October 11, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, October 11, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

October 11, 2019 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Presenters' presenters, informally	3
2A	4. San Fernando Valley community	6
3A	10. Come together	3
4A	13. Locale of the Campo de' Fiori	4
5A	15. Kidspeak animal mentioned in the first line of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"	6
6A	16. Thurman of "Kill Bill"	3
7A	17. Sight in front of the Lincoln Memorial	4
8A	18. "Let's do it!"	6
9A	19. Small handful	3
10A	20. Parvenues with a certain je ne sais quoi	7
11A	22. Color the old-fashioned way	7
12A	24. Appellation akin to "tiger," "sport" or "champ"	6
13A	25. Concludes neatly	8
14A	26. Queen ___ (nickname in pop music)	3
15A	27. Persian defense org.?	4
16A	29. Bustles	4
17A	30. Response to the peanut gallery	11
18A	34. 1870s tax evasion scandal	11
19A	35. 1982 Soft Cell hit that spent 43 weeks on the Billboard charts	11
20A	36. What often follows thunder and lightning	4
21A	37. Version before a stable release	4
22A	38. "The ___ of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice": M.L.K.	3
23A	41. Not be oneself, but rather be one's elf?	8
24A	45. "The nerve!"	6
25A	47. In keeping with tradition	7
26A	48. Bliss	7
27A	49. Sugar substitute	3
28A	50. Matador's cape	6
29A	52. Give someone a hand	4
30A	53. Coy comeback	3
31A	54. Like apartment buildings with fireplaces and hardwood floors, typically	6
32A	55. Otter's lair	4
33A	56. Amazon worker	3
34A	57. Most balanced	6
35A	58. Old gaming inits.	3

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. Presenters' presenters, informally"

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 one million periods per second
• Words that mean the same thing: megahertz, Mc, megacycle per second
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. San Fernando Valley community"

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: ENCINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Come together"

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 colloid in a more solid form than a sol
• Words that mean the same thing: gelatin, colloidal gel, mousse
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Locale of the Campo de' Fiori"

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 a people with dark skin and hair who speak romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern india but now are living on all continents (but mostly in europe, north africa, and north america)
• Words that mean the same thing: Gipsy, Bohemian, Eternal City
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Kidspeak animal mentioned in the first line of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man""

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: MOOCOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Thurman of "Kill Bill""

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 benevolent aspect of devi; `splendor'
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Uma
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Sight in front of the Lincoln Memorial"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
• Words that mean the same thing: pocket billiards, pond, kitty
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. "Let's do it!""

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: IMGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Small handful"

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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Words that mean the same thing: hob, gremlin, pixie
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Parvenues with a certain je ne sais quoi"

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: ITGIRLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Color the old-fashioned way"

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: HANDDYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Appellation akin to "tiger," "sport" or "champ""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BIGGUY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Concludes neatly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENDSWELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Queen ___ (nickname in pop music)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (formerly) a title of respect for a man in turkey or egypt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Persian defense org.?"

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: SPCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Bustles"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: hustle, bustle, stir
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "30. Response to the peanut gallery"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: WHOASKEDYOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. 1870s tax evasion scandal"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: WHISKEYRING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. 1982 Soft Cell hit that spent 43 weeks on the Billboard charts"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: TAINTEDLOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. What often follows thunder and lightning"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Words that mean the same thing: beetle off, slap, bolt of lightning
• The opposite would be: unbolt
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Version before a stable release"

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 2nd letter of the greek alphabet
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Beta
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. "The ___ of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice": M.L.K."

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Words that mean the same thing: discharge, arch, electric discharge
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Not be oneself, but rather be one's elf?"

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 perform on a stage or theater
• Words that mean the same thing: play, act, playact
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLEPLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. "The nerve!""

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: INEVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. In keeping with tradition"

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: ASUSUAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Bliss"

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 state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; - charles dickens
• Words that mean the same thing: rapture, transport, cristal
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECSTASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Sugar substitute"

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: HON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Matador's cape"

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: MULETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Give someone a hand"

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

  The answer is: CLAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Coy comeback"

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: MOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Like apartment buildings with fireplaces and hardwood floors, typically"

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 existing or belonging to a time before a war
• The opposite would be: postwar
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PREWAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "55. Otter's lair"

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: HOLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "56. Amazon worker"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: pismire, emmet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "57. Most balanced"

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 mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
• Words that mean the same thing: sane, reasonable
• The opposite would be: insane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "58. Old gaming inits."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 10, northeast, neon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NES

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - October 11, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Coca-Cola offering from 1974 to 2001	6
2D	2. Something a kindergartner doesn't want to get	6
3D	3. Like Beijing	6
4D	4. Who once wrote "Nothing is less important than which fork you use"	9
5D	5. Jules et Jim, e.g.	4
6D	6. Minor player	3
7D	7. Billionaire who lent his name to a stadium on New York's Randalls Island	5
8D	8. Movable type?	5
9D	9. Buck in the jukebox	5
10D	10. Lab assistant, maybe?	8
11D	11. Harris who sang with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt	7
12D	12. Sites for some mics	6
13D	14. Longtime Sacha Baron Cohen character	4
14D	21. Enter quickly	6
15D	23. ___ Johnson a.k.a. The Rock	6
16D	25. Tiptoed past, say	7
17D	28. What mud can do	4
18D	30. Certain laundry load	6
19D	31. ___ Reese, soldier in "The Terminator"	4
20D	32. Works during a painter's blue period?	9
21D	33. Furniture that's often backless	6
22D	34. Place for a TV and books	8
23D	35. "We can't joke about this yet?"	7
24D	36. Member of a holy trinity	6
25D	38. Toyota sedan since 1994	6
26D	39. ___ value	6
27D	40. Catacombs	6
28D	42. Parts of soap dispensers	5
29D	43. 1944 Gene Tierney classic	5
30D	44. Wrench handle?	5
31D	46. Prepare a plate, in a way	4
32D	48. Things in airport windows, for short	4
33D	51. Queen of she-baa?	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. Coca-Cola offering from 1974 to 2001"

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: MRPIBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Something a kindergartner doesn't want to get"

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 parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
• Words that mean the same thing: body louse, Pediculus corporis
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COOTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Like Beijing"

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 clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOGGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Who once wrote "Nothing is less important than which fork you use""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: EMILYPOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Jules et Jim, e.g."

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: NOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Minor player"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
• Words that mean the same thing: sprocket
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Billionaire who lent his name to a stadium on New York's Randalls Island"

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: ICAHN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Movable type?"

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 member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOMAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Buck in the jukebox"

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 athlete and black american whose success in the 1936 olympic games in berlin outraged hitler (1913-1980)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jesse Owens, Robert Owen, Owen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Lab assistant, maybe?"

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: GUIDEDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Harris who sang with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt"

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: EMMYLOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Sites for some mics"

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 lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar
• Words that mean the same thing: lapel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAPELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Longtime Sacha Baron Cohen character"

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: ALIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Enter quickly"

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: RUSHIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. ___ Johnson a.k.a. The Rock"

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: DWAYNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Tiptoed past, say"

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: EASEDBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. What mud can do"

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 block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
• Words that mean the same thing: bar, patty, coat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. Certain laundry load"

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 member of the caucasoid race
• Words that mean the same thing: ovalbumin, gabardine, T. H. White
• The opposite would be: black, blacken
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHITES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. ___ Reese, soldier in "The Terminator""

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: KYLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Works during a painter's blue period?"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: EROTICART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Furniture that's often backless"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall)
• Words that mean the same thing: diwan, divan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIVANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Place for a TV and books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WALLUNIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. "We can't joke about this yet?""

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: TOOSOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Member of a holy trinity"

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 the creator; one of the three major deities in the later hindu pantheon
• Words that mean the same thing: Brahman, Brahmin, Bos indicus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAHMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Toyota sedan since 1994"

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: AVALON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. ___ value"

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

  The answer is: RESALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Catacombs"

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 cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
• Words that mean the same thing: crypt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRYPTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Parts of soap dispensers"

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 mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
• Words that mean the same thing: pump, ticker, heart
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. 1944 Gene Tierney classic"

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: LAURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Wrench handle?"

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 comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, george burns (1906-1964)
• Words that mean the same thing: Gracie Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Prepare a plate, 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 make an etching of
• Words that mean the same thing: engrave
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Things in airport windows, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA, Basque Homeland and Freedom
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Queen of she-baa?"

