April 11, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, April 11, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle April 11, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. 2017 #1 song whose music video has over 6.5 billion views on YouTube	9
2A	10. Pedal-operated instrument	5
3A	15. Props	9
4A	16. Good thing for an athlete to bring	5
5A	17. Rectangle on a staff	9
6A	18. Brighten	5
7A	19. Rot	9
8A	20. Where things are likely to get heated	5
9A	21. See 46-Down	4
10A	22. Syrup in a mai tai	6
11A	24. Over, as an ailment	5
12A	27. Plant cultivated for its juice	4
13A	28. React to a stubbed toe	3
14A	30. Laughable	5
15A	31. [Oh my God, he's so hot!]	5
16A	32. Two before 48-Down	3
17A	33. Simple craft	4
18A	34. A couple of bucks	5
19A	35. Coin whose obverse shows King Maha Vajiralongkorn	4
20A	36. Vacation destination	3
21A	37. Ice cream topper	5
22A	38. What Sally is often informal for	5
23A	39. Realize	3
24A	40. Nautical adverb	4
25A	41. Catchers of flies	5
26A	42. Best in Show winner at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show	6
27A	44. Like some contraceptives	4
28A	46. Forest, e.g.	5
29A	47. Ointment with an orange label	9
30A	52. Put on sale, say	5
31A	53. Freezes	9
32A	54. Hitting a point of no return?	5
33A	55. Tucked in at night?	9
34A	56. "High Life" director Claire	5
35A	57. Unconscious	9

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. 2017 #1 song whose music video has over 6.5 billion views on YouTube"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: DESPACITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Pedal-operated instrument"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HIHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Props"

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 a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
• Words that mean the same thing: accolade, honor, honour
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCOLADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Good thing for an athlete to bring"

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: AGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Rectangle on a staff"

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: WHOLEREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Brighten"

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 make lively
• Words that mean the same thing: enliven, animate, liven up
• The opposite would be: deaden
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Rot"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: GOTOWASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Where things are likely to get heated"

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 kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
• Words that mean the same thing: oven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. See 46-Down"

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 british playwright who created the fictional character sweeney todd (1799-1855)
• Words that mean the same thing: Pitt the Elder, First Earl of Chatham, William Pitt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Syrup in a mai tai"

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: ORGEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Over, as an ailment"

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: RIDOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Plant cultivated for its juice"

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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. React to a stubbed toe"

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 act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
• Words that mean the same thing: record hop, hops, skip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Laughable"

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 devoid of intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: asinine, mindless, fatuous
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. [Oh my God, he's so hot!]"

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 spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
• Words that mean the same thing: deliquium, syncope, faint
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Two before 48-Down"

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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Simple craft"

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 boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
• Words that mean the same thing: dinghy, walleye, Stizostedion vitreum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. A couple of bucks"

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 male deer, especially an adult male red deer
• Words that mean the same thing: betray, rat, snoop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Coin whose obverse shows King Maha Vajiralongkorn"

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 basic unit of money in thailand
• Words that mean the same thing: tical
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Vacation destination"

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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• Words that mean the same thing: hostel, lodge, auberge
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Ice cream topper"

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 numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
• Words that mean the same thing: Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. What Sally is often informal for"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) the wife of abraham and mother of isaac
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Realize"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: net income, sack, profit
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "40. Nautical adverb"

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

  The answer is: ALEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "41. Catchers of flies"

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 (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: glove, paw, baseball glove
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MITTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "42. Best in Show winner at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
• Words that mean the same thing: poodle dog
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POODLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "44. Like some contraceptives"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. Forest, 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 a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "47. Ointment with an orange label"

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: TIGERBALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Put on sale, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RETAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. Freezes"

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 a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
• Words that mean the same thing: moratorium
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORATORIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "54. Hitting a point of no return?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that succeed at easily
• Words that mean the same thing: pass with flying colors, breeze through, nail
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "55. Tucked in at night?"

