August 26, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle August 26, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Redding who wrote "Respect"	4
2A	5. New York's ___ Lawrence College	5
3A	10. Scoundrels	4
4A	14. Blowout	4
5A	15. Sauce that's heavy on garlic ... and vowels	5
6A	16. "Thirtysomething" actor Ken	4
7A	17. Investment for a humorist?	10
8A	19. Word before curriculum or meltdown	4
9A	20. Mila of "Bad Moms"	5
10A	21. Insubstantial beverage ... or argument	7
11A	23. Vacation goal, in brief	5
12A	24. Investment for a butcher?	9
13A	26. Constitution or Independence, in D.C.	3
14A	27. Prepared to be knighted	5
15A	29. Election winner of 1908	4
16A	30. Lucretia ___, pioneer in women's rights	4
17A	32. T-Mobile competitor: Abbr.	3
18A	33. The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards	3
19A	34. Collection that demonstrates job skills ... as suggested by 17-, 24-, 48- and 55-Across	13
20A	39. What makes car care?	3
21A	40. Gardner of old Hollywood	3
22A	41. Strategic objective soon after the D-Day invasion	4
23A	43. Science fiction award	4
24A	45. Part of Wonder Woman's outfit	5
25A	47. "Aaron Burr, ___" (song from "Hamilton")	3
26A	48. Investment for a physicist?	9
27A	50. Tequila source	5
28A	52. Like some gift bows	7
29A	53. Working stiff	5
30A	54. Ditch	4
31A	55. Investment for a restaurateur?	10
32A	59. In a bit	4
33A	60. Devilishly clever insults, in slang	5
34A	61. Adidas competitor	4
35A	62. Repair	4
36A	63. "The final frontier"	5
37A	64. Phone nos.	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. Redding who wrote "Respect""

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 inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Words that mean the same thing: Elisha Graves Otis, genus Otis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. New York's ___ Lawrence College"

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 (old testament) the wife of abraham and mother of isaac
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Scoundrels"

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 someone who is morally reprehensible
• Words that mean the same thing: bounder, heel, CAD
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Blowout"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an easy victory
• Words that mean the same thing: gambol, cavort, runaway
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Sauce that's heavy on garlic ... and vowels"

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 garlic mayonnaise
• Words that mean the same thing: aioli sauce, garlic sauce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "Thirtysomething" actor Ken"

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: OLIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Investment for a humorist?"

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: COMEDYGOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Word before curriculum or meltdown"

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 small group of indispensable persons or things
• Words that mean the same thing: substance, gist, core group
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Mila of "Bad Moms""

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: KUNIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Insubstantial beverage ... or argument"

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: WEAKTEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Vacation goal, in brief"

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: RANDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Investment for a butcher?"

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: BEEFSTOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Constitution or Independence, in D.C."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Prepared to be knighted"

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

  The answer is: KNELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Election winner of 1908"

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 sculptor (1860-1936)
• Words that mean the same thing: William Howard Taft, Lorado Taft, President Taft
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Lucretia ___, pioneer in women's rights"

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 united states feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lucretia Coffin Mott
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. T-Mobile competitor: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: ATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards"

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: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Collection that demonstrates job skills ... as suggested by 17-, 24-, 48- and 55-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WORKPORTFOLIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. What makes car care?"

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 used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
• Words that mean the same thing: i, one, 1
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Gardner of old Hollywood"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: AVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Strategic objective soon after the D-Day invasion"

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: STLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Science fiction award"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that french poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in france (1802-1885)
• Words that mean the same thing: Victor-Marie Hugo, Victor Hugo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Part of Wonder Woman's outfit"

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 jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. "Aaron Burr, ___" (song from "Hamilton")"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that term of address for a man
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Investment for a physicist?"

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: IONICBOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Tequila source"

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 tropical american plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
• Words that mean the same thing: American aloe, century plant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Like some gift bows"

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: STICKON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Working stiff"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
• Words that mean the same thing: proletarian, worker
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Ditch"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: recede, fall behind, drop off
• The opposite would be: keep, find
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Investment for a restaurateur?"

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: MENUOPTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. In a bit"

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

  The answer is: ANON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Devilishly clever insults, in slang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
• Words that mean the same thing: bite, sunburn, Robert Burns
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BURNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Adidas competitor"

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 35 Across: "62. Repair"

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 sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: darn, patch, fixture
• The opposite would be: break
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. "The final frontier""

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 unlimited expanse in which everything is located
• Words that mean the same thing: place, infinite, outer space
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Phone nos."

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: TELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle August 26, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Dungeons & Dragons meanie	3
2D	2. Solemnly promised	8
3D	3. Unaffected by	8
4D	4. Lighten one's wallet, so to speak	5
5D	5. Simon ___	4
6D	6. Big inits. in finance	3
7D	7. Aussie animal	3
8D	8. Completely off-base	6
9D	9. Like advanced screens, informally	5
10D	10. "Dinner" preceder on a dinner invitation	9
11D	11. Much	6
12D	12. Proceeding by the shortest way	6
13D	13. Underhanded sort	5
14D	18. Old-fashioned weapon for hand-to-hand combat	4
15D	22. Dodger beater in the 2017 World Series	5
16D	23. Zodiac animal after fishes	3
17D	24. Texas politico O'Rourke	4
18D	25. Chicago transport choice	7
19D	28. It may get hot under the collar	4
20D	31. What Hamlet meets in Act V of "Hamlet"	9
21D	33. Way yonder	4
22D	35. Unwanted engine sound	5
23D	36. It might be muted	4
24D	37. Horror movie cry	8
25D	38. Staple of Mediterranean cuisine	8
26D	42. Material collected in Minecraft	3
27D	43. Scorcher	6
28D	44. A group of carolers may sing in it	6
29D	45. Build some muscle	6
30D	46. 50 or more letters?	4
31D	48. Its founder was born in Mecca	5
32D	49. Box-office busts	5
33D	51. Intimated	5
34D	53. Do some modeling for artists	4
35D	56. New Deal program with the slogan "We Do Our Part," in brief	3
36D	57. The Tar Heels of the A.C.C.	3
37D	58. Rapper Lil ___ X	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. Dungeons & Dragons meanie"

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: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Solemnly promised"

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: TOOKAVOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Unaffected by"

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: IMMUNETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Lighten one's wallet, so to speak"

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 pass time in a specific way
• Words that mean the same thing: expend, drop, pass
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Simon ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the chance to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: read, sound out, pronounce
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Big inits. in finance"

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: AIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Aussie animal"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Completely off-base"

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: ALLWET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Like advanced screens, informally"

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: HIDEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Dinner" preceder on a dinner invitation"

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 a short mixed drink
• Words that mean the same thing: cocktail
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COCKTAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Much"

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: ALOTOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Proceeding by the shortest way"

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 command with authority
• Words that mean the same thing: lineal, point, aim
• The opposite would be: alternating, collateral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Underhanded sort"

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 person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: pilfer, canary, 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: SNEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Old-fashioned weapon for hand-to-hand combat"

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 relatively long dagger with a straight blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Dodger beater in the 2017 World Series"

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: ASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Zodiac animal after fishes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Words that mean the same thing: Aries, force, jam
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Texas politico O'Rourke"

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: BETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Chicago transport choice"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ELTRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. It may get hot under the collar"

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 back side of the neck
• Words that mean the same thing: scruff, nucha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. What Hamlet meets in Act V of "Hamlet""

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: TRAGICEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Way yonder"

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 (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Unwanted engine sound"

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 sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
• Words that mean the same thing: roast, criticize, bash
• The opposite would be: praise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. It might be muted"

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: TVAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Horror movie cry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITSALIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Staple of Mediterranean cuisine"

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: OLIVEOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Material collected in Minecraft"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Scorcher"

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: HOTONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. A group of carolers may sing in it"

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

  The answer is: UNISON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Build some muscle"

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: TONEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. 50 or more letters?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
• Words that mean the same thing: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Its founder was born in Mecca"

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 the civilization of muslims collectively which is governed by the muslim religion
• Words that mean the same thing: Islamism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Box-office busts"

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 explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
• Words that mean the same thing: bombard, bomb calorimeter, dud
• The opposite would be: pass
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOMBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Intimated"

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: GOTAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Do some modeling for artists"

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

  The answer is: POSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. New Deal program with the slogan "We Do Our Part," in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. The Tar Heels of the A.C.C."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Rapper Lil ___ X"

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 silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
• Words that mean the same thing: sodium, atomic number 11, Na
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	73.0%
Short Answer	11	14.9%
History	2	2.7%
Movies/Film	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Date: Friday, March 05, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

March 05, 2021 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Pitched poorly	6
2A	7. Trace element?	7
3A	14. Two-dimensional	6
4A	15. Era that began in the late 1950s	8
5A	16. "Any ___?"	6
6A	17. The Statue of Liberty, for one	8
7A	18. Gets along (with)	4
8A	19. End of a three-word U.S. president name	5
9A	20. Monopoly token	3
10A	21. Student's burden, often	4
11A	22. Showed	4
12A	23. Like lambs	5
13A	25. Co-performer with Shakira at Super Bowl LIV, informally	3
14A	26. Overly glib	3
15A	27. Lecture alternative	7
16A	29. Home country of N.B.A. phenom Luka Doncic	8
17A	32. "God send the companion a better prince! I cannot ___ my hands of him": "Henry IV, Part II"	3
18A	33. "Stray Dog" director, 1949	13
19A	37. Spot on advice?	3
20A	38. Alternative to going to court	8
21A	40. Sources of a modern addiction	7
22A	44. Fleur-de-___	3
23A	45. Grp. with the motto "Every child. One voice"	3
24A	46. Choreographer Twyla	5
25A	47. Prince in "The Little Mermaid"	4
26A	49. Cover	4
27A	50. Work on a course	3
28A	51. Widespread destruction	5
29A	53. Sigmatism, by another name	4
30A	54. Pilots, e.g.	8
31A	56. Case for an entomologist	6
32A	58. Plant that may yield oil	8
33A	59. False	6
34A	60. Guile	7
35A	61. How one should feel after a vacation	6

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. Pitched poorly"

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: OFFKEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Trace element?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STENCIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Two-dimensional"

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 involving two dimensions
• Words that mean the same thing: two-dimensional
• The opposite would be: cubic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLANAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Era that began in the late 1950s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPACEAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. "Any ___?""

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 one who accepts an offer
• Words that mean the same thing: taker
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAKERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. The Statue of Liberty, for one"

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 someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
• Words that mean the same thing: titan, giant, behemoth
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLOSSUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Gets along (with)"

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 colloid in a more solid form than a sol
• Words that mean the same thing: colloidal gel, mousse, gelatin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. End of a three-word U.S. president name"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BUREN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Monopoly token"

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 headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
• Words that mean the same thing: chapeau, lid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Student's burden, often"

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 state of owing something (especially money)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEBT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Showed"

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 move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
• Words that mean the same thing: descend, total, derive
• The opposite would be: go, leave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Like lambs"

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 of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Co-performer with Shakira at Super Bowl LIV, informally"

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: JLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Overly glib"

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 a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: rap, chuck, tap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Lecture alternative"

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

  The answer is: SEMINAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Home country of N.B.A. phenom Luka Doncic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mountainous republic in central europe; formerly part of the habsburg monarchy and yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Slovenia, Slovenija
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOVENIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. "God send the companion a better prince! I cannot ___ my hands of him": "Henry IV, Part II""

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 relieve from
• Words that mean the same thing: free, disembarrass
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. "Stray Dog" director, 1949"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: AKIRAKUROSAWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Spot on advice?"

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 protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Alternative to going to court"

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 gradual sinking to a lower level
• Words that mean the same thing: square up, sink, descend
• The opposite would be: float
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETTLING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Sources of a modern addiction"

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 a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
• Words that mean the same thing: cover, screenland, screen 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: SCREENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Fleur-de-___"

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 soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
• Words that mean the same thing: li, lithium, atomic number 3
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Grp. with the motto "Every child. One voice""

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: PTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Choreographer Twyla"

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 innovative united states dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
• Words that mean the same thing: Twyla Tharp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Prince in "The Little Mermaid""

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: ERIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Cover"

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 garment that covers the head and face
• Words that mean the same thing: velum, hide, humeral veil
• The opposite would be: unveil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VEIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Work on a course"

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: feed, rust, use 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: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Widespread destruction"

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 violent and needless disturbance
• Words that mean the same thing: mayhem
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAVOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Sigmatism, by another name"

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 speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
• Words that mean the same thing: list-processing language
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LISP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Pilots, e.g."

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 happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
• Words that mean the same thing: sequence, episode, installment
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPISODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Case for an entomologist"

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 silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COCOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. Plant that may yield oil"

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 an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFINERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "59. False"

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 person who makes deceitful pretenses
• Words that mean the same thing: sham, pseud, fake
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSEUDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Guile"

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 shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
• Words that mean the same thing: cunning, craftiness, foxiness
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLYNESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. How one should feel after a vacation"

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 not move; be in a resting position
• Words that mean the same thing: reside, take a breather, rest
• The opposite would be: tired, change
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword March 05, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Unsubscribe to a mailing list, with "out"	3
2D	2. Cell propellers	8
3D	3. Resource for music performers	8
4D	4. Posed in the front row of a team photo, say	5
5D	5. A katydid's are found on its legs, strangely enough	4
6D	6. '21, '22, etc.	3
7D	7. They may be blowing in the wind	6
8D	8. Account	4
9D	9. "If all ___ were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion" (quip attributed to Shaw)	10
10D	10. Duck Hunt console, for short	3
11D	11. Make chips become bread?	6
12D	12. Scaly pet	6
13D	13. News anchor Holt	6
14D	15. Floating green layer	4
15D	19. Hand-dyed fabric	5
16D	21. Dance club hirees	3
17D	22. Land promised by God to Abraham	6
18D	24. "Myra Breckinridge" novelist	5
19D	26. Goddess who serves as a major character in 2019's "Hadestown"	10
20D	28. Blue	6
21D	30. Epithet for the venomous Iago in "Othello"	5
22D	31. Northern neighbor of 29-Across: Abbr.	3
23D	34. Dinosaur	5
24D	35. Doesn't make it down the wave	8
25D	36. Directly opposite point	8
26D	39. Gadot of "Wonder Woman"	3
27D	40. Pilots	6
28D	41. Where Hamlet overhears Claudius confessing to fratricide	6
29D	42. Formally approve	6
30D	43. Lops off	6
31D	48. Rubicund	4
32D	49. Many indulgences	5
33D	52. Some beverage suffixes	4
34D	53. Ditch	4
35D	55. Fathers warn against it	3
36D	56. E.R. procedure that can be done to the beat of "Stayin' Alive"	3
37D	57. "Hey there" equivalent	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. Unsubscribe to a mailing list, with "out""

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 select as an alternative over another
• Words that mean the same thing: prefer, choose
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Cell propellers"

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 whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
• Words that mean the same thing: flagellum, scourge
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAGELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Resource for music performers"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: FAKEBOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Posed in the front row of a team photo, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that rest one's weight on one's knees
• Words that mean the same thing: kneel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. A katydid's are found on its legs, strangely enough"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: pinna, spike, ear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. '21, '22, etc."

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 containing 365 (or 366) days
• Words that mean the same thing: twelvemonth, yr, year
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. They may be blowing in the wind"

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 small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
• Words that mean the same thing: spore
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Account"

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 message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• Words that mean the same thing: story, tarradiddle, narrative
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "If all ___ were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion" (quip attributed to Shaw)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an expert in the science of economics
• Words that mean the same thing: economist, economic expert
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECONOMISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Duck Hunt console, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Make chips become bread?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: CASHIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Scaly pet"

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 large herbivorous tropical american arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in central america and south america
• Words that mean the same thing: Iguana iguana, common iguana
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGUANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. News anchor Holt"

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: LESTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Floating green layer"

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 worthless people
• Words that mean the same thing: trash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Hand-dyed fabric"

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 dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BATIK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Dance club hirees"

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 person who announces and plays popular recorded music
• Words that mean the same thing: DJ, disc jockey, disk jockey
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DJS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Land promised by God to Abraham"

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 ancient country in southwestern asia on the east coast of the mediterranean sea; a place of pilgrimage for christianity and islam and judaism
• Words that mean the same thing: Palestine, Holy Land, Promised Land
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANAAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. "Myra Breckinridge" 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 united states writer (born in 1925)
• Words that mean the same thing: Gore Vidal, Eugene Luther Vidal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIDAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Goddess who serves as a major character in 2019's "Hadestown""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) daughter of zeus and demeter; made queen of the underworld by pluto in ancient mythology; identified with roman proserpina
• Words that mean the same thing: Despoina, Kore, Cora
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERSEPHONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Blue"

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 an erotic person
• Words that mean the same thing: titillating
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EROTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Epithet for the venomous Iago in "Othello""

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 venomous old world snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Northern neighbor of 29-Across: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
• Words that mean the same thing: Au, gold, AU
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Dinosaur"

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 an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
• Words that mean the same thing: souvenir, keepsake, token
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RELIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Doesn't make it down the wave"

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: WIPESOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Directly opposite point"

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

  The answer is: ANTIPODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Gadot of "Wonder Woman""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
• Words that mean the same thing: gallon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Pilots"

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 an indication of potential opportunity
• Words that mean the same thing: confidential information, tip, bullock
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Where Hamlet overhears Claudius confessing to fratricide"

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 place of worship that has its own altar
• Words that mean the same thing: chapel service
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAPEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Formally approve"

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 approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
• Words that mean the same thing: sign
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATIFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Lops off"

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 set or keep apart
• Words that mean the same thing: break up, sever, lop
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEVERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Rubicund"

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 reflecting optimism
• Words that mean the same thing: rosy-cheeked, flushed, rose-colored
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Many indulgences"

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 moral weakness
• Words that mean the same thing: vice, frailty
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Some beverage suffixes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Words that mean the same thing: fruit drink, ade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Ditch"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: drop off, fall behind, suffer
• The opposite would be: win, keep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Fathers warn against it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that estrangement from god
• Words that mean the same thing: goof, sinning, sinfulness
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. E.R. procedure that can be done to the beat of "Stayin' Alive""

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 emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
• Words that mean the same thing: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. "Hey there" equivalent"

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

  The answer is: NOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	65.3%
Short Answer	14	19.4%
History	3	4.2%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 19, 2025 at 03:01 AM