August 01, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 01, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (34 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

August 01, 2020 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Coach K" of N.C.A.A. men's basketball fame	10
2A	11. "Somewhat"	3
3A	14. Immaculate	10
4A	15. Info compiled for a debate, metaphorically	4
5A	16. "Say again, please"	15
6A	18. Stole something?	3
7A	19. Traditional source of material for a sherpa's coat	3
8A	20. Noted couple on the Titanic	6
9A	21. People whom you might try to forget	4
10A	23. Tough-to-sculpt part of some Roman statues	4
11A	26. Like the last complete symphony of Gustav Mahler	5
12A	27. Words from a quitter	7
13A	30. Sockeye relative	4
14A	31. Hangs loose?	6
15A	34. Series of posts on social media	4
16A	36. Knock-down-drag-out	3
17A	37. Ad ___	7
18A	39. "Comin' through!"	7
19A	41. Grant, for example	3
20A	42. Target of products from Bio-Groom and Wondercide	4
21A	44. Page turner	6
22A	45. Sound heard in a delivery room	4
23A	47. Sushi with unagi	7
24A	49. Glitz up	5
25A	51. Crew	4
26A	52. Modern corporate dept.	4
27A	56. Streaker	6
28A	58. Certain red ... or, in another context, something associated with the color yellow	3
29A	60. Org. in Showtime's "Homeland"	3
30A	61. Shakespeare's "The Murder of Gonzago" is one	15
31A	65. 200 in a 500	4
32A	66. It might say "Pay poor tax of $15"	10
33A	67. Designer's asset	3
34A	68. Landlocked land along the Silk Road	10

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. "Coach K" of N.C.A.A. men's basketball fame"

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: KRZYZEWSKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. "Somewhat""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Immaculate"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: NEATASAPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Info compiled for a debate, metaphorically"

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 projectiles to be fired from a gun
• Words that mean the same thing: ammunition
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. "Say again, please""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IDIDNTCATCHTHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Stole something?"

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 dressed hairy coat of a mammal
• Words that mean the same thing: pelt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Traditional source of material for a sherpa's coat"

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 large long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
• Words that mean the same thing: yack, Bos grunniens, gab
• The 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 8 Across: "20. Noted couple on the Titanic"

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 british politician (born in the united states) who was the first woman to sit in the british house of commons (1879-1964)
• Words that mean the same thing: John Jacob Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor, Astor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. People whom you might try to forget"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
• Words that mean the same thing: x, X, ex-wife
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Tough-to-sculpt part of some Roman statues"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient rome
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Like the last complete symphony of Gustav Mahler"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that position nine in a countable series of things
• Words that mean the same thing: 9th, one-ninth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Words from a quitter"

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: IRESIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Sockeye relative"

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 fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the pacific and great lakes
• Words that mean the same thing: coho salmon, silver salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Hangs loose?"

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 hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• Words that mean the same thing: drapery, drape, pall
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Series of posts on social media"

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

  The answer is: FEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Knock-down-drag-out"

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 arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: run-in, wrangle, words
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Ad ___"

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: NAUSEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. "Comin' through!""

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: SCUSEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Grant, for example"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: attention, financial aid, assistance
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Target of products from Bio-Groom and Wondercide"

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 any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Page turner"

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 person who enjoys reading
• Words that mean the same thing: reviewer, lector, subscriber
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: READER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Sound heard in a delivery room"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• Words that mean the same thing: cut back, trim, clipping
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Sushi with unagi"

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: EELROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Glitz up"

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 make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: beautify, invest, clothe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Crew"

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 cooperative unit (especially in sports)
• Words that mean the same thing: squad, team 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: TEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Modern corporate dept."

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 school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
• Words that mean the same thing: technical school
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Streaker"

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 (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: meteoroid, shooting star
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: METEOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Certain red ... or, in another context, something associated with the color yellow"

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 compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Words that mean the same thing: taxicab, hack, cabriolet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Org. in Showtime's "Homeland""

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 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 30 Across: "61. Shakespeare's "The Murder of Gonzago" is one"

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: PLAYWITHINAPLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. 200 in a 500"

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 upper side of the thighs of a seated person
• Words that mean the same thing: lap, lick, circle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. It might say "Pay poor tax of $15""

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: CHANCECARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Designer's asset"

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 organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: eyeball, middle, heart
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Landlocked land along the Silk Road"

