November 09, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, November 09, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

November 09, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Thing with pads and claws	3
2A	4. Wanders	5
3A	9. Rod, reel, tackle box, etc., for a fisher	4
4A	13. Olympic Dream Team inits.	3
5A	14. Place in a mausoleum	6
6A	16. ___ Tokarczuk, 2018 Literature Nobelist	4
7A	17. Raiser of the dead?	10
8A	19. Musk who founded SpaceX	4
9A	20. Brainstorms	5
10A	21. Go by, as time	6
11A	23. Young Scottish lady	4
12A	24. Financial aid for college that doesn't need to be repaid	9
13A	27. Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q	4
14A	29. Person with a basket or cart	7
15A	31. Mixed-breed dog that's part spaniel	8
16A	35. "Keen!"	5
17A	36. "That's ___ from me" (refusal)	3
18A	37. Arthropod that can roll into a ball	7
19A	40. Melted chocolate, e.g.	3
20A	41. Word before mall or poker	5
21A	43. Right to cross someone else's land	8
22A	45. Unlucky	7
23A	48. Start of a newspaper article, in journalese	4
24A	49. Busy person just before an election	9
25A	51. Pledge drive giveaway	4
26A	55. Fix, as a shoe	6
27A	56. Insects that love wool	5
28A	57. Appropriate initials of "stuff we all get"	4
29A	59. Lures for magazine readers	10
30A	62. Tiny bit	4
31A	63. Minneapolis's twin city	6
32A	64. Defining period	3
33A	65. Banana leftover	4
34A	66. Cosmetician Lauder	5
35A	67. Singer Lana Del ___	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. Thing with pads and claws"

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 clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
• Words that mean the same thing: manus, hand, mitt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Wanders"

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 move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
• Words that mean the same thing: rove, roam, ramble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Rod, reel, tackle box, etc., for a fisher"

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 toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• Words that mean the same thing: paraphernalia, cogwheel, appurtenance
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Olympic Dream Team inits."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: US, United States Army, U.S.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Place in a mausoleum"

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 place in a grave or tomb
• Words that mean the same thing: inhume, bury, inter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ Tokarczuk, 2018 Literature Nobelist"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: OLGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Raiser of the dead?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
• Words that mean the same thing: bearer
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALLBEARER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Musk who founded SpaceX"

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: ELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Brainstorms"

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

  The answer is: IDEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Go by, as time"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: pass, slip by, go by
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELAPSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Young Scottish lady"

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 girl or young woman who is unmarried
• Words that mean the same thing: jeune fille, lassie, young girl
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Financial aid for college that doesn't need to be repaid"

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: PELLGRANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
• Words that mean the same thing: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Person with a basket or cart"

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 someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOPPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Mixed-breed dog that's part spaniel"

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: COCKAPOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. "Keen!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. "That's ___ from me" (refusal)"

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 palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
• Words that mean the same thing: Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, Black September
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Arthropod that can roll into a ball"

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: PILLBUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Melted chocolate, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Word before mall or poker"

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 relatively long narrow piece of something
• Words that mean the same thing: airstrip, disinvest, striptease
• The opposite would be: dress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Right to cross someone else's land"

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 (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
• Words that mean the same thing: easing, relief, alleviation
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASEMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Unlucky"

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 deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - galsworthy
• Words that mean the same thing: pathetic, pitiful, poor
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAPLESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Start of a newspaper article, in journalese"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the introductory section of a story
• Words that mean the same thing: lead, lead-in
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Busy person just before an election"

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: POLLTAKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Pledge drive giveaway"

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 capacious bag or basket
• Words that mean the same thing: carryall, tote bag, lug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Fix, as a shoe"

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 put a new sole on
• Words that mean the same thing: sole
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Insects that love wool"

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 typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
• Words that mean the same thing: moth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Appropriate initials of "stuff we all get""

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 valuable goods
• Words that mean the same thing: pillage, reel, plunder
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Lures for magazine readers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PULLQUOTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Tiny bit"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: scintilla, smidge, smidgeon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Minneapolis's twin city"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: STPAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Defining period"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: earned run average, epoch, geological era
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Banana leftover"

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 british politician (1788-1850)
• Words that mean the same thing: strip, flake, undress
• The opposite would be: dress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Cosmetician Lauder"

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: ESTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Singer Lana Del ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REY

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle November 09, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Necessity for a teacher	5
2D	2. Carne ___ (grilled beef dish)	5
3D	3. Home of Cardiff and Swansea	5
4D	4. Yanks' foes	4
5D	5. Number said just before "Liftoff!"	3
6D	6. ___ snail's pace	3
7D	7. Edible mushroom with a honeycomb cap	5
8D	8. Gets a whiff of	6
9D	9. Flips out	7
10D	10. Best Actress nominee for "Juno"	9
11D	11. "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" intro)	3
12D	12. Tried to get elected	3
13D	15. "Erin go ___!"	5
14D	18. Elective eye surgery	5
15D	22. Having tines	7
16D	24. Big ___, nickname of baseball's David Ortiz	4
17D	25. Unstable chemical compound	4
18D	26. Grand ___ National Park	5
19D	28. Comes down a mountain, in a way	7
20D	30. Rummage (around)	4
21D	31. Alternative to Venmo	4
22D	32. Like some beer at a bar	5
23D	33. Related to big business	9
24D	34. Cry to a toreador	3
25D	38. Hay unit	4
26D	39. For whom a product designer designs	4
27D	42. Against the law	7
28D	44. Trending hashtag beginning in 2017	5
29D	46. Dots on a transit map	5
30D	47. What lieutenants do to captains	6
31D	50. "Trees" in underwater forests	5
32D	52. It's said to have the thickest fur of any mammal	5
33D	53. When repeated, comforting words	5
34D	54. Op-ed piece, e.g.	5
35D	56. Farm animal that kicks	4
36D	57. Sample a soda, say	3
37D	58. Tribulation	3
38D	60. Back muscle, for short	3
39D	61. "What?," in Oaxaca	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. Necessity for a teacher"

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 learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
• Words that mean the same thing: student, schoolchild, educatee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUPIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Carne ___ (grilled beef dish)"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ASADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Home of Cardiff and Swansea"

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 four countries that make up the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland; during roman times the region was known as cambria
• Words that mean the same thing: strake, Cymru, wale
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Yanks' foes"

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 `johnny' was applied as a nickname for confederate soldiers by the federal soldiers in the american civil war; `greyback' derived from their grey confederate uniforms
• Words that mean the same thing: greyback, Rebel, Johnny Reb
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Number said just before "Liftoff!""

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: matchless, unity, nonpareil
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ snail's pace"

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: ATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Edible mushroom with a honeycomb cap"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various edible mushrooms of the genus morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Gets a whiff of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
• Words that mean the same thing: olfactory sensation, spirit, odor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Flips out"

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: GOESAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Best Actress nominee for "Juno""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELLENPAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" intro)"

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 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 12 Down: "12. Tried to get elected"

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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• Words that mean the same thing: scarper, lean, hightail it
• 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: RAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. "Erin go ___!""

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: BRAGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Elective eye surgery"

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 refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea
• Words that mean the same thing: laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASIK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Having tines"

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 having prongs or tines; usually used in combination
• Words that mean the same thing: forficate, biramous, fork-like
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRONGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Big ___, nickname of baseball's David Ortiz"

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: PAPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Unstable chemical compound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Grand ___ National Park"

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 the large western branch of sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
• Words that mean the same thing: Lakota, Teton Sioux, Teton Dakota
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TETON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Comes down a mountain, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
• Words that mean the same thing: rope down, rappel, abseil
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPPELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Rummage (around)"

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 (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: ancestor, rootle, radical
• The opposite would be: descendant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Alternative to Venmo"

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 money in the form of bills or coins
• Words that mean the same thing: cash in, Johnny Cash, immediate payment
• The opposite would be: credit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Like some beer at a bar"

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: ONTAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Related to big business"

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 of or belonging to a corporation
• Words that mean the same thing: collective, corporal, embodied
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORPORATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Cry to a toreador"

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: OLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Hay unit"

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 large bundle bound for storage or transport
• Words that mean the same thing: Basel, Basle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. For whom a product designer designs"

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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
• Words that mean the same thing: drug user, exploiter, substance abuser
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Against the law"

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 prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
• The opposite would be: legal
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILLEGAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Trending hashtag beginning in 2017"

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: METOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Dots on a transit map"

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 gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
• Words that mean the same thing: discontinue, bar, plosive speech sound
• The opposite would be: start, continue
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. What lieutenants do to captains"

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 act of honor or courteous recognition
• Words that mean the same thing: pledge, drink, toast
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. "Trees" in underwater forests"

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 large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
• Words that mean the same thing: kelp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KELPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. It's said to have the thickest fur of any mammal"

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

  The answer is: OTTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. When repeated, comforting words"

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 location other than here; that place
• Words that mean the same thing: on that point, in that respect, in that location
• The opposite would be: here
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Op-ed piece, 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 an analytic or interpretive literary composition
• Words that mean the same thing: try, test, prove
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Farm animal that kicks"

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 36 Down: "57. Sample a soda, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Tribulation"

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 misery resulting from affliction
• Words that mean the same thing: woefulness, suffering
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Back muscle, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
• Words that mean the same thing: latissimus dorsi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. "What?," in Oaxaca"

