARENTAL
- 82. Burden4 letters, starts with OONUS
- 83. Mrs. Krabappel's first name on "The Simpsons"4 letters, starts with EEDNA
- 85. Fix, as a printer5 letters, starts with UUNJAM
- 86. "Advance to the ___ Railroad" (Monopoly directive)7 letters, starts with NNEAREST
- 88. Carter who played Wonder Woman5 letters, starts with LLYNDA
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- 90. How freelancers work6 letters, starts with OONSPEC
- 91. Confirmation, e.g.6 letters, starts with RRITUAL
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- 105. Morsel for Miss Muffet4 letters, starts with CCURD
- 107. "What did I tell you!"3 letters, starts with SSEE
- 108. Salt3 letters, starts with TTAR
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- 111. Agent Smith's nemesis3 letters, starts with NNEO
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Questions
What is the answer to “Like some waves”?
SONIC, 5 letters: pertaining to sound.
When was “Like some waves” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of December 8, 2024.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with S.