October 26, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019

Difficulty Level: Challenging Thursday Puzzle

Total Clues: 62 (31 Across, 31 Down)

Average Word Length: 6.1 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - October 26, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Symbol of Halloween	8
2A	9. 10/10, say	4
3A	13. Imitative practice	8
4A	14. Chewed up, as a sweater	5
5A	15. Justifies	8
6A	16. Propagandist's technique	6
7A	17. Alternative to a die	7
8A	18. Sharply sarcastic	7
9A	19. Try to get money from, maybe	3
10A	20. Girlfriend on "Orange Is the New Black"	4
11A	22. "I've got this!"	4
12A	23. Competitive problem solver	8
13A	26. 2012 Grammy-winning rap hit that samples "Try a Little Tenderness"	4
14A	27. Hot spots?	12
15A	29. Brunch beverages, for short	3
16A	32. Standing order	7
17A	33. Peter, Paul and Mary: Abbr.	3
18A	34. Street entertainers with boomboxes	12
19A	37. Zoo exhibit	4
20A	38. Ballroom alternatives to the foxtrot	8
21A	40. Yoga class sights	4
22A	41. "___ funny!"	4
23A	42. Na+ or Cl-, in NaCl	3
24A	44. Loyal friend to Aeneas	7
25A	46. Vessel at a Japanese restaurant	7
26A	50. Key with one sharp	6
27A	51. Message typically associated with the color pink	8
28A	52. Long and lean	5
29A	53. Not worry	8
30A	54. ___ ou Démon (Givenchy perfume)	4
31A	55. Drove	8

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Symbol of Halloween"

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: BLACKCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. 10/10, say"

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 specified day of the month
• Words that mean the same thing: appointment, escort, go steady
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Imitative practice"

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: METOOISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Chewed up, as a sweater"

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 worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths
• Words that mean the same thing: moth-eaten
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Justifies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
• Words that mean the same thing: justify, endorsement, warrantee
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WARRANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Propagandist's technique"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BIGLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Alternative to a die"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
• Words that mean the same thing: thread maker, spinster
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPINNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Sharply sarcastic"

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 substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
• Words that mean the same thing: grim, caustic, erosive
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORDANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Try to get money from, maybe"

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 french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
• Words that mean the same thing: process, action, Eugene Sue
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Girlfriend on "Orange Is the New Black""

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: ALEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "I've got this!""

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: ONME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Competitive problem solver"

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: MATHLETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. 2012 Grammy-winning rap hit that samples "Try a Little Tenderness""

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 united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Otis, Elisha Graves Otis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Hot spots?"

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: LEOPARDPRINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Brunch beverages, for short"

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: OJS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Standing order"

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: ALLRISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Peter, Paul and Mary: 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: STS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Street entertainers with boomboxes"

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: BREAKDANCERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Zoo exhibit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Ballroom alternatives to the foxtrot"

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: ONESTEPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Yoga class sights"

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 thick flat pad used as a floor covering
• Words that mean the same thing: Master of Arts in Teaching, mat, entangle
• The opposite would be: unsnarl, disentangle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. "___ funny!""

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 precisely as stated
• Words that mean the same thing: rattling, really, selfsame
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Na+ or Cl-, in NaCl"

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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Loyal friend to Aeneas"

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: ACHATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Vessel at a Japanese restaurant"

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: SAKECUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Key with one sharp"

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: EMINOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Message typically associated with the color pink"

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: ITSAGIRL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Long and lean"

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 tall and thin and having long slender limbs
• Words that mean the same thing: gangly, lanky, gangling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Not worry"

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: BEATEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. ___ ou Démon (Givenchy perfume)"

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: ANGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Drove"

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 urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
• Words that mean the same thing: force, driven, propel
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMPELLED

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - October 26, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Some expensive imports	4
2D	2. Huge progress, metaphorically	5
3D	3. Open chamber	6
4D	4. Like some eye surgery	7
5D	5. Riddle in Zen Buddhism	4
6D	6. Cannes festival focus	4
7D	7. Spiritual realms in religious cosmology	12
8D	8. Symbols next to logos: Abbr.	3
9D	9. Barker's entrance?	7
10D	10. Shuttle that docked with 14-Down	8
11D	11. Snack that, despite its name, doesn't help with weight loss	8
12D	12. They require you to read the fine print	8
13D	14. See 10-Down	3
14D	16. Music store purchase for an avid fan	8
15D	18. Many of the world's rulers use it	12
16D	21. Tutee or trainee	7
17D	24. Salad bowl wood	4
18D	25. Relic	8
19D	28. Champagne pop	4
20D	29. Biden time?	8
21D	30. Arcade game spinoff of 1983	8
22D	31. Really angry	8
23D	35. Author of the 2012 book "Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet"	7
24D	36. Big name in mail-order catalogs	7
25D	39. Word with justice or grace	6
26D	43. One who might give you a shot	5
27D	45. Miniature	3
28D	47. "Now!"	4
29D	48. Mother of the royals George, Charlotte and Louis	4
30D	49. Stated one's case	4
31D	51. There: Lat.	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. Some expensive imports"

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: BMWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Huge progress, metaphorically"

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, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
• Words that mean the same thing: saltation, spring, jump
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Open chamber"

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 any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the 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: ATRIUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Like some eye surgery"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or related to the cornea
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORNEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Riddle in Zen Buddhism"

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 paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in zen buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Cannes festival focus"

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: CINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Spiritual realms in religious cosmology"

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: ASTRALPLANES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Symbols next to logos: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits x-rays and is used in small portable x-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime
• Words that mean the same thing: thulium, Tm, atomic number 69
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Barker's entrance?"

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: DOGDOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Shuttle that docked with 14-Down"

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 according to legend, an island in the atlantic ocean that plato said was swallowed by an earthquake
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATLANTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Snack that, despite its name, doesn't help with weight loss"

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: THINMINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. They require you to read the fine print"

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: EYETESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. See 10-Down"

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: MIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Music store purchase for an avid fan"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: BOXEDSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Many of the world's rulers use it"

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: METRICSYSTEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Tutee or trainee"

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 someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
• Words that mean the same thing: apprentice, prentice, scholar
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEARNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Salad bowl wood"

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 hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
• Words that mean the same thing: teakwood, Tectona grandis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Relic"

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 an official who remains in office after his term
• Words that mean the same thing: hangover
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLDOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Champagne pop"

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: PERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Biden time?"

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: OBAMAERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Arcade game spinoff of 1983"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: JRPACMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Really angry"

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 be noisy with activity
• Words that mean the same thing: buzz, boil, hum
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEETHING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Author of the 2012 book "Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ASSANGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Big name in mail-order catalogs"

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 pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel
• Words that mean the same thing: spiegeleisen, spiegel iron
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIEGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Word with justice or grace"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
• Words that mean the same thing: societal, sociable, mixer
• The opposite would be: unsocial
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOCIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. One who might give you a shot"

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 one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
• Words that mean the same thing: harbor, breastfeed, give suck
• The opposite would be: bottlefeed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NURSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Miniature"

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 artifact designed to be played with
• Words that mean the same thing: toy dog, flirt, diddle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. "Now!""

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 29 Down: "48. Mother of the royals George, Charlotte and Louis"

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: KATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Stated one's case"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that appeal or request earnestly
• Words that mean the same thing: plead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. There: Lat."

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: IBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	80.6%
Short Answer	5	8.1%
Abbreviation	2	3.2%
History	1	1.6%
Music	1	1.6%
Sports	1	1.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.6%
Geography	1	1.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	31
Total Clues	62
Average Answer Length	6.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

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• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 6 letters
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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword November 18, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Vaccination site	3
2A	4. Tap alternative?	4
3A	8. Take the wrong way?	5
4A	13. ___-tzu	3
5A	14. Ancient region of Asia Minor	5
6A	15. Where the Nez Percé Reservation is found	5
7A	16. → Di ← Gaga Godiva	9
8A	18. Inventor of dynamite	5
9A	19. Approved, with "to"	6
10A	20. Bit of baloney	3
11A	22. Like the soles of Louboutin shoes	3
12A	23. Bird's-eye view?	4
13A	24. R.p.m. → m.p.h. ← k.p.s.	10
14A	27. Singer Baker	5
15A	29. Pair at sea	4
16A	30. Its name comes from the Greek for "uncuttable"	4
17A	31. Total jerk	3
18A	32. French word at a coffeehouse	4
19A	34. One crying foul, say	3
20A	36. Art → Calculus ← Spanish	11
21A	40. Long-snouted fish	3
22A	41. Bread eaten with curry	4
23A	42. Marcille who won "America's Next Top Model"	3
24A	45. Dieci meno due	4
25A	48. Heaven on earth	4
26A	50. How you might recall a childhood memory	5
27A	52. Housewarming masquerade → tailgate ←	10
28A	55. Influential icon	4
29A	56. TV coach Lasso	3
30A	57. In which four raised fingers and a curved thumb is "B," in brief	3
31A	58. Letting up	6
32A	60. Fossilized tree resin	5
33A	62. Ha-ha chortle → tee-hee ←	9
34A	65. Not claim, say	5
35A	66. Do some tailoring to	5
36A	67. Woman's name that sounds like a letter	3
37A	68. Paid (up)	5
38A	69. Mouth off to	4
39A	70. Slip	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. Vaccination site"

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 human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: sleeve, limb, weapon system
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Tap alternative?"

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: PSST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Take the wrong way?"

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 make off with belongings of others
• Words that mean the same thing: purloin, abstract, cabbage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FILCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. ___-tzu"

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 a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
• Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Ancient region of Asia Minor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that region of western asia minor colonized by ancient greeks
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Where the Nez Percé Reservation is found"

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 state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: Gem State, ID
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDAHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. → Di ← Gaga Godiva"

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: FIRSTLADY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Inventor of dynamite"

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 swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the nobel prizes (1833-1896)
• Words that mean the same thing: Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Alfred Nobel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOBEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Approved, with "to""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAIDOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Bit of baloney"

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: lie down, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie
• 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 11 Across: "22. Like the soles of Louboutin shoes"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: Red River, ruby, cherry-red
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Bird's-eye view?"

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 statute in draft before it becomes law
• Words that mean the same thing: circular, posting, eyeshade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. R.p.m. → m.p.h. ← k.p.s."

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: SECONDRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Singer Baker"

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: ANITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Pair at sea"

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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
• Words that mean the same thing: oar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Its name comes from the Greek for "uncuttable""

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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Words that mean the same thing: particle, molecule, corpuscle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Total jerk"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: posterior, rear end, fanny
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. French word at a coffeehouse"

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: LAIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. One crying foul, say"

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 official at a baseball game
• Words that mean the same thing: umpire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Art → Calculus ← Spanish"

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: MIDDLECLASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Long-snouted fish"

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 primitive predaceous north american fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
• Words that mean the same thing: garpike, garfish, billfish
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Bread eaten with curry"

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: ROTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Marcille who won "America's Next Top Model""

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: EVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Dieci meno due"

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: OTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Heaven on earth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: nirvana, Garden of Eden, paradise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. How you might recall a childhood memory"

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 in a dim indistinct manner
• Words that mean the same thing: palely, murkily, indistinctly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIMLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Housewarming masquerade → tailgate ←"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: THIRDPARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Influential icon"

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 large gregarious predatory feline of africa and india having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
• Words that mean the same thing: social lion, Leo the Lion, king of beasts
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. TV coach Lasso"

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 tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
• Words that mean the same thing: Teddy boy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. In which four raised fingers and a curved thumb is "B," in brief"

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 sign language used in the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: American sign 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: ASL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Letting up"

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

  The answer is: EASING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Fossilized tree resin"

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 deep yellow color
• Words that mean the same thing: yellow-brown, brownish-yellow, gold
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Ha-ha chortle → tee-hee ←"

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: LASTLAUGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Not claim, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that do without or cease to hold or adhere to
• Words that mean the same thing: foreswear, relinquish, dispense with
• The opposite would be: claim
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Do some tailoring to"

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 cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
• Words that mean the same thing: falsify, interpolate, castrate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Woman's name that sounds like a letter"

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: DEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Paid (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 place one's stake
• Words that mean the same thing: ante
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. Mouth off to"

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 impudent or insolent rejoinder
• Words that mean the same thing: mouth, Special Air Service, lip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. Slip"

