27397 Tue Nov 12, 2024 NYT by Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee

Across Clues :

1. Iridescent gem, 5. Li'l fella, 10. ___ hands (razzle-dazzle display), 14. Annoy, 15. Rack up, as expenses, 16. "Superfood" berry, 17. Make out, in Manchester, 18. Chowder morsels, 19. Word with chocolate or tortilla, 20. Father ___, personification of New York City in old cartoons, 23. Oscar winner Michelle, 24. Abbr. on a business card, 25. Smooth sailing, so to speak, 26. Vocal skeptics, 29. Online investment platform, 32. Part of an email address, 36. "___ she blows!", 37. "RuPaul's Drag Race" walk, 41. Italian smoker, 42. Fast-food chain that has a long-running feud with Jon Stewart, 44. Grain that may be steel-cut, 45. Assignment outsourced to ChatGPT, perhaps, 46. First half of an alley-oop, 47. Certain lacrosse gear, 50. Intelligence org., 51. Bear who sings "I'm so rumbly in my tumbly", 54. Overflow (with), 55. Threaded fastener, 56. From which to hear the real story, as suggested by the starts of 20-, 26- and 51-Across, 60. Restaurant chain with an acronymic name, 62. Slinky shape, 63. Feels off, 66. Burrowing rodent, 67. Blockers for the QB, familiarly, 68. Pesky insect, 69. Blue parts of boobies, 70. Went clickety-clack, 71. Like French toast or frittatas

Down Clues :

1. Surgery sites, for short, 2. Finger used to swear?, 3. Like Tom Hanks for the majority of "Cast Away", 4. Roman soldier, 5. Early sign of life, perhaps, 6. Fjords and bays, 7. Region in which many fed. workers live, 8. One way to stare, 9. Approximately, 10. Bozos, 11. Hurts, like a tooth, 12. Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 13. 44444, for Newton Falls, OH, 21. Actor ___ Michael Murray of "One Tree Hill", 22. Completion document: Abbr., 27. Cry accompanying a fist pump, 28. "You can't have your cake and ___ it too", 29. List-ending abbr., 30. Put on, as a party, 31. Internet deep dive, metaphorically, 33. "Not a big deal", 34. Grind, as one's teeth, 35. "Glee" actress Rivera, 38. Heavy book, 39. Enthralled, 40. Home of the Salt Lake Temple, 43. More rational, 45. Channel on which to watch N.C.A.A. games, 48. Punch line punctuator, 49. Got clean, 52. Virtual animal companion, 53. Power problem, 57. Snakelike, 58. Pass covertly, 59. "Be ___" (candy heart words), 60. Assisted pregnancy procedure, for short, 61. Farmer's tool, 64. Twitch glitch, 65. Muddy quarters

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 12, 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. Iridescent gem. 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 5. Li'l fella. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIDDO




• The clue is 10. ___ hands (razzle-dazzle display). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JAZZ

  Possible Answer : have_it_off, hump, have_a_go_at_it, screw, make_love, do_it, get_it_on, lie_with, have_intercourse, roll_in_the_hay, malarky, bed, have_sex, eff, get_laid, make_out, wind, be_intimate, bonk, know, sleep_together, bang, malarkey, love, have_it_away, sleep_with, jazz, nothingness, fuck, idle_words




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

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

  The answer: RILE

  Possible Answer : bother, get_at, gravel, nettle, annoy, get_to, rag, irritate, nark, rile, chafe, roil, vex, devil




• The clue is 15. Rack up, as expenses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INCUR

  Possible Answer : find, obtain, incur, get, receive




• The clue is 16. "Superfood" berry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACAI




• The clue is 17. Make out, in Manchester. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNOG

  Possible Answer : osculate, snog, buss, kiss




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

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

  The answer: CLAMS

  Possible Answer : lolly, scratch, clams, gelt, dough, lucre, one_dollar_bill, simoleons, cabbage, loot, pelf, buck, clam, bread, shekels, wampum, dollar, kale, lettuce, moolah, dollar_bill, dinero, boodle, sugar




• The clue is 19. Word with chocolate or tortilla. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIP

  Possible Answer : break_off, silicon_chip, microprocessor_chip, buffalo_chip, cut_off, fleck, cow_chip, nick, scrap, chip_off, break_away, Saratoga_chip, microchip, chip_shot, micro_chip, come_off, potato_chip, cow_dung, flake, bit, chipping, crisp, poker_chip, chip, check, splintering, knap




• The clue is 20. Father ___, personification of New York City in old cartoons. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: KNICKERBOCKER




