January 13, 2008 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - January 13, 2008

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

• 1. "Come on ... be good, kids": NOWNOW
• 7. Kind of jacket: FLAK
• 11. Actor Gulager: CLU
• 14. Occurs to, with "on": DAWNS
• 19. Emulate Earhart: AVIATE
• 20. Bean town?: LIMA
• 21. Alley ___: OOP
• 22. Traditional whale hunter: ALEUT
• 23. Like some titmice: TUFTED
• 24. Went too far: OVERSHOT
• 26. Pretty cool: NIFTY
• 27. Mark who won the Masters and British Open in 1998: OMEARA
• 28. The old frontier you and I don't remember?: WESTWEFORGET
• 30. Is covered in dew, perhaps: GLISTENS
• 32. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, e.g.: IRANI
• 33. Longtime Bob Hope broadcaster: NBC
• 35. ___ d'amore: OBOE
• 37. Like some traffic: THRU
• 38. Donkey Kong, for one: APE
• 39. Place to gamble in N.Y.C.: OTB
• 41. Job ad abbr.: EOE
• 43. Center of success?: CEE
• 44. Rap's Dr. ___: DRE
• 45. Climate that's copy-protected by law?: PATENTWEATHER
• 49. Ralph Nader and Ross Perot: ALSORANS
• 52. Brought on: LEDTO
• 53. Sound from a fan: WHIRR
• 54. ___ Tunes: LOONEY
• 55. U.K. record label: EMI
• 57. Richness: OPULENCE
• 60. Like some grasses: AWNED
• 61. Porridge ingredients: PEASE
• 63. Scratches (out): EKES
• 64. Took too many pills, briefly: ODED
• 65. Merlin on an Imax screen?: GIANTWIZARD
• 67. Fall mos.: OCTS
• 71. Currency whose symbol is "$": PESO
• 72. Like Java man: ERECT
• 73. Lose one's marbles: GOMAD
• 78. What to follow in the forest: FOOTPATH
• 80. Stat for Warren Spahn: Abbr.: ERA
• 81. Pull out formally: SECEDE
• 82. F.B.I. director appointed by Clinton: FREEH
• 83. Jimmy of DC Comics: OLSEN
• 87. Bond poster: BAILSMAN
• 89. Eyelid moistener at a museum?: ARTWINKWETTER
• 93. Some colas, familiarly: RCS
• 94. Small wts.: OZS
• 95. "Well, ___-di-dah!": LAH
• 96. Asian school of thought: ZEN
• 97. U.S.O. show attendees: GIS
• 98. Cuddly sci-fi critter: EWOK
• 100. Algonquian tongue: CREE
• 101. Court call: LET
• 103. Twangy: NASAL
• 105. Mover left or right: ARROWKEY
• 107. Rouse a beloved English queen?: WAKEVICTORIA
• 110. Nocturnal insect: EARWIG
• 113. Buggy drivers: AMISH
• 115. In the world: EXISTENT
• 116. National airline of Afghanistan: ARIANA
• 117. Coca-Cola trademark: FANTA
• 118. Singer Des'___: REE
• 119. 10-year host of "Entertainment Tonight": TESH
• 120. Boasts of: VAUNTS
• 121. Seventh-grader, often: TWEEN
• 122. Many, many mos.: YRS
• 123. Pamplona shouts: OLES
• 124. Tangle up (in): ENMESH

Down:

• 1. Group with a secy. gen.: NATO
• 2. Certain gamete: OVUM
• 3. Better half takes the stage?: WIFEGOESON
• 4. Christmas on Capri: NATALE
• 5. "S.N.L." alum Cheri: OTERI
• 6. Married in error?: WEDASTRAY
• 7. Scent maker: FLOWER
• 8. Add pep to: LIVENUP
• 9. "What ___!" ("This place needs cleaning!"): AMESS
• 10. Go-___: KART
• 11. Able to be followed: COHERENT
• 12. Bath scrubber: LOOFA
• 13. So far: UPTONOW
• 14. "Goll-lee!": DANG
• 15. Many a "Star Trek" character: ALIEN
• 16. Tush made of shuttle thread?: WEFTBEHIND
• 17. Bit of trail mix: NUT
• 18. Pork place?: STY
• 25. Grabbed surreptitiously: SWIPED
• 29. Graduation or confirmation: RITE
• 31. Following: THEN
• 34. Not just ask: COERCE
• 35. Florida county seat: OCALA
• 36. Not on deck: BELOW
• 38. Had something: ATE
• 40. Go "waaaah!": BAWL
• 42. Got things wrong: ERRED
• 44. Harriet Beecher Stowe novel: DRED
• 46. Elite: ALIST
• 47. Didn't walk or go by subway, say: TOOKACAB
• 48. ___ Epstein, Red Sox G.M. starting in 2002: THEO
• 50. Mr. Right, with "the": ONE
• 51. Enjoy the theater: SEEASHOW
• 56. Word before and after "a": MANO
• 58. Prell competitor: PERT
• 59. Currency exchange abbr.: USD
• 61. Painter Mondrian: PIET
• 62. Milk source: EWE
• 63. Former Israeli president Weizman: EZER
• 65. 3.5, e.g.: Abbr.: GPA
• 66. Actress Papas: IRENE
• 67. Viscera: OFFAL
• 68. Rodeo locale: CORRAL
• 69. Stick one's foot in Chardonnay?: TOETHEWINE
• 70. Good winter entree: STEW
• 73. Some toothpastes: GELS
• 74. Where to get a mil. commission: OCS
• 75. Development of amnesia?: MEMORYWANE
• 76. In ___ (stunned): ADAZE
• 77. None too bright: DENSE
• 79. Illustrator for Charles Dickens: PHIZ
• 81. Fabric that needs serious mending?: SICKWEAVE
• 84. Bequests: LEGACIES
• 85. Circus props: STILTS
• 86. Supposed makers of crop circles: ETS
• 88. Suffix with buck: AROO
• 90. Bird whose name sounds like its soft call: NENE
• 91. Tricks: KNAVERY
• 92. Get more soap suds out of: RERINSE
• 99. Angers: WRATHS
• 100. Metal that may ignite if scratched: CERIUM
• 102. Try: TASTE
• 104. Dr. J was one: SIXER
• 105. Spinning dizzily: AREEL
• 106. Part of DKNY: KARAN
• 108. Tribal chief: KHAN
• 109. "The Simpsons" bus driver: OTTO
• 111. They're not good for QB's: INTS
• 112. Nasty wound: GASH
• 113. Back: AFT
• 114. Big mouth: MAW

