April 21, 2021 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
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

April 21, 2021 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Put to shame	5
2A	6. Muppet with a unibrow	4
3A	10. Sci-fi sidekick ... or a hint to 20- and 34-Across	4
4A	14. Sacrifices at the plate	5
5A	15. Iris holder	4
6A	16. Setting for a hootenanny	4
7A	17. Lisa of "High Fidelity"	5
8A	18. Like old wood in new furniture, maybe	9
9A	20. Star of the "Deadpool" films	12
10A	22. "Yippee!"	4
11A	23. Sch. in Greenwich Village	3
12A	24. Web portal with the Bing search engine	3
13A	27. Singer/songwriter DiFranco	3
14A	29. Some do-si-do partners	4
15A	32. Goddess and ruler of the witches in "Macbeth"	6
16A	34. Postmodern novelist who wrote "White Noise"	10
17A	37. Plains tribe members	4
18A	38. Trig ratio	5
19A	39. Little Jack Horner's Christmas treat	3
20A	40. Director Eastwood	5
21A	41. Stink	4
22A	42. Fashion icon with a numbered fragrance	10
23A	44. Dive deep	6
24A	46. K, in the NATO alphabet	4
25A	47. Test for a future Ph.D.	3
26A	48. "___ out!"	3
27A	49. Switch positions	3
28A	51. Popular holiday gift of 2001	4
29A	53. Stand-up comedian who voiced Remy in "Ratatouille"	12
30A	58. "Nice wheels!"	9
31A	61. Winner of seven Tonys in 1977	5
32A	62. Hole punchers	4
33A	63. Zenith	4
34A	64. Neopagan religion	5
35A	65. Sci-fi sidekick ... or a hint to 42- and 53-Across	4
36A	66. In case	4
37A	67. Word with guitar or wool	5

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. Put to shame"

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 cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
• Words that mean the same thing: humiliate, mortify, chagrin
• 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: ABASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Muppet with a unibrow"

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: BERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Sci-fi sidekick ... or a hint to 20- and 34-Across"

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: _2_2
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: R2D2

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Sacrifices at the plate"

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 (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
• Words that mean the same thing: bunt, Tilletia caries, butt
• 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: BUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Iris holder"

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 part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
• 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: UVEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Setting for a hootenanny"

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 outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
• Words that mean the same thing: b
• 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: BARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Lisa of "High Fidelity""

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: BONET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Like old wood in new furniture, maybe"

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 reuse (materials from waste products)
• Words that mean the same thing: regenerate, tame, reclaim
• 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: RECLAIMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Star of the "Deadpool" films"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: RYANREYNOLDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. "Yippee!""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy 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: WOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Sch. in Greenwich Village"

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: NYU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Web portal with the Bing search engine"

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: MSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Singer/songwriter DiFranco"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that black tropical american cuckoo
• 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: ANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Some do-si-do partners"

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 united states liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
• Words that mean the same thing: gal, gallon
• 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: GALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Goddess and ruler of the witches in "Macbeth""

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 (greek mythology) greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches
• 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: HECATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Postmodern novelist who wrote "White Noise""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.

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: DONDELILLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Plains tribe members"

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 member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Words that mean the same thing: Otoe, Oto
• 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: OTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Trig ratio"

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 ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
• Words that mean the same thing: cotangent
• 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: COTAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Little Jack Horner's Christmas treat"

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 dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
• Words that mean the same thing: Proto-Indo European
• 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: PIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Director Eastwood"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: CLINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Stink"

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 any property detected by the olfactory system
• Words that mean the same thing: aroma, odour, olfactory sensation
• 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: ODOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Fashion icon with a numbered fragrance"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: COCOCHANEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Dive deep"

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 brief swim in water
• Words that mean the same thing: dunk, dip, douse
• 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: PLUNGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. K, in the NATO alphabet"

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 one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: kg, kilogram
• 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: KILO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Test for a future Ph.D."

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: GRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. "___ out!""

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: YER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Switch positions"

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: ONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Popular holiday gift of 2001"

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 (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 29 Across: "53. Stand-up comedian who voiced Remy in "Ratatouille""

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: PATTONOSWALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. "Nice wheels!""

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: SWEETRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Winner of seven Tonys in 1977"

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: ANNIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Hole punchers"

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 pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
• Words that mean the same thing: awl
• 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: AWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Zenith"

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 highest point (of something)
• Words that mean the same thing: peak, apex of the sun's way, solar apex
• The opposite would be: antapex
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Neopagan religion"

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 community of followers of the wicca religion
• 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: WICCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Sci-fi sidekick ... or a hint to 42- and 53-Across"

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: _3__
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: C3PO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. In case"

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 being ten more than forty
• Words that mean the same thing: l, fifty, 50
• 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: LEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Word with guitar or wool"

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 alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
• Words that mean the same thing: nerve, brand, sword
• 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: STEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle April 21, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. E.g., e.g.	4
2D	2. Hearten	4
3D	3. Likely inspiration for Meryl Streep's character in "The Devil Wears Prada"	11
4D	4. Shorthand writer, for short	5
5D	5. Hormone administered in some transgender therapies	8
6D	6. Suppress, as a negative story	4
7D	7. Deadlocked	4
8D	8. Fact-finding mission, informally	5
9D	9. Fox hunter's cry	7
10D	10. Stat for a D.H.	4
11D	11. When clocks "spring forward" for daylight saving time	3
12D	12. Beats by ___	3
13D	13. Silver medalist's place	3
14D	19. Together, in music	4
15D	21. And others, in a list	4
16D	24. Birds of paradise do a spectacular one	11
17D	25. Type who's prone to "the munchies"	6
18D	26. Spoon, say	6
19D	27. Promotional text	6
20D	28. Noggin	6
21D	30. T'ang dynasty poet	4
22D	31. Nifty	5
23D	33. Pop variety	4
24D	35. "Rats!"	4
25D	36. First of 13 popes	4
26D	40. Heavy-duty cutters	8
27D	42. Innermost	7
28D	43. Muse of history	4
29D	45. Best ever, acronymically	4
30D	50. Michael of R.E.M.	5
31D	52. Embrace something embarrassing	5
32D	53. 100 centavos	4
33D	54. Some are Sapphic	4
34D	55. Coming right up	4
35D	56. Problems that come to a head?	4
36D	57. Color on Jacksonville Jaguar uniforms	4
37D	58. Anatomical pouch	3
38D	59. Conflict in many postapocalyptic narratives, for short	3
39D	60. Rapper who's half of Run the Jewels	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. E.g., e.g."

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: ABBR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Hearten"

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 bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
• Words that mean the same thing: buoy up
• 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: BUOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Likely inspiration for Meryl Streep's character in "The Devil Wears Prada""

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: ANNAWINTOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Shorthand writer, for short"

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

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: STENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Hormone administered in some transgender therapies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
• Words that mean the same thing: oestrogen
• 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: ESTROGEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Suppress, as a negative story"

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 cover from sight
• Words that mean the same thing: inhume, swallow, sink
• The opposite would be: remember
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BURY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Deadlocked"

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 latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
• Words that mean the same thing: tied, eve, eventide
• The opposite would be: odd, uneven
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Fact-finding mission, informally"

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: RECON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Fox hunter's cry"

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: TALLYHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Stat for a D.H."

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 run that is the result of the batter's performance
• Words that mean the same thing: rbi, run batted in
• 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: RBIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. When clocks "spring forward" for daylight saving time"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: 2__
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: 2AM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Beats by ___"

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: DRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Silver medalist's place"

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 coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
• Words that mean the same thing: 2d, second
• The word looks like this: 2__
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: 2ND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Together, in music"

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

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: ADUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. And others, in a list"

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: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Birds of paradise do a spectacular one"

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: MATINGDANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Type who's prone to "the munchies""

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 an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)
• Words that mean the same thing: stone, lapidator
• 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: STONER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Spoon, 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 a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
• Words that mean the same thing: nest, snuggle, nuzzle
• 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: NESTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Promotional text"

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: ADCOPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Noggin"

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 ribbonlike strip of pasta
• Words that mean the same thing: dome, attic, bean
• 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: NOODLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. T'ang dynasty poet"

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: LIPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Nifty"

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 a slippery smoothness
• Words that mean the same thing: slick magazine, slick down, guileful
• 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: SLICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Pop variety"

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 large genus of african trees bearing kola nuts
• Words that mean the same thing: Costa Rican colon, El Salvadoran colon, colon
• 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: COLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. "Rats!""

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 something of little value
• Words that mean the same thing: mend, tinker's dam, red cent
• 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: DARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. First of 13 popes"

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: LEOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Heavy-duty cutters"

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: CHOPSAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Innermost"

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 workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
• Words that mean the same thing: exchange, cardinal, key
• The opposite would be: peripheral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CENTRAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Muse of history"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) the muse of history
• 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: CLIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Best ever, acronymically"

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 numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
• Words that mean the same thing: Capricorn the Goat, Capricorn, caprine animal
• 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: GOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Michael of R.E.M."

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 supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap
• 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: STIPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Embrace something embarrassing"

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: OWNIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. 100 centavos"

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 basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
• Words that mean the same thing: Colombian peso, Chilean peso, Dominican peso
• 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: PESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Some are Sapphic"

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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Words that mean the same thing: ode
• 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: ODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Coming right 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 immediately following in time or order
• Words that mean the same thing: future, side by side, adjacent
• 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: NEXT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Problems that come to a head?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
• Words that mean the same thing: insect, biting louse, louse
• 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: LICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Color on Jacksonville Jaguar uniforms"

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 blue-green color or pigment
• Words that mean the same thing: cyan, bluish green, blue-green
• 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: TEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Anatomical pouch"

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 enclosed space
• Words that mean the same thing: pouch, theca, Sauk
• 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: SAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Conflict in many postapocalyptic narratives, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __3
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WW3

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Rapper who's half of Run the Jewels"

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: ELP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	73.7%
Short Answer	10	13.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
History	3	3.9%
Literature	2	2.6%
Music	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 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 Wednesday, 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!

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Last Updated: September 18, 2025 at 02:58 AM