October 31, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (36 clues)
• Down Clues (34 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, October 31, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (36 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle October 31, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Standout work	10
2A	11. Disney villain based on King Claudius	4
3A	15. ´, in French	10
4A	16. Site of an early miracle	4
5A	17. Dance craze during the Roaring Twenties	10
6A	18. Lacking in excitement	4
7A	19. Pioneering band in nu metal	4
8A	20. Dark ___	4
9A	21. Actor Malek	4
10A	22. Onetime trade org.	3
11A	23. Hiss at a Congressional hearing	5
12A	25. Food from a bar	5
13A	26. "Yeah, you wish!"	7
14A	28. Post-marathon treatment, maybe	7
15A	30. It's a thing in Mexico	4
16A	31. Product that becomes an item to which it's applied after shifting the last letter one spot down in the alphabet	3
17A	32. Part of Comedy Central's logo	3
18A	33. Heavy hitter?	6
19A	36. Jets	6
20A	38. ___ minute (cooked to order)	3
21A	39. Protective wear around shellfish, maybe	3
22A	41. Wow, just wow	4
23A	42. Route for pulling a boat	7
24A	44. Form of graffiti	7
25A	48. Choices for sushi chefs	5
26A	49. Hyper-	5
27A	51. A to B, say: Abbr.	3
28A	52. Break	4
29A	53. A to B, say	4
30A	54. Edit menu option	4
31A	55. Coup target	4
32A	56. Cheese from Wales, not southeastern Pennsylvania	10
33A	59. Battle of the Hedgerows locale	4
34A	60. Deserving more credit	10
35A	61. Acknowledged	4
36A	62. Strip of ownership	10

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. Standout work"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a book that has had a large and rapid sale
• Words that mean the same thing: best seller
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BESTSELLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. Disney villain based on King Claudius"

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 mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: cicatrix, pock, mark
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. ´, in French"

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: ACCENTAIGU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Site of an early miracle"

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: CANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Dance craze during the Roaring Twenties"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that state capital of west virginia in the central part of the state on the kanawha river
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of West Virginia
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHARLESTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Lacking in excitement"

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 lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Words that mean the same thing: waterless, desiccated, desiccate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Pioneering band in nu metal"

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: KORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Dark ___"

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: humanities, graphics, humanistic discipline
• The 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 9 Across: "21. Actor Malek"

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 the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical
• Words that mean the same thing: ramus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Onetime trade org."

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 international organization of european countries formed after world war ii to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
• Words that mean the same thing: European Community, Common Market, Europe
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Hiss at a Congressional hearing"

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 author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)
• Words that mean the same thing: Horatio Alger
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Food from a bar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and pipturus albidus
• Words that mean the same thing: tapa bark, tappa, tapa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. "Yeah, you wish!""

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: DREAMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Post-marathon treatment, maybe"

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: ICEBATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. It's a thing in Mexico"

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: COSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Product that becomes an item to which it's applied after shifting the last letter one spot down in the alphabet"

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: PAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Part of Comedy Central's logo"

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: CEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Heavy hitter?"

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 sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
• Words that mean the same thing: hammer, beetle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Jets"

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 distance travelled per unit time
• Words that mean the same thing: velocity, hotfoot, speeding
• The opposite would be: linger, decelerate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. ___ minute (cooked to order)"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Protective wear around shellfish, maybe"

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 top part of an apron; covering the chest
• Words that mean the same thing: tipple
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Wow, just wow"

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 make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
• Words that mean the same thing: daze, stupefy, bedaze
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Route for pulling a boat"

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 a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
• Words that mean the same thing: towing path
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOWPATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Form of graffiti"

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 cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
• Words that mean the same thing: aerosol container, aerosol can, aerosol bomb
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AEROSOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Choices for sushi chefs"

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 tropical american prickly pear of jamaica
• Words that mean the same thing: tunny, Opuntia tuna, tuna
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUNAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Hyper-"

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 (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
• Words that mean the same thing: extremist, radical
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ULTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. A to B, say: 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: VOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Break"

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 something left after other parts have been taken away
• Words that mean the same thing: perch, remain, relaxation
• The opposite would be: change, be active
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. A to B, say"

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 maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• Words that mean the same thing: whole step, mistreat, whole tone
• The 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 30 Across: "54. Edit menu option"

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 do over, as of (part of) a house
• Words that mean the same thing: reconstruct, remodel, remake
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Coup target"

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: ETAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Cheese from Wales, not southeastern Pennsylvania"

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: CAERPHILLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "59. Battle of the Hedgerows locale"

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: STLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Deserving more credit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make too low an estimate of
• Words that mean the same thing: underestimate, underrate
• The opposite would be: overestimate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNDERRATED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. Acknowledged"

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 perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
• Words that mean the same thing: encounter, envision, get a 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: SEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "62. Strip of ownership"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that deprive of the possession of real estate
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISPOSSESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle October 31, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Patronized	6
2D	2. Parrot, in a way	6
3D	3. Like hen's teeth	6
4D	4. Soarer by the shore	4
5D	5. It's noted for its alums	3
6D	6. "Les Nuits d'___" (Berlioz work)	3
7D	7. Layered fare	7
8D	8. Petrol unit	5
9D	9. Activity of self-interest	7
10D	10. Pantyhose problems	4
11D	11. Insect depicted in hieroglyphics	6
12D	12. Terrapin topper	8
13D	13. Bubbly	8
14D	14. Sources of crunch for a salad	8
15D	23. Things on the small slide?	7
16D	24. Came unhinged	6
17D	25. Crispy order at a Japanese restaurant	7
18D	27. Abbr. in a sports injury report	3
19D	29. Office chair feature	6
20D	33. Something fit for a king or queen	8
21D	34. Titular children's song lyric after "Et la tête!"	8
22D	35. One way to get rid of things	8
23D	37. Ending with Angel	3
24D	40. Dweller in the Himalayas	7
25D	41. Course for many a high schooler, in brief	7
26D	43. Who allegedly said "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country"	6
27D	45. Lissome	6
28D	46. A bunch	6
29D	47. Overseas insurance giant	6
30D	50. European city where the first carbonated beverage was invented	5
31D	53. Move quickly, as a cloud	4
32D	54. Narrow inlets	4
33D	57. Crackerjack	3
34D	58. Timecard entries: Abbr.	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. Patronized"

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 be behind; approve of
• Words that mean the same thing: back up, punt, support
• The opposite would be: front, veer
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BACKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Parrot, in a way"

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: ECHOER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Like hen's teeth"

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 deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
• Words that mean the same thing: scarcely, barely, hardly
• The opposite would be: abundant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCARCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Soarer by the shore"

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 small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. It's noted for its alums"

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: SNL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Les Nuits d'___" (Berlioz work)"

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: ETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Layered fare"

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 baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables
• Words that mean the same thing: lasagne
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASAGNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Petrol unit"

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 metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
• Words that mean the same thing: cubic decimetre, l, cubic decimeter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LITRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Activity of self-interest"

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 act in a way that attracts attention
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGOTRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Pantyhose problems"

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 score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
• Words that mean the same thing: fly the coop, tally, unravel
• The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Insect depicted in hieroglyphics"

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 scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient egyptians
• Words that mean the same thing: scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCARAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Terrapin topper"

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 hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
• Words that mean the same thing: cuticle, shield, shell
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARAPACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Bubbly"

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 heighten or intensify
• Words that mean the same thing: enliven, animize, recreate
• The opposite would be: deaden, unanimated
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMATED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Sources of crunch for a salad"

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 pungent fleshy edible root
• Words that mean the same thing: daikon, radish, radish plant
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADISHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Things on the small slide?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
• Words that mean the same thing: ameba, amoeba
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOEBAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Came unhinged"

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: LOSTIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Crispy order at a Japanese restaurant"

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 vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEMPURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Abbr. in a sports injury report"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: ACL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Office chair feature"

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 worker who casts molten metal into finished products
• Words that mean the same thing: castor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Something fit for a king or queen"

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 large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MATTRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Titular children's song lyric after "Et la tête!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALOUETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. One way to get rid of things"

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: LAWNSALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Ending with Angel"

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: ENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Dweller in the Himalayas"

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 a native or inhabitant of bhutan
• Words that mean the same thing: Bhutanese
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BHUTANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Course for many a high schooler, in brief"

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: SATPREP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Who allegedly said "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: PATTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Lissome"

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 showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
• Words that mean the same thing: lissom, lissome, lithesome
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SVELTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. A 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 large number or amount
• Words that mean the same thing: scores, heaps, tons
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OODLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Overseas insurance giant"

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 comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971)
• Words that mean the same thing: Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd, Lloyd
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LLOYDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. European city where the first carbonated beverage was invented"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city on the river aire in west yorkshire in northern england; a center of the clothing industry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Move quickly, as a cloud"

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 act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
• Words that mean the same thing: scudding, dash, scoot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Narrow inlets"

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: RIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Crackerjack"

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 athlete who plays for pay
• Words that mean the same thing: professional
• The opposite would be: con, anti
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. Timecard entries: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
• Words that mean the same thing: 60 minutes, hr, hour
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	75.7%
Short Answer	9	12.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 21, 2025 at 03:18 PM

March 01, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (38 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.6 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle March 01, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Yaks	4
2A	5. *Gulf Coast waterway	5
3A	10. Simpson family member who says "Get bent!"	4
4A	14. Eye layer containing the iris	4
5A	15. Reunion attendees, informally	5
6A	16. "Never Have I ___" (Mindy Kaling Netflix series)	4
7A	17. Aspiring doc's exam	4
8A	18. Imam's holy book	5
9A	19. Campbell of "Scream"	4
10A	20. Sandwich known by its initials	3
11A	21. Not taking sides	7
12A	23. ___ de plume	3
13A	24. One-up	5
14A	26. "Yay, me!"	5
15A	28. *Main drag of the French Quarter	13
16A	34. *Celebration with king cakes	9
17A	35. Chick's chirp	4
18A	38. Eccentric	5
19A	39. Varieties	4
20A	43. No power?	4
21A	44. "Absolutely!"	3
22A	45. Singer Celine	4
23A	46. What nephology is the study of	6
24A	49. Foe of Austin Powers	6
25A	51. Wombs	5
26A	53. Bird in a gaggle	5
27A	54. Rapper Mos ___	3
28A	56. Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares	7
29A	58. N.Y.C. airport	3
30A	61. Psyched about	5
31A	63. Once around the track	3
32A	64. Harlem Renaissance writer Locke	5
33A	66. "Later!"	5
34A	67. Mine find	3
35A	68. "I put the sing in single" singer	5
36A	69. Ship's backbone	4
37A	70. *___ Square (translation of "Vieux Carré")	3
38A	71. [Wrong answer!]	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. Yaks"

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 light informal conversation for social occasions
• Words that mean the same thing: chin wagging, chit-chat, chitchat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. *Gulf Coast waterway"

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 swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in mississippi and louisiana)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAYOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Simpson family member who says "Get bent!""

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 member of the british order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
• Words that mean the same thing: baronet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Eye layer containing the iris"

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 part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UVEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Reunion attendees, 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 white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
• Words that mean the same thing: grad, potassium alum, ammonia alum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "Never Have I ___" (Mindy Kaling Netflix series)"

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 at any time
• Words that mean the same thing: always, e'er, of all time
• The opposite would be: never
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Aspiring doc's exam"

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: MCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Imam's holy book"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sacred writings of islam revealed by god to the prophet muhammad during his life at mecca and medina
• Words that mean the same thing: al-Qur'an, Book, Quran
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KORAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Campbell of "Scream""

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 upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Sandwich known by its initials"

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 sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
• Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Not taking sides"

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 one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
• Words that mean the same thing: inert, indifferent, impersonal
• The opposite would be: chromatic, positive
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEUTRAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. ___ de plume"

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: NOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. One-up"

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 be or do something to a greater degree
• Words that mean the same thing: scoop, outmatch, exceed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. "Yay, me!""

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: IRULE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. *Main drag of the French Quarter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BOURBONSTREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. *Celebration with king cakes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MARDIGRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Chick's chirp"

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 short weak cry of a young bird
• Words that mean the same thing: cheep, peek, chirp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Eccentric"

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 informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• Words that mean the same thing: round the bend, daft, barmy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BATTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Varieties"

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 kind of person
• Words that mean the same thing: ilk, like
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. No power?"

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 vote that blocks a decision
• Words that mean the same thing: blackball, negative, interdict
• The opposite would be: permit, allow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. "Absolutely!""

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 affirmative
• The opposite would be: no
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Singer Celine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. What nephology is the study of"

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 any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
• Words that mean the same thing: overcast, corrupt, fog
• The opposite would be: clear up
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOUDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Foe of Austin Powers"

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: DREVIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Wombs"

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 hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
• Words that mean the same thing: womb, uterus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Bird in a gaggle"

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 web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
• Words that mean the same thing: fathead, jackass, goof
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Rapper Mos ___"

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: DEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: BIGEASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. N.Y.C. airport"

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 35th president of the united states; established the peace corps; assassinated in dallas (1917-1963)
• Words that mean the same thing: Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, Jack Kennedy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JFK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Psyched about"

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: UPFOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Once around the track"

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 upper side of the thighs of a seated person
• Words that mean the same thing: lick, overlap, swosh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Harlem Renaissance writer Locke"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. "Later!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEEYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Mine find"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. "I put the sing in single" singer"

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: LIZZO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Ship's backbone"

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 projection or ridge that suggests a keel
• Words that mean the same thing: swag, careen, lurch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. *___ Square (translation of "Vieux Carré")"

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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Words that mean the same thing: onetime, honest-to-god, previous
• The opposite would be: young, new
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. [Wrong answer!]"

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: BZZT

  Great job if you got it right!

March 01, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. *Cajun stew	5
2D	2. Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion	6
3D	3. Arrive at ahead of	6
4D	4. Parked oneself	3
5D	5. Prepare, as a king cake	4
6D	6. Baseball family name	4
7D	7. Steppes dwelling	4
8D	8. Actor Epps	4
9D	9. Annapolis inst.	4
10D	10. Actor Platt of "Dear Evan Hansen"	3
11D	11. *St. Charles or Esplanade	6
12D	12. Uprising	6
13D	13. *2010-13 HBO series set shortly after Hurricane Katrina	5
14D	21. Screenwriter Ephron	4
15D	22. Former Italian money	4
16D	25. Empty, as a purse	7
17D	27. Lives (in)	7
18D	29. "Hang on a sec," in texts	3
19D	30. Singer Anita of the swing era	4
20D	31. Evening, in ads	4
21D	32. Some NCOs	4
22D	33. Attempt	3
23D	35. Plastic pipe material, in brief	3
24D	36. ___ sauce (sushi roll topper)	3
25D	37. *Cajun shellfish-over-rice dish	8
26D	40. *Music heard at Preservation Hall	8
27D	41. Colorful pond fish	3
28D	42. NBC hit since '75	3
29D	47. Actress Messing	5
30D	48. ___ Lanka	3
31D	49. Uno + uno	3
32D	50. Queenly	5
33D	52. Ice house	5
34D	53. Stared in wonder	5
35D	54. Twilight time	4
36D	55. Fencing event	4
37D	57. ___ Grey tea	4
38D	59. Soda's pop?	4
39D	60. Shoelace or muscle problem	4
40D	62. Popeye's Olive	3
41D	65. Women's ___	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. *Cajun stew"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
• Words that mean the same thing: Abelmoschus esculentus, okra plant, okra
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUMBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion"

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: AVCLUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Arrive at ahead of"

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: BEATTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Parked oneself"

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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Words that mean the same thing: pose, posture, seat
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Prepare, as a king cake"

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 cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
• Words that mean the same thing: broil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Baseball family 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: ALOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Steppes dwelling"

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 circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic mongol and turkic people of central asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YURT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Actor Epps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Annapolis inst."

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: USNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Actor Platt of "Dear Evan Hansen""

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

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 11 Down: "11. *St. Charles or Esplanade"

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 line of approach
• Words that mean the same thing: boulevard
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVENUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Uprising"

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 organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
• Words that mean the same thing: insurrection, uprising, gross out
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVOLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. *2010-13 HBO series set shortly after Hurricane Katrina"

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: TREME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Screenwriter Ephron"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Former Italian money"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money on malta; equal to 100 cents
• Words that mean the same thing: Italian lira, Maltese lira, Turkish lira
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Empty, as a purse"

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: DUMPOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Lives (in)"

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 make one's home in a particular place or community
• Words that mean the same thing: lodge in, reside, occupy
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. "Hang on a sec," in texts"

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: BRB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Singer Anita of the swing era"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ODAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Evening, in ads"

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: NITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Some NCOs"

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: SGTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Attempt"

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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: judge, stress, adjudicate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Plastic pipe material, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables
• Words that mean the same thing: premature ventricular contraction, polyvinyl chloride
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PVC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. ___ sauce (sushi roll topper)"

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 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 25 Down: "37. *Cajun shellfish-over-rice dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETOUFFEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. *Music heard at Preservation Hall"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: LIVEJAZZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Colorful pond fish"

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: KOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. NBC hit since '75"

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: SNL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Actress Messing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DEBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. ___ Lanka"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Uno + uno"

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 federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
• Words that mean the same thing: DO, manage, coif
• 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: DOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Queenly"

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 sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
• Words that mean the same thing: purple, royal stag, regal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROYAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Ice house"

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 eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
• Words that mean the same thing: iglu
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGLOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Stared in wonder"

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 look with amazement; look stupidly
• Words that mean the same thing: breach, gawp, yawn
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Twilight time"

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 time of day immediately following sunset
• Words that mean the same thing: gloam, gloaming, nightfall
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUSK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Fencing event"

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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. ___ Grey tea"

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 british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Soda's pop?"

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 an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
• Words that mean the same thing: froth, foam, sparkle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIZZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Shoelace or muscle problem"

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 tight cluster of people or things
• Words that mean the same thing: Calidris canutus, mi, air mile
• The opposite would be: unravel, unknot
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "62. Popeye's Olive"

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: OYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "65. Women's ___"

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: LIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	59.5%
Short Answer	19	24.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	8	10.1%
Literature	3	3.8%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	79
Average Answer Length	4.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, 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 11, 2025 at 03:19 PM