• The clue is 23. Oscar winner Michelle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEOH




• The clue is 24. Abbr. on a business card. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEL




• The clue is 25. Smooth sailing, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EASE

  Possible Answer : easiness, repose, rest, allay, simpleness, relief, facilitate, informality, comfort, ease, alleviate, relieve, still, relaxation, simplicity

  Possible Opposite Answer : difficulty




• The clue is 26. Vocal skeptics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAYSAYERS

  Possible Answer : naysayer




• The clue is 29. Online investment platform. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETRADE




• The clue is 32. Part of an email address. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATSIGN




• The clue is 36. "___ she blows!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAR




• The clue is 37. "RuPaul's Drag Race" walk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STRUT

  Possible Answer : swagger, ruffle, strut, prance, tittup, cock, sashay




• The clue is 41. Italian smoker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETNA

  Possible Answer : Etna, Mt_Etna, etna, bunsen, bunsen_burner, Mount_Etna




• The clue is 42. Fast-food chain that has a long-running feud with Jon Stewart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARBYS




• The clue is 44. Grain that may be steel-cut. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAT

  Possible Answer : oat




• The clue is 45. Assignment outsourced to ChatGPT, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSAY

  Possible Answer : test, seek, attempt, try, essay, assay, try_out, examine, prove




• The clue is 46. First half of an alley-oop. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOB

  Possible Answer : lob




• The clue is 47. Certain lacrosse gear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARMPADS




• The clue is 50. Intelligence org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NSA

  Possible Answer : NSA, National_Security_Agency




• The clue is 51. Bear who sings "I'm so rumbly in my tumbly". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: WINNIETHEPOOH




• The clue is 54. Overflow (with). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEEM

  Possible Answer : pullulate, stream, swarm, pour, teem




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

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

  The answer: TNUT




• The clue is 56. From which to hear the real story, as suggested by the starts of 20-, 26- and 51-Across. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: HORSESMOUTH




• The clue is 60. Restaurant chain with an acronymic name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IHOP




• The clue is 62. Slinky shape. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HELIX

  Possible Answer : coil, Helix, spiral, whorl, helix, genus_Helix, volute




• The clue is 63. Feels off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AILS

  Possible Answer : garlic, trouble, pain, ail




• The clue is 66. Burrowing rodent. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VOLE

  Possible Answer : vole, field_mouse




• The clue is 67. Blockers for the QB, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLINE




• The clue is 68. Pesky insect. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GNAT

  Possible Answer : gnat




• The clue is 69. Blue parts of boobies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEET

  Possible Answer : metrical_unit, metrical_foot, pes, foundation, invertebrate_foot, foot, fundament, understructure, base, groundwork, human_foot, infantry, substructure, ft, animal_foot

  Possible Opposite Answer : head




• The clue is 70. Went clickety-clack. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TYPED

  Possible Answer : typewrite, typecast, type




• The clue is 71. Like French toast or frittatas. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGGY

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Surgery sites, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORS

  Possible Answer: Beaver_State, OR, operating_theater, operating_room, surgery, operating_theatre, Oregon

• The clue is 2. Finger used to swear?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PINKY

  Possible Answer: pinky, little_finger, pinkie

• The clue is 3. Like Tom Hanks for the majority of "Cast Away". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALONE

  Possible Answer: lonely, entirely, solo, unparalleled, exclusively, unaccompanied, unequalled, lone, solely, unequaled, solitary, unique, only, alone

• The clue is 4. Roman soldier. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEGIONARY

  Possible Answer: legionnaire, legionary

• The clue is 5. Early sign of life, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KICK

  Possible Answer: complain, sound_off, kvetch, squawk, gripe, kick, give_up, bitch, plain, thrill, beef, kicking, rush, quetch, charge, flush, kick_back, bang, recoil, boot

  Possible Opposite Answer : cheer

• The clue is 6. Fjords and bays. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INLETS

  Possible Answer: intake, recess, inlet

• The clue is 7. Region in which many fed. workers live. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DCAREA

• The clue is 8. One way to stare. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUMBLY

  Possible Answer: obtusely, dumbly, densely

• The clue is 9. Approximately. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORSO

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

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

  The answer: JACKASSES

  Possible Answer: goof, goose, zany, fathead, jackass, goofball, cuckoo, bozo, jack, twat

• The clue is 11. Hurts, like a tooth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACHES

  Possible Answer: aching, yearn, hurt, smart, pine, ache, yen, languish, suffer

• The clue is 12. Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZAIRE

  Possible Answer: zaire, Belgian_Congo, Congo, Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, Zaire

