June 10, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, June 10, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (33 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

June 10, 2021 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Start of an encrypted web address	5
2A	6. "Go" follower	4
3A	10. Hit the ___	4
4A	14. "Color me surprised!"	10
5A	16. Everybody: Ger.	4
6A	17. Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael?	15
7A	19. Contractor's fig.	3
8A	20. ___ Beach, Calif.	5
9A	21. Following	5
10A	22. More treasured	6
11A	24. Counterpart of down: Abbr.	3
12A	25. Polishing the chandelier in "The Phantom of the Opera" and laundering uniforms in "Hamilton"?	13
13A	32. Procrastinator's promise	4
14A	34. Port-___ (French cheese)	5
15A	35. Like some nail polish shades	4
16A	36. Day following hump day: Abbr.	3
17A	37. "The Entertainer," e.g.	3
18A	38. Trace	3
19A	39. "___ 2 Proud 2 Beg" (TLC hit)	4
20A	41. Professor Moriarty's first name	5
21A	43. Exchange for a tenner	4
22A	44. Result of a poorly planned invasion of the Body Snatchers?	13
23A	47. "Let's ___!"	3
24A	48. Biological cavity	6
25A	51. Roll-on alternative	5
26A	54. Tuned in	5
27A	57. Grp. with wands	3
28A	58. "I'm tired of all this negative media coverage"?	15
29A	61. Legendary queen once depicted on Tunisian currency	4
30A	62. Consumers of audio and visual media only	10
31A	63. Snail-like	4
32A	64. Comedian Richter	4
33A	65. Tessellated creatures in Escher prints	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. Start of an encrypted web address"

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 a protocol (utilizing tcp) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
• Words that mean the same thing: HTTP, hypertext transfer protocol
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HTTPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. "Go" follower"

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: KART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Hit the ___"

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 bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
• Words that mean the same thing: poke, sack up, give the axe
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Color me surprised!""

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: IHADNOIDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Everybody: Ger."

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: ALLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RENAISSANCEFOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Contractor's fig."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. ___ Beach, Calif."

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: PISMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Following"

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 located farther aft
• Words that mean the same thing: afterward, later, subsequently
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. More treasured"

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 dearly loved
• Words that mean the same thing: earnest, near, costly
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEARER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Counterpart of down: 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: ACR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Polishing the chandelier in "The Phantom of the Opera" and laundering uniforms in "Hamilton"?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: MUSICALCHORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "32. Procrastinator's promise"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "34. Port-___ (French cheese)"

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: SALUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Like some nail polish shades"

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 painting of a naked human figure
• Words that mean the same thing: nude person, nude sculpture, bare
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Day following hump day: 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: THU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. "The Entertainer," e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small piece of cloth or paper
• Words that mean the same thing: chide, rebuke, take to task
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Trace"

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 piece or quantity of something
• Words that mean the same thing: moment, prick, turn
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. "___ 2 Proud 2 Beg" (TLC hit)"

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: AINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Professor Moriarty's first name"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a stuart king of scotland who married a daughter of henry vii; when england and france went to war in 1513 he invaded england and died in defeat at flodden (1473-1513)
• Words that mean the same thing: Epistle of James, King James I, mob
• The opposite would be: free
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Exchange for a tenner"

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: ABES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Result of a poorly planned invasion of the Body Snatchers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOTIMETOSPORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. "Let's ___!""

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: consume, rust, corrode
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Biological cavity"

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 natural cavity or hollow in a bone
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTRUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Roll-on alternative"

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 pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
• Words that mean the same thing: nebulizer, atomizer, nebuliser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Tuned in"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
• Words that mean the same thing: mindful, cognizant, cognisant
• The opposite would be: unmindful, unaware
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Grp. with wands"

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 agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. "I'm tired of all this negative media coverage"?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: THEBADNEWSBORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Legendary queen once depicted on Tunisian currency"

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 (roman mythology) a princess of tyre who was the founder and queen of carthage; virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by aeneas
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Consumers of audio and visual media only"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a student who is very slow in learning to read
• Words that mean the same thing: illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NONREADERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Snail-like"

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 lose velocity; move more slowly
• Words that mean the same thing: tedious, slack, slowly
• The opposite would be: fast, accelerate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Comedian Richter"

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: ANDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Tessellated creatures in Escher prints"

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 web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
• Words that mean the same thing: jackass, cuckoo, zany
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEESE

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Thursday Crossword Down Clues - June 10, 2021 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Brought on	5
2D	2. "___ days ..."	5
3D	3. Equivalent	10
4D	4. Reason to avert one's eyes, for short	3
5D	5. Marsh birds	6
6D	6. X in XXX, maybe	4
7D	7. Name that derives from the Hebrew word for "earth"	4
8D	8. First female U.S. attorney general	4
9D	9. X in XXX, maybe	3
10D	10. Most expensive spice in the world by weight	7
11D	11. Frequently	4
12D	12. Tip-off	4
13D	13. Model Miranda	4
14D	15. God depicted wearing ostrich feathers	6
15D	18. Per	4
16D	23. Be a political candidate	3
17D	24. ___ Up, political group formed in response to the AIDS crisis	3
18D	26. A little over three grains	5
19D	27. Big name in rental cars	5
20D	28. One- or two-person vehicles in the Olympics	5
21D	29. Source of latex	10
22D	30. Actress Falco	4
23D	31. Hardens	4
24D	32. Ending of seven country names	4
25D	33. River that starts in Pittsburgh	4
26D	40. Finish some gift-wrapping, say	7
27D	41. Word before black or Blue	3
28D	42. Meager	6
29D	43. "The only way to run away without leaving home," per Twyla Tharp	3
30D	45. Rudolph on "S.N.L."	4
31D	46. Carry-on limit, often	6
32D	49. App's audience	5
33D	50. En ___	5
34D	51. Quality control guidelines: Abbr.	4
35D	52. Hartman who voiced Troy McClure on "The Simpsons"	4
36D	53. Take two	4
37D	54. Unknown source, for short	4
38D	55. Make, as one's way	4
39D	56. Out of whack	4
40D	59. It's stranded in a cell	3
41D	60. Bobbie Gentry's "___ to Billie Joe"	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. Brought 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 engage or hire for work
• Words that mean the same thing: hire, take, charter
• The opposite would be: unchartered, fire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "___ days ...""

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: THESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Equivalent"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that being essentially equal to something
• Words that mean the same thing: equivalent
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANTAMOUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Reason to avert one's eyes, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: organiser, personal digital assistant, personal organiser
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Marsh birds"

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 old or new world straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
• Words that mean the same thing: attack, clip, assault
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNIPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. X in XXX, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
• Words that mean the same thing: osculation, candy kiss, osculate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Name that derives from the Hebrew word for "earth""

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 (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
• Words that mean the same thing: X, cristal, Robert Adam
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. First female U.S. attorney general"

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 city in western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. X in XXX, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: TAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Most expensive spice in the world by weight"

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 old world crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
• Words that mean the same thing: saffron crocus, orange yellow, Crocus sativus
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAFFRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Frequently"

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: ALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Tip-off"

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 slight indication
• Words that mean the same thing: cue, hint, clew
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Model Miranda"

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: KERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. God depicted wearing ostrich feathers"

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 egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of isis; father of horus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSIRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Per"

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 (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
• Words that mean the same thing: for each one, from each one, apiece
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Be a political candidate"

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 score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
• Words that mean the same thing: incline, streamlet, political campaign
• The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. ___ Up, political group formed in response to the AIDS crisis"

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: behave, human activity, enactment
• 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 18 Down: "26. A little over three grains"

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 unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
• Words that mean the same thing: karat, kt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Big name in rental cars"

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 siege and massacre at a mission in san antonio in 1836; mexican forces under santa anna besieged and massacred american rebels who were fighting to make texas independent of mexico
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. One- or two-person vehicles in the Olympics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a racing sled for one or two people
• Words that mean the same thing: stuff, choke up, block
• The opposite would be: unstuff
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Source of latex"

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: RUBBERTREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Actress Falco"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Hardens"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: congeal, bent, mark
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Ending of seven country names"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. River that starts in Pittsburgh"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
• Words that mean the same thing: OH, Ohio River, Buckeye 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: OHIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Finish some gift-wrapping, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TIEABOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Word before black or Blue"

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 airplane powered by one or more jet engines
• Words that mean the same thing: jet-black, blue jet, special K
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Meager"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPARSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. "The only way to run away without leaving home," per Twyla Tharp"

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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: fine art, nontextual matter, artistic creation
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Rudolph on "S.N.L.""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an american indian people of yucatan and belize and guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between ad 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
• Words that mean the same thing: Mayan, Mayan language
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Carry-on limit, often"

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: ONEBAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. App's audience"

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

  The answer is: USERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. En ___"

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 shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
• Words that mean the same thing: masse shot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Quality control guidelines: Abbr."

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 a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
• Words that mean the same thing: venereal infection, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Hartman who voiced Troy McClure on "The Simpsons""

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: PHIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Take two"

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 do over, as of (part of) a house
• Words that mean the same thing: reconstruct, remodel, make over
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Unknown source, 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 at another time
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Make, as one's way"

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 direct one's course or way
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. Out of whack"

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 turned or twisted toward one side; - g.k.chesterton
• Words that mean the same thing: wonky, askew, lopsided
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. It's stranded in a cell"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic 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: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. Bobbie Gentry's "___ to Billie Joe""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	66.2%
Short Answer	11	14.9%
Abbreviation	5	6.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.4%
History	3	4.1%
Sports	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• 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
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• The average word today has about 5 letters
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February 01, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Table of Contents

• Across Clues
• Down Clues
• Puzzle Statistics

Across Clues Explained - NYT Crossword February 01, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Kind of song or dance	4
2A	5. Code sounds	4
3A	9. Adult walking stick, e.g.	5
4A	14. Netman Nastase	4
5A	15. "Support Your Local Sheriff!" actor	4
6A	16. Broods of pheasants	5
7A	17. Upward of	4
8A	18. Hurting	4
9A	19. Green-skinned pear	5
10A	20. Actress Reichenberg's flambé	12
11A	23. Hiemal vehicle	4
12A	24. Broadcast	5
13A	27. Aquila's brightest star	6
14A	30. Kind of bath	4
15A	32. Kettle et al.	3
16A	34. Freebie's cousin	4
17A	35. Describing an Italian diva's pasta dish	10
18A	38. Harvard climbers	5
19A	40. "___ Dalmatians," Disney film	3
20A	41. Bear and Berra	5
21A	42. Russian count's treat	10
22A	45. Mispickels	4
23A	46. Catch	3
24A	47. What, to Watteau	4
25A	48. With wisdom	6
26A	50. Kyongsong	5
27A	52. Passage, anatomically	4
28A	53. Meat topping à la a French marshal	12
29A	59. Wahine's porch	5
30A	62. An anagram for deli	4
31A	63. Bow	4
32A	64. Girlfriend, in Grenada	5
33A	65. Be chockablock	4
34A	66. Author Shere ___	4
35A	67. Mingles	5
36A	68. Chow	4
37A	69. Flanders flower	4

Across Clues - Detailed Hints and Explanations

1A: "1. Kind of song or dance" (4 letters)

• Think of something that people in general (often used in the plural)
• Similar words include: common people, phratry, kinfolk
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FOLK

2A: "5. Code sounds" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in morse code
• Similar words include: dah, dash
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DAHS

3A: "9. Adult walking stick, e.g." (5 letters)

• Think of something that (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IMAGO

4A: "14. Netman Nastase" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ILIE

5A: "15. "Support Your Local Sheriff!" actor" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an ancient country in southwestern asia to the east of the tigris river (in what is modern iran); was known for its warlike people
• Similar words include: Susiana
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELAM

6A: "16. Broods of pheasants" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NIDES

7A: "17. Upward of" (4 letters)

• Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
• Similar words include: around, or so, more or less
• Opposite of: no
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SOME

8A: "18. Hurting" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an open skin infection
• Similar words include: huffy, painful, tender
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SORE

9A: "19. Green-skinned pear" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a former province of western france in the loire valley
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ANJOU

10A: "20. Actress Reichenberg's flambé" (12 letters)

• Pattern: ____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CREPESUZETTE

11A: "23. Hiemal vehicle" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Similar words include: sledge, sleigh
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SLED

12A: "24. Broadcast" (5 letters)

• Think of something that expose to fresh air
• Similar words include: aerate, publicize, bare
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AIRED

13A: "27. Aquila's brightest star" (6 letters)

• Think of something that double star 15.7 light years from earth; the brightest star in the aquila constellation
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ALTAIR

14A: "30. Kind of bath" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SITZ

15A: "32. Kettle et al." (3 letters)

• Think of something that informal terms for a mother
• Similar words include: milliampere, mom, momma
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MAS

16A: "34. Freebie's cousin" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
• Similar words include: gain vigor, perquisite, pick up
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PERK

17A: "35. Describing an Italian diva's pasta dish" (10 letters)

• Think of something that a pasta dish with cream sauce and mushrooms
• Pattern: __________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TETRAZZINI

18A: "38. Harvard climbers" (5 letters)

• Think of something that old world vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
• Similar words include: ivy, Hedera helix, English ivy
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IVIES

19A: "40. "___ Dalmatians," Disney film" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IOI

20A: "41. Bear and Berra" (5 letters)

• Think of something that united states baseball player (born 1925)
• Similar words include: yogi, Yogi, Yogi Berra
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YOGIS

21A: "42. Russian count's treat" (10 letters)

• Think of something that a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
• Similar words include: Nesselrode pudding
• Pattern: __________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NESSELRODE

22A: "45. Mispickels" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Similar words include: ore
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ORES

23A: "46. Catch" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Similar words include: induce, start, become
• Opposite of: leave, take away
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GET

24A: "47. What, to Watteau" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: QUEL

25A: "48. With wisdom" (6 letters)

• Think of something that in a wise manner
• Similar words include: wisely
• Opposite of: foolishly
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SAGELY

26A: "50. Kyongsong" (5 letters)

• Think of something that the capital of south korea and the largest city of asia; located in northwestern south korea
• Similar words include: capital of South Korea
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SEOUL

27A: "52. Passage, anatomically" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ITER

28A: "53. Meat topping à la a French marshal" (12 letters)

• Pattern: ____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SOUBISESAUCE

29A: "59. Wahine's porch" (5 letters)

• Think of something that an island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
• Similar words include: Lanai Island
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LANAI

30A: "62. An anagram for deli" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
• Similar words include: out of work, laze, groundless
• Opposite of: work, busy
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IDLE

31A: "63. Bow" (4 letters)

• Think of something that front part of a vessel or aircraft
• Similar words include: bow, fore, stem
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PROW

32A: "64. Girlfriend, in Grenada" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AMIGA

33A: "65. Be chockablock" (4 letters)

• Think of something that be teeming, be abuzz
• Similar words include: pour, stream, swarm
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TEEM

34A: "66. Author Shere ___" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HITE

35A: "67. Mingles" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
• Similar words include: blend, ruffle, premix
• Opposite of: segregate
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MIXES

36A: "68. Chow" (4 letters)

• Think of something that informal terms for a meal
• Similar words include: corrode, use up, eat on
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EATS

37A: "69. Flanders flower" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YSER

Solve the Down: NYT Crossword Help for February 01, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Exchequer	4
2D	2. Swan genus	4
3D	3. Key ___ pie	4
4D	4. Giftbooks	9
5D	5. Peach Melba, for one	7
6D	6. Audibly	5
7D	7. German mountain range	4
8D	8. Barrie baddie	4
9D	9. Agitated	8
10D	10. Pitman	5
11D	11. Pt. of speech	3
12D	12. Part of five Declaration of Independence signatures	3
13D	13. The Beavers' sch.	3
14D	21. "Whiffenpoof" singer	3
15D	22. "So long!"	4
16D	25. Expatriate	6
17D	26. Ortega or Defoe	6
18D	27. Little action	5
19D	28. Antiflood embankments	6
20D	29. Sorrowful, to Chopin	6
21D	30. " ... fettered to an office ___": G. & S.	5
22D	31. Crocus, e.g.	4
23D	33. Scaredy-cat	5
24D	36. Banshee's land	4
25D	37. Animal science	9
26D	39. Trees named for a Cherokee scholar	8
27D	43. Tubby's friend, Little ___	4
28D	44. Thinks well of	7
29D	49. D.D.E. opponent	3
30D	51. Bowwood	5
31D	52. Small land mass	5
32D	54. Snack	4
33D	55. Cogitator's reward	4
34D	56. "Mila 18" author	4
35D	57. Shed for pouters	4
36D	58. Wide-mouthed container	4
37D	59. Hasty retreat: Slang	3
38D	60. "___ Blue," 1929 tune	3
39D	61. Nope	3

Down Clues - Comprehensive Solutions and Tips

1D: "1. Exchequer" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of rome or the emperor's private purse
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FISC

2D: "2. Swan genus" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OLOR

3D: "3. Key ___ pie" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
• Similar words include: linden tree, fluxing lime, calcium hydrate
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LIME

4D: "4. Giftbooks" (9 letters)

• Think of something that something of sentimental value
• Similar words include: relic, token, keepsake
• Pattern: _________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: KEEPSAKES

5D: "5. Peach Melba, for one" (7 letters)

• Think of something that a dish served as the last course of a meal
• Similar words include: sweet, afters
• Pattern: _______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DESSERT

6D: "6. Audibly" (5 letters)

• Think of something that using the voice; not silently
• Similar words include: out loud, loud, loudly
• Opposite of: softly
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ALOUD

7D: "7. German mountain range" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HARZ

8D: "8. Barrie baddie" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SMEE

9D: "9. Agitated" (8 letters)

• Pattern: ________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: INATIZZY

10D: "10. Pitman" (5 letters)

• Think of something that laborer who works in a mine
• Similar words include: mineworker
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MINER

11D: "11. Pt. of speech" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ADJ

12D: "12. Part of five Declaration of Independence signatures" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GEO

13D: "13. The Beavers' sch." (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OSU

14D: "21. "Whiffenpoof" singer" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELI

15D: "22. "So long!"" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TATA

16D: "25. Expatriate" (6 letters)

• Think of something that someone who leaves one country to settle in another
• Similar words include: outgoer, emigrant, emigree
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EMIGRE

17D: "26. Ortega or Defoe" (6 letters)

• Think of something that (old testament) a youth who was taken into the court of nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century bc)
• Similar words include: Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DANIEL

18D: "27. Little action" (5 letters)

• Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
• Similar words include: caricature, ape
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APING

19D: "28. Antiflood embankments" (6 letters)

• Think of something that a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
• Similar words include: levee
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LEVEES

20D: "29. Sorrowful, to Chopin" (6 letters)

• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TRISTE

21D: "30. " ... fettered to an office ___": G. & S." (5 letters)

• Think of something that a simple seat without a back or arms
• Similar words include: ca-ca, pot, can
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: STOOL

22D: "31. Crocus, e.g." (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IRID

23D: "33. Scaredy-cat" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
• Similar words include: cissy, sissified, effeminate
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SISSY

24D: "36. Banshee's land" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Similar words include: Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland, Ireland
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EIRE

25D: "37. Animal science" (9 letters)

• Pattern: _________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ZOOGRAPHY

26D: "39. Trees named for a Cherokee scholar" (8 letters)

• Think of something that either of two huge coniferous california trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the taxodiaceae
• Similar words include: sequoia, redwood
• Pattern: ________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SEQUOIAS

27D: "43. Tubby's friend, Little ___" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a very attractive or seductive looking woman
• Similar words include: smasher, beauty, mantrap
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LULU

28D: "44. Thinks well of" (7 letters)

• Think of something that the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
• Similar words include: repute, value, look on
• Opposite of: disesteem, disrespect
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ESTEEMS

29D: "49. D.D.E. opponent" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AES

30D: "51. Bowwood" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in missouri in the valleys of the missouri and osage rivers; oil was found on osage lands early in the 20th century
• Similar words include: Osage River
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OSAGE

31D: "52. Small land mass" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a small island
• Similar words include: isle
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ISLET

32D: "54. Snack" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
• Similar words include: burn, sharpness, bit
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: BITE

33D: "55. Cogitator's reward" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Similar words include: estimate, mind, musical theme
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IDEA

34D: "56. "Mila 18" author" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: URIS

35D: "57. Shed for pouters" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: COTE

36D: "58. Wide-mouthed container" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
• Similar words include: pitcher
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EWER

37D: "59. Hasty retreat: Slang" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Similar words include: scarper, escape, break away
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LAM

38D: "60. "___ Blue," 1929 tune" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AMI

39D: "61. Nope" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a quantity of no importance
• Similar words include: nada, veto, null
• Opposite of: allow, permit
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NIX

Puzzle Statistics

Category	Count
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76

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Last Updated: August 24, 2025 at 07:19 AM