December 06, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (37 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle December 06, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Vaccine units, in brief	3
2A	4. Villainous	3
3A	7. Common wood for shoe trees	5
4A	12. Sweetie	3
5A	13. Cause for a food recall, maybe	5
6A	16. 20 Questions category	6
7A	18. The Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa"	9
8A	20. Chew out	6
9A	21. Lit-___	4
10A	22. Civil rights leader who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P.	9
11A	24. "Obviously!"	7
12A	27. Wetland wader with a down-curved bill	4
13A	28. U.S.O. audience	3
14A	29. Mathematician regarded as the first computer programmer	11
15A	31. Apt rhyme for "cake"	4
16A	32. But nevertheless	3
17A	33. "… ___ not in Kansas anymore"	4
18A	34. Bulb unit	5
19A	35. Portrayer of the nurse Marta Cabrera in "Knives Out"	10
20A	39. Some computing platforms	5
21A	42. 12	4
22A	43. When doubled, a popular logic puzzle	3
23A	46. Beauty supply giant	4
24A	47. Director of the miniseries "When They See Us"	11
25A	51. Iconic flight pattern	3
26A	52. Qatari leader	4
27A	53. Hardest to pin down, say	7
28A	54. "Girl in Progress" star with a line of cosmetics	9
29A	57. "Oh yeah, that sounds *super* plausible"	4
30A	58. Japanese soy sauce	6
31A	59. "The Vagina Monologues" playwright	9
32A	63. Universal, Paramount or Columbia	6
33A	64. Sudden forward thrust	5
34A	65. Bellicose humanoid of Middle-earth	3
35A	66. Olympic stickers?	5
36A	67. 'Fros and fades	3
37A	68. Org. with a cryptologic museum	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. Vaccine units, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
• Words that mean the same thing: ml, cubic centimetre, milliliter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Villainous"

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 that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
• Words that mean the same thing: forged, spoilt, sorry
• The opposite would be: goodness, unregretful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "7. Common wood for shoe trees"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous trees of the family cupressaceae that resemble cedars
• Words that mean the same thing: true cedar, cedarwood, cedar 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: CEDAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Sweetie"

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: HON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Cause for a food recall, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ECOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. 20 Questions category"

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 living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Words that mean the same thing: creature, carnal, fauna
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. The Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INAGARTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Chew out"

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 censure severely or angrily
• Words that mean the same thing: lambaste, reproof, lambast
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Lit-___"

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: CRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Civil rights leader who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P."

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: IDABWELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. "Obviously!""

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: WELLDUH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Wetland wader with a down-curved bill"

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 wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. U.S.O. audience"

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 unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
• Words that mean the same thing: Gb, G.I., Gi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Mathematician regarded as the first computer programmer"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: ADALOVELACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Apt rhyme for "cake""

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 cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
• Words that mean the same thing: broil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. But nevertheless"

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 up to the present time
• Words that mean the same thing: still, withal, however
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. "… ___ not in Kansas anymore""

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 have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: personify, exist, embody
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Bulb unit"

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 unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
• Words that mean the same thing: lm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Portrayer of the nurse Marta Cabrera in "Knives Out""

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

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: ANADEARMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Some computing platforms"

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 piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
• Words that mean the same thing: desk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. 12"

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 middle of the day
• Words that mean the same thing: twelve noon, high noon, noonday
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. When doubled, a popular logic puzzle"

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 range of what one can know or understand
• Words that mean the same thing: cognizance, sight
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Beauty supply giant"

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: ULTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Director of the miniseries "When They See Us""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AVADUVERNAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Iconic flight pattern"

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: VEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Qatari leader"

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 independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Words that mean the same thing: amir, ameer, emeer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Hardest to pin down, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EELIEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. "Girl in Progress" star with a line of cosmetics"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: EVAMENDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. "Oh yeah, that sounds *super* plausible""

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: IBET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Japanese soy sauce"

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: TAMARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. "The Vagina Monologues" playwright"

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: EVEENSLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Universal, Paramount or Columbia"

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 workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
• Words that mean the same thing: studio apartment
• The opposite would be: location
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUDIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Sudden forward thrust"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of moving forward suddenly
• Words that mean the same thing: lurch, thrust, straight thrust
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUNGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Bellicose humanoid of Middle-earth"

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: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Olympic stickers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EPEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. 'Fros and fades"

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 federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
• Words that mean the same thing: arrange, fare, dress
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Org. with a cryptologic museum"

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 united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NSA

  Great job if you got it right!

December 06, 2022 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Letter before psi	3
2D	2. Yield	7
3D	3. Greet with a "grr"	7
4D	4. Shellackings	9
5D	5. Crossword direction: Abbr.	3
6D	6. Punctuation in a web address	3
7D	7. One hailed in the streets	6
8D	8. Celeb gossip show	5
9D	9. Potentially catastrophic	4
10D	10. Blend	7
11D	11. Rodential, say	7
12D	14. Floral garland	3
13D	15. International cricket powerhouse	5
14D	17. Diminish	6
15D	19. Fish or mushroom feature	4
16D	23. Epitome of simplicity	3
17D	24. Custom	3
18D	25. Eye layer	4
19D	26. What sheepdogs do	4
20D	30. Wrangler alternative	3
21D	31. Clear plates, say	3
22D	34. Pool divisions	9
23D	35. Alias inits.	3
24D	36. "This matters to me how?"	3
25D	37. Dissolute man, from the French	4
26D	38. Take up a new residence	4
27D	39. Covers for a king or queen?	6
28D	40. Bring to a new level	7
29D	41. Make R-rated, say	7
30D	43. Use, as a prayer mat	7
31D	44. Occasions for egg-hunting	7
32D	45. Competitor of WaPo and W.S.J.	3
33D	47. OB/GYN tests, informally	6
34D	48. Short film?	3
35D	49. Dizzy	5
36D	50. Chest bumps?	4
37D	52. Full of creepy vibes	5
38D	55. Assembled	4
39D	56. Crime show spinoff, familiarly	3
40D	60. Terminus	3
41D	61. Id's counterpart	3
42D	62. Second-oldest record label in the U.S.	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. Letter before psi"

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 circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
• Words that mean the same thing: qi, khi, ki
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Yield"

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 admit (to a wrongdoing)
• Words that mean the same thing: cede, yield, profess
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONCEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Greet with a "grr""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SNARLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Shellackings"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: BEATDOWNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Crossword direction: 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: ACR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Punctuation in a web address"

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 very small circular shape
• Words that mean the same thing: Zen, acid, Lucy in the sky with diamonds
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. One hailed in the streets"

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: CABBIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Celeb gossip show"

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: ENEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Potentially catastrophic"

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 fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; ; - g.c.marshall
• Words that mean the same thing: horrific, fearsome, direful
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Blend"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
• Words that mean the same thing: dental amalgam
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMALGAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Rodential, say"

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

  The answer is: RATLIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "14. Floral garland"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: wreath, leu, coronal
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. International cricket powerhouse"

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 republic in the asian subcontinent in southern asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1947
• Words that mean the same thing: Bharat, Republic of India
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Diminish"

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 decrease in size, extent, or range
• Words that mean the same thing: minify, diminish, subside
• The opposite would be: increase
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Fish or mushroom feature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a british imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
• Words that mean the same thing: branchia, lamella
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Epitome of simplicity"

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

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: ABC's, ABCs, first rudiment
• The 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 17 Down: "24. Custom"

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 how something is done or how it happens
• Words that mean the same thing: manner, mode, path
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Eye layer"

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 19 Down: "26. What sheepdogs do"

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 group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• Words that mean the same thing: crowd, ruck
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Wrangler alternative"

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Shelton Jackson Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Clear plates, say"

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 vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
• Words that mean the same thing: passenger vehicle, double-decker, charabanc
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Pool divisions"

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: LANELINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Alias inits."

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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. "This matters to me how?""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Dissolute man, from the French"

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 dissolute man in fashionable society
• Words that mean the same thing: rake, profligate, rakehell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Take up a new residence"

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 act of deciding to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: actuate, make a motion, impress
• The opposite would be: stay in place, stand still
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Covers for a king or queen?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
• Words that mean the same thing: eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUVETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Bring to a new level"

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 give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
• Words that mean the same thing: raise, advance, upgrade
• The opposite would be: lower, demote
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELEVATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Make R-rated, say"

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: STEAMUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Use, as a prayer mat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KNEELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Occasions for egg-hunting"

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 christian celebration of the resurrection of christ; celebrated on the sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
• Words that mean the same thing: easterly, easter, Easter
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Competitor of WaPo and W.S.J."

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: NYT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. OB/GYN tests, informally"

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 thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
• Words that mean the same thing: amniocentesis, amnion, amniotic sac
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMNIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Short film?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. Dizzy"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: AREEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Chest bumps?"

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 support resembling the rib of an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: roast, laugh at, blackguard
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "52. Full of creepy vibes"

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 suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
• Words that mean the same thing: eery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Assembled"

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 give certain properties to something
• Words that mean the same thing: attain, prepare, pee-pee
• The opposite would be: break, unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. Crime show spinoff, familiarly"

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: SVU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "60. Terminus"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: cease, close, goal
• The opposite would be: begin, beginning
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. Id's counterpart"

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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self-importance, self, egotism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "62. Second-oldest record label in the U.S."

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: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	57.0%
Short Answer	23	29.1%
Food & Drink	2	2.5%
History	2	2.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	79
Average Answer Length	5.0 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 Tuesday, 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: September 05, 2025 at 06:27 PM