27401 Sat Nov 16, 2024 NYT by Peter Gordon

Across Clues :

1. Goober, 5. Outlaws, 9. Not deliberate, 14. Headquarters of Talofa Airways, 16. Leads down the aisle at a wedding, informally, 17. Ballerina who popularized "The Nutcracker", 18. Sandbar, 19. Word on Saudi Arabia's flag, 20. 2002 movie with the tagline "Higher education just hit a new low", 22. A great deal, 24. Revel noisily, 26. Angel hair topper?, 27. Place, 28. Element between platino and mercurio, 29. Big bands, 32. Italian province on the Swiss border, 33. Holy book, in one spelling, 34. Does a job for a summer?, 35. Phrase on ID tags, 38. Wordle score that elicits the message "Genius", 39. Pulse, e.g., 40. Veet rival, 41. Cold palate cleansers, 43. About 91,500 are produced by a gal. of propane, 44. Goes green, maybe, 46. "___ Dragon" (1977 Disney film), 50. Big dipper, 51. Like some asteroids, 53. Hurdles for would-be doctors, 54. Is cautious, 55. Represent, 56. Piece with a point, 57. Mind

Down Clues :

1. Crunched stuff, 2. ___ Lee, activist who led the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, 3. Small stream, 4. Home to "a real pipperoo" of song, 5. Grinchy shout, 6. Like participants in the rite of rumspringa, 7. Present time, 8. Something to wear while watching the game, 9. College basketball powerhouse, 10. Flicks, as a butt, 11. Food that can be prepared quickly, 12. Buzzy promos, 13. Valentino competitor, for short, 15. Woodstock artist, 21. Housemate, e.g., 23. Camping kits for preparing meals, 25. Host of "The Joy of Painting", 26. Continually criticized, 27. Young haddock, 29. Subject of New York City's first public statue of a woman (1915), 30. Enlists for, as an unwelcome task, 31. Prime minister of Ireland, 32. Corp. money managers, 36. Good-for-nothing, 37. Brownish grays, 42. Model Hadid who wore a spray-on dress at a 2022 Paris fashion show, 43. Poet whose line "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" is quoted in "Bull Durham", 45. Antepenultimate word in a noted Neil Armstrong quote, 47. All-Star point guard Young, 48. Being, to Sartre, 49. Shake off, 50. "Mahalo nui ___" (words from a grateful Hawaiian), 52. Like three-balls

New York Times, Saturday, November 16, 2024

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 16, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Goober. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: DORK

  Possible Answer : dork, jerk




• The clue is 5. Outlaws. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BANS

  Possible Answer : forbiddance, cast_out, banish, forbidding, ostracise, censor, Bachelor_of_Arts_in_Nursing, blackball, shun, prohibition, ban, ostracize, proscription, BAN, banning




• The clue is 9. Not deliberate. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HASTY

  Possible Answer : overhasty, precipitant, precipitous, precipitate, hasty, headlong




• The clue is 14. Headquarters of Talofa Airways. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: APIASAMOA




• The clue is 16. Leads down the aisle at a wedding, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: USHES




• The clue is 17. Ballerina who popularized "The Nutcracker". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TALLCHIEF

  Possible Answer : Maria_Tallchief, Tallchief




• The clue is 18. Sandbar. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SHOAL

  Possible Answer : school, shoal, shallow




• The clue is 19. Word on Saudi Arabia's flag. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ALLAH

  Possible Answer : Allah




• The clue is 20. 2002 movie with the tagline "Higher education just hit a new low". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SLACKERS

  Possible Answer : slacker, shirker




• The clue is 22. A great deal. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: MUCH

  Possible Answer : lots, a_good_deal, a_lot, very_much, practically, much, a_great_deal, often

  Possible Opposite Answer : little




• The clue is 24. Revel noisily. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ROISTER

  Possible Answer : carouse, roister, riot




• The clue is 26. Angel hair topper?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HALO

  Possible Answer : aureole, halo, ring, gloriole, annulus, nimbus, anchor_ring, aura, doughnut, glory




