Make easier to swallow Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Make easier to swallow” from the New York Times crossword of August 10, 2025? It has 4 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, AUGUST 10, 2025
Tap a tile to see one letter, or show the whole answer.
CHEW is the answer to “Make easier to swallow”. It means to crush or grind with the teeth.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To crush or grind with the teeth.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: HCWE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Grind up, in a way”.
More clues from the New York Times (August 10, 2025)
Across
- 1. Helpful site for a D.I.Y.'er4 letters, starts with EEHOW
- 5. Thurman of film3 letters, starts with UUMA
- 8. Need for a transfer of power?4 letters, starts with CCORD
- 12. Make easier to swallow4 letters, starts with CCHEW
- 16. Basis for a write-off, perhaps8 letters, starts with TTAXASSET
- 18. Mann who wrote songs for 1999's "Magnolia"5 letters, starts with AAIMEE
- 19. First name in country6 letters, starts with SSHANIA
- 21. … something big and rocky with a Space Force base in it14 letters, starts with CCHEYENNEMOUNTAIN
- 23. "So weird …"6 letters, starts with HHOWODD
- 24. New York City's ___ Place5 letters, starts with AASTOR
- 25. Norse mythology's equivalent of Olympus6 letters, starts with AASGARD
- 26. Really tipsy7 letters, starts with PPICKLED
- 27. Be possessive?3 letters, starts with OOWN
- 28. Auctioneer's cry4 letters, starts with SSOLD
- 29. … something pointy grown by Pinocchio8 letters, starts with DDONKEYEARS
- 30. Teeming8 letters, starts with AABUNDANT
- 34. "This is the first truth that ___ thine own tongue was guilty of": "All's Well That Ends Well"3 letters, starts with EEER
- 36. Mimic3 letters, starts with AAPE
- 37. Rep who's not a Rep.3 letters, starts with DDEM
- 38. Music genre associated with the tellum, or reverse mullet3 letters, starts with EEMO
- 39. … something conical in a chemistry lab13 letters, starts with EERLENMEYERFLASK
- 46. … something round and metallic with kanji written on it9 letters, starts with JJAPANESEYEN
- 49. Homes for hogs5 letters, starts with SSTIES
- 50. Run-down5 letters, starts with RRATTY
- 51. Figure (out)4 letters, starts with SSUSS
- 52. Disney snow queen4 letters, starts with EELSA
- 54. Approves3 letters, starts with OOKS
- 55. Many a hangout in Boystown, Chicago6 letters, starts with GGAYBAR
- 56. Tolerate5 letters, starts with AABIDE
- 59. Corner piece4 letters, starts with RROOK
- 61. Common remote batteries3 letters, starts with AAAS
- 62. In the style of3 letters, starts with AALA
- 63. Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle19 letters, starts with IISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE
- 68. [Not another word!]3 letters, starts with SSHH
- 69. Location marker on a map app3 letters, starts with PPIN
- 70. Novelist James4 letters, starts with AAGEE
- 71. Mega-store?5 letters, starts with HHOARD
- 72. Alfred E. ___, mascot of Mad magazine6 letters, starts with NNEUMAN
- 74. Long-running drama with the protagonist Olivia Benson, for short3 letters, starts with SSVU
- 75. Per ___4 letters, starts with DDIEM
- 77. Nowhere close4 letters, starts with AAFAR
- 81. Hall's music partner5 letters, starts with OOATES
- 82. Certain water hazard5 letters, starts with SSHOAL
- 84. … something yellow and happy in a text message9 letters, starts with SSMILEYEMOJI
- 87. … something soft and melty in a black tub13 letters, starts with BBREYERSICECREAM
- 90. Place with moving exhibits3 letters, starts with ZZOO
- 91. Locale for a Snapple fact3 letters, starts with CCAP
- 92. G.I. grub3 letters, starts with MMRE
- 93. ___ Hammarskjöld, only posthumous winner of a Nobel Peace Prize3 letters, starts with DDAG
- 94. Outdoor event with costumes8 letters, starts with RRENFAIRE
- 96. … something feathery sipping on nectar8 letters, starts with HHONEYEATER
- 101. Final four event4 letters, starts with SSEMI
- 103. Store that sells protein powder3 letters, starts with GGNC
- 104. Single facial feature7 letters, starts with UUNIBROW
- 105. One of the Jacksons6 letters, starts with LLATOYA
- 107. Onionlike vegetables5 letters, starts with LLEEKS
- 110. New home for a "fresh prince" in a 1990s sitcom6 letters, starts with BBELAIR
- 111. … something long and painted on a highway14 letters, starts with DDOUBLEYELLOWLINE
- 114. Down in the dumps6 letters, starts with SSULLEN
- 115. Pungent5 letters, starts with AACRID
- 116. Crispy tortilla-based dishes8 letters, starts with TTOSTADAS
- 117. Funerary shroud4 letters, starts with PPALL
- 118. Excellent, in 1990s slang4 letters, starts with PPHAT
- 119. Elect (to)3 letters, starts with OOPT
