May 17, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (36 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (36 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

May 17, 2022 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Kids and their parents	5
2A	6. Help with a job, in a way	4
3A	10. Wanted, but nowhere to be found	4
4A	14. Nickname for Schwarzenegger or Palmer	5
5A	15. Winged chatterbox	4
6A	16. Deal (with)	4
7A	17. Hive minders	10
8A	19. Having trouble deciding	4
9A	20. Early-season farming task	6
10A	21. C, for one	4
11A	23. Video chat disruption	3
12A	24. Words before "the stars are brightly shining," in a carol	10
13A	27. Lute ___, longtime Arizona basketball coach	5
14A	32. Winged hooter	3
15A	33. Grind, as one's teeth	5
16A	34. Second-most-visited website worldwide, after Google	7
17A	36. Many a Hollywood car crash	5
18A	38. So as not to stand out	6
19A	39. Some South Pacific greetings	6
20A	42. "Skol!," in Sauternes	5
21A	44. Literally, "on fire" … or, metaphorically, excellent	7
22A	45. "Three coins" fountain location	5
23A	47. Lip	3
24A	49. Scatter, as flower petals	5
25A	50. Drink that comes with a buzz cut?	10
26A	53. Gently touch, either forward or backward	3
27A	54. Staples of West African cuisine	4
28A	55. Frustrate	6
29A	61. Et ___ (and others)	4
30A	63. Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order?	10
31A	65. Neatnik's opposite	4
32A	66. Palindromic fashion magazine	4
33A	67. Petulant	5
34A	68. Line up	4
35A	69. Ones calling offsides	4
36A	70. Garlic squeezer	5

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. Kids and their parents"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
• Words that mean the same thing: Capricorn, goat, butt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Help with a job, in a way"

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

  The answer is: ABET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Wanted, but nowhere to be found"

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 one who is away or absent without leave
• Words that mean the same thing: truant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Nickname for Schwarzenegger or Palmer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARNIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Winged chatterbox"

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 tropical asian starlings
• Words that mean the same thing: myna bird, minah, mynah bird
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MYNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Deal (with)"

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 brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
• Words that mean the same thing: get by, grapple, manage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Hive minders"

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 farmer who keeps bees for their honey
• Words that mean the same thing: apiculturist, beekeeper, apiarist
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEEKEEPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Having trouble deciding"

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 separate or cause to separate abruptly
• Words that mean the same thing: mangled, charge, deplume
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Early-season farming task"

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 place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
• Words that mean the same thing: inseminate, sow in, 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: SOWING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. C, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a brief written record
• Words that mean the same thing: tone, observe, government note
• The opposite would be: ignore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Video chat disruption"

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 act of slowing down or falling behind
• Words that mean the same thing: dawdle, slowdown, interim
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Words before "the stars are brightly shining," in a carol"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: OHOLYNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Lute ___, longtime Arizona basketball coach"

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: OLSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Winged hooter"

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 nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: hooter, bird of night, bird of Minerva
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Grind, as one's teeth"

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

  The answer is: GNASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Second-most-visited website worldwide, after Google"

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: YOUTUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Many a Hollywood car crash"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain 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: STUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. So as not to stand out"

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

  The answer is: SUBTLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Some South Pacific greetings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALOHAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. "Skol!," in Sauternes"

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: SALUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Literally, "on fire" … or, metaphorically, excellent"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENFUEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. "Three coins" fountain location"

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: TREVI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Lip"

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 shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
• Words that mean the same thing: brim, flange, lip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Scatter, as flower petals"

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 spread by scattering ( is archaic)
• Words that mean the same thing: straw
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Drink that comes with a buzz cut?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: DECAFLATTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Gently touch, either forward or backward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: glib, chuck, tap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Staples of West African cuisine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that edible tuber of any of several yams
• Words that mean the same thing: yam plant, yam
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Frustrate"

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 situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
• Words that mean the same thing: obstruct, blockade, block
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Et ___ (and others)"

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: ALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
• Words that mean the same thing: mesmerize, mesmerised, mesmerise
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPELLBOUND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. Neatnik's opposite"

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

  The answer is: SLOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Palindromic fashion magazine"

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: ELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Petulant"

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 light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
• Words that mean the same thing: huffish, gloomful, gloomy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SULKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Line up"

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 synchronous and adjust in time or manner
• Words that mean the same thing: synchronise, synchronize
• The opposite would be: desynchronize, desynchronise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Ones calling offsides"

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 (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• Words that mean the same thing: referee, ref
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Garlic squeezer"

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 state of demanding notice or attention
• Words that mean the same thing: insistence, bid, campaign
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle May 17, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Yaks	4
2D	2. Twistable snack item	4
3D	3. From the top	4
4D	4. First man, in Polynesian creation myth	4
5D	5. Observed	4
6D	6. Rock blaster	3
7D	7. "Ta-ta!"	6
8D	8. Prepares to get schooled, perhaps	7
9D	9. Yummilicious	5
10D	10. Not just sit around daydreaming	3
11D	11. Just sit around daydreaming	10
12D	12. ___ Book Club	6
13D	13. Yardstick measurement	6
14D	18. ___ trip	3
15D	22. Swamps	7
16D	25. De-weeder	3
17D	26. West Coast burger chain	6
18D	27. Cries of dismay	3
19D	28. "Sweet Jane" songwriter Reed	3
20D	29. Indented part of an outline	10
21D	30. ___ rima (eight-line stanza)	6
22D	31. Invalidate	7
23D	35. Sch. affiliated with the Latter-day Saints	3
24D	37. Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club"	3
25D	40. Bouncer's concern	3
26D	41. Female hog	3
27D	43. Ride roughshod over	7
28D	44. 911 responder	3
29D	45. QB's six-pointer	6
30D	46. In actuality	6
31D	48. In and of ___	6
32D	51. Means of tagging in a game	5
33D	52. Class offered at many Y.M.C.A.s	3
34D	56. Baking meas.	4
35D	57. "That's ___ business"	4
36D	58. Workhorse that's only part horse	4
37D	59. Tattoo shop supplies	4
38D	60. Ice cream brand	4
39D	62. "American Idol" airer starting in 2018	3
40D	64. "___ Miz"	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. 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 wag, gabfest, gab
• The 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 Down: "2. Twistable snack item"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. From the top"

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 again but in a new or different way
• Words that mean the same thing: afresh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. First man, in Polynesian creation myth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TIKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Observed"

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: learn, control, 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 6 Down: "6. Rock blaster"

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 basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: A, adenosine monophosphate, ampere
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Ta-ta!""

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: BYENOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Prepares to get schooled, perhaps"

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 register formally as a participant or member
• Words that mean the same thing: inscribe, recruit, enrol
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENROLLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Yummilicious"

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 pleasing to the sense of taste
• The opposite would be: tasteless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Not just sit around daydreaming"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: work, behave, deed
• 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 11 Down: "11. Just sit around daydreaming"

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 have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
• Words that mean the same thing: stargaze, dream, daydream
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOLGATHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. ___ Book Club"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: OPRAHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Yardstick measurement"

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 linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
• Words that mean the same thing: duration, distance
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENGTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. ___ trip"

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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self-importance, egotism, self
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Swamps"

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 devote (oneself) fully to
• Words that mean the same thing: steep, engross, immerse
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENGULFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. De-weeder"

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 tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. West Coast burger chain"

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: INNOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Cries of dismay"

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: OYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. "Sweet Jane" songwriter Reed"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: LOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Indented part of an outline"

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 section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
• Words that mean the same thing: subdivision
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUBSECTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. ___ rima (eight-line stanza)"

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: OTTAVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Invalidate"

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

  The answer is: NULLIFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Sch. affiliated with the Latter-day Saints"

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: BYU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club""

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 browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: bronze, topaz, tangent
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Bouncer's concern"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: maturate, historic period, mature
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Female hog"

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 adult female hog
• Words that mean the same thing: inseminate, sow in, 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: SOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Ride roughshod over"

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 the sound of heavy treading or stomping
• Words that mean the same thing: tread down, tread, tramp down
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAMPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. 911 responder"

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: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. QB's six-pointer"

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: TDPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. In actuality"

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 in accordance with truth or fact or reality
• Words that mean the same thing: rattling, genuinely, very
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REALLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. In and 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: ITSELF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Means of tagging in a game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
• Words that mean the same thing: optical maser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Class offered at many Y.M.C.A.s"

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: ESL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Baking meas."

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: TBSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. "That's ___ business""

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: YOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Workhorse that's only part horse"

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 hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
• Words that mean the same thing: scuff
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MULE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Tattoo shop supplies"

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 liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
• Words that mean the same thing: ink
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Ice cream brand"

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: EDYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. "American Idol" airer starting in 2018"

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

  The answer is: ABC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. "___ Miz""

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 chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Words that mean the same thing: lupus erythematosus, LE
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	64.5%
Short Answer	15	19.7%
History	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Literature	2	2.6%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 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 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!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 09, 2025 at 11:38 PM

September 27, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 82 (41 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.6 letters

September 27, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Go directly to ___" (order in Monopoly)	4
2A	5. Number of dice in Yahtzee	4
3A	9. Menacing eel	5
4A	14. Alan of "Marriage Story"	4
5A	15. Blissful place	4
6A	16. Like at least two angles of every triangle	5
7A	17. Fencing partners?	9
8A	19. Extend, as wedding vows	5
9A	20. Prefix with skeleton	3
10A	21. Airport of Paris	4
11A	22. By way of	3
12A	23. Dishes steamed in cornhusks	7
13A	25. Nickname for N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Greene	7
14A	29. Candy from a "head"	3
15A	30. Battle of Normandy city	4
16A	31. Spanish article	3
17A	32. Hockey great Jaromir ___	4
18A	35. "Nothing to it!"	4
19A	37. Ed of "Up"	5
20A	39. With 70-Across, 1997 film in which Peter Fonda plays a beekeeper	5
21A	41. Putting ___ fight	3
22A	42. Take effect	5
23A	43. Many, informally	5
24A	44. Instrument played with a mallet	4
25A	46. Buddies	4
26A	47. Online payment sent from a bank account, in brief	3
27A	48. Cry in a game of tag	4
28A	50. Chain of Polynesian islands?	3
29A	52. Informal informant	7
30A	54. Like a wanderer	7
31A	58. Corp. money minder	3
32A	59. Greiner of "Shark Tank"	4
33A	60. Outback bird	3
34A	61. Most populous Caribbean country	5
35A	64. Exodus follower	9
36A	66. One of the daughters in "Despicable Me"	5
37A	67. Curved molding, in architecture	4
38A	68. Swanky	4
39A	69. Any of 12 represented in this puzzle's shaded squares	5
40A	70. See 39-Across	4
41A	71. Pretentious	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. "Go directly to ___" (order in Monopoly)"

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 correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
• Words that mean the same thing: remand, gaol, jug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Number of dice in Yahtzee"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
• Words that mean the same thing: V, basketball team, Phoebe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Menacing eel"

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 family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
• Words that mean the same thing: moray eel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Alan of "Marriage Story""

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: ALDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Blissful place"

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 place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: paradise, heaven, Garden of Eden
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Like at least two angles of every triangle"

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 mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
• Words that mean the same thing: penetrative, keen, discriminating
• The opposite would be: obtuse, chronic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Fencing partners?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who lives (or is located) near another
• Words that mean the same thing: neighbor, neighbour
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEIGHBORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Extend, as wedding vows"

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 reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
• Words that mean the same thing: reincarnate, regenerate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Prefix with skeleton"

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: EXO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Airport of Paris"

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 southeastern suburb of paris; site of an international airport serving paris
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. By way of"

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: VIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Dishes steamed in cornhusks"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in northern ghana
• Words that mean the same thing: tamale, Tamale
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Nickname for N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Greene"

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: MEANJOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Candy from a "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: PEZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Battle of Normandy city"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CAEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Spanish article"

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: UNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Hockey great Jaromir ___"

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: JAGR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. "Nothing to it!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
• Words that mean the same thing: easily, slow, well-heeled
• The opposite would be: uneasy, quickly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Ed of "Up""

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: ASNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. With 70-Across, 1997 film in which Peter Fonda plays a beekeeper"

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

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: ULEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Putting ___ fight"

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: UPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Take effect"

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: SETIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Many, informally"

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: LOTSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Instrument played with a mallet"

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 percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
• Words that mean the same thing: bell, tam-tam, chime
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Buddies"

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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Words that mean the same thing: buddy, chum, sidekick
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Online payment sent from a bank account, 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 newt in its terrestrial stage of development
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Cry in a game of tag"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Chain of Polynesian islands?"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: garland, coronal, wreath
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Informal informant"

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 someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
• Words that mean the same thing: snitcher, canary, sneak
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOOLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Like a wanderer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOMADIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Corp. money minder"

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 corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
• Words that mean the same thing: chief financial officer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CFO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Greiner of "Shark Tank""

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: LORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Outback bird"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
• Words that mean the same thing: Emu novaehollandiae, Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Most populous Caribbean country"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
• Words that mean the same thing: Hayti, Republic of Haiti, Hispaniola
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAITI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Exodus follower"

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 third book of the old testament; contains levitical law and ritual precedents
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Leviticus
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEVITICUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. One of the daughters in "Despicable Me""

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: AGNES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Curved molding, in architecture"

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 molding that (in section) has the shape of an s with the convex part above and the concave part below
• Words that mean the same thing: cyma reversa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OGEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Swanky"

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

  The answer is: POSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Any of 12 represented in this puzzle's shaded squares"

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 one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
• Words that mean the same thing: calendar month
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MONTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "70. See 39-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that coins made of gold
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 79, amber, Au
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "71. Pretentious"

