Thursday August 08, 2024 NYT Crossword Answers

Thursday August 08, 2024 - NYT Crossword Clues Answers 

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 08, 2024

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. Catherine ___, last wife of King Henry VIII - Show Answer
  

  PARR

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: parr, Catherine_Parr, Parr



• 5. Basic level of a popular ridesharing app - Show Answer
  

  UBERX

  (5 letters)



• 10. Part of a routine - Show Answer
  

  JOKE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: jest, laugh, put-on, gag, antic, prank, joke, caper, trick, jape, jocularity



• 14. Orchestra tuner - Show Answer
  

  OBOE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: hautbois, oboe, hautboy



• 15. "You can't make me!" - Show Answer
  

  NEVER

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: never, ne'er

  Antonyms: ever



• 16. Dry - Show Answer
  

  ARID

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: desiccate, desiccated, arid, waterless



• 17. Mixed drink with an alliterative name - Show Answer
  

  SCOTCHANDSODA

  (13 letters)



• 19. Fuse by heat - Show Answer
  

  WELD

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: dyer's_mignonette, Reseda_luteola, weld, Theodore_Dwight_Weld, dyer's_rocket, Weld



• 20. Bad weather forecast, informally - Show Answer
  

  TSTORMS

  (7 letters)



• 21. Preceder of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese history - Show Answer
  

  HANDYNASTY

  (10 letters)



• 23. Slightest idea - Show Answer
  

  CLUE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: hint, cue, clew, clue



• 24. "The Lucy-___ Comedy Hour" (classic TV release) - Show Answer
  

  DESI

  (4 letters)



• 25. Tons - Show Answer
  

  SCADS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: loads, scads, gobs, dozens, stacks, tons, rafts, scad, scores, heaps, piles, oodles, lots, lashings, slews, wads



• 27. Kind of school - Show Answer
  

  MED

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: Master_of_Education, MEd



• 28. Sudden inspirations? - Show Answer
  

  GASPS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: pant, gasp, heave, puff



• 33. He asked Bud "Who's on first?" - Show Answer
  

  LOU

  (3 letters)



• 34. Cry of terrier? - Show Answer
  

  ARF

  (3 letters)



• 35. Response to an anticlimactic reveal - Show Answer
  

  OHTHAT

  (6 letters)



• 36. "It's not as simple as it sounds" - Show Answer
  

  EASIERSAIDTHANDONE

  (18 letters)



• 40. Forever, poetically - Show Answer
  

  ETERNE

  (6 letters)



• 41. A carved one hangs in the chamber of the Massachusetts House of Representatives - Show Answer
  

  COD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: put_one_across, bait, pod, collect, ride, cash_on_delivery, dupe, put_one_over, gull, take_in, befool, rally, twit, cod, COD, rag, C.O.D., fool, seedcase, put_on, tantalise, codfish, tantalize, tease, slang, razz, taunt



• 42. Itty-bitty - Show Answer
  

  WEE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: pee, pee-pee, weensy, teentsy, itsy-bitsy, teensy-weensy, bitty, puddle, itty-bitty, urinate, take_a_leak, pass_water, spend_a_penny, bittie, micturate, weeny, teensy, piddle, make, wee, relieve_oneself, teeny-weeny, teeny, make_water, wee-wee, piss



• 43. Galileo, by birth - Show Answer
  

  PISAN

  (5 letters)



• 44. Name spelled out in "The Alphabet Song" - Show Answer
  

  STU

  (3 letters)



• 45. Immune system agent - Show Answer
  

  TCELL

  (5 letters)



• 47. Golden rule preposition - Show Answer
  

  UNTO

  (4 letters)



• 49. Arctic food fish - Show Answer
  

  CHAR

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: coal, sear, cleaning_woman, charwoman, cleaning_lady, blacken, char, scorch, charr, woman



• 50. Ornate lighting fixture - Show Answer
  

  CHANDELIER

  (10 letters)

  Synonyms: pendant, chandelier, pendent



• 54. Sours - Show Answer
  

  GOESBAD

  (7 letters)