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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	77.9%
Short Answer	9	13.2%
Sports	2	2.9%
Music	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
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• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (41 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword November 21, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Setting for "Amazing Grace," maybe	4
2A	5. "___ Revere, Engineer" (best-selling picture book)	5
3A	10. Mix, as eggs	4
4A	14. Something taught in a 101 class, so to speak	4
5A	15. Over-the-top	5
6A	16. Shrine	5
7A	18. Bring in	4
8A	19. Barre bends	5
9A	20. Abandon, informally	5
10A	21. Dir. from Lubbock to San Antonio	3
11A	22. Hard labor	4
12A	23. Classic fraternity bash	9
13A	25. New York City	11
14A	28. Not shoot straight	6
15A	29. Exchange for cash	6
16A	30. ___ Pro	4
17A	32. Cavaliers, on scoreboards	3
18A	33. Peak in Thessaly	4
19A	34. "Fish and visitors stink after three days," for one	5
20A	37. "Melrose Place" actor Rob	5
21A	39. Underground warning ... or a warning about four squares in this grid	10
22A	42. Raindrop in the sunlight, e.g.	5
23A	45. Like many theater kids	5
24A	46. Keys often hit in panic: Abbr.	4
25A	50. "Parks and ___" (familiar name of a TV sitcom)	3
26A	51. Rudolph formerly of "S.N.L."	4
27A	53. How Twitter trolls often comment	6
28A	55. Like the acid in pickle juice	6
29A	57. Native of the Lion City	11
30A	60. Activewear akin to leggings	9
31A	62. Suffix with thick or sick	4
32A	63. Coach Parseghian	3
33A	64. Get around	5
34A	65. Like Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan, by heritage	5
35A	67. Cut	4
36A	68. "King Lear" daughter	5
37A	69. "Alki," for Washington State	5
38A	70. Black widow spiders make dangerous ones	4
39A	71. Others	4
40A	72. Cortège	5
41A	73. Channing with a 14-year N.B.A. career (2005-19)	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. Setting for "Amazing Grace," maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
• Words that mean the same thing: quite a little, pile, raft
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. "___ Revere, Engineer" (best-selling picture book)"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ROSIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Mix, as eggs"

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 regular route for a sentry or policeman
• Words that mean the same thing: beat up, get, thump
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Something taught in a 101 class, so to speak"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ABCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Over-the-top"

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 minor actor in crowd scenes
• Words that mean the same thing: excess, surplus, additional
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Shrine"

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 table in christian churches where communion is given
• Words that mean the same thing: communion table, Lord's table
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Bring in"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Barre bends"

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 one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
• Words that mean the same thing: provide, ply, cater
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Abandon, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long narrow excavation in the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: chuck, trench, dump
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Dir. from Lubbock to San Antonio"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the compass point midway between south and southeast
• Words that mean the same thing: south southeast, sou'-sou'-east
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Hard labor"

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 productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
• Words that mean the same thing: drudge, travail, labor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Classic fraternity bash"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOGAPARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. New York City"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard 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: THEBIGAPPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Not shoot straight"

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: MISAIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Exchange for cash"

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 save from sins
• Words that mean the same thing: ransom, pay off, deliver
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. ___ Pro"

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: IPAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Cavaliers, on scoreboards"

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: CLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Peak in Thessaly"

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 mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: Os, oculus sinister, bone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. "Fish and visitors stink after three days," for one"

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 condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• Words that mean the same thing: saw, proverb, byword
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. "Melrose Place" actor Rob"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ESTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Underground warning ... or a warning about four squares in this grid"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MINDTHEGAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Raindrop in the sunlight, 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 polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
• Words that mean the same thing: optical prism
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Like many theater kids"

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: ARTSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Keys often hit in panic: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert 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: ESCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. "Parks and ___" (familiar name of a TV sitcom)"

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: REC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Rudolph formerly of "S.N.L.""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an 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 Across: "53. How Twitter trolls often comment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in a nasty ill-tempered manner
• Words that mean the same thing: scurvily, basely, nastily
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEANLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Like the acid in pickle juice"

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

  The answer is: ACETIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Native of the Lion City"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inhabitant of singapore
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINGAPOREAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Activewear akin to leggings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YOGAPANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Suffix with thick or sick"

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 strip of land projecting into a body of water
• Words that mean the same thing: cape
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Coach Parseghian"

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 constellation in the southern hemisphere near telescopium and norma
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Ara
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Get around"

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 avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
• Words that mean the same thing: bilk, circumvent, dodge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Like Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan, by heritage"

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 people of ireland or of irish extraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Irish whisky, Irish people, Irish whiskey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Cut"

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 gait in which steps and hops alternate
• Words that mean the same thing: bound off, pass over, hop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. "King Lear" daughter"

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: REGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. "Alki," for Washington State"

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 favorite saying of a sect or political group
• Words that mean the same thing: slogan, catchword, shibboleth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "70. Black widow spiders make dangerous ones"

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 domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: favorite, pet, positron emission tomography
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "71. Others"

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: pillow, reside, lie
• 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 40 Across: "72. Cortège"

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 temporary police force
• Words that mean the same thing: posse comitatus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "73. Channing with a 14-year N.B.A. career (2005-19)"

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 canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991)
• Words that mean the same thing: Northrop Frye, Herman Northrop Frye
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRYE

  Great job if you got it right!

November 21, 2019 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Pit boss?	7
2D	2. Humiliates	7
3D	3. Lengthy rants	7
4D	4. Often-memorized string: Abbr.	3
5D	5. Car tower	7
6D	6. Yellow primrose	5
7D	7. "Doesn't matter, but ..."	5
8D	8. Steam	3
9D	9. Part of 21-Across	4
10D	10. "Uh-oh! Don't do that!"	7
11D	11. Three-syllable man's name	5
12D	12. Draw	7
13D	13. Able to be felt	7
14D	17. Moan and groan, e.g.	6
15D	22. Draw	3
16D	24. German grandmother	3
17D	26. Grins	5
18D	27. Prime-time hour	5
19D	31. Sound recording copyright symbols	4
20D	35. An exhibit at F.D.R.'s presidential library is dedicated to it	4
21D	36. Some Gillette razors	5
22D	38. Pickle unit	5
23D	40. On the horizon	8
24D	41. Bit of workout gear	7
25D	42. Occasion to speak up?	6
26D	43. Get better	7
27D	44. Long cold spell	6
28D	47. 41-Down, by another name	7
29D	48. Enlightenment	7
30D	49. It may get fired because of a thought	7
31D	52. Pretense	3
32D	54. Alternative to ChapStick	3
33D	56. Spoken flourishes	5
34D	58. Some signatures, briefly	5
35D	59. Makes a home	5
36D	61. Fool	4
37D	66. Kanga's kid	3
38D	67. Beach lotion letters	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. Pit boss?"

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 an artist of consummate skill
• Words that mean the same thing: master
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAESTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Humiliates"

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 cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
• Words that mean the same thing: abash, embarrass
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABASHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Lengthy rants"

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

  The answer is: SCREEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Often-memorized string: 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: SSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Car tower"

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: REPOMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Yellow primrose"

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 eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
• Words that mean the same thing: Primula elatior, paigle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXLIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Doesn't matter, but ...""

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 static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
• Words that mean the same thing: stillness, however, withal
• The opposite would be: agitate, sparkling
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Steam"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: ira, anger, choler
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Part of 21-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 the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Words that mean the same thing: eastward, Orient, eastern United States
• The opposite would be: west
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Uh-oh! Don't do that!""

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: BADIDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Three-syllable man's name"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english essayist (1775-1834)
• Words that mean the same thing: Elia, Lamb, Charles Lamb
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Draw"

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 direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
• Words that mean the same thing: pull, draw, appeal
• The opposite would be: repel
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTRACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Able to be felt"

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 of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch
• Words that mean the same thing: haptic, tactual
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACTILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Moan and groan, e.g."

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 correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
• Words that mean the same thing: verse, rime, rhyme
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHYMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Draw"

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 neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
• Words that mean the same thing: marry, linkup, draw
• The opposite would be: untie, disconnect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. German grandmother"

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: OMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Grins"

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 signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
• Words that mean the same thing: beam of light, ray of light, shaft
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Prime-time hour"

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: VIII, Ashcan School, 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: EIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Sound recording copyright symbols"

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 liquid excretory product
• Words that mean the same thing: pass water, wee-wee, piddle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "35. An exhibit at F.D.R.'s presidential library is dedicated to it"

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: DDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Some Gillette razors"

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: ATRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Pickle 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 long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
• Words that mean the same thing: shaft, spear up, fizgig
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "40. On the horizon"

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 close in time; about to occur
• Words that mean the same thing: impendent, close at hand, impending
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMMINENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "41. Bit of workout gear"

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: GYMSHOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Occasion to speak up?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
• Words that mean the same thing: supplicant, entreaty, appeal
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRAYER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Get better"

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 get or find back; recover the use of
• Words that mean the same thing: go back, convalesce, find
• The opposite would be: deteriorate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RECOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Long cold spell"

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: ICEAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. 41-Down, by another name"

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 canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
• Words that mean the same thing: tennis shoe, canary, stoolie
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNEAKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Enlightenment"

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 free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
• Words that mean the same thing: lucidness, limpidity, clearness
• The opposite would be: obscurity, unclearness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLARITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. It may get fired because of a thought"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYNAPSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Pretense"

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: do, pretend, move
• 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 32 Down: "54. Alternative to ChapStick"

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 (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Spoken flourishes"

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: TADAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. Some signatures, briefly"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: INITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Makes a home"

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 structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• Words that mean the same thing: nestle, draw close, nuzzle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Fool"

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: SIMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "66. Kanga's kid"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "67. Beach lotion letters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: sun protection factor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPF

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	74.7%
Short Answer	10	12.7%
Geography	3	3.8%
Abbreviation	3	3.8%
Literature	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	79
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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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