May 15, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle May 15, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Befitting the circumstances	3
2A	4. "Belling the Cat" storyteller	5
3A	9. Bing Crosby's record label	5
4A	14. Bovine expression	3
5A	15. "Borat" follow-up from Sacha Baron Cohen	5
6A	16. Belief system	5
7A	17. Buzzer you wouldn't want to hit?	9
8A	19. Budweiser beer is aged using this wood	5
9A	20. Break up, as a knot	5
10A	21. Barrier for an aspiring D.A.	4
11A	23. Biathlete's need	3
12A	24. Byron, by ancestry	4
13A	25. Breast milk container	10
14A	28. Bottom of a dress	3
15A	29. Beatles hit "And I Love ___"	3
16A	30. Beldames	6
17A	31. Big name in D.C.	6
18A	34. Burst, as of wind	4
19A	35. Brewer's implement	11
20A	38. Bad-tempered sort	4
21A	40. Blasphemes	6
22A	41. Bacterium requiring oxygen	6
23A	44. "Born in the ___" (Bruce Springsteen hit)	3
24A	45. Block, in a way	3
25A	48. Blissful soak	10
26A	51. Blind, to a duck	4
27A	52. Benedict follower?	3
28A	53. By the 1980s, this sea had become two lakes	4
29A	54. "Behold, the kingdom of God is in the ___ of you": Luke	5
30A	55. Battery type	5
31A	57. "Best wishes for your once-a-year celebration!" (and a wish for solvers of this puzzle)	9
32A	60. Bach exercise	5
33A	61. Buy a drink for, say	5
34A	62. Body part with a ball and socket	3
35A	63. Brims (with)	5
36A	64. Break into pieces	5
37A	65. Barley brew	3

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. Befitting the circumstances"

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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Words that mean the same thing: clever, tending, liable
• 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: APT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. "Belling the Cat" storyteller"

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 greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
• 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: AESOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Bing Crosby's record label"

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: DECCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Bovine expression"

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 sound made by a cow or bull
• Words that mean the same thing: low
• 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: MOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "Borat" follow-up from Sacha Baron Cohen"

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 german pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
• Words that mean the same thing: St. Bruno, Bruno of Toul, Leo IX
• 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: BRUNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Belief system"

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 (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
• 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: ETHOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Buzzer you wouldn't want to hit?"

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 robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
• Words that mean the same thing: humblebee
• 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: BUMBLEBEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Budweiser beer is aged using this wood"

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 any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
• Words that mean the same thing: beech tree, beechwood
• 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: BEECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Break up, as a knot"

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 undo the ties of
• Words that mean the same thing: unbrace, loosen, undo
• The opposite would be: tie
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Barrier for an aspiring D.A."

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: LSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Biathlete's need"

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 narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• 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: SKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Byron, by ancestry"

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 native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
• 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: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Breast milk container"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: BABYBOTTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Bottom of a dress"

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 the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
• Words that mean the same thing: ahem
• 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: HEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Beatles hit "And I Love ___""

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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Beldames"

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 an ugly evil-looking old woman
• Words that mean the same thing: witch, hag, crone
• 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: CRONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Big name in D.C."

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: KAMALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Burst, as of wind"

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 strong current of air
• Words that mean the same thing: blow, blast
• 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: GUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Brewer's implement"

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: BASEBALLBAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Bad-tempered 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 decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
• Words that mean the same thing: bellyache, Cancer the Crab, Phthirius pubis
• 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: CRAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Blasphemes"

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 utter obscenities or profanities
• Words that mean the same thing: avow, verify, assert
• The opposite would be: mistrust
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Bacterium requiring oxygen"

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 an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life
• 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: AEROBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. "Born in the ___" (Bruce Springsteen hit)"

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, U.S., United States
• 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 24 Across: "45. Block, in a way"

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 room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• Words that mean the same thing: debar, taproom, barricade
• The opposite would be: unbar
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Blissful soak"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: BUBBLEBATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Blind, to a duck"

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 deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
• Words that mean the same thing: artifice
• 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: RUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Benedict follower?"

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: INE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. By the 1980s, this sea had become two lakes"

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: ARAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. "Behold, the kingdom of God is in the ___ of you": Luke"

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 location of something surrounded by other things
• Words that mean the same thing: thick
• 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: MIDST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Battery type"

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 rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use
• Words that mean the same thing: nickel-cadmium accumulator
• 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: NICAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. "Best wishes for your once-a-year celebration!" (and a wish for solvers of this puzzle)"

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: HAPPYBDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Bach exercise"

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 short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
• 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: ETUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Buy a drink for, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something considered choice to eat
• Words that mean the same thing: do by, goody, delicacy
• 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: TREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Body part with a ball and socket"

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 either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
• Words that mean the same thing: rosehip, hep, hip to
• 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: HIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Brims (with)"

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 be teeming, be abuzz
• Words that mean the same thing: pullulate, stream, teem
• 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: TEEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Break into pieces"

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 vigorous blow
• Words that mean the same thing: smash up, hit, smasher
• 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: SMASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Barley brew"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• 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: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

May 15, 2024 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Blindside, say	6
2D	2. Big cats and opportunists both do this	6
3D	3. Basic drum	6
4D	4. Blessed with skills	4
5D	5. Before, in verse	3
6D	6. Benchwarmer	3
7D	7. Box of spaghetti's weight: Abbr.	5
8D	8. Burns books?	5
9D	9. Bondservant, often	6
10D	10. Bordeaux summer	3
11D	11. Brownish-red shade	8
12D	12. Bivalve mollusks	7
13D	13. Beyond the pale?	7
14D	18. Bridle attachment	3
15D	22. "Bachelor in Paradise" network	3
16D	25. Bieber's "That Should ___"	4
17D	26. Bedouins, e.g.	5
18D	27. "Ben-Hur" getups	5
19D	29. Bears, as a child	3
20D	31. Beef on a skewer, e.g.	5
21D	32. "Buckle up! It's the ___"	3
22D	33. Bering Sea islander	5
23D	35. Backyard get-together	8
24D	36. Bind with rope	4
25D	37. Bali product	3
26D	38. Biden's advisers	7
27D	39. Bring back together	7
28D	42. Business ends of swords	6
29D	43. Bard's "always"	3
30D	45. Bo tree meditator	6
31D	46. Beset	6
32D	47. Bang out again, as a text	6
33D	49. Bangkok coins	5
34D	50. Burglar deterrent	5
35D	51. Bone in a cage	3
36D	54. Belief that bulls hate the color red, e.g.	4
37D	56. Byrd's rank: Abbr.	3
38D	58. Black-eyed ___	3
39D	59. Ballet step	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. Blindside, say"

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 the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
• Words that mean the same thing: still-hunt, waylay, lying in wait
• 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: AMBUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Big cats and opportunists both do this"

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 the act of pouncing
• Words that mean the same thing: swoop
• 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: POUNCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Basic drum"

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: TOMTOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Blessed with skills"

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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: capable, able-bodied
• The opposite would be: unable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Before, in verse"

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 6 Down: "6. Benchwarmer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: hoagie, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich
• 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: SUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Box of spaghetti's weight: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ONELB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Burns books?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that literature in metrical form
• Words that mean the same thing: verse, poetry
• 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: POESY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Bondservant, often"

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 person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
• Words that mean the same thing: debitor
• The opposite would be: creditor
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEBTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bordeaux summer"

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: ETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Brownish-red shade"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus castanea
• Words that mean the same thing: chestnut tree
• 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: CHESTNUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Bivalve mollusks"

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 common edible european bivalve
• Words that mean the same thing: riffle, undulate, cockle
• 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: COCKLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Beyond the pale?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of a light grey
• Words that mean the same thing: ash-gray, ashy, ash-grey
• 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: ASHIEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Bridle attachment"

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 small piece or quantity of something
• Words that mean the same thing: flake, burn, piece
• 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: BIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Bachelor in Paradise" network"

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 the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: rudiment, ABCs, first principle
• 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: ABC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Bieber's "That Should ___""

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: BEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Bedouins, e.g."

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 member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Arab, Arabian
• 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: ARABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. "Ben-Hur" getups"

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 one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient rome
• Words that mean the same thing: toga
• 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: TOGAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Bears, as a child"

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 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Words that mean the same thing: hour angle, hold, induce
• The opposite would be: lack, refuse
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Beef on a skewer, e.g."

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 cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
• Words that mean the same thing: shish kebab, kebab
• 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: KABOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. "Buckle up! It's the ___""

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 the collection of rules imposed by authority
• Words that mean the same thing: legal philosophy, natural law, police force
• 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: LAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Bering Sea islander"

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 member of the people inhabiting the aleutian islands and southwestern alaska
• Words that mean the same thing: Aleutian
• 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: ALEUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Backyard get-together"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
• Words that mean the same thing: barbeque, cook out
• 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: BARBECUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Bind with rope"

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 of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
• Words that mean the same thing: strap, trounce, whip
• The opposite would be: unlash
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Bali product"

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 an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
• Words that mean the same thing: brassiere, bandeau
• 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: BRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Biden's advisers"

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 piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
• Words that mean the same thing: storage locker, locker, console
• 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: CABINET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Bring back together"

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 have a reunion; unite again
• Words that mean the same thing: reunify
• 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: REUNITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Business ends of swords"

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 especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
• Words that mean the same thing: leaf blade, blade, vane
• 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: BLADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Bard's "always""

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: EER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Bo tree meditator"

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 founder of buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Siddhartha, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama
• 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: BUDDHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Beset"

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 attack someone physically or emotionally
• Words that mean the same thing: attack, snipe, set on
• The opposite would be: defend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Bang out again, as a text"

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: RETYPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Bangkok coins"

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 basic unit of money in thailand
• Words that mean the same thing: tical, baht
• 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: BAHTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Burglar deterrent"

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 fear resulting from the awareness of danger
• Words that mean the same thing: horrify, alarum, warning signal
• 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: ALARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Bone in a cage"

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 support resembling the rib of an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: blackguard, laugh at, poke fun
• 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: RIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Belief that bulls hate the color red, e.g."

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 traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
• 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: MYTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Byrd's rank: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: ADM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Black-eyed ___"

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 seed of a pea plant used for food
• Words that mean the same thing: pea plant
• 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: PEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Ballet step"

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 (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
• Words that mean the same thing: Pennsylvania, PA system, daddy
• 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: PAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	65.8%
Short Answer	21	27.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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 Wednesday, 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!

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Last Updated: August 25, 2025 at 05:41 PM