Answer: EAST
EAST is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 536 times.
Referring Clues:
- Daybreak direction
 - 90 degrees
 - How the Amazon flows
 - Part of SEATO
 - N.F.C. division
 - It may be Far or Near
 - N.F.C. ___
 - Orioles' division, with "the"
 - Bridge seat
 - It's right in the atlas
 - Atlantic Coast states, with "the"
 - White House's ___ Room
 - ___ Orange, N.J.
 - 90 degrees, on a compass
 - Sunrise direction
 - Atlantic Seaboard, with "the"
 - Whence the Magi, with "the"
 - Big ___ Conference
 - Near ___
 - Down ___ (Maine)
 - Bridge position
 - New England's locale
 - All-star game side, often
 - New York's fashionable Upper __ Side
 - Atlantic states, with "the"
 - It may be due
 - Right on the map
 - New York's ___ River
 - Certain all-star team
 - Like Nod, to Eden
 - Orient
 - National League division
 - Toward sunup
 - Sun spot?
 - Magi origin
 - N.L. ___
 - It's right on the map
 - How Phileas Fogg traveled
 - N.C.A.A. tournament division
 - Opponent of 28-Across
 - Needle point?
 - Toward sunrise
 - Magi's origin
 - League division
 - "It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun!"
 - One end of London
 - Far or down follower
 - Right on a map
 - "___ of Eden"
 - How the Lincoln Memorial faces
 - See 115-Down
 - Near __ (Turkey's region)
 - Point to the right?
 - Sun's spot, in the morning
 - ___ River (what the Brooklyn Bridge spans)
 - New York City's ___ River
 - With 22-Down, Korea's location
 - All-star game side
 - Biblical star locale, with "the"
 - What the Lincoln Memorial faces
 - 3:00
 - Down ___
 - Whence daybreak
 - Point to the right
 - Toward dawn
 - All-Star team, with "the"
 - Bridge hand
 - Point in the right direction?
 - 90° from north
 - Marco Polo's heading
 - Atlantic Coast area, with "the"
 - Steinbeck title starter
 - Big ___
 - Toward the rising sun
 - Far __ (China's locale)
 - Magi's origin, with "the"
 - "__ of Eden" (Jo Van Fleet movie)
 - ___ St. Louis, Ill.
 - Wicked witch's home in "The Wizard of Oz"
 - Direction of sunup
 - Rightmost bridge position
 - "Yonder window," according to Romeo
 - The right point?
 - American League division
 - The Lincoln Memorial faces in this direction
 - Division in many leagues
 - It's right in an atlas
 - ___ Orange, New Jersey
 - Whence the Magi
 - Location of Nod vis-à-vis Eden
 - Spiritual direction for some
 - All-star team, maybe
 - Toward the sunrise
 - Word that used to precede Germany
 - Sunup direction
 - All-star game side, maybe
 - Domain of the witch crushed by Dorothy's house
 - Way to go, sometimes
 - It's got the sun in the morning
 - Canadian Football League division
 - West's bridge partner
 - Right, on the map
 - Big NCAA conference
 - Right, on many a map
 - Sunup point
 - Right, on a map
 - Compass point
 - Cold War bloc
 - Dawn direction
 - Big ___ (Rutgers's conference)
 - First compass point, alphabetically
 - Right way?
 - Bridge chair
 - Dawn's direction
 - Asia and thereabouts
 - River separating Queens from the Bronx
 - ___ River (what the Brooklyn Bridge crosses over)
 - The Jets' division in the AFC
 - Polo goal
 - Direction of dawn
 - Cheyenne-to-Omaha direction
 - Home of the witch buried under a fallen house
 - Eden-to-Nod direction
 - Right direction?
 - Atlantic Seaboard states, with "the"
 - NBA All-Star Game team
 - Only cardinal point not in a U.S. state name
 - Defender in a diagrammed bridge hand
 - "It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun"
 - See 43-Down
 - It's often right
 - Big ___ (Villanova's conference)
 - Whence one wicked witch
 - Direction traveled in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
 - With 50-Across, home for Cockneys
 - With 34-Down, Korea's setting
 - At dawn?
