Hole-boring tool

Latest answer — March 30, 2025

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  1. 1Choose not to take part
  2. 5Style of hip-hop
  3. 9"Like, duh!"
  4. 13Settles, as the stomach
  5. 18High in the Andes
  6. 19Hole-boring tool
  7. 21Feature of a safe landing, perhaps
  8. 22Architectural projection
  9. 23Hit the ___
  10. 24Stiletto feature
  11. 25Fraudster Sorokin profiled in Netflix's "Inventing ___"
  12. 26Mere pittance
  13. 27. [Not this]
  14. 31Film attire for George Clooney and Christian Bale
  15. 32The Emmy statuette depicts a winged woman holding one
  16. 33Jordan's most-visited tourist site
  17. 35. . . Ancient
  18. 40Returns a call, in a way
  19. 43Comprehension
  20. 44Facilitates
  21. 45Sch. whose student newspaper is The Reveille
  22. 46Kid who's a handful
  23. 47Utter
  24. 49Pickles might be in them
  25. 51Dollar, informally
  26. 52# Believes
  27. 57Useless
  28. 59Stack in an office cabinet
  29. 601960s diplomat Dean
  30. 61Hold together
  31. 62* Composed *
  32. 66Canadian dollar, informally
  33. 67Stimulant crop of South America
  34. 68Pricing level
  35. 69Dishes out
  36. 70Feasts - - -
  37. 76Fairy ___
  38. 77Put-down
  39. 78Modern love?
  40. 79Elegant and luxurious
  41. 80Translation of "fin"
  42. 81Target for a Mighty Patch
  43. 83Something searched for in vein?
  44. 85Soak
  45. 87Alumnus º
  46. 93Leader who wrote "The Discovery of [96-Down]"
  47. 94Feed at a trough
  48. 95Steep decline
  49. 99-- Peruse --
  50. 103Do a millworker or barista's job, maybe
  51. 105Its southernmost point, Pamana Island, is more than 750 miles below the Equator
  52. 106Group in "a pension fund"
  53. 107Mark one's words?
  54. 108Classification on a B.M.I. chart
  55. 109Having a certain strong flavor, as meat
  56. 110Fine print, often
  57. 111___ wave
  58. 112Entries in a passport
  59. 113Makes liable for libel, say
  60. 114Average killers?
  61. 115Actor Diggs who made his film debut in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"

Down

  1. 1Medicare section
  2. 2Literally, "love," "peace" or "mercy"
  3. 3Weasel family member
  4. 4Special sympathies
  5. 5Garfield and others
  6. 6Hath dominion o'er
  7. 7Eight-time Grand Slam tournament winner from 1992 to 2003
  8. 8Spa treatment, informally
  9. 9Keynote figure
  10. 10Baguette in Vietnamese cuisine
  11. 11Wall climber
  12. 12Apply haphazardly, with "on"
  13. 13Reproductive systems?
  14. 14Question of self-reflection
  15. 15Items helpful for removing pet hair
  16. 16Chess pieces
  17. 17Furtive
  18. 20Fix, as a logbook entry
  19. 28"If you say so!"
  20. 29School for some royal offspring
  21. 30Piece of one's mind?
  22. 34Bit of media revenue
  23. 36Terrier type from Scotland
  24. 37Joker ... or jokester
  25. 38Detectives, for short
  26. 39Home drainage option
  27. 40Recede
  28. 41Vin classification
  29. 42Something a pitchfork might go into
  30. 47What a star may represent
  31. 48"Alas ..."
  32. 49In the same way that
  33. 50Egyptian symbol of life
  34. 51Only solo artist with Billboard #1 singles in seven consecutive decades
  35. 53Curing liquid
  36. 54Cryptids of the Himalayas
  37. 55Proteins hypothetically responsible for mad cow disease
  38. 56Small scale amount
  39. 57"Point taken!"
  40. 58"Schitt's Creek" co-star Catherine
  41. 61Third part of a double album
  42. 62Diamond jubilee?
  43. 63Get around
  44. 64TV franchise spun off from "JAG"
  45. 65Big Sicilian smoker
  46. 66Apply pressure to
  47. 69You might be told to watch yours
  48. 70Broke down
  49. 71Sleeping, quaintly
  50. 72First to the finish line
  51. 73Sweetie
  52. 74"Exit" key
  53. 75"Don't tell anyone!"
  54. 77Fiber of one's being, so to speak
  55. 81Top marks
  56. 82"Aw, rats!"
  57. 83Tribe headquartered in Red Rock, Okla.
  58. 84Music player button
  59. 85Author who originally intended his pen name to rhyme with "voice," though Americans pronounced it differently
  60. 86Walk unsteadily
  61. 88Org. whose budget is classified
  62. 89Period that a couple dedicates to themselves
  63. 90Invariably
  64. 91Not partial
  65. 92Order after closing time
  66. 96Country once led by 93-Across
  67. 97Like a bodybuilder's arms
  68. 98Much-lauded Lauder
  69. 100Features of sleepy eyes
  70. 101Genesis brother
  71. 102Scholarship criterion
  72. 103Whitehouse. follower
  73. 104Stat achieved after a bases-loaded walk

The answer to “Hole-boring tool” in the New York Times crossword is AUGER — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 30, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 19-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Hole-boring tool” answer

AUGER (5 letters)

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Why the answer is AUGER

AUGER is the 5-letter solution that fits "Hole-boring tool" in the NYT Crossword crossword on March 30, 2025 (19-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does AUGER mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of AUGER is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a tool resembling a large corkscrew, for boring holes in wood
  • a marine mollusc of warm seas with a slender tapering spiral shell

When else has “Hole-boring tool” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

March 30, 2025 (most recent) → AUGER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Hole-boring tool”?

The answer is AUGER, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 30, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Hole-boring tool”?

5 letters: AUGER.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on March 30, 2025 (a Sunday puzzle), at 19-Across.

Can “Hole-boring tool” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for March 30, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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