August 06, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, August 06, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

August 06, 2019 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Means of surveillance, for short	4
2A	5. Co-conspirator with Brutus and Cassius	5
3A	10. Banter jokingly	4
4A	14. "I got it! I got it!"	4
5A	15. What's standard, with "the"	5
6A	16. ___ breve	4
7A	17. Litter noises	4
8A	18. Bottom coat?	10
9A	20. Slammer	3
10A	21. Word before and after "à"	3
11A	22. Had people over for dinner, say	6
12A	23. Habitat for a walrus	11
13A	27. "___ seen worse"	3
14A	28. Actor Dennis or Randy	5
15A	29. Sports org. that plays in the winter	3
16A	30. Co-workers of TV's Don Draper	5
17A	32. Spending jags	6
18A	34. Locale of the anvil and stirrup	3
19A	36. Cincinnati sluggers	4
20A	37. Its motto, translated from Latin, is "If you wish for peace, prepare for war"	9
21A	40. Fill with cargo	4
22A	43. A.M.A. members	3
23A	44. Messed with, with "around"	6
24A	48. Avoid the clutches of	5
25A	50. Early nuclear org.	3
26A	52. Esther of "Good Times"	5
27A	53. TV show set in Westeros, for short	3
28A	54. Drill bit alloy	11
29A	57. Untouched, as an artifact	6
30A	59. Slack-jawed emotion	3
31A	60. Good name for a girl born on December 24?	3
32A	61. 1963 Bobby Vinton hit ... or a hint to both halves of 18-, 23-, 37- and 54-Across	10
33A	64. Surgeons' subj.	4
34A	65. Focusing aid	4
35A	66. Something to believe in	5
36A	67. Ballet leap	4
37A	68. Whence the Three Wise Men, with "the"	4
38A	69. Defeated by a hair	5
39A	70. Fired	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. Means of surveillance, for short"

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: CCTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Co-conspirator with Brutus and Cassius"

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: CASCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Banter jokingly"

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 be silly or tease one another
• Words that mean the same thing: jolly, kid, banter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "I got it! I got 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: OHOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. What's standard, with "the""

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 occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
• Words that mean the same thing: common
• The opposite would be: unusual
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USUAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ breve"

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: ALLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Litter noises"

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 street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
• Words that mean the same thing: meow, sea mew, miaul
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Bottom coat?"

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: BABYPOWDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Slammer"

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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: penitentiary, indite, compose
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Word before and after "à""

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 cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
• Words that mean the same thing: hexad, American Virgin Islands, sestet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Had people over for dinner, say"

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

  The answer is: HOSTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Habitat for a walrus"

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: ARCTICOCEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. "___ seen worse""

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 14 Across: "28. Actor Dennis or Randy"

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: QUAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Sports org. that plays in the winter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Co-workers of TV's Don Draper"

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 someone whose business is advertising
• Words that mean the same thing: advertizer, adman, advertiser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Spending jags"

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 brief indulgence of your impulses
• Words that mean the same thing: spree, fling
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPREES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Locale of the anvil and stirrup"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: pinna, capitulum, auricle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Cincinnati sluggers"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: redness, Red River, loss
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Its motto, translated from Latin, is "If you wish for peace, prepare for war""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: ROYALNAVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Fill with cargo"

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 remove with or as if with a ladle
• Words that mean the same thing: load, ladle, laden
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. A.M.A. members"

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: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Messed with, with "around""

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 pull, or move with a sudden movement
• Words that mean the same thing: twitch, buck, hitch
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JERKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Avoid the clutches of"

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: parry, skirt, duck
• The 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 25 Across: "50. Early nuclear org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Atomic Energy Commission
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Esther of "Good Times""

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: ROLLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. TV show set in Westeros, 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 come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• Words that mean the same thing: gravel, make, drive
• The opposite would be: take away, leave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Drill bit alloy"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: COBALTSTEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Untouched, as an artifact"

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: INSITU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Slack-jawed emotion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Good name for a girl born on December 24?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: eventide, even, evening
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. 1963 Bobby Vinton hit ... or a hint to both halves of 18-, 23-, 37- and 54-Across"

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: BLUEONBLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Surgeons' subj."

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: ANAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Focusing aid"

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 transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
• Words that mean the same thing: lense, lens system, genus Lens
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Something to believe in"

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 events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
• Words that mean the same thing: make, drive, campaign
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Ballet leap"

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: JETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Whence the Three Wise Men, with "the""

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 cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Words that mean the same thing: due east, 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 38 Across: "69. Defeated by a hair"

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 advance slowly, as if by inches
• Words that mean the same thing: stinging, cutting, 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: EDGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. Fired"

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 chop or split with an ax
• Words that mean the same thing: axe, ax
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXED

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword August 06, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Pioneering personal computers	7
2D	2. "Come on, things aren't so bad"	7
3D	3. Limousine	7
4D	4. Bygone kind of tape	3
5D	5. Like the numbers 8, 27 and 64	5
6D	6. How one's much-loved nephew might be treated	6
7D	7. Periscope site	3
8D	8. Low island	3
9D	9. Leader of Athens?	5
10D	10. Thriller set around Amity Island	4
11D	11. Quaint	7
12D	12. Like LPs and some dresses	7
13D	13. Coagulates	7
14D	19. Actress Chaplin of 53-Across	4
15D	21. YouTube upload	5
16D	24. Like wedding cakes, typically	6
17D	25. Posh neighborhood of London or New York	7
18D	26. Spirit	4
19D	31. Problem in an old wooden building	6
20D	33. Guitarist Barrett	3
21D	35. British rule over India, once	3
22D	38. Spirited steed	4
23D	39. Part of a biblical citation	5
24D	40. Unlike most physicians' handwriting, stereotypically	7
25D	41. Home of Anne of Green Gables	7
26D	42. Old Nissan autos	7
27D	45. Something that may be used before a blessing	7
28D	46. Put on a pedestal	7
29D	47. Struck out	7
30D	49. Outside: Prefix	4
31D	51. A dependent one might start with "that"	6
32D	55. Unit of measure with the same Latin origin as "inch"	5
33D	56. Jacket material	5
34D	58. Superlative ending with grass or glass	4
35D	62. Reprimand to a dog	3
36D	63. Big galoot	3
37D	64. Best-selling Steely Dan album	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. Pioneering personal computers"

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: COMPAQS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Come on, things aren't so bad""

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: CHEERUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Limousine"

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: TOWNCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Bygone kind of tape"

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: VHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Like the numbers 8, 27 and 64"

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 having three dimensions
• Words that mean the same thing: three-dimensional
• The opposite would be: linear
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. How one's much-loved nephew might be treated"

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: ASASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Periscope site"

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 large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: pigboat, zep, hoagy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Low island"

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 coral reef off the southern coast of florida
• Words that mean the same thing: key, Florida key
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Leader of Athens?"

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 1st letter of the greek 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: ALPHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Thriller set around Amity Island"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
• Words that mean the same thing: rattle on, visit, trounce
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Quaint"

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: OLDTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Like LPs and some dresses"

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 made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified; often used in combination
• The opposite would be: sleeveless
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEEVED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Coagulates"

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 become hard or harder
• Words that mean the same thing: inure, season, temper
• The opposite would be: soften
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARDENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Actress Chaplin of 53-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. YouTube upload"

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 visible part of a television transmission
• Words that mean the same thing: telecasting, video recording, picture
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIDEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Like wedding cakes, 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 having or arranged in tiers
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Posh neighborhood of London or New York"

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: CHELSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Spirit"

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 feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Words that mean the same thing: panache, style, ardour
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Problem in an old wooden building"

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: DRYROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Guitarist Barrett"

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: SYD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "35. British rule over India, once"

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 british dominion over india (1757-1947)
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Spirited steed"

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 a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Part of a biblical citation"

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 literature in metrical form
• Words that mean the same thing: poetise, poetize, poetry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Unlike most physicians' handwriting, stereotypically"

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 handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered
• The opposite would be: illegible
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGIBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Home of Anne of Green Gables"

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: AVONLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Old Nissan autos"

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: DATSUNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Something that may be used before a blessing"

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 piece of soft absorbent paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KLEENEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Put on a pedestal"

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 give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
• Words that mean the same thing: upgrade, lift, get up
• The opposite would be: lower, demote
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELEVATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Struck out"

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 remove or make invisible
• Words that mean the same thing: cancel, delete, erase
• The opposite would be: record
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELETED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Outside: Prefix"

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: ECTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. A dependent one might start with "that""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
• Words that mean the same thing: article
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. Unit of measure with the same Latin origin as "inch""

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 unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
• Words that mean the same thing: oz., Panthera uncia, troy ounce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUNCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Jacket material"

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 thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: flannel, white, gabardine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. Superlative ending with grass or glass"

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 used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
• Words that mean the same thing: one, ane, 1
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "62. Reprimand to a dog"

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 that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
• Words that mean the same thing: regretful, unfit, defective
• The opposite would be: goodness, unregretful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "63. Big galoot"

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 ancient celtic god
• Words that mean the same thing: tote, lugsail, choke up
• The opposite would be: unstuff
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "64. Best-selling Steely Dan album"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	69.7%
Short Answer	15	19.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.1 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 Tuesday, 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 Analysis