• 57. Setting for the FIFA World Cups of 2002 and 2022 - Show Answer
  

  ASIA

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: Asia



• 58. Part of a clock depicted four times in this puzzle? - Show Answer
  

  MINUTEHAND

  (10 letters)



• 60. Darkness - Show Answer
  

  MURK

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: murk, fogginess, fog, murkiness



• 61. It happens - Show Answer
  

  EVENT

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: effect, issue, event, upshot, consequence, outcome, result, case



• 62. Jazz singer Jones - Show Answer
  

  ETTA

  (4 letters)



• 63. Weapon that shares an etymology with "spade" and "spatula" - Show Answer
  

  EPEE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: epee



• 64. Company with a purple heart in its logo - Show Answer
  

  AETNA

  (5 letters)



• 65. Ricotta ingredient - Show Answer
  

  WHEY

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: milk_whey, whey

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Thread component - Show Answer
  

  POST

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: carry, situation, stake, spot, Emily_Post, position, place, postal_service, post, office, C._W._Post, brand, station, Wiley_Post, put_up, billet, send, mail_service, Post, Charles_William_Post, Emily_Price_Post, military_post, mail, berth



• 2. Fundamentals - Show Answer
  

  ABCS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: first_principle, ABCs, rudiment, ABC's, alphabet, first_rudiment, ABC



• 3. Fundamental issues - Show Answer
  

  ROOTCAUSES

  (10 letters)



• 4. Like old chestnuts - Show Answer
  

  RETOLD

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: retell, repeat, restate, ingeminate, recite, fictionalise, reiterate, iterate, fictionalize



• 5. "Let go, you brute!" - Show Answer
  

  UNHANDME

  (8 letters)



• 6. Porgy's partner - Show Answer
  

  BESS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: make_up, be, comprise, follow, constitute, equal, live, beryllium, glucinium, represent, embody, personify, atomic_number_4, cost, exist, Be

  Antonyms: differ



• 7. ___ Morales, former president of Bolivia - Show Answer
  

  EVO

  (3 letters)



• 8. Bad way to get caught - Show Answer
  

  REDHANDED

  (9 letters)



• 9. Revealing images - Show Answer
  

  XRAYS

  (5 letters)



• 10. First nonhuman species encountered in the "Star Wars" franchise - Show Answer
  

  JAWA

  (4 letters)



• 11. Valuable deposits - Show Answer
  

  ORES

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: ore



• 12. Bagpiper's garb - Show Answer
  

  KILT

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: kilt



• 13. Circular current - Show Answer
  

  EDDY

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: whirlpool, Eddy, purl, swirl, eddy, twist, Mary_Baker_Eddy, Mary_Morse_Baker_Eddy, whirl



• 18. French vineyards - Show Answer
  

  CRUS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: crus



• 22. Ill-advised time for an ocean swim - Show Answer
  

  NIGHT

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: dark, nighttime, night, Nox, Night

  Antonyms: day



• 24. Actual - Show Answer
  

  DEFACTO

  (7 letters)



• 25. "Don't give up on your dreams. ___ longer" (quip) - Show Answer
  

  SLEEP

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: log_Z's, slumber, eternal_sleep, rest, kip, quietus, nap, eternal_rest, sopor, sleep, catch_some_Z's

  Antonyms: wake



• 26. Raccoon relative - Show Answer
  

  COATI

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Nasua_narica, coon_cat, coati-mondi, coati, coati-mundi



• 27. ___ Butterworth's - Show Answer
  

  MRS

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: Mr., Mrs, Mrs., Mister, Mr



• 29. Within reach - Show Answer
  

  ATHAND

  (6 letters)



• 30. Hybrid fixture with a tub and nozzle - Show Answer
  

  SHOWERBATH

  (10 letters)



• 31. Group of experts - Show Answer
  

  PANEL

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: impanel, control_panel, dialog_box, board, venire, control_board, empanel, panel, jury, gore, instrument_panel



• 32. What many tins are made of, despite their name - Show Answer
  

  STEEL

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: sword, brand, steel, blade, nerve



• 34. Equal - Show Answer
  

  ARE

  (3 letters)

