September 24, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (39 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

NYT Thursday Crossword Across Clues - September 24, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Start of a 14-Across	4
2A	5. [Just ... disappeared!]	4
3A	9. Part of a necklace	5
4A	14. Creative nugget	4
5A	15. One whose charges are sarges	5
6A	17. ___ system	5
7A	18. Kay, e.g.	10
8A	20. Introduction to physics?	5
9A	21. Squid organ	6
10A	22. Elle, e.g.	9
11A	24. "I'll be there in five minutes," often	3
12A	25. Nebraska senator Fischer	3
13A	27. Pop singer Brickell	4
14A	28. Dead head?	3
15A	29. Many a flat-screen	5
16A	31. Altiplano locale	5
17A	33. "You said it!," in slang	4
18A	34. Dry Spanish wine	5
19A	36. Union members	6
20A	38. Pea, e.g.	14
21A	42. Knockout	6
22A	43. Merit	5
23A	44. Supermodel born Melissa Miller	4
24A	45. Coming-out phrase	5
25A	48. Noise at night	5
26A	52. Day ___	3
27A	53. Greek goddess of the earth	4
28A	54. Charade	3
29A	56. Twitter titter	3
30A	57. Bee, e.g.	9
31A	60. Blob on a slide	6
32A	62. Closing bid?	5
33A	63. Explained in great detail ... or what four of this puzzle's clues are?	10
34A	65. Eurasia divider	5
35A	66. Roger ___, second-longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court	5
36A	67. Instead	4
37A	68. Gives conditionally	5
38A	69. Minnesota W.N.B.A. team	4
39A	70. Goes down	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Start of a 14-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that anything that provides inspiration for later work
• Words that mean the same thing: microbe, source, seed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. [Just ... disappeared!]"

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: PFFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Part of a necklace"

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 fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
• Words that mean the same thing: clutches, clutch, clench
• The opposite would be: unbuckle, unclasp
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Creative nugget"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. One whose charges are sarges"

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: LOOIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. ___ system"

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 tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
• Words that mean the same thing: reward, purity, observe
• The opposite would be: disrespect, dishonor
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HONOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Kay, e.g."

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: BEERBARREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Introduction to physics?"

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

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: ASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Squid organ"

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: INKSAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Elle, e.g."

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

  The answer is: DRUMSTICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. "I'll be there in five minutes," often"

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: Trygve Halvden Lie, dwell, Trygve Lie
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• 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 12 Across: "25. Nebraska senator Fischer"

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 young woman making her debut into society
• Words that mean the same thing: debutante
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Pop singer Brickell"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Dead head?"

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 15 Across: "29. Many a flat-screen"

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: LCDTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Altiplano locale"

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 mountain range in south america running 5000 miles along the pacific coast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. "You said it!," in slang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of language that native speakers can identify
• Words that mean the same thing: password, tidings, Scripture
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Dry Spanish wine"

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 dry red table wine from the rioja region of northern spain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Union members"

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 territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
• Words that mean the same thing: State Department, express, Department of State
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Pea, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: CRIBBAGEMARKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Knockout"

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 close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
• Words that mean the same thing: viewer, mantrap, spectator
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Merit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
• Words that mean the same thing: economic value, prize, treasure
• The opposite would be: disesteem, disrespect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Supermodel born Melissa Miller"

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: EMME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Coming-out phrase"

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: IMGAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Noise at night"

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 rattling noise produced when snoring
• Words that mean the same thing: stertor, snoring, saw wood
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Day ___"

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: health spa, health club, watering place
• The 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 27 Across: "53. Greek goddess of the 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 (greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of cronus and the titans in ancient mythology
• Words that mean the same thing: Ge, Gaea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Charade"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: behave, do, bit
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Twitter titter"

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: LOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Bee, e.g."

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 relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANHANDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Blob on a slide"

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 naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
• Words that mean the same thing: ameba
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOEBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Closing bid?"

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 farewell remark
• Words that mean the same thing: arrivederci, au revoir, cheerio
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Explained in great detail ... or what four of this puzzle's clues are?"

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: SPELLEDOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Eurasia divider"

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 mountain range in western russia extending from the arctic to the caspian sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between europe and asia
• Words that mean the same thing: Ural Mountains
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Roger ___, second-longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court"

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 united states jurist who served as chief justice of the united states supreme court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)
• Words that mean the same thing: Roger Brooke Taney, Roger Taney
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Instead"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Gives conditionally"

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 bestow a quality on
• Words that mean the same thing: bestow, bring, loan
• The opposite would be: borrow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. Minnesota W.N.B.A. team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LYNX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. Goes down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle September 24, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Vet-assisting legislation of 1944	6
2D	2. Heavenly	6
3D	3. Stank to high heaven	6
4D	4. Land of Opportunity?	4
5D	5. Track bet	5
6D	6. Supporting	3
7D	7. Largest employer in metro Detroit	4
8D	8. Like most parking garages	6
9D	9. Go after	5
10D	10. Perplexed	4
11D	11. "The ___ for 50 enemies is one friend": Aristotle	8
12D	12. Practitioner of the dark arts	8
13D	13. Line of athletic footwear	7
14D	16. Shake, as one's tail	5
15D	19. Uneasy feeling	7
16D	23. Liturgical reference book	6
17D	26. Cabo's peninsula	4
18D	30. Playground wheels	5
19D	32. Ride hard	3
20D	33. Arouse	5
21D	35. Novelist Patrick who wrote "Master and Commander"	6
22D	37. "Have I ever steered you wrong?!"	7
23D	38. Buddy	8
24D	39. Language in which "Hello, how are you?" is "Salut, ce mai faci?"	8
25D	40. Mendes of "2 Fast 2 Furious"	3
26D	41. Rudolph with a parody of Kamala Harris on "S.N.L."	4
27D	42. Electric guitar innovator	7
28D	46. Thick	5
29D	47. Ladies' night attendee	6
30D	49. Enthusiastic flamenco cry	6
31D	50. Hearty	6
32D	51. Gives a lift	6
33D	53. Magnetic induction unit	5
34D	55. Sepals of a flower, collectively	5
35D	58. Retained ... or detained	4
36D	59. Playground rhyme starter	4
37D	61. Some tributes	4
38D	64. "Dancing With the Stars" judge Goodman	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. Vet-assisting legislation of 1944"

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: GIBILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Heavenly"

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: EDENIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Stank to high heaven"

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 have an element suggestive (of something)
• Words that mean the same thing: smell, reek, fume
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Land of Opportunity?"

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 reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
• Words that mean the same thing: blemish, impair, March
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Track bet"

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 point located with respect to surface features of some region
• Words that mean the same thing: property, piazza, office
• The opposite would be: divest
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Supporting"

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: FOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Largest employer in metro Detroit"

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 united states film maker (1896-1973)
• Words that mean the same thing: President Ford, Henry Ford II, fording
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Like most parking garages"

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

  The answer is: TIERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Go after"

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 act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
• Words that mean the same thing: pursual, Salmon P. Chase, track
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Perplexed"

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 people who are destined to die soon
• Words that mean the same thing: at sea, preoccupied, missed
• The opposite would be: profit, find
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "The ___ for 50 enemies is one friend": Aristotle"

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 a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
• Words that mean the same thing: counterpoison
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTIDOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Practitioner of the dark arts"

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 one who practices magic or sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: thaumaturgist, necromancer, thaumaturge
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SORCERER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Line of athletic footwear"

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: PROKEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Shake, as one's tail"

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 escape, either physically or mentally
• Words that mean the same thing: circumvent, evade, sidestep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Uneasy feeling"

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: BADVIBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Liturgical reference book"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (roman catholic church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate mass throughout the year
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISSAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Cabo's peninsula"

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: BAJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. Playground wheels"

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 vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
• Words that mean the same thing: velocipede, tricycle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. Ride hard"

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 someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
• Words that mean the same thing: scolder, nagger, hack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Arouse"

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

  The answer is: WAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "35. Novelist Patrick who wrote "Master and Commander""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: OBRIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. "Have I ever steered you wrong?!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TRUSTME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Buddy"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: COMPADRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Language in which "Hello, how are you?" is "Salut, ce mai faci?""

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 a native or inhabitant of romania
• Words that mean the same thing: Roumanian, Rumanian
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROMANIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Mendes of "2 Fast 2 Furious""

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 26 Down: "41. Rudolph with a parody of Kamala Harris on "S.N.L.""

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 language, Mayan
• The 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 27 Down: "42. Electric guitar innovator"

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: LESPAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Thick"

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 the location of something surrounded by other things
• Words that mean the same thing: thick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIDST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Ladies' night attendee"

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: GALPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Enthusiastic flamenco cry"

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: OLEOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Hearty"

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 sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
• Words that mean the same thing: full-bodied, rich, racy
• The opposite would be: frail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Gives a lift"

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 fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
• Words that mean the same thing: elate, intoxicate, uplift
• The opposite would be: depress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Magnetic induction unit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter
• Words that mean the same thing: Karl Friedrich Gauss, Karl Gauss
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAUSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Sepals of a flower, collectively"

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 (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALYX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Retained ... or detained"

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 keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
• Words that mean the same thing: give, deem, obligate
• The opposite would be: disagree, let go of
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Playground rhyme starter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Some tributes"

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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Words that mean the same thing: ode
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. "Dancing With the Stars" judge Goodman"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: LEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	60	77.9%
Short Answer	9	11.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.2%
Literature	2	2.6%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

September 26, 2020 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Classic makeshift solution	8
2A	9. Side dish at a Korean restaurant	6
3A	15. Sent	8
4A	16. Some spuds	6
5A	17. Luxuriating in the great outdoors	8
6A	18. George who directed "Night of the Living Dead"	6
7A	19. ___ Evans, many-time collaborator with Miles Davis	3
8A	20. Alveolus, e.g.	3
9A	21. What's got you down?	7
10A	22. Just got (by)	4
11A	24. San Diego's ___ Institute	4
12A	26. "... ish"	4
13A	27. Make more secure, in a way	5
14A	29. Cleansing of the soul	9
15A	32. Pro Bowl team that wears blue jerseys	3
16A	34. Game played with beanbags	8
17A	35. Gas pump abbr.	3
18A	38. Megan who was Sports Illustrated's 2019 Sportsperson of the Year	7
19A	40. Impetus for a rescue mission	3
20A	41. Unbiased opinion, e.g.	8
21A	43. Asheville-to-Knoxville dir.	3
22A	45. Convenience store sign	9
23A	47. Caesar dressing ingredient, familiarly	5
24A	51. Spots for wet bars	4
25A	52. Man's name that rhymes with a number	4
26A	54. Rachel ___, seven-season TV role for Meghan Markle	4
27A	55. Collection of seeds?	7
28A	58. "You thought!"	3
29A	60. Prime meridian std.	3
30A	61. Finance reporter Ron	6
31A	62. Click the "X" when vexed, maybe	8
32A	64. Kind of roll	6
33A	65. Drain	8
34A	66. Sends	6
35A	67. Something you might earn by having a long crossword-solving streak, informally	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. Classic makeshift solution"

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: DUCTTAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Side dish at a Korean restaurant"

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

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: KIMCHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Sent"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: INHEAVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Some spuds"

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

  The answer is: IDAHOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Luxuriating in the great outdoors"

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: GLAMPING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. George who directed "Night of the Living Dead""

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: ROMERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. ___ Evans, many-time collaborator with Miles Davis"

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: GIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Alveolus, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enclosed space
• Words that mean the same thing: pocket, theca, pouch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. What's got you down?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: complaint, ill
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AILMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Just got (by)"

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: EKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. San Diego's ___ Institute"

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 united states virologist who developed the salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jonas Edward Salk, Jonas Salk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. "... ish""

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: ORSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Make more secure, in a 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 tie again or anew
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Cleansing of the soul"

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 purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
• Words that mean the same thing: purge, purification, purging
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PURGATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Pro Bowl team that wears blue jerseys"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: NFC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Game played with beanbags"

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: CORNHOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Gas pump abbr."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Megan who was Sports Illustrated's 2019 Sportsperson of the Year"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: RAPINOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Impetus for a rescue mission"

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 internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
• Words that mean the same thing: soh, sol, so
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Unbiased opinion, 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 conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXYMORON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Asheville-to-Knoxville dir."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WNW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Convenience store sign"

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: ATMINSIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Caesar dressing ingredient, familiarly"

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 industrial city in eastern france to the north of lyons
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIJON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Spots for wet bars"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: lair, den, hideout
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Man's name that rhymes with a number"

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: NATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Rachel ___, seven-season TV role for Meghan Markle"

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: ZANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Collection of seeds?"

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 a category falling within certain defined limits
• Words that mean the same thing: bracket out, wall bracket, square bracket
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRACKET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. "You thought!""

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: HAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Prime meridian std."

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: GST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Finance reporter Ron"

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: INSANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Click the "X" when vexed, maybe"

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: RAGEQUIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Kind of roll"

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 title of the holy roman emperors or the emperors of austria or of germany until 1918
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAISER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Drain"

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 weaken mentally or morally
• Words that mean the same thing: faze, unsettle, unnerve
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENERVATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Sends"

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 fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
• Words that mean the same thing: pick up, intoxicate, uplift
• The opposite would be: depress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Something you might earn by having a long crossword-solving streak, informally"

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: NERDCRED

  Great job if you got it right!

