NYT Crossword Hints August 17 2023 – Try Hard Guides

Our NYT Crossword Hints for August 17, 2023 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.

NYT Crossword Hints, August 17, 2023

You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 8/17/23. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.

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  Costa ___
  
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  Wow, that’s upside down!
  
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  “Be for real!”
  
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  Tapped in, so to speak
  
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  “High” number?
  
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  Modern initialism for Black dialect
  
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  Cup of noodles, and others?
  
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  Rebuff in Rostov
  
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  Tips
  
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  Shrimp egg rolls, and others?
  
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  Porcine “palace”
  
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  Head of une école?
  
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  Some tape players
  
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  Boots, water bottle, backpack, etc.
  
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  Bud
  
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  Paradigm movement
  
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  Clean up, in a way
  
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  Something to clean up
  
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  Chicken and rice, and others?
  
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  Coq au vin, and others?
  
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  Cuba, por ejemplo
  
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  Word after Bernese or Tyrolean
  
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  Locale for a shopping cart
  
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  Covered with bryophytes
  
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  Minuscule
  
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  Chuffed
  
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  “What ___?”
  
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  Longtime show for Robin Roberts, for short
  
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  Baked rigatoni alla Norma, and others?
  
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  Fly high
  
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  Part of the Hollywood monogram J.E.J.
  
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  Baking ingredient used multiple times in this puzzle?
  
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  Watering hole, maybe
  
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  Watering hole, maybe
  
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  Many a retirement residence
  
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  Knock ’em dead
  
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  “Can I help you with something?”
  
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  Department of labor?
  
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  Election night list
  
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  Response to “Don’t forget!”
  
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  New Edition’s debut single (“You look so sweet, you’re a special treat”)
  
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  ( and )
  
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  Prefix with liberal
  
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  Make out sloppily in the library?
  
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  Not liking anymore
  
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  Arizona city
  
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  Question suggested by a door knock
  
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  Participant in a “key to the city” ceremony
  
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  Bake-offs have them
  
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  Team sharing a home arena with the Liberty
  
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  Sweat it
  
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  App store customer
  
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  Family-friendly rating
  
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  “Later!”
  
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  First woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
  
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  Row for a musical group
  
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  “I’ll give ___ read”
  
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  STEM part: Abbr.
  
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  Is ill with
  
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  Sargasso Sea spawners
  
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  Chill
  
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  Bistate metro area: Abbr.
  
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  157.5 degrees from N
  
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  Dorm leaders, in brief
  
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  Very self-interested
  
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  Things with coils that can be dangerous
  
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  “Huh!”
  
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  Take a Covid precaution
  
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  Something highly sought after
  
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  Grub, e.g.
  
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  Goat group
  
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  “This Is Us” co-star Moore
  
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  Its atomic number is this clue’s number divided by three
  
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  Inanimate objects with heads and feet
  
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  Game played on the road
  
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  Inanimate object with a tongue
  
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  Gatekeeping sort
  
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  ___ Style gel
  

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15×15 grids on weekdays to larger 21×21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day’s puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.