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: QUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	68.9%
Short Answer	11	14.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.4%
Geography	3	4.1%
Sports	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually 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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November 06, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, November 06, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword November 06, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Trash	4
2A	5. Kind of rock	4
3A	9. Toni Morrison title character who lives in the Bottom	4
4A	13. Lower-cost option at a supermarket, usually	10
5A	15. Fresh	4
6A	16. Furry creature that Wallace becomes during the full moon, in a "Wallace & Gromit" film	10
7A	17. Bio subject	4
8A	18. "___ changed"	3
9A	19. Feature of the inner planets	5
10A	20. Thread count?	5
11A	21. Facebook allows for more than 50	7
12A	23. Reciprocal of a siemens	3
13A	24. Sharon Olds's "___ to Dirt"	3
14A	25. Hush puppies alternative	4
15A	27. Restaurant starter, informally	3
16A	30. Prominent attire for Jr. Pac-Man	15
17A	35. Assumes	15
18A	36. Grande and others	15
19A	37. Actress Susan	3
20A	38. Order at a lodge	4
21A	39. It's sold by the yard	3
22A	40. Good things to have for a private party	3
23A	41. What a trip!	7
24A	45. Alliterative partner of 45-Down	5
25A	48. Proceeds smoothly	5
26A	50. Creature whose male incubates the eggs, during which it won't eat, drink or defecate for 50+ days	3
27A	51. Trails	4
28A	52. New York City setting of the "Eloise" books	10
29A	54. It may be bonded	4
30A	55. "Much obliged!"	10
31A	56. Whom to call "maman"	4
32A	57. Guard, perhaps	4
33A	58. Current	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. Trash"

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 winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
• Words that mean the same thing: jibe, shot, gibe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Kind of rock"

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 of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
• Words that mean the same thing: sulphurous, battery-acid, window pane
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Toni Morrison title character who lives in the Bottom"

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 type genus of the sulidae
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Sula
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SULA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Lower-cost option at a supermarket, usually"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STOREBRAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Fresh"

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 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 6 Across: "16. Furry creature that Wallace becomes during the full moon, in a "Wallace & Gromit" film"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Bio subject"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a characteristic state or mode of living
• Words that mean the same thing: life sentence, biography, life story
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. "___ changed""

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: IVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Feature of the inner planets"

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 outer layer of the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: cheekiness, Earth's crust, impudence
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Thread count?"

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 the words of something written
• Words that mean the same thing: textbook, textual matter, text edition
• The opposite would be: trade edition
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEXTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Facebook allows for more than 50"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in indo-european languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
• Words that mean the same thing: grammatical gender, sexuality, sex
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Reciprocal of a siemens"

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 unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
• Words that mean the same thing: Georg Simon Ohm
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Sharon Olds's "___ to Dirt""

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Hush puppies alternative"

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 cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
• Words that mean the same thing: cornpone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Restaurant starter, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: APP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Prominent attire for Jr. Pac-Man"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: PROPELLERBEANIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Assumes"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: TAKESFORGRANTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Grande and others"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: STARBUCKSORDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Actress Susan"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: DEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Order at a lodge"

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 large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Words that mean the same thing: Cervus elaphus, American elk, red deer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. It's sold by the yard"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Good things to have for a private party"

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 an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Indiana, In, inch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. What a trip!"

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

  The answer is: ODYSSEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Alliterative partner of 45-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tasteless showiness
• Words that mean the same thing: flashiness, gaudiness, loudness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLITZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Proceeds smoothly"

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 motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
• Words that mean the same thing: feed, menses, flow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Creature whose male incubates the eggs, during which it won't eat, drink or defecate for 50+ days"

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

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: Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit, Emu novaehollandiae
• The 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 27 Across: "51. Trails"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of slowing down or falling behind
• Words that mean the same thing: lag, imprison, retardation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. New York City setting of the "Eloise" books"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. It may be bonded"

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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Words that mean the same thing: mote, corpuscle, molecule
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. "Much obliged!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IOWEYOUONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Whom to call "maman""

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

  The answer is: MERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Guard, perhaps"

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 have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
• Words that mean the same thing: run, incline, lean
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Current"

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 air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
• Words that mean the same thing: farting, weave, nose
• The opposite would be: unwind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIND

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - November 06, 2021 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Martin or Harvey	5
2D	2. Actress with an Academy Award for 1960's "Two Women"	5
3D	3. Amount to	3
4D	4. Maker of the world's first diesel-powered passenger car	12
5D	5. Photographer Diane	5
6D	6. Pickup line?	4
7D	7. Still alive, so to speak	4
8D	8. Noted organochloride, in brief	3
9D	9. Boston exurb	5
10D	10. Bell Labs development of the 1970s	4
11D	11. Took off	4
12D	12. Floors	4
13D	13. Amount from a flask, maybe	4
14D	14. Amounts from a distillery, maybe	10
15D	20. Program replaced by "CBS This Morning"	12
16D	22. Olympics rule-breaker	5
17D	23. Like Tony-winning plays	10
18D	25. Brightens, with "up"	5
19D	26. ASCAP and A.S.P.C.A.: Abbr.	4
20D	27. Lead-in to date	4
21D	28. Walk on water?	4
22D	29. Disposable shoe liners	4
23D	30. What cognitive behavioral therapy might treat, in brief	4
24D	31. Grade	4
25D	32. "Capisce?"	4
26D	33. Sure thing	4
27D	34. Home of the two deepest canyons in the Americas (each 11,500+ feet)	5
28D	40. Response at the door	5
29D	41. Gave off, in a way	5
30D	42. ___ Hall	5
31D	43. Change in writing	5
32D	44. 'Tis the season to be jolly	4
33D	45. Kind of rock	4
34D	46. Behind	4
35D	47. 2008 animated film with the tagline "He's got a monster of a problem"	4
36D	48. Barents Sea sight	4
37D	49. Quad part	4
38D	52. Stone	3
39D	53. "Absolument!"	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. Martin or Harvey"

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: STEVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Actress with an Academy Award for 1960's "Two Women""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that italian film actress (born in 1934)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sophia Loren, Sofia Scicolone
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOREN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Amount to"

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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: make up, exist, equal
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Maker of the world's first diesel-powered passenger car"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: MERCEDESBENZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Photographer Diane"

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: ARBUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Pickup line?"

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 compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Words that mean the same thing: hack, taxicab, cabriolet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Still alive, so to speak"

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: INIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Noted organochloride, 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 an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the united states since 1972
• Words that mean the same thing: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Boston exurb"

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 capital of the state of oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the willamette river
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Oregon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bell Labs development of the 1970s"

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

  The answer is: UNIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Took 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 location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
• Words that mean the same thing: provide, get out, left field
• The opposite would be: enter, center
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Floors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
• Words that mean the same thing: veneration, reverence, awe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Amount from a flask, 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 a large and hurried swallow
• Words that mean the same thing: quaff, draught, gulp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Amounts from a distillery, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
• Words that mean the same thing: barrel, barrelful
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARRELFULS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Program replaced by "CBS This Morning""

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: THEEARLYSHOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Olympics rule-breaker"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Like Tony-winning plays"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONBROADWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Brightens, with "up""

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 incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
• Words that mean the same thing: fringe benefit, pick up, perk up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. ASCAP and A.S.P.C.A.: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ORGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Lead-in to date"

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 (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Walk on water?"

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 platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
• Words that mean the same thing: wharf, dock, wharfage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Disposable shoe liners"

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: PEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. What cognitive behavioral therapy might treat, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
• Words that mean the same thing: posttraumatic stress disorder
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PTSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "31. Grade"

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 magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
• Words that mean the same thing: range, place, order
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "32. "Capisce?""

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 endorsement
• Words that mean the same thing: okeh, hunky-dory, approve
• The opposite would be: disapprove
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OKAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "33. Sure thing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
• Words that mean the same thing: curl, engage, ignition lock
• The opposite would be: unlock, disengage
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "34. Home of the two deepest canyons in the Americas (each 11,500+ feet)"

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

  The answer is: ANDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Response at the door"

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: ITSME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Gave off, in a way"

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 pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
• Words that mean the same thing: exude, seep, transude
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOZED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. ___ Hall"

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 religious leader who was the first person born in the united states to be canonized (1774-1821)
• Words that mean the same thing: Mother Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, Elizabeth Seton
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Change in writing"

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

  The answer is: EMEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "44. 'Tis the season to be jolly"

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 period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
• Words that mean the same thing: Christmas, Noel, Christmastide
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YULE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "45. Kind of rock"

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: GLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "46. Behind"

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 being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
• Words that mean the same thing: former, recent, belatedly
• The opposite would be: early
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "47. 2008 animated film with the tagline "He's got a monster of a problem""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: IGOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "48. Barents Sea sight"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
• Words that mean the same thing: ice floe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "49. Quad part"

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

  The answer is: LAWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "52. Stone"

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 sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
• Words that mean the same thing: mark, perdition, Hell
• The opposite would be: Heaven
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "53. "Absolument!""

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: OUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	70.8%
Short Answer	9	12.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.2%
Movies/Film	2	2.8%
History	2	2.8%
Literature	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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 13, 2025 at 09:37 PM