March 09, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, March 09, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle March 09, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. They often come in shoeboxes	8
2A	9. Key	4
3A	13. Widespread rumors, in a portmanteau	9
4A	15. It's handled at a bar	5
5A	16. Post-crisis baseline	9
6A	17. Like the second movement of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony	5
7A	18. Family nickname	4
8A	19. "The ultimate form of free speech," to Denis Leary	6
9A	21. ___ tape	3
10A	22. Streaked	6
11A	24. Not sit still	6
12A	26. Died down	5
13A	29. Tony Stark or Jack Sparrow feature	6
14A	31. Meet	3
15A	34. MacGyvering	11
16A	36. Gets less green, say	4
17A	38. Mathematical subgroup	5
18A	39. Puffed up	4
19A	40. Possible response to "Did you find it?"	11
20A	43. Some records, informally	3
21A	44. Remington of 1980s TV	6
22A	45. Actor Fitch of "This Is Us"	5
23A	47. As yet	6
24A	49. Parts of LEDs	6
25A	53. Berkeley, familiarly	3
26A	54. In working order	6
27A	57. ___-Saint-Michel, abbey site in France	4
28A	58. Flattens, in a way	5
29A	60. Underlying reason	9
30A	62. Saul Bellow's "The Adventures of ___ March"	5
31A	63. Beyoncé's "Dangerously in Love" or John Lennon's "Imagine"	9
32A	64. Gem used in intaglio	4
33A	65. They are felt every April	8

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. They often come in shoeboxes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
• Words that mean the same thing: cyclorama, diorama, panorama
• 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: DIORAMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Key"

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 small island
• Words that mean the same thing: islet
• 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: ISLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Widespread rumors, in a portmanteau"

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: INFODEMIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. It's handled at a bar"

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 mug intended for serving beer
• Words that mean the same thing: beer mug, Gertrude Stein
• 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: STEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Post-crisis baseline"

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: NEWNORMAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Like the second movement of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner
• 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: LARGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Family nickname"

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 mother of your father or mother
• Words that mean the same thing: grandma, nanna, nan
• 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: GRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "The ultimate form of free speech," to Denis Leary"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that light and humorous drama with a happy ending
• Words that mean the same thing: clowning, drollery, funniness
• The opposite would be: tragedy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. ___ tape"

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: VHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Streaked"

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 marked or decorated with stripes
• Words that mean the same thing: striped
• 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: STRIPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Not sit still"

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 feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
• Words that mean the same thing: restlessness, fidgetiness
• 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: FIDGET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Died down"

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 flow back or recede
• Words that mean the same thing: ebb down, ebb away, ebb off
• The opposite would be: tide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EBBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Tony Stark or Jack Sparrow feature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
• 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: GOATEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Meet"

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 display of bad temper
• Words that mean the same thing: primed, agree, conniption
• The opposite would be: unfit, disagree
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. MacGyvering"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: JURYRIGGING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Gets less green, say"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: age, old age, get on
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Mathematical subgroup"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.

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: COSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Puffed up"

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 marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
• Words that mean the same thing: self-satisfied
• 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: SMUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Possible response to "Did you find it?""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: NOLUCKSOFAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Some records, informally"

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: EPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Remington of 1980s TV"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english writer (1672-1729)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Richrd Steele
• 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: STEELE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Actor Fitch of "This Is Us""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern africa into the mediterranean; the nile river valley in egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
• Words that mean the same thing: Nile River, Nile
• 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: NILES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. As yet"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TODATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Parts of LEDs"

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 thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
• Words that mean the same thing: rectifying valve, crystal rectifier, rectifying tube
• 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: DIODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. Berkeley, familiarly"

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: CAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. In working order"

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 capable of being put to use
• Words that mean the same thing: functional, useable, available
• 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: USABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. ___-Saint-Michel, abbey site in France"

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: MONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Flattens, in a way"

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 metal shackles; for hands or legs
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 26, smoothing iron, Fe
• 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: IRONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Underlying reason"

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: ROOTCAUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Saul Bellow's "The Adventures of ___ March""

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: AUGIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Beyoncé's "Dangerously in Love" or John Lennon's "Imagine""

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: SOLOALBUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Gem used in intaglio"

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 chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
• 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: ONYX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. They are felt every April"

