Tuesday, February 13, 2007 NYT crosswords clues with answers hints

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: February 13, 2007

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Scotch go-with -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  SODA

  
  

  Possible Answer : washing_soda, sodium_carbonate, pop, soda_water, soda_ash, soda, tonic, soda_pop, sal_soda



• 5. Each -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  APOP

  
  


• 9. Like an old Andean empire -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  INCAN

  
  

  Possible Answer : Inka, Incan, Inca



• 14. Got 100 on -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ACED

  
  

  Possible Answer : ace, nail, pass_with_flying_colors, breeze_through, sweep_through, sail_through



• 15. Gymnastics coach Karolyi -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  BELA

  
  


• 16. Bond before Dalton -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  MOORE

  
  

  Possible Answer : Marianne_Moore, Henry_Moore, Henry_Spencer_Moore, Dudley_Moore, Moore, G._E._Moore, Thomas_Moore, George_Edward_Moore, Douglas_Moore, Dudley_Stuart_John_Moore, Marianne_Craig_Moore



• 17. Do-it-yourselfer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  HANDYANDY

  
  


• 19. Attorney-___ -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ATLAW

  
  


• 20. Gets in the game -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ANTES

  
  

  Possible Answer : ante



• 21. Prude -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  NICENELLY

  
  


• 23. Like bookie joints, sometimes -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  RAIDED

  
  

  Possible Answer : bust, foray_into, raid



• 25. Forever and a day -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  EON

  
  

  Possible Answer : eon, aeon



• 26. That, south of the border -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ESO

  
  


• 27. Some pitches at baseball stadiums -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ADS

  
  

  Possible Answer : advertizement, advertizing, advert, advertisement, advertising, ad



• 28. Ja Rule's genre -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  RAP

  
  

  Possible Answer : rap, hip-hop, knock, pat, whang, pink, blame, knap, rap_music, strike, belt, tap, whack



• 30. Wealthy widow -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  DOWAGER

  
  

  Possible Answer : dowager



• 33. Cold war side -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NATO

  
  

  Possible Answer : North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization, NATO



• 35. Wee one -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  TOT

  
  

  Possible Answer : tote_up, sum_up, sum, bambino, summate, tally, yearling, add, total, tot_up, add_up, tot, add_together, toddler



• 37. Vertical, at sea -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  APEAK

  
  


• 38. Hardly a beauty queen -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  PLAINJANE

  
  


• 42. Debate topic -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ISSUE

  
  

  Possible Answer : return, event, consequence, offspring, egress, number, issuance, publish, bring_out, issue, military_issue, take, upshot, effect, outlet, subject, government_issue, publication, come_forth, come_out, matter, make_out, go_forth, emerge, topic, way_out, outcome, yield, result, payoff, issuing, progeny, exit, supply, cut, proceeds, write_out, takings, release, emergence, put_out

  Possible Opposite: recall



• 45. Tariff -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  TAX

  
  

  Possible Answer : taxation, assess, revenue_enhancement, task, tax



• 46. Separate into lights and darks, say -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  SORT

  
  

  Possible Answer : form, classify, sort, screen_out, sort_out, class, kind, screen, sorting, variety, assort, sieve, separate



• 50. Perpetual -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  NONSTOP

  
  

  Possible Answer : nonstop_flight, around-the-clock, nonstop, round-the-clock, day-and-night



• 53. Danger for a fly -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  WEB

  
  

  Possible Answer : entanglement, web, net, vane, WWW, World_Wide_Web, network



• 55. Stephen of "Citizen X" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  REA

  
  


• 56. "Rope-a-dope" boxer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ALI

  
  

  Possible Answer : Cassius_Marcellus_Clay, Muhammad_Ali, Cassius_Clay, Ali



• 57. Cleanse (of) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  RID

  
  

  Possible Answer : disembarrass, free, rid



• 59. Reversible fabric -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  DAMASK

  
  

  Possible Answer : damask



• 61. Natty dresser -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  DAPPERDAN

