July 08, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, July 08, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle July 08, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Al who created Li'l Abner	4
2A	5. Chatting online, in brief	5
3A	10. Almost any offer that's too good to be true	4
4A	14. Doozy	4
5A	15. "I swear!"	5
6A	16. Robe in old Rome	4
7A	17. The "A" of U.A.E.	4
8A	18. *Basketball position for Magic Johnson or Steph Curry	10
9A	20. *Level on the military wage scale	8
10A	22. Player in front of a net	6
11A	23. What sailors and beachgoers breathe	6
12A	24. Uncouth person	4
13A	25. Colorado summer hrs.	3
14A	26. *Alternative to a brush when coating the side of a house	8
15A	30. Things coiled on the sides of houses	5
16A	33. With 44-Across, onetime British slapstick comic	5
17A	34. Single-stranded genetic molecule	3
18A	35. ___ and crafts	4
19A	36. Consumer products giant, for short ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues	5
20A	37. Tylenol target	4
21A	38. "You got it now?"	3
22A	39. Toyota hybrid	5
23A	40. North Pole resident	5
24A	41. *The Beach Boys or Backstreet Boys	8
25A	43. Amusement	3
26A	44. See 33-Across	4
27A	45. Marx's collaborator on "The Communist Manifesto"	6
28A	49. ___ Field, former home of the Seattle Mariners	6
29A	52. *Shade akin to olive	8
30A	54. *Sorority types who go out a lot	10
31A	56. Eugene O'Neill's "___ Christie"	4
32A	57. Help with a crime	4
33A	58. Letter-shaped fastener	5
34A	59. "Veni, ___, vici"	4
35A	60. Hellmann's product, informally	4
36A	61. Daytime or Primetime awards	5
37A	62. Holler	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. Al who created Li'l Abner"

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: CAPP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Chatting online, in brief"

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: IMING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Almost any offer that's too good to be true"

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 fraudulent business scheme
• Words that mean the same thing: mulct, rook, defraud
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Doozy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a very attractive or seductive looking woman
• Words that mean the same thing: mantrap, looker, smasher
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LULU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "I swear!""

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: NOLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Robe in old Rome"

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 one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient rome
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. The "A" of U.A.E."

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 member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. *Basketball position for Magic Johnson or Steph Curry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POINTGUARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. *Level on the military wage scale"

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 rank in a military organization
• Words that mean the same thing: rating, military rank, military rating
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAYGRADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Player in front of a net"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
• Words that mean the same thing: goalkeeper, netkeeper, goaltender
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOALIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. What sailors and beachgoers breathe"

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: SEAAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Uncouth person"

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 crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
• Words that mean the same thing: churl, Goth, tyke
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Colorado summer hrs."

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: MDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. *Alternative to a brush when coating the side of a house"

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: PAINTGUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Things coiled on the sides of houses"

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

  The answer is: HOSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. With 44-Across, onetime British slapstick comic"

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 east indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
• Words that mean the same thing: sesame, Benjamin Kubelsky, benne
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BENNY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Single-stranded genetic molecule"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
• Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. ___ and 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: artistic creation, humanities, prowess
• The 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 19 Across: "36. Consumer products giant, for short ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: PANDG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Tylenol target"

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 symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
• Words that mean the same thing: ail, anguish, painfulness
• The opposite would be: pleasure
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. "You got it now?""