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 landlocked republic in west central asia bordering on northwestern china; formerly an asian soviet but became independent in 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Kirgiz, Kirghiz, Kirgizstan
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KYRGYZSTAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword August 01, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Chopper	5
2D	2. Brought back	5
3D	3. Former name of sub-Saharan Africa's largest country	5
4D	4. Since January 1: Abbr.	3
5D	5. Eccentric	4
6D	6. Mandate in some wills	10
7D	7. Eccentrics, in slang	6
8D	8. Facial joint	3
9D	9. Word after press or mess	3
10D	10. Worshiper of the goddess Mama Quilla ("mother moon")	4
11D	11. Award show sentiment	9
12D	12. Residence with lots of remotely controlled systems	9
13D	13. Way to wind down after a workout	9
14D	15. Top story	5
15D	17. TV inits. hidden backward in "television shopping"	3
16D	22. Tries, maybe	4
17D	24. Often-animated picture file	3
18D	25. So long	4
19D	28. Natural feature near Queensland	4
20D	29. Dead reckoning?	10
21D	31. Spit take, perhaps?	9
22D	32. Apt occurrence during the game that ended the Cubs' 108-year World Series drought	9
23D	33. Smoking gun of Watergate	9
24D	35. Go one on one	4
25D	38. Intersect	4
26D	40. Put (away)	4
27D	43. Many a microbrew	3
28D	46. Hunts, with "on"	5
29D	48. Very, very fast	6
30D	50. Partner of here	3
31D	53. Sparkle	5
32D	54. One-named singer with the 2004 #1 hit "Goodies"	5
33D	55. So-called "Father of the String Quartet"	5
34D	57. Stack of hay or straw	4
35D	59. She performed while six months pregnant at Woodstock	4
36D	62. Psalm possessive	3
37D	63. When repeated, "So-o-o funny"	3
38D	64. Windows might be on them	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. Chopper"

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 edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
• Words that mean the same thing: stab, tongue
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Brought back"

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

  The answer is: REDUX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Former name of sub-Saharan Africa's largest country"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ZAIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Since January 1: 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: YTD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Eccentric"

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 buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
• Words that mean the same thing: jackass, bozo, cuckoo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Mandate in some wills"

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: ESTATESALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Eccentrics, in slang"

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 person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
• Words that mean the same thing: whacko, wacko, nutter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WACKOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Facial joint"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: watering place, watering hole, health spa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Word after press or mess"

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 case for containing a set of articles
• Words that mean the same thing: outfit, kit up, kit out
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Worshiper of the goddess Mama Quilla ("mother moon")"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
• Words that mean the same thing: Incan, Inka
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Award show sentiment"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: IMHONORED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Residence with lots of remotely controlled systems"

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: SMARTHOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Way to wind down after a workout"

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: HOTSHOWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Top story"

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 floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
• Words that mean the same thing: Classical Greek, Ionic dialect, bean
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "17. TV inits. hidden backward in "television shopping""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Tries, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small drink
• Words that mean the same thing: sip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Often-animated picture file"

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: GIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. So long"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: maturate, eld, historic period
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Natural feature near Queensland"

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 submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
• Words that mean the same thing: Witwatersrand, Rand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Dead reckoning?"

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 the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
• Words that mean the same thing: black magic, black art, sorcery
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NECROMANCY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Spit take, perhaps?"

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: DNASAMPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Apt occurrence during the game that ended the Cubs' 108-year World Series drought"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RAINDELAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Smoking gun of Watergate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tape recording of sound
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUDIOTAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Go one on one"

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 prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
• Words that mean the same thing: affaire d'honneur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Intersect"

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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Words that mean the same thing: foregather, touch, play
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Put (away)"

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 compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Words that mean the same thing: salinity, saltiness, common salt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Many a microbrew"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Hunts, with "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 a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
• Words that mean the same thing: feed, target, raven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PREYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Very, very fast"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sport of engaging in contests of speed
• Words that mean the same thing: race, hasten, step on it
• The opposite would be: linger
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Partner of here"

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 momentary present
• Words that mean the same thing: right away, straight off, nowadays
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Sparkle"

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 enthusiastic approval
• Words that mean the same thing: acclamation, acclaim, pomp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. One-named singer with the 2004 #1 hit "Goodies""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CIARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. So-called "Father of the String Quartet""

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 prolific austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)
• Words that mean the same thing: Joseph Haydn, Franz Joseph Haydn
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAYDN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Stack of hay or straw"

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 painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are british)
• Words that mean the same thing: wrick, hayrick, kink
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. She performed while six months pregnant at Woodstock"

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: BAEZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "62. Psalm possessive"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. When repeated, "So-o-o funny""

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: HAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Windows might be on them"