27420 Fri Dec 06, 2024 NYT by Robyn Weintraub

Across Clues :

1. Meaning of Imani, the seventh principle of Kwanzaa, 6. Just, 10. Have a rash reaction, 14. Sally Bowles's flatmate in Chelsea, per a "Cabaret" number, 15. Hedgehog ___ (prickly plant), 16. Teddy alternative, 17. Turning point in telecommunications history?, 19. Spam containers, 20. ___ prime (focus of a computational challenge in math), 21. Tempted fate, 22. Screenwriter's way of reintroducing some characters?, 23. Successor of the Metroliner, 25. Masterpiece by Klimt or Rodin, 27. They might be fixed, 30. Contrary to popular belief, they don't cause warts, 31. One who gets all snooty when it's time to get a cab?, 34. Singer born Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin, 35. Test the temperature of, perhaps, 36. Zipped, 37. Burrowing creatures of the African savanna, 40. Join, as a table, 41. Sacred creatures in some Indigenous cultures, 44. In need of ice, maybe, 46. Outed online, 47. Takeaway from a tale, 48. One of 18 on the periodic table, 50. Issa of "American Fiction", 53. McGregor of "Moulin Rouge!", 54. Suggests something subtly, 56. Bit of hypertext, 57. Totally consumed, 58. Certain pops, 59. Midsummer arrivals, 60. Contact sites, 61. Grace who married Prince Rainier

Down Clues :

1. Seedless plant, 2. More than some, 3. "Sorry, can you clarify your answer?", 4. ___ Maria (liqueur), 5. Collies and sheepdogs, by nature, 6. Patterned cotton fabric originally from India, 7. First name of fashion designers Tahari and Saab, 8. Good time to start an audiobook, 9. Omakase serving, 10. "These things don't happen overnight", 11. Urgent words during an emergency, 12. Small change, 13. They're often lying in beds and might be kinky, 18. University that awarded the first Ph.D. in the U.S., 22. Stinky ___, "Toy Story 2" antagonist, 24. Grilling surfaces made of fragrant wood, 26. China's ___ Dynasty, 27. What's on the agenda, 28. Zip, 29. Checker's move, 32. Like some histories, 33. Red and black, e.g., 35. Chevy sports car named for a boneless fish, 38. Last word in the titles of two 1980s James Bond films, 39. Is for some?, 40. Beer buy, 42. Votes to accept, 43. We, to Louis, 44. Sense that dolphins lack, 45. "Yowza!", 49. You can skip it, 51. Overly fastidious, 52. Online marketplace headquartered in Brooklyn, 54. N.F.L. linebacker Greenlaw, 55. Clear weeds, in a way

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 06, 2024

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

New York Times, Friday, December 6, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Meaning of Imani, the seventh principle of Kwanzaa. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAITH

  Possible Answer : organized_religion, religion, faith, trust, religious_belief




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

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

  The answer: MERE

  Possible Answer : simple, bare, mere




• The clue is 10. Have a rash reaction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITCH

  Possible Answer : itching, scratch, spoil, rub, itch, urge, scabies, itchiness




• The clue is 14. Sally Bowles's flatmate in Chelsea, per a "Cabaret" number. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELSIE




• The clue is 15. Hedgehog ___ (prickly plant). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALOE

  Possible Answer : aloe




• The clue is 16. Teddy alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEO




• The clue is 17. Turning point in telecommunications history?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROTARYDIAL




• The clue is 19. Spam containers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TINS

  Possible Answer : atomic_number_50, put_up, can, Sn, tin, tin_can, cannister, canister




• The clue is 20. ___ prime (focus of a computational challenge in math). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NTH

  Possible Answer : nth, n-th




• The clue is 21. Tempted fate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DARED

  Possible Answer : presume, defy, make_bold, dare




• The clue is 22. Screenwriter's way of reintroducing some characters?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PASTE

  Possible Answer : spread, glue, paste, library_paste




• The clue is 23. Successor of the Metroliner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACELA




• The clue is 25. Masterpiece by Klimt or Rodin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEKISS




• The clue is 27. They might be fixed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INTERESTRATES




• The clue is 30. Contrary to popular belief, they don't cause warts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOADS

  Possible Answer : batrachian, salientian, frog, anuran, toad, toad_frog




• The clue is 31. One who gets all snooty when it's time to get a cab?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WINESNOB




• The clue is 34. Singer born Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENYA




• The clue is 35. Test the temperature of, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIP

  Possible Answer : sip




• The clue is 36. Zipped. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORE

  Possible Answer : bust, shoot_down, pull, torus, shoot, displume, tear, deplumate, tore, buck, snap, rupture, charge, deplume, pluck




• The clue is 37. Burrowing creatures of the African savanna. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEERKATS

  Possible Answer : mierkat, meerkat




• The clue is 40. Join, as a table. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITAT




• The clue is 41. Sacred creatures in some Indigenous cultures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPIRITANIMALS




• The clue is 44. In need of ice, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWOLLEN

  Possible Answer : tumesce, swell_up, well, intumesce, tumefy, vain, conceited, swollen-headed, self-conceited, well_up, egotistic, egotistical, swell, swollen, puff_up




• The clue is 46. Outed online. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOXED




• The clue is 47. Takeaway from a tale. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORAL

  Possible Answer : lesson, moral

  Possible Opposite Answer : immoral




• The clue is 48. One of 18 on the periodic table. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GROUP

  Possible Answer : chemical_group, mathematical_group, grouping, radical, aggroup, group




• The clue is 50. Issa of "American Fiction". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAE




• The clue is 53. McGregor of "Moulin Rouge!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EWAN




• The clue is 54. Suggests something subtly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DROPSAHINT




• The clue is 56. Bit of hypertext. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LINK

  Possible Answer : unite, associate, link, relate, tie-in, data_link, connectedness, liaison, nexus, link_up, connexion, join, colligate, yoke, contact, radio_link, connect, inter-group_communication, tie, connection, linkup, tie_in

  Possible Opposite Answer : disconnectedness, dissociate, disconnect




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

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

  The answer: RAPT

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




• The clue is 58. Certain pops. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COLAS

  Possible Answer : cola, dope, genus_Cola, Cola




• The clue is 59. Midsummer arrivals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEOS

  Possible Answer : Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion




• The clue is 60. Contact sites. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYES

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




• The clue is 61. Grace who married Prince Rainier. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KELLY

  Possible Answer : Princess_Grace_of_Monaco, Emmett_Kelly, Gene_Kelly, Eugene_Curran_Kelly, Grace_Kelly, Weary_Willie, Grace_Patricia_Kelly, Kelly

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: FERN

  Possible Answer: fern

• The clue is 2. More than some. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALOT

• The clue is 3. "Sorry, can you clarify your answer?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISTHATAYESORANO

• The clue is 4. ___ Maria (liqueur). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIA

  Possible Answer: TIA, transient_ischemic_attack

• The clue is 5. Collies and sheepdogs, by nature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HERDERS

  Possible Answer: herder, Johann_Gottfried_von_Herder, drover, herdsman, Herder

• The clue is 6. Patterned cotton fabric originally from India. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MADRAS

  Possible Answer: madras, Chennai, Madras, Tamil_Nadu

• The clue is 7. First name of fashion designers Tahari and Saab. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELIE

• The clue is 8. Good time to start an audiobook. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROADTRIP

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

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

  The answer: EEL

  Possible Answer: eel

• The clue is 10. "These things don't happen overnight". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITTAKESTIME

• The clue is 11. Urgent words during an emergency. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THISISNOTADRILL

• The clue is 12. Small change. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CENTS

  Possible Answer: centime, penny, cent

• The clue is 13. They're often lying in beds and might be kinky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOSES

  Possible Answer: hose, hosepipe, hosiery, hose_down

• The clue is 18. University that awarded the first Ph.D. in the U.S.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YALE

  Possible Answer: Yale_University, Yale, Elihu_Yale

• The clue is 22. Stinky ___, "Toy Story 2" antagonist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETE

• The clue is 24. Grilling surfaces made of fragrant wood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEDARPLANKS

• The clue is 26. China's ___ Dynasty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAN

  Possible Answer: Han, Han_dynasty

• The clue is 27. What's on the agenda. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITEM

  Possible Answer: item, point, token, detail, particular

• The clue is 28. Zip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONE

  Possible Answer: none

• The clue is 29. Checker's move. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TWIST

  Possible Answer: wind, distort, deform, spin, squirm, curve, winding, sprain, turn, twine, wrick, twisting, convolute, worm, turn_of_events, flex, crook, wrench, pervert, twirl, kink, rick, plait, bend, twist_around, tress, wrestle, device, eddy, pull, wriggle, gimmick, sophisticate, writhe, construction, twist, whirl, braid

  Possible Opposite Answer : untwist, unbend

• The clue is 32. Like some histories. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORAL

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : aboral, anal

• The clue is 33. Red and black, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BETS

  Possible Answer: wager, stake, look, reckon, calculate, depend, play, stakes, bet, count

• The clue is 35. Chevy sports car named for a boneless fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STINGRAY

  Possible Answer: stingray

• The clue is 38. Last word in the titles of two 1980s James Bond films. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KILL

  Possible Answer: shoot_down, stamp_out, toss_off, pop, belt_down, defeat, kill, vote_out, bolt_down, killing, pour_down, obliterate, vote_down, wipe_out, down, putting_to_death, drink_down

• The clue is 39. Is for some?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARE

  Possible Answer: ar, live, cost, make_up, personify, embody, are, equal, comprise, follow, exist, represent, constitute, be

  Possible Opposite Answer : differ

• The clue is 40. Beer buy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIXPACK

  Possible Answer: sixpack, six_pack, six-pack

• The clue is 42. Votes to accept. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADOPTS

  Possible Answer: acquire, assume, sweep_up, take_over, take_up, espouse, take, dramatize, take_on, embrace, follow, borrow, adopt, take_in, dramatise

• The clue is 43. We, to Louis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOUS

  Possible Answer: nous, brain, head, mind, psyche

• The clue is 44. Sense that dolphins lack. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMELL

  Possible Answer: olfaction, smell, olfactory_sensation, sense_of_smell, smelling, smack, odor, aroma, feel, odour, olfactory_modality, olfactory_property, reek, flavour, sense, olfactory_perception, flavor, look, spirit, smell_out, feeling, scent, tone

• The clue is 45. "Yowza!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WOWIE

• The clue is 49. You can skip it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROPE

  Possible Answer: circle, roach, rope, Mexican_valium, rophy, leash, R-2, roofy, forget_me_drug, lasso

• The clue is 51. Overly fastidious. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANAL

  Possible Answer: anal_retentive, anal

  Possible Opposite Answer : oral

• The clue is 52. Online marketplace headquartered in Brooklyn. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETSY

• The clue is 54. N.F.L. linebacker Greenlaw. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRE

• The clue is 55. Clear weeds, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOE

  Possible Answer: hoe

No 27379, Thursday Oct 24, 2024 NYT Crossword by Ella Dershowitz

Across Clues :

1. Workplace for a young Abraham Lincoln, 4. Marine animal with distinctive eye patches, 8. Promote oneself, 13. Had beef, perhaps, 14. Sport, 15. Writes with a point?, 17. Selecting for a jury, 19. Nickname alternative to Teddy, 20. Bash, 21. "If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's ___, say goodnight!" (bear advice), 23. Vinyl records, slangily, 24. Stinging jellyfish, 26. North Dakota's most populous city, 28. Epsilon follower, 29. They end in diciembre, 31. "Darn it!", 32. Emphasis-providing suffix, 33. Thick Japanese noodle, 34. Words of protest, 35. "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them, 38. Get ready to fly, 40. Ancient Peruvian, 41. "Also also ...," for short, 44. Hefty read, 45. "Dude!", 46. Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress", 47. Frank Sinatra's reads "The best is yet to come", 50. Arrogantly confident, 52. City that's home to the World of Coca-Cola museum: Abbr., 53. Actress Salma, 55. Radiator sound, 56. Proponents of crystal healing, 58. On the same side, 61. Totally forgets to do something, informally, 62. Sports team's assignment, 63. DiFranco who played Persephone in "Hadestown", 64. Tip-off that you've forgotten something in the toaster, 65. Move gradually, 66. GPS option: Abbr.

 Thursday Oct 24, 2024 NYT- 27379

Down Clues :

1. Antioxidant-infused water brand, 2. Costs of withdrawing, 3. Emphasizes, in a way, 4. Baby that's up all night?, 5. Big name in outdoor gear, 6. "Must this conversation happen again?", 7. Cry of frustration, 8. Fighting fish, 9. Last choice, often, 10. Crush, 11. Take to the door, 12. Security deposit payers, 16. Makes more alluring, with "up", 18. Flour in Indian cuisine, 22. Theoreticals, 24. Singer with the 2023 #1 hit "Kill Bill", 25. Word after leading or lunch, 27. Serengeti herd, 30. Live, 33. Prefix with directional, 34. Cone ___ (iconic costume piece for Madonna), 35. Got rid of, 36. Really got to work, with "down", 37. Second, 38. Abdominal floor exercises, 39. Mishmash, 41. Cook until a crust forms, 42. Roll call response, 43. Voice, 44. Becomes less tense, 45. "I tell ya ...", 46. Personal stake, in a metaphor, 48. Animated film character with a Scottish accent, 49. French cup, 51. Reproach, 54. Deftness, 57. Prefix with system, 59. Table support, 60. Block in Atlantic City

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 24, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Workplace for a young Abraham Lincoln. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAR

  Possible Answer : bar, banish, stop, prevention, Browning_automatic_rifle, block_off, taproom, legal_profession, BAR, streak, debar, stripe, ginmill, blockade, saloon, barricade, exclude, barroom, relegate, legal_community, cake, block_up, block, measure

  Possible Opposite Answer : unbar




• The clue is 4. Marine animal with distinctive eye patches. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORCA

  Possible Answer : killer, orca, killer_whale, sea_wolf, Orcinus_orca, grampus




• The clue is 8. Promote oneself. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOAST

  Possible Answer : swash, feature, blow, bluster, gas, self-praise, tout, shoot_a_line, brag, boasting, jactitation, sport, vaunt, boast, gasconade




• The clue is 13. Had beef, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATE

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




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

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

  The answer: WEAR

  Possible Answer : fall_apart, assume, have_on, bear, wear_off, bust, article_of_clothing, break, wear_thin, outwear, wear_down, fag, tire, put_on, endure, don, jade, tire_out, fatigue, wearing, wear, wear_upon, get_into, wear_out, clothing, wearable, hold_out, vesture, fag_out, weary, habiliment

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh




• The clue is 15. Writes with a point?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETCHES

  Possible Answer : etch, engrave




• The clue is 17. Selecting for a jury. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMPANELING

  Possible Answer : impanel, panel, empanel




• The clue is 19. Nickname alternative to Teddy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEO




• The clue is 20. Bash. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FETE

  Possible Answer : festival, feast, fiesta, fete, celebrate




• The clue is 21. "If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's ___, say goodnight!" (bear advice). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHITE

  Possible Answer : egg_white, Stanford_White, flannel, Patrick_White, clean, Edward_White, white-hot, Andrew_D._White, Edward_Douglas_White_Jr., blanched, white, Patrick_Victor_Martindale_White, livid, bloodless, T._H._White, Caucasian, E._B._White, Elwyn_Brooks_White, gabardine, ovalbumin, snowy, ashen, lily-white, whiteness, Edward_D._White, Andrew_Dickson_White, whitened, whiten, blank, tweed, Theodore_Harold_White, White_River, White, White_person, albumen

  Possible Opposite Answer : black, blacken




• The clue is 23. Vinyl records, slangily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAX

  Possible Answer : wax, full, climb, mount, rise

  Possible Opposite Answer : wane




• The clue is 24. Stinging jellyfish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEANETTLE




• The clue is 26. North Dakota's most populous city. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FARGO

  Possible Answer : Fargo




• The clue is 28. Epsilon follower. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZETA

  Possible Answer : zeta




• The clue is 29. They end in diciembre. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANOS

  Possible Answer : Fatah_Revolutionary_Council, Black_September, Abu_Nidal_Organization, ANO, Arab_Revolutionary_Brigades, Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims, Fatah-RC




• The clue is 31. "Darn it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUTS

  Possible Answer : haywire, bollock, loco, fruitcake, loony, crackers, junky, kookie, round_the_bend, junkie, bonkers, nut, freak, barmy, buggy, nutty, egg, batty, fruity, ball, ballock, wacky, Nut, crackpot, loopy, bats, nuts, testicle, daft, crank, orchis, around_the_bend, kooky, balmy, en, testis, screwball, dotty, nut_case, whacky, addict, cracked




• The clue is 32. Emphasis-providing suffix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASS

  Possible Answer : butt, hind_end, prat, nooky, atomic_number_33, arsenic, tush, American_Samoa, Eastern_Samoa, tail_end, piece_of_tail, can, stern, fucking, shag, screwing, rump, tail, roll_in_the_hay, rear_end, posterior, shtup, seat, nates, screw, fanny, rear, ass, bum, piece_of_ass, fundament, tooshie, backside, behind, derriere, AS, buttocks, fuck, nookie, arse, keister, bottom, hindquarters, As, buns




• The clue is 33. Thick Japanese noodle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UDON




• The clue is 34. Words of protest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUTS




• The clue is 35. "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANYTAKERS




• The clue is 38. Get ready to fly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAXI

  Possible Answer : taxi, taxicab, hack, cab




• The clue is 40. Ancient Peruvian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INCA

  Possible Answer : Inca, Inka, Incan




• The clue is 41. "Also also ...," for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PPS




• The clue is 44. Hefty read. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOME

  Possible Answer : tome




• The clue is 45. "Dude!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRUH




• The clue is 46. Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SARA




• The clue is 47. Frank Sinatra's reads "The best is yet to come". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEADSTONE

  Possible Answer : tombstone, headstone, key, gravestone, keystone




• The clue is 50. Arrogantly confident. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COCKY

  Possible Answer : cocky




• The clue is 52. City that's home to the World of Coca-Cola museum: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATL




• The clue is 53. Actress Salma. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAYEK

  Possible Answer : Hayek, Friedrich_August_von_Hayek




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

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

  The answer: HISS

  Possible Answer : sizz, whoosh, siss, bird, boo, sibilate, hushing, hoot, sibilation, snort, razz, fizzle, Bronx_cheer, raspberry, hissing, razzing, hiss

  Possible Opposite Answer : applaud




• The clue is 56. Proponents of crystal healing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWAGERS




• The clue is 58. On the same side. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLIED

  Possible Answer : allied, ally, Allied, confederate, confederative




• The clue is 61. Totally forgets to do something, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPACES

  Possible Answer : distance, outer_space, infinite, blank, blank_space, place, quad, space




• The clue is 62. Sports team's assignment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEED

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




• The clue is 63. DiFranco who played Persephone in "Hadestown". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANI

  Possible Answer : ani




• The clue is 64. Tip-off that you've forgotten something in the toaster. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMOKE

  Possible Answer : dope, sens, fastball, locoweed, pot, green_goddess, hummer, Mary_Jane, smoke, smoking, roll_of_tobacco, fume, gage, bullet, grass, skunk, sess, weed, heater




• The clue is 65. Move gradually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDGE

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




• The clue is 66. GPS option: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RTE

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Antioxidant-infused water brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAI

  Possible Answer: Bai, Baic

• The clue is 2. Costs of withdrawing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATMFEES

• The clue is 3. Emphasizes, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPEATS

  Possible Answer: reiterate, reduplicate, repeat, ingeminate, retell, take_over, repetition, echo, reprise, replicate, recapitulate, duplicate, reprize, restate, recur, iterate, double

• The clue is 4. Baby that's up all night?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWLET

  Possible Answer: owlet

• The clue is 5. Big name in outdoor gear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REI

• The clue is 6. "Must this conversation happen again?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANWENOT

• The clue is 7. Cry of frustration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARGH

• The clue is 8. Fighting fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BETTA

• The clue is 9. Last choice, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTHER

  Possible Answer: other, early, former

  Possible Opposite Answer : same

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

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

  The answer: ACE

  Possible Answer: champion, hotshot, tops, maven, I, whiz, virtuoso, adept, sensation, topnotch, ace, wiz, top-notch, A-one, star, one, first-rate, Allied_Command_Europe, nail, single, breeze_through, whizz, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, superstar, ACE, tiptop, sweep_through, unity, crack, genius, sail_through, pass_with_flying_colors, wizard, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, super, mavin, 1

• The clue is 11. Take to the door. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOWOUT

• The clue is 12. Security deposit payers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENANTS

  Possible Answer: tenant, renter

• The clue is 16. Makes more alluring, with "up". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEXES

  Possible Answer: sex, excite, wind_up, sexuality, turn_on, gender, sexual_practice, sexual_urge, arouse, sexual_activity, sex_activity

• The clue is 18. Flour in Indian cuisine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATTA

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

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

  The answer: IFS

• The clue is 24. Singer with the 2023 #1 hit "Kill Bill". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SZA

• The clue is 25. Word after leading or lunch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LADY

  Possible Answer: peeress, gentlewoman, Lady, lady, dame, madam, noblewoman, ma'am

  Possible Opposite Answer : Lord, nobleman

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

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

  The answer: GNUS

  Possible Answer: gnu, wildebeest

• The clue is 30. Live. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONAIR

• The clue is 33. Prefix with directional. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNI

• The clue is 34. Cone ___ (iconic costume piece for Madonna). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRA

  Possible Answer: bra, brassiere, bandeau

• The clue is 35. Got rid of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXED

  Possible Answer: ax, axe

• The clue is 36. Really got to work, with "down". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KNUCKLED

  Possible Answer: knuckle

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

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

  The answer: ECHO

  Possible Answer: reverberate, Echo, replication, repeat, sound_reflection, recall, echo, ring, reverberation, resound

• The clue is 38. Abdominal floor exercises. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOETAPS

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

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

  The answer: AMALGAM

  Possible Answer: dental_amalgam, amalgam

• The clue is 41. Cook until a crust forms. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PANSEAR

• The clue is 42. Roll call response. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRESENT

  Possible Answer: salute, stage, represent, present, demo, pose, gift, acquaint, portray, lay_out, submit, nowadays, exhibit, face, deliver, award, show, confront, introduce, give, present_tense, demonstrate

  Possible Opposite Answer : absent, future

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

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

  The answer: SAY

  Possible Answer: read, allege, order, enjoin, say, suppose, state, pronounce, tell, sound_out, aver, articulate, enounce, enunciate

• The clue is 44. Becomes less tense. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAWS

  Possible Answer: unfreeze, warming, melting, dissolve, unthaw, dethaw, thaw, thawing, melt

• The clue is 45. "I tell ya ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOY

  Possible Answer: male_child, boy, son

  Possible Opposite Answer : female_child, daughter, girl

• The clue is 46. Personal stake, in a metaphor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIN

  Possible Answer: pare, cutis, bark, peel, hide, shinny, tegument, scrape, shin, pelt, sputter, struggle, clamber, scramble, skin