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: TAXBITES

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword March 09, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Slight faults, to a rater	5
2D	2. Reluctant to join?	5
3D	3. Words after god or man	5
4D	4. ___ Coleman, eight-time Mr. Olympia	6
5D	5. Kerfuffle	3
6D	6. "Thanks a lot!," in intentionally butchered French	12
7D	7. ___ belt	4
8D	8. Ananda Mahidol became its king at the age of 9, while living in Switzerland	4
9D	9. Spanish diminutive	3
10D	10. Pay for a crime, say	9
11D	11. "Oh, come on, can't you take a joke?!"	9
12D	12. Biblical figure said to have died at the age of 905	4
13D	14. Sign in front of some bars	4
14D	15. Trickster	6
15D	20. Stepping away from screens	12
16D	23. Lunchbox option, informally	3
17D	25. Silences	4
18D	27. Concupiscent one	4
19D	28. Appliance giant founded in England in 1991	5
20D	30. They're sometimes replaced by applesauce in vegan recipes	4
21D	31. Strikes out, slangily	4
22D	32. "See ya!"	9
23D	33. Branch of causality that comes from the Greek for "study of the end"	9
24D	35. Mortgage deal, for short	4
25D	37. Like many defendants in court	4
26D	41. Word with escape or escalator	6
27D	42. Camp-y retailer?	3
28D	46. ___ Peninsula (Horn of Africa)	6
29D	48. Rabbit ___	4
30D	50. "The origin of wisdom," per René Descartes	5
31D	51. Follow	5
32D	52. Asparagus, essentially	5
33D	53. "See ya!"	4
34D	55. Eject	4
35D	56. Actress Kirke of "Mozart in the Jungle"	4
36D	59. Shoot down	3
37D	61. One in line at an airport	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. Slight faults, to a rater"

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 ringing sound
• Words that mean the same thing: dent, ding, nick
• 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: DINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Reluctant to join?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that unable to move or resist motion
• Words that mean the same thing: sluggish, indifferent, soggy
• 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: INERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Words after god or man"

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: OFWAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ Coleman, eight-time Mr. Olympia"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: RONNIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Kerfuffle"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: bustle, hustle, stir
• 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: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Thanks a lot!," in intentionally butchered French"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: MERCYBUCKETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ belt"

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 projectiles to be fired from a gun
• Words that mean the same thing: ammunition
• 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: AMMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Ananda Mahidol became its king at the age of 9, while living in Switzerland"

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 country of southeastern asia that extends southward along the isthmus of kra to the malay peninsula
• Words that mean the same thing: Kingdom of Thailand, Thailand
• 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: SIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Spanish diminutive"

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: ITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Pay for a crime, say"

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: SERVETIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Oh, come on, can't you take a joke?!""

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: LIGHTENUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Biblical figure said to have died at the age of 905"

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: ENOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Sign in front of some bars"

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 musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following 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: CLEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Trickster"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SLYDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Stepping away from screens"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: DIGITALDETOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Lunchbox option, informally"

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: PBJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Silences"

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 humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: strangle, retch, suffocate
• 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: GAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Concupiscent one"

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 (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Words that mean the same thing: concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire
• 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: EROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Appliance giant founded in England in 1991"

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: DYSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. They're sometimes replaced by applesauce in vegan recipes"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: testicle, egg, ball
• 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: EGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Strikes out, slangily"

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 device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
• Words that mean the same thing: fan, lover, sports fan
• 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: FANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. "See ya!""

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: IGOTTARUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Branch of causality that comes from the Greek for "study of the end""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
• 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: TELEOLOGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Mortgage deal, for short"

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

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: REFI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Like many defendants in court"

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 institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
• Words that mean the same thing: sue, process, action
• 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: SUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Word with escape or escalator"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
• Words that mean the same thing: article
• 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: CLAUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Camp-y retailer?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: REI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. ___ Peninsula (Horn of Africa)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a tall dark (mostly muslim) people inhabiting somalia
• Words that mean the same thing: Somalian
• 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: SOMALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Rabbit ___"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: auricle, capitulum, ear
• 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: EARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. "The origin of wisdom," per René Descartes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of being unsure of something
• Words that mean the same thing: dubiousness, uncertainty, doubtfulness
• The opposite would be: certainty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOUBT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Follow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
• Words that mean the same thing: result
• 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: ENSUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Asparagus, essentially"

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 (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• Words that mean the same thing: shank, base, root
• 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: STEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. "See ya!""

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 acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: aloha
• 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: CIAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Eject"

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 footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
• Words that mean the same thing: charge, kicking, reboot
• 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: BOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Actress Kirke of "Mozart in the Jungle""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: LOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Shoot down"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: disallow, forbid, nada
• The opposite would be: permit, allow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. One in line at an airport"

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 compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Words that mean the same thing: taxi, taxicab, hack
• 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: CAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	75.7%
Short Answer	10	14.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Music	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 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 05:41 AM