January 24, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Friday, January 24, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

January 24, 2020 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Finger-pointing activity, colloquially	9
2A	10. Throw away	5
3A	15. Hit 2018 film involving a gay teenage romance	9
4A	16. World capital NE of Vientiane	5
5A	17. Melodramatic shout of resignation	9
6A	18. Boot	5
7A	19. Worker in "The 12 Days of Christmas"	4
8A	20. Diverts	10
9A	22. Host of the 2007 and 2014 Academy Awards, familiarly	5
10A	24. "You betcha!"	3
11A	25. Ingredient in an old-fashioned	3
12A	26. Marriage agreement?	7
13A	29. "There, there"	7
14A	32. Royal name of Norway	4
15A	34. Stirred up	6
16A	35. Where to see a display of balance?	3
17A	38. Content	7
18A	40. Volleyball quartet?	3
19A	41. Part of a chest	6
20A	43. "Toodles!"	4
21A	44. Marked by apery	7
22A	46. State capital with fewer than 20,000 residents	7
23A	51. Interview conducted online, for short	3
24A	52. Term of address for a drag queen	3
25A	54. Puts in a hold	5
26A	55. Bad bedmate	10
27A	59. Beverages from 56-Down	4
28A	60. Actor Hammer of "The Social Network"	5
29A	61. Get a Lyft, say	9
30A	63. Going after, in a way	5
31A	64. Things that get hot-wired?	9
32A	65. Unexpected difficulties	5
33A	66. Armed conflict, euphemistically	9

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Finger-pointing activity, colloquially"

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: BLAMEGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Throw away"

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 informal terms for a meal
• Words that mean the same thing: pat, be sick, vomit up
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Hit 2018 film involving a gay teenage romance"

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: LOVESIMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. World capital NE of Vientiane"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Vietnam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HANOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Melodramatic shout of resignation"

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: ICANTGOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Boot"

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 expel or eject without recourse to legal process
• Words that mean the same thing: force out
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVICT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Worker in "The 12 Days of Christmas""

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

  The answer is: MAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Diverts"

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 short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
• Words that mean the same thing: turnout, sidetrack, depart
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIDETRACKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Host of the 2007 and 2014 Academy Awards, familiarly"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ELLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. "You betcha!""

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: YAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Ingredient in an old-fashioned"

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 seed of the cereal grass
• Words that mean the same thing: Secale cereale, rye whiskey, rye whisky
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Marriage agreement?"

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: YESDEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. "There, there""

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: DONTCRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Royal name of Norway"

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: OLAV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Stirred up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be agitated
• Words that mean the same thing: pissed, steamed, churning
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROILED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Where to see a display of balance?"

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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: cash dispenser, atmosphere, asynchronous transfer mode
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Content"

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 give pleasure to or be pleasing to
• Words that mean the same thing: please, proud of, delight
• The opposite would be: displease, displeased
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLEASED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "40. Volleyball quartet?"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: altitude, elevated railroad, elevated railway
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Part of a chest"

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 boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
• Words that mean the same thing: draftsman
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. "Toodles!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: aloha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Marked by apery"

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 characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIMETIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. State capital with fewer than 20,000 residents"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of the state of maine
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Maine
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUGUSTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "51. Interview conducted online, 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: AMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. Term of address for a drag queen"

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 female person who has the same parents as another person
• Words that mean the same thing: International System of Units, atomic number 14, International System
• The opposite would be: brother
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "54. Puts in a hold"

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 fill by packing tightly
• Words that mean the same thing: stow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Bad bedmate"

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: BLANKETHOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "59. Beverages from 56-Down"

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

  The answer is: ALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Actor Hammer of "The Social Network""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Get a Lyft, 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: RIDESHARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Going after, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
• Words that mean the same thing: process, action, litigate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Things that get hot-wired?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OVENRACKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Unexpected difficulties"

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

  The answer is: SNAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Armed conflict, euphemistically"

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 state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
• Words that mean the same thing: foulness, filth, spite
• The opposite would be: niceness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASTINESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword January 24, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "My word!," in Britain	6
2D	2. That's the spot!	6
3D	3. Makes use (of)	6
4D	4. Gave a darn?	6
5D	5. Population abbr.	3
6D	6. Short-term engagements	4
7D	7. Mine, to a mademoiselle	4
8D	8. Like a stereotypical teenager	5
9D	9. Supreme Court justices, e.g.	6
10D	10. Singer featured in the 2018 film sequel to 37-Down	4
11D	11. Gouda alternative	7
12D	12. Travel along a tightrope, maybe	8
13D	13. Young rooster	8
14D	14. Purchases for do-it-yourselfers	4
15D	21. "Civil Disobedience" essayist, 1849	7
16D	23. Virtual animal on a once-popular website	6
17D	27. Courtroom command	7
18D	28. John who explored northern Canada	3
19D	30. Restriction that some service animals are exempt from	6
20D	31. Divisions in the N.F.L.: Abbr.	3
21D	33. Sucker, for short	3
22D	35. Navy V.I.P.	3
23D	36. This is a test	8
24D	37. Musical set on a Greek island	8
25D	39. One-named singer whose name sounds like a goodbye	3
26D	42. Gradually withdrawing (from)	7
27D	45. Lemonlike fruit	6
28D	47. Brigham Young, notably	6
29D	48. Offer comfort to	6
30D	49. Does some backup dancing?	6
31D	50. Size up	6
32D	53. Deity in a Hindu trinity	5
33D	55. Sound from a subwoofer	4
34D	56. Holders of 59-Across	4
35D	57. Things showing dedication?	4
36D	58. Chap	4
37D	62. Title in Colombo	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. "My word!," in Britain"

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: BLIMEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. That's the spot!"

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 scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
• Words that mean the same thing: venue, locus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Makes use (of)"

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 means of serving
• Words that mean the same thing: help, avail, service
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Gave a darn?"

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 restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
• Words that mean the same thing: heal, bushel, repair
• The opposite would be: break
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Population abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Short-term engagements"

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 long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
• Words that mean the same thing: fizgig, lance, spear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Mine, to a mademoiselle"

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: AMOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Like a stereotypical teenager"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dwight Lyman Moody, temperamental, sullen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOODY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Supreme Court justices, e.g."

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 the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Words that mean the same thing: 9, IX, niner
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENNEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Singer featured in the 2018 film sequel to 37-Down"

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: CHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Gouda alternative"

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: HAVARTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Travel along a tightrope, maybe"

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 vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals
• Words that mean the same thing: monocycle
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNICYCLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Young rooster"

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 young domestic cock; not older than one 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: COCKEREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Purchases for do-it-yourselfers"

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

  The answer is: KITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. "Civil Disobedience" essayist, 1849"

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 united states writer and social critic (1817-1862)
• Words that mean the same thing: Henry David Thoreau
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THOREAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Virtual animal on a once-popular website"

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: NEOPET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Courtroom command"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALLRISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. John who explored northern Canada"

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: RAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Restriction that some service animals are exempt from"

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: NODOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Divisions in the N.F.L.: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Sucker, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal term for vacation
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Navy V.I.P."

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: ADM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. This is a test"

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: TRIALRUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Musical set on a Greek island"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MAMMAMIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. One-named singer whose name sounds like a goodbye"

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: SIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Gradually withdrawing (from)"

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 the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
• Words that mean the same thing: ablactation, wean, ablactate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEANING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Lemonlike fruit"

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 large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved
• Words that mean the same thing: Citrus medica, citron tree
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CITRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Brigham Young, notably"

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

  The answer is: UTAHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Offer comfort 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 the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
• Words that mean the same thing: solacement, comfort, consolation
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Does some backup dancing?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TWERKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Size up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
• Words that mean the same thing: valuate, value, measure
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Deity in a Hindu trinity"

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 (judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
• Words that mean the same thing: Siva, shibah, shivah
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Sound from a subwoofer"

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 lowest part of the musical range
• Words that mean the same thing: bass part, deep, basso
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Holders of 59-Across"

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 quantity contained in a keg
• Words that mean the same thing: keg, kegful
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Things showing dedication?"

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 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 36 Down: "58. Chap"

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 informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
• Words that mean the same thing: chap, bloke, Gand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Title in Colombo"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	70.0%
Short Answer	8	11.4%
Abbreviation	4	5.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Geography	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

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	10 letters

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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
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• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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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: Saturday, August 08, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle August 08, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Seat of Hillsborough County, with a population of 400,000+	5
2A	6. Smart	4
3A	10. Spread, with "out"	3
4A	13. Setting for much of "Life of Pi"	5
5A	14. When NATO was formed	9
6A	16. Actress Price who co-starred on CBS's "Rules of Engagement"	5
7A	17. Ring highlights?	9
8A	18. Bit of German street food, informally	4
9A	19. Form moisture, in a way	4
10A	20. "Oh, no you ___!"	5
11A	21. Demographic myth often used with respect to Asian-Americans	13
12A	24. Sitcom regular at Monk's Cafe	6
13A	26. Seasonal milkshake flavor, informally	3
14A	27. It's just above a 4	10
15A	30. Argue (with)	4
16A	34. Key	4
17A	35. What newcomers learn, with "the"	5
18A	36. Feature in many depictions of Buddha	4
19A	37. [Is this thing on?]	4
20A	38. Hard-to-believe filings at the N.S.A.	10
21A	40. What was originally used as a yellow dye before its best-known property was discovered	3
22A	41. Kid's fixation	6
23A	42. Joint that sells joints	13
24A	48. Square	5
25A	49. Singer/songwriter Sands	4
26A	50. Ω	4
27A	53. Entered angrily, say	9
28A	55. Hit the town	5
29A	56. It starts right out of the gate	9
30A	57. Common recyclable	5
31A	58. Money for a bullet train ticket, maybe	3
32A	59. Muscle that can be exercised by dumbbells, for short	4
33A	60. Super Six, of old autodom	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Seat of Hillsborough County, with a population of 400,000+"

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 resort city in western florida; located on tampa bay on the gulf of mexico
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Smart"

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 elegance by virtue of being fashionable
• Words that mean the same thing: modishness, chichi, smartness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Spread, with "out""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
• Words that mean the same thing: rooter, buff, devotee
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Setting for much of "Life of Pi""

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 large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: 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: OCEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. When NATO was formed"

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: TRUMANERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Actress Price who co-starred on CBS's "Rules of Engagement""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MEGYN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Ring highlights?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
• Words that mean the same thing: stone, gem, gemstone
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEMSTONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Bit of German street food, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a very troublesome child
• Words that mean the same thing: terror, holy terror, bratwurst
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Form moisture, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small ball with a hole through the middle
• Words that mean the same thing: beading, beadwork, drop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. "Oh, no you ___!""

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: DIDNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Demographic myth often used with respect to Asian-Americans"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: MODELMINORITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Sitcom regular at Monk's Cafe"

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: ELAINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Seasonal milkshake flavor, informally"

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 wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: peg
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. It's just above a 4"

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: DOLLARSIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Argue (with)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
• Words that mean the same thing: sparring
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Key"

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 small island
• Words that mean the same thing: islet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. What newcomers learn, with "the""

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 strong line
• Words that mean the same thing: R-2, rope, forget me drug
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Feature in many depictions of Buddha"

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 an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
• Words that mean the same thing: annulus, doughnut, gloriole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. [Is this thing on?]"

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

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Hard-to-believe filings at the N.S.A."

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: UFOREPORTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. What was originally used as a yellow dye before its best-known property was discovered"

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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Kid's fixation"

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: NEWTOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Joint that sells joints"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: POTDISPENSARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Square"

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: UNHIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Singer/songwriter Sands"

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: EVIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Ω"

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 unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
• Words that mean the same thing: Georg Simon Ohm, Ohm, ohm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Entered angrily, 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: STOMPEDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Hit the town"

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: GOOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. It starts right out of the gate"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Common recyclable"

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 container that has been emptied
• Words that mean the same thing: discharge, void, evacuate
• The opposite would be: fill, full
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMPTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Money for a bullet train ticket, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a yearning for something or to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: yearn, hankering, languish
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Muscle that can be exercised by dumbbells, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Super Six, of old autodom"

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 county in southeastern england on the north sea and the thames estuary
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle August 08, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. The Taj Mahal, e.g.	4
2D	2. HP competitor	4
3D	3. They have many outlets	9
4D	4. Place to go that requires cash at the door?	9
5D	5. ___ Petry, first female African-American writer with a million-selling novel ("The Street")	3
6D	6. Destroy	5
7D	7. Lollapalooza	9
8D	8. Content of some chats, in brief	3
9D	9. Conjoined title character of 1990s-2000s Nickelodeon cartoons	6
10D	10. Big name in luxury handbags	5
11D	11. Word that sounds like "orange" in a classic knock-knock joke	5
12D	12. Eliciting a "Blech!"	5
13D	14. Shampoo brand	4
14D	15. Film ___	4
15D	19. Some trips to resupply festivities	8
16D	22. It has four bases	3
17D	23. Word of dismissal	8
18D	24. Toolbar heading	4
19D	25. Ditch	4
20D	28. Downplay the significance of	9
21D	29. 2019 event for Uber, briefly	3
22D	30. Places for demos	9
23D	31. Makes the rounds on a weekend night, say	9
24D	32. Cher, for example	4
25D	33. Optimistic	4
26D	39. Kind of coat	3
27D	40. Let know, with "off"	6
28D	42. Too forward	5
29D	43. Like ballet dancers, at times	5
30D	44. Metaphorical source of irritation	5
31D	45. Turns down	4
32D	46. Throw out	5
33D	47. CB channel for emergency use	4
34D	51. Zoom call option	4
35D	52. Daughter of Tethys in Greek mythology	4
36D	54. Infinitive verb suffix in Italian	3
37D	55. "Huh!"	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. The Taj Mahal, 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 place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
• Words that mean the same thing: grave
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. HP competitor"

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 type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Acer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. They have many outlets"

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

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

  The answer is: MEGAMALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Place to go that requires cash at the door?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAYTOILET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ Petry, first female African-American writer with a million-selling novel ("The Street")"

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: ANN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Destroy"

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 best people or things in a group
• Words that mean the same thing: clobber, skim off, cream off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Lollapalooza"

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

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• This could be something that someone of remarkable excellence
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: HUMDINGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Content of some chats, in brief"

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: IMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Conjoined title character of 1990s-2000s Nickelodeon cartoons"

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: CATDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Big name in luxury handbags"

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: FENDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Word that sounds like "orange" in a classic knock-knock joke"

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: ARENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Eliciting a "Blech!""

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 offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - ezra pound
• Words that mean the same thing: awful, tight, foul
• The opposite would be: nice
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Shampoo brand"

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: TGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Film ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NOIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Some trips to resupply festivities"

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: BEERRUNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. It has four bases"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Word of dismissal"

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 message that seems to convey no meaning
• Words that mean the same thing: gimcrackery, hokum, trumpery
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NONSENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Toolbar heading"

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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Words that mean the same thing: delete, edit out, blue-pencil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Ditch"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: fall behind, miss, recede
• The opposite would be: gain, profit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Downplay the significance of"

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: SOFTPEDAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. 2019 event for Uber, briefly"

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 corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
• Words that mean the same thing: initial public offering, initial offering
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Places for demos"

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 an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed
• Words that mean the same thing: showroom, saleroom, salesroom
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOWROOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Makes the rounds on a weekend night, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PARTYHOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Cher, for example"

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 singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
• Words that mean the same thing: contralto, countertenor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Optimistic"

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 reflecting optimism
• Words that mean the same thing: rosy-cheeked, fortunate, flushed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Kind of coat"

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 seed of a pea plant used for food
• Words that mean the same thing: pea plant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Let know, with "off""

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 cause to tilt
• Words that mean the same thing: tilted, topple, lean
• The opposite would be: untipped
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIPPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Too forward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
• Words that mean the same thing: pushful
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUSHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Like ballet dancers, at times"

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: ONTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Metaphorical source of irritation"

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 something that causes irritation and annoyance
• Words that mean the same thing: spine, prickle, pricker
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Turns 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 switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
• Words that mean the same thing: blur, blind, dim
• The opposite would be: focus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Throw out"

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 expel or eject without recourse to legal process
• Words that mean the same thing: force out
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVICT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. CB channel for emergency use"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Words that mean the same thing: 9, ball club, club
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Zoom call option"

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 deaf person who is unable to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: damp, muffle, unspoken
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Daughter of Tethys in Greek mythology"

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 (greek mythology) a river in hades across which charon carried dead souls
• Words that mean the same thing: River Styx
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Infinitive verb suffix in Italian"

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: ERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. "Huh!""

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 force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
• Words that mean the same thing: g-force, g
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	74.3%
Short Answer	9	12.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 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 23, 2025 at 09:41 AM