February 13, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword February 13, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Delivery at un hôpital	4
2A	5. Fish eggs	5
3A	10. Fundamentals	4
4A	14. Sch. near Bel Air	4
5A	15. Flexible pronoun with a slash	5
6A	16. "T" on a test	4
7A	17. Uncouth sort	4
8A	18. Map detail	5
9A	19. Had on	4
10A	20. Piece of volleyball gear	7
11A	22. Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music," e.g.	7
12A	24. Ukulele ridge	4
13A	25. National park in southwest Utah	4
14A	26. Harry Belafonte album whose first song is "Day-O"	7
15A	29. Mix drinks	7
16A	32. Most populous member of NATO, in brief	3
17A	33. *Louis XIV's nickname [N.B.A.]	7
18A	35. "Before" of yore	3
19A	36. Friend of Thumper and Flower	5
20A	38. Alexander Hamilton's bill	3
21A	39. No longer a minor	5
22A	41. Sword with a three-sided blade	4
23A	42. Streaming channel sometimes shown at grooming salons and veterinarians' offices	5
24A	44. Slugger who ended his career four shy of the 700 home run club	4
25A	45. "Father ___" (2022 Mark Wahlberg film)	3
26A	47. Kimono sash	3
27A	49. Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of	11
28A	54. *Clarence in "It's a Wonderful Life," e.g. [M.L.B.]	13
29A	56. Military post	4
30A	57. Strip of gear, as a ship	5
31A	58. Plot line?	4
32A	60. Garment for the Grim Reaper	4
33A	61. ___ code	5
34A	62. Office note	4
35A	63. Apple product from 2001 to 2022	4
36A	64. Eye afflictions	5
37A	65. "Monday Night Countdown" cable channel	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Delivery at un hôpital"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Fish eggs"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
• Words that mean the same thing: breed, engender
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Fundamentals"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: first rudiment, alphabet, ABC
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Sch. near Bel Air"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UCLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Flexible pronoun with a slash"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HESHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "T" on a test"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Words that mean the same thing: on-key, straight, dependable
• The opposite would be: untruthful, false
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Uncouth sort"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: gawk, lubber, oaf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Map detail"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
• Words that mean the same thing: insert, gusset
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Had on"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be dressed in
• Words that mean the same thing: wear down, wear upon, endure
• The opposite would be: refresh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Piece of volleyball gear"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNEEPAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music," e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
• Words that mean the same thing: widowman
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIDOWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Ukulele ridge"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: sweat, stew, worn spot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. National park in southwest Utah"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that originally a stronghold captured by david (the 2nd king of the israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of jerusalem
• Words that mean the same thing: Yisrael, State of Israel, Sion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Harry Belafonte album whose first song is "Day-O""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
• Words that mean the same thing: Calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALYPSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Mix drinks"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENDBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Most populous member of NATO, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: Army, America, U.S.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. *Louis XIV's nickname [N.B.A.]"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUNKING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. "Before" of yore"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Friend of Thumper and Flower"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAMBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Alexander Hamilton's bill"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: ten-spot, tenner, 10
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. No longer a minor"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OFAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Sword with a three-sided blade"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Streaming channel sometimes shown at grooming salons and veterinarians' offices"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOGTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Slugger who ended his career four shy of the 700 home run club"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. "Father ___" (2022 Mark Wahlberg film)"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Kimono sash"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: obeah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAMPLAYERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. *Clarence in "It's a Wonderful Life," e.g. [M.L.B.]"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUARDIANANGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Military post"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fortified military post where troops are stationed
• Words that mean the same thing: fortify, garrison, fortress
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Strip of gear, as a ship"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNRIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Plot line?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
• Words that mean the same thing: axis of rotation, axis vertebra, bloc
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Garment for the Grim Reaper"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any loose flowing garment
• Words that mean the same thing: gown, drape, cloak
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. ___ code"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
• Words that mean the same thing: Samuel Morse, Morse code, Samuel Finley Breese Morse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Office note"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a written proposal or reminder
• Words that mean the same thing: memoranda, memorandum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Apple product from 2001 to 2022"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IPOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Eye afflictions"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Words that mean the same thing: eye infection, stye, hordeolum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. "Monday Night Countdown" cable channel"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESPN

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle February 13, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Heftiness	4
2D	2. Class that covers price ceilings and price floors, in brief	4
3D	3. *Indication that a gas stove is functioning properly [N.H.L.]	9
4D	4. Diner or bistro	6
5D	5. Therapy whose name is Japanese for "finger pressure"	7
6D	6. Remain undecided	4
7D	7. Donkey	3
8D	8. "That was too close for comfort!"	4
9D	9. Redditor, e.g.	7
10D	10. Margaret ___, author of "The Handmaid's Tale"	6
11D	11. *Grizzly, for one [N.F.L.]	9
12D	12. Medical breakthrough	4
13D	13. Visionary	4
14D	21. Coke competitor	5
15D	23. Wild canine of Australia	5
16D	26. 27, for 3	4
17D	27. Rush job letters	4
18D	28. "I'm ___ your tricks!"	4
19D	29. Windshield feature	4
20D	30. Best Picture winner that becomes an earlier Best Picture nominee when an "F" is added to the front	4
21D	31. Part of an oboe	4
22D	34. Beer dispenser	3
23D	37. "All rise" undoer	8
24D	40. Legitimate object of attack	8
25D	42. Branded lollipops	7
26D	43. Long journeys	7
27D	46. Road surface	3
28D	48. London's Big ___	3
29D	49. Engine supercharger	5
30D	50. Champagne grape	5
31D	51. Bird with a lot of stuffing?	5
32D	52. Pastis flavoring	5
33D	53. Spices (up)	5
34D	54. Sticky substance	4
35D	55. Like a wet noodle	4
36D	56. Scary 13th, to some: Abbr.	3
37D	59. Prince, but not a princess	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Heftiness"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
• Words that mean the same thing: bulge, majority, volume
• The opposite would be: minority
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BULK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Class that covers price ceilings and price floors, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. *Indication that a gas stove is functioning properly [N.H.L.]"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLUEFLAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Diner or bistro"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a building where people go to eat
• Words that mean the same thing: restaurant, eating place, eating house
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EATERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Therapy whose name is Japanese for "finger pressure""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
• Words that mean the same thing: acupressure, G-Jo
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHIATSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Remain undecided"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Donkey"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: buns, tooshie, tail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "That was too close for comfort!""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Redditor, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NETIZEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Margaret ___, author of "The Handmaid's Tale""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATWOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. *Grizzly, for one [N.F.L.]"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BROWNBEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Medical breakthrough"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
• Words that mean the same thing: curative, heal, bring around
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Visionary"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person with unusual powers of foresight
• Words that mean the same thing: visionary, prophesier, prophet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Coke competitor"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pepsi cola is a trademarked cola
• Words that mean the same thing: Pepsi Cola
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEPSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Wild canine of Australia"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of australia
• Words that mean the same thing: Canis dingo, warragal, warrigal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DINGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. 27, for 3"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
• Words that mean the same thing: dice, block, square block
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Rush job letters"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that as soon as possible
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. "I'm ___ your tricks!""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Windshield feature"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
• Words that mean the same thing: tinge, touch, tone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Best Picture winner that becomes an earlier Best Picture nominee when an "F" is added to the front"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Part of an oboe"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Words that mean the same thing: vibrating reed, reed instrument, John Reed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Beer dispenser"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the quantity contained in a keg
• Words that mean the same thing: kegful
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. "All rise" undoer"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BESEATED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Legitimate object of attack"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAIRGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Branded lollipops"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound
• Words that mean the same thing: dumdum bullet, dumdum
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUMDUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Long journeys"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an act of traveling by water
• Words that mean the same thing: sail, ocean trip, voyage
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOYAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. Road surface"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
• Words that mean the same thing: seaman, sea dog, pitch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. London's Big ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mountain or tall hill
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Engine supercharger"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TURBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Champagne grape"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for burgundies and champagnes
• Words that mean the same thing: Pinot grape
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PINOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Bird with a lot of stuffing?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Pastis flavoring"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that native to egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
• Words that mean the same thing: anise seed, aniseed, Pimpinella anisum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Spices (up)"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that activities associated with sexual intercourse
• Words that mean the same thing: excite, turn on, arouse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Sticky substance"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: gunk, gook, easy lay
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Like a wet noodle"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
• Words that mean the same thing: gimp, hitch, hobble
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Scary 13th, to some: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
• Words that mean the same thing: Friday
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Prince, but not a princess"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: Logos, Word, boy
• The opposite would be: girl, daughter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SON

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	57	77.0%
Short Answer	9	12.2%
Music	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.7%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: August 27, 2025 at 05:40 PM