NYT Crossword · 105 Down
“High-maintenance” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Sunday, December 19, 2021 as 105 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 19, 2021 · 105 Down
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- Dec 19, 2021 · 105 Down · 5 letters
- Mar 21, 2009 · 27 Across · 5 letters
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Across
- 1They might be put on crossword clue4 letters
- 5Singer Grande, informally crossword clue3 letters
- 8Undercover attire? crossword clue3 letters
- 11___ Creole (Caribbean language) crossword clue7 letters
- 18Drive-___ crossword clue4 letters
- 19Certain urban map crossword clue8 letters
- 22Demoralize crossword clue7 letters
- 23Little tyke / Flatter, with "up" crossword clue16 letters
- 25Things bachelors might have crossword clue7 letters
- 26Certain Scandinavian crossword clue4 letters
- 27"Gimme ___!" (start of a cheer at three Big Ten schools) crossword clue3 letters
- 28Noted Dadaist crossword clue3 letters
- 30___ Helmer, Ibsen heroine crossword clue4 letters
- 31Scalpel creations crossword clue5 letters
- 33Relative of a tee-hee / Bit of marginalia crossword clue18 letters
- 39M.L.K. or R.B.G.: Abbr. crossword clue5 letters
- 41Stage name of rapper Yasiin Bey crossword clue6 letters
- 42Forest spirit crossword clue5 letters
- 43Pep / Onesie feature crossword clue14 letters
- 47"Sure, I'm game" crossword clue4 letters
- 49UNICEF address suffix crossword clue3 letters
- 50H.S. subj. crossword clue3 letters
- 51Words before point or rate crossword clue5 letters
- 52Ring / Hold, as inhabitants crossword clue14 letters
- 55Med school subj. crossword clue4 letters
- 57Certain Scandinavian crossword clue4 letters
- 58"The One I Love" band crossword clue3 letters
- 59___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence) crossword clue4 letters
- 60Loud but friendly growl crossword clue4 letters
- 61Bow crossword clue3 letters
- 62Adjusts the spacing between, as typed letters crossword clue5 letters
- 64No ___ (apartment policy) crossword clue4 letters
- 67Big name in cast-iron cookware crossword clue5 letters
- 69Reduce in volume / As new crossword clue12 letters
- 72It'll knock you out crossword clue5 letters
- 74Ogler crossword clue4 letters
- 75Chiwere speakers crossword clue5 letters
- 76Christmas ornament, often crossword clue3 letters
- 78Modern prefix with medicine crossword clue4 letters
- 79Becomes less taut crossword clue4 letters
- 82Old "Up, up and away" sloganeer crossword clue3 letters
- 83Mannheim madame crossword clue4 letters
- 84Fivers crossword clue4 letters
- 85Kind of leaf / Scientist born on Christmas Day in 1642 crossword clue12 letters
- 89With 111-Down, cholesterol reducer crossword clue5 letters
- 90Musician Brian crossword clue3 letters
- 91Paris's ___ Saint-Louis crossword clue3 letters
- 92___ Finch, "ER" doctor crossword clue4 letters
- 93Possible result of getting one's wires crossed / Moolah crossword clue14 letters
- 96Singer/actress Shore crossword clue5 letters
- 98Big block crossword clue6 letters
- 101Two-time U.S. Open tennis champion while still a teen crossword clue5 letters
- 102Breakfast dish / Fruitcake tidbit crossword clue16 letters
- 106Amasses, with "up" crossword clue5 letters
- 108Nuclear medicine units crossword clue4 letters
- 109"___, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" crossword clue3 letters
- 110___ culpa crossword clue3 letters
- 112Trig function crossword clue4 letters
- 113Some laundromat machines crossword clue7 letters
- 116This puzzle's images, in two different ways crossword clue13 letters
- 121Physician awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by G. W. Bush crossword clue7 letters
- 122Party staple crossword clue8 letters
- 123Prefix with space crossword clue4 letters
- 124Chandelier part, often crossword clue7 letters
- 125___-mo crossword clue3 letters
- 126Football units: Abbr. crossword clue3 letters
- 127Hurdle for a J.D. wannabe crossword clue4 letters
Down
- 1Court sport grp. crossword clue3 letters
- 2Course preparers crossword clue5 letters
- 3Becoming faint crossword clue12 letters
- 4Solarium activity crossword clue7 letters
- 5National dance co. crossword clue3 letters
- 6It was eliminated from the U.S. in 2004 crossword clue7 letters
- 7Library IDs crossword clue5 letters
- 8Kitty crossword clue3 letters
- 9Project crossword clue3 letters
- 10Outback orders crossword clue6 letters
- 11Cabinet dept. since 1965 crossword clue3 letters
- 12Come to ___ crossword clue5 letters
- 13Fit crossword clue11 letters
- 14Nightmare crossword clue6 letters
- 15"Got it" crossword clue8 letters
- 16"___ Maria" crossword clue3 letters
- 17Super Mario Bros. platform crossword clue3 letters
- 20Downfall crossword clue4 letters
- 21Dropped the ball crossword clue5 letters
- 24Remove, as a ribbon crossword clue5 letters
- 29Green shampoo crossword clue5 letters
- 32Italian thoroughfare crossword clue6 letters
- 34Wishy-washy response crossword clue4 letters
- 35Get, slangily crossword clue3 letters
- 36Genuine crossword clue9 letters
- 37Filmmaker von Trier crossword clue4 letters
- 38Little lead crossword clue4 letters
- 40Some graffiti crossword clue9 letters
- 43First and reverse crossword clue5 letters
- 44Not learned crossword clue6 letters
- 45Proverb-spouting Panza crossword clue6 letters
- 46Lancaster-to-Scranton dir. crossword clue3 letters
- 48Citrus hybrid crossword clue7 letters
- 52Come to ___ crossword clue5 letters
- 53Present opening? crossword clue4 letters
- 54"Gonna Let It Shine" singer crossword clue6 letters
- 56Personal essence crossword clue8 letters
- 58Where to go on a trip? crossword clue8 letters
- 62Not a mystery crossword clue5 letters
- 63One keeping others up at night, perhaps crossword clue6 letters
- 65Something else crossword clue12 letters
- 66Singer Gomez crossword clue6 letters
- 68Went in a different direction crossword clue11 letters
- 70"What's ___ you?" crossword clue4 letters
- 71Pride and prejudice, e.g. crossword clue6 letters
- 73Fix, as a lawn crossword clue5 letters
- 77Pirate crossword clue9 letters
- 80Set crossword clue3 letters
- 81Mushroom crossword clue5 letters
- 83Woman in Progressive ads crossword clue3 letters
- 85Classic dog name crossword clue4 letters
- 86Hip bones crossword clue4 letters
- 87What some neighborhoods do crossword clue8 letters
- 88More than enough crossword clue7 letters
- 89Volts/amp crossword clue4 letters
- 93Long-tailed monkey crossword clue3 letters
- 94Blowout party crossword clue5 letters
- 95Piano performance, possibly crossword clue7 letters
- 97Some ranges crossword clue6 letters
- 99El ___ ("View of Toledo" painter) crossword clue5 letters
- 100___ Cradle (maritime rescue device) crossword clue6 letters
- 103Popular adoption agcy. crossword clue5 letters
- 104"Sign me up!" crossword clue4 letters
- 107Richard famous for large-scale sculptures crossword clue5 letters
- 111See 89-Across crossword clue4 letters
- 113Agcy. fighting epidemics crossword clue3 letters
- 114Bobby of the N.H.L. crossword clue3 letters
- 115Part of R.S.V.P. crossword clue3 letters
- 117Old-fashioned menorah filler crossword clue3 letters
- 118"Kitchy-kitchy-___!" crossword clue3 letters
- 119Raises crossword clue3 letters
- 120Teetotaler's opposite crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “High-maintenance”?
The answer has 5 letters. It starts with N and ends with Y, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “High-maintenance” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at 105 Down. It has appeared 2 times in the NYT Crossword since we started our archive.
What is the answer to the “High-maintenance” crossword clue?
The answer is NEEDY (5 letters). If you'd rather work it out yourself, the hints above give it away a little at a time.