27453 Thu Jan 09, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 09, 2025

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

Thu Jan 09, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Eat dirt, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BITEIT




• The clue is 7. Info at JFK or LAX. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

  Possible Answer : eta, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna, ETA, Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty




• The clue is 10. One image on a Monopoly board. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JAIL

  Possible Answer : put_away, imprison, jailhouse, jail, lag, slammer, incarcerate, jug, gaol, pokey, clink, immure, put_behind_bars, remand, poky




• The clue is 14. Longtime Ford S.U.V.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRONCO

  Possible Answer : bronco, broncho, bronc




• The clue is 15. Bring trouble to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VEX

  Possible Answer : chafe, get, amaze, get_to, perplex, devil, nark, nettle, raise_up, stupefy, annoy, shake_up, beat, pose, bother, agitate, flummox, stir_up, stick, rag, bewilder, vex, disturb, mystify, dumbfound, nonplus, irritate, get_at, gravel, worry, rile, commove, puzzle, baffle

  Possible Opposite Answer : reassure




• The clue is 16. Knight of film. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JEDI




• The clue is 17. Charlie horse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLYDESDALE

  Possible Answer : Clydesdale




• The clue is 19. "To suffer ___ which Hope thinks infinite": Shelley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WOES

  Possible Answer : suffering, woefulness, woe




• The clue is 20. Fictional thief Lupin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARSENE




• The clue is 21. Papa bear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PANDA

  Possible Answer : Ailurus_fulgens, giant_panda, red_panda, bear_cat, panda, lesser_panda, coon_bear, cat_bear, panda_bear, Ailuropoda_melanoleuca




• The clue is 22. Body with many pages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SENATE

  Possible Answer : US_Senate, Senate, U.S._Senate, senate, United_States_Senate




• The clue is 24. Awesome, in 1990s slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PHAT




• The clue is 26. Sierra Leone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERGIO




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

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

  The answer: THIRTEEN

  Possible Answer : long_dozen, XIII, thirteen, baker's_dozen, xiii, 13




• The clue is 31. Twin actress Mary-Kate or Ashley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLSEN




• The clue is 32. Harbor markers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUOYS

  Possible Answer : buoy, buoy_up




• The clue is 33. Longtime wire service inits.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPI




• The clue is 34. Haunted house feeling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEAR

  Possible Answer : reverence, fear, fright, awe, concern, care, venerate, veneration, revere, dread, fearfulness

  Possible Opposite Answer : fearlessness




• The clue is 35. Italian for "baked". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COTTA




• The clue is 36. Mystery writer, in brief?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANON

  Possible Answer : anon




• The clue is 37. Danger in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TNT

  Possible Answer : trinitrotoluene, TNT




• The clue is 38. Point at, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NODTO




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

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

  The answer: SLICE

  Possible Answer : gash, slit, slicing, slash, slice, piece, fade, cut, slice_up




• The clue is 40. Golf course. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAZPACHO

  Possible Answer : gazpacho




• The clue is 42. Whiskey soda. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WELCHS

  Possible Answer : welsh, welch




• The clue is 43. Yours, in French. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATOI




• The clue is 44. Dave or Ray of the Kinks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAVIES

  Possible Answer : Sir_Humphrey_Davy, Davy, Humphrey_Davy




• The clue is 45. Quebec city. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QUITO

  Possible Answer : Quito, capital_of_Ecuador




• The clue is 48. Cut some slack?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAUTEN

  Possible Answer : tauten, firm




• The clue is 50. Strong push. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URGE

  Possible Answer : urge_on, exhort, pep_up, impulse, itch, root_on, barrack, urge, recommend, press, cheer, inspire, advocate




• The clue is 51. Alpha male (double). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARTHURASHE




• The clue is 55. Stands at first, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISON




• The clue is 56. Vivacious, theatrical and passionate type, it's said. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEO

  Possible Answer : Leo_the_Lion, Lion, Leo




• The clue is 57. Info in a job posting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SALARY

  Possible Answer : wage, earnings, pay, remuneration, salary




• The clue is 58. Casting director's offering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PART

