September 25, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (31 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

September 25, 2019 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Director Wright	5
2A	6. Like watermelons from May to September	8
3A	14. Dern of "Big Little Lies"	5
4A	15. Fashion trend that involves comfortable, regular-looking clothing	8
5A	16. Results of having ants in one's pants?	14
6A	18. Court fig.	3
7A	19. Part of a roof	4
8A	20. ___ canal	4
9A	21. Leisurely pace	5
10A	23. African antelope	3
11A	25. Ones considering which brand of ice cream to buy?	12
12A	29. Defeat	4
13A	30. Exist	3
14A	31. Pioneer in I.M.'ing	3
15A	33. Middle name of Sean Lennon	3
16A	34. Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum ... or a hint to 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across	6
17A	37. Lupino of "High Sierra"	3
18A	38. Target of a knee M.R.I.	3
19A	39. "Thumbs-up"	3
20A	40. "Good heavens, old chap!"	4
21A	41. Casas?	12
22A	46. Low, sandy island	3
23A	47. Parts of shirtsleeves	5
24A	48. One-legged, single-minded sea captain	4
25A	51. Idle	4
26A	52. "Big Little Lies" network	3
27A	55. Food for thought?	14
28A	59. Ingredient in Worcestershire sauce	8
29A	60. "Honest!"	5
30A	61. They may accompany winks	8
31A	62. Guys' partners, on Broadway	5

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. Director Wright"

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 the younger brother of edwy who became king of northumbria when it renounced edwy; on edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of england (944-975)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDGAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Like watermelons from May to September"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: INSEASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Dern of "Big Little Lies""

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: LAURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Fashion trend that involves comfortable, regular-looking clothing"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: NORMCORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Results of having ants in one's pants?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: BRITCHESITCHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Court fig."

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: ATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Part of a roof"

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: EAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. ___ canal"

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 (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: beginning, theme, rootage
• The opposite would be: descendant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Leisurely pace"

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 leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
• Words that mean the same thing: saunter, stroll, mosey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. African antelope"

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 large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
• Words that mean the same thing: wildebeest
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Ones considering which brand of ice cream to buy?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: BREYERSEYERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "29. Defeat"

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 supreme effort one can make
• Words that mean the same thing: topper, salutary, safe
• The opposite would be: worst, badly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Exist"

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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: comprise, be, make up
• 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: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Pioneer in I.M.'ing"

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: AOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Middle name of Sean Lennon"

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 united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum ... or a hint to 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across"

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: BREXIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Lupino of "High Sierra""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency of the united nations affiliated with the world bank
• Words that mean the same thing: International Development Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Target of a knee M.R.I."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. "Thumbs-up""

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: AOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. "Good heavens, old chap!""

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: ISAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Casas?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: HOMBRESHOMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Low, sandy island"

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 coral reef off the southern coast of florida
• Words that mean the same thing: key, Florida key
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Parts of shirtsleeves"

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 lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
• Words that mean the same thing: manacle, turnup, handcuff
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. One-legged, single-minded sea captain"

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 according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th 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: AHAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Idle"

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 shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
• Words that mean the same thing: fuck off, lollygag, frig around
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. "Big Little Lies" network"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Food for thought?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert 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: CEREBRALCEREAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. Ingredient in Worcestershire sauce"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
• Words that mean the same thing: tamarindo, tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMARIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. "Honest!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: NOLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. They may accompany winks"

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: SLYLOOKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Guys' partners, on Broadway"

