July 13, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (36 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, July 13, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (36 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

July 13, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Right?": Fr.	9
2A	10. Org. whose founders include Cecil B. DeMille	5
3A	15. Leading man?	9
4A	16. Sturdy floor wood	5
5A	17. Potent Hawaiian weed	9
6A	18. Unsettled feeling	5
7A	19. High-society people may put them on when in public	4
8A	20. Alternative to a Lambo	3
9A	21. A man or a mouse	6
10A	22. Demolition letters	3
11A	23. Not so far away	6
12A	25. It multiplies by dividing	4
13A	26. "Narcissus and Goldmund" novelist	5
14A	28. ___ truck	4
15A	30. Part of a guess in Battleship	3
16A	31. Only place in the U.S. to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, informally	4
17A	34. Vacation souvenir, perhaps	7
18A	36. Parent company of Pine-Sol	6
19A	38. Blanket	6
20A	39. Home of Millennium Park, informally	7
21A	40. Sharing many of the characteristics of	4
22A	41. Background noise	3
23A	42. ___ boy	4
24A	44. Goods, slangily	5
25A	48. 2019 #1 album by Tyler, the Creator	4
26A	50. Medicine cabinet glass	6
27A	53. "Brilliant!"	3
28A	54. 200-milligram units	6
29A	56. Snow of "Game of Thrones"	3
30A	57. Bibliographer's abbr.	4
31A	58. Still around	5
32A	59. 1963 Four Seasons hit	9
33A	61. Paintings of Adam and Eve, typically	5
34A	62. Alternative to Kickstarter	9
35A	63. Bond, e.g.	5
36A	64. Fully fixed	9

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. "Right?": Fr."

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: NESTCEPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Org. whose founders include Cecil B. DeMille"

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: AMPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Leading man?"

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: ALPHAMALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Sturdy floor wood"

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 wood of a larch tree
• Words that mean the same thing: larch 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: LARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Potent Hawaiian weed"

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: MAUIWOWIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Unsettled feeling"

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: AGITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. High-society people may put them on when in public"

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 affected manners intended to impress others
• Words that mean the same thing: broadcast, air out, tune
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Alternative to a Lambo"

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 sharp projection on an edge or surface
• Words that mean the same thing: dag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. A man or a mouse"

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 living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Words that mean the same thing: brute, creature, fauna
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Demolition letters"

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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Not so far away"

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 to this place (especially toward the speaker)
• Words that mean the same thing: here
• The opposite would be: there
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HITHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. It multiplies by dividing"

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 small compartment
• Words that mean the same thing: cellphone, cadre, cubicle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. "Narcissus and Goldmund" novelist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that swiss writer (born in germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hermann Hesse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HESSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. ___ truck"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
• Words that mean the same thing: greaser, wetback
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Part of a guess in Battleship"

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 arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: rowing, quarrel, words
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Only place in the U.S. to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that city in southwestern colombia in a rich agricultural area
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Vacation souvenir, perhaps"

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: TANLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Parent company of Pine-Sol"

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

  The answer is: CLOROX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Blanket"

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

  The answer is: ENROBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Home of Millennium Park, informally"

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: CHITOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Sharing many of the characteristics of"

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 move towards
• Words that mean the same thing: almost, nigh, approach
• 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 22 Across: "41. Background noise"

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 state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
• Words that mean the same thing: Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, Movement of Holy Warriors, thrum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. ___ boy"

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 social club for male undergraduates
• Words that mean the same thing: fraternity
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Goods, slangily"

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: MERCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. 2019 #1 album by Tyler, the Creator"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: IGOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Medicine cabinet glass"

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 small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball
• Words that mean the same thing: optic cup, eyebath, eye cup
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYECUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. "Brilliant!""

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. 200-milligram units"

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 unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
• Words that mean the same thing: carat, kt, karat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Snow of "Game of Thrones""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Bibliographer's 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: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Still around"

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 possessing life
• Words that mean the same thing: animated, live, awake
• The opposite would be: dead, unanimated
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. 1963 Four Seasons hit"

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: CANDYGIRL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Paintings of Adam and Eve, typically"

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 painting of a naked human figure
• Words that mean the same thing: nude, nude person, nude sculpture
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Alternative to Kickstarter"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: INDIEGOGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Bond, e.g."

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 active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
• Words that mean the same thing: broker, agentive role, federal agent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Fully fixed"

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: GOODASNEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword July 13, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Jet popular in the 1960s and '70s	6
2D	2. Flight attendant in "Airplane!"	6
3D	3. Periods of growth	6
4D	4. "Who is ___?"	4
5D	5. Harsh cry	3
6D	6. Expressive characters	5
7D	7. Rough up, in a way	5
8D	8. Come down (on)	6
9D	9. Match	3
10D	10. Boy's name that becomes a girl's name if you move the first letter to the end	4
11D	11. Tricks	5
12D	12. Steakhouse selection	8
13D	13. Not have an accomplice	8
14D	14. "You want to?"	7
15D	21. Occult	6
16D	23. Learn indirectly	6
17D	24. Taken in	5
18D	27. Orkneyan or Shetlander	4
19D	29. Part of a cloverleaf	6
20D	32. Pixelated, perhaps	6
21D	33. "Nope"	5
22D	35. Family hand-me-down?	4
23D	36. Quickly drink	8
24D	37. Long car trip?	8
25D	39. Woman who has traveled to el Norte, maybe	7
26D	43. Music style that might feature an accordion and a bajo sexto	6
27D	45. G.I. meal	6
28D	46. Put some juice into	6
29D	47. Bless	6
30D	49. Shade of black	5
31D	51. Zillow listing	5
32D	52. Ruined	5
33D	55. Challenge	4
34D	57. Fragile projectiles	4
35D	59. Short smoke	3
36D	60. House support	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. Jet popular in the 1960s and '70s"

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: NAMATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Flight attendant in "Airplane!""

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: ELAINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Periods of growth"

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 occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
• Words that mean the same thing: forge, squirt, jet
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPURTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Who is ___?""

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: THIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Harsh cry"

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

  The answer is: CAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Expressive characters"

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: EMOJI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Rough up, in a way"

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: PAWAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Come down (on)"

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 to come to rest, settle
• Words that mean the same thing: light, climb down, ablaze
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Match"

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: ensure, figure, see to it
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Boy's name that becomes a girl's name if you move the first letter to the end"

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: ALAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Tricks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any art that invokes supernatural powers
• Words that mean the same thing: illusion, charming, thaumaturgy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAGIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Steakhouse selection"

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: PRIMERIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Not have an accomplice"

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: ACTALONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. "You want to?""

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: SHALLWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Occult"

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

  The answer is: ARCANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Learn indirectly"

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: HEAROF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Taken in"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: corrode, deplete, eat on
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Orkneyan or Shetlander"

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 native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Part of a cloverleaf"

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: ONRAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Pixelated, perhaps"

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: LOWRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. "Nope""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IXNAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Family hand-me-down?"

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 knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
• Words that mean the same thing: traditional knowledge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Quickly drink"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHUGALUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Long car trip?"

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: LIMORIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Woman who has traveled to el Norte, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: CHICANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Music style that might feature an accordion and a bajo sexto"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TEJANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. G.I. meal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
• Words that mean the same thing: ration 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: RATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Put some juice into"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an impetuous rush toward someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: shoot, heraldic bearing, institutionalise
• The opposite would be: discharge, pay cash
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHARGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Bless"

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 render holy by means of religious rites
• Words that mean the same thing: sanctify, bless, consecrate
• The opposite would be: desecrate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Shade of black"

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 large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
• Words that mean the same thing: prey, predate, guttle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Zillow listing"

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 the dwelling units in a condominium
• Words that mean the same thing: condominium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Ruined"

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 cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
• Words that mean the same thing: loosen, untie, unmake
• The opposite would be: make, wrap
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNDID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Challenge"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: mental testing, tryout, prove
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Fragile projectiles"

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 oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: bollock, testicle, nut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Short smoke"

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: CIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. House support"

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 affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yeah
• 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: YEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	75.0%
Short Answer	9	12.5%
Sports	2	2.8%
Music	2	2.8%
Food & Drink	2	2.8%
Literature	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
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• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, July 27, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (38 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

July 27, 2020 Monday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress"	4
2A	5. Loses one's footing	5
3A	10. Varsity letter earner, say	4
4A	14. With 64-Down, shrinking body of water in Asia	4
5A	15. Painter Matisse	5
6A	16. Big name in running shoes	4
7A	17. Diminutive Jedi master	4
8A	18. It may include a backpack, boots and a water bottle	10
9A	20. Slightly off	5
10A	22. Gyllenhaal of "Brokeback Mountain"	4
11A	23. Decompose	3
12A	24. Japanese verse with 17 syllables	9
13A	27. AOL alternative	3
14A	29. Get a pet from the pound, e.g.	5
15A	30. Word before chill or chimes	4
16A	33. Busy worker in Apr.	3
17A	36. Item compared in "Who Wore It Best?"	5
18A	38. Tony the Frosted Flakes mascot, e.g.	5
19A	39. Expensive, as a product line	7
20A	41. Seven Dwarfs' cry as off to work they go	7
21A	43. Protection against kitchen splatters	5
22A	44. Put on, as a play	5
23A	46. Gratuity	3
24A	47. Look closely (at)	4
25A	48. Wipe the board clean	5
26A	50. "Let's ___!" ("Dig in!")	3
27A	52. Supermodel and longtime "Project Runway" host	9
28A	56. Place for a mud bath	3
29A	58. Appearance	4
30A	60. "Swell!"	5
31A	61. Toyota Prius and Honda Insight	10
32A	65. Not fooled by	4
33A	66. Fashion monthly with more than 40 international editions	4
34A	67. "Well, golly!"	5
35A	68. Luau instruments, for short	4
36A	69. Like the part of a swimming pool with the diving board	4
37A	70. "Gotta go!"	5
38A	71. One of a set of four on a London taxi	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. Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: SARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Loses one's footing"

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

  The answer is: SLIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Varsity letter earner, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person trained to compete in sports
• Words that mean the same thing: suspensor, supporter, athletic supporter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. With 64-Down, shrinking body of water in Asia"

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: ARAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Painter Matisse"

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: HENRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Big name in running shoes"

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: AVIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Diminutive Jedi master"

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: YODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. It may include a backpack, boots and a water bottle"

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: HIKINGGEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Slightly 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 not functioning properly
• Words that mean the same thing: awry, haywire, imperfectly
• The opposite would be: perfectly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Gyllenhaal of "Brokeback Mountain""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: JAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Decompose"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
• Words that mean the same thing: buncombe, rotting, hogwash
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Japanese verse with 17 syllables"

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: HAIKUPOEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. AOL alternative"

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: MSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Get a pet from the pound, e.g."

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 choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
• Words that mean the same thing: take up, take on, dramatise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADOPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Word before chill or chimes"

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 air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
• Words that mean the same thing: breaking wind, wind up, flatus
• The opposite would be: unwind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Busy worker in Apr."

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 accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Words that mean the same thing: certified public accountant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Item compared in "Who Wore It Best?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
• Words that mean the same thing: clothe, curry, crop
• The opposite would be: undress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Tony the Frosted Flakes mascot, e.g."

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 fierce or audacious person
• Words that mean the same thing: Panthera tigris
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Expensive, as a product line"

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: HIGHEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Seven Dwarfs' cry as off to work they go"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HEIGHHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Protection against kitchen splatters"

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 garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
• Words that mean the same thing: forestage, proscenium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Put on, as a play"

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 distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Words that mean the same thing: arrange, microscope stage, level
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Gratuity"

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 extreme end of something; especially something pointed
• Words that mean the same thing: tumble, bakshish, tilt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Look closely (at)"

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 is of equal standing with another in a group
• Words that mean the same thing: compeer, equal, match
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Wipe the board clean"

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 remove from memory or existence
• Words that mean the same thing: efface, rub out, wipe off
• The opposite would be: record
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. "Let's ___!" ("Dig in!")"

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: use up, corrode, rust
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Supermodel and longtime "Project Runway" host"

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: HEIDIKLUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Place for a mud bath"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health club, watering hole, resort hotel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Appearance"

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 dignified manner or conduct
• Words that mean the same thing: comportment, presence, bearing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. "Swell!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Toyota Prius and Honda Insight"

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: HYBRIDCARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Not fooled by"

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: ONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Fashion monthly with more than 40 international editions"

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: ELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. "Well, golly!""

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: OHGEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Luau instruments, 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 a small guitar having four strings
• Words that mean the same thing: uke, ukulele
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Like the part of a swimming pool with the diving board"

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 central and most intense or profound part
• Words that mean the same thing: cryptical, mysterious, rich
• The opposite would be: shallow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. "Gotta go!""

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: SEEYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. One of a set of four on a London taxi"

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 port in southern lebanon on the mediterranean sea; formerly a major phoenician seaport famous for silks
• Words that mean the same thing: tire, Sur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYRE

  Great job if you got it right!

July 27, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Doctor's request during a physical	5
2D	2. Scent	5
3D	3. Half-diameters	5
4D	4. Juneau is its capital	6
5D	5. "Quiet!"	3
6D	6. Luau garland	3
7D	7. Some office printers	7
8D	8. Trojan War king	5
9D	9. What things do in quicksand	4
10D	10. Boozer's binge	3
11D	11. Like some FedEx or DHL service	9
12D	12. "Gotta go!"	4
13D	13. Go-___ (kid's racer)	4
14D	19. Thing of beauty	3
15D	21. Out of the blue	6
16D	25. X-rated stuff	4
17D	26. Some newspaper essays	5
18D	28. Big gulp from a bottle	4
19D	31. Classic soda brand	4
20D	32. What prices do in bear markets	4
21D	33. English fellow	4
22D	34. Prop for Santa Claus or Frosty the Snowman	4
23D	35. Pleasant	9
24D	37. Puppeteer Lewis	5
25D	38. Connects (with)	6
26D	40. Dance at a Jewish wedding	4
27D	42. "Omigosh!"	4
28D	45. Like many members of Gen Z, now	7
29D	49. Barely make, as a living	6
30D	51. Texter's "I didn't need to know that"	3
31D	52. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog"	5
32D	53. Tall and lean	5
33D	54. Speak	5
34D	55. Glacier National Park sighting	5
35D	56. Backyard building	4
36D	57. 1960s TV's "Gomer ___, U.S.M.C"	4
37D	59. Vows exchanged at the altar	4
38D	62. Dem.'s counterpart	3
39D	63. Spanish king	3
40D	64. See 14-Across	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. Doctor's request during a physical"

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: SAYAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Scent"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Words that mean the same thing: scent, olfactory property, odour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Half-diameters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
• Words that mean the same thing: r, wheel spoke, radius
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Juneau is its capital"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in northwestern north america; the 49th state admitted to the union
• Words that mean the same thing: AK, Last Frontier
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALASKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Quiet!""

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: SHH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Luau garland"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: coronal, garland, chaplet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Some office printers"

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: INKJETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Trojan War king"

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 (greek mythology) the last king of troy; father of hector and paris and cassandra
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. What things do in quicksand"

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 plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
• Words that mean the same thing: swallow hole, dip, cesspool
• The opposite would be: float, source
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Boozer's binge"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sharp projection on an edge or surface
• Words that mean the same thing: dag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Like some FedEx or DHL service"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
• Words that mean the same thing: all-night, nightlong
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVERNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Gotta go!""

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 acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: aloha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Go-___ (kid's racer)"

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: KART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Thing of beauty"

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 art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
• Words that mean the same thing: treasure, precious stone, gemstone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Out of the blue"

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 happening without warning or in a short space of time
• The opposite would be: gradual
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUDDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. X-rated stuff"

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 creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
• Words that mean the same thing: smut, porno, erotica
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Some newspaper essays"

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: OPEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Big gulp from a bottle"

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 large and hurried swallow
• Words that mean the same thing: gulp, slog, draught
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Classic soda 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: NEHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. What prices do in bear markets"

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 shape that is spherical and small
• Words that mean the same thing: cast, pearl, shed
• The opposite would be: sharpen, recuperate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. English fellow"

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 boy or man
• Words that mean the same thing: crack, fellow, cranny
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Prop for Santa Claus or Frosty the Snowman"

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 tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
• Words that mean the same thing: pipage, organ pipe, tobacco pipe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Pleasant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; ; ; - disraeli
• Words that mean the same thing: consonant, accordant, conformable
• The opposite would be: disagreeable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGREEABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Puppeteer Lewis"

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 african river that flows northwest into lake chad
• Words that mean the same thing: Chari River, Chari, Shari River
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Connects (with)"

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: TIESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Dance at a Jewish wedding"

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: HORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. "Omigosh!""

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: EGAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Like many members of Gen Z, now"

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 being of the age 13 through 19
• Words that mean the same thing: teenaged, teen, adolescent
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEENAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Barely make, as a living"

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: EKEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Texter's "I didn't need to know that""

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: TMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog""

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: HECHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Tall and lean"

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 tall and thin and having long slender limbs
• Words that mean the same thing: gangly, rangy, gangling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Speak"

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 articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
• Words that mean the same thing: everlasting, pure, mouth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Glacier National Park sighting"

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

  The answer is: MOOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Backyard building"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. 1960s TV's "Gomer ___, U.S.M.C""

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 united states writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911)
• Words that mean the same thing: Howard Pyle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PYLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Vows exchanged at the altar"

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 artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• Words that mean the same thing: Ido
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Dem.'s counterpart"

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Spanish king"

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: REY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. See 14-Across"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	57	73.1%
Short Answer	14	17.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 23, 2025 at 03:41 PM