June 16, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (41 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 81 (41 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

June 16, 2021 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Items purportedly burned outside the Miss America Pageant in 1968	4
2A	5. Prefix that makes a pseudoscience when paired with 44-Down	6
3A	11. Quatrain rhyme scheme	4
4A	15. Fancy fabric	4
5A	16. Embryo's home	6
6A	17. Barbershop job	4
7A	18. Tiptop	4
8A	19. Jim Sheridan gives Daniel Day-Lewis nothing to work with in this Irish dramedy (1989)	11
9A	21. Photographer Goldin	3
10A	22. Stop up	3
11A	23. Rapper Megan ___ Stallion	4
12A	24. Letters seen on some tote bags	3
13A	25. Rian Johnson helms this snoozer of a whodunit starring Daniel Craig (2019)	8
14A	28. Thorny tree	6
15A	30. Adorable one	5
16A	31. It made the peseta passé	4
17A	34. Have in inventory	5
18A	35. Handy sorts	6
19A	37. Fey of "30 Rock"	4
20A	39. Follower of smart or bad	3
21A	40. Elia Kazan bungles this John Steinbeck novel adaptation (1955)	10
22A	43. Hit the slopes	3
23A	45. Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys	4
24A	46. Foe of Austin Powers	6
25A	50. Nice dinnerware	5
26A	52. Tavern offerings	4
27A	54. Assemble	5
28A	55. Korean alphabet system	6
29A	57. Anne Fletcher misses the mark with this first film in a dance franchise (2006)	8
30A	59. 1950s White House nickname	3
31A	60. Word with luck or waiter	4
32A	63. Nonkosher sandwich	3
33A	64. Captain's record	3
34A	65. Led astray ... or like the films at 19-, 25-, 40- and 57-Across?	11
35A	68. Muppet with a big orange nose	4
36A	69. Victorian	4
37A	70. Make hard to read, in a way	6
38A	71. Egyptian cross	4
39A	72. Lip	4
40A	73. Cleaning tool	6
41A	74. Online crafts shop	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. Items purportedly burned outside the Miss America Pageant in 1968"

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 an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
• Words that mean the same thing: bandeau, brassiere, bra
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Prefix that makes a pseudoscience when paired with 44-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person afflicted with psychosis
• Words that mean the same thing: psychotic person, psychotic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSYCHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Quatrain rhyme scheme"

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: ABBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Fancy fabric"

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 someone who doesn't understand what is going on
• Words that mean the same thing: gimpy, square, crippled
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Embryo's home"

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 hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
• Words that mean the same thing: womb
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTERUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Barbershop job"

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 state of arrangement or appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: cut back, snip, cut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Tiptop"

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: acme, vertex, 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 8 Across: "19. Jim Sheridan gives Daniel Day-Lewis nothing to work with in this Irish dramedy (1989)"

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: MYRIGHTFOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Photographer Goldin"

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 your grandmother
• Words that mean the same thing: nanna, grandma, Nan River
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Stop 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 a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: decameter, dam up, dekametre
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Rapper Megan ___ Stallion"

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 12 Across: "24. Letters seen on some tote bags"

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: NPR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Rian Johnson helms this snoozer of a whodunit starring Daniel Craig (2019)"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: KNIVESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Thorny tree"

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 any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus acacia
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACACIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Adorable one"

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: CUTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. It made the peseta passé"

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 monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EURO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Have in inventory"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
• Words that mean the same thing: caudex, origin, store
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Handy sorts"

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: DIYERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Fey of "30 Rock""

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: TINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Follower of smart or bad"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: tail, prat, bottom
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Elia Kazan bungles this John Steinbeck novel adaptation (1955)"

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: WESTOFEDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Hit the slopes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys"

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: NEIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Foe of Austin Powers"

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: DREVIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Nice dinnerware"

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 communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern asia; the most populous country in the world
• Words that mean the same thing: Communist China, mainland China, Cathay
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Tavern offerings"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Words that mean the same thing: ale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Assemble"

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 act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
• Words that mean the same thing: merge, connect, unify
• The opposite would be: divide, disunify
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Korean alphabet system"

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: HANGUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Anne Fletcher misses the mark with this first film in a dance franchise (2006)"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: STEPDOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. 1950s White House nickname"

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 united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Eisenhower, Eisenhower
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Word with luck or waiter"

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 slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - thackeray
• Words that mean the same thing: slow, dim, dense
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Nonkosher sandwich"

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 sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
• Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Captain's record"

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 segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
• Words that mean the same thing: logarithm, lumber
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Led astray ... or like the films at 19-, 25-, 40- and 57-Across?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
• Words that mean the same thing: debase, lead astray, misdirect
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISDIRECTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Muppet with a big orange nose"

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: BERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Victorian"

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 assume a prim appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: strait-laced, prim up, dainty
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. Make hard to read, in a way"

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 convert information into code
• The opposite would be: decode
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENCODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. Egyptian cross"

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: ANKH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "72. Lip"

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 impudent or insolent rejoinder
• Words that mean the same thing: sassing, SAS, back talk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "73. Cleaning tool"

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 windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
• Words that mean the same thing: dust storm, gaberdine, gabardine
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUSTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "74. Online crafts shop"