  
  


• 65. It may be at a tilt -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  LANCE

  
  

  Possible Answer : lancet, gig, fizgig, spear, fishgig, shaft, lance



• 66. "The Tempest" spirit -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ARIEL

  
  


• 67. Sourpuss -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  GLOOMYGUS

  
  


• 69. Fan mags -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ZINES

  
  


• 70. Rick's love in "Casablanca" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ILSA

  
  


• 71. Borscht need -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  BEET

  
  

  Possible Answer : common_beet, beetroot, Beta_vulgaris, beet



• 72. 3 on a par 5 -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  EAGLE

  
  

  Possible Answer : bird_of_Jove, eagle, double_birdie



• 73. Nikita's "no" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NYET

  
  


• 74. Exxon abroad -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ESSO

  
  

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Dry as a desert -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  SAHARAN

  
  

  Possible Answer: Saharan

• 2. Song words before "We stand on guard for thee" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  OCANADA

  
  
• 3. Driller and filler -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  DENTIST

  
  

  Possible Answer: tooth_doctor, dentist, dental_practitioner

• 4. Threw in -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ADDED

  
  

  Possible Answer: lend, sum_up, sum, tote_up, summate, bestow, tally, add, total, bring, supply, contribute, tot_up, impart, tot, add_together, append, add_up

  Possible Opposite: take_away, subtract

• 5. Lawyers' org. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ABA

  
  

  Possible Answer: aba

• 6. The Quakers of the Ivy League -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  PENN

  
  

  Possible Answer: University_of_Pennsylvania, William_Penn, Penn, Pennsylvania

• 7. Nostalgic number -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  OLDIE

  
  

  Possible Answer: oldie, golden_oldie

• 8. What you may have to do for goods bought by mail order -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  PAYCOD

  
  
• 9. "___ Old Cowhand" (1936 Bing Crosby hit) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  IMAN

  
  
• 10. One with a staff position? -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NOTE

  
  

  Possible Answer: billet, bill, mark, tone, distinction, annotation, observe, remark, take_note, greenback, banker's_bill, banknote, eminence, bank_bill, take_down, line, bank_note, musical_note, government_note, note, promissory_note, note_of_hand, Federal_Reserve_note, preeminence, mention, notice, notation, short_letter

  Possible Opposite: ignore

• 11. Hall locale -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  COLLEGE

  
  

  Possible Answer: college

• 12. Lake on the edge of Kazakhstan -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  ARALSEA

  
  
• 13. Buffalo's home -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  NEWYORK

  
  
• 18. Belgian river -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  YSER

  
  
• 22. Brian of early Roxy Music -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ENO

  
  
• 24. Facts and figures -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  DATA

  
  

  Possible Answer: information, data, data_point, datum

• 29. Luau fare -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  POI

  
  

  Possible Answer: poi

• 31. Pasty-faced -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  WAN

  
  

  Possible Answer: sick, WAN, wide_area_network, pale, wan, pallid

• 32. King Kong's kin -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  APES

  
  

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

• 34. Concerto, e.g. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  OPUS

  
  

  Possible Answer: piece_of_music, piece, musical_composition, opus, composition

• 36. Blasting material -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  TNT

  
  

  Possible Answer: TNT, trinitrotoluene

• 39. Tennis do-over -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  LET

  
  

  Possible Answer: let, LET, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, allow, get, rent, countenance, have, permit, Army_of_the_Righteous, Lashkar-e-Toiba, net_ball, lease, Army_of_the_Pure, Lashkar-e-Taiba

  Possible Opposite: prevent, disallow, forbid

• 40. It may be cut by an uppercut -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  JAW

  
  

  Possible Answer: gossip, chat, chaffer, chide, rattle_on, dress_down, lambast, yap_away, scold, lecture, confabulate, yack, jaw, take_to_task, yack_away, call_down, trounce, visit, manducate, masticate, remonstrate, chew_out, confab, natter, have_words, rebuke, chatter, reproof, bawl_out, lambaste, claver, chew, chitchat, chew_up, berate, chit-chat, rag, shoot_the_breeze, chew_the_fat, reprimand, call_on_the_carpet

• 41. Took a bough? -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  AXED

  
  

  Possible Answer: axe, ax

• 42. Confused -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  INADAZE

  
  
• 43. Sunrooms -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  SOLARIA

  
  

  Possible Answer: sun_parlour, sun_parlor, sunroom, solarium, sun_porch, sunporch, sun_lounge

• 44. Taking potshots -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  SNIPING

  
  

  Possible Answer: snipe, nip_off, assail, cut_back, trim, prune, snip, round, clip, lop, assault, nip, crop, sharpshoot, attack, lash_out, snip_off, dress

• 47. Juicy fruits -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  ORANGES

  
  

  Possible Answer: orangeness, Orange, Orange_River, orange_tree, orange

• 48. Bails out -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  RESCUES

  
  

  Possible Answer: rescue, deliver, saving, deliverance, delivery

• 49. Learns easily -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  TAKESTO

  
  
• 51. 1960's-70's Boston Garden hero -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ORR

  
  

  Possible Answer: Bobby_Orr, Orr, Robert_Orr

• 52. Hybrid language -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  PIDGIN

  
  

  Possible Answer: pidgin

• 54. Salve -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  BALM

  
  

  Possible Answer: unguent, unction, balm, salve, ointment

• 58. Dawdle -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  DALLY

  
  

  Possible Answer: chat_up, play, philander, trifle, coquette, butterfly, dawdle, dally, mash, toy, flirt, romance, coquet

• 60. Waffler's answer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  MAYBE

  
  

  Possible Answer: mayhap, perchance, maybe, possibly, peradventure, perhaps

• 62. Banana discard -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  PEEL

  
  

  Possible Answer: disrobe, Robert_Peel, strip_down, flake, unclothe, strip, Peel, pare, undress, discase, skin, peel, uncase, Sir_Robert_Peel, peel_off, flake_off

  Possible Opposite: dress

• 63. "You're something ___!" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ELSE

  
  
• 64. It smells -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NOSE

  
  

  Possible Answer: olfactory_organ, nozzle, pry, scent, nuzzle, poke, intrude, wind, horn_in, nose

• 68. Stable staple -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  OAT

  
  

  Possible Answer: oat

May 30, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (34 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle May 30, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Word-for-word	7
2A	8. Thorny savanna tree	6
3A	14. Reach, as a goal	7
4A	15. Like some nosy questions	7
5A	16. Dogs like Snoopy	7
6A	17. Trade restriction	7
7A	18. Biblical possessive	3
8A	19. Nickname that might drop -vin or -eb	3
9A	20. Director Howard	3
10A	21. General idea	4
11A	23. Brotherhood	10
12A	27. Reddit Q&A	3
13A	28. Mo. shared by Leo and Virgo	3
14A	29. "The ___ of Pooh" (Benjamin Hoff book)	3
15A	30. Baloney	8
16A	33. Some pickles	5
17A	37. Brought together	7
18A	38. Eye for a long time	7
19A	40. Attach with a string or cord	5
20A	41. Title role in the Best Picture of 1962	8
21A	42. Cry of disgust	3
22A	44. "32 Flavors" singer DiFranco	3
23A	45. "Chai" in English	3
24A	46. Aeronaut propelled by hot air	10
25A	50. Soak up the sun	4
26A	51. Beverage that might be blonde or brown	3
27A	52. Like merlot wine	3
28A	53. "Ich bin ___ Berliner"	3
29A	54. Tart light-green drink	7
30A	57. Feels remorse over	7
31A	61. Made an angry face	7
32A	62. Stupefied	7
33A	63. Hero of a Virgil epic	6
34A	64. Legal term meaning "guilty mind"	7

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. Word-for-word"

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 a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
• Words that mean the same thing: typo, real, misprint
• The opposite would be: figurative
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LITERAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Thorny savanna tree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACACIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Reach, as a goal"

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 to gain with effort
• Words that mean the same thing: reach, accomplish, attain
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACHIEVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Like some nosy questions"

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 question or examine thoroughly and closely
• Words that mean the same thing: dig into, examine, poke into
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROBING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Dogs like Snoopy"

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 a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
• Words that mean the same thing: beagle
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAGLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Trade restriction"

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 a government order imposing a trade barrier
• Words that mean the same thing: trade embargo, trade stoppage
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMBARGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Biblical possessive"

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: THY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Nickname that might drop -vin or -eb"

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: CAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Director Howard"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
• Words that mean the same thing: Bokkos, Daffo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. General idea"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
• Words that mean the same thing: substance, sum, heart
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Brotherhood"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a social club for male undergraduates
• Words that mean the same thing: frat, brotherhood, sodality
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRATERNITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Reddit Q&A"

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: AMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Mo. shared by Leo and Virgo"

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 july and preceding september
• Words that mean the same thing: August
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. "The ___ of Pooh" (Benjamin Hoff book)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Baloney"

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 empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
• Words that mean the same thing: jazz, wind, nothingness
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALARKEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Some pickles"

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 aromatic old world herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: dill, Anethum graveolens, dill weed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DILLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Brought together"

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 to bring or combine together or with something else
• Words that mean the same thing: mingle, integrated, mix
• The opposite would be: divide, disunify
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNIFIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Eye for a long time"

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: STAREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Attach with a string or cord"

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: TIEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Title role in the Best Picture of 1962"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that roman martyr; supposedly lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
• Words that mean the same thing: T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrence
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAWRENCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Cry of disgust"

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: UGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. "32 Flavors" singer DiFranco"

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

  The answer is: ANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. "Chai" in English"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Aeronaut propelled by hot air"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who flies a balloon
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALLOONIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Soak up the sun"

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 derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
• Words that mean the same thing: relish, savour, enjoy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Beverage that might be blonde or brown"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Like merlot wine"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: bolshy, carmine, ruby
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. "Ich bin ___ Berliner""

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: EIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Tart light-green drink"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sweetened beverage of lime juice and water
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIMEADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Feels remorse over"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a polite refusal of an invitation
• Words that mean the same thing: declination, regret, repent
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REGRETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Made an angry face"

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 frown with displeasure
• Words that mean the same thing: scowl
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOWLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Stupefied"

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: INADAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Hero of a Virgil epic"

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 mythical greek warrior who was a leader on the trojan side of the trojan war; hero of the aeneid
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AENEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Legal term meaning "guilty mind""

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: MENSREA

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - May 30, 2023 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Place for experiments	3
2D	2. What rinks have and neat drinks don't	3
3D	3. "Untrue!"	9
4D	4. With 50-Down, things centered in Across answers in this puzzle	5
5D	5. Depend (on)	4
6D	6. N.Y.C.'s Fifth, e.g.	3
7D	7. Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon"	3
8D	8. Adornment worn above the elbow	6
9D	9. Corn holder	3
10D	10. Lawyers' grp.	3
11D	11. Wispy clouds	5
12D	12. Block of gold	5
13D	13. "The ___ and the Ecstasy" (biographical novel about Michelangelo)	5
14D	15. Bog fuel	4
15D	19. Hard to pin down	4
16D	21. Entire range	5
17D	22. ___ Perry, award-winning author of "South to America"	5
18D	23. Phony	4
19D	24. Felt remorse over	4
20D	25. Speed-detecting device	5
21D	26. Bête ___ (pet peeve)	5
22D	31. On the wrong side (of)	5
23D	32. Rock's Starr	5
24D	34. Offered quiet sympathy, in a way	9
25D	35. Feature of sneakers, typically, but not loafers	5
26D	36. The "turf" of a "surf and turf"	5
27D	38. Comic ___ (oft-mocked typeface)	4
28D	39. Nincompoop	4
29D	41. Like eggs in nests and carpet on floors	4
30D	43. Throngs	6
31D	46. Model airplane material	5
32D	47. Girl who went down a rabbit hole	5
33D	48. Fruit that makes your lips pucker	5
34D	49. Have to have	4
35D	50. See 4-Down	5
36D	53. Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad"	4
37D	55. Woolly mama	3
38D	56. In the style of	3
39D	57. Crater's edge	3
40D	58. St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir.	3
41D	59. Philosopher Lao-___: Var.	3
42D	60. Pirate's domain	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. Place for experiments"

