April 10, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, April 10, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (34 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.9 letters

April 10, 2020 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Word with cake or shop	6
2A	7. Ones with something to prove?	8
3A	15. "Baba ___" ("CSI: NY" theme)	6
4A	16. Greek	8
5A	17. Time release?	6
6A	18. Shot in the back	8
7A	19. Pichelsteiner, pozole and pot-au-feu	5
8A	20. It can show you the way	3
9A	21. Rush	5
10A	22. Nickname for Eric Cartwright on "Bonanza"	4
11A	23. Starbucks 12-ouncers	5
12A	25. Go a few rounds	4
13A	26. Material in doblones	3
14A	27. Speaker of the words "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," in Genesis	7
15A	29. Wanders around LAX or JFK?	3
16A	30. Deterrent to squatting	12
17A	33. Rather impressionable?	7
18A	34. Sam who won at the Battle of San Jacinto	7
19A	38. Metaphorical source of the next generation of coders and researchers	12
20A	40. Hoedown lass	3
21A	43. Played from the tipoff, say	7
22A	44. Largest labor union in the U.S.: Abbr.	3
23A	45. The Miners of Conference USA, informally	4
24A	47. "The ___ the theft, the sweeter the honey": Edmund Clarence Stedman	5
25A	48. Company originally called Zimride	4
26A	49. With 6-Down, acute power of discernment	5
27A	51. ___ Palmas, capital of Gran Canaria	3
28A	52. Back at the track	5
29A	53. Coming after	8
30A	55. "Cut it out!"	6
31A	56. Big 12 college town	8
32A	57. Flourishes	6
33A	58. Like 4x4 sudoku, typically	8
34A	59. City in Fitzgerald's "Tender Is the Night"	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. Word with cake or shop"

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 beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
• Words that mean the same thing: umber, coffee berry, burnt umber
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COFFEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Ones with something to prove?"

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 a proposition deducible from basic postulates
• Words that mean the same thing: theorem
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THEOREMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. "Baba ___" ("CSI: NY" theme)"

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: ORILEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Greek"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the hellenic branch of the indo-european family of languages
• Words that mean the same thing: classical, Hellenistic, Graeco-Roman
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELLENIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Time release?"

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 secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
• Words that mean the same thing: word of honor, word, password
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAROLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Shot in the back"

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 regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery
• Words that mean the same thing: extradural, epidural anaesthesia, epidural anesthesia
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPIDURAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Pichelsteiner, pozole and pot-au-feu"

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 agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: stew, brood, grizzle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. It can show you the way"

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 diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
• Words that mean the same thing: mapping, single-valued function, mathematical function
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Rush"

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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Words that mean the same thing: batch, pot, pile
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Nickname for Eric Cartwright on "Bonanza""

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: HOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Starbucks 12-ouncers"

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 a garment size for a tall person
• Words that mean the same thing: tall
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Go a few rounds"

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 any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
• Words that mean the same thing: sparring
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Material in doblones"

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: ORO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Speaker of the words "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," in Genesis"

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 limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
• Words that mean the same thing: ophidian, snake
• The 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 15 Across: "29. Wanders around LAX or JFK?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Deterrent to squatting"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: WIFIPASSWORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Rather impressionable?"

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

  The answer is: SOFTISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Sam who won at the Battle of San Jacinto"

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 the largest city in texas; located in southeastern texas near the gulf of mexico; site of the national aeronautics and space administration
• Words that mean the same thing: Sam Houston, Samuel 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: HOUSTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Metaphorical source of the next generation of coders and researchers"

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: STEMPIPELINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Hoedown lass"

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 united states liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
• Words that mean the same thing: gallon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Played from the tipoff, say"

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 take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• Words that mean the same thing: begin, get down, take off
• The opposite would be: stop, end
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Largest labor union in the U.S.: Abbr."

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: NEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. The Miners of Conference USA, informally"

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: UTEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. "The ___ the theft, the sweeter the honey": Edmund Clarence Stedman"

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 marked by skill in deception
• Words that mean the same thing: foxy, tricky, cunning
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLYER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Company originally called Zimride"

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: LYFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. With 6-Down, acute power of discernment"

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 musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
• Words that mean the same thing: astute, knifelike, precipitous
• The opposite would be: flat, dull
• 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 27 Across: "51. ___ Palmas, capital of Gran Canaria"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 57, Pelican State, la
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Back at the track"

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: BETON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Coming after"

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: TOFOLLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. "Cut it 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: NOMORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Big 12 college town"

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: AMESIOWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Flourishes"

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 the organic process of bearing flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: efflorescence, peak, heyday
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLOOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Like 4x4 sudoku, typically"

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: VERYEASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. City in Fitzgerald's "Tender Is the Night""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a port and resort city on the french riviera; site of an annual film festival
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANNES

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword April 10, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Series of crimes?	8
2D	2. Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex," for one	8
3D	3. Sends in a huff	8
4D	4. Moves from the head to the mouth	5
5D	5. Fish in the order Anguilliformes	4
6D	6. See 49-Across	3
7D	7. Home to Blofeld's lair in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"	7
8D	8. Classic chairs with shield-shaped backs	12
9D	9. Part of REO	3
10D	10. Part of REO	4
11D	11. Avoids a service break?	5
12D	12. Hanging on every word	6
13D	13. Sporty Mazdas	6
14D	14. Cornea neighbor	6
15D	20. Pac-Man and the ghosts, in Pac-Man cereal	12
16D	23. Collections dating back to the Han dynasty	7
17D	24. Nosy Parker	7
18D	27. Hot rods?	5
19D	28. Set straight	5
20D	31. "___ all a blur"	3
21D	32. Broadband letters	3
22D	35. Any student at Acme Looniversity	8
23D	36. Self-serving comment?	8
24D	37. What ataxophobes crave	8
25D	39. Extricate with leverage	7
26D	40. Name shared by the composers Holst and Mahler	6
27D	41. In	6
28D	42. Certain autumn tourist, slangily	6
29D	46. Far from crisp, as text	5
30D	48. Clunker car	5
31D	50. Barre bend	4
32D	52. Weapon on a cord	4
33D	54. Mauna ___	3
34D	55. Home of "The Monkees" on 1960s TV	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. Series of crimes?"

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: COPSHOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex," for one"

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 musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
• Words that mean the same thing: cantata
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORATORIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Sends in a huff"

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: FIRESOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Moves from the head to the mouth"

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 motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
• Words that mean the same thing: rate of flow, flux, flow rate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fish in the order Anguilliformes"

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 fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• Words that mean the same thing: eel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. See 49-Across"

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 organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: centre, center, oculus
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Home to Blofeld's lair in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service""

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: THEALPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Classic chairs with shield-shaped backs"

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: HEPPLEWHITES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Part of REO"

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Part of REO"

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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Words that mean the same thing: old
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Avoids a service break?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REUPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Hanging on every word"

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: ENRAPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Sporty Mazdas"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: MIATAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Cornea neighbor"

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 the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball
• Words that mean the same thing: sclerotic coat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCLERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Pac-Man and the ghosts, in Pac-Man cereal"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar
• Words that mean the same thing: marshmallow
• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARSHMALLOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Collections dating back to the Han dynasty"

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: TEASETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Nosy Parker"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
• Words that mean the same thing: snoop
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOOPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Hot rods?"

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 narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: ptyalise, tongue, spittle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Set straight"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make level, square, balanced, or concentric
• Words that mean the same thing: true, true up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. "___ all a blur""

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 branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
• Words that mean the same thing: information technology, 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: ITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Broadband letters"

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 generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
• Words that mean the same thing: digital subscriber line
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Any student at Acme Looniversity"

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: TINYTOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Self-serving comment?"

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: ONEFORME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. What ataxophobes crave"

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 state of being neat and smart and trim
• Words that mean the same thing: spruceness, tidiness
• The opposite would be: untidiness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEATNESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Extricate with leverage"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: PRYAWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Name shared by the composers Holst and Mahler"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: GUSTAV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. In"

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: ATHOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Certain autumn tourist, slangily"

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: LEAFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Far from crisp, as text"

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 lacking wit or imagination
• Words that mean the same thing: prosaic, pedestrian, earthbound
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Clunker car"

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

  The answer is: LEMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Barre bend"

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: PLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Weapon on a cord"

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 cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
• Words that mean the same thing: bolo tie, bola tie, bolo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Mauna ___"

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: LOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Home of "The Monkees" on 1960s 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: NBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	73.5%
Short Answer	10	14.7%
History	2	2.9%
Geography	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%
Music	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (45 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (31 Across, 45 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

January 15, 2020 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Mary Stuart, for one	4
2A	5. Taiwan-based computer giant	4
3A	9. Secretly watched	5
4A	14. Tea made with milk, sugar and cardamom	4
5A	15. Rob of "Parks and Recreation"	4
6A	16. Attacked with a spray	5
7A	17. Engaged in foul play	15
8A	20. Burnt ___ (old Crayola color)	5
9A	21. Some batteries	4
10A	22. One engaged in friendly contention	15
11A	29. Lith., e.g., once	3
12A	30. Hands (out)	5
13A	31. 2020, por ejemplo	3
14A	32. "___ che macchiavi quell'anima" (aria opener)	5
15A	34. Invalidate	5
16A	36. "Oh, now they're really going to fight!"	15
17A	41. Puts up on a gallery wall	5
18A	42. Colorful spring flower	5
19A	43. A.B.A. member: Abbr.	3
20A	44. Stand in a mall	5
21A	46. HBO competitor	3
22A	49. Cry "Uncle!"	15
23A	54. Veg out	4
24A	55. ___ Gay (historic plane)	5
25A	56. Hold back	15
26A	62. Elude	5
27A	63. Gangster	4
28A	64. Turnabouts, informally	4
29A	65. Evasive	5
30A	66. Actor Rogen	4
31A	67. Crafty website	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. Mary Stuart, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Taiwan-based computer giant"

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 type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Acer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Secretly watched"

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 catch sight of
• Words that mean the same thing: stag, spot, snoop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Tea made with milk, sugar and cardamom"

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: CHAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Rob of "Parks and Recreation""

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: LOWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Attacked with a spray"

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: MACED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Engaged in foul play"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HITBELOWTHEBELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Burnt ___ (old Crayola color)"

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 earth pigment
• Words that mean the same thing: burnt umber, deep brown, chocolate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Some batteries"

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 aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
• Words that mean the same thing: abdominal aortic aneurysm, AAA
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. One engaged in friendly contention"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPARRINGPARTNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "29. Lith., e.g., once"

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: SSR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "30. Hands (out)"

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 share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
• Words that mean the same thing: dole, pogy, pogey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "31. 2020, por ejemplo"

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 palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
• Words that mean the same thing: Fatah Revolutionary Council, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Fatah-RC
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. "___ che macchiavi quell'anima" (aria opener)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERITU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Invalidate"

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 declare invalid
• Words that mean the same thing: nullify, repeal, vacate
• The opposite would be: validate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. "Oh, now they're really going to fight!""

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THEGLOVESAREOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "41. Puts up on a gallery wall"

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 special way of doing something
• Words that mean the same thing: fall, knack, attend
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HANGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "42. Colorful spring 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 large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of europe and having velvety petals of various colors
• Words that mean the same thing: sissy, queen, poove
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. A.B.A. member: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: ATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Stand 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 small area set off by walls for special use
• Words that mean the same thing: cubicle, stall, booth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIOSK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. HBO competitor"

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: TMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "49. Cry "Uncle!""

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: THROWINTHETOWEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "54. Veg out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hang loosely or laxly
• Words that mean the same thing: lounge around, loaf, loll 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: LOLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "55. ___ Gay (historic plane)"

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: ENOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "56. Hold back"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: PULLONESPUNCHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "62. Elude"

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 stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: forefend, annul, nullify
• The opposite would be: confront, validate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVOID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "63. Gangster"

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 an aggressive and violent young criminal
• Words that mean the same thing: strong-armer, toughie, hood
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "64. Turnabouts, informally"

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: UIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "65. Evasive"

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

  The answer is: CAGEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "66. Actor Rogen"

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) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
• Words that mean the same thing: Set
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "67. Crafty website"

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: ETSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword January 15, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Straight downhill ski run	6
2D	2. Some early "astronauts"	6
3D	3. Granola treat	6
4D	4. River of Tuscany	5
5D	5. Nothing but	3
6D	6. Corp. manager	3
7D	7. "Oh, gross!"	3
8D	8. Do over for radio, say	6
9D	9. ___ campaign	5
10D	10. Colt 45 brewer	5
11D	11. Knock off	3
12D	12. What has a long history in ichthyology?	3
13D	13. E.P.A.-banned pesticide	3
14D	18. Slip up	3
15D	19. Nine-time P.G.A. Tour winner Jay	4
16D	23. Individual: Prefix	4
17D	24. Timeout alternative	4
18D	25. Receptacle for one doing decoupage	7
19D	26. Smaller than micro-	4
20D	27. Ample, informally	4
21D	28. Deeply massage	4
22D	32. Meringue ingredient	3
23D	33. "Kidnapped" author's monogram	3
24D	34. "___ gratia artis"	3
25D	35. Napoleon's marshal	3
26D	36. "Take ___!"	4
27D	37. Possesses, biblically	4
28D	38. ___'acte	4
29D	39. Pageant wear	4
30D	40. Tennis great Huber	4
31D	44. Drying oven	4
32D	45. Coves	6
33D	46. Like a really good game for a pitcher, say	6
34D	47. Brawls	6
35D	48. Stylish and sophisticated	6
36D	50. Skateboarding jump	5
37D	51. Forested	5
38D	52. Full complement of limbs on a squid	3
39D	53. Exactly as scheduled	5
40D	56. Lead-in to Man or 12	3
41D	57. School founded by Thos. Jefferson	3
42D	58. Make a record of	3
43D	59. Gender-neutral pronoun spelled with a slash between the first and second letters	3
44D	60. Wager	3
45D	61. "Yuck!"	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. Straight downhill ski run"

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

  The answer is: SCHUSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Some early "astronauts""

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 intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial african forests
• Words that mean the same thing: chimp, Pan troglodytes, chimpanzee
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Granola treat"

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: OATBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. River of Tuscany"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a river of central italy; flows through rome to the tyrrhenian sea
• Words that mean the same thing: Tevere
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Nothing but"

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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Words that mean the same thing: wholly, totally, whole
• The opposite would be: partly, some
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Corp. manager"

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

  The answer is: COO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Oh, gross!""

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: EWW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Do over for radio, say"

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: RETAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ campaign"

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 slanderous defamation
• Words that mean the same thing: malignment, slur, blot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Colt 45 brewer"

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: PABST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Knock off"

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 water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: chicken feed, deoxyephedrine, crank
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. What has a long history in ichthyology?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. E.P.A.-banned pesticide"

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 an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the united states since 1972
• Words that mean the same thing: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Slip up"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: mistake, drift, stray
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Nine-time P.G.A. Tour winner Jay"

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: HAAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Individual: Prefix"

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: IDIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Timeout alternative"

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: NOTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Receptacle for one doing decoupage"

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: GLUEPOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Smaller than micro-"

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: NANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Ample, informally"

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: ENUF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Deeply massage"

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 norse chieftain who became the first duke of normandy (860-931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hrolf, Rollo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Meringue ingredient"

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 animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
• Words that mean the same thing: ball, testicle, orchis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. "Kidnapped" author's monogram"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: RLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. "___ gratia artis""

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 colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: argon, Arkansas, AR
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Napoleon's marshal"

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 french marshal in the napoleonic wars (1769-1815)
• Words that mean the same thing: Duc d'Elchingen, Michel Ney
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. "Take ___!""

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: THAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Possesses, biblically"

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: HATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "38. ___'acte"

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: ENTR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "39. Pageant wear"

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 framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
• Words that mean the same thing: window sash, waistcloth, waistband
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "40. Tennis great Huber"

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: ANKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Drying oven"

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 furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KILN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Coves"

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 an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
• Words that mean the same thing: intake, inlet, recess
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INLETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Like a really good game for a pitcher, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TWOHIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Brawls"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a noisy riotous fight
• Words that mean the same thing: melee, battle royal, scrimmage
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MELEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "48. Stylish and sophisticated"

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 elegant and fashionable; ; ; ; - julia child
• Words that mean the same thing: posh, swish
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLASSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Skateboarding jump"

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 37 Down: "51. Forested"

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 made of or containing or resembling wood
• Words that mean the same thing: arboreous, woodsy, arboraceous
• The opposite would be: nonwoody
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOODY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "52. Full complement of limbs on a squid"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: x, ten-spot, tenner
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "53. Exactly as scheduled"

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: ONCUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "56. Lead-in to Man or 12"

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 committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
• Words that mean the same thing: political action committee
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "57. School founded by Thos. Jefferson"

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: UVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "58. Make a record of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
• Words that mean the same thing: logarithm, lumber
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "59. Gender-neutral pronoun spelled with a slash between the first and second letters"

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: SHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 44 Down: "60. Wager"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 45 Down: "61. "Yuck!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	67.1%
Short Answer	19	25.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	45
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 27, 2025 at 05:15 PM