• The clue is 48. Animated film character with a Scottish accent. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHREK

• The clue is 49. French cup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TASSE

  Possible Answer: tasse, tasset

• The clue is 51. Reproach. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIDE

  Possible Answer: call_down, berate, bawl_out, take_to_task, trounce, dress_down, chide, reproof, scold, call_on_the_carpet, lambaste, rag, remonstrate, reprimand, chew_up, chew_out, have_words, jaw, rebuke, lecture, lambast

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

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

  The answer: EASE

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : difficulty

• The clue is 57. Prefix with system. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECO

• The clue is 59. Table support. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEG

  Possible Answer: branch, ramification, pegleg, stage, peg, leg, wooden_leg

• The clue is 60. Block in Atlantic City. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIE

  Possible Answer: exit, break, drop_dead, fail, die, give_way, expire, croak, choke, perish, become_flat, break_down, cash_in_one's_chips, pall, go, buy_the_farm, die_out, conk_out, give-up_the_ghost, dice, kick_the_bucket, decease, give_out, snuff_it, go_bad, pass_away, pop_off, conk, pass

  Possible Opposite Answer : be_born

March 18, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, March 18, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

March 18, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Longtime cosmetics brand	4
2A	5. Dematerialize	9
3A	14. De segunda ___ (secondhand: Sp.)	4
4A	15. Surest shot	10
5A	16. Things stuck with toothpicks	4
6A	17. "Don't rush!"	10
7A	18. Like the more interesting twin, some would say	4
8A	19. Power ___	4
9A	20. Allied (with)	5
10A	21. Many a Tumblr share	6
11A	23. Lead-in to -logical	4
12A	25. Articulated	3
13A	26. It might come with a spoon straw	4
14A	28. Attractively bold self-assurance, casually	4
15A	32. ___ Bryant, 20th-century singer/civil rights activist	5
16A	34. Do most of the work for, as a team	5
17A	36. Long ___	3
18A	37. Not exactly a priority	15
19A	40. ___-pitch	3
20A	41. Island that's part of Maui County	5
21A	42. Word with rock or hard	5
22A	43. Set of eight for most spiders	4
23A	45. Bring (out)	4
24A	46. Soul seller	3
25A	47. Pants: Ger.	4
26A	49. Program	6
27A	52. Courts of sorts	5
28A	55. "Future Nostalgia" singer Dua ___	4
29A	58. Sum preceder	4
30A	59. Acknowledgment that another person is at least partly right	10
31A	61. "Twilight," for one	4
32A	62. March participants, maybe	10
33A	63. Thick noodle	4
34A	64. "Not literally"	9
35A	65. Cross products	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Longtime cosmetics brand"

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 southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn
• Words that mean the same thing: Upper Avon River, Upper Avon, River Avon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Dematerialize"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that get lost, as without warning or explanation
• Words that mean the same thing: go away, melt, evaporate
• The opposite would be: appear
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISAPPEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. De segunda ___ (secondhand: Sp.)"

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: MANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Surest shot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BESTCHANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Things stuck with toothpicks"

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 sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
• Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich, BLT
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. "Don't rush!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONEATATIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Like the more interesting twin, some would say"

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 morally objectionable behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: evilness, malefic, immorality
• The opposite would be: good, goodness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Power ___"

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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
• Words that mean the same thing: exploiter, drug user, substance abuser
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Allied (with)"

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 take sides for or against; ; m siding against the current candidate"
• Words that mean the same thing: side
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Many a Tumblr share"

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: REPOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Lead-in to -logical"

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: THEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Articulated"

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 option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
• Words that mean the same thing: assign, set up, commit
• The opposite would be: divest, call option
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. It might come with a spoon straw"

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: ICEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Attractively bold self-assurance, casually"

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 valuable goods
• Words that mean the same thing: careen, keel, stagger
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. ___ Bryant, 20th-century singer/civil rights activist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that influential irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
• Words that mean the same thing: James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, James Joyce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOYCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Do most of the work for, as a team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of carrying something
• Words that mean the same thing: take, transmit, have a bun in the oven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Long ___"

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 gone by; or in the past
• Words that mean the same thing: agone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Not exactly a priority"

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: ONTHEBACKBURNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. ___-pitch"

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: SLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Island that's part of Maui County"

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 an island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
• Words that mean the same thing: Lanai Island
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Word with rock or hard"

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 rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
• Words that mean the same thing: confect, glaze, sugarcoat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Set of eight for most spiders"

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 opinion or judgment
• Words that mean the same thing: heart, centre, optic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Bring (out)"

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 slow pace of running
• Words that mean the same thing: clip, pony, crib
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Soul seller"

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: KIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Pants: Ger."

