Luau strings

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  1. 1Verso's counterpart
  2. 6Alternative to an onion bagel
  3. 11Jai ___
  4. 15Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World
  5. 19Skating gold medalist Oksana
  6. 20Host
  7. 21Quick look
  8. 22Has a tab open, say
  9. 23Hip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."?
  10. 25Station near Madison Square Garden, for short
  11. 26Fleet
  12. 27Hung around
  13. 28Remove from the champagne bucket?
  14. 30"Just kidding!"
  15. 31Feeling rash?
  16. 34Hip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type"
  17. 35Crisis involving cartels
  18. 39Goes "Vroom!"
  19. 41Royal title
  20. 42Casting a total brat in the school play?
  21. 45Some govt. securities
  22. 49___-tempered
  23. 50"Super cool!"
  24. 51Get ready to take a shot
  25. 53Ship propeller
  26. 54French for "from"
  27. 55Release
  28. 57Dante's guide in the "Inferno"
  29. 60Singer Del Rey
  30. 61"The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller
  31. 62Apps might be seen on one
  32. 63Sediment, e.g.
  33. 65"The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"?
  34. 69Anonymous guy
  35. 70Pauperism, so to speak
  36. 71Author of the 2020 memoir "Cubed"
  37. 72Lots
  38. 73"Because I'm the boss!"
  39. 75Pinged online
  40. 76Condition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in brief
  41. 79"Wonder Woman" star
  42. 81Mountain ___
  43. 82Late singer Payne of One Direction
  44. 84Modern home of where cuneiform writing originated
  45. 85Way up or way down
  46. 87"How long have beavers blocked this river?"?
  47. 92"As ___ ..."
  48. 94Earthenware pots
  49. 95Was comparable to
  50. 96Apparel feature that a bandeau lacks
  51. 100Function in the role of
  52. 102Monk's title
  53. 103Be crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s?
  54. 105Much in quantity
  55. 109Baseball family name
  56. 110Actor Jared
  57. 111Metric in a competitive family business?
  58. 114Prince, e.g.
  59. 115In ___ parentis
  60. 116Blow
  61. 117Designer Hilfiger
  62. 118Lays turf on
  63. 119Little twerp
  64. 120Trunk
  65. 121Head of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books

Down

  1. 1Subject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarly
  2. 2Noble title
  3. 3"Ci vediamo in giro!"
  4. 4Getting ready to listen
  5. 5Historic district of a city
  6. 6Gnarly problem, so to speak
  7. 7Architect of Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower
  8. 8Certain hallucinatory experience
  9. 9Directed
  10. 10Last word of James Joyce's "Ulysses"
  11. 11Dad, in Korean
  12. 12Ingredients in some potato soups
  13. 13Son of Aphrodite
  14. 14"You don't have to tell me"
  15. 15Time for a pick-me-up, humorously
  16. 16Lie ahead
  17. 17Joe of "Home Alone"
  18. 18First name in perfumes
  19. 24Label anew
  20. 28Banks from Los Angeles
  21. 29Maidenhair and others
  22. 32Common dog command
  23. 33Chance
  24. 35Hit up on Instagram, informally
  25. 36Overnight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles"
  26. 37Luau strings
  27. 38Rock group with the 1992 hit "Creep"
  28. 40Harum-___ (reckless)
  29. 43Untrue
  30. 44Notaro of comedy
  31. 46Drag-and-drop disposal icon
  32. 47Start of a counting rhyme
  33. 48Hit with a smack
  34. 52Time in a Shakespeare title
  35. 55Former Israeli P.M. Olmert
  36. 56Platform for Safari and FaceTime
  37. 57Borderline
  38. 58"Need You Tonight" band, 1987
  39. 59Leave alone
  40. 61Arbiters of taste
  41. 62Polite term of address
  42. 64Stamp on an invoice
  43. 65Implied
  44. 66Valerie Harper title role
  45. 67One of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time"
  46. 68Dickens's ___ Heep
  47. 69Bouts
  48. 74Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun
  49. 76Word with history or hygiene
  50. 77Shut up
  51. 78Threw out of a contest, informally
  52. 80Philosopher's pursuit
  53. 82Exam with an argumentative writing section, in brief
  54. 83"You know, I can't quite remember"
  55. 84"Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!"
  56. 86Goes through screen after screen
  57. 88"Sadly ..."
  58. 89Special attention, for short
  59. 90Made nice
  60. 91Wading birds
  61. 93Publicly bash
  62. 96Doldrums
  63. 97Lumberjacks' competition
  64. 98Walk around, maybe
  65. 99Where one might pick up litter
  66. 101Oozes
  67. 104Burgle
  68. 106About
  69. 107West Point inst.
  70. 108Fanfare
  71. 111Like a diamond in a ring
  72. 112Queer identity, in brief
  73. 11312/31

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Verso's counterpart — Answer: RECTO
  2. 6. Alternative to an onion bagel — Answer: BIALY
  3. 11. Jai ___ — Answer: ALAI. Hint: Think of a sport popular in some parts of the world that rhymes with 'high.' 🎾
  4. 15. Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World — Answer: CAPE
  5. 19. Skating gold medalist Oksana — Answer: BAIUL
  6. 20. Host — Answer: EMCEE. Hint: Think of someone who guides an event and keeps the crowd entertained! 🎤
  7. 21. Quick look — Answer: PEEK. Hint: Sometimes it's best to just take a short glance! 👀
  8. 22. Has a tab open, say — Answer: OWES
  9. 23. Hip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."? — Answer: GRANDRAPIDS
  10. 25. Station near Madison Square Garden, for short — Answer: PENN
  11. 26. Fleet — Answer: FAST
  12. 27. Hung around — Answer: LOITERED
  13. 28. Remove from the champagne bucket? — Answer: TAKEOFFICE
  14. 30. "Just kidding!" — Answer: NOT
  15. 31. Feeling rash? — Answer: ITCHY
  16. 34. Hip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type" — Answer: SAWEETIE
  17. 35. Crisis involving cartels — Answer: DRUGWAR
  18. 39. Goes "Vroom!" — Answer: ROARS
  19. 41. Royal title — Answer: SIRE
  20. 42. Casting a total brat in the school play? — Answer: MAKINGANIMPACT
  21. 45. Some govt. securities — Answer: TNOTES
  22. 49. ___-tempered — Answer: EVEN
  23. 50. "Super cool!" — Answer: DOPE
  24. 51. Get ready to take a shot — Answer: AIM
  25. 53. Ship propeller — Answer: SCREW
  26. 54. French for "from" — Answer: DES
  27. 55. Release — Answer: EMIT
  28. 57. Dante's guide in the "Inferno" — Answer: VIRGIL
  29. 60. Singer Del Rey — Answer: LANA
  30. 61. "The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller — Answer: CHAOS
  31. 62. Apps might be seen on one — Answer: MENU
  32. 63. Sediment, e.g. — Answer: DEPOSIT
  33. 65. "The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"? — Answer: GROUCHOMARXMUSTACHE
  34. 69. Anonymous guy — Answer: JOHNDOE
  35. 70. Pauperism, so to speak — Answer: RAGS
  36. 71. Author of the 2020 memoir "Cubed" — Answer: RUBIK
  37. 72. Lots — Answer: ATON
  38. 73. "Because I'm the boss!" — Answer: SAYSME
  39. 75. Pinged online — Answer: IMED
  40. 76. Condition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in brief — Answer: OCD
  41. 79. "Wonder Woman" star — Answer: GADOT
  42. 81. Mountain ___ — Answer: DEW
  43. 82. Late singer Payne of One Direction — Answer: LIAM
  44. 84. Modern home of where cuneiform writing originated — Answer: IRAQ
  45. 85. Way up or way down — Answer: STAIRS
  46. 87. "How long have beavers blocked this river?"? — Answer: WHATSTHEDAMAGE
  47. 92. "As ___ ..." — Answer: SUCH
  48. 94. Earthenware pots — Answer: OLLAS
  49. 95. Was comparable to — Answer: RIVALED
  50. 96. Apparel feature that a bandeau lacks — Answer: BRASTRAP
  51. 100. Function in the role of — Answer: ACTAS
  52. 102. Monk's title — Answer: DOM
  53. 103. Be crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s? — Answer: LOVEHOTELS
  54. 105. Much in quantity — Answer: BEAUCOUP
  55. 109. Baseball family name — Answer: ALOU
  56. 110. Actor Jared — Answer: LETO. Hint: This Oscar-winning performer played a memorable comic-book villain 🎬
  57. 111. Metric in a competitive family business? — Answer: SALESPERSON
  58. 114. Prince, e.g. — Answer: HEIR
  59. 115. In ___ parentis — Answer: LOCO
  60. 116. Blow — Answer: ERUPT
  61. 117. Designer Hilfiger — Answer: TOMMY
  62. 118. Lays turf on — Answer: SODS
  63. 119. Little twerp — Answer: SNOT
  64. 120. Trunk — Answer: TORSO. Hint: In anatomy, this is the body section between the neck and hips. 🧍
  65. 121. Head of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books — Answer: SNAPE

