Sudden dose of reality, in slang Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Sudden dose of reality, in slang” from the New York Times crossword of April 27, 2025? It has 9 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, APRIL 27, 2025
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TRUTHBOMB is the answer to “Sudden dose of reality, in slang”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 9-letter answer that starts with T.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: UMTBHTBRO.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with T and ends with B.
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Across
- 1. "Don't mention it"8 letters, starts with NNOTATALL
- 9. Like a lover's lips, perhaps8 letters, starts with KKISSABLE
- 17. Sudden dose of reality, in slang9 letters, starts with TTRUTHBOMB
- 19. Emphatic words of denial9 letters, starts with SSONOTTRUE
- 20. [aria-label] 5508.461375/61810 letters, starts with SSANTACLAUS
- 22. [aria-label] 0-5.0871810 letters, starts with TTHEONERING
- 23. Sheep's peep5 letters, starts with BBLEAT
- 24. How detectives might act7 letters, starts with OONALEAD
- 26. Ones providing help around the House5 letters, starts with AAIDES
- 27. Poli ___3 letters, starts with SSCI
- 30. Attack, as a castle5 letters, starts with SSTORM
- 31. Jazz singer Carmen5 letters, starts with MMCRAE
- 33. Food-centric broadcasts originating in South Korea8 letters, starts with MMUKBANGS
- 38. Computing company whose logo has remained largely the same since it was introduced by Paul Rand in 19623 letters, starts with IIBM
- 39. Advance4 letters, starts with LLOAN
- 40. Tough spot for a teen?3 letters, starts with ZZIT
- 43. [aria-label] 316008+533633811 letters, starts with SSTAYINALIVE
- 45. [aria-label] 32008-.531771877149 letters, starts with MMOONSHINE
- 47. Broke bread5 letters, starts with DDINED
- 48. Holder of valuable contributions, in brief3 letters, starts with IIRA
- 49. One of three on the Mayflower4 letters, starts with MMAST
- 50. Alan of "Marriage Story"4 letters, starts with AALDA
- 51. One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters"4 letters, starts with OOLGA
- 52. Rapper Kid ___4 letters, starts with CCUDI
- 54. Style of writing?4 letters, starts with FFONT
- 55. Renaissance locale of the early 20th century6 letters, starts with HHARLEM
- 57. [aria-label] 607-37600613 letters, starts with SSEARCHHISTORY
- 60. Longtime Japanese camera brand6 letters, starts with PPENTAX
- 61. Either of the two statues in front of the New York Public Library4 letters, starts with LLION
- 62. Root word?3 letters, starts with OOLE
- 63. Riverbank material4 letters, starts with SSILT
- 64. Lucky lottery winner's cry6 letters, starts with IIMRICH
- 67. [aria-label] 3045.104570813 letters, starts with BBALLETSLIPPER
- 73. Sleazeball6 letters, starts with CCREEPO
- 74. Shipshape4 letters, starts with TTIDY
- 75. They're rising over time4 letters, starts with SSEAS
- 76. Humorist Bombeck4 letters, starts with EERMA
- 77. When tripled, "You know what I'm sayin' …"4 letters, starts with YYADA
- 78. ___ Tour (record-breaking music event of 2023-24)4 letters, starts with EERAS
- 79. Suffix with proverb3 letters, starts with IIAL
- 80. Shepherd's staff5 letters, starts with CCROOK
- 81. [aria-label] 57334-46149 letters, starts with SSTILETTOS
- 84. [aria-label] 7738.51773+51.34511 letters, starts with EEMILYBRONTE
- 87. It's in the bag!3 letters, starts with TTEA
- 88. Heart4 letters, starts with GGIST
- 89. ___ Tour (annual sporting series)3 letters, starts with PPGA
- 90. Like some marriages, seating and musical compositions8 letters, starts with AARRANGED
- 91. Like the weather around a lighthouse, maybe5 letters, starts with FFOGGY
- 93. Baseball features5 letters, starts with SSEAMS
- 95. "By the way …"3 letters, starts with SSAY
- 96. ___ Moriarty, novelist who wrote "Big Little Lies"5 letters, starts with LLIANE
- 98. Tolkien character who dies as "the Grey" and returns as "the White"7 letters, starts with GGANDALF
- 100. Some opinion pieces5 letters, starts with OOPEDS
- 105. How to read the "words" written on this puzzle's 108-Across10 letters, starts with UUPSIDEDOWN
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- 112. Head honcho9 letters, starts with TTOPBANANA
- 113. Gave a thumbs up8 letters, starts with AASSENTED
- 114. Goes to the mat?8 letters, starts with WWRESTLES
Down
- 1. Government org. that investigates accidents4 letters, starts with NNTSB
- 2. Spoken4 letters, starts with OORAL
- 3. What a whistler whistles4 letters, starts with TTUNE
- 4. "___ girl!"4 letters, starts with AATTA
- 5. "Nevertheless …"8 letters, starts with TTHATSAID
- 6. Jimmy Kimmel's network3 letters, starts with AABC
- 7. [2 funny!]3 letters, starts with LLOL
- 8. [way 2 funny!!!!]4 letters, starts with LLMAO
- 9. Down for the count, in brief4 letters, starts with KKOED
- 10. Italian diminutive suffix3 letters, starts with IINO
- 11. Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion"3 letters, starts with SSON
- 12. Bear's counterpart on Wall Street, once7 letters, starts with SSTEARNS
- 13. Courtyards5 letters, starts with AATRIA
- 14. Tough customer for a wedding planner10 letters, starts with BBRIDEZILLA
- 15. Debussy's "Clair de ___"4 letters, starts with LLUNE
- 16. Brain tests, for short4 letters, starts with EEEGS
- 18. Rolls4 letters, starts with BBUNS
- 19. Bogus4 letters, starts with SSHAM
- 21. Cannabis variety contrasted with indica6 letters, starts with SSATIVA
- 22. Bush Senior and Carter each had one4 letters, starts with TTERM
- 25. Headquarter?4 letters, starts with LLOBE
- 28. "The Source" channel3 letters, starts with CCNN
- 29. Swiatek of women's tennis3 letters, starts with IIGA
- 31. ___ point4 letters, starts with MMOOT
- 32. Six-pack component3 letters, starts with CCAN
- 33. PC platform of the 1980s5 letters, starts with MMSDOS
- 34. Of service5 letters, starts with UUTILE
- 35. Hundred Acre Wood resident5 letters, starts with KKANGA
- 36. One way to "play it"5 letters, starts with BBYEAR
- 37. Reached a base horizontally6 letters, starts with SSLIDIN
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- 41. Page that points to other pages5 letters, starts with IINDEX
- 42. Crew4 letters, starts with TTEAM
- 44. Floral subject for van Gogh, Monet or O'Keeffe4 letters, starts with IIRIS
- 45. Oodles of4 letters, starts with MMANY
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Questions
What is the answer to “Sudden dose of reality, in slang”?
TRUTHBOMB, 9 letters.
When was “Sudden dose of reality, in slang” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of April 27, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
9 letters, starting with T.