- 120. Herb paired with brown butter in sauces4 letters, starts with SSAGE
Down
- 1. … and so on3 letters, starts with EETC
- 2. One of the text reaction buttons on an iPhone4 letters, starts with HHAHA
- 3. Showy daisies4 letters, starts with OOXEYES
- 4. Deliberate and unprovoked6 letters, starts with WWANTON
- 5. A password might be provided with one8 letters, starts with UUSERNAME
- 6. First letter of "menorah," in Hebrew3 letters, starts with MMEM
- 7. "Let's raise our glasses!"6 letters, starts with AATOAST
- 8. Fortresses8 letters, starts with CCITADELS
- 9. Poet Khayyám4 letters, starts with OOMAR
- 10. Las Vegas's Harry ___ International Airport4 letters, starts with RREID
- 11. Thieves' place3 letters, starts with DDEN
- 12. Wedge placed next to a wheel to prevent it from moving5 letters, starts with CCHOCK
- 13. Iowan, by another name5 letters, starts with HHAWKEYE
- 14. Sherlock's younger sister on TV5 letters, starts with EENOLA
- 15. Like the Río de la Plata vis-à-vis the Amazon5 letters, starts with WWIDER
- 17. Noted N.S.A. whistle-blower7 letters, starts with SSNOWDEN
- 18. One going fishing6 letters, starts with AANGLER
- 19. You might get one in a row6 letters, starts with SSHINER
- 20. Contributes4 letters, starts with AADDS
- 22. Source of some base humor, for short?3 letters, starts with UUSO
- 26. Fast-food chain founded in New Orleans5 letters, starts with PPOPEYES
- 29. Some noblewomen5 letters, starts with DDAMES
- 30. Happy, dopey, sneezy, sleepy, grumpy and bashful: Abbr.4 letters, starts with AADJS
- 31. ___ idéal4 letters, starts with BBEAU
- 32. Ones making "Out!" cries4 letters, starts with UUMPS
- 33. Advanced cautiously, front end first7 letters, starts with NNOSEDIN
- 35. Upgraded with new machinery8 letters, starts with RRETOOLED
- 39. Several characters in nonfiction?3 letters, starts with EENS
- 40. Republican politico Haley5 letters, starts with NNIKKI
- 41. Brendan of "The Mummy"6 letters, starts with FFRASER
- 42. Ballad3 letters, starts with LLAY
- 43. Held in check5 letters, starts with AATBAY
- 44. Tired5 letters, starts with SSTALE
- 45. Newswoman Phillips4 letters, starts with KKYRA
- 47. "Please rush!"4 letters, starts with AASAP
- 48. Hole for a shoelace4 letters, starts with EEYELET
- 53. Archer's protection8 letters, starts with AARMGUARD
- 55. Fund-raising fete4 letters, starts with GGALA
- 57. Way around6 letters, starts with BBYPASS
- 58. "Take that, loser!"4 letters, starts with IIWIN
- 60. Spanish interjection3 letters, starts with OOYE
- 61. Smash to smithereens7 letters, starts with AATOMIZE
- 63. "Word has it ..."5 letters, starts with IIHEAR
- 64. Sleep, informally5 letters, starts with SSHUTEYE
- 65. Topsy-turviness5 letters, starts with HHAVOC
- 66. That group4 letters, starts with TTHEM
- 67. Cheese typically wrapped in paraffin4 letters, starts with EEDAM
- 68. Sort who won't heed the advice "Don't look down"?4 letters, starts with SSNOB
- 73. What abuts une côte3 letters, starts with MMER
- 74. Diaphanous5 letters, starts with SSHEER
- 76. Can you believe it?3 letters, starts with IISM
- 78. An ellipse has two of these4 letters, starts with FFOCI
- 79. Slightly open4 letters, starts with AAJAR
- 80. Ready to eat4 letters, starts with RRIPE
- 82. Turn (in)5 letters, starts with SSCREW
- 83. At all, with "the"8 letters, starts with LLEASTBIT
- 85. Out of touch for decades, say8 letters, starts with LLONGLOST
- 86. Shakespearean potion ingredient7 letters, starts with EEYEOFNEWT
- 88. Vacillator's confession6 letters, starts with IIMTORN
- 89. Timeless6 letters, starts with AAGEOLD
- 94. Venice's ___ Bridge6 letters, starts with RRIALTO
- 95. Express Amtrak options6 letters, starts with AACELAS
- 96. Transportation centers4 letters, starts with HHUBS
- 97. Slightly outdo5 letters, starts with OONEUP
- 98. Brand of wafer5 letters, starts with NNILLA
- 99. Scrutinize5 letters, starts with EEYEBALL
- 100. Animated daughter of King Triton5 letters, starts with AARIEL
- 102. "Ridiculous!"3 letters, starts with MMYEYE
- 105. Bit of blue on a map of Scotland4 letters, starts with LLOCH
- 106. Otherworldly glow4 letters, starts with AAURA
- 108. Radiohead's first #1 album (2000)4 letters, starts with KKIDA
- 109. Holdup4 letters, starts with SSNAG
- 111. Greeting with the hands3 letters, starts with DDAP
- 112. ___-eared3 letters, starts with LLOP
- 113. Jargon suffix3 letters, starts with EESE
Fresh clues from recent puzzles
Questions
What is the answer to “Make easier to swallow”?
CHEW, 4 letters: to crush or grind with the teeth.
When was “Make easier to swallow” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of August 10, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with C.