 - Lyme or Orange preceder
 - Odessa-to-Waco direction
 - From Buffalo to Boston
 - Japan is in it, with "the"
 - Cardinal point
 - Squished witch's domain
 - Rising point
 - Middle __
 - Right on the map?
 - "__ of Eden"
 - "It is the __, and Juliet is the sun"
 - Los Angeles-to-San Bernardino direction
 - Nod, vis-à-vis Eden
 - New York City's __ River
 - Near or Far follower
 - Like some winds
 - Seattle-to-Spokane direction
 - Captain's heading
 - Far __
 - Word after Near, Middle or Far
 - All-star team, perhaps
 - Big __ (NCAA division)
 - Toward the right, on a map
 - London's __ End
 - Steinbeck title direction
 - Toward the dawn
 - Toward 52 Across
 - Sun spot, sometimes
 - Vane reading
 - Montana-to-Maine direction
 - Toward Europe
 - Toward the Orient
 - ''__ of Eden''
 - Sunrise spot
 - Big Apple river
 - Steinbeck's ''___ of Eden''
 - Former division of Germany
 - 90 degrees from north
 - Direction of Earth's rotation
 - Asia's locale
 - Where the sun comes up
 - Word that used to precede ''Germany''
 - It may be Near, Middle or Far
 - It's right on your map
 - ''... ___, and Juliet is the sun''
 - Marco Polo's original heading
 - The wise men came from this direction
 - It may be due, get the point?
 - Brooklyn Bridge's river
 - Far or Middle
 - Geographic area
 - Manhattan border river
 - Part of SSE
 - Jet stream's heading
 - It's right on a map
 - River beneath the Brooklyn Bridge
 - Direction the Lincoln Memorial faces
 - Word that once preceded "Germany"
 - Whence the Magi came
 - A cardinal point
 - A Wicked Witch's home
 - Vane direction
 - Map section
 - Word with Near, Middle or Far
 - Cardinal direction
 - Toward China
 - It might be Near or Far
 - Due follower
 - River in New York
 - ___ Timor
 - Direction from Lake Charles to Baton Rouge
 - Harvard, vis-a-vis Stanford
 - Orioles division
 - Day breaks here
 - Bridge table seat
 - Direction Phileas Fogg took
 - It once preceded Germany
 - Goren sat here, at times
 - Bridge defender, maybe
 - Word with Near or Far
 - Dayspring direction
 - River beneath the Brooklyn
 - ". . . land of Nod, on the ___ of Eden"
 - It's 90 degrees from north
 - Where the Atlantic is, relative to North America
 - Right way to go?
 - Where the sun rises
 - China is in it, with "the"
 - A.L. or N.L. division
 - Direction of the moon's orbit
 - Sunrise site
 - Seat at a bridge game
 - Asia's direction, on many maps
 - Earth's rotational direction
 - Right on most maps
 - Ninety degrees right of north
 - Bridge bidder
 - Direction of the dawn
 - The "E" in N.L.E.
 - Word that used to precede "Germany"
 - "... ___, and Juliet is the sun"
 - Steinbeck's "___ of Eden"
 - Far ___
 - Middle ___
 - The right direction?
 - Rising setting
 - Big ___ (NCAA division)
 - London's ___ End
 - "... land of Nod, on the ___ of Eden"
 - The E in ESE
 - Far or near follower
 - Where it dawns on one?
 - Direction after Near, Middle or Far
 - It's right on the map, usually
 - ___ Indies
 - Direction not in any state names
 - 270 degrees from south
 - Rose point
 - ___ haven, ct
 - One of the four directions
 - Player across from West
 - Jet stream heading
 - Defender in a bridge column
 - Oil source
 - New York City river
 - Houston-to-Tampa direction
 - Sunup site
 - Sunup spot
 - Sunrise setting
 - Into the sunrise
 - Part of NNE
 - Dawnward
 - Part of SE
 - E, on a map
 - Part of 65-Across
 - Part of 83-Across
 - Big ___ (NCAA conference)
 - Geographical region
 - It's right on a map?
 - Part of NE
 - Opposite of 11-Down
 - Jet streams heading
 - Theme of the puzzle
 - New York's Upper ___ Side
 - All-Star side
 - Direction of the earth's rotation
 - Where dawn arises
 - Near, Far or Middle follower
 - Compass heading
 - Compass pt
 - Opposite of 8-Across
 - The White House's ___ Room
 - River across Manhattan from the Hudson
 - Part of the U.S. that's usually first with election returns
 - ___ Room (largest room in the White House)
 - Nod's direction from Eden
 - Vane point
 - Geographic direction
 - Vocal
 - Oregon-to-New York direction
 - It's right on the map?
 - SSE part
 - Big ___ (sports conference)
 - Ninety degrees from north
 - Asian region, with "the"
 - Prefix with bound
 - NBA All-Star team
 - It's usually right
 - Direction of 1-Down on many maps
 - Buffalo-to-Schenectady heading
 - Where the Magi came from
 - A word with Germany, once
 - River of NYC
 - Word with Side or End
 - Mahjong starter
 - Port side when sailing south
 - Down ___: Maine region
 - One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the"
 - Seat in the 3 p.m. position in a bridge column
 - It's right on an atlas?
 - ___ Carolina University
 - Manhattan Bridge river
 - "___ End boys and West End girls" (Pet Shop Boys lyric)
 - Port, when sailing south
 - Division for Orioles
 - It's right in your atlas
 - Sunrise side
 - Right in an atlas
 - 3:00, on a compass
 - Direction after Near, Far or Middle
 - '___ of Eden'
 - New York river
 - One way to go
 - Toward the Atlantic, in America
 - It might be due
 - Back ___ (NYC, vis-à-vis LA, say)
 - One N.B.A. All-Star Game team
 - Roosevelt island's river
 - Fort Worth-to-Dallas direction
 - Word with Anglia or Beirut
 - See 64-Across
 - River under the Brooklyn Bridge
 - Baltimore-to-Dover direction
 - Part of 28-Across
 - Opposite of 60-Down
 - Right in the atlas?
 - An NFC division
 - See 29-Across
 - Eau Claire-to-Green Bay direction
 - Sports division
 - First word of the chorus of "The Sidewalks of New York"
 - It can be near or far
 - Austin-to-Baton Rouge direction
 - Toward the sun
 - To the right, on the map
 - Sunrise location
 - ___ Chicago
 - Los Angeles-to-Atlanta direction
 - One of the coasts
 - One side in the annual Shrine Game
 - Los Angeles-to-Phoenix direction
 - South's right-hand man
 - Bridge column word
 - Steinbeck title word
 - From Liverpool to Manchester
 - NCAA's Big ___ Conference
 - China and environs, with "the"
 - Direction
 - A 90-degree direction
 - West's opposite
 - With 41-Down, town near New London, Connecticut
 - With 34-Across, China's locale
 - Bridge player's position
 - From Chicago to Boston
 - End in London
 - Toward Turkey
 - Opposite of west
 - ___ Ham, London suburb
 - Part of 44-Down
 - A.L. division for the Yankees
 - Toward Portugal
 - Right on an atlas
 - Where Carson's Carnac was from
 - NBA All-Star Game side
 - Whence came the Magi
 - All-star game side, perhaps
 - Toward Spain
 - Harlem's river
 - Heading for Marco Polo
 - "It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun": Romeo
 - Toward Mecca
 - Occasional needle point?
 - Vane heading
 - Major direction
 - Compass direction
 - Far ___, Orient
 - ___ St. Louis
 - Three o'clock, in directions
 - Towards the altar
 - Jet stream direction
 - Manhattan's ___ Village
 - Direction of Phileas Fogg's trip
 - A major direction
 - Wind tile in mah-jongg
 - ___ China Sea
 - Three, in directions
 - How prograde orbits proceed
 - "River" spanned by the Brooklyn Bridge
 - Lindbergh flight direction
 - ___ Los Angeles
 - Locale of Shakespeare's "Fiery Portal"
 - ___ Coast
 - NCAA regional
 - Even-number Interstate heading
 - Wrong Way Corrigan's wrong way
 - 3:00 direction
 - Shrine bowl team
 - Asia, with "the"
 - From Denver to Topeka
 - 3:00, in directions
 - Far ___ (China setting)
 - NYC river
 - Maryland vis-a-vis Arizona
 - Three o'clock, so to speak
 - Around 90°
 - With 63-Across, nation since 2002
 - Only direction not in a state name
 - ___ Haven (city)
 - "Witches of ___ End"
 - Far direction?