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

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

November 18, 2021 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Title character of an '80s sitcom	3
2D	2. What toes can resemble after a long bath	7
3D	3. Excessive righteousness	8
4D	4. Some business casual shirts	5
5D	5. Fraudulent medical treatment	8
6D	6. "Ice Age" sloth	3
7D	7. Swift to climb the Billboard chart?	6
8D	8. Docked, in a way	5
9D	9. Vow-sealing words	3
10D	10. Common experiment subject	6
11D	11. Cause of some orange fingers	6
12D	12. Poker variant	6
13D	14. "___ be a shame ..."	3
14D	17. Alluvium	4
15D	21. Put down	6
16D	23. Silence of the lambs? Just the opposite!	3
17D	25. Wedding vendor	7
18D	26. Speaks on the record?	4
19D	28. Captain Pierce portrayer on old TV	4
20D	33. Sellers of airtime, informally	6
21D	35. ___ of honor	4
22D	37. Dr. Frankenstein's aide	4
23D	38. Dance-offs, e.g.	8
24D	39. Shirtless, say	8
25D	43. Many a YouTube star	7
26D	44. Writer Rand	3
27D	45. Chief tributary of the St. Lawrence River	6
28D	46. Oppressive authority, informally	6
29D	47. Tasty morsel	6
30D	49. City with the longtime slogan "Big things happen here"	6
31D	51. Pelvic bones	4
32D	53. Had the courage	5
33D	54. Richard who wrote "Revolutionary Road"	5
34D	59. 35mm camera type	3
35D	61. Inhabitant of 48-Across	3
36D	63. Similar to	3
37D	64. What's-___-name	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. Title character of an '80s sitcom"

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: ALF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. What toes can resemble after a long bath"

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 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 3 Down: "3. Excessive righteousness"

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

  The answer is: MORALISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Some business casual shirts"

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 venetian traveler who explored asia in the 13th century and served kublai khan (1254-1324)
• Words that mean the same thing: polo, Marco Polo, Polo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fraudulent medical treatment"

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: SNAKEOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Ice Age" sloth"

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: SID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Swift to climb the Billboard chart?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states composer and music critic (1885-1966)
• Words that mean the same thing: Elizabeth Taylor, President Taylor, Zachary Taylor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAYLOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Docked, in a way"

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 issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
• Words that mean the same thing: fine, ticket, break water
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FINED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Vow-sealing words"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Common experiment subject"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LABRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Cause of some orange fingers"

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: CHEETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Poker variant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HOLDEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. "___ be a shame ...""

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: ITD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Alluvium"

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 mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
• Words that mean the same thing: silt 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: SILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Put down"

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 rude expression intended to offend or hurt
• Words that mean the same thing: vilification, revilement, affront
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSULT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Silence of the lambs? Just the opposite!"

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 the cry made by sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: bleat, blate, blat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Wedding vendor"

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 someone who provides food and service (as for a party)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CATERER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Speaks on the record?"

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 reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: pat, whang, tap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Captain Pierce portrayer on old TV"

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: ALDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Sellers of airtime, informally"

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: ADREPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "35. ___ of honor"

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 female domestic
• Words that mean the same thing: maidservant, housemaid, maiden
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Dr. Frankenstein's aide"

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: IGOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Dance-offs, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
• Words that mean the same thing: contest, contend, competition
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONTESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Shirtless, say"

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

  The answer is: SEMINUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "43. Many a YouTube star"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: VLOGGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. Writer Rand"

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

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: AYN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Chief tributary of the St. Lawrence River"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the algonquian people of southern ontario
• Words that mean the same thing: Canadian capital, capital of Canada, Outaouais
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTTAWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Oppressive authority, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: THEMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Tasty morsel"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small tasty bit of food
• Words that mean the same thing: choice morsel, titbit
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIDBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. City with the longtime slogan "Big things happen here""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern texas located in the heart of the northern texas oil fields
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DALLAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Pelvic bones"

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 ancient city in asia minor that was the site of the trojan war
• Words that mean the same thing: Ilion, Troy, Ilium
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Had the courage"

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 take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
• Words that mean the same thing: presume, dare, make bold
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DARED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Richard who wrote "Revolutionary Road""

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: YATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "59. 35mm camera type"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "61. Inhabitant of 48-Across"

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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: eventide, even, evening
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "63. Similar to"

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 37 Down: "64. What's-___-name"

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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	61.8%
Short Answer	20	26.3%
History	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Geography	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

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

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

Last Updated: September 13, 2025 at 04:40 PM