• The clue is 13. 44444, for Newton Falls, OH. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZIP

  Possible Answer: ZIP_code, goose_egg, zip_fastener, slide_fastener, cipher, hurry, aught, travel_rapidly, zero, cypher, zilch, zippo, zip, null, speed, naught, energy, postcode, postal_code, vigour, zipper, nothing, ZIP, vigor, zip_up, nix, nada, nil

  Possible Opposite Answer : unzip

• The clue is 21. Actor ___ Michael Murray of "One Tree Hill". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHAD

  Possible Answer: Chadic_language, Lake_Chad, Chadic, Republic_of_Chad, Chad, chad, Tchad

• The clue is 22. Completion document: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CERT

  Possible Answer: cert

• The clue is 27. Cry accompanying a fist pump. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YES

  Possible Answer: yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no

• The clue is 28. "You can't have your cake and ___ it too". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAT

  Possible Answer: feed, rust, eat, deplete, exhaust, wipe_out, eat_up, eat_on, corrode, consume, run_through, use_up

• The clue is 29. List-ending abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETAL

• The clue is 30. Put on, as a party. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THROW

  Possible Answer: contrive, thrust, switch, hold, project, stroke, discombobulate, throw_away, give, bewilder, confuse, flip, make, throw, confound, befuddle, shed, cast_off, drop, cam_stroke, cast, shake_off, fox, throw_off, bedevil, fuddle, bemuse, hurl, have

• The clue is 31. Internet deep dive, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RABBITHOLE

• The clue is 33. "Not a big deal". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITSNOTHING

• The clue is 34. Grind, as one's teeth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GNASH

  Possible Answer: gnash

• The clue is 35. "Glee" actress Rivera. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAYA

• The clue is 38. Heavy book. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOME

  Possible Answer: tome

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

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

  The answer: RAPT

  Possible Answer: ecstatic, rapt, enraptured, rhapsodic, rapturous

• The clue is 40. Home of the Salt Lake Temple. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UTAH

  Possible Answer: UT, Beehive_State, Utah, Mormon_State

• The clue is 43. More rational. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANER

  Possible Answer: reasonable, sane

  Possible Opposite Answer : insane

• The clue is 45. Channel on which to watch N.C.A.A. games. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESPNU

• The clue is 48. Punch line punctuator. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIMSHOT

• The clue is 49. Got clean. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DETOXED

  Possible Answer: detoxify, detox

• The clue is 52. Virtual animal companion. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEOPET

• The clue is 53. Power problem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUTAGE

  Possible Answer: outage

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

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

  The answer: EELY

• The clue is 58. Pass covertly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLIP

  Possible Answer: slew, fall_away, dislocate, splay, slickness, slipperiness, slip_of_paper, faux_pas, slip-up, elusion, miscue, chemise, slick, moorage, slide, parapraxis, sideslip, shift, pillowcase, err, case, skid, drop_away, mistake, solecism, mooring, eluding, slue, gaucherie, luxate, slip_one's_mind, pillow_slip, gaffe, strip, teddy, berth, drop_off, shimmy, trip, steal, sneak, cutting, slip

• The clue is 59. "Be ___" (candy heart words). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINE

  Possible Answer: mine

• The clue is 60. Assisted pregnancy procedure, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVF

• The clue is 61. Farmer's tool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOE

  Possible Answer: hoe

• The clue is 64. Twitch glitch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAG

  Possible Answer: fall_behind, immure, interim, retardation, imprison, jail, meanwhile, gaol, meantime, dawdle, jug, remand, put_away, incarcerate, lag, slowdown, stave, put_behind_bars, fall_back

• The clue is 65. Muddy quarters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STY

  Possible Answer: pigsty, pigpen, stye, sty, hordeolum, eye_infection

April 22, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, April 22, 2024

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle April 22, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. *Nonrenewable energy source … and the start of an eight-step word ladder	4
2A	5. To any extent	5
3A	10. Singer Lambert	4
4A	14. British princess who was an Olympic equestrian	4
5A	15. ___ Hart, "Chicago" role	5
6A	16. Kind of bean mentioned in "The Silence of the Lambs"	4
7A	17. Leave no leaves, say	4
8A	18. Sustainably produced electricity	10
9A	20. Baroque ___ (1600-1750)	3
10A	21. *Air-conditioned, say	4
11A	22. Sweetie pie	3
12A	23. Traditional head garments for Sikh men	7
13A	25. Most clichéd	7
14A	29. Slowpoke in a shell	5
15A	30. *Sheep's coat	4
16A	31. Double-helix material	3
17A	32. ___ non grata (unwelcome sort)	7
18A	35. *Energy source whose production contributes to 36-Across	4
19A	36. One symptom of climate change	13
20A	39. *Energy source whose production contributes to 36-Across	4
21A	40. Big name in TV ratings	7
22A	41. ___ Dhabi	3
23A	42. *Pleasant to recall, as a memory	4
24A	43. Puccini opera about an opera singer	5
25A	47. Spilling the tea, so to speak	7
26A	49. Goes extinct	7
27A	51. Ages and ages	3
28A	52. *Discovery	4
29A	53. "I'm not loving it"	3
30A	54. Carbon-based energy source	10
31A	58. Diddly-squat	4
32A	59. Border on	4
33A	60. Major blood vessel	5
34A	61. Lena of "Chocolat"	4
35A	62. Fabric tears	4
36A	63. Barking orders, say	5
37A	64. *Renewable energy source … and the end of the word ladder	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. *Nonrenewable energy source … and the start of an eight-step word ladder"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the carboniferous period
• Words that mean the same thing: ember, char
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. To any extent"

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: ATALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Singer Lambert"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
• Words that mean the same thing: hug drug, ecstasy, go
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. British princess who was an Olympic equestrian"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ Hart, "Chicago" role"

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: ROXIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Kind of bean mentioned in "The Silence of the Lambs""

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: FAVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Leave no leaves, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dissolute man in fashionable society
• Words that mean the same thing: pitch, run down, rip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Sustainably produced electricity"

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

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: GREENPOWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Baroque ___ (1600-1750)"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: geological era, epoch, earned run average
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. *Air-conditioned, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
• Words that mean the same thing: assuredness, coolheaded, cool off
• The opposite would be: heat, warm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Sweetie pie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Traditional head garments for Sikh men"

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 a traditional muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
• Words that mean the same thing: pillbox, toque, turban
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TURBANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Most clichéd"

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 repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
• Words that mean the same thing: timeworn, tired, trite
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRITEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Slowpoke in a shell"

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 freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
• Words that mean the same thing: escargot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. *Sheep's coat"

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 fabric made from the hair of sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: woolen, fleece, woollen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Double-helix material"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. ___ non grata (unwelcome sort)"

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 actor's portrayal of someone in a play
• Words that mean the same thing: character, theatrical role, image
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERSONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. *Energy source whose production contributes to 36-Across"

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 hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
• Words that mean the same thing: woodwind, forest, Natalie Wood
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. One symptom of climate change"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: GLOBALWARMING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. *Energy source whose production contributes to 36-Across"

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 any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: intellectual nourishment, nutrient, food for thought
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Big name in TV ratings"

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 danish composer (1865-1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Carl Nielsen, Carl August Nielsen
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIELSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. ___ Dhabi"

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: ABU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. *Pleasant to recall, as a memory"

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 having or displaying warmth or affection
• Words that mean the same thing: warm, lovesome, adoring
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Puccini opera about an opera singer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOSCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Spilling the tea, so to speak"

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 provide (usually but not necessarily food)
• Words that mean the same thing: serve up, dish, serve
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISHING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Goes extinct"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DIESOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Ages and ages"

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 longest division of geological time
• Words that mean the same thing: aeon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. *Discovery"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a productive insight
• Words that mean the same thing: breakthrough, discovery, get
• The opposite would be: lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. "I'm not loving it""

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: MEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Carbon-based energy source"

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: FOSSILFUEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Diddly-squat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: zero, cypher, nil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Border on"

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 lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
• Words that mean the same thing: butt against, border, adjoin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Major blood vessel"

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 large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AORTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Lena of "Chocolat""

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: OLIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Fabric tears"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Barking orders, say"

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 offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
• Words that mean the same thing: autocratic, high-and-mighty, magisterial
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOSSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. *Renewable energy source … and the end of the word ladder"

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 air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
• Words that mean the same thing: nose, wander, wind up
• The opposite would be: unwind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIND

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Monday Crossword Down Clues - April 22, 2024 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. These manuscript marks: ^^^	6
2D	2. Out jogging	6
3D	3. Capital of Turkey	6
4D	4. "Abbott Elementary" actress Sheryl ___ Ralph	3
5D	5. Element whose name anagrams to GROAN	5
6D	6. Pamplona bulls	5
7D	7. Skater's jump with one and a half turns	4
8D	8. Work of fiction?	3
9D	9. Cariou who played Sweeney Todd	3
10D	10. In progress	5
11D	11. Suddenly became clear to	8
12D	12. Chicago's Michigan ___: Abbr.	3
13D	13. Damage, as a surface	3
14D	19. Dr. on TV	4
15D	21. "The Alienist" author Carr	5
16D	24. Two-legged stand	5
17D	25. Having a key, in music	5
18D	26. Laughs heartily	5
19D	27. Make out, in Britspeak	4
20D	28. Smidgen	3
21D	30. Knocked the socks off	5
22D	33. Talked incessantly	5
23D	34. Support for a cast … or a word meaning "cast"	5
24D	35. Some excessive drinkers	5
25D	36. Its name translates as "waterless place" in Mongolian	4
26D	37. Botches badly	8
27D	38. Allocated, with "out"	5
28D	39. With 49-Down, trendy eating plans	3
29D	42. Done, in Dijon	4
30D	44. Mogadishu resident	6
31D	45. Signaled to begin, as a conductor might	6
32D	46. Close by	6
33D	48. "S.N.L." V.I.P.s	5
34D	49. See 39-Down	5
35D	50. Mosaic decoration	5
36D	52. Controversial coats	4
37D	54. A long way away	3
38D	55. Kimono sash	3
39D	56. "Chocolate" breed, for short	3
40D	57. Rock's ___ Fighters	3
41D	58. As we speak	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. These manuscript marks: ^^^"

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 a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
• Words that mean the same thing: caret
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Out jogging"

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: ONARUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Capital of Turkey"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of turkey; located in west-central turkey; it was formerly known as angora and is the home of angora goats
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Turkey, Turkish capital, Angora
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANKARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Abbott Elementary" actress Sheryl ___ Ralph"

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

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Element whose name anagrams to GROAN"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 18, Ar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Pamplona bulls"

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: TOROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Skater's jump with one and a half turns"

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: AXEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Work of fiction?"

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: prevarication, lie down, lie in
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Cariou who played Sweeney Todd"

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: LEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. In progress"

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 traveling by foot
• Words that mean the same thing: underway
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Suddenly became clear to"

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: DAWNEDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Chicago's Michigan ___: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Damage, as a surface"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: defect, impair, March
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Dr. on TV"

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: PHIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. "The Alienist" author Carr"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Two-legged stand"

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: BIPOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Having a key, in music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
• Words that mean the same thing: tonic
• The opposite would be: atonal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Laughs heartily"

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

  The answer is: ROARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Make out, in Britspeak"

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 touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: kiss, buss, osculate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Smidgen"

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 slight amount or degree of difference
• Words that mean the same thing: shade
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Knocked the socks off"

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 impress greatly
• Words that mean the same thing: wow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Talked incessantly"

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: RANON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Support for a cast … or a word meaning "cast""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
• Words that mean the same thing: slingback, triangular bandage, scarf bandage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Some excessive drinkers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a chronic drinker
• Words that mean the same thing: drunkard, drunk, wino
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Its name translates as "waterless place" in Mongolian"

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 a desert in central china
• Words that mean the same thing: Gobi Desert
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Botches badly"

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: LOUSESUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Allocated, with "out""

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: METED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. With 49-Down, trendy eating plans"

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 an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
• Words that mean the same thing: rage, cult, furore
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Done, in Dijon"

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: FINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Mogadishu resident"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a tall dark (mostly muslim) people inhabiting somalia
• Words that mean the same thing: Somalian
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOMALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Signaled to begin, as a conductor might"

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: CUEDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Close by"

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: ATHAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. "S.N.L." V.I.P.s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
• Words that mean the same thing: server, emcee, host
• The opposite would be: parasite
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOSTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. See 39-Down"

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 prescribed selection of foods
• Words that mean the same thing: dieting, diet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Mosaic decoration"

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 (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INLAY

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Clue 36 Down: "52. Controversial coats"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
• Words that mean the same thing: pelt, fur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. A long way away"

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 terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by tutsi and to institute hutu control again
• Words that mean the same thing: ALIR, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe
• The opposite would be: near
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Kimono sash"

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 (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: obeah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. "Chocolate" breed, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
• Words that mean the same thing: science lab, laboratory, science laboratory
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "57. Rock's ___ Fighters"

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: FOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "58. As we speak"

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 momentary present
• Words that mean the same thing: directly, instantly, nowadays
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	62.8%
Short Answer	15	19.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	5	6.4%
Geography	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 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 Monday, 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: August 26, 2025 at 07:21 AM