May 17, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (36 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (36 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

May 17, 2022 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Kids and their parents	5
2A	6. Help with a job, in a way	4
3A	10. Wanted, but nowhere to be found	4
4A	14. Nickname for Schwarzenegger or Palmer	5
5A	15. Winged chatterbox	4
6A	16. Deal (with)	4
7A	17. Hive minders	10
8A	19. Having trouble deciding	4
9A	20. Early-season farming task	6
10A	21. C, for one	4
11A	23. Video chat disruption	3
12A	24. Words before "the stars are brightly shining," in a carol	10
13A	27. Lute ___, longtime Arizona basketball coach	5
14A	32. Winged hooter	3
15A	33. Grind, as one's teeth	5
16A	34. Second-most-visited website worldwide, after Google	7
17A	36. Many a Hollywood car crash	5
18A	38. So as not to stand out	6
19A	39. Some South Pacific greetings	6
20A	42. "Skol!," in Sauternes	5
21A	44. Literally, "on fire" … or, metaphorically, excellent	7
22A	45. "Three coins" fountain location	5
23A	47. Lip	3
24A	49. Scatter, as flower petals	5
25A	50. Drink that comes with a buzz cut?	10
26A	53. Gently touch, either forward or backward	3
27A	54. Staples of West African cuisine	4
28A	55. Frustrate	6
29A	61. Et ___ (and others)	4
30A	63. Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order?	10
31A	65. Neatnik's opposite	4
32A	66. Palindromic fashion magazine	4
33A	67. Petulant	5
34A	68. Line up	4
35A	69. Ones calling offsides	4
36A	70. Garlic squeezer	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Kids and their parents"

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 agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
• Words that mean the same thing: Capricorn, goat, butt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Help with a job, in a way"

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 assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Wanted, but nowhere to be found"

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 one who is away or absent without leave
• Words that mean the same thing: truant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Nickname for Schwarzenegger or Palmer"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Winged chatterbox"

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 tropical asian starlings
• Words that mean the same thing: myna bird, minah, mynah bird
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MYNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Deal (with)"

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 brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
• Words that mean the same thing: get by, grapple, manage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Hive minders"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
• Words that mean the same thing: apiculturist, beekeeper, apiarist
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEEKEEPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Having trouble deciding"

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 separate or cause to separate abruptly
• Words that mean the same thing: mangled, charge, deplume
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Early-season farming task"

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 place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
• Words that mean the same thing: inseminate, sow in, seed
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOWING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. C, for one"

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 brief written record
• Words that mean the same thing: tone, observe, government 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: NOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Video chat disruption"

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 act of slowing down or falling behind
• Words that mean the same thing: dawdle, slowdown, interim
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Words before "the stars are brightly shining," in a carol"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: OHOLYNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Lute ___, longtime Arizona basketball coach"

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: OLSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Winged hooter"

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 nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: hooter, bird of night, bird of Minerva
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Grind, as one's teeth"

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

  The answer is: GNASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Second-most-visited website worldwide, after Google"

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: YOUTUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Many a Hollywood car crash"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. So as not to stand out"

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

  The answer is: SUBTLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Some South Pacific greetings"

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 acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: aloha, ciao
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOHAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. "Skol!," in Sauternes"

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: SALUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Literally, "on fire" … or, metaphorically, excellent"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ENFUEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. "Three coins" fountain location"

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: TREVI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Lip"

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 shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
• Words that mean the same thing: brim, flange, lip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Scatter, as flower petals"

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 spread by scattering ( is archaic)
• Words that mean the same thing: straw
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Drink that comes with a buzz cut?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: DECAFLATTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Gently touch, either forward or backward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: glib, chuck, tap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Staples of West African cuisine"

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 edible tuber of any of several yams
• Words that mean the same thing: yam plant, yam
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. 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: obstruct, blockade, block
• The 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 29 Across: "61. Et ___ (and others)"

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: ALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
• Words that mean the same thing: mesmerize, mesmerised, mesmerise
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPELLBOUND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. Neatnik's opposite"

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 coarse obnoxious person
• Words that mean the same thing: slovenly person, pig, sloven
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Palindromic fashion magazine"

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: ELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Petulant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
• Words that mean the same thing: huffish, gloomful, gloomy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SULKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Line up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
• Words that mean the same thing: synchronise, synchronize
• The opposite would be: desynchronize, desynchronise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Ones calling offsides"

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 (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• Words that mean the same thing: referee, ref
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Garlic squeezer"

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 state of demanding notice or attention
• Words that mean the same thing: insistence, bid, campaign
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle May 17, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Yaks	4
2D	2. Twistable snack item	4
3D	3. From the top	4
4D	4. First man, in Polynesian creation myth	4
5D	5. Observed	4
6D	6. Rock blaster	3
7D	7. "Ta-ta!"	6
8D	8. Prepares to get schooled, perhaps	7
9D	9. Yummilicious	5
10D	10. Not just sit around daydreaming	3
11D	11. Just sit around daydreaming	10
12D	12. ___ Book Club	6
13D	13. Yardstick measurement	6
14D	18. ___ trip	3
15D	22. Swamps	7
16D	25. De-weeder	3
17D	26. West Coast burger chain	6
18D	27. Cries of dismay	3
19D	28. "Sweet Jane" songwriter Reed	3
20D	29. Indented part of an outline	10
21D	30. ___ rima (eight-line stanza)	6
22D	31. Invalidate	7
23D	35. Sch. affiliated with the Latter-day Saints	3
24D	37. Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club"	3
25D	40. Bouncer's concern	3
26D	41. Female hog	3
27D	43. Ride roughshod over	7
28D	44. 911 responder	3
29D	45. QB's six-pointer	6
30D	46. In actuality	6
31D	48. In and of ___	6
32D	51. Means of tagging in a game	5
33D	52. Class offered at many Y.M.C.A.s	3
34D	56. Baking meas.	4
35D	57. "That's ___ business"	4
36D	58. Workhorse that's only part horse	4
37D	59. Tattoo shop supplies	4
38D	60. Ice cream brand	4
39D	62. "American Idol" airer starting in 2018	3
40D	64. "___ Miz"	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. Yaks"

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 light informal conversation for social occasions
• Words that mean the same thing: chin wag, gabfest, gab
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Twistable snack item"

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 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 3 Down: "3. From the top"

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 again but in a new or different way
• Words that mean the same thing: afresh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. First man, in Polynesian creation myth"

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: TIKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Observed"

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 perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
• Words that mean the same thing: learn, control, get a line
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Rock blaster"

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 basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: A, adenosine monophosphate, ampere
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Ta-ta!""

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: BYENOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Prepares to get schooled, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that register formally as a participant or member
• Words that mean the same thing: inscribe, recruit, enrol
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENROLLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Yummilicious"

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 pleasing to the sense of taste
• The opposite would be: tasteless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Not just sit around daydreaming"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: work, behave, deed
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Just sit around daydreaming"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
• Words that mean the same thing: stargaze, dream, daydream
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOLGATHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. ___ Book Club"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPRAHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Yardstick measurement"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
• Words that mean the same thing: duration, distance
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENGTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. ___ trip"

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, egotism, self
• The 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 15 Down: "22. Swamps"

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 devote (oneself) fully to
• Words that mean the same thing: steep, engross, immerse
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENGULFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. De-weeder"

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 tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. West Coast burger chain"

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: INNOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Cries of dismay"

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: OYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. "Sweet Jane" songwriter Reed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Indented part of an outline"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
• Words that mean the same thing: subdivision
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUBSECTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. ___ rima (eight-line stanza)"

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: OTTAVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Invalidate"

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 declare invalid
• Words that mean the same thing: annul, avoid, invalidate
• The opposite would be: validate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NULLIFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Sch. affiliated with the Latter-day Saints"

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: BYU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club""

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

  The answer is: TAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Bouncer's concern"

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 long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: maturate, historic period, mature
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Female hog"

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 adult female hog
• Words that mean the same thing: inseminate, sow in, seed
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Ride roughshod over"

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 the sound of heavy treading or stomping
• Words that mean the same thing: tread down, tread, tramp down
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAMPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. 911 responder"

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: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. QB's six-pointer"

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: TDPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. In actuality"

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 in accordance with truth or fact or reality
• Words that mean the same thing: rattling, genuinely, very
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REALLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. In and of ___"

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: ITSELF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Means of tagging in a game"

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 an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
• Words that mean the same thing: optical maser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Class offered at many Y.M.C.A.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: ESL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Baking meas."

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: TBSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. "That's ___ business""

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: YOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Workhorse that's only part horse"

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 hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
• Words that mean the same thing: scuff
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MULE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Tattoo shop supplies"

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 liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
• Words that mean the same thing: ink
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Ice cream brand"

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: EDYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. "American Idol" airer starting in 2018"

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

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

  The answer is: ABC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. "___ Miz""

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 chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Words that mean the same thing: lupus erythematosus, LE
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	64.5%
Short Answer	15	19.7%
History	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Literature	2	2.6%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 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 medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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 09, 2025 at 11:38 PM