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 the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: run into, watch, visualise
• The 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 22 Across: "39. Toyota hybrid"

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: PRIUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. North Pole resident"

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 legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at christmas
• Words that mean the same thing: Kriss Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. *The Beach Boys or Backstreet Boys"

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: POPGROUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. Amusement"

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 activities that are enjoyable or amusing
• Words that mean the same thing: playfulness, merriment, play
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. See 33-Across"

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 local and well-defined elevation of the land
• Words that mean the same thing: mound, Benny Hill, pitcher's mound
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Marx's collaborator on "The Communist Manifesto""

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 socialist who wrote the communist manifesto with karl marx in 1848 (1820-1895)
• Words that mean the same thing: Friedrich Engels
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENGELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. ___ Field, former home of the Seattle Mariners"

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: SAFECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. *Shade akin to olive"

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: PEAGREEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. *Sorority types who go out a lot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PARTYGIRLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Eugene O'Neill's "___ Christie""

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 former copper coin of pakistan and india
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Help with a crime"

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 assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Letter-shaped fastener"

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: UBOLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. "Veni, ___, vici""

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: VIDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Hellmann's product, informally"

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 egg yolks and oil and vinegar
• Words that mean the same thing: mayonnaise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAYO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "61. Daytime or Primetime awards"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an annual award by the academy of television arts and sciences for outstanding achievements in television
• Words that mean the same thing: Emmy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMMYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "62. Holler"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• Words that mean the same thing: squall, shout out, call
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle July 08, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Applauds	5
2D	2. Enveloping glows, old-style	5
3D	3. ___ del Rey, Calif.	5
4D	4. *Darts and snooker	8
5D	5. Somewhat	6
6D	6. An emoji may suggest it	4
7D	7. 1970s tennis champ Nastase	4
8D	8. Writer Anaïs	3
9D	9. Dig into work	8
10D	10. E. B. White's "___ Little"	6
11D	11. Unwanted stocking stuffer	4
12D	12. Prefix with cultural	4
13D	13. Prepared, as dinner or a bed	4
14D	19. Foolish, informally	5
15D	21. Frees (of)	4
16D	24. Marching halftime crews	5
17D	26. Fence in	5
18D	27. Mom's mom, for short	4
19D	28. The "U" of I.C.U.	4
20D	29. Mom's mom	4
21D	30. Lock securer	4
22D	31. ___ O's (breakfast cereal)	4
23D	32. One of 12 in Alcoholics Anonymous	4
24D	33. Oksana ___, 1994 Olympic skating wonder	5
25D	36. What may precede Chapter 1 in a novel	8
26D	37. *Roast accompaniment prepared with drippings	8
27D	39. $$$$, on Yelp	5
28D	40. Like choir music	4
29D	42. Run-down area	6
30D	43. Lavish meals	6
31D	46. Counting-off word	5
32D	47. 1980s tennis champ Ivan	5
33D	48. Creature that leaves a slimy trail	5
34D	49. What an email filter filters	4
35D	50. Rhyme scheme for Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"	4
36D	51. Glenn of the Eagles	4
37D	52. School event with a king and a queen	4
38D	53. "For Better or for Worse" mom	4
39D	55. Company that pioneered the U.P.C. bar code	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. Applauds"

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 sudden very loud noise
• Words that mean the same thing: gonorrhoea, bam, bang
• The opposite would be: boo
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Enveloping glows, old-style"

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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• Words that mean the same thing: aura, halo, aureole
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. ___ del Rey, Calif."

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: PLAYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. *Darts and snooker"

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: PUBGAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Somewhat"

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: INPART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. An emoji may suggest it"

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 characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: temper, climate, humour
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. 1970s tennis champ Nastase"

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: ILIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Writer Anaïs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Dig into work"

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: GETGOING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. E. B. White's "___ Little""

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 united states painter best known for his portraits of george washington (1755-1828)
• Words that mean the same thing: Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Charles Stuart
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Unwanted stocking stuffer"

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 fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the carboniferous period
• Words that mean the same thing: char, ember
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Prefix with cultural"

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: AGRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Prepared, as dinner or a bed"

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 give certain properties to something
• Words that mean the same thing: pull in, wee, cause
• The opposite would be: unmake, unmade
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Foolish, informally"

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 variety of albatross with black feet
• Words that mean the same thing: black-footed albatross, goonie, gooney
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Frees (of)"

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 relieve from
• Words that mean the same thing: rid, disembarrass, free
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Marching halftime crews"

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 unofficial association of people or groups
• Words that mean the same thing: set, circle, stripe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Fence in"

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: PENUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Mom's mom, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. The "U" of I.C.U."

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 division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: building block, unit of measurement, social unit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Mom's mom"

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: NANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Lock securer"

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 fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. ___ O's (breakfast cereal)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. One of 12 in Alcoholics Anonymous"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• Words that mean the same thing: dance step, tread, footfall
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Oksana ___, 1994 Olympic skating wonder"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: BAIUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. What may precede Chapter 1 in a novel"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an introduction to a play
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROLOGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. *Roast accompaniment prepared with drippings"

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: PANGRAVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. $$$$, on Yelp"

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 having a high price
• Words that mean the same thing: pricey, dear, costly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRICY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Like choir music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the imperial dynasty of china from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
• Words that mean the same thing: sing, Song dynasty, babble
• The opposite would be: keep quiet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUNG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Run-down area"

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 formerly the restricted quarter of many european cities in which jews were required to live
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GHETTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Lavish meals"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a ceremonial dinner party for many people
• Words that mean the same thing: spread, fete, feed
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEASTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Counting-off word"

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: EENIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. 1980s tennis champ Ivan"

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 united states tennis player (born in czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a united states citizen (born in 1960)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ivan Lendl
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENDL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Creature that leaves a slimy trail"

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 freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
• Words that mean the same thing: escargot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. What an email filter filters"

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 canned meat made largely from pork
• Words that mean the same thing: junk e-mail
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Rhyme scheme for Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening""

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: AABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "51. Glenn of the Eagles"

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 mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of njorth and brother of freya; originally of the vanir; later with the aesir
• Words that mean the same thing: Freyr
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "52. School event with a king and a queen"

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 formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
• Words that mean the same thing: promenade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "53. "For Better or for Worse" mom"

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: ELLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "55. Company that pioneered the U.P.C. bar code"

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: IBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	62	81.6%
Short Answer	5	6.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Literature	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 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 Monday, 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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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Date: Thursday, December 05, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword December 05, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. TV show with three stars	4
2A	5. Talent show entries	4
3A	9. Kind of knife	5
4A	14. Treat with the identical color scheme as this puzzle	4
5A	15. Brainstorming result	4
6A	16. ___ Kane, longtime "All My Children" role	5
7A	17. Deli stock	4
8A	18. Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation	4
9A	19. Neighbor on TV's "Bewitched"	5
10A	20. Power players	16
11A	23. Former Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke	3
12A	24. "Oh, were it not so"	4
13A	25. Where crafty people may be found online?	4
14A	27. Rap, so to speak	5
15A	30. Any member of the United Nations	14
16A	35. Staircase decoration	6
17A	37. Place to go in London	3
18A	38. Early operating system	4
19A	39. Brunch vessel	3
20A	40. New York's Daily News, e.g.	7
21A	43. Kimono accessory	3
22A	44. "Toodles"	4
23A	46. Pencil that's been much used	3
24A	47. Shakes awake	6
25A	49. Wooden crossings that provide protection from the weather	14
26A	52. Chemically nonreactive	5
27A	53. Product of the Kellogg Company	4
28A	54. Traffic signal?	4
29A	56. Internet company that helped launch TMZ	3
30A	58. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for one	16
31A	64. Celebrated husky	5
32A	66. "Get to work!"	4
33A	67. Just	4
34A	68. Holiday season feeling	5
35A	69. "Good job!"	4
36A	70. Front end	4
37A	71. Nappy material	5
38A	72. Sizable vessels	4
39A	73. One-ups	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. TV show with three stars"

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 a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
• Words that mean the same thing: squash, squeeze, coquet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Talent show entries"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Words that mean the same thing: bit, Acts of the Apostles, routine
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Kind of knife"

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 united states pioneer and hero of the texas revolt against mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the mexican attack on the alamo where he died (1796-1836)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jim Bowie, James Bowie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOWIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Treat with the identical color scheme as this puzzle"

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

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Brainstorming result"

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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Words that mean the same thing: musical theme, estimation, mind
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ Kane, longtime "All My Children" role"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any plant of the genus erica
• Words that mean the same thing: true heath
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Deli stock"

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 flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: nitty-gritty, essence, nub
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation"

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 fraudulent business scheme
• Words that mean the same thing: hornswoggle, short-change, bunco
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Neighbor on TV's "Bewitched""

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: ABNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Power players"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: MOVERSANDSHAKERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Former Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mountain or tall hill
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "Oh, were it not so""

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Words that mean the same thing: ala, regrettably, unfortunately
• The opposite would be: fortunately, luckily
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Where crafty people may be found online?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ETSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Rap, so to speak"

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 accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: blasted, deuced, find fault
• The opposite would be: absolve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Any member of the United Nations"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOVEREIGNSTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Staircase decoration"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who imports or exports without paying duties
• Words that mean the same thing: contrabandist, ball carrier, smuggler
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUNNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Place to go in London"

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 toilet in britain
• Words that mean the same thing: water closet, W.C., closet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Early operating system"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that trademark for a powerful operating system
• Words that mean the same thing: UNIX system, UNIX operating system
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Brunch vessel"

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 large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. New York's Daily News, e.g."

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 sensationalist journalism
• Words that mean the same thing: tab, sheet, yellow journalism
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TABLOID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Kimono accessory"

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 (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: obeah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. "Toodles""

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 acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: aloha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Pencil that's been much used"

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 small lump or protuberance
• Words that mean the same thing: nitty-gritty, essence, sum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Shakes awake"

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 united states pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970)
• Words that mean the same thing: bestir, turn on, excite
• The opposite would be: cause to sleep, calm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Wooden crossings that provide protection from the weather"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COVEREDBRIDGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Chemically nonreactive"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that unable to move or resist motion
• Words that mean the same thing: neutral, sluggish, torpid
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Product of the Kellogg Company"

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: EGGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Traffic signal?"

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 cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
• Words that mean the same thing: puke, retch, purge
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HONK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Internet company that helped launch TMZ"

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: AOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for one"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: GOVERNMENTAGENCY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Celebrated husky"

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: BALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. "Get to work!""

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: DOIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Just"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small pond of standing water
• Words that mean the same thing: simple, bare
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Holiday season feeling"

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 cry or shout of approval
• Words that mean the same thing: urge on, cheer up, jolly up
• The opposite would be: uncheerfulness, complain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. "Good job!""

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 city in southeastern france on the mediterranean; the leading resort on the french riviera
• Words that mean the same thing: decent, squeamish, gracious
• The opposite would be: nasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Front end"

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 front part of a vessel or aircraft
• Words that mean the same thing: fore, stem, bow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Nappy material"

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 leather with a napped surface
• Words that mean the same thing: suede cloth, suede leather
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "72. Sizable vessels"

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 (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: ark, Ark of the Covenant, Ark
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "73. One-ups"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the upper part of anything
• Words that mean the same thing: superlative, peak, upper side
• The opposite would be: bottom
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

December 05, 2019 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. May honorees	4
2D	2. Specialty	4
3D	3. Penn name	4
4D	4. "HOOO-whee!"	7
5D	5. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"	5
6D	6. Media protector introduced in the '80s	6
7D	7. Deck chair material	4
8D	8. "Me too!"	4
9D	9. Wild bunch	6
10D	10. Sphere of power	3
11D	11. Edge out the competition	10
12D	12. Relative of a Slurpee	4
13D	13. Bring home	4
14D	21. Winter weather forecast	5
15D	22. "Luncheon of the Boating Party" artist	6
16D	26. "Rugrats" dad	3
17D	27. Robert the ___, much-storied king of Scotland	5
18D	28. Leaving nothing to the imagination	5
19D	29. Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea"	10
20D	31. "You don't say!"	5
21D	32. Sticky stuff	3
22D	33. Roman river	5
23D	34. Be	5
24D	36. Hit-or-miss	6
25D	41. Programmer's problem	3
26D	42. Taking care of	5
27D	45. Dot follower, online	3
28D	48. Needing neatening	7
29D	50. Slight, in a way	6
30D	51. Comic's "thing"	6
31D	55. Hall's singing partner	5
32D	56. Subject of a book that goes from apple to zebra	4
33D	57. Island with a royal palace	4
34D	59. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay	4
35D	60. Like some detective fiction	4
36D	61. Leader who succeeded his adoptive father	4
37D	62. Sorghum, e.g.	4
38D	63. Trees whose name sounds like letters of the alphabet	4
39D	65. "How I Met Your Mother" narrator	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. May honorees"

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

  The answer is: MOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Specialty"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a 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: field, arena, sphere
• The 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 3 Down: "3. Penn name"

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: SEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "HOOO-whee!""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: HOTDAMN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: AISHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Media protector introduced in the '80s"

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: CDCASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Deck chair material"

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 hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
• Words that mean the same thing: teakwood, Tectona grandis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Me too!""

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 member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern scandinavia and herding reindeer
• Words that mean the same thing: Saame, like, Saami
• The opposite would be: other, different
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Wild bunch"

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 living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Words that mean the same thing: animal, brute, wildcat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEASTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sphere of power"

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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: ball, revolve, globe
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Edge out the competition"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WINBYANOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Relative of a Slurpee"

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: ICEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Bring home"

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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Words that mean the same thing: gain, realize, bring in
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Winter weather forecast"

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 partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Luncheon of the Boating Party" artist"

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 french impressionist painter (1841-1919)
• Words that mean the same thing: Pierre Auguste Renoir
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENOIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. "Rugrats" dad"

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: STU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Robert the ___, much-storied king of Scotland"

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 australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir David Bruce, Robert the Bruce, David Bruce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Leaving nothing to the imagination"

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 horrible in fierceness or savagery
• Words that mean the same thing: shocking
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LURID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANNABELLEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. "You don't say!""

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: ILLBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Sticky stuff"

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 any thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: gook, goop, guck
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Roman river"

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 23 Down: "34. Be"

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 have an existence, be extant
• Words that mean the same thing: subsist, live, survive
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Hit-or-miss"

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 lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
• The opposite would be: nonrandom
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANDOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Programmer's problem"

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 general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
• Words that mean the same thing: hemipterous insect, hemipteron, tease
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Taking care 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 carry out or perform an action
• Words that mean the same thing: arrange, serve, behave
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Dot follower, online"

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: ORG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Needing neatening"

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 not neatly combed
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNKEMPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "50. Slight, in a way"

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 refuse to acknowledge
• Words that mean the same thing: cut, push aside, brush off
• The opposite would be: know, notice
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGNORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Comic's "thing""

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 (yiddish) a little; a piece
• Words that mean the same thing: shtik, schtik, schtick
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHTICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "55. Hall's singing partner"

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

  The answer is: OATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "56. Subject of a book that goes from apple to zebra"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: first principle, ABC, ABC's
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Island with a royal palace"

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 island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
• Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "59. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay"

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: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Like some detective fiction"

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: NOIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Leader who succeeded his adoptive father"

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 roman emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of rome in 64) but the roman empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Sorghum, e.g."

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 yield from plants in a single growing season
• Words that mean the same thing: harvest, pasture, clip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "63. Trees whose name sounds like letters of the alphabet"

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 wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
• Words that mean the same thing: yew
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. "How I Met Your Mother" narrator"

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 tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
• Words that mean the same thing: Teddy boy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TED

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	75.6%
Short Answer	11	14.1%
History	2	2.6%
Literature	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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