November 27, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, November 27, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

November 27, 2020 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. ___ others	5
2A	6. Supermarket chain inits.	3
3A	9. Shortly, for short	4
4A	13. Part of a fireplace set	5
5A	14. Onetime court figure	4
6A	15. Lacking vivacity	4
7A	16. Classic British rock group	10
8A	18. Vivacity	4
9A	19. Pioneering reggae artist whose name is an exclamation	9
10A	20. Response to an air offensive?	5
11A	21. Alternative to mushrooms	3
12A	22. Confused	6
13A	24. Still has feelings (for)	13
14A	29. Singer Grande	6
15A	30. Thanksgiving dinner preference	3
16A	31. ___ Ren of "Star Wars"	4
17A	34. Imparts	5
18A	35. Part of H.R.H.	3
19A	36. 1000 in the military	5
20A	37. Wise guys?	4
21A	38. Be sociable	3
22A	39. Heavenly halo	6
23A	40. Fruity dessert with a rum-flavored sauce	13
24A	43. Prime	6
25A	44. Word that may or may not be a contraction	3
26A	45. Chihuahua is a Mexican one	5
27A	46. Attire for some traditional dancing	9
28A	52. "Me neither"	4
29A	53. "Bloom County" character whose vocabulary consists mostly of "Thbbft!" and "Ack!"	10
30A	54. Having moved on from	4
31A	55. Little creatures recurring in Dalí paintings	4
32A	56. ___ lines	5
33A	57. Word that may or may not be a contraction	4
34A	58. Underground org. in N.Y.C.	3
35A	59. Famed Miami golf resort	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. ___ others"

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: AMONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Supermarket chain inits."

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 one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts
• Words that mean the same thing: immunoglobulin A
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Shortly, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that as soon as possible
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Part of a fireplace set"

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 fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
• Words that mean the same thing: stove poker, poker game, fire hook
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Onetime court figure"

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 person who lacks good judgment
• Words that mean the same thing: frivol away, put one over, dupe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Lacking vivacity"

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 make dull in appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: ho-hum, muffled, irksome
• The opposite would be: sharp, sharpen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Classic British rock group"

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 an ancient megalithic monument in southern england; probably used for ritual purposes
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STONEHENGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Vivacity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
• Words that mean the same thing: animation, vivification, spiritedness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Pioneering reggae artist whose name is an exclamation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EEKAMOUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Response to an air offensive?"

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 short high tone produced as a signal or warning
• Words that mean the same thing: beep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Alternative to mushrooms"

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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
• Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Confused"

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 propel through the air
• Words that mean the same thing: confuse, project, have
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THROWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Still has feelings (for)"

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: CARRIESATORCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Singer Grande"

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

  The answer is: ARIANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Thanksgiving dinner preference"

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 human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: ramification, peg, pegleg
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. ___ Ren of "Star Wars""

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: KYLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Imparts"

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 bestow a quality on
• Words that mean the same thing: loan, lend, impart
• The opposite would be: borrow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Part of H.R.H."

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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. 1000 in the military"

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: TENAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Wise guys?"

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 (new testament) the sages who visited jesus and mary and joseph shortly after jesus was born; the gospel according to matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
• Words that mean the same thing: magus, Wise Men
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Be sociable"

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 commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
• Words that mean the same thing: integrate, commixture, blend
• The opposite would be: segregate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Heavenly halo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
• Words that mean the same thing: St. Elmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. Fruity dessert with a rum-flavored sauce"

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: BANANASFOSTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Prime"

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 pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
• Words that mean the same thing: choose, take, pick out
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. Word that may or may not be a contraction"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: inauspicious, ailment, complaint
• The opposite would be: well
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. Chihuahua is a Mexican one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
• Words that mean the same thing: commonwealth, country, posit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. Attire for some traditional dancing"

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: HULASKIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. "Me neither""

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: NORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. "Bloom County" character whose vocabulary consists mostly of "Thbbft!" and "Ack!""

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: BILLTHECAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Having moved on from"

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 (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
• Words that mean the same thing: concluded, terminated, complete
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Little creatures recurring in Dalí paintings"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire, ant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. ___ lines"

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 opposing military force
• Words that mean the same thing: opposition, foe, foeman
• The opposite would be: friend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENEMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Word that may or may not be a contraction"

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 have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: exist, follow, represent
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Underground org. in N.Y.C."

