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Sunday, January 4, 2026

NYT Crossword Across January 04, 2026: All 63 Horizontal Answers & Strategic Tips

Today's Across Crossword NYT January 04, 2026 - Every Horizontal Solution Explained

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 63 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for January 04, 2026
NYT Across Clues - Sunday, January 04, 2026
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date January 04, 2026
Day of Week Sunday
Total Across Clues 63 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Challenging

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 63 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. It protects the heart
2 Across 8. Egyptian god of the underworld
3 Across 14. Dr.'s order?
4 Across 17. Substances found in cured meats and explosives
5 Across 18. Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets
6 Across 21. High marks
7 Across 22. "That's enough bickering!"
8 Across 24. Valletta's land
9 Across 25. Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"
10 Across 27. Max's opposite
11 Across 28. Morpheus, to 25-Across
12 Across 29. Good ol' boy
13 Across 31. Actor Thomas ___ Church
14 Across 34. Stares stupidly
15 Across 35. General who crossed the Rubicon
16 Across 37. Snubs
17 Across 39. Ultimate end, to Aristotle
18 Across 40. TV E.T.
19 Across 41. Secondary list of options
20 Across 43. ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter
21 Across 45. Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)
22 Across 47. Classification that anyone can donate to
23 Across 48. Got off
24 Across 49. With warts and all
25 Across 53. Pesto ingredients
26 Across 55. Made less angry now
27 Across 58. Ozone no-no, for short
28 Across 59. The dash in many an emoticon
29 Across 60. It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath
30 Across 61. Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel
31 Across 63. Derived from gold
32 Across 66. Steals, informally
33 Across 67. Something a bug produces
34 Across 68. Certain Army noncom
35 Across 70. Points to a church?
36 Across 71. What the 7 may mean in 7/11
37 Across 73. Brewed beverage
38 Across 74. Perseveres
39 Across 76. Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website
40 Across 80. "Horsefeathers!"
41 Across 82. "Fiddlesticks!"
42 Across 83. Combine using heat without melting, as particles
43 Across 85. Make a lot, say?
44 Across 86. Famed firefighter Red
45 Across 88. "All right, but that's not my opinion"
46 Across 90. L.A.P.D. unit?
47 Across 91. The Lamb
48 Across 93. Devoted effort to looking attractive
49 Across 96. Leaning
50 Across 98. Bandage brand
51 Across 99. Possessed, biblically
52 Across 100. Word before winner or after Wonder
53 Across 101. Brick homes
54 Across 103. Buffalo's home: Abbr.
55 Across 104. "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?"
56 Across 106. Eponym of element 96
57 Across 109. They'll get there eventually
58 Across 113. Like the cultivation of land
59 Across 115. Country whose border shape is the world's roundest
60 Across 116. Zero
61 Across 117. Co.'s $$$ head
62 Across 118. Steal for ransom
63 Across 119. Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve"

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. It protects the heart"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: R_____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RIBCAGE

2 Across: "8. Egyptian god of the underworld"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: O____S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OSIRIS

3 Across: "14. Dr.'s order?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AMA

4 Across: "17. Substances found in cured meats and explosives"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: N______S
  • Similar words: nitrate
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NITRATES

5 Across: "18. Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S_________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SESAMEPLACE

6 Across: "21. High marks"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A______S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer APLUSSES

7 Across: "22. "That's enough bickering!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 12 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: S__________O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer STOPITYOUTWO

8 Across: "24. Valletta's land"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: M___A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MALTA

9 Across: "25. Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: (used as a combining form) recent or new
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NEO

10 Across: "27. Max's opposite"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'N'
  • Similar words: Fukkianese, Amoy
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MIN

11 Across: "28. Morpheus, to 25-Across"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: M____R
  • Similar words: wise man
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a wise and trusted guide and advisor
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MENTOR

12 Across: "29. Good ol' boy"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: B___A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BUBBA

13 Across: "31. Actor Thomas ___ Church"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: H___N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HADEN

14 Across: "34. Stares stupidly"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: G___S
  • Similar words: stumblebum, lump
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an awkward stupid person
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GAWKS

15 Across: "35. General who crossed the Rubicon"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: C____R
  • Similar words: Sidney Caesar, Julius Caesar
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CAESAR

16 Across: "37. Snubs"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: I_____S
  • Similar words: ignore, neglect
  • Opposite of: notice
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: refuse to acknowledge
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IGNORES

17 Across: "39. Ultimate end, to Aristotle"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T___S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TELOS

18 Across: "40. TV E.T."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'F'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALF

19 Across: "41. Secondary list of options"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: S_____U
  • Similar words: cascading menu
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SUBMENU

20 Across: "43. ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: P___O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PAOLO

21 Across: "45. Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: M__D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MAUD

22 Across: "47. Classification that anyone can donate to"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'B'
  • Word pattern: T____B
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TYPEAB

23 Across: "48. Got off"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A__T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALIT

24 Across: "49. With warts and all"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASIS

25 Across: "53. Pesto ingredients"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P______S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PINENUTS

26 Across: "55. Made less angry now"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: P______D
  • Similar words: gentle, appease
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PLACATED

27 Across: "58. Ozone no-no, for short"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'C'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CFC

28 Across: "59. The dash in many an emoticon"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: N__E
  • Similar words: pry, poke
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOSE

29 Across: "60. It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: P____Y
  • Similar words: poesy, verse
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: literature in metrical form
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer POETRY

30 Across: "61. Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: M____A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MUFASA

31 Across: "63. Derived from gold"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'C'
  • Word pattern: A___C
  • Similar words: aurous
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: of or relating to or containing or derived from gold
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AURIC

32 Across: "66. Steals, informally"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: F_____S
  • Similar words: pilfer, pinch
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: make off with belongings of others
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FILCHES

33 Across: "67. Something a bug produces"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: E___R
  • Similar words: mistake, computer error
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ERROR

34 Across: "68. Certain Army noncom"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'J'
  • Word pattern: S____J
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SGTMAJ

35 Across: "70. Points to a church?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S____S
  • Similar words: steeple, spire
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SPIRES

36 Across: "71. What the 7 may mean in 7/11"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'J' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: J__Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the month following June and preceding August
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer JULY

37 Across: "73. Brewed beverage"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALE

38 Across: "74. Perseveres"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: P______N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PUSHESON

39 Across: "76. Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: P______R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer POPSUGAR

40 Across: "80. "Horsefeathers!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: P__H
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PISH

41 Across: "82. "Fiddlesticks!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: D__T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 41

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DRAT

42 Across: "83. Combine using heat without melting, as particles"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: S____R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 42

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SINTER

43 Across: "85. Make a lot, say?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: P__E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 43

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PAVE

44 Across: "86. Famed firefighter Red"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: A___R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 44

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ADAIR

45 Across: "88. "All right, but that's not my opinion""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: S_____U
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 45

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SAYSYOU

46 Across: "90. L.A.P.D. unit?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 46

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LOS

47 Across: "91. The Lamb"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'J' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: J___S
  • Similar words: Savior, Saviour
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 47

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer JESUS

48 Across: "93. Devoted effort to looking attractive"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: P_____D
  • Similar words: plume, preen
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: clean with one's bill
  • This is Across clue number 48

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PREENED

49 Across: "96. Leaning"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A____T
  • Similar words: obliquely, sloped
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: having an oblique or slanted direction
  • This is Across clue number 49

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASLANT

50 Across: "98. Bandage brand"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: C___D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 50

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CURAD

51 Across: "99. Possessed, biblically"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: H___T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 51

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HADST

52 Across: "100. Word before winner or after Wonder"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: B___D
  • Similar words: shekels, lucre
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 52

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BREAD

53 Across: "101. Brick homes"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A____S
  • Similar words: adobe brick, adobe
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the clay from which adobe bricks are made
  • This is Across clue number 53

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ADOBES

54 Across: "103. Buffalo's home: Abbr."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: Empire State, NY
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
  • This is Across clue number 54

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NYS

55 Across: "104. "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 55

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SIE

56 Across: "106. Eponym of element 96"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: C___E
  • Similar words: Pierre Curie, Marie Curie
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 56

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CURIE

57 Across: "109. They'll get there eventually"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 12 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: L__________S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 57

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LATEBLOOMERS

58 Across: "113. Like the cultivation of land"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: A______N
  • Similar words: agricultural, farming
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: relating to rural matters
  • This is Across clue number 58

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AGRARIAN

59 Across: "115. Country whose border shape is the world's roundest"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S_________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 59

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SIERRALEONE

60 Across: "116. Zero"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: G______G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 60

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GOOSEEGG

61 Across: "117. Co.'s $$$ head"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 61

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CFO

62 Across: "118. Steal for ransom"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'K' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: K____P
  • Similar words: nobble, snatch
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 62

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer KIDNAP

63 Across: "119. Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: O_____O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 63

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OTHELLO

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 63 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, January 06, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (39 Across, 31 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

January 06, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle January 06, 2021

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Rubberneck 12
2A 5. Stiffly formal 13
3A 9. Old Glory 15
4A 14. No ___ traffic 4
5A 15. Author Jaffe 4
6A 16. Holy scroll 5
7A 17. Sold at Sotheby's, say 9
8A 19. Scoundrel 5
9A 20. Multivitamin fig. 3
10A 21. Part of the Notre-Dame Cathedral destroyed by a 2019 fire 5
11A 22. Remark from one who's obviously not going to call 5
12A 23. Ancient Jewish ascetic 6
13A 25. East Coast city on a western coast 5
14A 27. City near Leeds with historic walls 4
15A 29. Second-level 7
16A 33. Kind of sauce in Chinese cuisine 12
17A 36. Vivid colors 5
18A 38. The last one was named Louis 3
19A 39. Breakfast grains 4
20A 40. Portuguese greeting 3
21A 41. Fully from, as a place 11
22A 42. 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup champs 3
23A 43. Footwear fashion faux pas 15
24A 45. Risk losing one's license, say 13
25A 46. 1950s-'60s entertainment group 7
26A 48. Button on a deli scale 4
27A 50. Country with 28 states 5
28A 52. Actor Poitier 6
29A 56. Proven to be reliable 12
30A 59. "Impractical Jokers" channel 5
31A 61. Reproductive cells 3
32A 62. Cowboy's lasso 5
33A 63. Sneaker insert 9
34A 65. Store hours word 5
35A 66. Anxiety about being excluded from the fun, for short 4
36A 67. "Feel the ___" (bygone political slogan) 4
37A 68. Paradises 5
38A 69. The Jackson 5 had some big ones, informally 4
39A 70. "Slow Churned" ice cream brand 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. Rubberneck"

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: STOPANDSTARE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Stiffly formal"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: PRIMANDPROPER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Old Glory"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: STARSANDSTRIPES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. No ___ traffic"

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 5 Across: "15. Author Jaffe"

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: RONA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Holy scroll"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
  • Words that mean the same thing: Pentateuch, Laws
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TORAH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Sold at Sotheby's, say"

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 sell at an auction
  • Words that mean the same thing: auction, auctioneer, auction 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: AUCTIONED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Scoundrel"

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 deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  • Words that mean the same thing: rapscallion, rascal, scallywag
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ROGUE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Multivitamin fig."

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: RDA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Part of the Notre-Dame Cathedral destroyed by a 2019 fire"

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 tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
  • Words that mean the same thing: steeple
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPIRE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Remark from one who's obviously not going to call"

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: IFOLD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Ancient Jewish ascetic"

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 a member of an ascetic jewish sect around the time of jesus
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ESSENE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. East Coast city on a western coast"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TAMPA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. City near Leeds with historic walls"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the english royal house (a branch of the plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
  • Words that mean the same thing: House of York
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: YORK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Second-level"

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: TIERTWO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Kind of sauce in Chinese cuisine"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SWEETANDSOUR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Vivid colors"

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 colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
  • Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 10, neon, Ne
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NEONS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. The last one was named Louis"

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 (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
  • Words that mean the same thing: return on investment, return on invested capital
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ROI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Breakfast grains"

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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
  • Words that mean the same thing: oat
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Portuguese greeting"

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 leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in india for writing paper
  • Words that mean the same thing: olla
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OLA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Fully from, as a place"

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: BORNANDBRED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup champs"

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 north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
  • Words that mean the same thing: U.S.A., the States, Army
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: USA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Footwear fashion faux pas"

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: SOCKSANDSANDALS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Risk losing one's license, say"

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: DRINKANDDRIVE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. 1950s-'60s entertainment group"

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: RATPACK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Button on a deli scale"

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

    The answer is: TARE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Country with 28 states"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a republic in the asian subcontinent in southern asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1947
  • Words that mean the same thing: Bharat, Republic of India
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INDIA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Actor Poitier"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that english poet (1554-1586)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Sir Philip Sidney
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SIDNEY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Proven to be reliable"

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: TRIEDANDTRUE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. "Impractical Jokers" channel"

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: TRUTV

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Reproductive cells"

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 female reproductive cell; the female gamete
  • Words that mean the same thing: egg cell, ovum
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OVA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Cowboy's lasso"

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 long noosed rope used to catch animals
  • Words that mean the same thing: reata, lariat, lasso
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RIATA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Sneaker insert"

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: ODOREATER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Store hours word"

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: UNTIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Anxiety about being excluded from the fun, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: FOMO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. "Feel the ___" (bygone political slogan)"

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 capital of switzerland; located in western switzerland
  • Words that mean the same thing: Berne, capital of Switzerland
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BERN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Paradises"

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 any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
  • Words that mean the same thing: promised land, heaven, Garden of Eden
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EDENS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. The Jackson 5 had some big ones, informally"

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: FROS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. "Slow Churned" ice cream brand"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: EDYS

    Great job if you got it right!

January 06, 2021 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No. Clue Letters
1D 2. Lands heavily 5
2D 3. Predators of penguins 5
3D 4. ___ to shame 3
4D 6. Rice-A-___ 4
5D 7. Not reacting 5
6D 8. Raised one's spirits? 10
7D 10. Past the point of being a joke, say 6
8D 11. Best Picture winner directed by Ben Affleck 4
9D 12. Fidel's brother and successor in Cuba 4
10D 13. Take off 4
11D 18. "Huh-uh!" 5
12D 24. Emoji that can mean "Get a load of this!" 4
13D 26. 60 secs. 3
14D 28. "Quit fooling around!" 10
15D 30. Counselor Deanna on the U.S.S. Enterprise 4
16D 31. Frayed so? 4
17D 32. Pen sound 4
18D 34. Third and fourth word in many limericks 4
19D 35. French political division 4
20D 37. Game with antlers 3
21D 44. Condition that can lead to repetitive behavior, for short 3
22D 47. Container at a bakery 6
23D 49. Houston team 6
24D 51. Enthusiasm 5
25D 53. "Gotcha" 5
26D 54. Each 5
27D 55. Exaggerated stories 5
28D 57. Orange discard 4
29D 58. "No food for me, thanks" 4
30D 60. Italian man 4
31D 64. Former Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ 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: "2. Lands heavily"

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 heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
  • Words that mean the same thing: scrunch, thump, clunk
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: THUDS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "3. Predators of penguins"

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 predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
  • Words that mean the same thing: Orcinus orca, orca, grampus
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ORCAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "4. ___ to shame"

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 option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
  • Words that mean the same thing: set, position, pose
  • The opposite would be: call option, divest
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PUT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "6. Rice-A-___"

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: RONI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "7. Not reacting"

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 unable to move or resist motion
  • Words that mean the same thing: soggy, neutral, torpid
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INERT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "8. Raised one's spirits?"

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: MADEATOAST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "10. Past the point of being a joke, say"

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: TOOFAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "11. Best Picture winner directed by Ben Affleck"

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 formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARGO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "12. Fidel's brother and successor in Cuba"

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: RAUL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "13. Take off"

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 outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
  • Words that mean the same thing: shake off, throw, drop
  • The opposite would be: persistent
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SHED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "18. "Huh-uh!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ISNOT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "24. Emoji that can mean "Get a load of this!""

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 opinion or judgment
  • Words that mean the same thing: centre, middle, heart
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EYES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "26. 60 secs."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
  • Words that mean the same thing: Hokkianese, Fukkianese, Fukien
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "28. "Quit fooling around!""

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: KNOCKITOFF

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "30. Counselor Deanna on the U.S.S. Enterprise"

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: TROI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "31. Frayed so?"

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 be dressed in
  • Words that mean the same thing: jade, don, wear thin
  • The opposite would be: new, refresh
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WORN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "32. Pen sound"

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 short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
  • Words that mean the same thing: grunt, squeal
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OINK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "34. Third and fourth word in many limericks"

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: WASA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "35. French political division"

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: ETAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "37. Game with antlers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
  • Words that mean the same thing: American elk, Alces alces, Cervus elaphus canadensis
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ELK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "44. Condition that can lead to repetitive behavior, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: OCD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "47. Container at a bakery"

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: PIETIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "49. Houston team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ASTROS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "51. Enthusiasm"

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 feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
  • Words that mean the same thing: fervor, fire, ardour
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARDOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "53. "Gotcha""

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 mention of
  • Words that mean the same thing: illustrious, celebrated, famous
  • The opposite would be: ignore
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NOTED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "54. Each"

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 (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EVERY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "55. Exaggerated stories"

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 the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
  • Words that mean the same thing: yarn, thread, narration
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: YARNS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "57. Orange discard"

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 natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RIND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "58. "No food for me, thanks""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: IATE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "60. Italian man"

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: UOMO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "64. Former Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___"

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: ABE

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 49 70.0%
Short Answer 8 11.4%
Geography 3 4.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment 2 2.9%
History 2 2.9%
Food & Drink 2 2.9%
Abbreviation 2 2.9%
Sports 2 2.9%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 39
Down Clues 31
Total Clues 70
Average Answer Length 5.7 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 Wednesday, 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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