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NYT Crossword - January 04, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Thursday, January 04, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 04, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1A: "1. Snatch"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mechanical device for gripping an object
  • Similar words include: catch, snatch, snap
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GRAB

2A: "5. Shore up"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
  • Similar words include: prop up, shore, airplane propeller
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PROP

3A: "9. Arrest"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the event of something ending
  • Similar words include: terminate, barricade, hitch
  • Opposite of: continue, start
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STOP

4A: "13. Wedding missiles"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
  • Similar words include: Elmer Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RICE

5A: "14. One of Jupiter's satellites"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) a queen of sparta who was raped by zeus who had taken the form of a swan; helen of troy was conceived in the rape of leda
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEDA

6A: "15. Sugar-maple spout"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
  • Similar words include: stilt, bung, pile
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPILE

7A: "16. Indian tourist town"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AGRA

8A: "17. Currier's partner"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
  • Similar words include: Charles Edward Ives, James Merritt Ives, James Ives
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IVES

9A: "18. Boccaccio's "The ___ Heart""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that take in solid food
  • Similar words include: deplete, run through, rust
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EATEN

10A: "19. Start of a quip"

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: THEMINISTERWHO

11A: "22. Ands, in Avignon"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ETS

12A: "23. Tippler's trouble"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
  • Similar words include: delirium tremens
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DTS

13A: "24. Factories, to Fifi"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: USINES

14A: "25. Quip: Part II"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that engage in a rehearsal (of)
  • Similar words include: practice, rehearse, practise
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REHEARSES

15A: "27. Portends"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that indicate by signs
  • Similar words include: omen, augur, prefigure
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BODES

16A: "30. Dregs"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
  • Similar words include: Rose Louise Hovick, lee, Robert E. Lee
  • Opposite of: windward
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEES

17A: "31. "High ___," M. Anderson play"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TOR

18A: "34. Saharan"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  • Similar words include: desiccated, desiccate, waterless
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARID

19A: "35. Pansy's pad"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
  • Similar words include: know, sleep together, bonk
  • Opposite of: get up, turn out
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BED

20A: "36. Mayor of Palm Springs"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BONO

21A: "37. Crest"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the upper part of anything
  • Similar words include: meridian, tiptop, top out
  • Opposite of: bottom
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TOP

22A: "38. Kodiak, e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
  • Similar words include: carry, have, birth
  • Opposite of: bull
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEAR

23A: "40. Emulated Clementine's dad"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that get from the earth by excavation
  • Similar words include: mine
  • Opposite of: unmined
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MINED

24A: "41. Quip: Part III"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a customary way of operation or behavior
  • Similar words include: drill, practice, rehearse
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PRACTICES

25A: "44. Emulate Delbert Mann"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that command with authority
  • Similar words include: conduct, lineal, straight
  • Opposite of: inverse, collateral
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DIRECT

26A: "46. Today's jrs., next year"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
  • Similar words include: sr, steradian, atomic number 38
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SRS

27A: "47. Ditty syllable"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRA

28A: "50. End of the quip"

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: WHATHEPREACHES

29A: "53. Former Pacific defense gp."

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEATO

30A: "54. Harvest"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that gather, as of natural products
  • Similar words include: draw, harvest, glean
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REAP

31A: "55. "Scourge of mortals": Homer"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
  • Similar words include: are, ar
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARES

32A: "56. Of the distant past, poetically"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OLDEN

33A: "57. Bright thought in Toulon"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IDEE

34A: "58. Ancient Persian's contemporary"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MEDE

35A: "59. Play the lead"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
  • Similar words include: hotshot, wiz, superstar
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STAR

36A: "60. Has the misery"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that aromatic bulb used as seasoning
  • Similar words include: pain, trouble, garlic
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AILS

37A: "61. Gnat or rat"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
  • Similar words include: pestilence, blighter, cuss
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEST

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1D: "1. Rasp"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
  • Similar words include: grind, fret, rankle
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GRATE

2D: "2. Correct"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; ; - eleanor roosevelt
  • Similar words include: correctly, mighty, right wing
  • Opposite of: falsify, wrong
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIGHT

3D: "3. Character in "The Rivals""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
  • Similar words include: Akka, land, Accho
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ACRES

4D: "4. Grin"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
  • Similar words include: ray of light, irradiation, shine
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEAM

5D: "5. Column base"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
  • Similar words include: pedestal, footstall
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PLINTH

6D: "6. Change the text"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of rewriting something
  • Similar words include: revision, revisal, rescript
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REVISE

7D: "7. Genethliacons"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
  • Similar words include: ode
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ODES

8D: "8. Grazed upon"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
  • Similar words include: graze, range, pasture
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PASTURED

9D: "9. Generates"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
  • Similar words include: engender, spawn, breed
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPAWNS

10D: "10. Give a tenth of one's income"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a levy of one tenth of something
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TITHE

11D: "11. Lineup in a supermarket"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
  • Similar words include: oleomargarine, margarine, marge
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OLEOS

12D: "12. Stylograph"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
  • Similar words include: write, playpen, indite
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEN

13D: "15. Sequential events"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that similar things placed in order or happening one after another
  • Similar words include: serial, serial publication
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SERIES

14D: "20. Roman date"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IDES

15D: "21. Being"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESSE

16D: "25. ___ rover (children's game)"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
  • Similar words include: reddened, scarlet, violent
  • Opposite of: gain
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RED

17D: "26. Raid warning"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
  • Similar words include: watchful, spanking, alerting
  • Opposite of: unalert
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALERT

18D: "27. Belfry occupant"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
  • Similar words include: lick, cream, squash racquet
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BAT

19D: "28. Pizarro's quest"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORO

20D: "29. Pickpocket"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a depression in an otherwise level surface
  • Similar words include: fall, plunge, duck
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DIP

21D: "31. Heavy weight"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
  • Similar words include: net ton, short ton, gross ton
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TON

22D: "32. Bill passed regularly"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • Similar words include: unmatched, unmatchable, ace
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONE

23D: "33. If spared, it spoils"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
  • Similar words include: pole, retinal rod, gat
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROD

24D: "35. One-celled microorganisms"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
  • Similar words include: bacterium
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BACTERIA

25D: "36. Encore!"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
  • Similar words include: bismuth, atomic number 83, Bi
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BIS

26D: "38. Type of lace"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a native or inhabitant of brittany (especially one who speaks the breton language)
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BRETON

27D: "39. Apiece"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
  • Similar words include: to each one, from each one, for each one
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EACH

28D: "40. Tableland"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
  • Similar words include: table
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MESA

29D: "41. Famous Vienna park"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
  • Similar words include: chatterbox, magpie, babbler
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PRATER

30D: "42. ___ Baline (Irving Berlin)"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that jewish republic in southwestern asia at eastern end of mediterranean; formerly part of palestine
  • Similar words include: Zion, State of Israel, Yisrael
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ISRAEL

31D: "43. Delicate pancakes"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
  • Similar words include: crepe paper, crepe, French pancake
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CREPES

32D: "44. Resided"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that think moodily or anxiously about something
  • Similar words include: populate, dwell, lie
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DWELT

33D: "45. "___ little pony ... ""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IHADA

34D: "47. Unlucky number on a match"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  • Similar words include: trio, trinity, 3
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: THREE

35D: "48. Bulrushes"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
  • Similar words include: vibrating reed, beating-reed instrument, reed
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REEDS

36D: "49. Plus item"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a useful or valuable quality
  • Similar words include: plus
  • Opposite of: liability
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASSET

37D: "51. Foot: Comb. form"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEDI

38D: "52. Corny"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
  • Similar words include: cantonment, summer camp, clique
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAMP

39D: "53. Mayday's cousin"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
  • Similar words include: so, sol, soh
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SOS

Puzzle Stats

37 Across
39 Down
76 Total

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November 30, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

November 30, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions

November 30, 2022 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Target of modern splicing 4
2A 5. Is ahead of 5
3A 10. Campus courtyard 4
4A 14. Skateboarder's prop 4
5A 15. Skateboarder's hop 5
6A 16. Language of Pakistan 4
7A 17. Partner of crafts 4
8A 18. One in a mall 5
9A 19. "Zounds!" 4
10A 20. K, in baseball 9
11A 22. Looks 5
12A 23. Call a radio show, say 7
13A 24. Family group 4
14A 26. Go (for) 3
15A 27. K, in a salary listing 8
16A 31. Infographic component 5
17A 34. Grow larger 5
18A 35. Deep grief 3
19A 36. Definitely not well done 4
20A 37. Embezzle, e.g. 5
21A 38. Road shoulder 4
22A 39. Lager alternative 3
23A 40. Pointy 5
24A 41. Like the contents of an MP3 file 5
25A 42. K, on a printer cartridge 8
26A 44. Online competitor of Us Weekly 3
27A 45. Back 4
28A 46. Kind of stick 7
29A 50. Locale of the 1964 and 2020 Summer Olympics 5
30A 53. K, on the periodic table 9
31A 55. Sultanate on the Arabian Sea 4
32A 56. Nashville-based footballer 5
33A 57. Lhasa ___ 4
34A 58. Contested title on "Game of Thrones" 4
35A 59. Unit of parsley 5
36A 60. Figure skater Katarina 4
37A 61. Unlikely place for a coin flip to land 4
38A 62. Showy garden flower 5
39A 63. Eye irritation 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. Target of modern splicing"

