January 19, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (32 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (39 Across, 32 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle January 19, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Reposition an icon, maybe	11
2A	5. Key inspiration?	15
3A	10. Genre with a Hall of Fame in Ohio	11
4A	14. Chocolate-and-caramel candy	4
5A	15. Number of Brontë sisters or Karamazov brothers	5
6A	16. Ones with a lot of pull in agriculture?	4
7A	17. Major crop for Russia and Canada	4
8A	18. Checks held by Santa?	5
9A	19. Actor Jared	4
10A	20. One who wasn't due to arrive, informally	7
11A	22. Count	7
12A	24. Collect, as profit	4
13A	25. "___ dreaming?"	3
14A	26. WNW's opposite	3
15A	27. Principle of complementary duality	10
16A	29. Some protest handouts	8
17A	33. Gets comfortable with	8
18A	35. Plains tribe	4
19A	39. Things taken in class	5
20A	40. Mess up	3
21A	42. Pleasantly concise	13
22A	43. Joyful giddiness	4
23A	44. DC Comics antiheroine a.k.a. Selina Kyle	8
24A	46. Loud chewing, for some	8
25A	50. Lead-in to a culinary attribution	3
26A	51. Combine, as versatile wardrobe pieces	11
27A	54. Miracle-___	3
28A	55. Medieval adventure tale	4
29A	57. Beats easily	7
30A	59. Fashion accessories in a 1940s #1 Dinah Shore hit	14
31A	62. Neutral shades	4
32A	63. Author of macabre tales, in brief	5
33A	65. Stackable food item	4
34A	66. "Let's go already!"	4
35A	67. Hearty meal options	5
36A	68. Perceptive	4
37A	69. Ones tending to brood?	4
38A	70. Essential ingredient in Welsh rarebit	5
39A	71. Miniature whirlpool	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Reposition an icon, maybe"

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: DRAGANDDROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Key inspiration?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: STARSANDSTRIPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Genre with a Hall of Fame in Ohio"

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: ROCKANDROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Chocolate-and-caramel candy"

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: ROLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Number of Brontë sisters or Karamazov brothers"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: threesome, trine, III
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Ones with a lot of pull in agriculture?"

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 domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - bible
• Words that mean the same thing: wild ox, ox, cattle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Major crop for Russia and Canada"

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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• Words that mean the same thing: oat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Checks held by Santa?"

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 one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
• Words that mean the same thing: rule, rein in, rein
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Actor Jared"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that wife or mistress of zeus and mother of apollo and artemis in ancient mythology; called latona in roman mythology
• Words that mean the same thing: Latona
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. One who wasn't due to arrive, informally"

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 an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
• Words that mean the same thing: preterm infant, premature baby, premature infant
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PREEMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Count"

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: TALLYUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Collect, as profit"

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 gather, as of natural products
• Words that mean the same thing: glean, harvest, draw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. "___ dreaming?""

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: AMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. WNW's opposite"

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 compass point midway between east and southeast
• Words that mean the same thing: east southeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Principle of complementary duality"

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: YINANDYANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Some protest handouts"

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 a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
• Words that mean the same thing: brochure, folder, pamphlet
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAFLETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Gets comfortable with"

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: ADAPTSTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Plains tribe"

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: 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: OTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Things taken in class"

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 brief written record
• Words that mean the same thing: take note, line, note
• The opposite would be: ignore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Mess up"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: stray, slip, drift
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Pleasantly concise"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: SHORTANDSWEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Joyful giddiness"

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 great merriment
• Words that mean the same thing: gleefulness, hilarity, mirth
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. DC Comics antiheroine a.k.a. Selina Kyle"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: CATWOMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Loud chewing, for some"

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: PETPEEVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Lead-in to a culinary attribution"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Combine, as versatile wardrobe pieces"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: MIXANDMATCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Miracle-___"

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: GRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Medieval adventure tale"

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: GEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Beats easily"

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: ACESOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Fashion accessories in a 1940s #1 Dinah Shore hit"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: BUTTONSANDBOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Neutral shades"

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 browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: tangent, topaz, suntan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Author of macabre tales, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EAPOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Stackable food item"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. "Let's go already!""

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: CMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Hearty meal options"

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

  The answer is: STEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Perceptive"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
• Words that mean the same thing: slap-up, piercing, knifelike
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Ones tending to brood?"

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 adult female chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: biddy, hen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "70. Essential ingredient in Welsh rarebit"

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 slices of bread that have been toasted
• Words that mean the same thing: drink, goner, crispen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "71. Miniature whirlpool"

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 founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
• Words that mean the same thing: purl, Mary Morse Baker Eddy, swirl
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDDY

  Great job if you got it right!

January 19, 2022 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	2. Crowd's sound	4
2D	3. Sub	9
3D	4. "Check it out for yourself!"	5
4D	6. You, in hymns	4
5D	7. Grande of "The Voice," to fans	3
6D	8. Alamo offering	6
7D	9. Kind of fragrant oil in some Asian cuisines	6
8D	11. Daisy variety also called a marguerite	5
9D	12. Constellation known as the Whale	5
10D	13. Leslie ___, Amy Poehler's role on "Parks and Recreation"	5
11D	21. Fountain treats	5
12D	23. Poppin', as a party	3
13D	28. Some people bow to it	4
14D	30. Did some crunches at lunch?	3
15D	31. Mass x acceleration, in physics	5
16D	32. Area near TriBeCa in N.Y.C.	4
17D	34. Chewy Easter treat	4
18D	36. Bright color in the garden	9
19D	37. Spoken	4
20D	38. Italy's Mount ___	4
21D	41. Issa of "Insecure"	3
22D	45. Talk show visitor	7
23D	47. Id's counterpart	3
24D	48. Most faithful	6
25D	49. First vegetable grown in space	6
26D	52. "Veni"	5
27D	53. Strobe light gas	5
28D	56. Add fuel to	5
29D	58. Info collected by H.R.	4
30D	60. Scholarship consideration	4
31D	61. PlayStation maker	4
32D	64. Potpie bit	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: "2. Crowd's sound"

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 deep prolonged loud noise
• Words that mean the same thing: bellow, holloa, howl
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "3. Sub"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who takes the place of another person
• Words that mean the same thing: tack, jump, interchange
• The opposite would be: opposite
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTERNATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "4. "Check it out for yourself!""

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: GOSEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "6. You, in hymns"

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: THEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "7. Grande of "The Voice," to fans"

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: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "8. Alamo offering"

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 property that is leased or rented out or let
• Words that mean the same thing: letting, renting, lease
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "9. Kind of fragrant oil in some Asian cuisines"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that east indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
• Words that mean the same thing: benni, benne, benny
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SESAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "11. Daisy variety also called a marguerite"

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 north american shrubby perennial herb of the genus heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: heliopsis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXEYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "12. Constellation known as the Whale"

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 large constellation on the equator near pisces and aquarius
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CETUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "13. Leslie ___, Amy Poehler's role on "Parks and Recreation""

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: KNOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "21. Fountain treats"

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 milkshake made with malt powder
• Words that mean the same thing: malted milk, malt, malt liquor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "23. Poppin', as a party"

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 humanistic study of a body of literature
• Words that mean the same thing: literature, unhorse, get down
• The opposite would be: extinguish, unlighted
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "28. Some people bow to it"

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 material effigy that is worshipped
• Words that mean the same thing: graven image, god, perfection
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "30. Did some crunches at lunch?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: consume, corrode, exhaust
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "31. Mass x acceleration, in physics"

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 a powerful effect or influence
• Words that mean the same thing: coerce, draw, forcefulness
• The opposite would be: pull, push
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "32. Area near TriBeCa in N.Y.C."

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 district in southwestern manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
• Words that mean the same thing: South of Houston
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "34. Chewy Easter treat"

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 short weak cry of a young bird
• Words that mean the same thing: chirrup, peek, cheep
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "36. Bright color in the garden"

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: TOMATORED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "37. Spoken"

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 an examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: oral exam, viva, unwritten
• The opposite would be: anal, aboral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "38. Italy's Mount ___"

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 inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
• Words that mean the same thing: bunsen burner, Mt Etna, bunsen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "41. Issa of "Insecure""

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: RAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "45. Talk show visitor"

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: TVGUEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "47. 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 24 Down: "48. Most faithful"

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 consistent with fact or reality; not false; ; - b. russell
• Words that mean the same thing: lawful, dead on target, honest
• The opposite would be: untruthful, false
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "49. First vegetable grown in space"

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 edible tuber native to south america; a staple food of ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: white potato vine, white potato, Irish potato
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POTATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "52. "Veni""

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: ICAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "53. Strobe light gas"

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 colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 54, Xe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: XENON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "56. Add fuel to"

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 stir up or tend; of a fire
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "58. Info collected by H.R."

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: SSNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "60. Scholarship consideration"

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 a condition requiring relief
• Words that mean the same thing: ask, postulate, demand
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "61. PlayStation maker"

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: SONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "64. Potpie bit"

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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	73.2%
Short Answer	11	15.5%
History	3	4.2%
Food & Drink	3	4.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.8%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	32
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 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!

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 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM