September 21, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (31 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.9 letters

September 21, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Obtain with difficulty	9
2A	10. You can't make one by yourself	4
3A	14. Place where you pay for what you break	10
4A	16. Villain who says "What you know, you know"	4
5A	17. "Wow"	10
6A	18. See 19-Across	4
7A	19. ___ bourguignon (variety of 18-Across)	5
8A	20. A symbol of Australia	4
9A	21. The Taj Mahal or Great Pyramid	4
10A	22. It usually leaves crumbs	6
11A	24. Baby buggy?	6
12A	26. Very rich	9
13A	30. Not level with	5
14A	31. Biblical mount	3
15A	32. Group that's on the take?	10
16A	34. Left, and then some	9
17A	36. Reading, to Brits	10
18A	39. Show dejection, in a way	3
19A	42. Yawning, but not from boredom	5
20A	43. Spot starter?	9
21A	46. James who is more than a little forward?	6
22A	48. "You got that right!"	6
23A	49. Sun bloc?	4
24A	50. Island off the Tuscan coast	4
25A	54. Tenderer, maybe	5
26A	55. What results from an ace on a deuce	4
27A	56. Making rough	10
28A	58. City near Sparks	4
29A	59. Role for which LeVar Burton was nominated for an Emmy	10
30A	60. Rowers' workout machines, informally	4
31A	61. Hoi polloi	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. Obtain with difficulty"

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: TRACKDOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. You can't make one by yourself"

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 particular instance of buying or selling
• Words that mean the same thing: lot, deal out, good deal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Place where you pay for what you break"

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: REPAIRSHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Villain who says "What you know, you know""

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 villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IAGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. "Wow""

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 making a strong or vivid impression
• Words that mean the same thing: telling
• The opposite would be: unimpressive
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMPRESSIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. See 19-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 agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: grudge, swither, brood
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. ___ bourguignon (variety of 18-Across)"

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 meat from an adult domestic bovine
• Words that mean the same thing: beef
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOEUF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. A symbol of Australia"

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

  The answer is: OPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. The Taj Mahal or Great Pyramid"

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 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 10 Across: "22. It usually leaves crumbs"

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

  The answer is: ERASER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Baby buggy?"

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 immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARVAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Very rich"

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

  The answer is: CALORIFIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Not level with"

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: LIETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Biblical mount"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: seat, stern, roll in the hay
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Group that's on the take?"

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: CAMERACREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Left, and then some"

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 political advocate of socialism
• Words that mean the same thing: socialistic
• The opposite would be: capitalistic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOCIALIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Reading, to Brits"

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: MAJORINGIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Show dejection, in a way"

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 shape that sags
• Words that mean the same thing: flag, sag down, droop
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Yawning, but not from boredom"

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 (christian theology) the love of god or christ for mankind
• Words that mean the same thing: gaping, love feast, agape love
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Spot starter?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that kettle for boiling water to make tea
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAKETTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. James who is more than a little forward?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert 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: LEBRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "48. "You got that right!""

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: SUREDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Sun bloc?"

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: WNBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Island off the Tuscan coast"

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: ELBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "54. Tenderer, maybe"

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 fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
• Words that mean the same thing: advanced, mature, ripe
• The opposite would be: green
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. What results from an ace on a deuce"

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: ADIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Making rough"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make or become coarse or coarser
• Words that mean the same thing: coarsen
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COARSENING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. City near Sparks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Role for which LeVar Burton was nominated for an Emmy"

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: KUNTAKINTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Rowers' workout machines, informally"

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 cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
• Words that mean the same thing: erg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Hoi polloi"

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: THEMASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

September 21, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Noted film festival site since 2002	7
2D	2. Suckerfish	7
3D	3. Reacts to losing one's hearing, perhaps	7
4D	4. Performer in the first U.S. public radio broadcast, 1910	6
5D	5. Actor Sutherland	6
6D	6. Profs, often	3
7D	7. Italian menu palindrome	4
8D	8. First object made by humans to break the sound barrier	4
9D	9. Flare way up?	4
10D	10. What a representative represents	8
11D	11. Have dinner at a friend's	7
12D	12. Contemporary	7
13D	13. "That was uncalled for"	7
14D	15. Kind of grant	4
15D	23. Actress Christina	5
16D	25. "I'm afraid ..."	4
17D	27. Barely perceptible	5
18D	28. Something that might need polishing	5
19D	29. Salsa legend Cruz	5
20D	33. Blues venues?	5
21D	34. TV Guide's "Best Series of All Time," with "The"	8
22D	35. Froyo mix-in	4
23D	36. Apple worms, say	7
24D	37. Like some nonbinary people	7
25D	38. Poking vigorously	7
26D	39. Laceless footwear	7
27D	40. Having a little chewiness	7
28D	41. 1960s-'70s French president Pompidou	7
29D	44. Exuberant cry	6
30D	45. Some Caribbean islanders	6
31D	47. Make out	4
32D	51. Lug	4
33D	52. ___ mi (Vietnamese sandwich)	4
34D	53. Uffizi Gallery holding	4
35D	57. Houston, for one	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. Noted film festival site since 2002"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: TRIBECA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Suckerfish"

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 marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
• Words that mean the same thing: suckerfish, sucking fish, remora
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMORAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Reacts to losing one's hearing, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that earnest or urgent request
• Words that mean the same thing: entreaty, appealingness, collection
• The opposite would be: repel
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APPEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Performer in the first U.S. public radio broadcast, 1910"

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 outstanding italian operatic tenor (1873-1921)
• Words that mean the same thing: Enrico Caruso
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARUSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Actor Sutherland"

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: KIEFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Profs, often"

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: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Italian menu palindrome"

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: OSSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. First object made by humans to break the sound barrier"

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 instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
• Words that mean the same thing: worst, trounce, whisk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Flare way up?"

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 star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. What a representative represents"

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 region marked off for administrative or other purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: zone, dominion, territory
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISTRICT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Have dinner at a friend's"

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: EATOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Contemporary"

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: AGEMATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "That was uncalled for""

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: LOWBLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Kind of grant"

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: PELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Actress Christina"

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: RICCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. "I'm afraid ...""

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Words that mean the same thing: unluckily, ala, regrettably
• 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 17 Down: "27. Barely perceptible"

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 spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
• Words that mean the same thing: deliquium, conk, dim
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Something that might need polishing"

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 iconic mental representation
• Words that mean the same thing: envision, mental image, ikon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Salsa legend Cruz"

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: CELIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Blues venues?"

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 building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
• Words that mean the same thing: rink, skating rink
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RINKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. TV Guide's "Best Series of All Time," with "The""

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 female singer
• Words that mean the same thing: soprano, treble
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOPRANOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Froyo mix-in"

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

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Apple worms, say"

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: MALWARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Like some nonbinary people"

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: AGENDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Poking vigorously"

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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
• Words that mean the same thing: stab, poking, 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: JABBING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Laceless footwear"

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: STEPINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Having a little chewiness"

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: ALDENTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. 1960s-'70s French president Pompidou"

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 christian martyr; patron saint of england; hero of the legend of saint george and the dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
• Words that mean the same thing: George, George IV, George I
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEORGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Exuberant cry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
• Words that mean the same thing: constantan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EUREKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Some Caribbean islanders"

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: TRINIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Make 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 the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
• Words that mean the same thing: make out, neck opening, cervix
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Lug"

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 awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: stumblebum, lubber, oaf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. ___ mi (Vietnamese sandwich)"

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: BANH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Uffizi Gallery holding"

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: ARTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Houston, for one"

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 guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
• Words that mean the same thing: surface-to-air 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: SAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	83.3%
Short Answer	4	6.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.5%
History	2	3.0%
Geography	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	5.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 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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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (43 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, June 07, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (35 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - June 07, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Come ___ with (accompany)	5
2A	6. Cover for a smartphone	4
3A	10. Lines at the cash register, for short?	4
4A	14. ___ Day (September observance)	5
5A	15. Vizio or Panasonic product	4
6A	16. Snow clearer	4
7A	17. Sleuth for hire	10
8A	19. ___ chips (Hawaiian snack)	4
9A	20. Poem of praise	3
10A	21. Angel's instrument	4
11A	22. Entrance hall	5
12A	23. Perform an act of kindness, in a way	12
13A	26. Kind of seeds on a bagel	6
14A	29. Musk of SpaceX	4
15A	30. Actor Wilson of "Wedding Crashers"	4
16A	31. ___ Peninsula, area above Singapore	5
17A	33. Gorilla	3
18A	36. 1977 #1 Eagles hit	15
19A	40. Gives the go-ahead	3
20A	41. Desi of "I Love Lucy"	5
21A	42. George Washington bills	4
22A	43. Popular berry	4
23A	44. What loves company, in a saying	6
24A	46. It might catch a thief or a speeder	12
25A	51. President after Washington	5
26A	52. Library item	4
27A	53. Dance style for Bill Robinson or Gregory Hines	3
28A	56. Jeans maker Strauss	4
29A	57. Be willing to accept whatever ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across	10
30A	60. Bear's retreat	4
31A	61. Skating leap	4
32A	62. Crunchy, colorful commercial candies	5
33A	63. Otherwise	4
34A	64. Bloody	4
35A	65. Stuck (to)	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. Come ___ with (accompany)"

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 with a forward motion
• Words that mean the same thing: on
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Cover for a smartphone"

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 occurrence of something
• Words that mean the same thing: compositor's case, slip, showcase
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Lines at the cash register, for short?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert 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: UPCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. ___ Day (September observance)"

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 social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
• Words that mean the same thing: Labor Department, lying-in, drive
• The 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 5 Across: "15. Vizio or Panasonic product"

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 television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail
• Words that mean the same thing: high-definition television
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HDTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Snow clearer"

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 farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
• Words that mean the same thing: turn, handle, address
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Sleuth for hire"

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: PRIVATEEYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. ___ chips (Hawaiian snack)"

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 edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
• Words that mean the same thing: eddo, taro plant, taro root
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Poem of praise"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Angel's instrument"

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 chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
• Words that mean the same thing: mouth harp, mouth organ, harmonica
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Entrance hall"

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 large entrance or reception room or area
• Words that mean the same thing: lobby, vestibule, entrance hall
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOYER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Perform an act of kindness, in a way"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAYITFORWARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Kind of seeds on a bagel"

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 east indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
• Words that mean the same thing: benny, benni, benne
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SESAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Musk of SpaceX"

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: ELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Actor Wilson of "Wedding Crashers""

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 welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Owen, Sir Richard Owen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. ___ Peninsula, area above Singapore"

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 a people inhabiting the northern malay peninsula and malaysia and parts of the western malay archipelago
• Words that mean the same thing: Malayan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Gorilla"

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

  The answer is: APE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. 1977 #1 Eagles hit"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: HOTELCALIFORNIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Gives the go-ahead"

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 state in south central united states
• Words that mean the same thing: OK, Sooner State, O.K.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Desi of "I Love Lucy""

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: ARNAZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. George Washington bills"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: single, ace, one
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Popular berry"

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: ACAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. What loves company, in a saying"

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 state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
• Words that mean the same thing: miserableness, wretchedness
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. It might catch a thief or a speeder"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HIDDENCAMERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. President after Washington"

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 american revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the boston tea party and signer of the declaration of independence (1722-1803)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Adam, President John Adams, Adam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Library item"

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 written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
• Words that mean the same thing: Scripture, playscript, Word of God
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Dance style for Bill Robinson or Gregory Hines"

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 sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: pink, pat, beg
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Jeans maker Strauss"

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 (new testament) disciple of jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first gospel
• Words that mean the same thing: Matthew, St. Matthew the Apostle, Saint Matthew
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEVI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Be willing to accept whatever ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across"

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: ROLLWITHIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Bear's retreat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Skating leap"

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: AXEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Crunchy, colorful commercial candies"

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: wonk, dweeb, grind
• The 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 33 Across: "63. Otherwise"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Bloody"

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 covered with blood
• Words that mean the same thing: bloodstained, sanguineous, slaughterous
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Stuck (to)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that join or attach with or as if with glue
• Words that mean the same thing: pasted, glue, paste
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword June 07, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Brand for Rover	4
2D	2. Cooking grease	4
3D	3. Annual drama award	4
4D	4. Election mo.	3
5D	5. Kind of cracker needed for a proper s'more	6
6D	6. Paris sweetheart	5
7D	7. Thoroughly proficient	5
8D	8. Mudhole	3
9D	9. Garden of Eden woman	3
10D	10. Train direction from Manhattan to the Bronx	6
11D	11. Spanish beach	5
12D	12. Tool for preparing apples	5
13D	13. Weapon in a scabbard	5
14D	18. Actor Diggs	4
15D	22. Cold treat with a rhyming name	5
16D	23. Window square	4
17D	24. "___ Navidad"	5
18D	25. Snowman in "Frozen"	4
19D	26. London theater district	4
20D	27. Furry "Star Wars" creature	4
21D	28. 6-1, 4-6 and 7-6, in tennis	4
22D	31. Frenzied	5
23D	32. Montgomery's state: Abbr.	3
24D	33. Hathaway of "The Devil Wears Prada"	4
25D	34. Where boats tie up	4
26D	35. "Piece of cake!"	4
27D	37. Shoestrings	5
28D	38. Commercial lead-in to Apple	4
29D	39. Parks of Montgomery	4
30D	43. Idolize, say	6
31D	44. ___ Mix, brand for Whiskers	4
32D	45. Bothering	6
33D	46. Popular Berry	5
34D	47. Perfect	5
35D	48. Tennis's ___ Cup	5
36D	49. More up to the task	5
37D	50. "Good Golly, Miss ___"	5
38D	53. Kind of traffic, familiarly	4
39D	54. Helper	4
40D	55. Possible condition for a war vet, for short	4
41D	57. Cloth for cleaning	3
42D	58. Kitchen utensil brand	3
43D	59. Abbr. on a business card	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. Brand for Rover"

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: ALPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Cooking grease"

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 soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
• Words that mean the same thing: blow up, embroider, aggrandise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Annual drama award"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OBIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Election mo."

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 month following october and preceding december
• Words that mean the same thing: November
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Kind of cracker needed for a proper s'more"

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 united states evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
• Words that mean the same thing: whole meal flour, graham flour, Martha Graham
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAHAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Paris sweetheart"

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: CHERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Thoroughly proficient"

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

  The answer is: ADEPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Mudhole"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Words that mean the same thing: eye infection, pigsty, stye
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Garden of Eden woman"

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

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Train direction from Manhattan to the Bronx"

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 residential part of town away from the central commercial district
• The opposite would be: downtown
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPTOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Spanish beach"

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: PLAYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Tool for preparing apples"

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

  The answer is: CORER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Weapon in a scabbard"

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 cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
• Words that mean the same thing: steel, blade, brand
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Actor Diggs"

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: TAYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Cold treat with a rhyming name"

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: FROYO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Window square"

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 sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
• Words that mean the same thing: Zen, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Elvis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. "___ Navidad""

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: FELIZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Snowman in "Frozen""

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: OLAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. London theater district"

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 district in southwestern manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
• Words that mean the same thing: South of Houston
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Furry "Star Wars" creature"

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: EWOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. 6-1, 4-6 and 7-6, in tennis"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: solidification, go down, circle
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Frenzied"

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 affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason; ; ; - h.w.carter
• Words that mean the same thing: frenzied
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Montgomery's state: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Hathaway of "The Devil Wears Prada""

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 queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Where boats tie up"

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 platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
• Words that mean the same thing: dock, wharf, wharfage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "35. "Piece of cake!""

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 posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
• Words that mean the same thing: leisurely, promiscuous, tardily
• The opposite would be: uneasy, difficult
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Shoestrings"

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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: entwine, intertwine, plait
• The opposite would be: untwine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LACES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "38. Commercial lead-in to Apple"

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

  The answer is: CRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "39. Parks of Montgomery"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Rosa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Idolize, say"

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 feel admiration for
• Words that mean the same thing: look up to
• The opposite would be: look down on
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADMIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. ___ Mix, brand for Whiskers"

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 sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
• Words that mean the same thing: miaou, mew, miaul
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Bothering"

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 irritate or vex
• Words that mean the same thing: gall, irk
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRKING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Popular Berry"

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 city in the saxony region of germany on the saale river; a member of the hanseatic league during the 13th and 14th centuries
• Words that mean the same thing: Halle-an-der-Saale
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Perfect"

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

  The answer is: IDEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "48. Tennis's ___ Cup"

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 english navigator who explored the arctic while searching for the northwest passage (1550-1605)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jefferson Davis, Bette Davis, Stuart Davis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAVIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "49. More up to the task"

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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: capable, able-bodied, able
• The opposite would be: unable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "50. "Good Golly, Miss ___""

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

  The answer is: MOLLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "53. Kind of traffic, familiarly"

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: THRU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "54. Helper"

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 officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
• Words that mean the same thing: aide-de-camp, adjutant, auxiliary
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "55. Possible condition for a war vet, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
• Words that mean the same thing: posttraumatic stress disorder
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PTSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "57. Cloth for cleaning"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small piece of cloth or paper
• Words that mean the same thing: rag week, tabloid, gravel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "58. Kitchen utensil brand"

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: OXO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "59. Abbr. on a business card"

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: TEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	61	78.2%
Short Answer	8	10.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 17, 2025 at 03:31 AM