NYT Crossword · 48 Down
“Doesn't eat for a long while” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Tuesday, September 19, 2017 as 48 Down. The answer has 7 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 · Tuesday, September 19, 2017 · 48 Down
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The other clues from the NYT Crossword of Tuesday, September 19, 2017.
Across
- 1Tacks on crossword clue4 letters
- 5Not include crossword clue4 letters
- 9Had fingers crossed crossword clue5 letters
- 14Front of a freighter crossword clue4 letters
- 15Duffer's warning crossword clue4 letters
- 16+ end on an electrolytic cell crossword clue5 letters
- 17Birdbath organism crossword clue4 letters
- 18Bushy dos crossword clue4 letters
- 19Vegetation along a British golf course crossword clue5 letters
- 20Yard displays at election time crossword clue13 letters
- 23Color tone crossword clue3 letters
- 24Org. for the Big East, Big South and Big 12 crossword clue4 letters
- 25Family tree members crossword clue6 letters
- 28Geologist's division crossword clue3 letters
- 29Mongol Empire founder crossword clue11 letters
- 31"Gymnopédies" composer Erik crossword clue5 letters
- 33Geologist's division crossword clue3 letters
- 34Claudius's successor crossword clue4 letters
- 35Small amount crossword clue4 letters
- 38___-Ball crossword clue4 letters
- 40Yea or nay crossword clue4 letters
- 43Goat's bleat crossword clue3 letters
- 45Stops playing crossword clue5 letters
- 49"Nope, guess again" crossword clue11 letters
- 53Cracklin' ___ Bran crossword clue3 letters
- 54Susan who wrote "In America" crossword clue6 letters
- 55U.S. city whose name looks oxymoronic crossword clue4 letters
- 56Lead-in to an alias crossword clue3 letters
- 57Nonactive member of a firm ... or what G, H and W each have in 20-, 29- and 49-Across? crossword clue13 letters
- 60Sharp increase crossword clue5 letters
- 62Burnett of CNN crossword clue4 letters
- 63It'll give you a clear picture crossword clue4 letters
- 64K. T. of country music crossword clue5 letters
- 65Offer mortgages crossword clue4 letters
- 66"That makes sense" crossword clue4 letters
- 67Trattoria course crossword clue5 letters
- 68Staying power, informally crossword clue4 letters
- 69George Foreman Jr., George Foreman III, George Foreman IV, etc. crossword clue4 letters
Down
- 1Army fliers since 1984 crossword clue7 letters
- 2Advice-giver on SiriusXM crossword clue7 letters
- 3Serving in Asia that's taboo in the West crossword clue7 letters
- 4Exchange crossword clue4 letters
- 5Setting for "Dilbert" crossword clue6 letters
- 6New York's ___ Library crossword clue6 letters
- 7Period in Europe starting around 1100 B.C. crossword clue7 letters
- 8"___ of the D'Urbervilles" crossword clue4 letters
- 9Sheep dish popular in Scotland crossword clue6 letters
- 10Preparing to propose, by tradition crossword clue9 letters
- 11Boxster maker crossword clue7 letters
- 12Mag. staffers crossword clue3 letters
- 13Actor Billy ___ Williams crossword clue3 letters
- 21Ire crossword clue5 letters
- 22Unerasably, say crossword clue5 letters
- 26Body part that some people wiggle crossword clue3 letters
- 27___ Balls (snack food) crossword clue3 letters
- 30Sounds from the Jolly Green Giant crossword clue3 letters
- 32Aid in producing a suspect's picture crossword clue9 letters
- 36Picture crossword clue5 letters
- 37Test ___ (treaty subject) crossword clue3 letters
- 39Blunder crossword clue5 letters
- 40Bugs on the road? crossword clue3 letters
- 41Medalla de ___ (first-place award in Mexico) crossword clue3 letters
- 42Painful things to have removed crossword clue7 letters
- 44Source of wood for baseball bats crossword clue7 letters
- 46Scoundrel crossword clue7 letters
- 47Break during rehearsal, say crossword clue7 letters
- 50Main ore of lead crossword clue6 letters
- 51Erasing, as a hard drive crossword clue6 letters
- 52African antelopes crossword clue6 letters
- 58"Little" Dickens girl crossword clue4 letters
- 59"___ is the life!" crossword clue4 letters
- 60Soak up crossword clue3 letters
- 61Smokey Bear was in an early one, for short crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “Doesn't eat for a long while”?
The answer has 7 letters. It starts with S and ends with S, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “Doesn't eat for a long while” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at 48 Down.
What is the answer to the “Doesn't eat for a long while” crossword clue?
The answer is STARVES (7 letters). If you'd rather work it out yourself, the hints above give it away a little at a time.