Answer: HINT
HINT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 132 times.
Referring Clues:
- Word to the wise
- Help for the puzzled
- Clue
- Whisper
- "Warm" or "cold"
- Act suggestively
- Helpful ___
- Soupcon
- Suggestion
- Help for the stumped
- Heloise offering
- Aid to the stumped
- Request from the stumped
- Charades gesture, e.g.
- Not say directly
- Touch
- "Warmer" or "colder"
- "The first word of the answer to each of the six starred clues describes the number of that clue," e.g.
- Comment from over the shoulder, maybe
- Subtle flavor
- "This answer ends in a T," e.g.
- Small clue
- Some people can't take one
- Test help
- Whiff
- Hardly noticeable amount
- "Warmer," perhaps
- "Getting warmer," e.g.
- "It's bigger than a breadbox," for one
- Solving aid
- Small trace
- Words leading to the answer, perhaps
- Subtle help
- Heloise suggestion
- Help you might drop
- Something that is often dropped, but rarely picked up
- Helpful suggestion
- Inkling
- Intimation
- Thing intentionally dropped
- Suggest
- Trace
- Help of a kind
- Helpful information
- Intimate
- Bit of help
- Helpful pointer
- Indirect suggestion
- Teacher's aid?
- Give a clue
- "Warm" or "cold," e.g.
- Something dropped
- Indicate subtly
- Subtle suggestion
- Pointer
- Spill a little?
- Subtle taste
- Tinge
- Clue for the clueless
- Shade of colour
- Aid for the puzzled
- Request from one who's stumped
- Faint trace
- Clue or cue
- "I can take a ___"
- Get (at)
- Clue offered
- What [wink wink] may signify
- Helpful clue
- Slight amount
- Helpful tip
- Help for a guesser
- Insinuate
- Help with an answer
- Guesser's request
- Indirect indication
- Help from Heloise
- A bit of help
- Slightest amount
- A tip
- Whiff or whisper
- Bit of color
- Innuendo
- Word from the wise
- Help for a solver
- "Can you give me a ___?"
- Nudge
- Bit to go on?
- Notion
- "You're getting warmer," e.g.
- When repeated, a subtle (or sometimes not-so-subtle) comment
- Slight indication
- Subtlety
- "Gimme a ___"
- Subtle bit of help
- Subtle sign
- Vaguely suggest
- Subtle helper
- Aid in solving
- This answer ends in "T," e.g.
- 60-Across, to 34-Across, e.g.
- Indirect assistance
- Tip
- Subtle clue
- Clue relative
- Dash, as of a spice
- Slight coloring
- Tiny amount
- Subtle amount
- Help for a stumped solver
- Guessing game aid
- Very small amount
- Indicate indirectly
- Bit of help in an escape room
- Crossword title, often
- Trivia host's clue
- Gentle reminder
- Something to lend a hand
- Whiff, as of perfume
- "It starts with an H," for this answer
- When doubled, not-so-subtle nudge
- Bit of help with a riddle
- Leave a small tip
- With 35-Down, some common attire for cooks
- Escape room nudge
- Brain teaser aid
- Puzzle hunt aid
- Bit of help with solving a puzzle
- When doubled, comment made with a wink
- "Can't you take a ___!?"
- Gentle suggestion
- Means of getting unstuck
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 14, 2025
- New York Times - March 20, 2025
- New York Times - February 25, 2025
- USA Today - November 21, 2024
- New York Times - November 15, 2024
- LA Times - November 13, 2024
- New York Times - October 27, 2024
- LA Times - October 01, 2024
- LA Times - September 09, 2024
- LA Times - August 15, 2024
- LA Times - April 09, 2024
- LA Times - December 06, 2023
- New York Times - December 03, 2023
- New York Times - December 02, 2023
- New York Times - November 05, 2023
- USA Today - June 15, 2023
- USA Today - March 24, 2023
- LA Times - March 10, 2023
- USA Today - February 15, 2023
- New York Times - October 08, 2022
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