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: ETSY

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - June 16, 2021 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Item needed for burning, once	7
2D	2. Indigenous people of Easter Island	7
3D	3. Pool or fitness center, for a hotel	7
4D	4. Census info	3
5D	5. Mountain lions	5
6D	6. Frustrate	6
7D	7. "___ out!" (ump's cry)	3
8D	8. Lit ___	4
9D	9. Jackman of "X-Men"	4
10D	10. ___ Jackson, a.k.a. Ice Cube	5
11D	11. D.O.J. agency	3
12D	12. Winners of Super Bowl 50	7
13D	13. "Frida" and "Selena," e.g.	7
14D	14. Operator of the California Zephyr	6
15D	20. Gumshoes	4
16D	22. Big name in tractors	5
17D	26. For your ___ pleasure	7
18D	27. Almond extract, e.g.	6
19D	29. Finished	7
20D	32. Big guns	6
21D	33. Unnamed person	3
22D	36. Job app ID	3
23D	38. Recipe instruction	3
24D	41. Gossip, in slang	3
25D	42. Lose one's cool	5
26D	43. "Hips Don't Lie" singer, 2006	7
27D	44. See 5-Across	7
28D	47. Word that fills both parts of the Shakespeare quote "These ___ delights have ___ ends"	7
29D	48. Inventor's happy cry	7
30D	49. Protracted	7
31D	50. Subjects for Jane Goodall	6
32D	51. BMW competitor	4
33D	53. Monk known as the "Father of English History"	6
34D	56. Baited	5
35D	58. Respected tribe member	5
36D	61. Handout from a maître d'	4
37D	62. Secretly loops in, in a way	4
38D	66. Private Instagram exchanges, briefly	3
39D	67. Tater ___	3
40D	68. Hon	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. Item needed for burning, once"

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: BLANKCD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Indigenous people of Easter Island"

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: RAPANUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Pool or fitness center, for a hotel"

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 pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
• Words that mean the same thing: agreeableness
• The opposite would be: disagreeableness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMENITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Census info"

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 activities associated with sexual intercourse
• Words that mean the same thing: sexual activity, sexual urge, arouse
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Mountain lions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large american feline resembling a lion
• Words that mean the same thing: Felis concolor, mountain lion, catamount
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Frustrate"

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 situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
• Words that mean the same thing: block, obstruct, hinder
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "___ out!" (ump's cry)"

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: YER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Lit ___"

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: CRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Jackman of "X-Men""

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: HUGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. ___ Jackson, a.k.a. Ice Cube"

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: OSHEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. D.O.J. agency"

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 law enforcement and tax collection agency of the treasury department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
• Words that mean the same thing: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Winners of Super Bowl 50"

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 unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
• Words that mean the same thing: bronco, broncho, bronc
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRONCOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Frida" and "Selena," e.g."

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

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

  The answer is: BIOPICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Operator of the California Zephyr"

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

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

  The answer is: AMTRAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Gumshoes"

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 police officer who investigates crimes
• Words that mean the same thing: investigator, police detective, detective
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Big name in tractors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)
• Words that mean the same thing: John Deere
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. For your ___ pleasure"

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

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• This could be something that the display of a motion picture
• Words that mean the same thing: screening, watch, regard
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIEWING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Almond extract, e.g."

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

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

  The answer is: NUTOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Finished"

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

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

  The answer is: ATANEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Big guns"

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

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• This could be something that a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
• Words that mean the same thing: plunder, reave, loot
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Unnamed person"

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

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• This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: matchless, unrivalled, single
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Job app ID"

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

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

  The answer is: SSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Recipe instruction"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: hyperkinetic syndrome, supply, attention deficit disorder
• The opposite would be: take away, subtract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "41. Gossip, in slang"

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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: Camellia sinensis, teatime, afternoon tea
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Lose one's cool"

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 start abruptly
• Words that mean the same thing: take fire, burst out, catch 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: ERUPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. "Hips Don't Lie" singer, 2006"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

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

  The answer is: SHAKIRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. See 5-Across"

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

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• This could be something that a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KINESIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Word that fills both parts of the Shakespeare quote "These ___ delights have ___ ends""

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 acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
• Words that mean the same thing: tearing, red, fierce
• The opposite would be: nonviolent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIOLENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Inventor's happy cry"

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

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

  The answer is: ITWORKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Protracted"

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 relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
• Words that mean the same thing: prolonged, extended, protracted
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENGTHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Subjects for Jane Goodall"

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 intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial african forests
• Words that mean the same thing: chimp, Pan troglodytes, chimpanzee
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. BMW competitor"

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: AUDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Monk known as the "Father of English History""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: STBEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Baited"

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 provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
• Words that mean the same thing: entice, tempt, lure
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LURED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Respected tribe member"

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 person who is older than you are
• Words that mean the same thing: elderberry bush, sr., older
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Handout from a maître d'"

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 list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: carte du jour, computer menu, card
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Secretly loops in, in a way"

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: BCCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "66. Private Instagram exchanges, briefly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
• Words that mean the same thing: decimetre, decimeter, DM
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "67. Tater ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: add together, toddler, tot 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: TOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "68. Hon"

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: BAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	64.2%
Short Answer	16	19.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.7%
History	3	3.7%
Movies/Film	2	2.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.2%
Literature	1	1.2%
Geography	1	1.2%
Food & Drink	1	1.2%
Abbreviation	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	81
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 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 16, 2025 at 09:18 PM