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: ATEDINNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "56. "High Life" director Claire"

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: DENIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "57. Unconscious"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: PASSEDOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle April 11, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Georgia athlete, familiarly	4
2D	2. Nymph cursed by Hera	4
3D	3. Watt, e.g.	4
4D	4. One involved in horseplay?	8
5D	5. Fish in the herring family	7
6D	6. Ring figure	5
7D	7. That is	5
8D	8. Beta follower	4
9D	9. Ribs course?	9
10D	10. I, for one	7
11D	11. Cry for mercy	5
12D	12. Cry for mercy	10
13D	13. Words of agreement	10
14D	14. Pairs of fins	4
15D	23. Animals that 28-Across, informally	4
16D	24. 2006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins "They see me rollin'"	5
17D	25. Good way to get back from an ordeal	10
18D	26. Words of agreement	10
19D	27. Mono no ___, Japanese term for a gentle sadness at life's impermanence	5
20D	29. They'll take you places	5
21D	31. Holder of miniature blocks	9
22D	34. Move like a bear	4
23D	35. Possible instance of predatory lending	8
24D	37. Real stinkers, literally and figuratively	7
25D	38. Classic candy with a biconcave shape	7
26D	43. Rial spender	5
27D	44. Fantastic beasts	5
28D	45. Interpretations	5
29D	46. With 21-Across, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" co-star	4
30D	48. I, for Plato	4
31D	49. It waters the Boboli Gardens	4
32D	50. Word usually found between "in" and "of"	4
33D	51. Place of commerce	4

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. Georgia athlete, familiarly"

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: DAWG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Nymph cursed by Hera"

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 the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Words that mean the same thing: resound, ring, sound reflection
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Watt, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. One involved in horseplay?"

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: POLOPONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fish in the herring family"

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 flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the atlantic coast or in coastal streams
• Words that mean the same thing: Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALEWIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Ring figure"

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 7 Down: "7. That is"

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: IDEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Beta follower"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: exam, trial, trial run
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Ribs course?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSTEOLOGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. I, for one"

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 any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALOGEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Cry for mercy"

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: IGIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Cry for mercy"

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: HAVEAHEART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Words of agreement"

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: AMENTOTHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Pairs of fins"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: tenner, 10, ten-spot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Animals that 28-Across, informally"

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: ROOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. 2006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins "They see me rollin'""

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: RIDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Good way to get back from an ordeal"

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: INONEPIECE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Words of agreement"

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: DARNTOOTIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Mono no ___, Japanese term for a gentle sadness at life's impermanence"

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 (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: unaware, unmindful
• 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 20 Down: "29. They'll take you places"

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 course of conduct
• Words that mean the same thing: path, way, course
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Holder of miniature blocks"

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: STREETMAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Move like a bear"

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 activity of persuading someone to buy
• Words that mean the same thing: deal, trade, betray
• The opposite would be: buy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Possible instance of predatory lending"

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: BAILBOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Real stinkers, literally and figuratively"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BADEGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Classic candy with a biconcave shape"

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: SMARTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Rial spender"

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

  The answer is: OMANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Fantastic beasts"

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

  The answer is: OGRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Interpretations"

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 something that is read
• Words that mean the same thing: show, say, record
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: READS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. With 21-Across, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" co-star"

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

  The answer is: BRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. I, for Plato"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. It waters the Boboli Gardens"

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 river in central italy rising in the apennines and flowing through florence and pisa to the ligurian sea
• Words that mean the same thing: River Arno, Arno River
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Word usually found between "in" and "of""

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 post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• Words that mean the same thing: place, position, stead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Place of commerce"

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 area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
• Words that mean the same thing: market place, marketplace, market
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MART

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	58	85.3%
Short Answer	4	5.9%
History	3	4.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Music	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
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• 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!
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, June 02, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

NYT Tuesday Crossword Across Clues - June 02, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Knickers wearer, maybe	3
2A	4. Heavenly beings	6
3A	10. Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE	3
4A	13. Prefix with cycle or cellular	3
5A	14. Ingredients in gorp	7
6A	16. Big fib	3
7A	17. View off the coast of Miami	11
8A	19. Bruce of "Enter the Dragon" and "Fist of Fury"	3
9A	20. A lot of it is spam	5
10A	21. Yang's partner	3
11A	22. ___ Claus	3
12A	23. Coffee, informally	4
13A	24. One who helps you hit just the right note	10
14A	28. Prefix with laryngology	3
15A	29. Kind of bean mentioned memorably in "The Silence of the Lambs"	4
16A	30. Egyptian queen, for short	4
17A	31. Puzzle	8
18A	33. Bidding	6
19A	35. Patron of sailors	9
20A	37. Secures, as a climber's rope	6
21A	40. Impersonates	8
22A	44. Blue hue	4
23A	45. Tears	4
24A	46. Boeuf ___ bourguignonne	3
25A	47. Science fiction hero of the 25th century	10
26A	51. Street ___	4
27A	52. Talk, talk, talk	3
28A	53. Santa ___ winds	3
29A	54. Number under a line	5
30A	55. High hit to the outfield	3
31A	56. Go their separate ways ... or a description of 17-, 24-, 35- or 47-Across?	11
32A	60. Drive-thru convenience, perhaps	3
33A	61. First half of an LP	7
34A	62. Oui's opposite	3
35A	63. Tip of a shoe	3
36A	64. Washington airport name	6
37A	65. "No more seats" sign	3

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Knickers wearer, maybe"

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 boy or man
• Words that mean the same thing: blighter, laddie, cub
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Heavenly beings"

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 spiritual being attendant upon god
• Words that mean the same thing: Angel, angel, saint
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE"

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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Words that mean the same thing: apposite, liable, given
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Prefix with cycle or cellular"

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: UNI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Ingredients in gorp"

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

  The answer is: RAISINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Big fib"

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: rest, lie down, consist
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. View off the coast of Miami"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BISCAYNEBAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Bruce of "Enter the Dragon" and "Fist of Fury""

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Tsung Dao Lee, Rose Louise Hovick, Lee Yuen Kam
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. A lot of it is spam"

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 (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
• Words that mean the same thing: electronic mail, e-mail, netmail
• The opposite would be: snail mail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Yang's partner"

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 dark negative feminine principle in chinese dualistic cosmology
• The opposite would be: yang
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. ___ Claus"

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 form of address for a married woman
• Words that mean the same thing: Mr., Mister, Mr
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Coffee, 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 an island in indonesia to the south of borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions
• Words that mean the same thing: coffee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. One who helps you hit just the right note"

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: VOCALCOACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Prefix with laryngology"

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 member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Words that mean the same thing: Otoe
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Kind of bean mentioned memorably in "The Silence of the Lambs""

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: FAVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Egyptian queen, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CLEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Puzzle"

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 be a mystery or bewildering to
• Words that mean the same thing: bemuse, discombobulate, throw
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEWILDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Bidding"

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

  The answer is: BEHEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Patron of sailors"

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: SAINTELMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Secures, as a climber's rope"

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 something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured
• Words that mean the same thing: belay
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Impersonates"

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 reproduce someone's behavior or looks
• Words that mean the same thing: simulate, copy, imitate
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMITATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Blue hue"

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 shade of blue tinged with green
• Words that mean the same thing: greenish blue, turquoise, aquamarine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AQUA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Tears"

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

  The answer is: RIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Boeuf ___ bourguignonne"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Science fiction hero of the 25th century"

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: BUCKROGERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Street ___"

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 credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
• Words that mean the same thing: street credibility, street cred
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Talk, talk, talk"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
• Words that mean the same thing: gab, yakety-yak, yack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Santa ___ winds"

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

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Number under a line"

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 whole amount
• Words that mean the same thing: tally, tot, aggregate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. High hit to the outfield"

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 two-winged insects characterized by active flight
• Words that mean the same thing: tent flap, aviate, take flight
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Go their separate ways ... or a description of 17-, 24-, 35- or 47-Across?"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PARTCOMPANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Drive-thru convenience, perhaps"

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: cash machine, automated teller machine, asynchronous transfer mode
• The 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 33 Across: "61. First half of an LP"

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: SIDEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Oui's opposite"

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 negation of a word or group of words
• Words that mean the same thing: not
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Tip of a shoe"

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 one of the digits of the foot
• Words that mean the same thing: toenail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Washington airport name"

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 40th president of the united states (1911-2004)
• Words that mean the same thing: President Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, Ronald Reagan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REAGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. "No more seats" sign"

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: SRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle June 02, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Order at an auto shop	7
2D	2. Give life to	7
3D	3. Deny any responsibility for	7
4D	4. ___ Sea (vanishing body of water)	4
5D	5. "No" vote	3
6D	6. ___ rummy	3
7D	7. Common language suffix	3
8D	8. Neighbor of Tunisia	5
9D	9. Escargot	5
10D	10. Like Wabash College and Hampden-Sydney College, unusually	7
11D	11. Pokes through	7
12D	12. First stroke	7
13D	15. Match up, as a phone with a computer	4
14D	18. Spy org.	3
15D	24. "Quo ___?"	5
16D	25. Kiln, e.g.	4
17D	26. Attachment to a rope to make a tree swing	7
18D	27. Pro golfer Lorena	5
19D	29. Whip	4
20D	32. Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game"	5
21D	33. Spots on a radar screen	5
22D	34. Some workers on standby, for short	4
23D	36. Mideast ruler	4
24D	37. Cute pudginess in a toddler	7
25D	38. On a par with	7
26D	39. "Oh joy, I drew the short straw again"	7
27D	41. Plaid designs	7
28D	42. The Beatles' "___ Rigby"	7
29D	43. Response to "Did you win the lottery?"	7
30D	48. Songs by Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty or Lil Uzi Vert	4
31D	49. Broadcasting	5
32D	50. "En ___!"	5
33D	51. Ticket issuer	3
34D	54. Al Capone chasers, informally	4
35D	57. Oolong, for one	3
36D	58. Gear tooth	3
37D	59. Go out ___ limb	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. Order at an auto shop"

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: LUBEJOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Give life to"

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 heighten or intensify
• Words that mean the same thing: repair, renovate, revive
• The opposite would be: deaden, insentient
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Deny any responsibility for"

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 refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
• The opposite would be: avow
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISAVOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ Sea (vanishing body of water)"

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: ARAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "No" vote"

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 not this merely but also; not only so but
• The opposite would be: yea
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ rummy"

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 strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
• Words that mean the same thing: knock rummy, gin rummy, noose
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Common language suffix"

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 compass point midway between east and southeast
• Words that mean the same thing: east southeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Neighbor of Tunisia"

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 military dictatorship in northern africa on the mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum
• Words that mean the same thing: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIBYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Escargot"

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 freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
• Words that mean the same thing: escargot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Like Wabash College and Hampden-Sydney College, unusually"

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: ALLMALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Pokes through"

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 14th president of the united states (1804-1869)
• Words that mean the same thing: pierce, Franklin Pierce, thrust
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIERCES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. First stroke"

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: TEESHOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Match up, as a phone with a computer"

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 make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
• Words that mean the same thing: synchronise, synchronize
• The opposite would be: desynchronise, desynchronize
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Spy 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 an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
• Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "24. "Quo ___?""

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: VADIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Kiln, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Attachment to a rope to make a tree swing"

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: CARTIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Pro golfer Lorena"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OCHOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Whip"

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

  The answer is: FLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ISAAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Spots on a radar screen"

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 sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
• Words that mean the same thing: blip, pip, radar target
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Some workers on standby, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: EMTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Mideast ruler"

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 independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Words that mean the same thing: amir, ameer, emeer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Cute pudginess in a toddler"

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: BABYFAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. On a par with"

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: EQUALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. "Oh joy, I drew the short straw again""

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: LUCKYME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Plaid designs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cloth having a crisscross design
• Words that mean the same thing: plaid, tartan
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARTANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. The Beatles' "___ Rigby""

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: ELEANOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Response to "Did you win the lottery?""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: SADLYNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Songs by Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty or Lil Uzi Vert"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: rap, strike, blame
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Broadcasting"

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: ONAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. "En ___!""

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: GARDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Ticket issuer"

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 uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• Words that mean the same thing: glom, copper, pick 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: COP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Al Capone chasers, informally"

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: TMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Oolong, for 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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: tea leaf, teatime, Camellia sinensis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Gear tooth"

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 subordinate who performs an important but routine function
• Words that mean the same thing: sprocket
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Go out ___ limb"

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: ONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	60.8%
Short Answer	24	32.4%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
History	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Music	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	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 24, 2025 at 07:17 PM