 - One of Manhattan's rivers
 - Part of 43 Across
 - Lindbergh's heading
 - Eliot's "Coker"
 - One direction
 - ___ Germany
 - Heading in the right direction?
 - That's right!
 - ___ Village (Manhattan neighborhood)
 - NCAA's Big ___
 - Amazon's direction of flow
 - "Far" or "Middle" region
 - Near ___ (Turkey's region)
 - ___ St. Louis, IL
 - Whence the Three Wise Men, with "the"
 - 90° on a compass
 - California-to-Missouri direction
 - Down ___: Maine nickname
 - Part of 21-Across
 - Where Lady Liberty looks
 - It's right there on the map!
 - "Born in ___ L.A."
 - By the dawn's early light?
 - Daybreak's direction
 - Either "E" in ESE
 - ___ St. Louis, Illinois
 - Kansas-to-Missouri direction
 - Dorothy's first victim hails from this direction
 - Arizona-to-New Mexico direction
 - Only cardinal direction that isn't in a U.S. state name
 - Turkey-to-China direction
 - Colorado-to-Missouri direction
 - The right way?
 - Side in some all-star games
 - Rightward, on a map
 - Oregon-to-Idaho direction
 - Big ___ (40-Across conference)
 - Rightmost compass point
 - From Eden to the land of Nod, e.g.
 - First or last part of 40-Down
 - Word after "Big" or "Middle"
 - E, on a compass
 - Polo course?
 - This directon: ___>
 - Rochester-to-Syracuse direction
 - Indiana-to-Ohio direction
 - 3:00 on a compass
 - ___ Asia (China, Japan and environs)
 - Towards sunrise
 - Direction from Arizona to New Mexico
 - With 27-Down, island nation near Indonesia
 - ___ New York (Brooklyn neighborhood)
 - Nepal-to-Bhutan direction
 - Oklahoma-to-Arkansas direction
 - Direction of sunrise
 - One wicked witch's home in "The Wizard of Oz"
 - NYC's ___ River
 - NBA conference
 - Twin Falls-to-Sioux Falls direction
 - Direction from L.A. to LA
 - Direction of the morning light
 - 90°
 - Sunrise locale
 - Gwangju-to-Busan direction
 - Big ___ (athletic conference)
 - Michigan-to-Vermont direction
 - Either "E" of ESE
 - Chengdu-to-Wuhan direction
 - Mississippi-to-Alabama direction
 - Texas-to-Louisiana direction
 - E on a compass
 - Chile-to-Argentina direction
 - How a jet stream typically flows
 - Riyadh-to-Abu Dhabi direction
 - Like Iran vis-à-vis Iraq
 - Lhasa-to-Wuhan direction
 - Sunrise's direction
 - Only cardinal direction not in a state name
 - Direction from Ethiopia to Somalia
 - Like Zambia relative to Angola
 - Appropriate answer for this place in the grid
 - Mapmaker's right
 - Starting player in mah-jongg
 - 90°, on a compass
 - ___ Timor (nation near Indonesia)
 - From Perth to Sydney
 - West's opponent, in some All-Star games
 - Where runway 9 is always oriented at an airport
 - Middle ___ (Oman's region)
 - Moonrise direction
 - Direction of the sunrise
 - What "Eat" stands for in the mnemonic "Never Eat Soggy Waffles"
 - Oslo to Stockholm direction
 - 90 degrees, say
 - "Three o'clock"
 - From Los Angeles to San Bernadino
 - Kazakhstan-to-Mongolia direction
 - Direction from North Dakota to Minnesota
 - Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference)
 - Direction of the wind that brought Mary Poppins
 - Namibia-to-Botswana direction
 - Like a step in the right direction?
 - Like Detroit vis-à-vis 29-Across
 - By dawn's early light?
 - Big ___ (college conference)
 - The right way to go on a map?
 - Right, on most maps
 - New York-to-York direction
 - Maine-to-Spain direction
 
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