July 13, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, July 13, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle July 13, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. One-named singer with the hit "Dark Lady"	4
2A	5. Regions	5
3A	10. Little 'uns	4
4A	14. The "R" of the Supreme Court's R.B.G.	4
5A	15. Tropical fruit	5
6A	16. Rude sound at the dinner table	4
7A	17. Palo ___, Calif.	4
8A	18. Milk source on a dairy cow	5
9A	19. Asterisk	4
10A	20. Flower of the tree Prunus mume	11
11A	23. Bread bag closer	3
12A	24. "How ya ___?"	4
13A	25. Money back on a purchase	6
14A	27. Month with no federal holidays	6
15A	30. Hairstyle option	6
16A	32. What cold weather may bring	5
17A	33. Bringer of cold weather	9
18A	36. See 8-Down	3
19A	37. ___-hole (place to secrete oneself)	5
20A	38. Word before whiz	3
21A	39. Winged beast on the Welsh flag	9
22A	42. Lindsay of "The Parent Trap"	5
23A	44. Forms a mass of small bubbles	6
24A	45. Place to store canned goods	6
25A	46. "Take that!"	6
26A	48. Nickname for grandma	4
27A	49. Make a mistake	3
28A	50. Game piece on which 20-, 33- or 39-Across might be pictured	11
29A	56. One-named singer with the hit "Orinoco Flow"	4
30A	58. Hairstyle option	5
31A	59. Word between File and View on a menu bar	4
32A	60. Gourmand's passion	4
33A	61. The Little Mermaid	5
34A	62. ___ mater	4
35A	63. Small earring	4
36A	64. "Gimme a C ...!" and "Go team!"	5
37A	65. Dee ___, director of "Bessie" and "Mudbound"	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. One-named singer with the hit "Dark Lady""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Regions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AREAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Little 'uns"

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 amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: bambino, tote up, tot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. The "R" of the Supreme Court's R.B.G."

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 professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Ruth, commiseration, Babe Ruth
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Tropical fruit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: mango tree, Mangifera indica
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Rude sound at the dinner table"

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 reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: eructation, burping, belch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BURP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Palo ___, Calif."

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 singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
• Words that mean the same thing: contralto, countertenor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Milk source on a dairy cow"

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 mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
• Words that mean the same thing: bag
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UDDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Asterisk"

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 (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Words that mean the same thing: ace, asterisk, lead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Flower of the tree Prunus mume"

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: PLUMBLOSSOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Bread bag closer"

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 neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
• Words that mean the same thing: splice, affiliation, tie-in
• The opposite would be: disconnect, untie
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "How ya ___?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: be, cost, personify
• 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: BEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Money back on a purchase"

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 refund of some fraction of the amount paid
• Words that mean the same thing: discount, rabbet
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REBATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Month with no federal holidays"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following july and preceding september
• Words that mean the same thing: revered, venerable, lordly
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUGUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Hairstyle option"

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 unforeseen development
• Words that mean the same thing: braid, worm, turn
• The opposite would be: unbend, untwist
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. What cold weather may bring"

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 ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Frost, icing, ice
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FROST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Bringer of cold weather"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NORTHWIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. See 8-Down"

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 gone by; or in the past
• Words that mean the same thing: agone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. ___-hole (place to secrete oneself)"

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: HIDEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Word before whiz"

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 unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
• Words that mean the same thing: g-force, g
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Winged beast on the Welsh flag"

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: REDDRAGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Lindsay of "The Parent Trap""

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 buddhist who has attained nirvana
• Words that mean the same thing: Arhat, Arhant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Forms a mass of small bubbles"

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 mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: spume, fizz, foam
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FROTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Place to store canned goods"

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 storeroom for storing foods or wines
• Words that mean the same thing: buttery, larder
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANTRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. "Take that!""

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: BOOYAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Nickname for grandma"

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: NANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Make a mistake"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: stray, slip, 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 28 Across: "50. Game piece on which 20-, 33- or 39-Across might be pictured"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: MAHJONGTILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. One-named singer with the hit "Orinoco Flow""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Hairstyle option"

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 pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
• Words that mean the same thing: thread, wind, waver
• The opposite would be: unweave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Word between File and View on a menu bar"

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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Words that mean the same thing: delete, edit out, blue-pencil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Gourmand's passion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: intellectual nourishment, nutrient, solid food
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. The Little Mermaid"

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: ARIEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. ___ mater"

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: ALMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Small earring"

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 man who is virile and sexually active
• Words that mean the same thing: stud poker, macho-man, dot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. "Gimme a C ...!" and "Go team!""

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 a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• Words that mean the same thing: vociferation, holler, call
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Dee ___, director of "Bessie" and "Mudbound""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REES

  Great job if you got it right!

July 13, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Oh, no!"	4
2D	2. Main body of a ship	4
3D	3. "___, Brute?"	4
4D	4. Diamond shape, in geometry	7
5D	5. Trinket worn for luck	6
6D	6. Gas detected by home test kits	5
7D	7. Gets discontinued	4
8D	8. With 36-Across, in the distant past	4
9D	9. Alpha Kappa Alpha, for one	8
10D	10. Basic cable channel that's part of WarnerMedia Entertainment	3
11D	11. "Awesome!"	10
12D	12. Personality facet	5
13D	13. Unrestrained shopping trip	5
14D	21. Superlative	4
15D	22. Work well together	4
16D	26. Texter's "Oh, just remembered ..."	3
17D	27. Miles away	4
18D	28. Impulse	4
19D	29. Comment made with a pat on the back	10
20D	30. Commotions	5
21D	31. Bird whose head doesn't make a sound?	4
22D	33. Close	4
23D	34. Close	4
24D	35. When tripled, a liar's mantra	4
25D	37. "The Princess Diaries" actress Anne	8
26D	40. Rainless	3
27D	41. Travel all over the place	4
28D	42. A.P. ___ (high school English course, for short)	4
29D	43. Rampaging	7
30D	45. Receptors for solar energy	6
31D	46. Complaints	5
32D	47. "... well, never mind then"	5
33D	48. "To Kill a Mockingbird" or "The Maltese Falcon"	5
34D	51. "Take this!"	4
35D	52. One corner on a Monopoly board	4
36D	53. Inactive	4
37D	54. Garnish for a Corona	4
38D	55. Scheduling guesses that might be updated in midair, for short	4
39D	57. Subtract's opposite	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. "Oh, no!""

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 obscene terms for feces
• Words that mean the same thing: bull, shit, Irish bull
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Main body of a ship"

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 dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
• Words that mean the same thing: Kingston-upon Hull, Cordell Hull, Isaac Hull
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "___, Brute?""

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: ETTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Diamond shape, in geometry"

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 parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
• Words that mean the same thing: diamond, rhomb
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHOMBUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Trinket worn for luck"

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 trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
• Words that mean the same thing: talisman
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMULET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Gas detected by home test kits"

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 radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
• Words that mean the same thing: Rn, atomic number 86
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Gets discontinued"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: closing, oddment, finish
• 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: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. With 36-Across, in the distant past"

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

  The answer is: AGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Alpha Kappa Alpha, for one"

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

  The answer is: SORORITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Basic cable channel that's part of WarnerMedia Entertainment"

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 a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
• Words that mean the same thing: terabyte, T.B., terabit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Awesome!""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: OUTTASIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Personality facet"

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

  The answer is: TRAIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Unrestrained shopping trip"

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 brief indulgence of your impulses
• Words that mean the same thing: fling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Superlative"

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 the supreme effort one can make
• Words that mean the same thing: dear, C. H. Best, sound
• The opposite would be: disadvantageously, bad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Work well together"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
• Words that mean the same thing: enmesh, ensnarl, network
• The opposite would be: disengage
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Texter's "Oh, just remembered ...""

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: BTW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Miles away"

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 18 Down: "28. Impulse"

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 instinctive motive
• Words that mean the same thing: root on, inspire, barrack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Comment made with a pat on the back"

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: GOODFORYOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Commotions"

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: TODOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Bird whose head doesn't make a sound?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Christopher Wren, jenny wren
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WREN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Close"

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 not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
• Words that mean the same thing: most, nearly, well-nigh
• The opposite would be: far
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Close"

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 towards
• Words that mean the same thing: dear, most, penny-pinching
• The opposite would be: far
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. When tripled, a liar's mantra"

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 declare untrue; contradict
• Words that mean the same thing: traverse, abnegate, refuse
• The opposite would be: admit, allow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. "The Princess Diaries" actress Anne"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that wife of william shakespeare (1556-1623)
• Words that mean the same thing: Anne Hathaway
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HATHAWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Rainless"

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 reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
• Words that mean the same thing: ironic, prohibitionist, wry
• The opposite would be: wet, sweet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Travel all over the place"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
• Words that mean the same thing: roll, range, tramp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. A.P. ___ (high school English course, for short)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: LANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Rampaging"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONATEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Receptors for solar energy"

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 sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
• Words that mean the same thing: panel, empanel, jury
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Complaints"

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 cattle that are reared for their meat
• Words that mean the same thing: holler, bellyache, crab
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEEFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. "... well, never mind then""

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: ORNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. "To Kill a Mockingbird" or "The Maltese Falcon""

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 an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
• Words that mean the same thing: fresh, new, refreshing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. "Take this!""

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 present location; this place
• Words that mean the same thing: hither, Hera
• The opposite would be: there
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. One corner on a Monopoly board"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
• Words that mean the same thing: jailhouse, remand, imprison
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Inactive"

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 the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
• Words that mean the same thing: light, unwarranted, baseless
• The opposite would be: run, busy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Garnish for a Corona"

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 caustic substance produced by heating limestone
• Words that mean the same thing: calcium hydroxide, lime tree, birdlime
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Scheduling guesses that might be updated in midair, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. Subtract's opposite"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: tote up, total, lend
• The opposite would be: take away, subtract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	77.6%
Short Answer	7	9.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
History	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM

October 27, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (43 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (43 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword October 27, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Vacuum	4
2A	5. Direction for snowbirds	5
3A	10. Foes of Frodo	4
4A	14. ___ colada	4
5A	15. Best	5
6A	16. The Big Easy	4
7A	17. Mail opening	4
8A	18. Brunch offering	5
9A	19. Subj. that includes the study of bubbles?	4
10A	20. Eat, quaintly	10
11A	22. Fatty, as tissue	7
12A	24. Old T-shirt, maybe	3
13A	25. Complains, donkey-style	5
14A	28. Confronts reality	10
15A	29. Modern ___	3
16A	30. They line the Champs-Élysées	5
17A	31. Finish, as a cake	5
18A	32. "That's a bad idea!"	8
19A	34. "That __ Then, This Is Now" (1971 S. E. Hinton novel)	3
20A	35. Solution to some chemistry problems?	3
21A	36. Start of a reminiscence	4
22A	37. Cynthia who played Harriet Tubman in 2019's "Harriet"	5
23A	39. Longtime CBS drama	4
24A	43. Where to find "Fresh Air"	3
25A	45. Identity prefix	3
26A	46. Wildly outlandish story	8
27A	47. Range maker	5
28A	50. Frenzied	5
29A	52. Alternative to a boot	3
30A	53. Lawn equipment with an engine	10
31A	54. Hole ___	5
32A	55. Rite Aid rival	3
33A	56. Like some questions that will never be answered	7
34A	58. Be in direct competition	10
35A	60. Bergdorf competitor	4
36A	61. Saguaros, e.g.	5
37A	64. They may be split or loose	4
38A	66. Frozen treat	4
39A	67. Words mouthed to a TV camera	5
40A	68. Make amends?	4
41A	69. Frozen treat	4
42A	70. Give an address	5
43A	71. D.C. address?	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. Vacuum"

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 the state of nonexistence
• Words that mean the same thing: vacuum, nullity, quash
• The opposite would be: validate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Direction for snowbirds"

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 region of the united states lying to the south of the mason-dixon line
• Words that mean the same thing: Confederacy, Dixie, to the south
• The opposite would be: north
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOUTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Foes of Frodo"

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: ORCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. ___ colada"

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: PINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Best"

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 or do something to a greater degree
• Words that mean the same thing: outflank, trump, outgo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. The Big Easy"

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: NOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Mail opening"

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 position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
• Words that mean the same thing: time slot, one-armed bandit, expansion slot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Brunch offering"

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 paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
• Words that mean the same thing: French pancake, crape, crepe paper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Subj. that includes the study of bubbles?"

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: ECON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Eat, quaintly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BREAKBREAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Fatty, as tissue"

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

  The answer is: ADIPOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Old T-shirt, maybe"

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 small piece of cloth or paper
• Words that mean the same thing: call on the carpet, rag week, irritate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Complains, donkey-style"

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 cry of an ass
• Words that mean the same thing: mash, comminute, grind
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Confronts reality"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FACESFACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Modern ___"

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 marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: geological era, epoch, earned run average
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. They line the Champs-Élysées"

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 small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
• Words that mean the same thing: cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAFES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Finish, as a cake"

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 ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Frost, ice, hoarfrost
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FROST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. "That's a bad idea!""

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: DONTDOIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. "That __ Then, This Is Now" (1971 S. E. Hinton novel)"

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

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, cost, WA
• 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 20 Across: "35. Solution to some chemistry problems?"

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 strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "36. Start of a reminiscence"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that on one occasion
• Words that mean the same thing: one time, erst, formerly
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "37. Cynthia who played Harriet Tubman in 2019's "Harriet""

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: ERIVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Longtime CBS drama"

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: NCIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Where to find "Fresh Air""

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: NPR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Identity prefix"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an alliance made up of states that had been soviet socialist republics in the soviet union prior to its dissolution in dec 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Ci, Commonwealth of Independent States, curie
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Wildly outlandish story"

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: TALLTALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. Range maker"

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: AMANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Frenzied"

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 affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason; ; ; - h.w.carter
• Words that mean the same thing: frenzied
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Alternative to a boot"

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 act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
• Words that mean the same thing: towage
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Lawn equipment with an engine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POWERMOWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Hole ___"

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: INONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "55. Rite Aid rival"

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 summary of your academic and work history
• Words that mean the same thing: curriculum vitae, CV, resume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "56. Like some questions that will never be answered"

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 not asked for
• Words that mean the same thing: unsolicited
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNASKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Be in direct competition"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOTOETOTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Bergdorf 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: SAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "61. Saguaros, 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 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 37 Across: "64. They may be split or loose"

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

  The answer is: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "66. Frozen treat"

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: ICEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "67. Words mouthed to a TV camera"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: HIMOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "68. Make amends?"

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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Words that mean the same thing: edit out, blue-pencil, cut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "69. Frozen treat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any cone-shaped artifact
• Words that mean the same thing: strobilus, cone cell, cone shape
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Across: "70. Give an address"

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

  The answer is: ORATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Across: "71. D.C. address?"

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: SOTU

  Great job if you got it right!

October 27, 2022 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Air Force Two riders	3
2D	2. Crude industrialist?	8
3D	3. Not derived from living matter	9
4D	4. "It's a ___!'"	4
5D	5. Place where everything should have a mate	10
6D	6. Couple's word	3
7D	7. Tribe for which a state is named	3
8D	8. Reason for an end zone celebration, for short	6
9D	9. Did some gardening	4
10D	10. Like some families	9
11D	11. Ornate	6
12D	12. Places to hang hangers	7
13D	13. Most reasonable	6
14D	21. "Shark Tank" airer	3
15D	23. Highly debatable	4
16D	24. Give a makeover	4
17D	26. A ways away	4
18D	27. Confident assertion	7
19D	33. Home of Dollywood	9
20D	35. Moving too slowly, say	10
21D	38. Prosecco o Chianti	4
22D	40. Item of feline furniture	8
23D	41. "Five stars!"	8
24D	42. Oodles	5
25D	44. Part of PRNDL	4
26D	47. College-level H.S. class with scales and intervals	7
27D	48. Formula 1 locale	6
28D	49. Rouse	6
29D	50. Where a trapeze artist performs	6
30D	51. Co. big	3
31D	57. Device with Alexa	4
32D	59. Tiny pedestals, of a sort	4
33D	62. Nashville awards org.	3
34D	63. Little one	3
35D	65. Apt name for a goulash chef	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. Air Force Two riders"

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: VPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Crude industrialist?"

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: OILBARON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Not derived from living matter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis
• The opposite would be: organic
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INORGANIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "It's a ___!'""

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 specified day of the month
• Words that mean the same thing: day of the month, date stamp, go steady
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Place where everything should have a mate"

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: SOCKDRAWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Couple's word"

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: OUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Tribe for which a state is named"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new 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: UTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Reason for an end zone celebration, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: TDPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Did some gardening"

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

  The answer is: HOED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Like some families"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONEPARENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Ornate"

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 fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in france in the 18th century
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROCOCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Places to hang hangers"

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 small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
• Words that mean the same thing: cupboard, press, closet
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOSETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Most reasonable"

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 mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
• Words that mean the same thing: reasonable, sane
• The opposite would be: insane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. "Shark Tank" airer"

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 elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: rudiment, ABC's, alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Highly debatable"

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 subject to accident or chance or change
• Words that mean the same thing: chancy, fluky, flukey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IFFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Give a makeover"

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 do over, as of (part of) a house
• Words that mean the same thing: remodel, make over, remake
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. A ways away"

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 18 Down: "27. Confident assertion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YESICAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "33. Home of Dollywood"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in east central united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Volunteer State, TN, Tennessee River
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENNESSEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "35. Moving too slowly, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOSINGTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "38. Prosecco o Chianti"

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 22 Down: "40. Item of feline furniture"

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: CATCONDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "41. "Five stars!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ILOVEDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "42. Oodles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large number or amount
• Words that mean the same thing: slide, tons, rafts
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "44. Part of PRNDL"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
• Words that mean the same thing: commons, car park, parkland
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "47. College-level H.S. class with scales and intervals"

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: APMUSIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "48. Formula 1 locale"

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 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 28 Down: "49. Rouse"

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 cause to become awake or conscious
• Words that mean the same thing: wake up, waken, wake
• The opposite would be: fall asleep, cause to sleep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "50. Where a trapeze artist performs"

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 some point in the air; above ground level
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIDAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Co. big"

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 corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Words that mean the same thing: chief executive officer, chief operating officer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "57. Device with Alexa"

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 repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Words that mean the same thing: replication, repeat, recall
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "59. Tiny pedestals, of a 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 the starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Words that mean the same thing: tee up, tee, football tee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "62. Nashville awards org."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "63. Little one"

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 small amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: toddler, tot up, sum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "65. Apt name for a goulash chef"

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: STU

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	57	73.1%
Short Answer	13	16.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	43
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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: September 06, 2025 at 01:37 PM