June 24, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

June 24, 2020 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Ansari of "Parks and Recreation"	4
2A	5. Lotion letters	3
3A	8. Class for expectant mothers	6
4A	14. Only	4
5A	15. ___-El (Superman's birth name)	3
6A	16. Roberto in Cooperstown	6
7A	17. It served as its state's capital before Des Moines	8
8A	19. Traditional Japanese sword	6
9A	20. Whack-a-mole implement	6
10A	21. Where dreams are made?	3
11A	22. Fleur-de-___	3
12A	23. Waste receptacle	3
13A	24. Joe and Jack, say?	11
14A	27. Voting against	4
15A	29. Latin "I love"	3
16A	30. Shows, as shows	4
17A	31. Set free	5
18A	33. Glossy coating	6
19A	35. Medical ethics topic	15
20A	40. In a drab way	6
21A	41. Bluesman Willie	5
22A	42. Asti Spumante, per esempio	4
23A	45. Noise from a nest	3
24A	46. Senate rebuke	4
25A	47. "Barrier" dismantled in 1991	11
26A	52. Word before or after pack	3
27A	53. Country's ___ Brown Band	3
28A	54. New Orleans-to-Tampa dir.	3
29A	55. Bratislava resident	6
30A	57. Even	6
31A	59. Start of each "S.N.L." episode ... or a hint to the initials of the words in 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across	8
32A	61. Adopt-a-Highway concern	6
33A	62. Director Lee	3
34A	63. Old-timey "not"	4
35A	64. Give a good looking-over	6
36A	65. Jed's adviser on "The West Wing"	3
37A	66. Where Southwest Airlines is LUV	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. Ansari of "Parks and Recreation""

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: AZIZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Lotion 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 the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: sun protection factor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Class for expectant mothers"

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: LAMAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Only"

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 lacking companions or companionship
• Words that mean the same thing: alone, only, lonesome
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___-El (Superman's birth name)"

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: KAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Roberto in Cooperstown"

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: ALOMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. It served as its state's capital before Des Moines"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IOWACITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Traditional Japanese sword"

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: KATANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Whack-a-mole implement"

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 sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
• Words that mean the same thing: hammer, beetle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Where dreams are made?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: rapid eye movement sleep, rapid eye movement, paradoxical sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. 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: atomic number 3, lithium, li
• The 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 12 Across: "23. Waste receptacle"

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 container; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: ABA transit number, binful, bank identification number
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Joe and Jack, say?"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IRISHCOFFEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Voting against"

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 opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• The opposite would be: pro
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Latin "I love""

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: AMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Shows, as shows"

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: tune, aura, zephyr
• The 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 17 Across: "31. Set free"

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 grant freedom to; free from confinement
• Words that mean the same thing: idle, lax, sluttish
• The opposite would be: compact, affixed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Glossy coating"

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 hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
• Words that mean the same thing: tooth enamel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENAMEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Medical ethics topic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INFORMEDCONSENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. In a drab 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 having a grey appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: greyly
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAYLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Bluesman Willie"

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: DIXON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Asti Spumante, per esempio"

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 fermented juice (of grapes especially)
• Words that mean the same thing: wine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Noise from a nest"

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

  The answer is: COO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Senate rebuke"

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: ETTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. "Barrier" dismantled in 1991"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IRONCURTAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Word before or after pack"

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 any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Words that mean the same thing: git, dirty dog, stag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Country's ___ Brown Band"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: ZAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. New Orleans-to-Tampa dir."

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 compass point midway between east and southeast
• Words that mean the same thing: east southeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Bratislava resident"

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

  The answer is: SLOVAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Even"

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 (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
• Words that mean the same thing: lame, foursquare, substantial
• The opposite would be: crooked, round
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SQUARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Start of each "S.N.L." episode ... or a hint to the initials of the words in 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COLDOPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Adopt-a-Highway concern"

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 offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
• Words that mean the same thing: bedding, bedding material
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LITTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Director Lee"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a civilian reserve component of the united states air force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies
• Words that mean the same thing: Air National Guard
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Old-timey "not""

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 (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Give a good looking-over"

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 evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
• Words that mean the same thing: evaluate, measure, valuate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Jed's adviser on "The West Wing""

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Words that mean the same thing: Leo the Lion, Lion
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Where Southwest Airlines is LUV"

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 stock exchange in new york
• Words that mean the same thing: big board, N. Y. Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NYSE

  Great job if you got it right!

June 24, 2020 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Subject of a Louisville museum	3
2D	2. Magnify	8
3D	3. Lacking	8
4D	4. True believer's quality	4
5D	5. Athlete in goggles	5
6D	6. Smith known as the Poet Laureate of Punk	5
7D	7. Stylish, slangily	3
8D	8. Italian tourist destination	8
9D	9. Car rental choice	5
10D	10. Bon ___	3
11D	11. Italian tourist destination	6
12D	12. More out there	6
13D	13. Wipes out	6
14D	18. 151, in old Rome	3
15D	21. Department store founder	6
16D	23. Indonesian tourist destination	4
17D	25. Place for a pickup baseball game	7
18D	26. Fake eyelash, slangily	6
19D	28. Geometric figure with equal angles	6
20D	32. Prove one's humanity, in a way	3
21D	33. Literary character who lives in the Gloomy Place	6
22D	34. Goal	3
23D	36. Apple pickers?	8
24D	37. Reward for working overtime	8
25D	38. "Anyone? ... ANYONE?"	8
26D	39. Threaded fastener	4
27D	42. Hungarian sporting dog	6
28D	43. Dinar spenders	6
29D	44. "Back of the line!"	6
30D	48. Closest dwarf planet	5
31D	49. Together	5
32D	50. "My turn"	5
33D	51. Start to snooze, with "off"	3
34D	56. Winter Olympics star Lindsey	4
35D	58. Downed	3
36D	59. Old presidential nickname	3
37D	60. December 31, in brief	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. Subject of a Louisville museum"

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 prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• Words that mean the same thing: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Magnify"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ZOOMINON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Lacking"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: INWANTOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. True believer's quality"

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

  The answer is: ZEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Athlete in goggles"

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

  The answer is: SKIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Smith known as the Poet Laureate of Punk"

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: PATTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Stylish, slangily"

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 two-winged insects characterized by active flight
• Words that mean the same thing: flee, fly front, tent flap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Italian tourist destination"

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: LAKECOMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Car rental choice"

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 siege and massacre at a mission in san antonio in 1836; mexican forces under santa anna besieged and massacred american rebels who were fighting to make texas independent of mexico
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bon ___"

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 clever remark
• Words that mean the same thing: bon mot, Ministry of Transportation test, MOT test
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Italian tourist destination"

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: AMALFI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. More out there"

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 ludicrous, foolish
• Words that mean the same thing: whacky, goofy, buffoonish
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZANIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Wipes out"

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 remove from memory or existence
• Words that mean the same thing: score out, 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: ERASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. 151, in old Rome"

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 user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
• Words that mean the same thing: command line interface
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Department store founder"

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: RHMACY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Indonesian tourist destination"

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 island in indonesia to the east of java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Place for a pickup baseball game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a vacant lot used by city boys to play games
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANDLOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Fake eyelash, slangily"

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 padding that is worn inside a brassiere
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FALSIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Geometric figure with equal angles"

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

  The answer is: ISOGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Prove one's humanity, in a way"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: stray, mistake, drift
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Literary character who lives in the Gloomy Place"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: EEYORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Goal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Apple pickers?"

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: MACUSERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Reward for working overtime"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: EXTRAPAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. "Anyone? ... ANYONE?""

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: NOTAKERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Threaded fastener"

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: TNUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Hungarian sporting dog"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hungarian hunting dog resembling the weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat
• Words that mean the same thing: Hungarian pointer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIZSLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Dinar spenders"

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

  The answer is: IRAQIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. "Back of the line!""

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: NOCUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Closest dwarf planet"

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 (roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of greek demeter
• Words that mean the same thing: cere
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CERES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Together"

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: ASONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. "My turn""

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: ILLGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Start to snooze, with "off""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Winter Olympics star Lindsey"

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: VONN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Downed"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: corrode, deplete, feed
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Old presidential nickname"

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: CAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. December 31, in brief"

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: NYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	44	59.5%
Short Answer	19	25.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.4%
History	3	4.1%
Geography	2	2.7%
Sports	2	2.7%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• 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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August 02, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

August 02, 2023 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. A hot one might lead to an embarrassing moment	3
2A	4. Shelled out	4
3A	8. November imperative	4
4A	12. Two-term presidencies, say	4
5A	14. College attendee in "Toy Story 3"	4
6A	15. Autobiographical heroine of the "Little House" series	5
7A	16. Starting with an X in the corner, say?	15
8A	19. Billionaires' homes, often	7
9A	20. Name with Slim or Diamond	3
10A	21. "Stupid me!"	3
11A	22. Excel (at)	5
12A	23. Formula 1 Grand Prix locale	6
13A	25. Rocket launcher that makes a whimsical buzzing sound?	12
14A	30. Informal garb for working from home, informally	3
15A	33. Make a pitiful noise	4
16A	34. It may be marked with an X	5
17A	35. Feels remorse about	4
18A	37. Part of a bad trip, maybe	5
19A	40. "Winning ___ everything"	4
20A	41. Ran in place	5
21A	43. Store whose products often come with Allen wrenches	4
22A	45. "Woo-hoo!"	3
23A	46. Become a leading citizen of North Dakota?	12
24A	50. Activist Abrams	6
25A	51. "Wouldn't that be nice!"	5
26A	55. Feeling in Yosemite Valley, say	3
27A	57. Used to be	3
28A	58. Italian dish similar to grits	7
29A	60. Disrespected adviser?	15
30A	63. One who might check all the boxes?	5
31A	64. ___ Rachel Wood of "Westworld"	4
32A	65. Ship or mail	4
33A	66. It goes downhill fast	4
34A	67. Lucy's "I Love Lucy" co-star	4
35A	68. Daisy Ridley's role in "Star Wars"	3

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. A hot one might lead to an embarrassing moment"

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: MIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Shelled out"

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 give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
• Words that mean the same thing: nonrecreational, give, pay up
• The opposite would be: default, unpaid
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. November imperative"

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 choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• Words that mean the same thing: voting, suffrage, balloting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Two-term presidencies, 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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: ERA, earned run average, era
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. College attendee in "Toy Story 3""

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: ANDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Autobiographical heroine of the "Little House" 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: LAURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Starting with an X in the corner, say?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: TICTACTOETACTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Billionaires' homes, often"

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 everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
• Words that mean the same thing: estate, estate of the realm, 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: ESTATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Name with Slim or Diamond"

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: JIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. "Stupid me!""

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 syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
• Words that mean the same thing: ut, do
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Excel (at)"

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 quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
• Words that mean the same thing: reflect, refulgence, radiancy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Formula 1 Grand Prix locale"

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 constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the french riviera
• Words that mean the same thing: Principality of Monaco
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MONACO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Rocket launcher that makes a whimsical buzzing sound?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KAZOOBAZOOKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Informal garb for working from home, 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: PJS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Make a pitiful noise"

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 cry weakly or softly
• Words that mean the same thing: pule, wail, whimper
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. It may be marked with an X"

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 wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• Words that mean the same thing: wrongdoing, computer error, erroneous belief
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERROR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Feels remorse about"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
• Words that mean the same thing: herb of grace, rue, regret
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Part of a bad trip, maybe"

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 time during which some action is awaited
• Words that mean the same thing: postponement, hold up, retard
• The opposite would be: rush
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. "Winning ___ everything""

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: ISNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Ran in place"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that run disconnected or idle
• Words that mean the same thing: laze, idle, stagnate
• The opposite would be: run, work
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Store whose products often come with Allen wrenches"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IKEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. "Woo-hoo!""

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

  The answer is: YAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Become a leading citizen of North Dakota?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOFARINFARGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Activist Abrams"

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: STACEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. "Wouldn't that be nice!""

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: IWISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Feeling in Yosemite Valley, say"

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 overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
• Words that mean the same thing: reverence, veneration, fear
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Used to be"

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 in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: Evergreen State, WA, follow
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Italian dish similar to grits"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLENTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Disrespected adviser?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TORMENTEDMENTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. One who might check all the boxes?"

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 workman employed by a moving company
• Words that mean the same thing: removal company, moving company, public mover
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. ___ Rachel Wood of "Westworld""

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: EVAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Ship or mail"

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 cause to go somewhere
• Words that mean the same thing: post, transport, place
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. It goes downhill fast"

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 vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Words that mean the same thing: sleigh, sledge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Lucy's "I Love Lucy" co-star"

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: DESI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Daisy Ridley's role in "Star Wars""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REY

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - August 02, 2023 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Hands (out)	5
2D	2. Like everyone on March 17, it's said	5
3D	3. Prickly pears, for example	5
4D	4. Unit in a duel	4
5D	5. Life study of the biologist E. O. Wilson	4
6D	6. Possible response to "Who wants ice cream?!"	3
7D	7. What might get to the root of a problem?	6
8D	8. Shop ___ (article of cleaning equipment)	3
9D	9. Like hiking, bird-watching and similar activities	9
10D	10. The Ronettes, e.g.	4
11D	11. A pop	4
12D	13. Reeked	5
13D	15. Some breathing lessons	6
14D	17. Starters	5
15D	18. Fey who wrote "Bossypants"	4
16D	23. Placate	7
17D	24. ___ Bush, Missouri representative and Black Lives Matter activist	4
18D	26. End of the London Blitz?	3
19D	27. Be beholden to	3
20D	28. Coffee-growing region of the Big Island	4
21D	29. Affected, in a way	4
22D	30. Strait-laced sort	4
23D	31. Sport whose name means "way of gentleness"	4
24D	32. Kind of gas station that's illegal in New Jersey	9
25D	36. Goal for a politician	4
26D	38. Alias letters	3
27D	39. "___ out!" (ump's cry)	3
28D	42. Part of a chest	6
29D	44. Able to bend over backward, say	5
30D	47. Volunteer's statement	4
31D	48. Like matryoshka dolls	6
32D	49. Jesse who won four Olympic gold medals in 1936	5
33D	52. Bury	5
34D	53. Diamond, e.g.	5
35D	54. Like pansies, but not touch-me-nots	5
36D	55. Bread boxes?	4
37D	56. Ewe got it!	4
38D	58. Smartphone ancestors, in brief	4
39D	59. Prefix with -vore	4
40D	61. Word after Club or before school	3
41D	62. Time of preparation, maybe	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. Hands (out)"

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 line that indicates a boundary
• Words that mean the same thing: border, borderline, delimitation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: METES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Like everyone on March 17, it's said"

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 people of ireland or of irish extraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Irish whiskey, Irish whisky, Irish people
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Prickly pears, for example"

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 succulent plant of the family cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the new world and usually having spines
• Words that mean the same thing: cactus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CACTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Unit in a duel"

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 rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• Words that mean the same thing: step, rate, tempo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Life study of the biologist E. O. Wilson"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Possible response to "Who wants ice cream?!""

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

  The answer is: IDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. What might get to the root of a problem?"

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: DYEJOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Shop ___ (article of cleaning equipment)"

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

  The answer is: VAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Like hiking, bird-watching and similar activities"

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

  The answer is: OUTDOORSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. The Ronettes, e.g."

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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: terzetto, trey, triple
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. A pop"

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 (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
• Words that mean the same thing: apiece, from each one, for each one
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "13. Reeked"

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 be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
• Words that mean the same thing: stink, reek
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Some breathing lessons"

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: LAMAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Starters"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: ATEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Fey who wrote "Bossypants""

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: TINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Placate"

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 cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
• Words that mean the same thing: gentle, appease, season
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOLLIFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. ___ Bush, Missouri representative and Black Lives Matter activist"

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: CORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. End of the London Blitz?"

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 the 26th letter of the roman alphabet
• Words that mean the same thing: zee, z, ezed
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Be beholden to"

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

  The answer is: OWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Coffee-growing region of the Big Island"

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: KONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Affected, in a way"

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

  The answer is: ARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Strait-laced sort"

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 regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Words that mean the same thing: snoot, snot, snob
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Sport whose name means "way of gentleness""

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 a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in japan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JUDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Kind of gas station that's illegal in New Jersey"

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: SELFSERVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Goal for a politician"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Alias letters"

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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. "___ out!" (ump's cry)"

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: YER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Part of a chest"

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 boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
• Words that mean the same thing: draftsman
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Able to bend over backward, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that moving quickly and lightly
• Words that mean the same thing: nimble, quick, spry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Volunteer's statement"

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: ICAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Like matryoshka dolls"

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 inhabit a nest, usually after building
• Words that mean the same thing: cuddle, nuzzle, nestle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NESTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Jesse who won four Olympic gold medals in 1936"

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 united states athlete and black american whose success in the 1936 olympic games in berlin outraged hitler (1913-1980)
• Words that mean the same thing: Owen, Robert Owen, Jesse Owens
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Bury"

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 place in a grave or tomb
• Words that mean the same thing: bury, inhume, lay to rest
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Diamond, 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 a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
• Words that mean the same thing: Harlan Stone, Harlan Fiske 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: STONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Like pansies, but not touch-me-nots"

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 slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the laurel and hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: sturdy, dauntless, Oliver Hardy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Bread boxes?"

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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: automated teller machine, standard pressure, atmosphere
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Ewe got it!"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fabric made from the hair of sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: woollen, fleece, woolen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Smartphone ancestors, in brief"

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 lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: personal digital assistant, organiser, personal organizer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PDAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Prefix with -vore"

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: OMNI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. Word after Club or before school"

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 master's degree in education
• Words that mean the same thing: Master of Education
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "62. Time of preparation, maybe"

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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: evening, even, eventide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	67.1%
Short Answer	15	19.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
History	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually 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!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: August 31, 2025 at 05:38 PM