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 workplace for the conduct of scientific research
• Words that mean the same thing: research laboratory, science lab, 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 2 Down: "2. What rinks have and neat drinks don't"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: Methedrine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, glass
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Untrue!""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: THATSALIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. With 50-Down, things centered in Across answers in this puzzle"

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 the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• Words that mean the same thing: 8, viii, octonary
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Depend (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 have confidence or faith in
• Words that mean the same thing: swear, trust, bank
• The opposite would be: mistrust
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RELY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. N.Y.C.'s Fifth, e.g."

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: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon""

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

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Adornment worn above the elbow"

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 band worn around the arm for decoration
• Words that mean the same thing: arm band
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Corn holder"

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 nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus
• Words that mean the same thing: filbert, Larus marinus, black-backed gull
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Lawyers' grp."

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 loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Wispy clouds"

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 usually coiled
• Words that mean the same thing: cirrus, cirrhus, cirrus cloud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIRRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Block of gold"

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 metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
• Words that mean the same thing: metal bar, block of metal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INGOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "The ___ and the Ecstasy" (biographical novel about Michelangelo)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
• Words that mean the same thing: torture, suffering, excruciation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Bog fuel"

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 partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Hard to pin down"

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 showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
• Words that mean the same thing: clever, cagey, chary
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Entire range"

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

  The answer is: GAMUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. ___ Perry, award-winning author of "South to America""

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: IMANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "23. Phony"

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 something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
• Words that mean the same thing: wangle, bastard, false
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "24. Felt remorse over"

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 feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
• Words that mean the same thing: repent, rue, regret
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "25. Speed-detecting device"

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 measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
• Words that mean the same thing: radiolocation, radio detection and ranging, microwave radar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "26. Bête ___ (pet peeve)"

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: NOIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. On the wrong side (of)"

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 especially of a ship's lines etc
• Words that mean the same thing: foul, fouled
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFOUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Rock's Starr"

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: RINGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Offered quiet sympathy, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LENTANEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Feature of sneakers, typically, but not loafers"

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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: lacing, enlace, lace up
• The opposite would be: untwine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LACES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. The "turf" of a "surf and turf""

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 slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Comic ___ (oft-mocked typeface)"

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: SANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. Nincompoop"

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 someone who is regarded as contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: taunt, twerp, rag
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Like eggs in nests and carpet on floors"

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 put into a certain place or abstract location
• Words that mean the same thing: set, place, put
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Throngs"

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 vast multitude
• Words that mean the same thing: horde, legion, drove
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HORDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Model airplane material"

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 strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
• Words that mean the same thing: balsa wood, Ochroma lagopus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Girl who went down a rabbit hole"

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: ALICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Fruit that makes your lips pucker"

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 yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
• Words that mean the same thing: maize, gamboge, Citrus limon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Have to have"

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 condition requiring relief
• Words that mean the same thing: want, involve, motivation
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. See 4-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 warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
• Words that mean the same thing: boo, bird, Bronx cheer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad""

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: EGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Woolly mama"

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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. In the style of"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. Crater's edge"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "58. St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir."

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 compass point midway between northeast and east
• Words that mean the same thing: east northeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "59. Philosopher Lao-___: Var."

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: TZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "60. Pirate's domain"

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

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	61.8%
Short Answer	19	25.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
History	2	2.6%
Literature	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 02, 2025 at 04:26 AM