Answer: PANS
PANS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 151 times.
Referring Clues:
- Opposites of a 39-Across
 - Criticizes
 - Partner of pots
 - Some film shots ... or reactions
 - Prospectors' receptacles
 - Goes for the gold?
 - Gives zero stars to
 - Rips
 - Producers' fears
 - D– reviews
 - Oil receptacles
 - Gives two thumbs down to
 - 0-star reviews
 - Gives a thumbs-down to
 - Emeril uses them
 - Pots' companions
 - Gives a bad review
 - Bad reviews
 - Rates poorly
 - Gives a bad review to
 - Raves' opposites
 - Awards zero stars to
 - Uncomplimentary reviews
 - Seeks gold in a stream
 - Gives no stars
 - Gives a poor review to
 - "Iron Chef" props
 - Gives a zero-star review to
 - Balance parts
 - Severely criticizes
 - Skillets, e.g.
 - Lousy reviews
 - Thumbs-down reviews
 - Blasts, in a way
 - Pots' partners
 - Baking utensils
 - Vessels for frying
 - Baking containers
 - Skillets
 - Skillets, for example
 - Partners of pots
 - Cookware items
 - Prospecting tools
 - Looks for gold, in a way
 - Hardly recommends
 - Gives no stars to
 - Gives a scathing review
 - Trashes
 - Gives a thumbs down to
 - Cooking show props
 - Stove-top vessels
 - Poor reviews
 - Balance-scale parts
 - Frying utensils
 - Roasts
 - Reviews badly
 - "Iron Chef" tools
 - "Only the credits held my attention" et al.
 - Kitchen array
 - D reviews
 - Sweeping shots
 - Gold seekers' gear
 - Kitchen collection
 - "Top Chef" equipment
 - Some cookware
 - Baker's receptacles
 - Two-thumbs-down reviews
 - Scathing reviews
 - Cookware
 - Boos in reviews
 - Frying needs
 - Skillets and woks
 - Show closers, perhaps
 - Gives one star, say
 - Nasty reviews
 - Gold prospectors' receptacles
 - Williams-Sonoma purchases
 - Galley array
 - Gives a terrible review to
 - Prospects
 - Gives one star to
 - Tools for Wolfgang Puck
 - Gives zero stars to, say
 - Cook's collection
 - Reviews you don't want
 - Prospecting props
 - Knocks
 - Sweeps the set
 - Opening night nightmares
 - Stove-top sights
 - Turn thumbs down on
 - They're often seen nesting in a kitchen
 - Kitchen gifts
 - Knocks in the theater
 - Gives two big thumbs down
 - Kitchen cookers
 - Slams
 - Discouraging words
 - Frittata equipment
 - Some kitchen utensils
 - Condemns
 - Kitchenware collection
 - "MasterChef" tools
 - Harsh reviews
 - "Iron Chef" necessities
 - Fry cooks' utensils
 - Opposite of raves
 - Rotten reviews
 - Brutal reviews
 - Vessels that may be oven-safe
 - Skewers
 - "___ labyrinth"
 - "Ugh" reviews
 - They're often greased with butter
 - Creperie equipment
 - Nightmares on opening night
 - Forty-niners' equipment
 - Brutal reviews on Yelp
 - Works (out)
 - Chef's collection
 - Vessels for frying bacon
 - Disapprovals from a reviewer
 - Equipment on "Chopped"
 - Looks for gold
 - Green splats, on Rotten Tomatoes
 - Stovetop equipment
 - Woks and skillets, e.g.
 - Gives zero stars, perhaps
 - Balance scale pair
 - Cooking show stack
 - Pots' cookware partners
 - Reviews negatively
 - Paella cookware
 - Cooking vessels
 - Cookware for frying
 - Lone star group?
 - Stovetop items
 - Cooking vessels for omelets
 - Gives a terrible review
 - "Two thumbs down" and "I hated it!"
 - Karahis and woks
 - Skillets, woks, etc.
 - Disparages
 - Gives a negative review to
 - Takes a dim view of
 - Woks and skillets
 - Zero-star reviews
 - Rips in a review
 - Equipment in "Top Chef"
 - Parts of a balance scale
 - Horizontal camera movements
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 29, 2025
 - LA Times - September 27, 2025
 - New York Times - August 13, 2025
 - New York Times - July 15, 2025
 - LA Times - January 15, 2025
 - USA Today - June 07, 2024
 - New York Times - April 12, 2024
 - USA Today - January 15, 2024
 - LA Times - December 21, 2023
 - LA Times - September 30, 2023
 - USA Today - August 31, 2023
 - New York Times - June 06, 2023
 - New York Times - June 01, 2023
 - New York Times - April 18, 2023
 - New York Times - December 12, 2022
 - USA Today - December 06, 2022
 - LA Times - October 22, 2022
 - USA Today - October 17, 2022
 - LA Times - July 18, 2022
 - USA Today - July 13, 2022
 
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