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 small replica of a person; used as a toy
• Words that mean the same thing: doll, bird, skirt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOLLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle September 25, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Site of Napoleon's exile	4
2D	2. What might be tipped at a bar	4
3D	3. Highlight of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"	10
4D	4. Much graffiti	3
5D	5. Zoom past	6
6D	6. "The very thought!"	6
7D	7. Wine lover's asset	4
8D	8. Indian honorific	3
9D	9. First responder, for short	3
10D	10. Gather	6
11D	11. Upscale London district	4
12D	12. Dunkable treat	4
13D	13. "Empty ___" (1980s-'90s sitcom)	4
14D	17. Robust	4
15D	22. Crossed	3
16D	23. Spice Girl ___ Halliwell	4
17D	24. Moscow turndown	4
18D	25. Setting for the "Forrest Gump" movie poster	5
19D	26. Charlie Parker's instrument, informally	3
20D	27. Complains vociferously	10
21D	28. Fizzy drinks	5
22D	29. Prop for the dancer Gypsy Rose Lee	3
23D	32. Nonclerical	3
24D	34. The Who's "___ O'Riley"	4
25D	35. Golfer McIlroy	4
26D	36. Just manage, with "out"	3
27D	40. Financial arm of the U.N., for short	3
28D	42. Ally in a bygone legal drama	6
29D	43. Chastises	6
30D	44. 1950s blacklisting grp.	4
31D	45. Cross a line, say	6
32D	48. Performs	4
33D	49. Get better	4
34D	50. Fighting unit	4
35D	51. Like hair after rain	4
36D	53. Abandon an effort, in slang	4
37D	54. Cheers at a corrida	4
38D	56. "My man!"	3
39D	57. 1983 double-platinum Duran Duran album	3
40D	58. Pooh's pal	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. Site of Napoleon's exile"

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: ELBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. What might be tipped at a bar"

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 narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
• Words that mean the same thing: scud, fleet, shoot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Highlight of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven""

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: GUITARSOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Much graffiti"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: artistic creation, artistry, artistic production
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Zoom past"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RACEBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "The very thought!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INEVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Wine lover's asset"

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 organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
• Words that mean the same thing: nuzzle, scent, nozzle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Indian honorific"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. First responder, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Gather"

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 grow by addition
• Words that mean the same thing: fall
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCRUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Upscale London district"

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 district in southwestern manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
• Words that mean the same thing: South of Houston
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Dunkable treat"

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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Empty ___" (1980s-'90s sitcom)"

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 structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• Words that mean the same thing: nestle, nuzzle, cuddle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Robust"

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 soldier of the american revolution who was hanged as a spy by the british; his last words were supposed to have been `i only regret that i have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
• Words that mean the same thing: drag, George Ellery Hale, whole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Crossed"

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 come together
• Words that mean the same thing: assemble, take on, touch
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Spice Girl ___ Halliwell"

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: GERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Moscow turndown"

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: NYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Setting for the "Forrest Gump" movie poster"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long seat for more than one person
• Words that mean the same thing: work bench, judiciary, terrace
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BENCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Charlie Parker's instrument, informally"

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 belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
• Words that mean the same thing: saxophone, Adolphe Sax
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Complains vociferously"

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: RAISESHELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Fizzy drinks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
• Words that mean the same thing: soda water, soda pop, washing soda
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SODAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Prop for the dancer Gypsy Rose Lee"

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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
• Words that mean the same thing: feather boa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Nonclerical"

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 narrative song with a recurrent refrain
• Words that mean the same thing: place, lie, secular
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. The Who's "___ O'Riley""

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

  The answer is: BABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Golfer McIlroy"

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: RORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Just manage, with "out""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Financial arm of the U.N., for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a united nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies
• Words that mean the same thing: International Monetary Fund
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Ally in a bygone legal drama"

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: MCBEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Chastises"

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 someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
• Words that mean the same thing: grumble, have words, nag
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOLDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. 1950s blacklisting grp."

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: HUAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Cross a line, say"

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 cause to feel resentment or indignation
• Words that mean the same thing: hurt, scandalise, pique
• The opposite would be: keep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OFFEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Performs"

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 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: turn, playact, act
• 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 33 Down: "49. Get better"

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 heal or recover
• Words that mean the same thing: cure, bring around, mend
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Fighting unit"

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 permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
• Words that mean the same thing: United States Army, US Army, regular army
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Like hair after rain"

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 long and thin and often limp
• Words that mean the same thing: spindly
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Abandon an effort, in slang"

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 (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
• Words that mean the same thing: bond, bail bond
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Cheers at a corrida"

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: OLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. "My man!""

