July 02, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (42 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, July 02, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 81 (42 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

July 02, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Starting players	5
2A	6. Any classic vinyl record	5
3A	11. On the ___ (fleeing)	3
4A	14. Crown for Miss America	5
5A	15. Satellite signals	5
6A	16. ___ Jima	3
7A	17. Actor with the same initials as Michael Rezendes, his role in "Spotlight"	11
8A	19. Nuke	3
9A	20. Sloth, for example	3
10A	21. Have a go at	3
11A	22. Put in a tandoor	4
12A	23. ___ Mahal	3
13A	26. Citrus garnish in a mixed drink	5
14A	28. Used a riflescope, say	5
15A	29. For fun	7
16A	31. See 49-Across	7
17A	33. Graphic representation of history	8
18A	35. Fake ID user, often	4
19A	36. Fruity drinks	4
20A	37. Image on the back of a dime	5
21A	39. Cell messenger	3
22A	41. Serpentine letter	3
23A	42. Strong string	5
24A	43. Floating mass in the North Atlantic	4
25A	45. Eye woe	4
26A	47. Regularness	8
27A	49. With 31-Across, actor with the same initials as Alfred Hitchcock, his role in "Hitchcock"	7
28A	52. Performer with a baton	7
29A	53. Construction girder	5
30A	54. Didn't do takeout at a restaurant	5
31A	56. Altar promise	3
32A	57. Like lumber	4
33A	58. Subj. involving telescopes or microscopes	3
34A	59. Army NCO	3
35A	61. Grassy field	3
36A	62. Actor with the same initials as Jake Blues, his role in "The Blues Brothers"	11
37A	67. Do the wrong thing	3
38A	68. Fall bloom	5
39A	69. Set of moral principles	5
40A	70. Former fast jet, in brief	3
41A	71. ___ nova (Brazilian music style)	5
42A	72. "So I was wrong"	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Starting players"

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: ATEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Any classic vinyl record"

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 song that was formerly popular
• Words that mean the same thing: golden oldie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. On the ___ (fleeing)"

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 rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Words that mean the same thing: scat, turn tail, scarper
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Crown for Miss America"

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 jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Satellite signals"

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 food for domestic livestock
• Words that mean the same thing: feast, prey, eat
• The opposite would be: starve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ Jima"

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 bloody and prolonged operation on the island of iwo jima in which american marines landed and defeated japanese defenders (february and march 1945)
• Words that mean the same thing: Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IWO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Actor with the same initials as Michael Rezendes, his role in "Spotlight""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MARKRUFFALO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Nuke"

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 sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
• Words that mean the same thing: microwave, atomise, micro-cook
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Sloth, for example"

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 estrangement from god
• Words that mean the same thing: wickedness, drop the ball, sine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Have a go at"

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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: examine, prove, stress
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Put in a tandoor"

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 cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
• Words that mean the same thing: broil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. ___ Mahal"

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: TAJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Citrus garnish in a mixed drink"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unforeseen development
• Words that mean the same thing: turn, convolute, twine
• The opposite would be: untwist, unbend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Used a riflescope, say"

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 point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
• Words that mean the same thing: point, take, get
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. For fun"

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: ASALARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. See 49-Across"

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 united states educator and theologian (1802-1887)
• Words that mean the same thing: Johns Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOPKINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Graphic representation of history"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom)
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIMELINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Fake ID user, often"

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 juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
• Words that mean the same thing: adolescent, teenage, teenaged
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Fruity drinks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Words that mean the same thing: ade, fruit drink
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Image on the back of a dime"

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 light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
• Words that mean the same thing: common mullein, flashlight, blowtorch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Cell messenger"

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 Across: "41. Serpentine letter"

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 radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 99, Es, einsteinium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Strong string"

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 lightweight cord
• Words that mean the same thing: roll, wind, interlace
• The opposite would be: untwist, untwine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Floating mass in the North Atlantic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
• Words that mean the same thing: Alban Berg, iceberg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Eye woe"

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 infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Words that mean the same thing: sty, hordeolum, eye infection
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Regularness"

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 being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
• Words that mean the same thing: normality
• The opposite would be: abnormality
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NORMALCY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. With 31-Across, actor with the same initials as Alfred Hitchcock, his role in "Hitchcock""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that roman general under julius caesar in the gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the egyptian queen cleopatra; they were defeated by octavian at actium (83-30 bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Marcus Antonius, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Anthony
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTHONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Performer with a baton"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who twirls a baton
• Words that mean the same thing: baton twirler, hurler, pitcher
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWIRLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Construction girder"

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: IBEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Didn't do takeout at a restaurant"

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: ATEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Altar promise"

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 artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Like lumber"

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

  The answer is: SAWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Subj. involving telescopes or microscopes"

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: SCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. Army NCO"

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: SGT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. Grassy field"

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 length of thread or yarn
• Words that mean the same thing: grazing land, pasture, pastureland
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "62. Actor with the same initials as Jake Blues, his role in "The Blues Brothers""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JOHNBELUSHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Do the wrong thing"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: stray, drift, slip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Fall bloom"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus aster with showy daisylike flowers
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Set of moral principles"

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 principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
• Words that mean the same thing: ethical code, value-system, moral principle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "70. Former fast jet, 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: SST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "71. ___ nova (Brazilian music style)"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: BOSSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Across: "72. "So I was wrong""

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: SUEME

  Great job if you got it right!

July 02, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. It's stuffed with dough	3
2D	2. Acapulco aunt	3
3D	3. Musical sense	3
4D	4. Temple cabinets	4
5D	5. ___ status (survey information)	7
6D	6. Not working	3
7D	7. Southpaw punches	5
8D	8. Lack	6
9D	9. How doodles are generally drawn	4
10D	10. What that is, in Tijuana	3
11D	11. Actress with the same initials as Linda Marolla, her role in "Arthur"	12
12D	12. Come to	6
13D	13. Relatives of scooters	6
14D	18. Oral only	9
15D	22. Establishment that might have a lot of hogs in front	8
16D	23. "Cheerio!"	4
17D	24. Parenthetical comment	5
18D	25. Actor with the same initials as Jefferson Smith, his role in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"	12
19D	27. "You don't have to tell me"	5
20D	28. Lummox	3
21D	30. What "<" means	8
22D	32. Else	9
23D	34. "___ go bragh!"	4
24D	38. $100 bill, in slang	5
25D	40. Took a parabolic path	5
26D	44. Greek sandwich	4
27D	46. ___ Kippur	3
28D	48. Is sociable at a party	7
29D	49. A wide-body plane has two of them	6
30D	50. Cavs and Mavs, for example	6
31D	51. Billionaires' vessels	6
32D	55. Fork prongs	5
33D	58. Mediocre	4
34D	60. Ballerina's skirt	4
35D	62. Quick punch	3
36D	63. Bikini top	3
37D	64. That woman	3
38D	65. That man	3
39D	66. Rink surface	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. It's stuffed with dough"

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: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: asynchronous transfer mode, automated teller, automatic teller machine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Acapulco aunt"

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 brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage
• Words that mean the same thing: transient ischemic attack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Musical sense"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: auricle, capitulum, pinna
• The 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 4 Down: "4. Temple cabinets"

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 (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: ark, Ark, Ark of the Covenant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ status (survey information)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to the state of marriage
• Words that mean the same thing: matrimonial, married
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARITAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Not working"

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 kill intentionally and with premeditation
• Words that mean the same thing: bump off, remove, sour
• The opposite would be: on
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Southpaw punches"

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 location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
• Words that mean the same thing: left, left wing, left hand
• The opposite would be: right
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEFTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Lack"

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 acute insufficiency
• Words that mean the same thing: famine, shortage, paucity
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEARTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. How doodles are generally drawn"

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 in an idle manner
• Words that mean the same thing: lazily
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. What that is, in Tijuana"

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: ESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Actress with the same initials as Linda Marolla, her role in "Arthur""

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LIZAMINNELLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Come to"

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 cause to become awake or conscious
• Words that mean the same thing: wake, wake up, come alive
• The opposite would be: cause to sleep, fall asleep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Relatives of scooters"

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 motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine
• Words that mean the same thing: moped
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOPEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Oral only"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that based on custom rather than documentation; ; - j.l.t.c.spence
• Words that mean the same thing: ad-lib, oral, spontaneous
• The opposite would be: written
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNWRITTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Establishment that might have a lot of hogs in front"

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: BIKERBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "Cheerio!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Parenthetical comment"

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 line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
• Words that mean the same thing: divagation, apart, excursus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Actor with the same initials as Jefferson Smith, his role in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington""

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JAMESSTEWART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. "You don't have to tell me""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IKNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Lummox"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: imitator, copycat, emulator
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. What "<" means"

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: LESSTHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Else"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that other than as supposed or expected
• Words that mean the same thing: differently, other than
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTHERWISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. "___ go bragh!""

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 early name of ireland that is now used in 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: ERIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. $100 bill, in slang"

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: CNOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Took a parabolic path"

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 form an arch or curve
• Words that mean the same thing: arc, arched, curve
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. Greek sandwich"

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 greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread
• Words that mean the same thing: gyroscope
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GYRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. ___ Kippur"

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: YOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Is sociable at a party"

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 to bring or combine together or with something else
• Words that mean the same thing: jumble, commix, amalgamate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINGLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. A wide-body plane has two of them"

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 long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
• Words that mean the same thing: gangway, aisle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AISLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Cavs and Mavs, for example"

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: NBAERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Billionaires' vessels"

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 expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
• Words that mean the same thing: racing yacht, yacht
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YACHTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. Fork prongs"

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 prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
• Words that mean the same thing: tin, can, put up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "58. Mediocre"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "60. Ballerina's skirt"

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 south african prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Desmond Tutu, ballet skirt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "62. Quick punch"

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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
• Words that mean the same thing: prod, thrust, dig
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "63. Bikini top"

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 undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
• Words that mean the same thing: brassiere, bandeau
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "64. That woman"

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: SHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "65. That man"

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: HIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "66. Rink surface"

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 water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: glass, sparkler, methamphetamine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	44	54.3%
Short Answer	25	30.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	6	7.4%
Food & Drink	2	2.5%
History	2	2.5%
Music	2	2.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	42
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	81
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 10:40 PM

June 02, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, June 02, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

June 02, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. What a left arrow might mean	4
2A	5. Setting for much of "A Farewell to Arms"	5
3A	10. Convalescent's need, for short	3
4A	13. Where Ulysses encountered the Cyclops	4
5A	14. Saw	5
6A	15. Blacken	4
7A	16. With 1 Across, warning at sea	10
8A	18. Accrue in large amounts, with "in"	4
9A	19. "Aww"-inspiring one	3
10A	20. Small batteries	4
11A	21. Feature of the Devil	6
12A	23. Capital city with three consecutive vowels	5
13A	25. "Bad Guy" singer Billie	6
14A	26. With 1 Down, like a free-for-all fight	12
15A	30. Dostoyevsky novel, with "The"	5
16A	33. Air alternative	4
17A	34. 1930s Depression-fighting org.	3
18A	35. Dings	5
19A	36. Otoscope-using M.D.	3
20A	37. Scales on a pangolin, e.g.	5
21A	39. Farm delivery letters	3
22A	40. Hero feature, often	4
23A	41. They're attached to many houses	5
24A	42. With 1 Across, charity event involving a coast-to-coast human chain	12
25A	46. Besmirches	6
26A	47. Cheese often mixed with Monterey Jack	5
27A	50. It's funky	6
28A	51. Death Valley's is -282.2 ft.	4
29A	53. Glass part	3
30A	55. "Houston, ___ had a problem" (message misquoted in "Apollo 13")	4
31A	56. With 1 Down, dessert sometimes made with pineapple	10
32A	59. Father of Phobos and Deimos	4
33A	60. Tennis star Osaka	5
34A	61. Hula accompaniers, informally	4
35A	62. Web portal with a butterfly logo	3
36A	63. Three-time Emmy winner Cicely	5
37A	64. ___ Myerson, only Jewish woman crowned Miss America	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. What a left arrow might mean"

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 posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
• Words that mean the same thing: endorse, game, plunk for
• The opposite would be: front, veer
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Setting for much of "A Farewell to Arms""

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 capital of lombardy in northern italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the middle ages
• Words that mean the same thing: Milano
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Convalescent's need, 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 considerate and solicitous care
• Words that mean the same thing: tender loving care
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TLC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Where Ulysses encountered the Cyclops"

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 inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
• Words that mean the same thing: bunsen, Mt Etna, Mount Etna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Saw"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ADAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Blacken"

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 charred substance
• Words that mean the same thing: cleaning woman, woman, coal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. With 1 Across, warning at sea"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHOTTHEBOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Accrue in large amounts, with "in""

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 dissolute man in fashionable society
• Words that mean the same thing: slant, rip, pitch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. "Aww"-inspiring one"

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 small amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: total, add together, sum up
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Small batteries"

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 aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
• Words that mean the same thing: abdominal aortic aneurysm, AAA
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Feature of the Devil"

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 small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOATEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Capital city with three consecutive vowels"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of south korea and the largest city of asia; located in northwestern south korea
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of South Korea
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEOUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. "Bad Guy" singer Billie"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: EILISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. With 1 Down, like a free-for-all fight"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KNOCKDRAGOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Dostoyevsky novel, with "The""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person of subnormal intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: imbecile, moron, cretin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Air 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 a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
• Words that mean the same thing: rail off, fulminate, railing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. 1930s Depression-fighting 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 powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Dings"

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 an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
• Words that mean the same thing: dent, ding, gouge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Otoscope-using M.D."

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: ENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Scales on a pangolin, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that protective covering made of metal and used in combat
• Words that mean the same thing: armour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Farm delivery letters"

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: CSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Hero feature, often"

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 egg yolks and oil and vinegar
• Words that mean the same thing: mayonnaise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAYO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. They're attached to many houses"

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 right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
• Words that mean the same thing: lien, spleen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. With 1 Across, charity event involving a coast-to-coast human chain"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HANDSAMERICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Besmirches"

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 soiled or discolored appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: maculate, blot, stain
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Cheese often mixed with Monterey Jack"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COLBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. It's funky"

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 distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: malodor, malodour, fetor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STENCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Death Valley's is -282.2 ft."

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: ELEV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Glass part"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. "Houston, ___ had a problem" (message misquoted in "Apollo 13")"

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: WEVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. With 1 Down, dessert sometimes made with pineapple"

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: UPSIDECAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Father of Phobos and Deimos"

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 (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
• Words that mean the same thing: ar, are
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Tennis star Osaka"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mother-in-law of ruth whose story is told in the book of ruth in the old testament
• Words that mean the same thing: Noemi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAOMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Hula accompaniers, 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 a small guitar having four strings
• Words that mean the same thing: ukulele, uke
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Web portal with a butterfly logo"

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: MSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Three-time Emmy winner Cicely"

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 prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966)
• Words that mean the same thing: Mike Tyson, Michael Gerald Tyson
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. ___ Myerson, only Jewish woman crowned Miss America"

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: BESS

  Great job if you got it right!

June 02, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Outdo	4
2D	2. Malkovich's role in "The Man in the Iron Mask"	5
3D	3. Benjamin	5
4D	4. ___ Chow, author of 2021's "Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir"	3
5D	5. Hawaiian "thanks"	6
6D	6. "You have no ___"	4
7D	7. Places to find dishes of different cultures	4
8D	8. Fifth word of "American Pie"	3
9D	9. Zooey Deschanel sitcom	7
10D	10. "I take the blame"	9
11D	11. Great place to visit near Michigan?	9
12D	12. Largest First Nations group	4
13D	15. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor Robinson	5
14D	17. Baits, in a way	6
15D	22. Greeting in Portuguese	3
16D	24. "Enough already!"	4
17D	25. One behind The Times	6
18D	27. Some Sephora purchases	6
19D	28. West of Malibu	5
20D	29. Ones on the briny	4
21D	30. The "i" in p.s.i.	4
22D	31. Worst-case scenarios	9
23D	32. Words from the "speechless"	9
24D	37. Nook	6
25D	38. Yemeni money	4
26D	40. Much of "The Fugitive"	7
27D	43. Some Nordics	5
28D	44. [not a typo]	3
29D	45. Stuck until a thaw	6
30D	48. Mini freezer?	5
31D	49. "Oh no!"	5
32D	50. Made a bank getaway?	4
33D	51. Those, in Spanish	4
34D	52. Stretch for the stars?	4
35D	54. Tinker (with)	4
36D	57. Word before "a fine" or "a visit"	3
37D	58. Ursa minor?	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. Outdo"

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 supreme effort one can make
• Words that mean the same thing: outflank, C. H. Best, just
• The opposite would be: evil, bad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Malkovich's role in "The Man in the Iron Mask""

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 an autonomous area in northeastern greece that is the site of several greek orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century
• Words that mean the same thing: Mount Athos
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATHOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Benjamin"

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: CNOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ Chow, author of 2021's "Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the leaves of the shrub catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
• Words that mean the same thing: khat, Arabian tea, African tea
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Hawaiian "thanks""

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: MAHALO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "You have no ___""

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

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Places to find dishes of different cultures"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
• Words that mean the same thing: research lab, science lab, lab
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Fifth word of "American Pie""

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

  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Zooey Deschanel sitcom"

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: NEWGIRL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "I take the blame""

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: THATSONME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Great place to visit near Michigan?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LAKEHURON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Largest First Nations group"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an algonquian people living in central canada
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor Robinson"

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: CRAIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Baits, in a way"

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 aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
• Words that mean the same thing: tantalize, tantalise, rally
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Greeting in Portuguese"

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 leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in india for writing paper
• Words that mean the same thing: olla
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. "Enough already!""

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: OKOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. One behind The 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 person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
• Words that mean the same thing: editor in chief, editor program
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDITOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Some Sephora purchases"

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 best people or things in a group
• Words that mean the same thing: thrash, cream, clobber
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. West of Malibu"

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: KANYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Ones on the briny"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
• Words that mean the same thing: pitch, Jack, gob
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. The "i" in p.s.i."

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 unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
• Words that mean the same thing: edge, in, column 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: INCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Worst-case scenarios"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
• Words that mean the same thing: tragedy, cataclysm, disaster
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISASTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Words from the "speechless""

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: ICANTEVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Nook"

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 small recess opening off a larger room
• Words that mean the same thing: bay
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALCOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Yemeni money"

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 basic unit of money in yemen; equal to 100 fils
• Words that mean the same thing: riyal-omani, Iranian rial, Omani rial
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Much of "The Fugitive""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANHUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Some Nordics"

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

  The answer is: DANES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. [not a typo]"

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 urge to attack someone
• Words that mean the same thing: set
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Stuck until a thaw"

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: ICEDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Mini freezer?"

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 restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
• Words that mean the same thing: Pteridium aquilinum, bracken, pasture brake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. "Oh no!""

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: YIKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Made a bank getaway?"

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 travel through water
• Words that mean the same thing: swim, drown, float
• The opposite would be: sink
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Those, in Spanish"

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: ESOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Stretch for the stars?"

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 large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
• Words that mean the same thing: limousine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Tinker (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 a state of confusion and disorderliness
• Words that mean the same thing: muss, tidy sum, good deal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Word before "a fine" or "a visit""

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 something that remunerates
• Words that mean the same thing: salary, ante up, compensate
• The opposite would be: default
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Ursa minor?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
• Words that mean the same thing: sonny boy, laddie, lad
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	71.6%
Short Answer	11	14.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	5	6.8%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 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!

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

Last Updated: September 09, 2025 at 04:47 PM