September 26, 2020 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Construction site sight	6
2D	2. Change of heart on Facebook	6
3D	3. Home in the mountains	6
4D	4. Pro ___	3
5D	5. Music of the night?	4
6D	6. Alternatives to Nikes	5
7D	7. Ink saver	6
8D	8. Subtitles option: Abbr.	3
9D	9. Soprano ___ Te Kanawa	4
10D	10. Fetishized one	4
11D	11. Ginormous	7
12D	12. The surface tension of milk makes them stick together	8
13D	13. Bit of jazz improv	8
14D	14. Atoms that have the same number of neutrons	8
15D	21. Home of Minor League Baseball's RubberDucks	5
16D	23. Hubbub	3
17D	25. Grammy-winning folk singer Williams	7
18D	28. Zac of "17 Again"	5
19D	30. Bloom or balloon	4
20D	31. Bring to ___	5
21D	33. Dealers have lots of them	4
22D	35. Transport not meant for trails	8
23D	36. Like contractors vis-à-vis employees	8
24D	37. Settings for pep rallies	8
25D	39. Gist	5
26D	42. Wrong for the role	7
27D	44. Virtuoso, informally	3
28D	46. Flammable compound with two carbons	6
29D	48. Auto whose engine is apt to purr?	6
30D	49. Opposite of remote	6
31D	50. Cleared	6
32D	53. Hot to trot	5
33D	56. It's a real bender	4
34D	57. Wearable Disneyland memento	4
35D	59. Collective	4
36D	62. Knights of ___ ("Star Wars" order)	3
37D	63. HSN alternative	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. Construction site sight"

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 laborer who digs
• Words that mean the same thing: shovel, power shovel, excavator
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIGGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Change of heart on Facebook"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that marked by dissimilarity
• Words that mean the same thing: dissimilar, different
• The opposite would be: like
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNLIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Home in the mountains"

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 swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHALET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Pro ___"

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: TEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Music of the night?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (military) signal to turn the lights out
• Words that mean the same thing: pink, hydrant, solicit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Alternatives to Nikes"

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: AVIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Ink saver"

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: PENCAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Subtitles option: Abbr."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Soprano ___ Te Kanawa"

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: KIRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Fetishized 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 material effigy that is worshipped
• Words that mean the same thing: paragon, graven image, perfection
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Ginormous"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
• Words that mean the same thing: gigantic
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAMMOTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. The surface tension of milk makes them stick together"

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 a farewell remark
• Words that mean the same thing: auf wiedersehen, good-bye, goodbye
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEERIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Bit of jazz improv"

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: HORNSOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Atoms that have the same number of neutrons"

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: ISOTONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Home of Minor League Baseball's RubberDucks"

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 city in northeastern ohio; the heart of the united states rubber industry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AKRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Hubbub"

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 loud harsh or strident noise
• Words that mean the same thing: boom, commotion, blaring
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Grammy-winning folk singer Williams"

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: LUCINDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Zac of "17 Again""

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: EFRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Bloom or balloon"

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 pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
• Words that mean the same thing: produce, get, maturate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Bring to ___"

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: ANEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Dealers have lots of them"

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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Words that mean the same thing: railroad car, machine, motorcar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Transport not meant for trails"

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: ROADBIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Like contractors vis-à-vis employees"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that outward features
• Words that mean the same thing: international, extraneous, outside
• The opposite would be: internal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXTERNAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Settings for pep rallies"

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 school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
• Words that mean the same thing: lyceum, lycee, gym
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GYMNASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Gist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a geometric element that has position but no extension
• Words that mean the same thing: repoint, spot, level
• The opposite would be: unpointedness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Wrong for the role"

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 cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISCAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Virtuoso, informally"

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 someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• Words that mean the same thing: ace, maven, wizard
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Flammable compound with two carbons"

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 colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
• Words that mean the same thing: C2H6
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Auto whose engine is apt to purr?"

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 a large spotted feline of tropical america similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus felis
• Words that mean the same thing: Panthera onca, Felis onca, panther
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAGUAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Opposite of remote"

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: ONSITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Cleared"

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 as a net profit
• Words that mean the same thing: webby, nett, netlike
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NETTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Hot to trot"

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 high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
• Words that mean the same thing: tidal bore, bore, eagre
• The opposite would be: uneager
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. It's a real bender"

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 hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
• Words that mean the same thing: stifle, knee joint, genu
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Wearable Disneyland memento"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: ear, auricle, spike
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Collective"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• Words that mean the same thing: 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: HERD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "62. Knights of ___ ("Star Wars" order)"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: REN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. HSN alternative"

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: QVC

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	68.1%
Short Answer	10	13.9%
Sports	4	5.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.2%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 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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Last Updated: September 22, 2025 at 09:26 AM