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

  Antonyms: differ



• 35. Like most primes - Show Answer
  

  ODD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: odd, remaining, curious, rummy, unexpended, uneven, unmated, peculiar, unpaired, leftover, left_over, left, funny, queer, rum, unmatched, singular

  Antonyms: even



• 37. ___ Aldridge, early Black American playwright - Show Answer
  

  IRA

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: ira, Provisional_IRA, Irish_Republican_Army, IRA, individual_retirement_account, wrath, anger, Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, Provos, ire



• 38. The blahs - Show Answer
  

  ENNUI

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: tedium, boredom, ennui



• 39. The vowels not seen in "bad debt," ironically - Show Answer
  

  IOU

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: IOU



• 44. Try hard - Show Answer
  

  STRIVE

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: endeavour, reach, endeavor, strive, strain



• 45. Proverbs pronoun - Show Answer
  

  THEE

  (4 letters)



• 46. Vegan cheese ingredient, often - Show Answer
  

  CASHEW

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: cashew, Anacardium_occidentale, cashew_nut, cashew_tree



• 48. Site of a Herculean labor - Show Answer
  

  NEMEA

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Nemea



• 49. Terra ___ - Show Answer
  

  COTTA

  (5 letters)



• 50. Turned out - Show Answer
  

  CAME

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: get_along, hail, derive, number, descend, make_out, follow, fare, get, total, amount, come_in, add_up, occur, do, come_up, fall, come, arrive, issue_forth

  Antonyms: leave, go



• 51. Robber's order - Show Answer
  

  HANDSUP

  (7 letters)



• 52. Where drinks are toasted with "Sláinte!" - Show Answer
  

  EIRE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: Republic_of_Ireland, Ireland, Eire, Irish_Republic



• 53. The Dead Sea is one, technically - Show Answer
  

  LAKE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: lake



• 54. Tim of "Project Runway" - Show Answer
  

  GUNN

  (4 letters)



• 55. Dealer's request - Show Answer
  

  ANTE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: ante



• 56. Its 80-year anniversary was observed in June of 2024 - Show Answer
  

  DDAY

  (4 letters)



• 59. Zero preceder - Show Answer
  

  NET

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: profit, last, mesh, lucre, web, earnings, sack, meshing, sack_up, profits, clear, cyberspace, final, internet, nett, net_income, network, net, net_profit, meshwork

  Antonyms: gross

0907 NYT Crossword: September 07, 2024 | Puzzle Breakdown

NYT Crossword September 07, 2024 Puzzle Breakdown: Your Complete Guide

Here are the puzzles for New York Times Crossword of September 07, 2024 which brings another set of fun and enticing clues and questions. Below are the explanations for the across and down clues which will assist you in completing today’s puzzle.

Breakdown of the NYT Crossword September 07, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: LAMAZE




• The clue is 7. Ding-dong. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOOFUS

  Possible Answer : nitwit, half-wit, doofus, dimwit




• The clue is 13. Etymologists' interests. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORIGINS

  Possible Answer : blood_line, bloodline, origin, extraction, ancestry, stemma, blood, pedigree, line_of_descent, rootage, root, origination, parentage, line, source, stock, descent, beginning, lineage, inception




• The clue is 15. Out-of-the-blue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABRUPT

  Possible Answer : sharp, precipitous, abrupt, disconnected




• The clue is 16. Family inheritance?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENEPOOL




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

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

  The answer: LOANTO




• The clue is 19. Signs up for. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JOINS

  Possible Answer : sum, bring_together, unite, fall_in, articulation, get_together, joint, juncture, connect, union, link, conjoin, link_up, join, junction

  Possible Opposite Answer : disjoin




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

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

  The answer: FABLE

  Possible Answer : parable, apologue, fable, fiction, legend, allegory, fabrication




• The clue is 22. Cool off, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAN

  Possible Answer : fan, winnow, sports_fan, rooter, buff, lover, devotee




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

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

  The answer: ALOT




• The clue is 24. How someone might be in love. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MADLY

  Possible Answer : dementedly, deucedly, insanely, frantically, devilishly, crazily, deadly, madly