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: BRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. 1983 double-platinum Duran Duran album"

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 the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "58. Pooh's pal"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	63.4%
Short Answer	19	26.8%
Food & Drink	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 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 medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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March 21, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

March 21, 2024 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Closest to raw	6
2A	7. Jolt of electricity	3
3A	10. Evidence of an injury	4
4A	14. Apt key for a musical prodigy?	6
5A	15. Celebratory work	3
6A	16. Something that can be spun	4
7A	17. Awkward period, for many	12
8A	19. "Laugh-In" comedian Johnson	4
9A	20. Radius of a unit circle	3
10A	21. "Of course!"	3
11A	22. TV surname at 742 Evergreen Terrace	7
12A	24. Part of your body that smells the most?	7
13A	26. ___ film	4
14A	27. Repeated sound that can be "cured"	3
15A	28. Action movie highlight	10
16A	32. Galley gear	4
17A	34. Took a leisurely walk	9
18A	35. Detroit River's terminus	4
19A	36. Housing projects?	5
20A	37. Ordered	4
21A	38. "It's so over for us!"	11
22A	40. Classic sports car feature	4
23A	41. Temporary stays	8
24A	42. "___ cosa fai?" (Italian for "What are you doing?")	3
25A	43. Front of the bus?	4
26A	44. Allow to take, perhaps	9
27A	48. Genesis antagonist	7
28A	51. Norse war god	3
29A	52. Cry from an upset sibling	3
30A	53. Opera that premiered in Cairo	4
31A	54. Puzzling activity, as seen four times in this puzzle?	10
32A	57. ___ Turismo (racing video game series)	4
33A	58. Genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones	3
34A	59. Roman slate	6
35A	60. Li'l	4
36A	61. Fig. sought by an identity thief	3
37A	62. Deals a mighty blow	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Closest to raw"

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 not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Words that mean the same thing: rarified, rare, rarefied
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Jolt of electricity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
• Words that mean the same thing: vaporize, microwave, micro-cook
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Evidence of an injury"

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 someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
• Words that mean the same thing: fink, rat, blackleg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Apt key for a musical prodigy?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about music.

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: AMINOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Celebratory work"

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 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 6 Across: "16. Something that can be spun"

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 message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• Words that mean the same thing: fib, narration, narrative
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Awkward period, for many"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert 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: MIDDLESCHOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "Laugh-In" comedian Johnson"

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: ARTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Radius of a unit circle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: single, ane, peerless
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. "Of course!""

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. TV surname at 742 Evergreen Terrace"

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 united states divorcee whose marriage to edward viii created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
• Words that mean the same thing: Mrs. Simpson, Sir James Young Simpson, Wallis Warfield Windsor
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIMPSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Part of your body that smells the most?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose
• Words that mean the same thing: anterior naris
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSTRIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. ___ film"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
• Words that mean the same thing: fad, religious cult, rage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CULT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Repeated sound that can be "cured""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Action movie highlight"

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

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: CHASESCENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Galley gear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
• Words that mean the same thing: oar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Took a leisurely walk"

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 walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
• Words that mean the same thing: stroll, saunter
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAUNTERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Detroit River's terminus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Housing projects?"

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 overhang at the lower edge of a roof
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Ordered"

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 clean or organized
• Words that mean the same thing: slap-up, great, full-strength
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. "It's so over for us!""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: WERESCREWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Classic sports car feature"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: TTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Temporary stays"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
• Words that mean the same thing: sojourn, visit
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOJOURNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. "___ cosa fai?" (Italian for "What are you doing?")"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. Front of the bus?"

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: OMNI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. Allow to take, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that issue commands or orders for
• Words that mean the same thing: dictate, order
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRESCRIBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Genesis antagonist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
• Words that mean the same thing: snake, ophidian
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERPENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Norse war god"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of odin; identified with anglo-saxon tiu
• Words that mean the same thing: Tyrr
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Cry from an upset sibling"

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 informal terms for a mother
• Words that mean the same thing: mommy, momma, mummy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Opera that premiered in Cairo"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: AIDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Puzzling activity, as seen four times in this puzzle?"

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: ESCAPEROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. ___ Turismo (racing video game series)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mother of your father or mother
• Words that mean the same thing: grandmother, granny, grannie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. Roman slate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TABULA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Li'l"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "61. Fig. sought by an identity thief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "62. Deals a mighty blow"

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 inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
• Words that mean the same thing: smite, afflict
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMITES

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle March 21, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Martin Sheen's real first name	5
2D	2. Kind of organic acid	5
3D	3. Fair fare	5
4D	4. Stub, say	3
5D	5. 2002 George Clooney film set in a space station	7
6D	6. "Ooh-la-la!"	8
7D	7. Frenzied situation	3
8D	8. Frenzied situations	4
9D	9. Group on Louisiana's state flag	8
10D	10. Longtime Los Angeles sports venue	13
11D	11. It plays on the road	9
12D	12. Second-highest of four	4
13D	13. "___ there"	4
14D	18. Malcolm's dad on 2000s TV	3
15D	23. Obligation	4
16D	25. 1970s-'80s sitcom about a trio of zany roommates	13
17D	28. Paleontology : fossils :: speleology : ___	5
18D	29. Tinged	4
19D	30. Semimonthly tide	4
20D	31. Summer setting in D.C., for short	3
21D	32. Round sandwich	4
22D	33. Line from Nike	9
23D	34. Like logs for a fireplace	4
24D	35. Reactions of disgust	3
25D	36. Quality of many episodes of "The Twilight Zone"	8
26D	39. Fantasy character?	4
27D	40. Iconic painting housed at Oslo's Nasjonalmuseet	9
28D	42. Dead spots?	6
29D	44. K-12 grp.	3
30D	45. Quitter's declaration	5
31D	46. Mathematician George known for his work on logic gates	5
32D	47. Stone and others	5
33D	48. Herb in saltimbocca	4
34D	49. St. Patrick's land	4
35D	50. Reactions of disapproval	4
36D	55. Tennis ball container	3
37D	56. Hitter's stat, for short	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Martin Sheen's real first name"

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: RAMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Kind of organic acid"

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 radical -nh2
• Words that mean the same thing: aminic, amino group
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Fair fare"

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 journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
• Words that mean the same thing: hinge on, tantalise, tantalize
• The opposite would be: walk
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Stub, say"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: death, close, terminal
• The opposite would be: begin, beginning
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. 2002 George Clooney film set in a space station"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.

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: SOLARIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Ooh-la-la!""

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: TRESCHIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Frenzied situation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ZOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Frenzied situations"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: bustle, fuss, flurry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Group on Louisiana's state flag"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
• Words that mean the same thing: pelican
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PELICANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Longtime Los Angeles sports venue"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert 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: STAPLESCENTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. It plays on the road"

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: CARSTEREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Second-highest of four"

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 singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
• Words that mean the same thing: countertenor, contralto
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "___ there""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: live, personify, exist
• 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: BEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Malcolm's dad on 2000s TV"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Obligation"

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 necessary or essential thing
• Words that mean the same thing: moldiness, mustiness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. 1970s-'80s sitcom about a trio of zany roommates"

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: THREESCOMPANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Paleontology : fossils :: speleology : ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: spelunk, undermine, cave
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Tinged"

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 take on color or become colored
• Words that mean the same thing: hue, imbue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Semimonthly tide"

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 less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
• Words that mean the same thing: neap tide
• The opposite would be: springtide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Summer setting in D.C., for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Round sandwich"

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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Line from Nike"

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: AIRJORDAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Like logs for a fireplace"

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 cut with a saw
• Words that mean the same thing: saw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Reactions of disgust"

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 military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum
• Words that mean the same thing: electronic warfare, EW
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Quality of many episodes of "The Twilight Zone""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
• Words that mean the same thing: ghostliness
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EERINESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Fantasy character?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any character from an ancient germanic alphabet used in scandinavia from the 3rd century to the middle ages
• Words that mean the same thing: runic letter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Iconic painting housed at Oslo's Nasjonalmuseet"

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: THESCREAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Dead spots?"

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 cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
• Words that mean the same thing: crypt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRYPTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. K-12 grp."

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: PTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Quitter's declaration"

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: IMOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Mathematician George known for his work on logic gates"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english mathematician; creator of boolean algebra (1815-1864)
• Words that mean the same thing: George Boole
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Stone and others"

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: EMMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Herb in saltimbocca"

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 mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
• Words that mean the same thing: sage-green, salvia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. St. Patrick's land"

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 republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Ireland
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Reactions of disapproval"

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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: tsk, tut-tut, tut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Tennis ball container"

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 airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: lavatory, toilet, crapper
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Hitter's stat, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a run that is the result of the batter's performance
• Words that mean the same thing: run batted in
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	44	59.5%
Short Answer	14	18.9%
Geography	3	4.1%
History	3	4.1%
Movies/Film	3	4.1%
Sports	3	4.1%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
Music	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: August 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM