September 26, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

NYT Thursday Crossword Across Clues - September 26, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Cos. with many connections	4
2A	5. Bother persistently	6
3A	11. Penn on screen	3
4A	14. Dermatological problem	4
5A	15. Ornamental shrub	6
6A	16. Lupino with a 47-year film career	3
7A	17. Employs	14
8A	19. Catch in the act	3
9A	20. Not in feet, say	6
10A	21. 1985 Phil Collins hit with an improvised title	8
11A	23. However, briefly	3
12A	25. "Yellow Submarine" vocalist	10
13A	26. Not hidden	8
14A	31. Discouraging words	4
15A	32. Extremely awkward	12
16A	34. Unlock, in poetry	3
17A	37. Carrier with a blue-striped fleet	4
18A	38. Singers Evans and Bareilles	5
19A	40. Risk territory that borders Siberia	4
20A	41. ___ Moines	3
21A	42. Exerts one's clout	12
22A	44. Luau entertainment	4
23A	48. Where chops are shown off	8
24A	49. Couple	7
25A	52. ___-Way (major manufacturer of plows)	3
26A	53. Mid-March shout	11
27A	55. Band with the 1970s-'80s hits "Sexy Eyes" and "Only Sixteen"	6
28A	60. Sack in a tent	3
29A	61. It's usually presented in a small box, as seen six times in this puzzle's answer	14
30A	63. Walnut or almond, say	3
31A	64. Smitten one	6
32A	65. The "N" of TV's NPH	4
33A	66. Symphony score abbr.	3
34A	67. Modern engraving tools	6
35A	68. Wedding invitation courtesy, briefly	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Cos. with many connections"

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: ISPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Bother persistently"

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 annoy continually or chronically
• Words that mean the same thing: hassle, beset, harry
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Penn on screen"

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: KAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Dermatological 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 closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
• Words that mean the same thing: vesicle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CYST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Ornamental shrub"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AZALEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Lupino with a 47-year film career"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency of the united nations affiliated with the world bank
• Words that mean the same thing: International Development Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Employs"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BRINGSINTOPLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Catch in the act"

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 tag the base runner to get him out
• Words that mean the same thing: nail, pick up, collar
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Not in feet, say"

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 function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
• Words that mean the same thing: measured, metric function, metrical
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: METRIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. 1985 Phil Collins hit with an improvised title"

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: SUSSUDIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. However, briefly"

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

  The answer is: THO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. "Yellow Submarine" vocalist"

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: RINGOSTARR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Not hidden"

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 clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
• Words that mean the same thing: unmistakable, evident, plain
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APPARENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Discouraging words"

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 radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
• Words that mean the same thing: no, No, nobelium
• The opposite would be: yes
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Extremely awkward"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: CRINGEWORTHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Unlock, in poetry"

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: OPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Carrier with a blue-striped fleet"

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: ELAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Singers Evans and Bareilles"

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: SARAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Risk territory that borders Siberia"

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: URAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. ___ Moines"

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 potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
• Words that mean the same thing: stilbesterol, DE, Delaware
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Exerts one's clout"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: PULLSSTRINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Luau entertainment"

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 polynesian rain dance performed by a woman
• Words that mean the same thing: Hawaiian dancing, hula-hula
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HULA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Where chops are shown off"

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: MEATCASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Couple"

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 two items of the same kind
• Words that mean the same thing: pair, couple, distich
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWOSOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. ___-Way (major manufacturer of plows)"

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: SNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Mid-March shout"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: ERINGOBRAGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Band with the 1970s-'80s hits "Sexy Eyes" and "Only Sixteen""

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: DRHOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Sack in a tent"

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 sheath worn to protect a finger
• Words that mean the same thing: camp bed, crib, fingerstall
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. It's usually presented in a small box, as seen six times in this puzzle's answer"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: ENGAGEMENTRING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Walnut or almond, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
• Words that mean the same thing: imbue, chromaticity
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Smitten one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who admires a young woman
• Words that mean the same thing: admirer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADORER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. The "N" of TV's NPH"

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: NEIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Symphony score abbr."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Modern engraving tools"

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 an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
• Words that mean the same thing: optical maser, laser
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Wedding invitation courtesy, briefly"

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: SASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword September 26, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Titan II, e.g.	4
2D	2. Hypodermic	7
3D	3. "Hey!"	4
4D	4. Kindle	4
5D	5. Ones sitting on eggs	8
6D	6. ___ dye	3
7D	7. Freestyles, say	4
8D	8. Seductive	8
9D	9. Late spring through early fall, for weddings	6
10D	10. Claims something	6
11D	11. "... in a sense, I guess"	10
12D	12. Famed firefighter Red	5
13D	13. Line on an auto repair bill	5
14D	18. Fuel for funny cars	5
15D	22. Rival of a Pac-12 Cougar	3
16D	24. Draft classification?	5
17D	26. Scored 100 on	4
18D	27. Snack in a stack	7
19D	28. Old-fashioned launcher	10
20D	29. Cobbler's tool	3
21D	30. Pluck idly, as a harp	5
22D	33. Common locks	5
23D	35. Discarded parts of apples and potatoes	7
24D	36. "What ___ is there?"	4
25D	39. Defames	8
26D	40. Sch. whose mascot is a horse named Traveler	3
27D	43. Marvel hero who manipulates the weather	5
28D	45. ___ port	3
29D	46. World's largest cosmetics company	6
30D	47. Actress Peet	6
31D	49. Ones called after crashes	5
32D	50. Dry, as a washcloth	8
33D	51. Items placed in a toaster	5
34D	54. Fabled slacker	4
35D	56. Ones sitting on eggs	4
36D	57. Seat for a priority boarder, maybe	4
37D	58. Singer Redding	4
38D	59. Noted Kris	7
39D	62. E.U. member: Abbr.	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. Titan II, 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 ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
• Words that mean the same thing: intercontinental ballistic missile
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Hypodermic"

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 medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYRINGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Hey!""

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: PSST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Kindle"

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 prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Words that mean the same thing: evoke, agitate, hustle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Ones sitting on eggs"

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: HATCHERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ dye"

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

  The answer is: AZO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Freestyles, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: blame, whang, hip-hop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Seductive"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that dispose or incline or entice to
• Words that mean the same thing: tempt, enticing, beguiling
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLURING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Late spring through early fall, for weddings"

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 period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
• Words that mean the same thing: time of year, temper, flavour
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Claims something"

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: SAYSSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "... in a sense, I guess""

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: KINDASORTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Famed firefighter Red"

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: ADAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Line on an auto repair bill"

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 social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
• Words that mean the same thing: proletariat, labour, task
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LABOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Fuel for funny cars"

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: NITRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Rival of a Pac-12 Cougar"

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 member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new 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: UTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Draft classification?"

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: ONTAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Scored 100 on"

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 succeed at easily
• Words that mean the same thing: nail, breeze through, sweep through
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Snack in a stack"

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: PRINGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Old-fashioned launcher"

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: PEASHOOTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Cobbler's tool"

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 pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Pluck idly, as a harp"

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 thrumming sound
• Words that mean the same thing: hum, strum, drum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THRUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Common locks"

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 university in connecticut
• Words that mean the same thing: Yale, Elihu Yale, Yale University
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Discarded parts of apples and potatoes"

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 thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
• Words that mean the same thing: sliver, paring, shaving
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. "What ___ is there?""

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: ELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Defames"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
• Words that mean the same thing: smear, sully, besmirch
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLANDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Sch. whose mascot is a horse named Traveler"

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: USC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Marvel hero who manipulates the weather"

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 violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
• Words that mean the same thing: tempest, ramp, violent storm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. ___ port"

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: USB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. World's largest cosmetics company"

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: LOREAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Actress Peet"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AMANDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Ones called after crashes"

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

  The answer is: TECHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Dry, as a washcloth"

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: WRINGOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Items placed in a toaster"

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: EGGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Fabled slacker"

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 swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: rabbit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Ones sitting on eggs"

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

  The answer is: HENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Seat for a priority boarder, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ONEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Singer Redding"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Noted Kris"

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: KRINGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. E.U. member: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GER

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	71.6%
Short Answer	12	16.2%
Abbreviation	3	4.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.1%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (32 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
• Category Breakdown
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, March 06, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (32 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - March 06, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Author of "The Witches" and "The Twits"	4
2A	5. One might be raised by a skeptic	4
3A	9. Energy sources, of a sort	5
4A	14. Side opposite 41-Across in a sci-fi clash	9
5A	16. Bedizen	5
6A	17. Worked on together	9
7A	18. Event whose organizers are concerned with brand recognition?	5
8A	19. Grate stuff	3
9A	20. "Live" co-host beginning in 2001	4
10A	21. Pre-commencement activity	6
11A	22. Skills that not many people know about	13
12A	25. Steals, slangily	5
13A	27. Keep off the court?	6
14A	28. Sticks in water	4
15A	29. Symbol of San Francisco	8
16A	33. Promises	7
17A	37. British pop star who sang 2012's "R.I.P."	7
18A	38. A.F.C. South squad	8
19A	40. Leak proof?	4
20A	41. See 14-Across	6
21A	43. Patches, say	5
22A	44. School science project involving a vegetable and a voltmeter	13
23A	48. Faces of the internet?	6
24A	49. Organic fuel	4
25A	50. Barb	3
26A	53. In a relationship	5
27A	54. Aria, e.g.	9
28A	56. "Done!"	5
29A	57. What takes all types?	9
30A	58. Removes from the mound, in baseball lingo	5
31A	59. What "M" and "F" are both short for	4
32A	60. Harper of "No Country for Old Men"	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Author of "The Witches" and "The Twits""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
• Words that mean the same thing: pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, catjang pea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. One might be raised by a skeptic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the face above the eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: hilltop, eyebrow, forehead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Energy sources, of a sort"

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: CARBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Side opposite 41-Across in a sci-fi clash"

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: ALIENRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Bedizen"

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

  The answer is: ADORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Worked on together"

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: TAGTEAMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Event whose organizers are concerned with brand recognition?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an exhibition of cowboy skills
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RODEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Grate stuff"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash 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: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. "Live" co-host beginning in 2001"

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: RIPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Pre-commencement activity"

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 clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
• Words that mean the same thing: clothe, surcharge, gazump
• The opposite would be: undercharge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Skills that not many people know about"

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: HIDDENTALENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Steals, slangily"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that take by theft
• Words that mean the same thing: snitch, glom, knock 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: GLOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Keep off the court?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Sticks in water"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Symbol of San Francisco"

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: CABLECAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Promises"

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 make certain of
• Words that mean the same thing: assure, ensure, insure
• The opposite would be: worry
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSURES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. British pop star who sang 2012's "R.I.P.""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RITAORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. A.F.C. South squad"

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: THECOLTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Leak proof?"

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 flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: drip mold, drop, trickle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. See 14-Across"

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 all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: humankind, human race, human beings
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUMANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Patches, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: fix, furbish up, heal
• 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: MENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. School science project involving a vegetable and a voltmeter"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POTATOBATTERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Faces of the internet?"

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: EMOJIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Organic fuel"

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 partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Barb"

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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
• Words that mean the same thing: thrusting, dig, poke
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. In a relationship"

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 require (time or space)
• Words that mean the same thing: consider, subscribe, necessitate
• The opposite would be: abstain, refuse
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Aria, e.g."

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: OPERASOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. "Done!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a location other than here; that place
• Words that mean the same thing: in that respect, on that point, thither
• The opposite would be: here
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. What takes all types?"

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: DELETEKEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Removes from the mound, in baseball lingo"

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 american who lives in the north (especially during the american civil war)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yankee-Doodle, jerk, Yankee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YANKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. What "M" and "F" are both short for"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the time during which someone's life continues
• Words that mean the same thing: Day, twenty-four hour period, Clarence Day
• The opposite would be: night
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Harper of "No Country for Old Men""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TESS

  Great job if you got it right!

March 06, 2021 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Star Trek" character played by 12-Down	4
2D	2. "That's the way the cookie crumbles"	4
3D	3. Place for the self-righteous, metaphorically	9
4D	4. ___ slip	3
5D	5. Traditional feature of a Hindu bride	5
6D	6. A.D.A.-compliant, in a way	6
7D	7. Expansive	7
8D	8. Bond	3
9D	9. First supermodel to produce her own posters and calendars	8
10D	10. Page-previewing program	11
11D	11. "The Age of Bronze" artist	5
12D	12. Actor Spiner	5
13D	13. Busses near Paddington Station?	5
14D	15. Certain school clique	5
15D	21. Literally, "my master"	5
16D	23. "So sorry, that was totally the wrong thing to say!"	11
17D	24. Bolshevik's foe	4
18D	25. Main ingredient in the curry dish kosha mangsho	4
19D	26. Curling target	4
20D	30. Groaner	9
21D	31. Like most of Mars	4
22D	32. Freestyles, perhaps	4
23D	34. Shticks	8
24D	35. "___ World" ("Sesame Street" segment)	5
25D	36. Crack, so to speak	4
26D	39. Stir-fry ingredient	7
27D	42. Unrelenting	6
28D	43. Used as a rendezvous point	5
29D	44. Insignificant	5
30D	45. Birthplace of Malcolm X	5
31D	46. Unit of cryptocurrency	5
32D	47. Adjusts to zero, in a way	5
33D	51. They might be tapped out	4
34D	52. Lizzo title lyric repeated three times before "Make a girl go crazy"	4
35D	54. "How ___ ..."	3
36D	55. What curly brackets denote, in mathematics	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. "Star Trek" character played by 12-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Words that mean the same thing: data point, information, datum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "That's the way the cookie crumbles""

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Words that mean the same thing: ala, unfortunately, unluckily
• The opposite would be: luckily, fortunately
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Place for the self-righteous, metaphorically"

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: HIGHHORSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ slip"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
• Words that mean the same thing: net ball, rent, Army of the Pure
• The opposite would be: forbid, prevent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Traditional feature of a Hindu bride"

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 hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
• Words that mean the same thing: braiding, lace, tress
• The opposite would be: unbraid
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. A.D.A.-compliant, in a way"

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 behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
• Words that mean the same thing: storm, ramp, rage
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Expansive"

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 eastern subfamily of malayo-polynesian languages
• Words that mean the same thing: pelagic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCEANIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Bond"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Words that mean the same thing: marry, Midweek, get married
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. First supermodel to produce her own posters and calendars"

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: CAROLALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Page-previewing program"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: ADOBEREADER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "The Age of Bronze" artist"

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 french sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: Auguste Rodin, Francois Auguste Rene Rodin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RODIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Actor Spiner"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
• Words that mean the same thing: brant goose, brant, brent goose
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Busses near Paddington Station?"

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 touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: osculate, buss, kiss
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Certain school clique"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• Words that mean the same thing: grind, wonk, swot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Literally, "my master""

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 spiritual leader of a jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply jewish law
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RABBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "So sorry, that was totally the wrong thing to say!""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMSUCHAJERK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Bolshevik's foe"

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 male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: czar, tzar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Main ingredient in the curry dish kosha mangsho"

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 any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
• Words that mean the same thing: stooge, Capricorn the Goat, caprine animal
• The 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 19 Down: "26. Curling target"

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 the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
• Words that mean the same thing: slash, whip, flog
• The opposite would be: unlash
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Groaner"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: CORNYJOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Like most of Mars"

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 lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Words that mean the same thing: desiccate, waterless, desiccated
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Freestyles, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: rap music, hip-hop, belt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Shticks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
• Words that mean the same thing: routine, subprogram, act
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUTINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. "___ World" ("Sesame Street" segment)"

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: ELMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Crack, so to speak"

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 sudden sharp feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: dig, knife thrust, knife
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Stir-fry ingredient"

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: SNAPPEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Unrelenting"

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

  The answer is: STEELY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Used as a rendezvous point"

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: METAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Insignificant"

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 larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
• Words that mean the same thing: petty larceny, piddling, piffling
• The opposite would be: grand larceny
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PETTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Birthplace of Malcolm X"

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 member of the siouan people formerly living in the missouri river valley in northeastern nebraska
• Words that mean the same thing: Maha
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMAHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Unit of cryptocurrency"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an individual instance of a type of symbol
• Words that mean the same thing: item, keepsake, relic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Adjusts to zero, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
• Words that mean the same thing: bearded darnel, Lolium temulentum, darnel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. They might be tapped out"

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 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 34 Down: "52. Lizzo title lyric repeated three times before "Make a girl go crazy""

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 youthful male person
• Words that mean the same thing: boy, male child, son
• The opposite would be: female child, daughter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. "How ___ ...""

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 not divisible by two
• Words that mean the same thing: queer, leftover, unmated
• The opposite would be: even
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. What curly brackets denote, in mathematics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SET

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	79.4%
Short Answer	5	7.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.9%
Science/Technology	2	2.9%
Geography	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%
Food & Drink	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	32
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 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 19, 2025 at 01:40 AM