  Possible Opposite Answer : sanely




• The clue is 25. Tesla, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAKE

  Possible Answer : score, relieve_oneself, draw, crap, progress_to, reach, defecate, piss, pull_in, make, stimulate, puddle, cause, work, realize, pee, make_water, have, attain, construct, form, hold, make_up, constitute, ca-ca, earn, clear, fix, do, cook, produce, ready, name, lay_down, urinate, get_to, shuffle, build, bring_in, make_believe, shit, spend_a_penny, shuffling, get, hit, piddle, give, pass_water, gain, micturate, nominate, establish, seduce, realise, pretend, stool, take_a_shit, prepare, wee, arrive_at, brand, take, wee-wee, create, induce, throw, pee-pee, take_a_crap, take_in, take_a_leak

  Possible Opposite Answer : break, unmake




• The clue is 26. "I mean, come on!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAN

  Possible Answer : human_beings, valet_de_chambre, serviceman, man, gentleman's_gentleman, human_being, humanity, military_man, humankind, valet, military_personnel, mankind, humans, Isle_of_Man, homo, piece, human_race, world, adult_male, gentleman, human, Man

  Possible Opposite Answer : civilian, woman




• The clue is 27. Pain ___ (French toast, in French). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERDU




• The clue is 28. Like soffritto ingredients. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DICED

  Possible Answer : cube, dice




• The clue is 29. Deep fears?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEASERPENTS




• The clue is 31. Methods for sharing pirated material. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BITTORRENTS




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

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

  The answer: NITTYGRITTY




• The clue is 33. One of the Goonies in "The Goonies". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIKEY




• The clue is 34. It might be fluid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUNCE

  Possible Answer : ounce, Panthera_uncia, troy_ounce, snow_leopard, apothecaries'_ounce, oz.




• The clue is 35. Mediocre, in modern slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MID

  Possible Answer : mid




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

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

  The answer: ACES

  Possible Answer : ace, genius, adept, star, mavin, unity, sail_through, virtuoso, whizz, nail, champion, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, sweep_through, superstar, whiz, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, I, breeze_through, maven, sensation, single, ACE, 1, wiz, one, wizard, Allied_Command_Europe, hotshot, pass_with_flying_colors




• The clue is 39. Word in two African country names. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CONGO

  Possible Answer : Zaire_River, Belgian_Congo, French_Congo, English_breakfast_tea, Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, Congo, Congo_River, congo, Zaire, congou_tea, congou, Republic_of_the_Congo




• The clue is 40. Somewhat, musically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POCO




• The clue is 41. Poivre go-with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEL




• The clue is 42. Videographer's words before recording, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDGO




• The clue is 43. Pass it on!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATON

  Possible Answer : truncheon, billy, nightstick, billy_club, baton, billystick, wand




• The clue is 44. Reach, as new heights. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOARTO




• The clue is 46. Sporting venue also known as a dohyo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUMORING




• The clue is 48. Fast-food chain with palm trees on its packaging. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INNOUT




• The clue is 49. First word in the opening crawl for "Star Wars: Episode I". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TURMOIL

  Possible Answer : convulsion, agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, tumult, upheaval, turmoil




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

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

  The answer: FEEBLE

  Possible Answer : rickety, debile, nerveless, faint, lame, weakly, infirm, decrepit, weak, feeble, sapless




• The clue is 51. Where you might say "That's the spirit!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEANCE

  Possible Answer : session, sitting, seance

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: LOGJAM

  Possible Answer: logjam

• The clue is 2. Iris feature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREOLA

  Possible Answer: areola, ring_of_color

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

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

  The answer: MINION

  Possible Answer: minion

• The clue is 4. One running the showing, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGENT

  Possible Answer: federal_agent, agent, broker, factor, agentive_role

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

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

  The answer: ZIPS

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : unzip

• The clue is 6. Experimental music documentary of 2024. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENO

• The clue is 7. Move slowly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DALLY

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

• The clue is 8. Relative of a heckelphone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBOE

  Possible Answer: hautboy, oboe, hautbois

• The clue is 9. "Se Non ___, Quando?" (Primo Levi novel whose title translates to "If not now, when?"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORA

  Possible Answer: os, osmium, bone, oculus_sinister, operating_system, Os, OS, atomic_number_76

• The clue is 10. Trivia worth learning. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUNFACTS

• The clue is 11. Moments of comprehension, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPTAKES

  Possible Answer: intake, ingestion, uptake, consumption

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

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

  The answer: STONED

  Possible Answer: stoned, stone, pit, lapidate, hopped-up

• The clue is 14. "Everything's coming along great!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFARSOGOOD

• The clue is 17. Levels of corporate hierarchy, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LADDERRUNGS

• The clue is 21. Censoring, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLURRINGOUT

• The clue is 24. Like material you can sink your teeth into. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEATY

  Possible Answer: substantive, meaty

  Possible Opposite Answer : meatless

• The clue is 25. Like mojitos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINTY

  Possible Answer: minty

• The clue is 27. Small-minded. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETTY

  Possible Answer: fiddling, niggling, subaltern, lowly, piddling, junior-grade, petit_larceny, small-minded, footling, picayune, little, petty, petty_larceny, lower-ranking, secondary, trivial, lilliputian, piffling

  Possible Opposite Answer : grand_larceny

• The clue is 28. Sausage grinder in Italy?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DENTE

• The clue is 29. Listings on a blogroll. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITES

  Possible Answer: web_site, model, place, ride, baby-sit, sit_around, sit_down, pose, posture, site, land_site, sit, seat, internet_site, website, locate, situation

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise

• The clue is 30. Competitor of Chewy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETCO

• The clue is 31. Stretch near a shoulder, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIKELANE

• The clue is 32. "Zing!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NICEONE

• The clue is 33. Mountain grouping. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MASSIF

  Possible Answer: massif

• The clue is 35. Courtroom request. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOTION

  Possible Answer: gesticulate, motion, movement, apparent_motion, apparent_movement, gesture, motility, question, move

  Possible Opposite Answer : motionlessness

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

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

  The answer: ICONIC

  Possible Answer: iconic

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

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

  The answer: DONGLE

  Possible Answer: dongle

• The clue is 39. Big bill, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CNOTE

• The clue is 40. City famous for its ham and cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARMA

• The clue is 42. Surgeon/writer Gawande. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATUL

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

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

  The answer: BORE

  Possible Answer: assume, stomach, calibre, bear, acquit, aegir, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, gestate, suffer, eagre, tire, drill_hole, abide, eager, tidal_bore, support, have, stick_out, dullard, hold, brook, behave, conduct, take_over, stand, bore, caliber, give_birth, wear, deport, contain, digest, endure, yield, put_up, tolerate, deliver, gauge, pay, drill, accept, carry, expect, turn_out, birth, comport, bore-hole

  Possible Opposite Answer : interest

• The clue is 45. Deprive (of). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROB

  Possible Answer: surcharge, gazump, rob, fleece, soak, pluck, hook, overcharge, plume

  Possible Opposite Answer : undercharge

• The clue is 47. Some fraternity letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUS

  Possible Answer: mu, genus_Mus, Mus

March 13, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle March 13, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "___ Lang Syne"	4
2A	5. Played the role of	3
3A	8. Sights at overnight rest stops	5
4A	13. [That's hilarious!]	5
5A	15. Huntsville's home: Abbr.	3
6A	16. Make amends	5
7A	17. "Sex and the City" actress ___ Jessica Parker	5
8A	18. Flag-waver's specialty	9
9A	20. Visibly in awe	5
10A	21. Walk loudly	5
11A	22. "The Simpsons" neighbor	3
12A	23. "When the going gets tough, the early bird gets the worm," e.g.	13
13A	26. What's needed for a "Who's on First?" routine	3
14A	27. "Why are you in such a rush?"	6
15A	30. "Darn!," in Germany	3
16A	33. Listing near a museum door, perhaps	5
17A	37. Southwestern wolf	4
18A	38. Best Actor nominee for "12 Years a Slave"	15
19A	42. Famed art patron Henry	4
20A	43. Houston N.F.L. player	5
21A	44. Whatever floats your boat!	3
22A	45. Word with soul or sob	6
23A	48. Manhattan hoops venue, in brief	3
24A	50. In an unprecedented manner	13
25A	57. What some online blockers block	3
26A	59. Sealy competitor	5
27A	60. Some traffic directors	5
28A	61. March Madness component that's a phonetic hint to 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across	9
29A	63. "My ___" ("Put your money away")	5
30A	64. Escape	5
31A	65. Work whose name comes from the Greek for "sing"	3
32A	66. Close call	5
33A	67. Amount at stake	5
34A	68. Kind of school	3
35A	69. "Anything ___?"	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. "___ Lang Syne""

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

  The answer is: AULD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Played the role 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 state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: constitute, exist, follow
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Sights at overnight rest stops"

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 one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
• Words that mean the same thing: tractor trailer, trucking rig, articulated lorry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEMIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. [That's hilarious!]"

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 disrespectful laugh
• Words that mean the same thing: take a hit, razzing, 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: SNORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Huntsville's home: Abbr."

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

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 6 Across: "16. Make amends"

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 make amends for
• Words that mean the same thing: expiate, repent, abye
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. "Sex and the City" actress ___ Jessica Parker"

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 (old testament) the wife of abraham and mother of isaac
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Flag-waver's specialty"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEMAPHORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Visibly in awe"

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 (christian theology) the love of god or christ for mankind
• Words that mean the same thing: love feast, gaping, agape love
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Walk loudly"

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: TROMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "The Simpsons" neighbor"

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: NED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. "When the going gets tough, the early bird gets the worm," e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MIXEDMETAPHOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. What's needed for a "Who's on First?" routine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that two items of the same kind
• Words that mean the same thing: yoke, twosome, distich
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. "Why are you in such a rush?""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SOSOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. "Darn!," in Germany"

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: ACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Listing near a museum door, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that person who makes a gift of property
• Words that mean the same thing: presenter, bestower, conferrer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DONOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Southwestern wolf"

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: LOBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Best Actor nominee for "12 Years a Slave""

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Famed art patron Henry"

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 united states poet and critic (1899-1979)
• Words that mean the same thing: Allen Tate, John Orley Allen Tate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Houston N.F.L. player"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or resident of texas
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEXAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Whatever floats your boat!"

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 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!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Word with soul or sob"

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 female person who has the same parents as another person
• Words that mean the same thing: babe, sis, baby
• The opposite would be: brother
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SISTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Manhattan hoops venue, in brief"

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 white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in chinese cooking
• Words that mean the same thing: monosodium glutamate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MSG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. In an unprecedented manner"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASNEVERBEFORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "57. What some online blockers block"

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 public promotion of some product or service
• Words that mean the same thing: advertizement, advertising, ad
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "59. Sealy competitor"

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: SERTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "60. Some traffic directors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any cone-shaped artifact
• Words that mean the same thing: cone cell, strobilus, mulct
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "61. March Madness component that's a phonetic hint to 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across"

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: FINALFOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "63. "My ___" ("Put your money away")"

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 something considered choice to eat
• Words that mean the same thing: dainty, goody, address
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "64. Escape"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
• Words that mean the same thing: fudge, dodge, sidestep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. Work whose name comes from the Greek for "sing""

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Close call"

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 sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
• Words that mean the same thing: daunt, affright, panic attack
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Amount at stake"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of gambling
• Words that mean the same thing: bet, stakes, stake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Kind of school"

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 master's degree in education
• Words that mean the same thing: Master of Education
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. "Anything ___?""

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: ELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

March 13, 2024 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Variety of Indian tea	5
2D	2. Eel, at a sushi restaurant	5
3D	3. Literary character who cries "You're glumping the pond where the Humming-Fish hummed!"	5
4D	4. Hung loosely	6
5D	5. Garbage	5
6D	6. Wide-awake	5
7D	7. American ___	5
8D	8. Lyric poet from Lesbos	6
9D	9. Biblical verb ending	3
10D	10. Overhead features on sports cars	9
11D	11. Memo heading	4
12D	12. What the stone is in a stone fruit	4
13D	14. Jeff Bridges's "Big Lebowski" stoner role, familiarly	7
14D	19. Circuitry units	4
15D	24. Unworthy of debate	4
16D	25. City with 40 islands and nearly 350 lakes within its limits	4
17D	28. "O," in W.W. II radio lingo	4
18D	29. Screenwriter Ephron	4
19D	30. Doesn't hesitate	4
20D	31. Variety of Indian tea	4
21D	32. Suddenly encounters trouble	9
22D	34. "Interwebs"	3
23D	35. ___ Miss	3
24D	36. "Vivat ___!" ("Long live the king!")	3
25D	39. Dampens	4
26D	40. Doorway feature	4
27D	41. Web attachments?	7
28D	46. Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues"	6
29D	47. Destination for scuba divers	4
30D	49. Sensation on a roller coaster	6
31D	51. Sound of a roar, maybe	5
32D	52. Practice piece	5
33D	53. Stood on hind legs, with "up"	5
34D	54. N.B.A. great nicknamed "Diesel"	5
35D	55. Derrières	5
36D	56. Cosmetics mogul Lauder	5
37D	57. Several	4
38D	58. Go full ___ (make a big deal of things, in modern slang)	4
39D	62. Ending with lime or orange	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. Variety of Indian tea"

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

  The answer is: ASSAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Eel, at a sushi restaurant"

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: UNAGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Literary character who cries "You're glumping the pond where the Humming-Fish hummed!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: LORAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Hung loosely"

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 arrange in a particular way
• Words that mean the same thing: clothe, cloaked, cloak
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Garbage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
• Words that mean the same thing: neutralise, emaciate, wild
• The opposite would be: conserve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Wide-awake"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
• Words that mean the same thing: alerting, alive, warning signal
• The opposite would be: unalert
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. American ___"

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 constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of samoa in the south pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo, Samoan Islands
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAMOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Lyric poet from Lesbos"

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 greek lyric poet of lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century bc)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAPPHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Biblical verb ending"

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: ETH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Overhead features on sports cars"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MOONROOFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Memo heading"

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: INRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. What the stone is in a stone fruit"

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 small hard fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: semen, cum, seeded player
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Jeff Bridges's "Big Lebowski" stoner role, familiarly"

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: THEDUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Circuitry units"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: AMP, ampere, adenosine monophosphate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "24. Unworthy of debate"

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 hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
• Words that mean the same thing: turn over, disputable, arguable
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. City with 40 islands and nearly 350 lakes within its limits"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Norway, Christiania
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. "O," in W.W. II radio lingo"

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautboy, hautbois
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Screenwriter Ephron"

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

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: NORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Doesn't hesitate"

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 new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Words that mean the same thing: move, playact, human activity
• 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: ACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Variety of Indian tea"

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: CHAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Suddenly encounters trouble"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: HITSASNAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. "Interwebs""

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: meshing, last, network
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. ___ Miss"

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: OLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. "Vivat ___!" ("Long live the king!")"

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 male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
• Words that mean the same thing: male monarch, king
• The opposite would be: queen, female monarch
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Dampens"

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 wetness caused by water
• Words that mean the same thing: moisture, wet
• The opposite would be: dry
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Doorway feature"

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 upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Web attachments?"

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 small air-breathing arthropod
• Words that mean the same thing: louse, insect, dirt ball
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues""

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: ENSLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Destination for scuba divers"

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 submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
• Words that mean the same thing: Rand, Witwatersrand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Sensation on a roller coaster"

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: GFORCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Sound of a roar, maybe"

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 roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Practice piece"

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 short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Stood on hind legs, with "up""

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: RARED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. N.B.A. great nicknamed "Diesel""

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: ONEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Derrières"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the back of a military formation or procession
• Words that mean the same thing: ass, tail end, bum
• The opposite would be: head, level
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Cosmetics mogul Lauder"

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: ESTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Several"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy 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: AFEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Go full ___ (make a big deal of things, in modern slang)"

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 distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
• Words that mean the same thing: prima donna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Ending with lime or orange"

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 sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Words that mean the same thing: fruit drink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	67.6%
Short Answer	14	18.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.1%
Sports	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 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 Wednesday, 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: August 27, 2025 at 04:25 AM