• The clue is 27. Place. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SITE

  Possible Answer : website, place, locate, land_site, web_site, situation, internet_site, site




• The clue is 28. Element between platino and mercurio. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ORO




• The clue is 29. Big bands. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: JAZZORCHESTRAS




• The clue is 32. Italian province on the Swiss border. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: COMO




• The clue is 33. Holy book, in one spelling. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: KORAN

  Possible Answer : Quran, Koran, al-Qur'an, Book




• The clue is 34. Does a job for a summer?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ADDS

  Possible Answer : attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder, tot_up, sum, sum_up, bring, contribute, minimal_brain_dysfunction, attention_deficit_disorder, total, minimal_brain_damage, add_together, tot, add_up, tally, hyperkinetic_syndrome, lend, impart, ADD, MBD, append, ADHD, bestow, tote_up, supply, summate, add

  Possible Opposite Answer : take_away, subtract




• The clue is 35. Phrase on ID tags. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: FAMOUSPOTATOES




• The clue is 38. Wordle score that elicits the message "Genius". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ONE

  Possible Answer : single, unmatchable, i, matchless, unmatched, unitary, unrivaled, I, 1, unity, unrivalled, peerless, one_and_only, one, ane, nonpareil, ace




• The clue is 39. Pulse, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SEED

  Possible Answer : germ, seminal_fluid, seeded_player, semen, source, cum, come, ejaculate, seed, sow




• The clue is 40. Veet rival. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NAIR




• The clue is 41. Cold palate cleansers. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: SORBETS

  Possible Answer : sorbet, water_ice




• The clue is 43. About 91,500 are produced by a gal. of propane. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BTUS

  Possible Answer : B.Th.U., British_thermal_unit, BTU




• The clue is 44. Goes green, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: FEELSILL




• The clue is 46. "___ Dragon" (1977 Disney film). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: PETES

  Possible Answer : pet




• The clue is 50. Big dipper. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LADLE

  Possible Answer : ladle, lade, laden




• The clue is 51. Like some asteroids. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: NEAREARTH




• The clue is 53. Hurdles for would-be doctors. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ORALS

  Possible Answer : oral, oral_exam, viva_voce, oral_examination, viva




• The clue is 54. Is cautious. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TAKESCARE




• The clue is 55. Represent. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ACTAS




• The clue is 56. Piece with a point. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OPED




• The clue is 57. Mind. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HEED

  Possible Answer : attentiveness, paying_attention, heed, regard, mind, listen

  Possible Opposite Answer : inattentiveness

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Crunched stuff. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: DATA

  Possible Answer: data, information, datum, data_point

• The clue is 2. ___ Lee, activist who led the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OPAL

  Possible Answer: opal

• The clue is 3. Small stream. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: RILL

  Possible Answer: run, streamlet, rivulet, runnel, rill

• The clue is 4. Home to "a real pipperoo" of song. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: KALAMAZOO

  Possible Answer: Kalamazoo

• The clue is 5. Grinchy shout. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: BAH

• The clue is 6. Like participants in the rite of rumspringa. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AMISH

  Possible Answer: Amish

• The clue is 7. Present time. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NOEL

  Possible Answer: Yule, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yuletide, Noel, Christmas

• The clue is 8. Something to wear while watching the game. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SAFARIHAT

• The clue is 9. College basketball powerhouse. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: HUSKIES

  Possible Answer: Eskimo_dog, husky

• The clue is 10. Flicks, as a butt. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ASHES

  Possible Answer: ash_tree, ash

• The clue is 11. Food that can be prepared quickly. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: SHORTORDER

• The clue is 12. Buzzy promos. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TEASERADS

• The clue is 13. Valentino competitor, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: YSL

• The clue is 15. Woodstock artist. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SCHULZ

  Possible Answer: Charles_M._Schulz, Schulz, Charles_Schulz, Charles_Munroe_Schulz

• The clue is 21. Housemate, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: COTENANT

  Possible Answer: cotenant

• The clue is 23. Camping kits for preparing meals. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: COOKSETS

• The clue is 25. Host of "The Joy of Painting". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ROSS

  Possible Answer: Nellie_Tayloe_Ross, James_Clark_Ross, Ross, Betsy_Ross, Nellie_Ross, Sir_Ronald_Ross, John_Ross, Betsy_Griscom_Ross, Sir_James_Clark_Ross, Sir_John_Ross

• The clue is 26. Continually criticized. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: HAMMEREDAT

• The clue is 27. Young haddock. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SCROD

  Possible Answer: schrod, scrod

• The clue is 29. Subject of New York City's first public statue of a woman (1915). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: JOANOFARC

• The clue is 30. Enlists for, as an unwelcome task. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ROPESINTO

• The clue is 31. Prime minister of Ireland. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TAOISEACH

  Possible Answer: taoiseach

• The clue is 32. Corp. money managers. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CFOS

  Possible Answer: CFO, chief_financial_officer

• The clue is 36. Good-for-nothing. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: USELESS

  Possible Answer: useless

  Possible Opposite Answer : useful

• The clue is 37. Brownish grays. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: TAUPES

  Possible Answer: taupe

• The clue is 42. Model Hadid who wore a spray-on dress at a 2022 Paris fashion show. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BELLA

• The clue is 43. Poet whose line "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" is quoted in "Bull Durham". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BLAKE

  Possible Answer: Blake, William_Blake

• The clue is 45. Antepenultimate word in a noted Neil Armstrong quote. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LEAP

  Possible Answer: spring, jump, leaping, leap, bounce, jump_off, bound, saltation

• The clue is 47. All-Star point guard Young. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TRAE

• The clue is 48. Being, to Sartre. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ETRE

• The clue is 49. Shake off. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SHED

  Possible Answer: caducous, cast_off, throw_away, exuviate, throw, moult, pour_forth, spill, molt, cast, shake_off, disgorge, slough, drop, throw_off, shed

  Possible Opposite Answer : persistent

• The clue is 50. "Mahalo nui ___" (words from a grateful Hawaiian). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LOA

• The clue is 52. Like three-balls. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: RED

  Possible Answer: carmine, red-faced, reddened, crimson, scarlet, ruby, reddish, cerise, cherry-red, redness, red_ink, bolshy, Red_River, loss, violent, Bolshevik, bolshie, Red, red, flushed, cherry, blood-red, Marxist, ruddy, ruby-red

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain

Saturday, November 16, 2024

27430 Tue Dec 17, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Answers

Across Clues :

1. Resting on, 5. Part of a plane or a theater, 10. Polynesian drink with psychoactive effects, 14. Trigonometry function, 15. "All politics is ___", 16. Dr. Frankenstein's assistant, 17. Snide comment about a collectible figurine?, 20. Id's counterpart, 21. Carelessly quick, 22. A cube has 12, 23. "It wasn't me!," for one, 25. Prefix with natal or noir, 26. Kerfuffle over beach footwear?, 33. It's "a good walk spoiled," per Mark Twain, 36. Drool, essentially, 37. Important knee tissue, for short, 38. Does as instructed, 40. "Scram!", 41. Beef cut from the short loin, 43. Egg donor's donations, 44. Planet whose name makes middle schoolers laugh, 47. On the ocean, 48. Feeling of guilt after cheating at table tennis?, 51. Leftmost image in the iconic illustration "The March of Progress", 52. Toys (with), 56. Whatsoever, 59. It usually precedes delivery, 62. No. on a business card, 63. Singer Parton when she's aimlessly wasting time?, 66. Vogue competitor, 67. Engage in a dispute, 68. Human rights lawyer Clooney, 69. Kill, to a comic, 70. Cried sheepishly?, 71. What has a meter and a motor

Down Clues :

1. The "A" of FAQ, 2. Hint of color, 3. Hamburger topping, 4. Bench press muscle, for short, 5. Lime and soda, for two, 6. Charged particles, 7. "Scram!", 8. Frilly and delicate, 9. Prey for gray wolves, 10. "Ish", 11. Eagerly excited, 12. Sotto ___ (quietly), 13. Synagogue chests, 18. ___ Drogo, "Game of Thrones" role for Jason Momoa, 19. Continue to work on, 24. Possible, but not looking good, 25. Mo. with two federal holidays, 27. Wiccan or druid, 28. Short-lived relationship, 29. Glowed with happiness, 30. Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, 31. Proactiv target, 32. Desperate request, 33. Self-care company founded by Gwyneth Paltrow, 34. Self-evident, informally, 35. Mean's counterpart, 39. Provide, 42. Bad things to have under one's eyes, 45. Caviar, e.g., 46. Siberian herding dog, 49. Type of kitchen in a small apartment, 50. Geeky type, 53. Site of a historic civil rights march, 54. Pharmacy product that's commonly chocolate-flavored, 55. Writing devices for tablets, 56. Citrus drinks, 57. Work, as the land, 58. Penne ___ vodka, 59. "___ Croft: Tomb Raider", 60. Bit of pond scum, 61. Alphabetically first rainbow color, 64. "A little ___'ll do ya!" (Brylcreem slogan), 65. Vegan milk option

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 17, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Tue Dec 17, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Answers

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Resting on. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ATOP

  Possible Answer : atop




• The clue is 5. Part of a plane or a theater. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AISLE

  Possible Answer : gangway, aisle




• The clue is 10. Polynesian drink with psychoactive effects. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: KAVA

  Possible Answer : kava, kavakava




• The clue is 14. Trigonometry function. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SINE

  Possible Answer : sin, sine




• The clue is 15. "All politics is ___". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LOCAL

  Possible Answer : local_anesthetic, topical_anaesthetic, topical_anesthetic, local_anaesthetic, local

  Possible Opposite Answer : national, express, general




• The clue is 16. Dr. Frankenstein's assistant. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IGOR




• The clue is 17. Snide comment about a collectible figurine?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: KNICKKNACKKNOCK




• The clue is 20. Id's counterpart. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EGO

  Possible Answer : self-importance, self, egotism, ego




• The clue is 21. Carelessly quick. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HASTY

  Possible Answer : overhasty, headlong, precipitant, hasty, precipitate, precipitous




• The clue is 22. A cube has 12. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EDGES

  Possible Answer : adjoin, march, border, butt_against, inch, boundary, butt, sharpness, edge, abut, butt_on, bound




• The clue is 23. "It wasn't me!," for one. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DENIAL

  Possible Answer : abnegation, self-renunciation, denial, self-denial, defence, disaffirmation, demurrer, defense, self-abnegation

  Possible Opposite Answer : prosecution




• The clue is 25. Prefix with natal or noir. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer : neo




• The clue is 26. Kerfuffle over beach footwear?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: FLIPFLOPFLAP




• The clue is 33. It's "a good walk spoiled," per Mark Twain. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GOLF

  Possible Answer : golf, golf_game




• The clue is 36. Drool, essentially. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SALIVA

  Possible Answer : saliva, spittle, spit




• The clue is 37. Important knee tissue, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ACL




• The clue is 38. Does as instructed. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: OBEYS

  Possible Answer : obey

  Possible Opposite Answer : disobey




• The clue is 40. "Scram!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: GIT

  Possible Answer : bum, rat, stinkpot, puke, lowlife, scum_bag, dirty_dog, rotter, skunk, git, stinker, crumb, so-and-so




• The clue is 41. Beef cut from the short loin. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TBONE




• The clue is 43. Egg donor's donations. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OVA

  Possible Answer : ovum, egg_cell




• The clue is 44. Planet whose name makes middle schoolers laugh. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: URANUS

  Possible Answer : Uranus, Ouranos




• The clue is 47. On the ocean. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ASEA

  Possible Answer : seawards, asea, seaward




• The clue is 48. Feeling of guilt after cheating at table tennis?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: PINGPONGPANG




• The clue is 51. Leftmost image in the iconic illustration "The March of Progress". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: APE

  Possible Answer : imitator, copycat, ape, aper, caricature, emulator, anthropoid




• The clue is 52. Toys (with). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: MESSES

  Possible Answer : pickle, wad, pile, kettle_of_fish, lot, mass, heap, peck, pot, slew, stack, mess_up, muckle, raft, muddle, mess_hall, tidy_sum, flock, messiness, great_deal, muss, mess, batch, fix, passel, mussiness, plenty, spate, mountain, quite_a_little, good_deal, sight, deal, hole, jam, hatful, mickle, mint




• The clue is 56. Whatsoever. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ATALL




• The clue is 59. It usually precedes delivery. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LABOR

  Possible Answer : moil, toil, Labor, push, proletariat, Labor_Department, travail, project, tug, labour, parturiency, Department_of_Labor, dig, drudge, confinement, working_class, labor, labor_movement, trade_union_movement, grind, lying-in, drive, fag, Labour_Party, task, Labour, childbed, DoL, undertaking, British_Labour_Party




• The clue is 62. No. on a business card. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EXT




• The clue is 63. Singer Parton when she's aimlessly wasting time?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DILLYDALLYDOLLY




• The clue is 66. Vogue competitor. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ELLE




• The clue is 67. Engage in a dispute. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ARGUE

  Possible Answer : fence, reason, argue, indicate, contend, debate




• The clue is 68. Human rights lawyer Clooney. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AMAL




• The clue is 69. Kill, to a comic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SLAY

  Possible Answer : bump_off, polish_off, dispatch, hit, remove, off, slay, murder




• The clue is 70. Cried sheepishly?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BAAED

  Possible Answer : baa, blate, blat, bleat




• The clue is 71. What has a meter and a motor. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TAXI

  Possible Answer : cab, hack, taxicab, taxi

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. The "A" of FAQ. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ASKED

  Possible Answer: inquire, require, involve, postulate, call_for, demand, ask, necessitate, take, expect, enquire, need

  Possible Opposite Answer : obviate

• The clue is 2. Hint of color. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TINGE

  Possible Answer: tinct, tint, jot, undertone, speck, hint, colour, pinch, tinge, soupcon, distort, touch, color, mite

• The clue is 3. Hamburger topping. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ONION

  Possible Answer: onion, onion_plant, Allium_cepa

• The clue is 4. Bench press muscle, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PEC

• The clue is 5. Lime and soda, for two. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ALKALIS

  Possible Answer: base, alkali

• The clue is 6. Charged particles. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IONS

  Possible Answer: ion

• The clue is 7. "Scram!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SCAT

  Possible Answer: scarper, turn_tail, fly_the_coop, run, run_away, escape, scat_singing, head_for_the_hills, break_away, take_to_the_woods, hightail_it, lam, bunk, scat

• The clue is 8. Frilly and delicate. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LACY

  Possible Answer: netlike, lacelike, lacy, webby, netted, webbed, weblike

• The clue is 9. Prey for gray wolves. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ELK

  Possible Answer: moose, wapiti, European_elk, Cervus_elaphus_canadensis, Cervus_elaphus, elk, Alces_alces, American_elk, red_deer

• The clue is 10. "Ish". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: KINDOF

• The clue is 11. Eagerly excited. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AGOG

  Possible Answer: agog

• The clue is 12. Sotto ___ (quietly). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: VOCE

• The clue is 13. Synagogue chests. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ARKS

  Possible Answer: ark, Ark, Ark_of_the_Covenant

• The clue is 18. ___ Drogo, "Game of Thrones" role for Jason Momoa. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: KHAL

• The clue is 19. Continue to work on. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: KEEPAT

• The clue is 24. Possible, but not looking good. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IFFY

  Possible Answer: flukey, chancy, iffy, fluky

• The clue is 25. Mo. with two federal holidays. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NOV

  Possible Answer: Nov, November

• The clue is 27. Wiccan or druid. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: PAGAN