  Possible Answer : divide, separate, parting, split_up, depart, set_forth, set_out, partially, persona, character, partly, component, voice, function, region, portion, set_off, part, take_off, section, constituent, office, start, split, start_out, break, contribution, role, share, division, percentage, piece, theatrical_role, disunite, break_up, component_part

  Possible Opposite Answer : wholly




• The clue is 59. Candy in plastic dispensers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEZ




• The clue is 60. "Maybe. Give me time to think". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILLSEE

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. "Fleabag" airer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BBC

• The clue is 2. Off-line, to those online. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRL

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

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

  The answer: TOY

  Possible Answer: toy, flirt, plaything, toy_dog, miniature, fiddle, dally, play, diddle

• The clue is 4. Put at risk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENDANGER

  Possible Answer: scupper, queer, jeopardize, jeopardise, expose, endanger, threaten, peril, menace, imperil

• The clue is 5. Cold-weather driving hazard. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICERAIN

• The clue is 6. Lob in the direction of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOSSTO

• The clue is 7. Film writer/director Goldberg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVAN

• The clue is 8. Kind of lens for long-distance shots. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TELEPHOTO

  Possible Answer: telephotograph, telephoto

• The clue is 9. Bit of medieval weaponry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXE

  Possible Answer: ax, axe

• The clue is 10. Three-time N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2014 and 2015). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JJWATT

• The clue is 11. Long, long time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AEON

  Possible Answer: aeon, eon

• The clue is 12. Pointed the finger at. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDED

• The clue is 13. TV journalist Ling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LISA

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

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

  The answer: DEE

• The clue is 21. Links figures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARS

  Possible Answer: par, equality, equation, equivalence

• The clue is 22. Singer Gomez. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELENA

• The clue is 23. Fake. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERSATZ

  Possible Answer: substitute, ersatz

• The clue is 25. Casual greeting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIYA

• The clue is 26. Leader of Germany?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFTG

• The clue is 27. Entire, in Italian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUTTO

• The clue is 28. ___ Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EUNICE

• The clue is 29. Time periods. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPOCHS

  Possible Answer: date_of_reference, era, epoch

• The clue is 30. To the ___ (with style). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NINES

  Possible Answer: IX, ball_club, club, nine, 9, Nina_from_Carolina, nine-spot, baseball_club, ennead, niner

• The clue is 32. Notable site of enlightenment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BODHITREE

• The clue is 35. Pixar film set in the fictional town of Santa Cecilia. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COCO

  Possible Answer: coconut_palm, coco, coconut_tree, coconut, coco_palm, cocoa_palm, Cocos_nucifera

• The clue is 36. At the end of the day. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLINALL

• The clue is 38. Grp. whose alphabet is used eight times in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NATO

  Possible Answer: NATO, North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization

• The clue is 39. More than a few. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEVERAL

  Possible Answer: respective, various, several

• The clue is 41. One of 3,000+ annually for IBM. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATENT

  Possible Answer: evident, apparent, manifest, patent, unmistakable, letters_patent, plain, patent_of_invention

• The clue is 42. 1960s dance craze. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WATUSI

  Possible Answer: Watutsi, Tutsi, Watusi

• The clue is 44. "Obviously!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUH

• The clue is 45. Groucho Marx specialty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QUIP

  Possible Answer: wisecrack, quip, crack, gag, sally, epigram

• The clue is 46. ___ Major. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URSA

• The clue is 47. Composer Stravinsky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IGOR

• The clue is 49. The whole shebang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATOZ

• The clue is 51. Challenge for a skier. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALP

  Possible Answer: alp

• The clue is 52. One of the founding airlines of Star Alliance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAS

  Possible Answer: SAS, SA, Special_Air_Service, Storm_Troops, Sturmabteilung

• The clue is 53. Realm of Charlemagne, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HRE

• The clue is 54. Fashion designer's asset. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYE

  Possible Answer: center, middle, eye, optic, eyeball, heart, oculus, centre

September 14, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

September 14, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Picked up a split, e.g.	6
2A	7. Fop's accessory	6
3A	13. Word appearing twice in a Shakespeare title	7
4A	14. Break from the rat race	6
5A	15. One of 23 for Matt Stairs (an M.L.B. record)	15
6A	17. Finishing a sentence, say	6
7A	18. What the Ponte Vecchio spans	4
8A	19. Frisky grp.?	3
9A	20. See 12-Down	5
10A	21. Golfer's concern	3
11A	22. Where Joan of Arc was held captive	5
12A	24. Prints and such	3
13A	25. Cambodian bread	4
14A	27. Like G-rated vis-à-vis PG-13 and R-rated language	6
15A	28. Shadow	4
16A	30. Abhors	8
17A	32. "My God!," to Jesus	4
18A	33. In base eight	5
19A	34. Sharp remark	4
20A	37. Evidence of a past hanging	8
21A	39. Breathless	4
22A	40. Puts away quickly, in a way	6
23A	42. "Beware the ___ of a patient man": Dryden	4
24A	44. Word found three times in the unofficial U.S. Postal Service motto	3
25A	45. Home to the Woody Guthrie Center	5
26A	46. Citation provider	3
27A	47. Excel spreadsheet function	5
28A	49. ___ supra (Latin phrase in a scholarly paper)	3
29A	50. Work the soil	4
30A	52. Biggie in the rap business	6
31A	53. They help drivers get rid of their slices	15
32A	56. Repeated chant in "Hot Hot Hot"	6
33A	57. Employment opportunity	7
34A	58. Fix a flat?	6
35A	59. On the decline	6

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. Picked up a split, e.g."

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 refrain from harming
• Words that mean the same thing: spar, part with, dispense with
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPARED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Fop's accessory"

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 neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRAVAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Word appearing twice in a Shakespeare title"

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 any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• Words that mean the same thing: bill, assess, quantify
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEASURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Break from the rat race"

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: METIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. One of 23 for Matt Stairs (an M.L.B. record)"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PINCHHITHOMERUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Finishing a sentence, say"

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: INSTIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. What the Ponte Vecchio spans"

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 river in central italy rising in the apennines and flowing through florence and pisa to the ligurian sea
• Words that mean the same thing: Arno River, River Arno
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Frisky grp.?"

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 agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. See 12-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 property that is leased or rented out or let
• Words that mean the same thing: letting, engage, rent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Golfer's concern"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: prevarication, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• 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 11 Across: "22. Where Joan of Arc was held captive"

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: ROUEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Prints and such"

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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: prowess, fine art, nontextual matter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Cambodian bread"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in cambodia; equal to 100 sen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Like G-rated vis-à-vis PG-13 and R-rated language"

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 flat and uninspiring
• Words that mean the same thing: tame, meek, 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: TAMEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Shadow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
• Words that mean the same thing: trail, give chase, fundament
• The opposite would be: head
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Abhors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that look down on with disdain
• Words that mean the same thing: disdain, scorn, contemn
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESPISES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. "My God!," to Jesus"

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: ELOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. In base eight"

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 of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Sharp remark"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
• Words that mean the same thing: slam, flout, jibe
• 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: GIBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Evidence of a past hanging"

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: NAILHOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Breathless"

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

  The answer is: AGOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Puts away quickly, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make off with belongings of others
• Words that mean the same thing: lift, pinch, hook
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNARFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. "Beware the ___ of a patient man": Dryden"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a feeling of intense anger
• Words that mean the same thing: craze, frenzy, ferocity
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FURY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Word found three times in the unofficial U.S. Postal Service motto"

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: NOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Home to the Woody Guthrie Center"

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 major city of northeastern oklahoma on the arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TULSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Citation provider"

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 uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• Words that mean the same thing: apprehend, glom, bull
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. Excel spreadsheet function"

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: EDATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. ___ supra (Latin phrase in a scholarly paper)"

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: UBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Work the soil"

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 unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
• Words that mean the same thing: public treasury, cashbox, trough
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Biggie in the rap business"

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 the slender part of the back
• Words that mean the same thing: small
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. They help drivers get rid of their slices"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert 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: PIZZADELIVERIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Repeated chant in "Hot Hot Hot""

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: OLEOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Employment opportunity"

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 an open or empty space in or between things
• Words that mean the same thing: possible action, opening move, orifice
• The opposite would be: closing, fold
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPENING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Fix a flat?"

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 put a new sole on
• Words that mean the same thing: sole
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. On the decline"

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 gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
• Words that mean the same thing: decline, wane, wan
• The opposite would be: wax, waxing
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WANING

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword September 14, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Hypes	15
2D	2. Things that are sometimes brokered	5
3D	3. More gray-tinted	6
4D	4. European coal center	4
5D	5. Form of the Italian "to be"	3
6D	6. "More info will be coming"	15
7D	7. "What are you waiting for?!"	4
8D	8. Fish with a symbiotic relationship with sharks	7
9D	9. Enjoyed, in a way	3
10D	10. Sharing of a moral viewpoint to gain social approval	15
11D	11. Keeps distracted	6
12D	12. One with a 20-Across	6
13D	13. What an anemic person might lack	7
14D	15. "Ecce homo" speaker	6
15D	16. Old Eur. domain	3
16D	21. Little sucker	5
17D	23. Symbol of angular velocity	5
18D	26. Loved ones	5
19D	27. One laying down on the job?	5
20D	29. Ones needing a good memory, it's said	5
21D	31. Get cozy (with)	5
22D	35. Pirate	7
23D	36. Way out	6
24D	38. "... or possibly not even that"	7
25D	40. Narcotized condition	6
26D	41. Marriageable, quaintly	6
27D	43. Certain Middle Easterner	6
28D	46. A.L. Central team	3
29D	48. Bobby in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	5
30D	51. ___ fixe	4
31D	52. "Frozen" reindeer	4
32D	54. Chaotic situation	3
33D	55. Hoppy medium, for short?	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. Hypes"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: SENSATIONALIZES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Things that are sometimes brokered"

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 written agreement between two states or sovereigns
• Words that mean the same thing: accord, treaty, pact
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. More gray-tinted"

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

  The answer is: ASHIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. European coal center"

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 tributary of the rhine
• Words that mean the same thing: Ruhr Valley, Ruhr River
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUHR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Form of the Italian "to be""

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: ERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "More info will be coming""

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DETAILSTOFOLLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "What are you waiting for?!""

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: CMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Fish with a symbiotic relationship with sharks"

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 marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
• Words that mean the same thing: remora, sucking fish, suckerfish
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMORAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Enjoyed, in a way"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: run through, use up, eat on
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sharing of a moral viewpoint to gain social approval"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VIRTUESIGNALING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Keeps distracted"

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 occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
• Words that mean the same thing: amuse, divert, disport
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMUSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. One with a 20-Across"

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 someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
• Words that mean the same thing: renter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. What an anemic person might lack"

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 solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINERAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. "Ecce homo" speaker"

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 roman procurator of judea who ordered that jesus be crucified (died in ad 36)
• Words that mean the same thing: Pontius Pilate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PILATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "16. Old Eur. domain"

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: HRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Little sucker"

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 carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
• Words that mean the same thing: hirudinean, sponger, phlebotomize
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Symbol of angular velocity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the ending of a series or sequence; --revelation
• Words that mean the same thing: Z
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMEGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Loved ones"

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

  The answer is: IDOLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. One laying down on the job?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a worker who lays tile
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TILER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Ones needing a good memory, it's said"

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 person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
• Words that mean the same thing: liar, prevaricator
• The opposite would be: square shooter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Get cozy (with)"

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: PALUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Pirate"

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 whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
• Words that mean the same thing: contraband, corn liquor, moonshine
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOOTLEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Way out"

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 (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
• Words that mean the same thing: come forth, emerge, go forth
• The opposite would be: ingress, immersion
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. "... or possibly not even that""

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: IFATALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Narcotized condition"

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 feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
• Words that mean the same thing: stupefaction, daze, grogginess
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUPOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Marriageable, quaintly"

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 of girls or women who are eligible to marry
• Words that mean the same thing: marriageable
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUBILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Certain Middle Easterner"

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

  The answer is: YEMENI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. A.L. Central team"

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

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: CLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Bobby in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"

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: DARIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. ___ fixe"

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: IDEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. "Frozen" reindeer"

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: SVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Chaotic situation"

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 facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
• Words that mean the same thing: menagerie, zoological garden
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Hoppy medium, for short?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: IPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	77.9%
Short Answer	10	14.7%
Geography	2	2.9%
History	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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!

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 09:22 AM