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

  The answer is: ARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - September 27, 2022 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Treasury secretary Yellen	5
2D	2. Whom you might ask to turn off the lights, nowadays	5
3D	3. "Getting on in years," e.g.	5
4D	4. Fall behind	3
5D	5. Air freshener brand	7
6D	6. Paparazzi targets	5
7D	7. Part of V.I.P.	4
8D	8. They come before ohs	3
9D	9. ___ Trench, deepest place in the 10-Down	8
10D	10. See 9-Down	5
11D	11. Seek office	3
12D	12. Wolfed down	3
13D	13. Bow-making wood	3
14D	18. What a jelly doughnut lacks	4
15D	22. Flying geese formation	3
16D	24. French for "after"	5
17D	25. Chichén Itzá builder	5
18D	26. Postcoup group	5
19D	27. Surname that's an anagram of NO LIE	5
20D	28. Deserves	5
21D	30. Bill worth 100 bones	5
22D	32. Verne of sci-fi	5
23D	33. High in the sky	5
24D	34. Arrive at	5
25D	36. Hanna-Barbera's ___ Doggie	5
26D	38. Photo filter for a retro look	5
27D	40. Marine swimmer with a tall dorsal fin	8
28D	45. Reveled (in)	7
29D	49. "Dios ___!"	3
30D	51. Give off	4
31D	53. Duo times four	5
32D	54. New and unusual	5
33D	55. Interior designer's concern	5
34D	56. Possible answer to "Do you have to?"	5
35D	57. Undemanding and well-paying, as a job	5
36D	59. Plastic brick	4
37D	61. Black Forest ___	3
38D	62. In the past	3
39D	63. Alternative to an Airbnb	3
40D	64. Rolling contest roller	3
41D	65. Brewpub offering, in brief	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. Treasury secretary Yellen"

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: JANET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Whom you might ask to turn off the lights, nowadays"

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: ALEXA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Getting on in years," e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
• Words that mean the same thing: artistic style, set phrase, dialect
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDIOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Fall behind"

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 act of slowing down or falling behind
• Words that mean the same thing: dawdle, gaol, jug
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Air freshener brand"

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: FEBREZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Paparazzi targets"

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 material effigy that is worshipped
• Words that mean the same thing: paragon, matinee idol, god
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Part of V.I.P."

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 precisely as stated
• Words that mean the same thing: selfsame, really, identical
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. They come before ohs"

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 half the width of an em
• Words that mean the same thing: en, nut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ Trench, deepest place in the 10-Down"

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 chain of coral and volcanic islands in micronesia (including guam and the northern marianas) halfway between new guinea and japan; discovered by magellan in 1521
• Words that mean the same thing: Mariana Islands, Ladrone Islands
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARIANAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. See 9-Down"

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 large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: sea
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Seek office"

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

  The answer is: RUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Wolfed down"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: run through, wipe out, feed
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Bow-making wood"

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

  The answer is: YEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. What a jelly doughnut lacks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an opening into or through something
• Words that mean the same thing: muddle, trap, pickle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Flying geese formation"

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: VEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. French for "after""

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: APRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Chichén Itzá builder"

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

  The answer is: MAYAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Postcoup group"

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 group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
• Words that mean the same thing: military junta
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JUNTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Surname that's an anagram of NO LIE"

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: ONEIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Deserves"

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

  The answer is: EARNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Bill worth 100 bones"

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: CSPOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Verne of sci-fi"

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: JULES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. High in the sky"

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 at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Arrive at"

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: GETTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Hanna-Barbera's ___ Doggie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AUGIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Photo filter for a retro look"

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 shade of brown with a tinge of red
• Words that mean the same thing: reddish brown, genus Sepia, Venetian red
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEPIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Marine swimmer with a tall dorsal fin"

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

  The answer is: SAILFISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Reveled (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 rejoice proudly
• Words that mean the same thing: glory
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLORIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. "Dios ___!""

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: MIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Give off"

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 expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: utter, give off, let loose
• The opposite would be: absorb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Duo times four"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• Words that mean the same thing: ogdoad, eighter from Decatur, 8
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. New and unusual"

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 extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
• Words that mean the same thing: fresh, new, refreshing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Interior designer's concern"

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 decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior
• Words that mean the same thing: interior decoration
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Possible answer to "Do you have to?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Undemanding and well-paying, as a job"

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 not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
• Words that mean the same thing: easygoing, soft
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUSHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Plastic brick"

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 (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
• Words that mean the same thing: Lego set
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Black Forest ___"

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 meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
• Words that mean the same thing: overact, jambon, ham it up
• The opposite would be: underact
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. In the past"

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 gone by; or in the past
• Words that mean the same thing: agone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Alternative to an Airbnb"

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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• Words that mean the same thing: auberge, hostelry, hostel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. Rolling contest roller"

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

  The answer is: LOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "65. Brewpub offering, in brief"

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: IPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	67.1%
Short Answer	21	25.6%
Sports	2	2.4%
Geography	2	2.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.2%
History	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	82
Average Answer Length	4.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 07, 2025 at 05:18 AM