NYT Crossword · 97 Across
“Ruination” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Sunday, December 23, 2012 as 97 Across. The answer has 4 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, 2012 · 97 Across
This clue has had more than one answer
- Dec 23, 2012 · 97 Across · 4 letters
- Dec 28, 2008 · 54 Across · 4 letters
- Jun 19, 2005 · 62 Down · 5 letters
- Sep 30, 2001 · 39 Down · 4 letters
- Dec 19, 2000 · 38 Down · 4 letters
- Aug 23, 2000 · 56 Across · 4 letters
- Sep 23, 1999 · 66 Across · 4 letters
- Oct 23, 1996 · 52 Down · 5 letters
- Feb 25, 1996 · 54 Across · 4 letters
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The other clues from the NYT Crossword of Sunday, December 23, 2012.
Across
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- 7Dregs of society crossword clue4 letters
- 11"I'm not doing so well" crossword clue4 letters
- 15___ it up (dress flamboyantly) crossword clue4 letters
- 19Sherpa's tool crossword clue6 letters
- 20Kind of street crossword clue4 letters
- 21Accurse crossword clue4 letters
- 22Grams crossword clue4 letters
- 23Drank quickly crossword clue6 letters
- 24Allocated dollars for digs crossword clue9 letters
- 26&&& crossword clue4 letters
- 27"___ time now" crossword clue3 letters
- 28Smoker's convenience crossword clue10 letters
- 30Toiling away crossword clue6 letters
- 32Santa's bootblack? crossword clue4 letters
- 34"___ ever!" crossword clue3 letters
- 35Paisley refusals crossword clue4 letters
- 37Gets up crossword clue5 letters
- 38Density symbol crossword clue3 letters
- 40Anti-apartheid org. crossword clue3 letters
- 421970 hit for Neil Diamond crossword clue5 letters
- 43De novo crossword clue4 letters
- 44Lies in the hot sun crossword clue5 letters
- 46Shacks crossword clue7 letters
- 48Marine rescue grp. crossword clue4 letters
- 50Fancified crossword clue6 letters
- 52Really desire, with "over" crossword clue5 letters
- 53Precipitate crossword clue6 letters
- 57House of the speaker? crossword clue6 letters
- 58Writer crossword clue6 letters
- 60Big guns crossword clue7 letters
- 61F = ma formulator crossword clue6 letters
- 62Very wide shoe spec crossword clue4 letters
- 63Text changes crossword clue5 letters
- 65Rocket center, once crossword clue3 letters
- 66___ admin crossword clue3 letters
- 67"Not doable" crossword clue4 letters
- 68Govt. money guarantor crossword clue4 letters
- 69Its capital is Sydney: Abbr. crossword clue3 letters
- 70"O Sole ___" crossword clue3 letters
- 71Just ___ ... or "Just '___" crossword clue5 letters
- 73Crones crossword clue4 letters
- 74From way back crossword clue6 letters
- 77It's needed for self-checkout crossword clue7 letters
- 79Alternative to broadband crossword clue6 letters
- 81Fixed rate crossword clue6 letters
- 82Capital north of Cyprus crossword clue6 letters
- 83Mat material crossword clue5 letters
- 84Not yet out of the closet? crossword clue6 letters
- 85Attach a handle to crossword clue4 letters
- 87Preceded crossword clue7 letters
- 89Give a rude awakening, say crossword clue5 letters
- 90Flexible, electrically crossword clue4 letters
- 92Derby features crossword clue5 letters
- 94Turn blue, say crossword clue3 letters
- 95Do wrong crossword clue3 letters
- 96Bubbling up crossword clue5 letters
- 98Leonard Nimoy's "___ Not Spock" crossword clue3 letters
- 100"Fish Magic" painter crossword clue4 letters
- 103Rapper who played Brother Sam on "Dexter" crossword clue6 letters
- 1051996 Olympian noted for performing on an injured ankle crossword clue10 letters
- 110Form letters? crossword clue3 letters
- 111"No ___" ("Don't ask me") crossword clue4 letters
- 112Basically crossword clue9 letters
- 114Breaks one's back crossword clue6 letters
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- 118Too-good-to-be-true offer, often crossword clue4 letters
- 119Roman tragedy writer crossword clue6 letters
- 120Florida's Sanibel, e.g. crossword clue4 letters
- 121Zebra feature crossword clue4 letters
- 122They're run up crossword clue4 letters
- 123Like some dough crossword clue6 letters
Down
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- 15Really bugging crossword clue9 letters
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- 17English royal crossword clue6 letters
- 18Covers up crossword clue5 letters
- 25Street opening crossword clue7 letters
- 29Sports announcer's scream crossword clue4 letters
- 31Lost-parcel inquiries crossword clue7 letters
- 33Newspaper section crossword clue7 letters
- 36It's almost nothing crossword clue3 letters
- 39Prefix with -porosis crossword clue5 letters
- 41Took turns recklessly crossword clue8 letters
- 42Things may be written in it crossword clue5 letters
- 44Cap'n's mate crossword clue4 letters
- 45Kind of well crossword clue8 letters
- 47Piece for nine crossword clue5 letters
- 49Hockey area in front of the crease crossword clue4 letters
- 51Seemingly forever crossword clue3 letters
- 54Long-running TV show featuring the Hortons and the Bradys crossword clue14 letters
- 55Fishing boats crossword clue8 letters
- 56South American zoo animal crossword clue3 letters
- 59Revolutionary 1960s Chinese youth crossword clue8 letters
- 60Open ___ crossword clue3 letters
- 64They're often behind glass crossword clue12 letters
- 67Prompt crossword clue3 letters
- 68Apocryphal crossword clue5 letters
- 69ABC, for one crossword clue7 letters
- 70Wall St. credential crossword clue3 letters
- 71Small boat made of wickerwork crossword clue7 letters
- 72"___ / Had 'em" (classic two-line poem about fleas) crossword clue4 letters
- 73Quibblers split them crossword clue5 letters
- 74The Sun Devils' sch. crossword clue3 letters
- 75Sci-fi or western crossword clue5 letters
- 76Result of a bang-up job? crossword clue4 letters
- 78One running crossword clue9 letters
- 80Beta carotene and others crossword clue7 letters
- 86Go out crossword clue3 letters
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- 88___ beer crossword clue4 letters
- 90Dwellings crossword clue6 letters
- 91TV announcer who broke the news of John Lennon's murder crossword clue6 letters
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- 96Firenze friends crossword clue5 letters
- 99Rumpled crossword clue5 letters
- 101Put up crossword clue5 letters
- 102Lamb specialty crossword clue5 letters
- 104Unwilling to budge crossword clue4 letters
- 106Kick back crossword clue4 letters
- 107People conquered by the Spanish crossword clue4 letters
- 108Wound protector crossword clue4 letters
- 109Much merriment crossword clue4 letters
- 113Heat org. crossword clue3 letters
- 115Got ___ (did great) crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “Ruination”?
The answer has 4 letters. It starts with B and ends with E, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “Ruination” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, December 23, 2012, at 97 Across. It has appeared 9 times in the NYT Crossword since we started our archive.
What is the answer to the “Ruination” crossword clue?
It has had different answers on different days; the latest is BANE. The answer section above lists each day with its answer.