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 small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
• Words that mean the same thing: PC, personal computer, microcomputer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	68.1%
Short Answer	16	22.2%
History	2	2.8%
Music	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

August 25, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Packs of alpacas	5
2A	6. Abbr. in a library catalog	4
3A	10. Partner of willing	4
4A	14. Kind of daisy	5
5A	15. Material for toy darts	4
6A	16. Like business in the off-season	4
7A	17. "Please continue your generous support of the church"	10
8A	19. Prepare, as prosciutto	4
9A	20. Give off	4
10A	21. Brand with a paw print in its logo	4
11A	22. Follows, as advice	5
12A	23. Undesirable bunkmate	6
13A	25. Frigid temps	5
14A	27. "This device makes prepping cherries a breeze"	12
15A	31. Tweak	6
16A	34. Made explicit, in a way	4
17A	35. Grow long in the tooth	3
18A	36. Historical record	5
19A	37. Snake along the Nile	3
20A	38. Discover unexpectedly	5
21A	40. Passing remark?	3
22A	41. Singer Mai with the 2018 hit "Boo'd Up"	4
23A	43. Least polite	6
24A	44. "Students should report to the gym for a special presentation"	12
25A	47. Sailor's "Stop!"	5
26A	48. For dogs, they're often in the shape of bones	6
27A	51. Japanese noodles	5
28A	53. Snap back?	4
29A	55. Boor	4
30A	57. It shows a lot of plays, but no musicals	4
31A	58. "This medicine will reduce your temperature in no time"	10
32A	60. Glen or dale	4
33A	61. Timeline spans	4
34A	62. Beautifully blue	5
35A	63. Exceeded the legal limit	4
36A	64. Philosopher known for his paradoxes	4
37A	65. Word that comes from the Lakota for "dwelling"	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. Packs of alpacas"

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 group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• Words that mean the same thing: herd, ruck, crowd
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Abbr. in a library catalog"

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: ISBN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Partner of willing"

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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: able-bodied, capable
• The opposite would be: unable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Kind of daisy"

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 north american shrubby perennial herb of the genus heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: heliopsis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXEYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Material for toy darts"

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: NERF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Like business in the off-season"

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 lose velocity; move more slowly
• Words that mean the same thing: dumb, tardily, deadening
• The opposite would be: quickly, 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 7 Across: "17. "Please continue your generous support of the church""

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: MASSAPPEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Prepare, as prosciutto"

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 medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
• Words that mean the same thing: bring around, therapeutic, curative
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Give off"

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 expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: pass off, let out, give out
• The opposite would be: absorb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Brand with a paw print in its logo"

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: IAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Follows, as advice"

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 paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
• Words that mean the same thing: listen, attentiveness, heed
• The opposite would be: inattentiveness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Undesirable bunkmate"

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

  The answer is: SNORER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Frigid temps"

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 time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
• Words that mean the same thing: teenager, teen, adolescent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. "This device makes prepping cherries a breeze""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PITTERPATTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Tweak"

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 make less severe or harsh or extreme
• Words that mean the same thing: alter, change, qualify
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MODIFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Made explicit, in a 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 express in words
• Words that mean the same thing: order, pronounce, tell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Grow long in the tooth"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: long time, maturate, historic period
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Historical record"

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: ANNAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Snake along the Nile"

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: asp viper, Egyptian cobra, Vipera aspis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Discover unexpectedly"

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: HITON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Passing remark?"

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 affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yeah
• The opposite would be: nay
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Singer Mai with the 2018 hit "Boo'd Up""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Least polite"

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 socially incorrect in behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: ill-bred, underbred, lowbred
• The opposite would be: civil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUDEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. "Students should report to the gym for a special presentation""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASSEMBLYLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Sailor's "Stop!""

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: AVAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. For dogs, they're often in the shape of bones"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IDTAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Japanese noodles"

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: RAMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Snap back?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
• Words that mean the same thing: cost increase, tramp, hiking
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Boor"

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 an awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: lummox, lubber, oaf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. It shows a lot of plays, but no musicals"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. "This medicine will reduce your temperature in no time""

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: FEVERPITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Glen or dale"

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 long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
• Words that mean the same thing: valley
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Timeline spans"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: era, earned run average, geological era
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Beautifully blue"

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 light shade of blue
• Words that mean the same thing: bright blue, sky-blue, lazuline
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AZURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Exceeded the legal limit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move faster
• Words that mean the same thing: hurry, step on it, race
• The opposite would be: linger, decelerate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Philosopher known for his paradoxes"

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 ancient greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Zeno of Citium, Zeno of Elea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Word that comes from the Lakota for "dwelling""