  Possible Answer: heathenish, hedonist, infidel, heathen, pagan, gentile, ethnic, pleasure_seeker

• The clue is 28. Short-lived relationship. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: FLING

  Possible Answer: splurge, cast_out, discard, pass, toss_out, whirl, cast_away, dispose, throw_out, put_away, toss, toss_away, fling, cast_aside, spree, crack, go, chuck_out, throw_away, offer

• The clue is 29. Glowed with happiness. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LITUP

• The clue is 30. Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LAOS

  Possible Answer: Laos, Lao, Laotian, Lao_People's_Democratic_Republic

• The clue is 31. Proactiv target. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ACNE

  Possible Answer: acne

• The clue is 32. Desperate request. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PLEA

  Possible Answer: supplication, plea

• The clue is 33. Self-care company founded by Gwyneth Paltrow. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GOOP

  Possible Answer: muck, goop, max, guck, gook, scoop, grievous_bodily_harm, soap, slime, gunk, easy_lay, ooze, sludge, goo, liquid_ecstasy, Georgia_home_boy

• The clue is 34. Self-evident, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OBVI

• The clue is 35. Mean's counterpart. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LEAN

  Possible Answer: run, thin, skimpy, slant, incline, leaning, inclination, angle, tip, tilt, tend, be_given, lean, list

  Possible Opposite Answer : rich, fat

• The clue is 39. Provide. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SUPPLY

  Possible Answer: render, add, cater, supply, furnish, provide, issue, ply, supplying, append, provision

  Possible Opposite Answer : demand, recall

• The clue is 42. Bad things to have under one's eyes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BAGS

  Possible Answer: bagful, pocket, pocketbook, suitcase, dish, base, travelling_bag, grip, old_bag, udder, handbag, cup_of_tea, bag, bulge, purse, traveling_bag

• The clue is 45. Caviar, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ROE

  Possible Answer: hard_roe, roe

• The clue is 46. Siberian herding dog. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: SAMOYED

  Possible Answer: Samoyed, Samoyede, Samoyedic

• The clue is 49. Type of kitchen in a small apartment. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: GALLEY

  Possible Answer: galley, ship's_galley, caboose, cookhouse

• The clue is 50. Geeky type. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NERD

  Possible Answer: nerd, swot, dweeb, grind, wonk

• The clue is 53. Site of a historic civil rights march. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SELMA

  Possible Answer: Selma

• The clue is 54. Pharmacy product that's commonly chocolate-flavored. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EXLAX

• The clue is 55. Writing devices for tablets. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: STYLI

  Possible Answer: style, stylus

• The clue is 56. Citrus drinks. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ADES

  Possible Answer: fruit_drink, ade

• The clue is 57. Work, as the land. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TILL

  Possible Answer: cashbox, boulder_clay, trough, till, public_treasury, money_box

• The clue is 58. Penne ___ vodka. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALLA

• The clue is 59. "___ Croft: Tomb Raider". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LARA

• The clue is 60. Bit of pond scum. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALGA

  Possible Answer: algae, alga

• The clue is 61. Alphabetically first rainbow color. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BLUE

  Possible Answer: low-spirited, grim, downcast, aristocratical, low, gamy, bluing, dreary, bluish, wild_blue_yonder, drab, Amytal, naughty, down, blueing, spicy, blue, gamey, patrician, dismal, blueish, blue_angel, gloomy, gentle, dark, aristocratic, dispirited, blue_sky, risque, blue_devil, profane, disconsolate, blueness, dingy, drear, down_in_the_mouth, racy, sorry, depressed, blue_air, blue-blooded, amobarbital_sodium, juicy, puritanical, downhearted, blasphemous, puritanic

• The clue is 64. "A little ___'ll do ya!" (Brylcreem slogan). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: DAB

  Possible Answer: pat, swab, splash, splatter, dab, tap, swob

• The clue is 65. Vegan milk option. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OAT

  Possible Answer: oat

December 10, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, December 10, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 64 (32 Across, 32 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.9 letters

December 10, 2022 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Eye exam you need to pass?	8
2A	9. Soaks (up)	4
3A	13. Cricketer's 100-run streaks	9
4A	15. Weapon with a point d'arrêt	4
5A	16. Where making a hasty exit is encouraged	10
6A	18. Flour ground in a chakki	4
7A	19. Pumped	6
8A	20. The Father of ___, moniker for inventor Leo Baekeland	8
9A	22. Not as adventurous	5
10A	23. Game that helps teach object permanence	8
11A	24. Heads of staffs?	4
12A	25. Pays someone back	8
13A	26. Stephen of the Field Day Theatre Company	3
14A	27. Spreads out in a bed?	4
15A	28. G, in C	3
16A	29. Exact hits	7
17A	31. Passage in a cemetery	7
18A	35. "___ dead, Jim"	3
19A	36. [See fine print]	4
20A	37. Mathematician Terence who won a Fields Medal at age 31	3
21A	38. Rock-forming mineral that makes up over half of the earth's crust	8
22A	40. Big affair	4
23A	41. Ejections	8
24A	42. Necklace closure	5
25A	43. Mug shot subject?	8
26A	44. Mildred D. ___, author of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry," 1977	6
27A	45. Like the habitat for camels	4
28A	46. Became smitten	10
29A	48. Plain protuberance	4
30A	49. Evidence of one's hang-ups?	9
31A	50. Descriptor for gray-blond hair	4
32A	51. They make waves for viewers	8

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. Eye exam you need to pass?"

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: IRISSCAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Soaks (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 piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: soak, soak through, sop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Cricketer's 100-run streaks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period of 100 years
• Words that mean the same thing: century, hundred, one C
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CENTURIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Weapon with a point d'arrêt"

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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Where making a hasty exit is encouraged"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ESCAPEROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Flour ground in a chakki"

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: ATTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Pumped"

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

  The answer is: STOKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. The Father of ___, moniker for inventor Leo Baekeland"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
• Words that mean the same thing: charge card, charge plate, credit 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: PLASTICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Not as adventurous"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an animal trainer who tames wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: meek, tame, tamed
• The opposite would be: wild
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Game that helps teach object permanence"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!
• Words that mean the same thing: bopeep
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEKABOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Heads of staffs?"

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 the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: orbit, orb, revolve
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Pays someone back"

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: GETSEVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Stephen of the Field Day Theatre Company"

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: REA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Spreads out in a bed?"

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

  The answer is: SOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. G, in C"

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 colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: soh, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Exact hits"

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 lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
• Words that mean the same thing: correspond, touch, catch
• The opposite would be: disagree
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MATCHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Passage in a cemetery"

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 inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPITAPH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. "___ dead, Jim""

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 very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
• Words that mean the same thing: helium, atomic number 2, he
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. [See fine print]"

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 (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Words that mean the same thing: principal, star topology, champion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Mathematician Terence who won a Fields Medal at age 31"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an adherent of any branch of taoism
• Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Rock-forming mineral that makes up over half of the earth's crust"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium
• Words that mean the same thing: felspar
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FELDSPAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Big affair"

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: FEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Ejections"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: HEAVEHOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Necklace closure"

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 fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
• Words that mean the same thing: clench, grip, clutches
• The opposite would be: unbuckle, unclasp
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. Mug shot subject?"

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: LATTEART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. Mildred D. ___, author of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry," 1977"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states composer and music critic (1885-1966)
• Words that mean the same thing: Deems Taylor, Joseph Deems Taylor, President Taylor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAYLOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Like the habitat for camels"

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 lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Words that mean the same thing: waterless, desiccate, desiccated
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. Became smitten"

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: FELLINLOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "48. Plain protuberance"

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 flat tableland with steep edges
• Words that mean the same thing: table
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "49. Evidence of one's hang-ups?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DIALTONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "50. Descriptor for gray-blond hair"

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 of a light grey
• Words that mean the same thing: ash-gray, ash-grey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "51. They make waves for viewers"

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: TVTOWERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword December 10, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Woe for winter travelers	8
2D	2. Pull-off	8
3D	3. Fighting	8
4D	4. Preakness or Belmont	6
5D	5. "All right!"	5
6D	6. Rep	4
7D	7. Word with pocket or bag	3
8D	8. Website with adoptable virtual creatures	7
9D	9. Icon for airplane passengers	8
10D	10. Choice	6
11D	11. Its symbol is WOOF on Nasdaq	5
12D	12. Geographical heptad	4
13D	14. Flat bottoms	5
14D	17. Meets expectations, in a way	8
15D	21. ___-faire	6
16D	23. Sunday parking spots?	4
17D	25. Develops hearing loss	8
18D	27. Postpone	6
19D	30. Let-them-eat-cake occasion?	8
20D	31. Gate postings, briefly	4
21D	32. Had a solo dinner "date"	8
22D	33. Time to read the Haggadah	8
23D	34. Machine that gives paper a smooth finish	8
24D	36. Focused attention on	7
25D	38. Foot ___	6
26D	39. Whit	5
27D	40. Move so as to evade detection, in a way	6
28D	41. Jack rabbits, but not rabbits	5
29D	42. Part of an epic verse	5
30D	43. Bhikkhu's teacher	4
31D	44. Set askew	4
32D	47. Head	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. Woe for winter travelers"

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: ICESTORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Pull-off"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: RESTAREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Fighting"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: INCOMBAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Preakness or Belmont"

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 money risked on a gamble
• Words that mean the same thing: interest, bet, gage
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "All right!""

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 caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
• Words that mean the same thing: top-notch, crack, tops
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Rep"

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 credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
• Words that mean the same thing: street cred, street credibility
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Word with pocket or bag"

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 mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
• Words that mean the same thing: air travel, broadcast, air out
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Website with adoptable virtual creatures"

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: NEOPETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Icon for airplane passengers"

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 safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident
• Words that mean the same thing: seat belt
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEATBELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Choice"

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 right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
• Words that mean the same thing: choice, pick, alternative
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Its symbol is WOOF on Nasdaq"

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: PETCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Geographical heptad"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: sea, ocean
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Flat bottoms"

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 colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: Sol, sole, so
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Meets expectations, in a way"

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: MAKESPAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. ___-faire"

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: SAVOIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Sunday parking spots?"

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 long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
• Words that mean the same thing: pew, church bench
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Develops hearing loss"

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: GOESDEAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Postpone"

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 hold back to a later time
• Words that mean the same thing: table, set back, remit
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHELVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Let-them-eat-cake occasion?"

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: CHEATDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Gate postings, briefly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Had a solo dinner "date""

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: ATEALONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Time to read the Haggadah"

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 (judaism) a jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the israelites from egypt
• Words that mean the same thing: Pesah, Pesach, Feast of the Unleavened Bread
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASSOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Machine that gives paper a smooth finish"

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: HOTPRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Focused attention on"

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 move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
• Words that mean the same thing: foreground, play up, spotlight
• The opposite would be: background, play down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPOTLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Foot ___"

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 form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
• Words that mean the same thing: hoodoo, voodoo, fetich
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FETISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Whit"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: scintilla, smidgeon, tittle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Move so as to evade detection, in a way"

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: FLYLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Jack rabbits, but not rabbits"

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 swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: hare, rabbit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Part of an epic verse"

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 highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Bhikkhu's teacher"

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 tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Lama
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Set askew"

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 combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
• Words that mean the same thing: controversy, wobble, angle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Head"

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 room or building equipped with one or more toilets
• Words that mean the same thing: toilet, lavatory, john
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAV

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	82.8%
Short Answer	5	7.8%
History	2	3.1%
Sports	1	1.6%
Science/Technology	1	1.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	32
Down Clues	32
Total Clues	64
Average Answer Length	5.9 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 05, 2025 at 04:23 PM