August 06, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, August 06, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (39 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

August 06, 2020 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. K follower	4
2A	5. Run for it!	4
3A	9. Ingredient separated and whipped in meringue	8
4A	13. One with a title	5
5A	14. Purloin	5
6A	15. TV host with the memoir "Born a Crime"	4
7A	16. "Hoarders" network	5
8A	17. Novelist Walker	5
9A	18. Major-___	4
10A	19. Political party founded in 1966	16
11A	22. Oh, it's nothing	3
12A	23. Perimeter of a billiards table	5
13A	24. Devil dog	8
14A	26. Speakeasy, by another name	8
15A	29. "Bye-bye"	6
16A	30. Mailroom stamp: Abbr.	4
17A	31. ___ vez (again, in Spanish)	4
18A	33. T-shirt choices, for short	3
19A	34. Shortly before the events of the New Testament	5
20A	36. Wyatt, Virgil or Morgan of the Old West	4
21A	38. "Praise be to ___"	5
22A	42. Language in which the majority of words are monosyllabic	3
23A	44. Up votes	4
24A	46. Woman's name that means "violet"	4
25A	47. Pushes to the side	6
26A	50. Like the Kardashians' heritage	8
27A	52. Sole proprietorship?	8
28A	54. They might help you get a grip	5
29A	55. Little downtime	3
30A	56. Saying "You've never looked better," maybe	16
31A	60. Chorus at an arena de fútbol	4
32A	62. Time off	5
33A	63. Inland's opposite	5
34A	64. Sage	4
35A	65. Hard hit, in baseball lingo	5
36A	66. Wear in ancient Rome	5
37A	67. Many a country road	8
38A	68. Brand of "anti-aging" products	4
39A	69. Fr. religious figures	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. K follower"

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 area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
• Words that mean the same thing: market, market place, marketplace
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Run for it!"

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 space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
• Words that mean the same thing: sit, keister, posterior
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Ingredient separated and whipped in meringue"

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: EGGWHITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. One with a title"

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 (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
• Words that mean the same thing: proprietor, possessor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Purloin"

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 off with belongings of others
• Words that mean the same thing: abstract, swipe, pinch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FILCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. TV host with the memoir "Born a Crime""

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 hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of noah and the flood is told in the book of genesis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. "Hoarders" network"

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: AANDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Novelist Walker"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Major-___"

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: DOMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Political party founded in 1966"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: THEBLACKPANTHERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Oh, it's nothing"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: goose egg, nix, nada
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Perimeter of a billiards table"

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 bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
• Words that mean the same thing: track, train, vilify
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Devil dog"

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: USMARINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Speakeasy, by another name"

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: BLINDPIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. "Bye-bye""

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: SOLONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Mailroom stamp: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RECD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. ___ vez (again, in Spanish)"

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: OTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. T-shirt choices, 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: SML

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Shortly before the events of the New Testament"

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: ONEBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Wyatt, Virgil or Morgan of the Old West"

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: EARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. "Praise be to ___""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that muslim name for the one and only god
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Language in which the majority of words are monosyllabic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
• Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Up votes"

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 affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• The opposite would be: nay
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Woman's name that means "violet""

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: IONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Pushes to the side"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
• Words that mean the same thing: bypass, electrical shunt, shunt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Like the Kardashians' heritage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of armenia
• Words that mean the same thing: Armenian language, Armenian alphabet
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMENIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Sole proprietorship?"

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: SHOESHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. They might help you get a grip"

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 any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
• Words that mean the same thing: pair of tongs
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Little downtime"

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 period of time spent sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: catnap, cat sleep, short sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Saying "You've never looked better," maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: TELLINGAWHITELIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Chorus at an arena de fútbol"

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: OLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Time off"

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 period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
• Words that mean the same thing: leave-taking, give, go away
• The opposite would be: arrive, enter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Inland's opposite"

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 shore of a sea or ocean
• Words that mean the same thing: slide, seashore, seacoast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Sage"

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 way of doing or being
• Words that mean the same thing: Stephen Samuel Wise, fresh, impertinent
• The opposite would be: foolish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Hard hit, in baseball lingo"

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 (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
• Words that mean the same thing: lining, ocean liner, line drive
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Wear in ancient Rome"

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 an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: adventitia, tunica
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUNIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Many a country road"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
• Words that mean the same thing: blacktopping
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLACKTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Brand of "anti-aging" products"

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: OLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Fr. religious figures"

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: STES

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Thursday Crossword Down Clues - August 06, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. [blown kiss]	4
2D	2. Author of "Interview With the Vampire"	8
3D	3. Old Glory	15
4D	4. Hesitant to act	6
5D	5. What a foul mouth is full of?	4
6D	6. Counselor to Job	5
7D	7. Get into	6
8D	8. Container brand that lost its trademark status in 1963	7
9D	9. Terminus	3
10D	10. "I'll be right behind you"	6
11D	11. Main Las Vegas industry	6
12D	12. Outer space phenomenon photographed for the first time in 2019	9
13D	13. Clif Bar bit	3
14D	14. MuggleNet, for Harry Potter devotees	7
15D	20. Prime Cuts and T-Bonz brand	4
16D	21. Actress Hayek	5
17D	25. It might prevent an overload of the power grid	15
18D	26. Compadre	3
19D	27. ___ Wiseman, director of "Total Recall"	3
20D	28. With 32-Down, ambiguity ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme	4
21D	32. See 28-Down	4
22D	35. Is allowed to, quaintly	5
23D	37. Significant other	7
24D	39. DC reporter	8
25D	40. Carrier to Tokyo	3
26D	41. Chick magnet?	3
27D	43. Game whose dual-colored pieces are apt for this puzzle's theme	7
28D	45. Air apparent?	4
29D	47. Gene with a large 'stache of films?	6
30D	48. "Fingers crossed!"	6
31D	49. Cirque du ___	6
32D	51. Passes	6
33D	52. "Grimms' Fairy Tales" heroine	9
34D	53. Starter course?	5
35D	57. Two-time Tony-winning actress Judith	4
36D	58. Goddess often depicted holding an ankh	4
37D	59. And so on: Abbr.	3
38D	61. Mo. when Oktoberfest starts	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. [blown kiss]"

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: MWAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Author of "Interview With the Vampire""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANNERICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. 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: REDWHITEANDBLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Hesitant to act"

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 timid by nature or revealing timidity
• Words that mean the same thing: fearful, timorous
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREPID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. What a foul mouth is full of?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
• Words that mean the same thing: silt 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: SILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Counselor to Job"

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: ELIHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Get into"

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 right to enter
• Words that mean the same thing: approach, get at, accession
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Container brand that lost its trademark status in 1963"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks
• Words that mean the same thing: thermos flask, thermos bottle
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THERMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Terminus"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: finish, closing, cease
• The opposite would be: beginning, begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "I'll be right behind you""

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: GOONIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Main Las Vegas industry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
• Words that mean the same thing: back, stake, play
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAMING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Outer space phenomenon photographed for the first time in 2019"

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: BLACKHOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Clif Bar bit"

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

  The answer is: OAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. MuggleNet, for Harry Potter devotees"

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: FANSITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Prime Cuts and T-Bonz 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: ALPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Actress Hayek"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SALMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. It might prevent an overload of the power grid"

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: ROLLINGBLACKOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Compadre"

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: BRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. ___ Wiseman, director of "Total Recall""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. With 32-Down, ambiguity ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"

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 neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
• Words that mean the same thing: grizzly, white-haired, grey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. See 28-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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: region, expanse, 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 22 Down: "35. Is allowed to, quaintly"

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: CANST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Significant other"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person's partner in marriage
• Words that mean the same thing: cooperator, married person, better half
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARTNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. DC reporter"

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: LOISLANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Carrier to Tokyo"

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Chick magnet?"

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

  The answer is: HEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Game whose dual-colored pieces are apt for this puzzle's theme"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the hero of william shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTHELLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Air apparent?"

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 air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
• Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Gene with a large 'stache of films?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHALIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. "Fingers crossed!""

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: HOPESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Cirque du ___"

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: SOLEIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Passes"

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 order by virtue of superior authority; decree
• Words that mean the same thing: act out, ordain, enact
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. "Grimms' Fairy Tales" heroine"

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: SNOWWHITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Starter course?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PLANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Two-time Tony-winning actress Judith"

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: IVEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Goddess often depicted holding an ankh"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of geb; sister and wife of osiris
• Words that mean the same thing: ISI, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. And so on: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Mo. when Oktoberfest starts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following august and preceding october
• Words that mean the same thing: September, Sept
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	71.4%
Short Answer	8	10.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	6	7.8%
Abbreviation	3	3.9%
Literature	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Date: Thursday, February 04, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (40 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

NYT Thursday Crossword Across Clues - February 04, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Join together	4
2A	5. Average	4
3A	9. #1 choice	4
4A	13. Post-human race of sci-fi	4
5A	14. Kind of palm	4
6A	15. Phil in the Poker Hall of Fame	4
7A	16. Explorer of children's TV	4
8A	17. 1993 country hit by Joe Diffie	14
9A	20. Popular afternoon talk show	5
10A	22. Fig. on some I.R.S. forms	3
11A	23. Sticking point for a craftsperson?	3
12A	24. Dances with a fast-fast-slow rhythm	6
13A	26. ___ Xing	3
14A	27. Nintendo console	3
15A	28. The slightest bit	7
16A	30. Camaro competitor	7
17A	32. 1966 hit by the Rolling Stones	12
18A	34. Egyptian symbol of life	4
19A	35. Ice cream unit	5
20A	37. Uneasy feeling	5
21A	38. Ballet classroom fixture	5
22A	42. Stock symbol?	5
23A	44. Building superintendent's apartment number, often	4
24A	45. 1983 hit by Billy Idol	12
25A	50. Get rid (of)	7
26A	54. Make more enticing	7
27A	55. "Who ___?" (song from "Les Misérables")	3
28A	56. 53-Down's catchword	3
29A	57. Where originally found	6
30A	58. Not be serious	3
31A	59. Some do it gracefully	3
32A	60. ___ Ababa	5
33A	61. 1966 hit by the Beatles	15
34A	64. Itty-bitty biter	4
35A	67. Figure skater Lipinski	4
36A	68. Its products often come with Allen wrenches	4
37A	69. Where the Iditarod ends	4
38A	70. Some cameras, in brief	4
39A	71. Staying power, so to speak	4
40A	72. River that comprises the fifth circle of Dante's Inferno	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. Join together"

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 european mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in north america
• Words that mean the same thing: dyer's mignonette, Reseda luteola, dyer's rocket
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WELD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Average"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
• Words that mean the same thing: signify, beggarly, imply
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. #1 choice"

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: FAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Post-human race of sci-fi"

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: ELOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Kind of palm"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Phil in the Poker Hall of Fame"

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: IVEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Explorer of children's TV"

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: DORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. 1993 country hit by Joe Diffie"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JOHNDEEREGREEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Popular afternoon talk show"

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: ELLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Fig. on some I.R.S. forms"

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: EIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Sticking point for a craftsperson?"

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

  The answer is: AWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Dances with a fast-fast-slow rhythm"

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 spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
• Words that mean the same thing: salsa
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALSAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. ___ Xing"

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: PED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Nintendo console"

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: WII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. The slightest bit"

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: ONEIOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Camaro competitor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the spanish
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUSTANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. 1966 hit by the Rolling Stones"

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: PAINTITBLACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Egyptian symbol of life"

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: ANKH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Ice cream unit"

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 quantity a scoop will hold
• Words that mean the same thing: max, scoop shovel, exclusive
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Uneasy feeling"

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 acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Ballet classroom fixture"

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: BARRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Stock symbol?"

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 name given to a product or service
• Words that mean the same thing: make, brand name, mark
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Building superintendent's apartment number, often"

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: ONEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. 1983 hit by Billy Idol"

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: WHITEWEDDING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Get rid (of)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give, sell, or transfer to another
• Words that mean the same thing: fling, chuck out, incline
• The opposite would be: disqualify, indispose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISPOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Make more enticing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make sweeter in taste
• Words that mean the same thing: edulcorate, dulcorate, dulcify
• The opposite would be: sour
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEETEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. "Who ___?" (song from "Les Misérables")"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: AMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. 53-Down's catchword"

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: blast, clap, 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!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Where originally found"

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: INSITU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Not be serious"

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 young person of either sex
• Words that mean the same thing: chaff, shaver, Thomas Kyd
• The opposite would be: parent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Some do it gracefully"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: years, maturate, eld
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. ___ Ababa"

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: ADDIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. 1966 hit by the Beatles"

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: YELLOWSUBMARINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Itty-bitty biter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Figure skater Lipinski"

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 village in eastern ireland (northwest of dublin); seat of irish kings until 6th century
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Its products often come with Allen wrenches"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IKEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Where the Iditarod ends"

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 town in western alaska on the southern coast of the seward peninsula; an important center of an alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "70. Some cameras, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "71. Staying power, so to speak"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that staying power
• Words that mean the same thing: wooden leg, pegleg, branch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "72. River that comprises the fifth circle of Dante's Inferno"

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

  The answer is: STYX

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword February 04, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Join together	3
2D	2. "Mr. Blue Sky" grp.	3
3D	3. Singing siren	7
4D	4. Calls a talk show, say	7
5D	5. Regal	8
6D	6. M.B.A. class	4
7D	7. Spa sound	3
8D	8. Prime-time time	6
9D	9. Maniacs	6
10D	10. Alternative to La. or Dr.	3
11D	11. Big name in bridal gowns	8
12D	12. Secret-indicating gestures	8
13D	18. "Mon ___!"	4
14D	19. 2017 hit by Lorde (also a 2008 hit by John Legend, and a 1968 hit by the American Breed)	10
15D	21. Founder of Taoism	6
16D	24. Soak up	3
17D	25. Political analyst Navarro	3
18D	29. Progress made in step one	4
19D	31. Cousin of ocher	3
20D	33. 1991 hit by Michael Jackson	12
21D	36. Feet in a pound	4
22D	37. Portion of a sum	6
23D	38. 2017 hit by Cardi B	11
24D	39. People who believe that all natural objects have souls	8
25D	40. Leftover	8
26D	41. 38-Down genre	3
27D	43. What it may take to solve old problems	8
28D	46. Patterns	7
29D	47. "Nuh-uh!"	7
30D	48. Clear	3
31D	49. Bearded beast	3
32D	51. Former first family	6
33D	52. Quite a tale	4
34D	53. Chef known by his first name	6
35D	60. Rare blood type, for short	4
36D	62. Sound made while shaking	3
37D	63. Kyle's brother on "South Park"	3
38D	65. Writer Sedaris	3
39D	66. ___ Avery, Bugs Bunny creator	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. Join together"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Mr. Blue Sky" grp."

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: ELO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Singing siren"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a siren of german legend who lured boatmen in the rhine to destruction
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORELEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Calls a talk show, say"

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: DIALSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Regal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters
• Words that mean the same thing: imperial, olympian, gallant
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAJESTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. M.B.A. class"

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: ECON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Spa sound"

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: ooh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Prime-time time"

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: NINEPM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Maniacs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Alternative to La. or Dr."

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: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Big name in bridal gowns"

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: VERAWANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Secret-indicating gestures"

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: EYEWINKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "18. "Mon ___!""

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: DIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. 2017 hit by Lorde (also a 2008 hit by John Legend, and a 1968 hit by the American Breed)"

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: GREENLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Founder of Taoism"

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: LAOTSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Soak up"

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 piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: drench, dowse, souse
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Political analyst Navarro"

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Progress made in step one"

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: ATOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Cousin of ocher"

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 browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: sunburn, tangent, bronze
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. 1991 hit by Michael Jackson"

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: BLACKORWHITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Feet in a pound"

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 clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
• Words that mean the same thing: manus, paw, mitt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Portion of a sum"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a number that is added to another number (the augend)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADDEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. 2017 hit by Cardi B"

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: BODAKYELLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. People who believe that all natural objects have souls"

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 one who accepts the doctrine of animism
• Words that mean the same thing: animist
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Leftover"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something left after other parts have been taken away
• Words that mean the same thing: residuum, balance, residuary
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESIDUAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. 38-Down genre"

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 reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: blame, pat, strike
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. What it may take to solve old problems"

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: NEWIDEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Patterns"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
• Words that mean the same thing: design, excogitation, conception
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESIGNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. "Nuh-uh!""

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: ITISNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Clear"

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: cyberspace, meshing, network
• 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 31 Down: "49. Bearded beast"

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 large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
• Words that mean the same thing: wildebeest
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Former first family"

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: OBAMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Quite a tale"

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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Chef known by his first name"

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: EMERIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Rare blood type, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "62. Sound made while shaking"

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: BRR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. Kyle's brother on "South Park""

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 united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eisenhower, President Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "65. Writer Sedaris"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "66. ___ Avery, Bugs Bunny creator"

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: TEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	65.8%
Short Answer	20	25.3%
History	2	2.5%
Geography	2	2.5%
Music	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	40
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	79
Average Answer Length	5.3 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 19, 2025 at 04:45 PM