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 (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
  • Words that mean the same thing: cistron, factor
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GENE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Is ahead of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an advantage held by a competitor in a race
  • Words that mean the same thing: hint, confidential information, jumper cable
  • The opposite would be: deficit, follow
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LEADS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Campus courtyard"

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 one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
  • Words that mean the same thing: quadrangle, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: QUAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Skateboarder's prop"

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 barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
  • Words that mean the same thing: rail off, fulminate, revile
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RAIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Skateboarder's hop"

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: OLLIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Language of Pakistan"

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 official literary language of pakistan, closely related to hindi; widely used in india (mostly by moslems); written in arabic script
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: URDU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Partner of crafts"

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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  • Words that mean the same thing: art, artistic production, artwork
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. One in a mall"

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 mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
  • Words that mean the same thing: fund, storage, storehouse
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STORE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. "Zounds!""

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: EGAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. K, in baseball"

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 out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
  • The word looks like this: _________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STRIKEOUT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Looks"

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 give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
  • Words that mean the same thing: look, seem, appear
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEEMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Call a radio show, say"

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: PHONEIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Family group"

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 group of people related by blood or marriage
  • Words that mean the same thing: kin, kin group, kinship 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: CLAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Go (for)"

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 select as an alternative over another
  • Words that mean the same thing: choose, prefer
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OPT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. K, in a salary listing"

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 the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
  • Words that mean the same thing: K, m, thou
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: THOUSAND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Infographic component"

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 visual display of information
  • Words that mean the same thing: graph
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CHART

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Grow larger"

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 undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
  • Words that mean the same thing: not bad, dandy, neat
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SWELL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Deep grief"

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 misery resulting from affliction
  • Words that mean the same thing: suffering, woefulness
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WOE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Definitely not well done"

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

    The answer is: RARE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Embezzle, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an advantageous purchase
  • Words that mean the same thing: slip, buy, bargain
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STEAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Road shoulder"

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 narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope
  • Words that mean the same thing: shoulder
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BERM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Lager alternative"

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

    The answer is: ALE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. Pointy"

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 a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
  • Words that mean the same thing: needlelike, incisive, acute
  • The opposite would be: dull, flat
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SHARP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. Like the contents of an MP3 file"

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 audible part of a transmitted signal
  • Words that mean the same thing: audio frequency, audio recording, sound
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AUDIO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "42. K, on a printer cartridge"

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: BLACKINK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. Online competitor of Us Weekly"

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: TMZ

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Back"

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 any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
  • Words that mean the same thing: back, hinder
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HIND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. Kind of stick"

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 any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SWIZZLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Locale of the 1964 and 2020 Summer Olympics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of asia extending 1,300 miles between the sea of japan and the western pacific ocean
  • Words that mean the same thing: Nippon, Japanese Islands, Nihon
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: JAPAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. K, on the periodic table"

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 a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
  • Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 19, K
  • The word looks like this: _________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: POTASSIUM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Sultanate on the Arabian Sea"

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 strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the arabian peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
  • Words that mean the same thing: Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of Oman
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OMAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Nashville-based footballer"

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 person of exceptional importance and reputation
  • Words that mean the same thing: behemoth, giant, colossus
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TITAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Lhasa ___"

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: APSO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Contested title on "Game of Thrones""

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 a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
  • Words that mean the same thing: top executive, Billie Jean Moffitt King, B. B. 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: KING

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Unit of parsley"

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 branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
  • Words that mean the same thing: branchlet, twig
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPRIG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "60. Figure skater Katarina"

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: WITT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "61. Unlikely place for a coin flip to land"

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 the boundary of a surface
  • Words that mean the same thing: adjoin, butt, bound
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EDGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "62. Showy garden flower"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
  • Words that mean the same thing: paeony
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PEONY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "63. Eye irritation"

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 infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
  • Words that mean the same thing: hordeolum, eye infection, sty
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STYE

    Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword November 30, 2022

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Understand 5
2D 2. Terran's home planet 5
3D 3. Dragster's fuel, familiarly 5
4D 4. Castle in "Hamlet" 8
5D 5. Freak out 6
6D 6. "Tiny Dancer" singer John 5
7D 7. Baseball's Felipe, Matty, Jesus or Moises 4
8D 8. Costing almost nothing 9
9D 9. Call, as a wager 3
10D 10. Home of the New York Mets 6
11D 11. Strongly suggest 4
12D 12. "House of Gucci" actor Driver 4
13D 13. Disappointing fireworks 4
14D 21. Didn't discard 4
15D 22. "Better Call ___" ("Breaking Bad" prequel) 4
16D 25. Laze 4
17D 27. Bounce one's booty 5
18D 28. Wonderstruck 4
19D 29. Sushi seaweed 4
20D 30. Free trial version 4
21D 31. What might get you in a pinch? 4
22D 32. Room in Clue 4
23D 33. Tiler's calculation 4
24D 34. Vertical water conduit 9
25D 37. Tibia's location 4
26D 38. Noisy circular cutters 8
27D 40. Where to apply moisturizer 4
28D 41. French pals 4
29D 43. Word with spare or sea 6
30D 44. Like some country music 6
31D 46. What tomato sauce may do to a shirt 5
32D 47. "That's enough out of you!" 5
33D 48. Maybe too amorous 5
34D 49. Overplay, in a way 5
35D 50. A shaggy dog story is a long one 4
36D 51. In the thick of 4
37D 52. It hurts 4
38D 54. Uno al ___ (each other: Sp.) 4
39D 56. Recipe amt. 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. Understand"

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 understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
  • Words that mean the same thing: range, clutch, get the picture
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GRASP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Terran's home planet"

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 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
  • Words that mean the same thing: terra firma, land, world
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EARTH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Dragster's fuel, familiarly"

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: NITRO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Castle in "Hamlet""

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: ELSINORE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Freak out"

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: LOSEIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Tiny Dancer" singer John"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ELTON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Baseball's Felipe, Matty, Jesus or Moises"

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: ALOU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Costing almost nothing"

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: DIRTCHEAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Call, as a wager"

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
  • Words that mean the same thing: run into, go through, control
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Home of the New York Mets"

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 borough of new york city
  • Words that mean the same thing: queer, female monarch, poof
  • The opposite would be: king, male monarch
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: QUEENS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Strongly suggest"

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 instinctive motive
  • Words that mean the same thing: press, itch, barrack
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: URGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "House of Gucci" actor Driver"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
  • Words that mean the same thing: XTC, disco biscuit, hug drug
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ADAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Disappointing fireworks"

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 informal terms for clothing
  • Words that mean the same thing: washout, flop, bomb
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DUDS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Didn't discard"

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 keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
  • Words that mean the same thing: go along, save, keep back
  • The opposite would be: lose, broken
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KEPT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Better Call ___" ("Breaking Bad" prequel)"

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 (old testament) the first king of the israelites who defended israel against many enemies (especially the philistines)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Apostle Paul, Saul of Tarsus, St. Paul
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SAUL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Laze"

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 hang loosely or laxly
  • Words that mean the same thing: waste one's time, bum around, bum
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LOLL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Bounce one's booty"

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: TWERK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Wonderstruck"

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 inspire awe in
  • Words that mean the same thing: awful, awestruck, awe
  • The opposite would be: unawed
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AWED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Sushi seaweed"

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: NORI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Free trial version"

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 visual presentation showing how something works
  • Words that mean the same thing: present, show, demonstration
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DEMO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. What might get you in a pinch?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
  • Words that mean the same thing: Cancer the Crab, Phthirius pubis, squawk
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CRAB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Room in Clue"

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 interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
  • Words that mean the same thing: dorm, entrance hall, antechamber
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HALL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Tiler's calculation"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
  • Words that mean the same thing: surface area, field, region
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AREA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Vertical water conduit"

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

    The answer is: STANDPIPE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Tibia's location"

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 front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
  • Words that mean the same thing: tibia, skin, shin bone
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SHIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Noisy circular cutters"

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: BUZZSAWS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Where to apply moisturizer"

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 natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
  • Words that mean the same thing: peel, sputter, scrape
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SKIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. French pals"

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: AMIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Word with spare or sea"

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 an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  • Words that mean the same thing: commute, interchange, alteration
  • The opposite would be: stay
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CHANGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Like some country music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TWANGY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. What tomato sauce may do to a shirt"

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 soiled or discolored appearance
  • Words that mean the same thing: discolouration, filth, smear
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STAIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. "That's enough out of you!""

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: ZIPIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Maybe too amorous"

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 vigorously passionate
  • Words that mean the same thing: hearty, concupiscent, red-blooded
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LUSTY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Overplay, in a way"

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 give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EMOTE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. A shaggy dog story is a long one"

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 humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
  • Words that mean the same thing: trick, gag, jocularity
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: JOKE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "51. In the thick of"

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: AMID

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "52. It hurts"

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 sudden sharp feeling
  • Words that mean the same thing: twinge, stab, sting
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PANG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "54. Uno al ___ (each other: Sp.)"

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: OTRO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. Recipe amt."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TSP

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 67 85.9%
Short Answer 5 6.4%
Sports 2 2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment 2 2.6%
Geography 1 1.3%
Food & Drink 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 39
Down Clues 39
Total Clues 78
Average Answer Length 4.8 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 9 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!

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: September 05, 2025 at 08:40 PM

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