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They're usually not helpful hints

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword February 1, 2020 Answers

The crossword clue "They're usually not helpful hints" was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword puzzle on February 1, 2020. We've carefully identified 160 possible answers from crossword puzzles published over the years. Among all candidates, INSINUATIONS (12 letters) stands out as the strongest match at 99%, making it the most reliable solution for this particular clue.

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160 Other Potential Answers

99%
INSINUATIONS
They're usually not helpful hints
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 1, 2020
8%
SHOES
They're usually around two feet
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2025
8%
TIPS
Helpful hints
Premier Sunday Crossword · Aug 18, 2024
8%
NEMESES
They're usually unbeatable
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2021
4%
WHATAPAL
"So helpful!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
4%
ICED
Like cupcakes but not muffins, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
4%
SALT
Staple that's often helpful in a pinch?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 3, 2026
4%
IMALITTLETEAPOT
Song usually accompanied by pantomime
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
4%
SLIDE
End of a stolen base attempt, usually
Universal Crossword · Mar 18, 2026
4%
BLUESCLUES
Children's show whose title character leaves paw-print hints, and what 18-, 23-, 36-, and 52-Across have in common
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 5, 2026
4%
CALC
Course after trig, usually
Universal Crossword · Feb 4, 2026
4%
ADHD
Condition for which fidget spinners can be helpful
Universal Crossword · Jan 18, 2026
4%
CLUES
Crossword hints
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 30, 2025
4%
SPAMBOTS
Posters that are usually ignored
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2025
4%
EGGIER
Like shortcake, compared to shortbread, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 27, 2025
4%
HOMERS
They usually leave the park
Universal Crossword · Oct 7, 2025
4%
MELODY
Soprano's part, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 8, 2025
4%
EIGHTBALL
It's usually sunk last
Universal Crossword · Aug 6, 2025
4%
WATERCYCLE
Natural process that hints at this puzzle's theme
Universal Crossword · Jul 21, 2025
4%
ARMS
Limbs that Kali and Vishnu usually have four of
Universal Crossword · Jun 7, 2025
4%
FLOORS
12 and 14, but usually not 13
Universal Crossword · May 6, 2025
4%
RUSTYSIDEKICKS
*Faithful helpers who are less helpful after some time off?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
4%
PUREE
Baby food, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 14, 2025
4%
GAS
Oxygen, usually
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2025
4%
WORDLE
Digital game with yellow and green hints
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 25, 2025
4%
CUTSCORNERS
*When following a pattern, the seamster usually ...
Universal Crossword · Feb 13, 2025
4%
COMEDIAN
Late-night host, usually
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Feb 6, 2025
4%
NOUN
Subject, usually
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 23, 2025
4%
UPON
Second word in a fairy tale, usually
Universal Crossword · Jan 14, 2025
4%
PRETEEN
Fifth- or sixth-grader, usually
Universal Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
4%
RAMSHORN
What a shofar is usually made from
Universal Crossword · Dec 10, 2024
4%
ENTERKEY
Button usually hit with the right pinkie ... or a hint to solving 1-Across?
Universal Crossword · Nov 20, 2024
4%
ACE
Chain store with "the helpful hardware folks"
Universal Crossword · Nov 1, 2024
4%
NINTH
Last inning, usually
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Oct 9, 2024
4%
ITRY
"Just being helpful"
Universal Crossword · Sep 24, 2024
4%
TEEN
Freshman, usually
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Sep 23, 2024
4%
REPO
Auto at an auction, usually
Universal Crossword · Sep 22, 2024
4%
EDAM
Cheese usually coated in wax
Universal Crossword · Sep 10, 2024
4%
ONELEGATATIME
How pants are usually put on
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 8, 2024
4%
PUTTS
Final golf shots, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 5, 2024
4%
MOVIEEXTRA
Film actor without lines, usually
Universal Crossword · Aug 4, 2024
4%
SOPRANO
Opera diva, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 23, 2024
4%
PROVENUSEFUL
*Found to be helpful
Universal Crossword · Jul 18, 2024
4%
NOUNS
Subjects, usually
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jul 12, 2024
4%
STIPEND
Ph.D. student's pay, usually
Universal Crossword · Jun 5, 2024
4%
OPERA
Musical work whose villain is usually a 12-Down
Universal Crossword · Jun 5, 2024
4%
LIFESAVINGS
Plural of "critically helpful"? No, "nest egg"!
Universal Crossword · May 31, 2024
4%
MELON
Fruit salad ingredient, usually
Universal Crossword · May 21, 2024
4%
LIVETOSERVE
*Be extremely helpful
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 17, 2024
4%
AAS
Remote inserts, usually
Universal Crossword · Apr 6, 2024
4%
HOT
Like chili, usually
Universal Crossword · Mar 21, 2024
4%
ADULTS
Prom chaperones, usually
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 16, 2024
4%
SCHROEDER
He's usually hunched over a toy piano in "Peanuts"
Universal Crossword · Feb 13, 2024
4%
YEAST
What's helpful when you need to raise dough?
Universal Crossword · Feb 12, 2024
4%
MEME
Picture with a caption in Impact font, usually
Universal Crossword · Feb 1, 2024
4%
TILDE
Character usually seen in a quinceanera?
Universal Crossword · Jan 30, 2024
4%
GOTAT
Dropped hints about
Universal Crossword · Jan 17, 2024
4%
DEMO
Many a helpful video, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 26, 2023
4%
REC
TV remote button that's usually red
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 4, 2023
4%
TIEDON
Like bibs and aprons, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 16, 2023
4%
ONTAP
Like the cheaper-per-ounce beer options, usually
Universal Crossword · Oct 9, 2023
4%
NOTAPPLICABLE
Form phrase that hints at which letters to ignore in the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · Aug 9, 2023
4%
SCAM
Offer that seems too good to be true, usually
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2023
4%
SUNTANS
Lifeguards usually acquire them
Universal Crossword · Jul 10, 2023
4%
NYAH
Taunting syllable that's usually repeated
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 27, 2023
4%
CUSHIEST
****Most introverted, usually
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2023
4%
ALLOVERTHEPLACE
*Wildly disorganized (Note: The title hints at the expanding word hidden in the starred clues' answers)
Universal Crossword · Jun 14, 2023
4%
SCRATCH
Like a golfer who usually shoots around par
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 27, 2023
4%
THANKSALOT
"Very helpful!," ironically or not
Universal Crossword · May 7, 2023
4%
ARAB
Saudi, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 22, 2023
4%
EASYA
PE class, usually
Universal Crossword · Apr 19, 2023
4%
HOTLEAD
Very helpful tip, informally
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 16, 2023
4%
IRONS
Golf clubs usually made with steel
Universal Crossword · Apr 7, 2023
4%
BSIDE
Less-played song, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2023
4%
PROOFOFPURCHASE
Rebate redeemer's requirement, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 31, 2023
4%
NINEINNINGS
Baseball game, usually
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 29, 2022
4%
BALLBEARING
Like a decorated Christmas tree, usually?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 25, 2022
4%
SEDAN
Four-door car, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 13, 2022
4%
ETA
Text usually answered with a time
Universal Crossword · Nov 4, 2022
4%
URLS
What QR codes usually link to
Universal Crossword · Oct 19, 2022
4%
DEMS
Pols from blue states, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 11, 2022
4%
SLEEPOVER
Pajama party, usually
Universal Crossword · Sep 10, 2022
4%
AREAS
Products helpful when buying flooring
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2022
4%
CLUED
Gave hints to
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jul 31, 2022
4%
ORALS
Dissertation defenses, usually
Universal Crossword · Jul 5, 2022
4%
SOP
The way things are usually done, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 16, 2022
4%
INPEN
How contracts are usually signed
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2022
4%
AESOP
Storyteller whose tales usually feature talking animals
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 22, 2022
4%
MISTER
Title usually abbreviated
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 17, 2022
4%
ABOUTFACE
*Complete 180 (Note: The title hints at what can follow both words of each starred clue's answer)
Universal Crossword · May 3, 2022
4%
CAFE
Business with free Wi-Fi, usually
Universal Crossword · Apr 28, 2022
4%
GLASSES
They usually have frames
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 17, 2022
4%
ONEIRON
Obsolescent club usually replaced by a fairway wood
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2022
4%
STAR
Cast topper, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 13, 2022
4%
SLEET
It usually falls in winter
Universal Crossword · Mar 1, 2022
4%
OCTAGONS
Stop signs, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 19, 2022
4%
TMINUSZERO
Moment of liftoff, usually
Universal Crossword · Feb 17, 2022
4%
RAVIOLI
Pockets usually stuffed
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 3, 2022
4%
PAWN
First to move, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 23, 2022
4%
DYER
One skilled at giving hints?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 13, 2022
4%
THELEANINGTOWER
Noted Italian campanile that hints at each group of circled letters in this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 5, 2022
4%
TOSSACOIN
Perform a pregame NFL ritual ... or, in four parts, phrase that hints at seven long Across answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 2, 2022
4%
WATER
Its chemical formula hints at the letter change behind each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Dec 25, 2021
4%
MULLET
Hairdo whose "business in the front, party in the back" description hints at what can follow the two words in each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Dec 20, 2021
4%
ISIS
Goddess usually depicted holding an ankh
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 16, 2021
4%
DIRECTROUTE
Quickest way, usually (... letters 6-10)
Universal Crossword · Dec 15, 2021
4%
FRONTTOBACK
How books are usually read
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2021
4%
LEFTTORIGHT
How words on pages in chapters in books are usually read
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2021
4%
IAM
Will's legal ending, usually?
Universal Crossword · Nov 26, 2021
4%
SAP
About 40 gallons of it usually makes a gallon of syrup
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 18, 2021
4%
BABYFAT
*Early pudginess usually lost by one's teens
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2021
4%
GULFS
Bodies usually bigger than bays
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 31, 2021
4%
SLIPONS
They usually don't have laces
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 31, 2021
4%
SETSHOTS
Free throws, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2021
4%
MPG
It's usually higher on the hwy.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 29, 2021
4%
EAR
A musician usually has a good one
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 24, 2021
4%
BARBED
Like fishhooks, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 20, 2021
4%
ITEM
In Touch Weekly twosome, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 11, 2021
4%
EGG
Person who's usually good?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 8, 2021
4%
NILLA
Wafer brand whose name hints at its flavor
Universal Crossword · Oct 4, 2021
4%
SPAMFOLDER
What's usually full of junk
Universal Crossword · Sep 4, 2021
4%
PUDGY
Like a baby's arms, usually
Universal Crossword · Aug 20, 2021
4%
JUSTATRIM
Salon request that hints at the letters to write (or imagine) above the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · Aug 13, 2021
4%
MIDDLEEARTH
Tolkien’s imaginary world (that hints at this puzzle’s theme)
Premier Sunday Crossword · Aug 8, 2021
4%
INNING
One of nine in baseball, usually
Universal Crossword · Jul 28, 2021
4%
INFORMATIVE
Like a helpful webinar
Universal Crossword · Jul 26, 2021
4%
ROOSTER
First animal up on the farm, usually
Universal Crossword · Jul 26, 2021
4%
OTHER
The last option on a survey, usually
Universal Crossword · Jul 25, 2021
4%
CORNERSTONE
Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 22, 2021
4%
UTURN
Turnpike no-no, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2021
4%
MEAL
Sit-down event, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2021
4%
LEAD
It's usually played by a star
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 13, 2021
4%
YEAR
525,600 minutes, usually
Universal Crossword · Jun 10, 2021
4%
WAR
Card game for two, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2021
4%
TERSELY
How Clint Eastwood usually delivers his lines
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 3, 2021
4%
DEEPFRY
Cook with batter, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 29, 2021
4%
TOPOFTHEMORNING
Cheerful greeting that hints at what was added to each starred answer's start
Universal Crossword · May 25, 2021
4%
GRADUATE
Person who's usually older than a senior?
Universal Crossword · May 24, 2021
4%
SHAPE
Square, usually, for a crossword grid
Universal Crossword · May 11, 2021
4%
PHD
Prof.'s degree, usually
Universal Crossword · May 7, 2021
4%
TAPEDON
Shoddily attached, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2021
4%
HEARSAY
It's usually inadmissible
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 29, 2021
4%
RARE
Desirable to a collector, usually
Universal Crossword · Apr 25, 2021
4%
SCENEONE
33-Down start, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 21, 2021
4%
END
Point B, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 10, 2021
4%
ASASET
How flatware is usually sold
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2021
4%
SPOILER
Unwanted information, usually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 20, 2021
4%
BELT
Item of clothing that usually has holes
Universal Crossword · Feb 17, 2021
4%
FROSTALERT
Fall weather advisory that's helpful to gardeners
Universal Crossword · Feb 15, 2021
4%
CONIFERS
Christmas trees, usually
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 14, 2021
1%
BLUEMANGROUP
Unusually hued mute musical dudes (... letters 4-9)
Universal Crossword · Nov 26, 2025
1%
OVERSIZED
Unusually big
Premier Sunday Crossword · Oct 27, 2024
1%
MAYBES
Unhelpful RSVPs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 3, 2024
1%
TONOGOODPURPOSE
*In an unhelpful way
Universal Crossword · Apr 18, 2024
1%
EAGERTOPLEASE
Super-helpful
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Feb 21, 2024
1%
BECAUSEISAIDSO
Parent's unhelpful reason
Universal Crossword · Dec 31, 2023
1%
OLDSOUL
Young person who is unusually wise
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Sep 29, 2023
1%
LITTLEBURDEN
Unusually low tax bill?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 23, 2023
1%
CHATBOT
Often-unhelpful customer support option
Universal Crossword · Jul 2, 2022
1%
NOREASON
Unhelpful response to "Why?"
Universal Crossword · May 26, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "They're usually not helpful hints" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 160 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is INSINUATIONS (12 letters).
What is the best answer for "They're usually not helpful hints"?
The best answer for "They're usually not helpful hints" is INSINUATIONS with 12 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "They're usually not helpful hints" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on February 1, 2020.
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