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: MTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Famed Miami golf resort"

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: DORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

November 27, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Feature of Notre-Dame supported by flying buttresses	4
2D	2. Speck	4
3D	3. "Enough! I get it!"	4
4D	4. "99 Luftballons" singer	4
5D	5. 1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating	8
6D	6. Discoveries of Michael Faraday	4
7D	7. Type-A type	8
8D	8. Blond in a bar?	3
9D	9. Spot removers	10
10D	10. "Hmm ... all right, I'm in!"	10
11D	11. Common character in "The Far Side"	5
12D	12. Make a splash	4
13D	14. Longstanding disputes	5
14D	17. Old Testament prophet	5
15D	20. Chill response	3
16D	23. Apt ticker symbol for Harley-Davidson	3
17D	24. Zero on the Beaufort scale	4
18D	25. Sphere	4
19D	26. Page seen in a wedding album	10
20D	27. Michelin offering	10
21D	28. Echo responder	5
22D	32. Part of a track	4
23D	33. Midwest colleague of Representative Ocasio-Cortez	4
24D	35. Comment that pretends to be subtle, but isn't	8
25D	36. Structure near a bed?	8
26D	38. Pasta in a cheesy dish, informally	3
27D	39. Harpist's home key	5
28D	41. Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham	3
29D	42. Perches for houseplants	5
30D	43. Pilot's place	5
31D	45. Blanket that won't keep you warm?	4
32D	47. Big cosmetics chain	4
33D	48. It's a numbers game	4
34D	49. Cake topper	4
35D	50. Hindu deity of virtue	4
36D	51. Equivalent of "cya" in a text	4
37D	53. [Just like that!]	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. Feature of Notre-Dame supported by flying buttresses"

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 domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Words that mean the same thing: apsis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Speck"

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 (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
• Words that mean the same thing: speck, corpuscle, atom
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Enough! I get it!""

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: OKOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "99 Luftballons" singer"

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: NENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. 1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Words that mean the same thing: imp, pixie, pixy
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GREMLINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Discoveries of Michael Faraday"

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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• Words that mean the same thing: ion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Type-A type"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOGETTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Blond in a bar?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Spot removers"

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: ADBLOCKERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Hmm ... all right, I'm in!""

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: SUREWHYNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Common character in "The Far Side""

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 person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
• Words that mean the same thing: noncitizen, foreign, outlander
• The opposite would be: acquaintance, citizen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Make a splash"

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 noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
• Words that mean the same thing: plump, plonk, plunk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Longstanding disputes"

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 bitter quarrel between two parties
• Words that mean the same thing: feud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEUDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Old Testament prophet"

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 minor hebrew prophet (8th century bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Hosea
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Chill response"

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: BRR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Apt ticker symbol for Harley-Davidson"

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 person regarded as greedy and pig-like
• Words that mean the same thing: squealer, hogg, grunter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Zero on the Beaufort 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 steadiness of mind under stress
• Words that mean the same thing: tranquil, sedate, quiet
• The opposite would be: agitate, discomposure
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Sphere"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: country, surface area, arena
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Page seen in a wedding album"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RINGBEARER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Michelin offering"

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: RADIALTIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Echo responder"

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: ALEXA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Part of a track"

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

  The answer is: LANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Midwest colleague of Representative Ocasio-Cortez"

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: OMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Comment that pretends to be subtle, but isn't"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HINTHINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Structure near a bed?"

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 shed for storing tools
• Words that mean the same thing: toolhouse
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOOLSHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Pasta in a cheesy dish, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
• Words that mean the same thing: mackintosh, mack, macintosh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Harpist's home key"

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: CFLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Perches for houseplants"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states operatic soprano (born in 1929)
• Words that mean the same thing: Belle Miriam Silverman, Beverly Sills, sill
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Pilot's place"

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 kitchen appliance used for cooking food
• Words that mean the same thing: stave, stave in, range
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Blanket that won't keep you warm?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
• Words that mean the same thing: hoodwink, lead by the nose, Charles Percy Snow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Big cosmetics chain"

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: ULTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. It's a numbers game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• Words that mean the same thing: beano, bingo, lotto
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Cake topper"

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 being nine more than ninety
• Words that mean the same thing: ninety-nine, 99, ic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Hindu deity of virtue"

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 avatar of vishnu whose name is synonymous with god; any of three incarnations: ramachandra or parashurama or balarama
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "51. Equivalent of "cya" in a text"

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: TTYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. [Just like that!]"

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 ancient city in southeastern iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
• Words that mean the same thing: bang, blast, eruption
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	68.1%
Short Answer	12	16.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.2%
Geography	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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February 12, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, February 12, 2024

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

February 12, 2024 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Front's opposite	4
2A	5. Some male deer	5
3A	10. What gives Scotch an earthy flavor	4
4A	14. Long, cylindrical instrument	4
5A	15. Kind of bond in chemistry	5
6A	16. "That hurts!"	4
7A	17. [Get my innuendo?]	10
8A	19. Beech or birch	4
9A	20. When a plane is due, for short	3
10A	21. Show hosts, in brief	3
11A	22. "Doesn't matter who"	7
12A	24. Actress Jessica	4
13A	25. Close by	4
14A	26. Something a digital crossword solver doesn't need	5
15A	29. Winter hours in N.Y.C.	3
16A	31. Exploding stars	5
17A	35. "Relax, soldier"	6
18A	37. [Get my innuendo?]	8
19A	39. Moderate gait for a horse	4
20A	40. "Later, dudes"	5
21A	42. Response to the Little Red Hen	4
22A	43. [Get my innuendo?]	8
23A	45. Worked	6
24A	47. Younger Obama daughter	5
25A	48. "That's all ___ wrote"	3
26A	50. Takes in what someone wrote	5
27A	51. Engrave	4
28A	53. Dozes (off)	4
29A	55. "That's what people tell me, anyway"	7
30A	58. Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition	3
31A	59. Chop (off)	3
32A	62. Bridal veil fabric	4
33A	63. [Get my innuendo?]	10
34A	66. Furniture store known for its cafeterias' meatballs	4
35A	67. Message on a candy heart	5
36A	68. Classic pie crust ingredient	4
37A	69. "Hey you!"	4
38A	70. Painter Degas	5
39A	71. Membership fees	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. Front's opposite"

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 posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
• Words that mean the same thing: game, rear, second
• The opposite would be: advance, forward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Some male deer"

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 male deer, especially an adult male red deer
• Words that mean the same thing: tell on, snitch, snoop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. What gives Scotch an earthy flavor"

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

  The answer is: PEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Long, cylindrical 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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautboy, hautbois
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Kind of bond in chemistry"

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 dialect of ancient greek spoken and written in attica and athens and ionia
• Words that mean the same thing: Classical Greek, Attic, Ionic dialect
• The opposite would be: nonionic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "That hurts!""

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: OUCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. [Get my innuendo?]"

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: NUDGENUDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Beech or birch"

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 tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Words that mean the same thing: shoetree, corner, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. When a plane is due, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Show hosts, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one million periods per second
• Words that mean the same thing: megahertz, megacycle, MHz
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "Doesn't matter who""

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: ANYBODY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Actress Jessica"

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: BIEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Close by"

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 move towards
• Words that mean the same thing: virtually, approach, come on
• The opposite would be: far
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Something a digital crossword solver doesn't need"

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 material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
• Words that mean the same thing: newspaper, newspaper publisher, wallpaper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Winter hours in N.Y.C."

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

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Exploding stars"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
• Words that mean the same thing: nova
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOVAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. "Relax, soldier""

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: ATEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. [Get my innuendo?]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WINKWINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Moderate gait for a horse"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a slow pace of running
• Words that mean the same thing: lope, crib, Trotskyite
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. "Later, dudes""

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 state prevailing during the absence of war
• Words that mean the same thing: peace of mind, public security, peace treaty
• The opposite would be: war
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Response to the Little Red Hen"

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: NOTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. [Get my innuendo?]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HINTHINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Worked"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: labour, dig, labor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOILED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Younger Obama daughter"

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: SASHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. "That's all ___ wrote""

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: SHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Takes in what someone wrote"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something that is read
• Words that mean the same thing: study, read, understand
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: READS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Engrave"

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 make an etching of
• Words that mean the same thing: engrave
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Dozes (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 a sign of assent or salutation or command
• Words that mean the same thing: nod
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. "That's what people tell me, anyway""

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: SOIHEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition"

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: ITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Chop (off)"

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 cut off from a whole
• Words that mean the same thing: prune, sever, clip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Bridal veil fabric"

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 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: fortify, entwine, spike
• 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: LACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. [Get my innuendo?]"

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: COUGHCOUGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Furniture store known for its cafeterias' meatballs"

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: IKEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Message on a candy heart"

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: HUGME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Classic pie crust ingredient"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
• Words that mean the same thing: embroider, dramatize, aggrandize
• The 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 37 Across: "69. "Hey you!""

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: PSST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "70. Painter Degas"

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 younger brother of edwy who became king of northumbria when it renounced edwy; on edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of england (944-975)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDGAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "71. Membership fees"

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 that which is deserved or owed
• Words that mean the same thing: due
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle February 12, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Chicken leftover	4
2D	2. Be adjacent to	4
3D	3. Musician's conclusion	4
4D	4. Beer barrel	3
5D	5. "___ U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson hit)	5
6D	6. Mess up, as hair	6
7D	7. As well as	3
8D	8. Beyond big	8
9D	9. Big public argument	5
10D	10. Baked things that might get people baked	11
11D	11. Currency that replaced the mark and peseta	4
12D	12. Got an A+ on	4
13D	13. ___/them pronouns	4
14D	18. Mideast leaders	5
15D	23. Tug hard	4
16D	24. Keep cool in a pool, perhaps	11
17D	26. Trails	5
18D	27. Open-air lobbies	5
19D	28. Menial workers, dismissively	5
20D	30. Strip of mowed grass	5
21D	32. EGOT-winning actress Davis	5
22D	33. Contributed to a kitty	5
23D	34. Loses traction on the road	5
24D	36. Commercial lead-in to Pen	3
25D	38. Take-home amount	3
26D	41. Cover completely	8
27D	44. "Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering": Yoda	4
28D	46. Surgeon, for short	5
29D	49. Riddle	6
30D	52. Something you might clear to improve memory	5
31D	54. Catchall category	5
32D	55. Undergarment for a dress	4
33D	56. Acorn producers	4
34D	57. Frosts, as a cake	4
35D	59. Hawaiian banquet	4
36D	60. Fairy tale baddie	4
37D	61. Professors' degs.	4
38D	64. Big name in fleecy boots	3
39D	65. What a good joke never gets	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. Chicken leftover"

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 rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
• Words that mean the same thing: debone, off-white, mug up
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Be adjacent to"

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 lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
• Words that mean the same thing: butt on, adjoin, butt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Musician's conclusion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the closing section of a musical composition
• Words that mean the same thing: finale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Beer barrel"

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

  The answer is: KEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "___ U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson hit)"

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: SINCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Mess up, as hair"

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 disarrange or rumple; dishevel
• Words that mean the same thing: dishevel, tangle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOUSLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. As well as"

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: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Beyond big"

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 so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
• Words that mean the same thing: mammoth
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIGANTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Big public argument"

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 place where some action occurs
• Words that mean the same thing: vista, aspect, fit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Baked things that might get people baked"

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: POTBROWNIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Currency that replaced the mark and peseta"

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 basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EURO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Got an A+ on"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that succeed at easily
• Words that mean the same thing: breeze through, sail through, pass with flying colors
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. ___/them pronouns"

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: THEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Mideast leaders"

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 independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Words that mean the same thing: ameer, amir, emir
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Tug hard"

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

  The answer is: YANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Keep cool in a pool, perhaps"

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: BEATTHEHEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Trails"

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 course of conduct
• Words that mean the same thing: itinerary, track, way
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Open-air lobbies"

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 any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
• Words that mean the same thing: atrium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATRIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Menial workers, dismissively"

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 laborer who is obliged to do menial work
• Words that mean the same thing: navvy, peon, galley slave
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Strip of mowed grass"

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 space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine
• Words that mean the same thing: belt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. EGOT-winning actress Davis"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of the numerous plants of the genus viola
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Viola
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Contributed to a kitty"

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 place one's stake
• Words that mean the same thing: ante
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Loses traction on the road"

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 one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
• Words that mean the same thing: shoe, slue, brake shoe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Commercial lead-in to Pen"

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 self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eysenck Personality Inventory
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Take-home amount"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: internet, final, web
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Cover completely"

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 cover as if with a shroud
• Words that mean the same thing: hide, cover, shroud
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENSHROUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. "Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering": Yoda"

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 emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
• Words that mean the same thing: hatred, detest
• The opposite would be: love
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Surgeon, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ORDOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Riddle"

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 something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
• Words that mean the same thing: closed book, brain-teaser, conundrum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENIGMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "52. Something you might clear to improve memory"

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 hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
• Words that mean the same thing: hoard, memory cache, squirrel away
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Catchall category"

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 not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the white queen
• Words that mean the same thing: early, former
• The opposite would be: same
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. Undergarment for a dress"

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 socially awkward or tactless act
• Words that mean the same thing: splay, mistake, miscue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Acorn producers"

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 hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
• Words that mean the same thing: oak tree, oak
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Frosts, as a 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 water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: glass, crank, internal-combustion engine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Hawaiian banquet"

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 elaborate hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Fairy tale baddie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OGRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Professors' degs."

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 doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
• Words that mean the same thing: Ph.D., PhD
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Big name in fleecy boots"

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: UGG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. What a good joke never gets"

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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Words that mean the same thing: one-time, erstwhile, honest-to-god
• The opposite would be: young, new
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	60	76.9%
Short Answer	11	14.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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: August 27, 2025 at 06:29 PM