NYT Crossword · 42 Down
“Difficult period” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Sunday, December 23, 2007 as 42 Down. The answer has 5 letters. Reveal it below one square at a time, or open the hints first if you only want a push in the right direction.
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NYT Crossword · Sunday, December 23, 2007 · 42 Down
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Across
- 1Literary slips crossword clue6 letters
- 7Lost crossword clue7 letters
- 14Grade school administration, maybe crossword clue6 letters
- 20Joint crossword clue6 letters
- 21Former Acura model crossword clue7 letters
- 22Fashion's Bartley crossword clue6 letters
- 23Start of a holiday verse crossword clue21 letters
- 26Locks crossword clue7 letters
- 2710% crossword clue5 letters
- 28"___ Gold" (1997 film) crossword clue5 letters
- 29Suffix with respond crossword clue3 letters
- 30Way overdue to take off? crossword clue5 letters
- 32Former Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ crossword clue3 letters
- 34"Being and Nothingness" writer crossword clue6 letters
- 38About crossword clue5 letters
- 39Area for a reupholsterer crossword clue7 letters
- 43Comment made with a nod crossword clue4 letters
- 44"___ alternative ..." crossword clue4 letters
- 45"Pay ___ mind" crossword clue4 letters
- 46Insect repellent crossword clue4 letters
- 48Verse, part 2 crossword clue21 letters
- 54Author Deighton crossword clue3 letters
- 55___ the mistletoe crossword clue5 letters
- 56Audibly crossword clue5 letters
- 57Expiate, with "for" crossword clue5 letters
- 58Nicholas and others: Abbr. crossword clue3 letters
- 59Ticks off crossword clue4 letters
- 60Church part crossword clue5 letters
- 61Intrinsically crossword clue5 letters
- 62A.A.A. recommendations: Abbr. crossword clue4 letters
- 63Sandwich shop orders crossword clue5 letters
- 64Lumber crossword clue4 letters
- 66"The Sandbox" playwright crossword clue5 letters
- 69"What to do? What to do?" feeling crossword clue5 letters
- 70Brown crossword clue4 letters
- 71Young amphibian crossword clue3 letters
- 74Flora and fauna crossword clue5 letters
- 75Some sorority sisters crossword clue5 letters
- 76Implied crossword clue5 letters
- 77Christmas ___ crossword clue3 letters
- 78Verse, part 3 crossword clue21 letters
- 82Archer William crossword clue4 letters
- 83Fannie ___ (investing options) crossword clue4 letters
- 84Theodemocratic state crossword clue4 letters
- 85Up ___ good crossword clue4 letters
- 86Porters crossword clue7 letters
- 88Popular cuisine crossword clue5 letters
- 90Unemotional type, slangily crossword clue6 letters
- 92Certain soldier crossword clue3 letters
- 93"Little Miss Sunshine" co-star crossword clue5 letters
- 94Mentalist Geller crossword clue3 letters
- 95Dangerous seepage crossword clue5 letters
- 99Decorative gateway in Japan crossword clue5 letters
- 101Classic role played by Gérard Depardieu in "The Man in the Iron Mask" crossword clue7 letters
- 106End of the verse crossword clue21 letters
- 111Jack of "The Apartment" crossword clue6 letters
- 112Fruitcake and plum pudding, e.g. crossword clue7 letters
- 113Tickles crossword clue6 letters
- 114Source of "we three kings" crossword clue6 letters
- 115Puts a new bottom on crossword clue7 letters
- 116Blocks crossword clue6 letters
Down
- 1Once, old-style crossword clue4 letters
- 2Where the bag of gifts is stowed on a sleigh crossword clue4 letters
- 3Auberjonois of "The Christmas Star" crossword clue4 letters
- 4Times in classifieds crossword clue4 letters
- 5Promo, perhaps crossword clue6 letters
- 6Fictional detective Lupin crossword clue6 letters
- 7"Mamma ___!" crossword clue3 letters
- 8Home of Christmas Lake Village: Abbr. crossword clue3 letters
- 9RR stop crossword clue3 letters
- 10Of fast times? crossword clue6 letters
- 11Discriminating sort, in a way crossword clue6 letters
- 12Heated crossword clue5 letters
- 13Word repeated in "Now ___ away! ___ away! ___ away ...!" crossword clue4 letters
- 14French pronoun crossword clue3 letters
- 15Line former crossword clue6 letters
- 16Green-blue crossword clue4 letters
- 17"Anything ___?" crossword clue4 letters
- 18Blue-black berrylike fruit crossword clue4 letters
- 19Whips crossword clue4 letters
- 24F.D.R.'s successor crossword clue3 letters
- 25Longed (for) crossword clue7 letters
- 30Studio sign crossword clue5 letters
- 31Uncle ___ crossword clue4 letters
- 33Univ. QB, perhaps crossword clue4 letters
- 34Grammy and Emmy-winning soprano crossword clue5 letters
- 35Until now crossword clue5 letters
- 36Straps in a sleigh crossword clue5 letters
- 37Number of lords a-leaping crossword clue3 letters
- 38Grate-ful? crossword clue5 letters
- 39Based on ___ story crossword clue5 letters
- 40Made a long story short? crossword clue6 letters
- 41Title in Toledo crossword clue5 letters
- 44Big range crossword clue5 letters
- 45Stravinsky and others crossword clue5 letters
- 47Christmas ___ crossword clue4 letters
- 49Garfield's assassin crossword clue7 letters
- 50Memo starter crossword clue4 letters
- 51Initiation rite crossword clue7 letters
- 52Kind of artery crossword clue5 letters
- 53French-named city on Galveston Bay crossword clue7 letters
- 60Mideast desert crossword clue5 letters
- 62Like the Christmas story, often crossword clue6 letters
- 63What snow shovels may produce crossword clue5 letters
- 64Christmas cookie ingredient crossword clue5 letters
- 65Cub's place crossword clue4 letters
- 66Some crossword clue4 letters
- 67Career soldier crossword clue5 letters
- 68Peter of "Everybody Loves Raymond" crossword clue5 letters
- 69Elbows crossword clue5 letters
- 70It's a wrap crossword clue5 letters
- 71___ salts crossword clue5 letters
- 72Singer Apple crossword clue5 letters
- 73Joint part crossword clue5 letters
- 75Will likely crossword clue7 letters
- 76"Born ___" crossword clue5 letters
- 79"Walk Like ___" crossword clue4 letters
- 80Part of Captain Cook's explorations crossword clue4 letters
- 81Had crossword clue3 letters
- 87Rafting area crossword clue6 letters
- 88Big pickle? crossword clue6 letters
- 89Out-elbowed? crossword clue6 letters
- 90Pressed crossword clue6 letters
- 91Group crossword clue6 letters
- 93Take for ___ crossword clue5 letters
- 94News source, for short crossword clue3 letters
- 95Move, in Realtor-speak crossword clue4 letters
- 96Swear crossword clue4 letters
- 97Moore of "G.I. Jane" crossword clue4 letters
- 98"Coffee, Tea ___?" crossword clue4 letters
- 100Court hearing crossword clue4 letters
- 102"Take ___!" crossword clue4 letters
- 103Author Shere crossword clue4 letters
- 104Lulu crossword clue4 letters
- 105Lip crossword clue4 letters
- 107Big bang maker crossword clue3 letters
- 108Word left off the end of the clue at 13-Down crossword clue3 letters
- 109Poor grade crossword clue3 letters
- 110Satisfactory grade, in kindergarten crossword clue3 letters
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The answer has 5 letters. It starts with T and ends with S, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “Difficult period” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, December 23, 2007, at 42 Down.
What is the answer to the “Difficult period” crossword clue?
The answer is TEENS (5 letters). If you'd rather work it out yourself, the hints above give it away a little at a time.