Down

  1. 1. Subject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarly — Answer: RBG
  2. 2. Noble title — Answer: EARL
  3. 3. "Ci vediamo in giro!" — Answer: CIAO
  4. 4. Getting ready to listen — Answer: TUNINGIN
  5. 5. Historic district of a city — Answer: OLDTOWN
  6. 6. Gnarly problem, so to speak — Answer: BEAR
  7. 7. Architect of Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower — Answer: IMPEI
  8. 8. Certain hallucinatory experience — Answer: ACIDTRIP
  9. 9. Directed — Answer: LED
  10. 10. Last word of James Joyce's "Ulysses" — Answer: YES
  11. 11. Dad, in Korean — Answer: APPA
  12. 12. Ingredients in some potato soups — Answer: LEEKS
  13. 13. Son of Aphrodite — Answer: AENEAS
  14. 14. "You don't have to tell me" — Answer: IKNOWIT
  15. 15. Time for a pick-me-up, humorously — Answer: COFFEEOCLOCK
  16. 16. Lie ahead — Answer: AWAIT
  17. 17. Joe of "Home Alone" — Answer: PESCI
  18. 18. First name in perfumes — Answer: ESTEE
  19. 24. Label anew — Answer: RETAG
  20. 28. Banks from Los Angeles — Answer: TYRA
  21. 29. Maidenhair and others — Answer: FERNS
  22. 32. Common dog command — Answer: COME
  23. 33. Chance — Answer: HAP
  24. 35. Hit up on Instagram, informally — Answer: DMED
  25. 36. Overnight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles" — Answer: RAVE
  26. 37. Luau strings — Answer: UKES
  27. 38. Rock group with the 1992 hit "Creep" — Answer: RADIOHEAD
  28. 40. Harum-___ (reckless) — Answer: SCARUM
  29. 43. Untrue — Answer: NOTSO
  30. 44. Notaro of comedy — Answer: TIG
  31. 46. Drag-and-drop disposal icon — Answer: TRASH
  32. 47. Start of a counting rhyme — Answer: EENIE
  33. 48. Hit with a smack — Answer: SWAT
  34. 52. Time in a Shakespeare title — Answer: MIDSUMMER
  35. 55. Former Israeli P.M. Olmert — Answer: EHUD
  36. 56. Platform for Safari and FaceTime — Answer: MACOS
  37. 57. Borderline — Answer: VERGE
  38. 58. "Need You Tonight" band, 1987 — Answer: INXS
  39. 59. Leave alone — Answer: LETBE. Hint: Give it space and do not interfere. 🛑
  40. 61. Arbiters of taste — Answer: CONNOISSEURS
  41. 62. Polite term of address — Answer: MAAM
  42. 64. Stamp on an invoice — Answer: PAID
  43. 65. Implied — Answer: GOTAT
  44. 66. Valerie Harper title role — Answer: RHODA
  45. 67. One of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time" — Answer: MRSWHO
  46. 68. Dickens's ___ Heep — Answer: URIAH
  47. 69. Bouts — Answer: JAGS
  48. 74. Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun — Answer: YEW
  49. 76. Word with history or hygiene — Answer: ORAL
  50. 77. Shut up — Answer: CAGE
  51. 78. Threw out of a contest, informally — Answer: DQED
  52. 80. Philosopher's pursuit — Answer: TRUTH
  53. 82. Exam with an argumentative writing section, in brief — Answer: LSAT
  54. 83. "You know, I can't quite remember" — Answer: ITSABLUR
  55. 84. "Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!" — Answer: IMAMORON
  56. 86. Goes through screen after screen — Answer: SCROLLS
  57. 88. "Sadly ..." — Answer: ALAS
  58. 89. Special attention, for short — Answer: TLC
  59. 90. Made nice — Answer: DIDUP
  60. 91. Wading birds — Answer: AVOCETS
  61. 93. Publicly bash — Answer: HATEON
  62. 96. Doldrums — Answer: BLAHS
  63. 97. Lumberjacks' competition — Answer: ROLEO
  64. 98. Walk around, maybe — Answer: AVOID
  65. 99. Where one might pick up litter — Answer: PETCO
  66. 101. Oozes — Answer: SEEPS
  67. 104. Burgle — Answer: LOOT
  68. 106. About — Answer: ASTO
  69. 107. West Point inst. — Answer: USMA
  70. 108. Fanfare — Answer: POMP
  71. 111. Like a diamond in a ring — Answer: SET
  72. 112. Queer identity, in brief — Answer: ARO
  73. 113. 12/31 — Answer: NYE

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The answer to “Luau strings” in the New York Times crossword is UKES — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 18, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 37-Down. 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.

“Luau strings” answer

UKES (4 letters)

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The answer is UKES, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 18, 2025.

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When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on May 18, 2025 (a Sunday puzzle), at 37-Down.

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