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 socks and stockings and tights collectively (the british include underwear)
• Words that mean the same thing: hose down, hosepipe, hosiery
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Program"

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 instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
• Words that mean the same thing: organisation, organization, arrangement
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYSTEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Courts of sorts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
• Words that mean the same thing: atrium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATRIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. "Future Nostalgia" singer Dua ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: LIPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Sum preceder"

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 (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Acknowledgment that another person is at least partly right"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POINTTAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. "Twilight," for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. March participants, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who dissents from some established policy
• Words that mean the same thing: dissenter, objector, contestant
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROTESTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Thick noodle"

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: UDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. "Not literally""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOTOSPEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Cross products"

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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: pen, indite, compose
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENS

  Great job if you got it right!

March 18, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Ale category	5
2D	2. Key for a trumpet	5
3D	3. Stretching to see just a teensy bit better, perhaps	10
4D	4. Pretty darn good	8
5D	5. Winter homes, for some	4
6D	6. Clear indication?	4
7D	7. Basics to build with	10
8D	8. The musical "Come From Away" has one	3
9D	9. What a rebellious teenager may be going through	5
10D	10. Spots for grills	6
11D	11. "The Walking Dead" role	4
12D	12. Height	4
13D	13. Oregon college whose mascot is a griffin	4
14D	15. Undercard listing	4
15D	22. Symbol of strength	5
16D	24. Garden variety?	4
17D	26. "Tell me about it!"	10
18D	27. Ingredient in some mole	5
19D	29. Exchange words	10
20D	30. Let develop, in a way	4
21D	31. Sensational, as certain details	4
22D	32. Filipino national hero ___ Rizal	4
23D	33. Singular	4
24D	35. Eliciting an "Ick!"	5
25D	38. They may emit as many as 200 beeps per second	4
26D	39. Elevates	8
27D	44. Indigenous religion of Japan	6
28D	48. Music/comedy duo Garfunkel and ___	5
29D	49. ___ doute (definitely: Fr.)	4
30D	50. Encourage, maybe too much	5
31D	51. Sounds that might accompany foot-dragging	5
32D	52. Short courses?	4
33D	53. Spanish wine region named for an animal	4
34D	54. Laughfest	4
35D	56. Store with a three-syllable name in four letters	4
36D	57. Gym membership, maybe	4
37D	60. Shortening in a recipe	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. Ale category"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a deep yellow color
• Words that mean the same thing: gold, yellow-brown, brownish-yellow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Key for a trumpet"

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 structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through 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: VALVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Stretching to see just a teensy bit better, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONTIPPYTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Pretty darn good"

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: NOSLOUCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Winter homes, for some"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: lair, den, hideout
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Clear indication?"

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Basics to build with"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STARTERKIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. The musical "Come From Away" has one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. What a rebellious teenager may be going through"

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 any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Words that mean the same thing: form, phase angle, stage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Spots for grills"

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 usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
• Words that mean the same thing: terrace, patio
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "The Walking Dead" role"

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 town in north central oklahoma
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Height"

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 highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
• Words that mean the same thing: peak, summit, superlative
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Oregon college whose mascot is a griffin"

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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Words that mean the same thing: John Reed, beating-reed instrument, vibrating reed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Undercard listing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
• Words that mean the same thing: round, binge, tear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Symbol of strength"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
• Words that mean the same thing: blade, nerve, sword
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Garden variety?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
• Words that mean the same thing: herbaceous plant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. "Tell me about it!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ICANRELATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Ingredient in some mole"

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 tropical american tree producing cacao beans
• Words that mean the same thing: Theobroma cacao, chocolate tree, cacao tree
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CACAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Exchange words"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WANNATRADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Let develop, in a way"

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 people who are old collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: senesce, older, age
• The opposite would be: young, rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Sensational, as certain details"

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 covered with blood
• Words that mean the same thing: slaughterous, bloodstained, sanguineous
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Filipino national hero ___ Rizal"

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: JOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Singular"

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 being the only one; single and isolated from others
• Words that mean the same thing: sole, solitary, but
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Eliciting an "Ick!""

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 highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
• Words that mean the same thing: disgustful, repellant, distasteful
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YUCKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. They may emit as many as 200 beeps per second"

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 nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
• Words that mean the same thing: squash racket, at-bat, bonkers
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Elevates"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RAISESUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Indigenous religion of Japan"

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 native religion and former ethnic cult of japan
• Words that mean the same thing: Shintoism, Shintoist, Shintoistic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHINTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Music/comedy duo Garfunkel and ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english conspirator who claimed that there was a jesuit plot to assassinate charles ii (1649-1705)
• Words that mean the same thing: Joyce Carol Oates, Titus Oates
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. ___ doute (definitely: Fr.)"

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 30 Down: "50. Encourage, maybe too much"

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: EGGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Sounds that might accompany foot-dragging"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: moan, groan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Short courses?"

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: APPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Spanish wine region named for an animal"

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: TORO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Laughfest"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Words that mean the same thing: orgy, saturnalia, bacchanal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Store with a three-syllable name in four letters"

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: IKEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Gym membership, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
• Words that mean the same thing: perk up, gain vigor, fringe benefit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Shortening in a recipe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	61	84.7%
Short Answer	4	5.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.8%
Music	2	2.8%
Sports	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.3 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 Friday, 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 11, 2025 at 07:20 AM