September 24, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (39 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

NYT Thursday Crossword Across Clues - September 24, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Start of a 14-Across	4
2A	5. [Just ... disappeared!]	4
3A	9. Part of a necklace	5
4A	14. Creative nugget	4
5A	15. One whose charges are sarges	5
6A	17. ___ system	5
7A	18. Kay, e.g.	10
8A	20. Introduction to physics?	5
9A	21. Squid organ	6
10A	22. Elle, e.g.	9
11A	24. "I'll be there in five minutes," often	3
12A	25. Nebraska senator Fischer	3
13A	27. Pop singer Brickell	4
14A	28. Dead head?	3
15A	29. Many a flat-screen	5
16A	31. Altiplano locale	5
17A	33. "You said it!," in slang	4
18A	34. Dry Spanish wine	5
19A	36. Union members	6
20A	38. Pea, e.g.	14
21A	42. Knockout	6
22A	43. Merit	5
23A	44. Supermodel born Melissa Miller	4
24A	45. Coming-out phrase	5
25A	48. Noise at night	5
26A	52. Day ___	3
27A	53. Greek goddess of the earth	4
28A	54. Charade	3
29A	56. Twitter titter	3
30A	57. Bee, e.g.	9
31A	60. Blob on a slide	6
32A	62. Closing bid?	5
33A	63. Explained in great detail ... or what four of this puzzle's clues are?	10
34A	65. Eurasia divider	5
35A	66. Roger ___, second-longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court	5
36A	67. Instead	4
37A	68. Gives conditionally	5
38A	69. Minnesota W.N.B.A. team	4
39A	70. Goes down	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. Start of a 14-Across"

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 anything that provides inspiration for later work
• Words that mean the same thing: microbe, source, seed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. [Just ... disappeared!]"

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: PFFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Part of a necklace"

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 fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
• Words that mean the same thing: clutches, clutch, clench
• The opposite would be: unbuckle, unclasp
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Creative nugget"

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, theme
• The 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 5 Across: "15. One whose charges are sarges"

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: LOOIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. ___ system"

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 tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
• Words that mean the same thing: reward, purity, observe
• The opposite would be: disrespect, dishonor
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HONOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Kay, e.g."

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: BEERBARREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Introduction to physics?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Squid organ"

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: INKSAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Elle, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRUMSTICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. "I'll be there in five minutes," often"

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 a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: Trygve Halvden Lie, dwell, Trygve Lie
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Nebraska senator Fischer"

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 young woman making her debut into society
• Words that mean the same thing: debutante
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Pop singer Brickell"

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: EDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Dead head?"

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: DEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Many a flat-screen"

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: LCDTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Altiplano locale"

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 mountain range in south america running 5000 miles along the pacific coast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. "You said it!," in slang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of language that native speakers can identify
• Words that mean the same thing: password, tidings, Scripture
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Dry Spanish wine"

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 dry red table wine from the rioja region of northern spain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Union members"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
• Words that mean the same thing: State Department, express, Department of State
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Pea, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: CRIBBAGEMARKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Knockout"

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 close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
• Words that mean the same thing: viewer, mantrap, spectator
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Merit"

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 numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
• Words that mean the same thing: economic value, prize, treasure
• The opposite would be: disesteem, disrespect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Supermodel born Melissa Miller"

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: EMME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Coming-out phrase"

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: IMGAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Noise at night"

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 rattling noise produced when snoring
• Words that mean the same thing: stertor, snoring, saw wood
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Day ___"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health spa, health club, watering place
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Greek goddess of the earth"

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 (greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of cronus and the titans in ancient mythology
• Words that mean the same thing: Ge, Gaea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Charade"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: behave, do, bit
• 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: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Twitter titter"

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: LOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Bee, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANHANDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Blob on a slide"

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

  The answer is: AMOEBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Closing bid?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a farewell remark
• Words that mean the same thing: arrivederci, au revoir, cheerio
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Explained in great detail ... or what four of this puzzle's clues are?"

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: SPELLEDOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Eurasia divider"

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 mountain range in western russia extending from the arctic to the caspian sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between europe and asia
• Words that mean the same thing: Ural Mountains
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Roger ___, second-longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court"

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 united states jurist who served as chief justice of the united states supreme court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)
• Words that mean the same thing: Roger Brooke Taney, Roger Taney
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Instead"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Gives conditionally"

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 bestow a quality on
• Words that mean the same thing: bestow, bring, loan
• The opposite would be: borrow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. Minnesota W.N.B.A. team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a text browser
• Words that mean the same thing: catamount
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYNX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. Goes down"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: fix, typeset, pose
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle September 24, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Vet-assisting legislation of 1944	6
2D	2. Heavenly	6
3D	3. Stank to high heaven	6
4D	4. Land of Opportunity?	4
5D	5. Track bet	5
6D	6. Supporting	3
7D	7. Largest employer in metro Detroit	4
8D	8. Like most parking garages	6
9D	9. Go after	5
10D	10. Perplexed	4
11D	11. "The ___ for 50 enemies is one friend": Aristotle	8
12D	12. Practitioner of the dark arts	8
13D	13. Line of athletic footwear	7
14D	16. Shake, as one's tail	5
15D	19. Uneasy feeling	7
16D	23. Liturgical reference book	6
17D	26. Cabo's peninsula	4
18D	30. Playground wheels	5
19D	32. Ride hard	3
20D	33. Arouse	5
21D	35. Novelist Patrick who wrote "Master and Commander"	6
22D	37. "Have I ever steered you wrong?!"	7
23D	38. Buddy	8
24D	39. Language in which "Hello, how are you?" is "Salut, ce mai faci?"	8
25D	40. Mendes of "2 Fast 2 Furious"	3
26D	41. Rudolph with a parody of Kamala Harris on "S.N.L."	4
27D	42. Electric guitar innovator	7
28D	46. Thick	5
29D	47. Ladies' night attendee	6
30D	49. Enthusiastic flamenco cry	6
31D	50. Hearty	6
32D	51. Gives a lift	6
33D	53. Magnetic induction unit	5
34D	55. Sepals of a flower, collectively	5
35D	58. Retained ... or detained	4
36D	59. Playground rhyme starter	4
37D	61. Some tributes	4
38D	64. "Dancing With the Stars" judge Goodman	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. Vet-assisting legislation of 1944"

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: GIBILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Heavenly"

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: EDENIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Stank to high heaven"

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 have an element suggestive (of something)
• Words that mean the same thing: smell, reek, fume
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Land of Opportunity?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
• Words that mean the same thing: blemish, impair, March
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Track bet"

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 point located with respect to surface features of some region
• Words that mean the same thing: property, piazza, office
• The opposite would be: divest
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Supporting"

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: FOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Largest employer in metro Detroit"

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 united states film maker (1896-1973)
• Words that mean the same thing: President Ford, Henry Ford II, fording
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Like most parking garages"

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

  The answer is: TIERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Go after"

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 act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
• Words that mean the same thing: pursual, Salmon P. Chase, track
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Perplexed"

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 people who are destined to die soon
• Words that mean the same thing: at sea, preoccupied, missed
• The opposite would be: profit, find
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "The ___ for 50 enemies is one friend": Aristotle"

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 remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
• Words that mean the same thing: counterpoison
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTIDOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Practitioner of the dark arts"

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 one who practices magic or sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: thaumaturgist, necromancer, thaumaturge
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SORCERER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Line of athletic footwear"

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: PROKEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Shake, as one's tail"

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 escape, either physically or mentally
• Words that mean the same thing: circumvent, evade, sidestep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Uneasy feeling"

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: BADVIBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Liturgical reference book"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (roman catholic church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate mass throughout the year
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISSAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Cabo's peninsula"

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: BAJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. Playground wheels"

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 vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
• Words that mean the same thing: velocipede, tricycle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. Ride hard"

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

  The answer is: NAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Arouse"

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 cause to become awake or conscious
• Words that mean the same thing: rouse, wake, arouse
• The opposite would be: cause to sleep, fall asleep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "35. Novelist Patrick who wrote "Master and Commander""

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. "Have I ever steered you wrong?!""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: TRUSTME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Buddy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COMPADRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Language in which "Hello, how are you?" is "Salut, ce mai faci?""

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 native or inhabitant of romania
• Words that mean the same thing: Roumanian, Rumanian
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROMANIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Mendes of "2 Fast 2 Furious""

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: EVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Rudolph with a parody of Kamala Harris on "S.N.L.""

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 an american indian people of yucatan and belize and guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between ad 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
• Words that mean the same thing: Mayan language, Mayan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Electric guitar innovator"

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: LESPAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Thick"

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 the location of something surrounded by other things
• Words that mean the same thing: thick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIDST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Ladies' night attendee"

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: GALPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Enthusiastic flamenco cry"

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: OLEOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Hearty"

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 sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
• Words that mean the same thing: full-bodied, rich, racy
• The opposite would be: frail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Gives a lift"

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 fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
• Words that mean the same thing: elate, intoxicate, uplift
• The opposite would be: depress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Magnetic induction 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 unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter
• Words that mean the same thing: Karl Friedrich Gauss, Karl Gauss
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAUSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Sepals of a flower, collectively"

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 (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALYX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Retained ... or detained"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
• Words that mean the same thing: give, deem, obligate
• The opposite would be: disagree, let go of
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Playground rhyme starter"

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: EENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Some tributes"

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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Words that mean the same thing: ode
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. "Dancing With the Stars" judge Goodman"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: LEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	60	77.9%
Short Answer	9	11.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.2%
Literature	2	2.6%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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