October 04, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (28 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, October 04, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (28 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

October 04, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Aspirations for a group of friends	10
2A	11. Put in a hold	4
3A	15. Pet that makes frequent use of a door flap	10
4A	16. Jumble	4
5A	17. Part of a romantic evening	10
6A	18. Toll unit	4
7A	19. Do to ___	4
8A	20. Wild troublemaker	7
9A	22. Activity for outgoing people?	10
10A	27. Paradigms	6
11A	28. One sense	5
12A	31. O.K.	10
13A	34. Part of a dim sum meal	3
14A	35. Professorial	7
15A	36. Clothing	7
16A	38. Something fabulous	3
17A	39. They don't come into play	10
18A	41. It may hang from a chain	5
19A	43. Compares (to)	6
20A	44. Polish and polish, e.g.	10
21A	47. Polish dish	7
22A	49. Ruthless sort	4
23A	53. Forest Service's agcy.	4
24A	54. Natural moisturizer in some cosmetics	10
25A	59. Outright	4
26A	60. Make drinkable, in a way	10
27A	61. Actress Marsay of "Game of Thrones"	4
28A	62. Sirius, for one	10

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Aspirations for a group of friends"

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: SQUADGOALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. Put in a hold"

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

  The answer is: STOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Pet that makes frequent use of a door flap"

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: OUTSIDECAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Jumble"

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 chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
• Words that mean the same thing: hashish, haschisch, hasheesh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Part of a romantic evening"

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: DINNERDATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Toll unit"

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

  The answer is: AXLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Do to ___"

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: ATEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Wild troublemaker"

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 rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
• Words that mean the same thing: heller, devil
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELLION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Activity for outgoing people?"

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: ESCAPEROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "27. Paradigms"

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 idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
• Words that mean the same thing: nonpareil, saint, nonsuch
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "28. One sense"

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 sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
• Words that mean the same thing: olfactory property, smack, aroma
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "31. O.K."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GREENLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "34. Part of a dim sum meal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: afternoon tea, Camellia sinensis, teatime
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "35. Professorial"

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 having or showing profound knowledge
• Words that mean the same thing: learned
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERUDITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "36. Clothing"

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 especially fine or decorative clothing
• Words that mean the same thing: garb, habilitate, garment
• The opposite would be: undress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAIMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "38. Something fabulous"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: rest, prevarication, lie down
• 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 17 Across: "39. They don't come into play"

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: NONFACTORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "41. It may hang from a chain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IDTAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Compares (to)"

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 consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
• Words that mean the same thing: compare, equate, liken
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIKENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Polish and polish, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
• Words that mean the same thing: heteronym
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HETERONYMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "47. Polish dish"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium 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: PIEROGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "49. Ruthless sort"

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

  The answer is: OGRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "53. Forest Service's agcy."

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 federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
• Words that mean the same thing: Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Agriculture Department
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "54. Natural moisturizer in some cosmetics"

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: AVOCADOOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "59. Outright"

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 level tract of land
• Words that mean the same thing: savorless, monotonous, savourless
• The opposite would be: contrasty, natural
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "60. Make drinkable, in a way"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remove salt from
• Words that mean the same thing: desalinize, desalt, desalinise
• The opposite would be: salinate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESALINATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "61. Actress Marsay of "Game of Thrones""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FAYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "62. Sirius, for one"

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: STARSYSTEM

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - October 04, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Gin fizz ingredient	4
2D	2. Bail	4
3D	3. Alternative media magazine, informally	4
4D	4. Medical directive	8
5D	5. Fizzle	3
6D	6. Warsaw Pact member west of Poland, for short	3
7D	7. Where "♥" has appeared since 2011, in brief	3
8D	8. Legislative landmark of '10	3
9D	9. Shop spinner	5
10D	10. Drive ... or part of a drive	5
11D	11. Peace in the Mideast	6
12D	12. They run while you ride	10
13D	13. City where "Peer Gynt" premiered	4
14D	14. "That's enough"	4
15D	21. Something that might be turned in to security	8
16D	23. Handling	8
17D	24. Division of a poem	5
18D	25. Director Irwin famous for disaster films	5
19D	26. Inflation fig.	3
20D	27. Expression of regret	10
21D	29. Part of the eye	4
22D	30. Exempli gratia, e.g.: Abbr.	3
23D	31. Electrical ___	4
24D	32. Mill fill	5
25D	33. Unoriginal, as a comedian	5
26D	35. "My God!," in Hebrew	3
27D	37. Rainmakers?	8
28D	40. Spokeswoman in some insurance commercials	3
29D	42. Make bubbly	6
30D	45. "Crikey!"	5
31D	46. Transfix	5
32D	47. What an out-of-shape person might do while exercising	4
33D	48. Spanish key	4
34D	50. Charge	4
35D	51. Church observance	4
36D	52. He, but not she: Abbr.	4
37D	55. ___ Mayor (Spanish constellation)	3
38D	56. Token in The Game of Life	3
39D	57. Hangout for the Fonz	3
40D	58. Kind of home project, for short	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. Gin fizz ingredient"

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 sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
• Words that mean the same thing: soda pop, pop, washing soda
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Bail"

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 put an end to a state or an activity
• Words that mean the same thing: throw in, leave office, take leave
• The opposite would be: take office, enter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: QUIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Alternative media magazine, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UTNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Medical directive"

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: ASNEEDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fizzle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
• Words that mean the same thing: kick the bucket, die out, exit
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Warsaw Pact member west of Poland, 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: GDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Where "♥" has appeared since 2011, 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 an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
• Words that mean the same thing: O.E.D., Oxford English Dictionary
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Legislative landmark of '10"

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: ACA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Shop spinner"

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 machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Drive ... or part of a drive"

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 an indication of potential opportunity
• Words that mean the same thing: manoeuver, head, tip
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Peace in the Mideast"

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: SHALOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. They run while you ride"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride)
• Words that mean the same thing: taximeter
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAXIMETERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. City where "Peer Gynt" premiered"

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 the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Norway, Christiania
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. "That's enough""

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: WHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Something that might be turned in to security"

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: LOSTITEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Handling"

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: SEEINGTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Division of a poem"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Director Irwin famous for disaster films"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, george burns (1906-1964)
• Words that mean the same thing: Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Ethan Allen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Inflation fig."

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 unit of pressure
• Words that mean the same thing: pounds per square inch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Expression of regret"

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: IRUETHEDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Part of the eye"

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 transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Lens, crystalline lens, electron lens
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Exempli gratia, e.g.: 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 broad flat muscle on either side of the back
• Words that mean the same thing: latissimus dorsi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Electrical ___"

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 pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
• Words that mean the same thing: power system, power grid, storage-battery grid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Mill fill"

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 relatively small granular particle of a substance
• Words that mean the same thing: food grain, cereal, texture
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Unoriginal, as a comedian"

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: HACKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "35. "My God!," in Hebrew"

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Rainmakers?"

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 seasonal wind in southern asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
• Words that mean the same thing: monsoon
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MONSOONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Spokeswoman in some insurance commercials"

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: FLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Make bubbly"

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 expose to fresh air
• Words that mean the same thing: air out, activate, oxygenate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AERATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. "Crikey!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EGADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Transfix"

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 ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
• Words that mean the same thing: centre, concentrate, focus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIVET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. What an out-of-shape person might do while exercising"

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 short light gust of air
• Words that mean the same thing: comforter, pant, gasp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Spanish key"

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: ISLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Charge"

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 any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
• Words that mean the same thing: butt, stooge, Capricorn the Goat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Church observance"

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 established ceremony prescribed by a religion
• Words that mean the same thing: ritual, religious rite
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. He, but not she: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. ___ Mayor (Spanish constellation)"

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: OSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Token in The Game of Life"

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

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

  The answer is: CAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. Hangout for the Fonz"

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 thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
• Words that mean the same thing: Alabama, Heart of Dixie, atomic number 13
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "58. Kind of home project, for short"

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: DIY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	69.1%
Short Answer	9	13.2%
Food & Drink	3	4.4%
Abbreviation	3	4.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
History	1	1.5%
Geography	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	28
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, February 28, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - February 28, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. See the seasons pass quickly?	10
2A	11. Celle-là, across the Pyrenees	3
3A	14. Something that requires thinking inside the box?	10
4A	15. What mustache-twirling might suggest	4
5A	16. Dangerous places	10
6A	17. Dress style	4
7A	18. They're often high, but never dry	4
8A	19. Zippo	4
9A	20. Something Winnie-the-Pooh lacks	5
10A	21. Equal ___	3
11A	22. Fire a second time	7
12A	24. "I'm blushing!"	6
13A	28. Sows and cows	7
14A	29. Edited, as a film	5
15A	30. ___ boom	5
16A	31. Common middle name	3
17A	33. Momentous	15
18A	36. Labor of love?	3
19A	37. Stones that diffract light	5
20A	38. ___ nova	5
21A	39. Those who practice energy medicine	7
22A	41. Like many Egyptian pyramids	6
23A	42. Upper part of a cruise ship	7
24A	43. Help wanted sign	3
25A	44. Pays (up)	5
26A	45. About .4% of the weight of the human body	4
27A	47. Z4 and i3	4
28A	51. Lone Star State sch.	4
29A	52. Give out cash freely	10
30A	54. Store one inside another	4
31A	55. "You can't make me!"	10
32A	56. Exhibits at an exhibition	3
33A	57. Bottling up	10

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. See the seasons pass quickly?"

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: BINGEWATCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. Celle-là, across the Pyrenees"

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: ESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Something that requires thinking inside the box?"

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: ESCAPEROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. What mustache-twirling might suggest"

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 morally objectionable behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: immorality, vicious, malign
• The opposite would be: goodness, good
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Dangerous places"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed
• Words that mean the same thing: deathtrap
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEATHTRAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Dress style"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long skirt ending below the calf
• The opposite would be: mini
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAXI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. They're often high, but never dry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Zippo"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: zip, zippo, naught
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Something Winnie-the-Pooh lacks"

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 underpants worn by women
• Words that mean the same thing: gasp, knickers, pant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Equal ___"

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 something that remunerates
• Words that mean the same thing: salary, make up, bear
• The opposite would be: default
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Fire a second time"

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: RELIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "I'm blushing!""

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: OHSTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Sows and cows"

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 an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
• Words that mean the same thing: female person, female
• The opposite would be: male
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEMALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Edited, as a film"

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

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: RECUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. ___ boom"

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 (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level
• Words that mean the same thing: transonic
• The opposite would be: subsonic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Common middle name"

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Spike Lee, Robert E. Lee, leeward
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Momentous"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EARTHSHATTERING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Labor of love?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Stones that diffract light"

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 translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
• Words that mean the same thing: opal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. ___ nova"

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: BOSSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Those who practice energy medicine"

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 person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• Words that mean the same thing: healer, therapist
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEALERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Like many Egyptian pyramids"

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 take illegally; of intellectual property
• Words that mean the same thing: plundered, reave, pillaged
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Upper part of a cruise ship"

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: SUNDECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Help wanted sign"

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 internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
• Words that mean the same thing: so, sol, soh
• The 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 25 Across: "44. Pays (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 (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
• 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: ANTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. About .4% of the weight of the human body"

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: NACL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. Z4 and i3"

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 28 Across: "51. Lone Star State sch."

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: UTEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Give out cash freely"

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: MAKEITRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Store one inside another"

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 structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• Words that mean the same thing: nuzzle, nestle, draw close
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. "You can't make me!""

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: IDONTWANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Exhibits at an exhibition"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Bottling up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that include or contain; have as a component
• Words that mean the same thing: incorporate, contain, arrest
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONTAINING

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle February 28, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Twins, e.g.	4
2D	2. "Gotcha"	4
3D	3. Org. that holds many conferences	4
4D	4. Prohibition-era guns	4
5D	5. N.T. book after Galatians	3
6D	6. Amenity in many a picnic box	6
7D	7. Assemblage	5
8D	8. Its scientific name is Bufo bufo	4
9D	9. Separated couple with kids, say	9
10D	10. Royal Navy letters	3
11D	11. Proselytizer	10
12D	12. Intuition	10
13D	13. Group of stars	5
14D	15. Field added to the I.R.S.'s Form 1040 in 2019	5
15D	20. Controls, of a sort	8
16D	21. Driving hazards	8
17D	23. Discharge	4
18D	24. It may get a good licking	4
19D	25. Recruiter	10
20D	26. Audition	10
21D	27. When repeated, a reproof	3
22D	28. Some farm births	5
23D	30. 2013 disaster film with a cult following	9
24D	32. "Holy moly!"	4
25D	34. On ___ (without a firm commitment)	4
26D	35. Kanga's kid	3
27D	40. Crackerjack	5
28D	41. 1955 novel with the line "It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight"	6
29D	42. Part of a bathhouse	5
30D	43. Pine, for one	5
31D	46. One-named singer with the 2006 hit "Smack That"	4
32D	47. Bread enricher	4
33D	48. Spa job, informally	4
34D	49. "Because of ___-Dixie" (2000 award-winning children's book)	4
35D	50. Slight problem	4
36D	52. Karaoke need	3
37D	53. Lead-in to light	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. Twins, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: roll in the hay, go to bed, sleep together
• The opposite would be: get up, turn out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Gotcha""

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Org. that holds many conferences"

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: NCAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Prohibition-era guns"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a gangster's pistol
• Words that mean the same thing: rod, gat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. N.T. book after Galatians"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Amenity in many a picnic box"

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: WETNAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Assemblage"

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 an orderly arrangement
• Words that mean the same thing: regalia, raiment, range
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Its scientific name is Bufo bufo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
• Words that mean the same thing: toad frog, batrachian, salientian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Separated couple with kids, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COPARENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Royal Navy letters"

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 metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
• Words that mean the same thing: hectometer, hectometre, hm
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Proselytizer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a preacher of the christian gospel
• Words that mean the same thing: revivalist, gospeler, gospeller
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVANGELIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Intuition"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIXTHSENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Group of stars"

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: ALIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Field added to the I.R.S.'s Form 1040 in 2019"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Controls, of a sort"

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 innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
• Words that mean the same thing: placebo
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLACEBOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Driving hazards"

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 pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
• Words that mean the same thing: pothole, chuckhole
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POTHOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Discharge"

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

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. It may get a good licking"

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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Recruiter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
• Words that mean the same thing: head-shrinker
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEADHUNTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "26. Audition"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SCREENTEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "27. When repeated, a reproof"

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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: tut-tut, tsk
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "28. Some farm births"

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

  The answer is: FOALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. 2013 disaster film with a cult following"

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

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: SHARKNADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. "Holy moly!""

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: EGAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. On ___ (without a firm commitment)"

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 detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
• Words that mean the same thing: specification
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "35. Kanga's kid"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Crackerjack"

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

  The answer is: ADEPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. 1955 novel with the line "It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight""

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

  The answer is: LOLITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Part of a bathhouse"

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 finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
• Words that mean the same thing: sweat room
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAUNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Pine, for one"

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 distinctive odor that is pleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: olfactory property, smell, wind
• The opposite would be: deodourise, deodorize
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. One-named singer with the 2006 hit "Smack That""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AKON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Bread enricher"

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 broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Spa job, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. "Because of ___-Dixie" (2000 award-winning children's book)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: WINN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Slight problem"

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 sharp protuberance
• Words that mean the same thing: hang-up, hitch, tear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. Karaoke need"

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: MIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. Lead-in to light"

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: TWI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	71.4%
Short Answer	11	15.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Movies/Film	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Literature	2	2.9%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Friday, 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 26, 2025 at 07:38 PM