Date: Thursday, March 04, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (38 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

NYT Thursday Crossword Across Clues - March 04, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Taradiddle	3
2A	4. Russian country house	5
3A	9. Swiss bread	5
4A	14. Nail	3
5A	15. Out and ___	5
6A	16. Out now, in a way	5
7A	17. "___ Crossroads" (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit that got a Grammy)	3
8A	18. They're swaddled and coddled	13
9A	20. Regain, as affection	7
10A	22. Like games decided by buzzer beaters	5
11A	23. Contests	6
12A	25. City stray	8
13A	29. One of a pair that often goes missing	4
14A	30. Run out of Time?	5
15A	32. Spot for an icicle	4
16A	33. Birds with S-shaped necks	6
17A	35. Male actor with the most Primetime Emmys (7)	5
18A	36. Org. for drivers	3
19A	38. With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle	3
20A	39. See 38-Across	3
21A	41. Something to take on a date?	3
22A	42. Retired pugilist Ali	5
23A	44. Gave a bit of lip?	6
24A	46. Folklore fiend	4
25A	47. 14 pounds, in England	5
26A	49. All alternative	4
27A	52. Stamp collector?	8
28A	54. Not forget	6
29A	56. Devout	5
30A	57. Some measures championed by the March for Our Lives movement	7
31A	58. Co-founder of the women's rights newspaper The Revolution	13
32A	63. Still making cartoons?	3
33A	64. Bad way to run	5
34A	65. Supercharge	5
35A	66. Divisions of a krone	3
36A	67. "___ thank me later"	5
37A	68. Tour of duty	5
38A	69. Country that uses the krone: Abbr.	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. Taradiddle"

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 trivial lie
• Words that mean the same thing: tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Russian country house"

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

  The answer is: DACHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Swiss bread"

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 basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRANC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Nail"

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

  The answer is: ACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Out and ___"

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 on the move
• Words that mean the same thing: or so, roughly, almost
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Out now, 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 expose to fresh air
• Words that mean the same thing: bare, vent, airy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. "___ Crossroads" (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit that got a Grammy)"

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: THA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. They're swaddled and coddled"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEWBORNBABIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Regain, as affection"

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: WINBACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Like games decided by buzzer beaters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the temporal end; the concluding time
• Words that mean the same thing: close up, tightlipped, tight
• The opposite would be: far, distant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Contests"

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 present reasons and arguments
• Words that mean the same thing: indicate, contend, debate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. City stray"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ALLEYCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. One of a pair that often goes missing"

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 hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
• Words that mean the same thing: wind cone, bop, wind sleeve
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Run out of Time?"

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 mistake resulting from inattention
• Words that mean the same thing: recidivate, pass, backsliding
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAPSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Spot for an icicle"

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: EAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Birds with S-shaped necks"

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 greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hero, Heron, heron
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Male actor with the most Primetime Emmys (7)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Org. for drivers"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. See 38-Across"

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 preserve of crushed fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: close up, mess, throng
• The opposite would be: free
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Something to take on a date?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: limb, weapon, fortify
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Retired pugilist Ali"

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: LAILA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Gave a bit of lip?"

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 be in a huff and display one's displeasure
• Words that mean the same thing: pout, brood, mow
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POUTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Folklore fiend"

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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
• Words that mean the same thing: demon, fiend, devil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OGRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. 14 pounds, in England"

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 lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
• Words that mean the same thing: Oliver Stone, Harlan Stone, Harlan Fiske Stone
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. All 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 the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
• Words that mean the same thing: surge, lunar time period
• The opposite would be: ebb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Stamp collector?"

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 any authorization to pass or go somewhere
• Words that mean the same thing: recommendation, pass
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASSPORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Not forget"

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 hold back within
• Words that mean the same thing: keep back, continue, keep on
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Devout"

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 having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
• The opposite would be: impious
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIOUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Some measures championed by the March for Our Lives movement"

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: GUNBANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Co-founder of the women's rights newspaper The Revolution"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SUSANBANTHONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Still making cartoons?"

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: CEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Bad way to run"

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 especially of a ship's lines etc
• Words that mean the same thing: foul, fouled
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFOUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Supercharge"

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: HOPUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Divisions of a krone"

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

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. "___ thank me later""

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: YOULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Tour of duty"

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 unbroken period of time during which you do something
• Words that mean the same thing: scrimp, scant, skimp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. Country that uses the krone: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: NOR

  Great job if you got it right!

March 04, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Mufti's decrees	6
2D	2. All-time single-season hits leader in M.L.B. history (262)	6
3D	3. Seats that sink	13
4D	4. Counterpart of "Bitte"	5
5D	5. Tony Shalhoub's character on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"	3
6D	6. Lower?	3
7D	7. Where some car logos appear	7
8D	8. Lagoon encirclers	6
9D	9. Beliebers or the Beyhive, for instance	7
10D	10. Some Outback entrees	7
11D	11. Shapiro of "All Things Considered"	3
12D	12. Michelle Obama ___ Robinson	3
13D	13. Stack on a rack, maybe	3
14D	19. Part	4
15D	21. Garden item that can be brined, informally	4
16D	24. Annoying roommate, maybe	4
17D	26. Eggs Benedict component	13
18D	27. State	4
19D	28. Word with paper or limit	4
20D	31. Actress de Armas of "Knives Out"	3
21D	34. Subj. in biochemistry	3
22D	35. Qty.	3
23D	36. When repeated, start of an old antacid slogan	4
24D	37. Very enthusiastic	4
25D	39. Georgia senator Ossoff	3
26D	40. Violinist Leopold	4
27D	43. Electric guitar pioneer	7
28D	44. Random criticism	7
29D	45. Words immediately after Casca cries "Speak, hands, for me!"	4
30D	47. Any day now	4
31D	48. Tough pills to swallow, at times	6
32D	50. Bread	6
33D	51. Eve of "The Vagina Monologues"	6
34D	53. Bumper-to-bumper activity?	7
35D	55. Origin of water clock technology	5
36D	58. For instance	3
37D	59. Space oddity	3
38D	60. Not worth a ___	3
39D	61. Nail polish brand	3
40D	62. "Sister of God"	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. Mufti's decrees"

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 ruling on a point of islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
• Words that mean the same thing: fatwa
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FATWAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. All-time single-season hits leader in M.L.B. history (262)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ICHIRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Seats that sink"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: BEANBAGCHAIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Counterpart of "Bitte""

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: DANKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Tony Shalhoub's character on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel""

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: ABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Lower?"

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 female of domestic cattle:
• Words that mean the same thing: overawe, moo-cow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Where some car logos appear"

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 cap that fits over the hub of a wheel
• Words that mean the same thing: hubcap
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUBCAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Lagoon encirclers"

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 an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
• Words that mean the same thing: atoll
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOLLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Beliebers or the Beyhive, for instance"

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: FANBASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Some Outback entrees"

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: RIBEYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Shapiro of "All Things Considered""

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: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Michelle Obama ___ Robinson"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Stack on a rack, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
• Words that mean the same thing: compact disk, Cd, cadmium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Part"

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 actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
• Words that mean the same thing: persona, part, use
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Garden item that can be brined, informally"

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 cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
• Words that mean the same thing: cucumber
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Annoying roommate, 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 coarse obnoxious person
• Words that mean the same thing: pig, slovenly person, sloven
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Eggs Benedict component"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: CANADIANBACON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. State"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that report or maintain
• Words that mean the same thing: assert, verify, swear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Word with paper or limit"

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 word or expression used for some particular thing
• Words that mean the same thing: terminus, condition, full term
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Actress de Armas of "Knives Out""

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Subj. in biochemistry"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
• Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic 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: RNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Qty."

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: AMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. When repeated, start of an old antacid slogan"

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 noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
• Words that mean the same thing: plump, plump down, plank
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Very enthusiastic"

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 mentally or physically infirm with age
• Words that mean the same thing: crazy, senile, wild
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Georgia senator Ossoff"

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: JON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Violinist Leopold"

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: AUER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Electric guitar pioneer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LESPAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Random criticism"

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 shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POTSHOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Words immediately after Casca cries "Speak, hands, for me!""

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: ETTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Any day now"

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 in the near future
• Words that mean the same thing: presently, shortly, before long
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Tough pills to swallow, at times"

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 fact that has been verified
• Words that mean the same thing: Truth, trueness, true statement
• The opposite would be: falsity, falsehood
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Bread"

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 informal terms for money
• Words that mean the same thing: loot, wampum, cabbage
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DINERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Eve of "The Vagina Monologues""

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: ENSLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Bumper-to-bumper activity?"

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 game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets
• Words that mean the same thing: pinball game
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PINBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Origin of water clock technology"

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 republic in northeastern africa known as the united arab republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 bc
• Words that mean the same thing: Arab Republic of Egypt, Egyptian Empire, United Arab Republic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGYPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. For instance"

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 chance to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: read, state, enjoin
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Space oddity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
• Words that mean the same thing: unidentified flying object, flying saucer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UFO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Not worth a ___"

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 former french coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. Nail polish brand"

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: OPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "62. "Sister of God""

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 woman religious
• Words that mean the same thing: nun buoy, conical buoy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	60.3%
Short Answer	20	25.6%
Geography	5	6.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Sports	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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