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 native american tent; usually of conical shape
• Words that mean the same thing: teepee, tipi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword August 25, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Smartphone button	4
2D	2. End-of-semester hurdles	5
3D	3. Pine secretion	5
4D	4. Gilead in "The Handmaid's Tale," for one	8
5D	5. What floats your boat?	3
6D	6. To a certain extent	6
7D	7. Appear	4
8D	8. Support on the shoulder	8
9D	9. Pro Bowler's org.	3
10D	10. Initial part of a roller coaster ride	6
11D	11. It leans to the left	9
12D	12. Tennyson, for one	4
13D	13. Dolly and her fellow clones, e.g.	4
14D	18. Imam's quality	5
15D	22. Recruit selectively	8
16D	24. Colonial sharpshooter	8
17D	26. Prefix with dermis	3
18D	28. Writing assignment	5
19D	29. Big personalities	4
20D	30. Cancel ___ (tenant rights movement)	4
21D	31. ___ Harris, sister and campaign chair of Kamala	4
22D	32. There are two in "101 Dalmatians"	4
23D	33. Spit in a tube, say	9
24D	37. Mentally sound	8
25D	39. See through rose-colored glasses	8
26D	42. Scale abbr.	3
27D	43. Dressage competitor	5
28D	45. Made uniform	6
29D	46. Words from one doing a demonstration	6
30D	49. Rolled out of bed	5
31D	50. Bolivian capital	5
32D	51. Goes "vroom vroom"	4
33D	52. "Stat!"	4
34D	54. First czar of Russia	4
35D	56. For whom the bell tolls	4
36D	58. Hat similar to a tarboosh	3
37D	59. Have down ___	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. Smartphone button"

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 where you live at a particular time
• Words that mean the same thing: home plate, home base, rest home
• The opposite would be: away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. End-of-semester hurdles"

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 set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
• Words that mean the same thing: test, exam, examination
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Pine secretion"

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 a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
• Words that mean the same thing: rosin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Gilead in "The Handmaid's Tale," for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
• The opposite would be: utopia
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYSTOPIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. What floats your boat?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. To a certain extent"

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: INPART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Appear"

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 give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• Words that mean the same thing: look, appear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Support on the shoulder"

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: BRASTRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Pro Bowler's org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Initial part of a roller coaster ride"

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 upward slope or grade (as in a road)
• Words that mean the same thing: acclivity, climb, ascending
• The opposite would be: descent, fall
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASCENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. It leans to the left"

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: BLUESTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Tennyson, for one"

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 terms referring to the judeo-christian god
• Words that mean the same thing: overlord, God Almighty, master
• The opposite would be: noblewoman, Lady
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Dolly and her fellow clones, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• Words that mean the same thing: Ewe, ewe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Imam's quality"

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 righteousness by virtue of being pious
• Words that mean the same thing: piousness
• The opposite would be: impiety
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIETY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Recruit selectively"

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: HEADHUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Colonial sharpshooter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone skilled in the use of a rifle
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFLEMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Prefix with dermis"

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 self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eysenck Personality Inventory
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Writing assignment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an analytic or interpretive literary composition
• Words that mean the same thing: seek, try, test
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Big personalities"

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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: ego, egotism, self-importance
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Cancel ___ (tenant rights movement)"

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 payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
• Words that mean the same thing: pull, snag, rip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. ___ Harris, sister and campaign chair of Kamala"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a 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 22 Down: "32. There are two in "101 Dalmatians""

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

  The answer is: ONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Spit in a tube, say"

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: DNASAMPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Mentally sound"

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: ALLTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. See through rose-colored glasses"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that consider or render as ideal
• Words that mean the same thing: idealise
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEALIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Scale abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 16 ounces avoirdupois
• Words that mean the same thing: lb, pound
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Dressage competitor"

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 traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
• Words that mean the same thing: passenger
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Made uniform"

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 make level or straight
• Words that mean the same thing: even, even out, flush
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVENED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Words from one doing a demonstration"

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: LIKESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Rolled out of bed"

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: GOTUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Bolivian capital"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in ecuador; equal to 100 centavos
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUCRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Goes "vroom vroom""

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 rate of revolution of a motor
• Words that mean the same thing: revolutions per minute, rev, rpm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. "Stat!""

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

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. First czar of Russia"

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: IVAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. For whom the bell tolls"

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: THEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Hat similar to a tarboosh"

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 city in north central morocco; religious center
• Words that mean the same thing: Fes, tarboosh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Have 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 the sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: chuck, tap, rap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	79.7%
Short Answer	8	10.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, 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 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM