Clueless ... or where the answers to this puzzle's starred clues were all first used Crossword Clue

• Completely lost … or where the now-idiomatic answer to each italicized clue has a literal meaning

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · 5 letters

• Befuddled

  New York Times · Saturday, September 5, 2026 · 5 letters

• Discombobulated

  New York Times · Thursday, August 27, 2026 · 5 letters

• Confused

  New York Times · Wednesday, June 24, 2026 · 5 letters

• Cruising the Caribbean, say

  New York Times · Tuesday, June 9, 2026 · 5 letters

• Bamboozled

  New York Times · Friday, November 7, 2025 · 5 letters

• Lost

  New York Times · Thursday, November 6, 2025 · 5 letters

• Bewildered

  New York Times · Sunday, October 5, 2025 · 5 letters

• On the ocean

  New York Times · Monday, January 13, 2025 · 5 letters

• Totally perplexed

  New York Times · Thursday, July 25, 2024 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 59-Down ___ Krabappel of "The Simpsons"
• 60-Across Bygone muscle car
• 61-Across *Inviolable, as rules
• 62-Down "That feels so-o-o good!"
• 63-Down Morning hrs.
• 64-Down Visit with
• 65-Down Luggage inspection org.
• 66-Across Abbr. on an input jack
• 67-Across Harold who directed "Groundhog Day"
• 68-Across May and June, but not July
• 69-Across "___ and ye shall receive"
• 70-Across "But of course!"