August 08, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Thursday, August 08, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword August 08, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. José, to amigos	4
2A	5. Going rate	4
3A	9. Motion pictures?	5
4A	14. Company with a for-profit foundation?	4
5A	15. Improvisational style	4
6A	16. Gondolier, maybe	5
7A	17. *Boo during a baseball game	9
8A	19. See 60-Across	5
9A	20. Ricky's player on old TV	4
10A	21. Around 20%, typically	3
11A	23. Modern alternative to a garage sale	4
12A	24. 2/	3
13A	25. *Tin has been in them since 1929	11
14A	29. "I'd like another"	7
15A	31. Philistine-fighting king	4
16A	32. Org. with Huskies and Bulldogs	4
17A	33. One way to get help	3
18A	35. Class for a physiology major, informally	3
19A	37. *Tar remover	15
20A	43. Letters on an N.L. Central cap	3
21A	44. Was first	3
22A	45. Spanish feminine pronoun	4
23A	46. Implores	4
24A	49. Number one	7
25A	51. *Ken, for one	11
26A	55. Campground sights	3
27A	56. Prefix meaning "height"	4
28A	57. Cable news anchor Cabrera	3
29A	58. Home of about 25% of U.N. member states	4
30A	60. With 19-Across, reconsider ... or a hint to the starts of the five starred clues	5
31A	62. *Can components	9
32A	66. Member of Dubya's cabinet	5
33A	67. 843 acres, for New York's Central Park	4
34A	68. Princess whose brother is not a prince	4
35A	69. Invited over for lunch, say	5
36A	70. Crawl (with)	4
37A	71. Its min. score is 120	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. José, to amigos"

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: PEPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Going rate"

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 rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• Words that mean the same thing: gait, rate, tread
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Motion pictures?"

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: OPART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Company with a for-profit foundation?"

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 river in southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn
• Words that mean the same thing: Upper Avon River, River Avon, Upper Avon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Improvisational style"

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 singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: scarper, run, head for the hills
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Gondolier, maybe"

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 draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle
• Words that mean the same thing: pole horse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. *Boo during a baseball game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WILDPITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. See 60-Across"

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 to double the degree
• Words that mean the same thing: double, doubly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Ricky's player on old TV"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: DESI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Around 20%, typically"

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 extreme end of something; especially something pointed
• Words that mean the same thing: topple, tumble, tip off
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Modern alternative to a garage sale"

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: EBAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. 2/"

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 month following january and preceding march
• Words that mean the same thing: February
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. *Tin has been in them since 1929"

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: COMICSTRIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. "I'd like another""

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: ONEMORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Philistine-fighting king"

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 (old testament) the first king of the israelites who defended israel against many enemies (especially the philistines)
• Words that mean the same thing: Apostle of the Gentiles, St. Paul, Apostle Paul
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Org. with Huskies and Bulldogs"

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: NCAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. One way to get help"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: demand, expect, necessitate
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Class for a physiology major, informally"

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: BIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. *Tar remover"

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: DENTALHYGIENIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Letters on an N.L. Central cap"

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: STL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Was first"

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 diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Words that mean the same thing: light-emitting diode, contribute, moderate
• The opposite would be: follow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Spanish feminine pronoun"

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: ELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Implores"

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 call upon in supplication; entreat
• Words that mean the same thing: beg, implore, tap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Number one"

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: TOPSPOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. *Ken, for one"

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: LOGICPUZZLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Campground sights"

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 motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities
• Words that mean the same thing: R.V., recreational vehicle, RV
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Prefix meaning "height""

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: ACRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Cable news anchor Cabrera"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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 29 Across: "58. Home of about 25% of U.N. member states"

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 the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. With 19-Across, reconsider ... or a hint to the starts of the five starred clues"

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 an instance of deliberate thinking
• Words that mean the same thing: recall, cogitate, opine
• The opposite would be: forget
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. *Can components"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HIGHKICKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Member of Dubya's cabinet"

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: CONDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. 843 acres, for New York's Central Park"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: expanse, field, orbit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Princess whose brother is not a prince"

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: LEIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Invited over for lunch, say"

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: HADIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Crawl (with)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be teeming, be abuzz
• Words that mean the same thing: swarm, pour, stream
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Its min. score is 120"

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: LSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Thursday Crossword Down Clues - August 08, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Possible maker of a muddy footprint	3
2D	2. Law school class	8
3D	3. Climbing vegetables	9
4D	4. Discontinues	4
5D	5. Letter that sounds like an expression of relief	3
6D	6. Be dramatic?	3
7D	7. Stickers in a plant store	5
8D	8. Law school class	6
9D	9. Not dither	3
10D	10. Casualties of violent storms	10
11D	11. Out, of sorts	5
12D	12. Show the highlights	5
13D	13. Hearts that don't beat very much?	5
14D	18. ___ de gallo	4
15D	22. "Buckle Up, Dummies" ad, e.g.	3
16D	24. A fan (of)	4
17D	26. ___ tradition	4
18D	27. Interlace	4
19D	28. Lazy river transport	4
20D	30. Winner of five swimming gold medals at the 1988 Olympics	10
21D	34. Jon of Arizona politics	3
22D	36. Figures calculated using crude estimates	9
23D	38. Pianist Templeton	4
24D	39. Jazzman Stan	4
25D	40. Object of veneration	4
26D	41. Part of a notable 1993 breakup	8
27D	42. Some parlor designs, informally	4
28D	47. Scholarship application fig.	3
29D	48. Portable shade provider	6
30D	50. Zenith	4
31D	51. Close securely	5
32D	52. L.P.G.A. great Lorena	5
33D	53. Daily monotony	5
34D	54. Angola's northern neighbor, once	5
35D	59. Place to grow some herbs	4
36D	61. Family	3
37D	63. "Well, I'll be!"	3
38D	64. Topping on a Hawaiian pizza	3
39D	65. Lost one's standing?	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. Possible maker of a muddy footprint"

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: mitt, hand, manus
• The 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 Down: "2. Law school class"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
• Words that mean the same thing: attest, certify, manifest
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVIDENCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Climbing vegetables"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POLEBEANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Discontinues"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: death, finish, last
• The opposite would be: begin, beginning
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Letter that sounds like an expression of relief"

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 pressure
• Words that mean the same thing: pounds per square 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: PSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Be dramatic?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: do, represent, human activity
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Stickers in a plant store"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any succulent plant of the family cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the new world and usually having spines
• Words that mean the same thing: cactus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CACTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Law school class"

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 motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
• Words that mean the same thing: moral philosophy, ethical code, ethical motive
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Not dither"

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 select as an alternative over another
• Words that mean the same thing: prefer, choose
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Casualties of violent storms"

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: POWERLINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Out, of sorts"

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 (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
• Words that mean the same thing: self-justification, excuse, exculpation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Show the highlights"

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 summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
• Words that mean the same thing: review, recapitulation, retread
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RECAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Hearts that don't beat very much?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: 3, III, tierce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. ___ de gallo"

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: PICO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Buckle Up, Dummies" ad, e.g."

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 protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. A fan (of)"

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 having or displaying warmth or affection
• Words that mean the same thing: affectionate, tender, warm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. ___ tradition"

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 examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: oral exam, unwritten, oral examination
• The opposite would be: anal, aboral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Interlace"

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 number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
• Words that mean the same thing: interlocking, enmesh, engagement
• The opposite would be: disengage
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Lazy river transport"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
• Words that mean the same thing: electron tube, thermionic valve, tubing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Winner of five swimming gold medals at the 1988 Olympics"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Jon of Arizona politics"

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: KYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Figures calculated using crude estimates"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OILPRICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Pianist Templeton"

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: ALEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Jazzman Stan"

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: GETZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Object of veneration"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a material effigy that is worshipped
• Words that mean the same thing: graven image, god, matinee idol
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Part of a notable 1993 breakup"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a landlocked republic in central europe; separated from the czech republic in 1993
• Words that mean the same thing: Slovak 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: SLOVAKIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Some parlor designs, informally"

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 tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
• Words that mean the same thing: tat, TAT, Thematic Apperception Test
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Scholarship application fig."

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 measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
• Words that mean the same thing: grade point average
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Portable shade provider"

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 hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: sun hat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUNHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Zenith"

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 most extreme possible amount or value
• Words that mean the same thing: flush, top out, meridian
• The opposite would be: bottom out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Close securely"

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 spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
• Words that mean the same thing: door latch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. L.P.G.A. great Lorena"

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 biochemist (born in spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993)
• Words that mean the same thing: Severo Ochoa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCHOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Daily monotony"

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 insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• Words that mean the same thing: crunch, nerd, pulverization
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Angola's northern neighbor, once"

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 unit of money in zaire
• Words that mean the same thing: Belgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZAIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Place to grow some herbs"

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 structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Family"

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 person having kinship with another or others
• Words that mean the same thing: kinship group, kinsperson, blood-related
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. "Well, I'll be!""

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 force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
• Words that mean the same thing: g-force, g
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Topping on a Hawaiian pizza"

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

  The answer is: HAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. Lost one's standing?"

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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Words that mean the same thing: sit, sit down, ride
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	65.8%
Short Answer	18	23.7%
Sports	3	3.9%
History	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, September 07, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (37 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

September 07, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. H.S. teams mainly with freshmen and sophomore players	8
2A	9. Cause for caution	5
3A	14. One engaged in a hairy escape?	8
4A	15. Product of meiosis	6
5A	16. Fixture in a church sanctuary	8
6A	17. Inner selves, to Jung	6
7A	18. Trouble	3
8A	19. Where people may make a scene	11
9A	21. Unit equivalent to 4.184 joules: Abbr.	3
10A	22. Bust	3
11A	23. Ancient Roman writer of comedies	7
12A	24. 51-Acrosses often hold them	4
13A	26. Epitome of thinness	6
14A	28. Rank in judo	3
15A	29. Film bit	4
16A	30. Only 20th-century president whose three distinct initials are in alphabetical order	3
17A	31. Shake on it!	3
18A	33. Calls for	5
19A	35. Ring-toss item?	3
20A	37. Palatable	5
21A	41. A.P. exam inits.	3
22A	43. Empty talk	3
23A	45. Pence, e.g.	4
24A	46. Some exchanges, in brief	3
25A	49. Charging too much, say	6
26A	51. Board appointment, for short	4
27A	52. Lower-priced ticket option, maybe	7
28A	54. Floral arrangement	3
29A	56. Monogram on L'Homme products	3
30A	57. Cactus with an edible fruit	11
31A	59. Word with run or jump	3
32A	60. ___ Museum, home of the Dead Sea Scrolls	6
33A	61. Brave, e.g.	8
34A	63. Gathers together with stitching	6
35A	64. "Close ..."	8
36A	65. Jockey competitor	5
37A	66. Enigmatic people	8

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. H.S. teams mainly with freshmen and sophomore players"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: JVSQUADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Cause for caution"

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 source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
• Words that mean the same thing: jeopardy, endangerment, threaten
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. One engaged in a hairy escape?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RAPUNZEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Product of meiosis"

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 mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAMETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Fixture in a church sanctuary"

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: PRIEDIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Inner selves, to Jung"

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 (jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
• Words that mean the same thing: anima
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Trouble"

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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: pain, garlic, trouble
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Where people may make a scene"

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: IMPROVCLASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Unit equivalent to 4.184 joules: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Bust"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who is unsuccessful
• Words that mean the same thing: turkey, washout, misfire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Ancient Roman writer of comedies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that dramatist of ancient rome (born in greece) whose comedies were based on works by menander (190?-159 bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Publius Terentius Afer
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERENCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. 51-Acrosses often hold them"

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 master's degree in business
• Words that mean the same thing: Master in Business, Master in Business Administration, MBA
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MBAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Epitome of thinness"

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 part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
• Words that mean the same thing: weave, tissue paper
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TISSUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Rank in judo"

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: DAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Film bit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
• Words that mean the same thing: algae
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Only 20th-century president whose three distinct initials are in alphabetical order"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: HST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Shake on it!"

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 clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
• Words that mean the same thing: manus, mitt, hand
• The 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 18 Across: "33. Calls for"

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 condition requiring relief
• Words that mean the same thing: call for, postulate, penury
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Ring-toss item?"

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 headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
• Words that mean the same thing: chapeau, lid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Palatable"

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 full of flavor
• Words that mean the same thing: saporous, flavorsome, flavorful
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAPID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. A.P. exam inits."

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: ETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Empty talk"

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 state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
• Words that mean the same thing: gas pedal, natural gas, gaseous state
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Pence, e.g."

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 moral weakness
• Words that mean the same thing: frailty
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Some exchanges, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Charging too much, say"

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: INDEBT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Board appointment, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the chief executive department of the united states government
• Words that mean the same thing: White 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: EXEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Lower-priced ticket option, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MATINEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Floral arrangement"

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

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Monogram on L'Homme products"

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: YSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Cactus with an edible fruit"

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: PRICKLYPEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Word with run or jump"

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 narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. ___ Museum, home of the Dead Sea Scrolls"

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 jewish republic in southwestern asia at eastern end of mediterranean; formerly part of palestine
• Words that mean the same thing: Yisrael, Sion, State of Israel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISRAEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Brave, e.g."

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: ATLANTAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Gathers together with stitching"

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 bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set
• Words that mean the same thing: shirr
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHIRRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. "Close ...""

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: NOTQUITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Jockey competitor"

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: HANES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Enigmatic people"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
• Words that mean the same thing: Sphinx, sphinx
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPHINXES

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - September 07, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. 1980s arcade character with a propeller beanie	8
2D	2. Not fixed	8
3D	3. Overflow	8
4D	4. Spanish interrogative	3
5D	5. Reversed	5
6D	6. Angle measured by an astrolabe	7
7D	7. Kind of pizza	8
8D	8. Musical symbol indicating legato	4
9D	9. Where the islets of Langerhans are located	8
10D	10. Rat in "Ratatouille"	5
11D	11. Send back	6
12D	12. Minnesota county or lake	6
13D	13. Mitigate	6
14D	15. Swore off	6
15D	20. Decisive periods, briefly	3
16D	25. Singer with the 1986 #1 album "Promise"	4
17D	27. Something to act on	5
18D	32. Image on an oscilloscope	4
19D	34. No-goodniks	8
20D	36. Place to play a board game	8
21D	38. Candy sold in straws	8
22D	39. Something to lace up before competition	8
23D	40. Dips	8
24D	42. Tackle box accessories	6
25D	44. Ninja's asset	7
26D	46. Like a troublemaker	6
27D	47. ___ Norman, 1983 Pulitzer-winning playwright	6
28D	48. Add to the rotation?	6
29D	50. Susan who starred on TV's "The Partridge Family"	3
30D	53. Comforting comment	5
31D	55. Dialect of Arabic	5
32D	58. Works (out)	4
33D	62. Poor Clares member	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. 1980s arcade character with a propeller beanie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JRPACMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Not fixed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
• Words that mean the same thing: variable quantity, varying, variable star
• The opposite would be: invariable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VARIABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Overflow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the amount that has spilled
• Words that mean the same thing: release, spill
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPILLAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Spanish interrogative"

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: QUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Reversed"

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 cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
• Words that mean the same thing: undo, unwrap, untie
• The opposite would be: make, wrap
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNDID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Angle measured by an astrolabe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
• Words that mean the same thing: AZ
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AZIMUTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Kind of pizza"

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: DEEPDISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Musical symbol indicating legato"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
• Words that mean the same thing: smudge, blot, smear
• The opposite would be: focus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Where the islets of Langerhans are located"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANCREAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Rat in "Ratatouille""

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 boy whose upbringing was described by jean-jacques rousseau
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Send back"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
• Words that mean the same thing: gaol, jail, remit
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Minnesota county or lake"

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: ITASCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Mitigate"

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 decrease in size, extent, or range
• Words that mean the same thing: fall, diminish, subside
• The opposite would be: increase
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Swore off"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GAVEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Decisive periods, briefly"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Singer with the 1986 #1 album "Promise""

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 french soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814)
• Words that mean the same thing: de Sade, Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, Marquis de Sade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Something to act on"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Words that mean the same thing: represent, level, present
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "32. Image on an oscilloscope"

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 one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
• Words that mean the same thing: beckon, flourish, undulation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "34. No-goodniks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: stinkpot, rotter, skunk
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STINKERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "36. Place to play a board game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the top horizontal work surface of a table
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TABLETOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "38. Candy sold in straws"

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: PIXYSTIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "39. Something to lace up before competition"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ICESKATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "40. Dips"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that change toward something smaller or lower
• Words that mean the same thing: pass up, fall, turn down
• The opposite would be: better, ascent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECLINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "42. Tackle box accessories"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SNELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "44. Ninja's asset"

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 avoiding detection by moving carefully
• Words that mean the same thing: stealing
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEALTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "46. Like a troublemaker"

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 naughtily or annoyingly playful
• Words that mean the same thing: wicked, pixilated, puckish
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMPISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "47. ___ Norman, 1983 Pulitzer-winning playwright"

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: MARSHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Add to the rotation?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: STIRIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "50. Susan who starred on TV's "The Partridge Family""

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: DEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. Comforting comment"

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: ICARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "55. Dialect of Arabic"

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

  The answer is: IRAQI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "58. Works (out)"

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 cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: goat god, trash, pan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "62. Poor Clares member"

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: conical buoy, nun 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	46	65.7%
Short Answer	13	18.6%
Abbreviation	3	4.3%
Sports	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM