November 22, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Friday, November 22, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - November 22, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Slice, for one	7
2A	8. Where to find free spirits	7
3A	15. Be cautious	7
4A	16. Half of a former sitcom duo	7
5A	17. Part of a militaristic "Star Trek" race	7
6A	18. Social position	7
7A	19. German automaker	4
8A	20. Existed	4
9A	21. Big export of Myanmar	3
10A	22. Summa cum laude spoiler	5
11A	24. They might make waves	4
12A	25. Numismatist's rating	4
13A	26. Sports reporter Andrews	4
14A	27. Paul McCartney and Elton John	4
15A	28. Supports for a naval expedition	5
16A	29. Opaque	8
17A	31. Item worn diagonally	4
18A	32. Romantic gray area	13
19A	35. What most pop-ups are	4
20A	36. Restaurant listings are often organized by them	8
21A	38. Horror, e.g.	5
22A	40. Bad thing on a record	4
23A	41. You might get your mitts on this	4
24A	42. Renaissance Faire descriptor	4
25A	43. Subtle signals	4
26A	44. Traffic jam	5
27A	45. Tribute of a sort	3
28A	46. The stuff of legends	4
29A	47. Bad things on records, for short	4
30A	48. Animals whose name is derived from the Latin for "little thief"	7
31A	50. Having a bad trip, perhaps	7
32A	53. Mouse hole?	7
33A	54. "Almost finished!"	7
34A	55. Foils	7
35A	56. "Ghostbusters" co-star Rick	7

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. Slice, for one"

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: SODAPOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Where to find free spirits"

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: OPENBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Be cautious"

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: USECARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Half of a former sitcom duo"

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: LAVERNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Part of a militaristic "Star Trek" race"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ROMULAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Social position"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: send, place, post
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. German automaker"

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 german industrialist who was the first in germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948)
• Words that mean the same thing: Wilhelm von Opel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Existed"

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 have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: follow, represent, exist
• 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 9 Across: "21. Big export of Myanmar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
• Words that mean the same thing: canister, tin can, can
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Summa cum laude spoiler"

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: BPLUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. They might make waves"

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 device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
• Words that mean the same thing: lover, buff, rooter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Numismatist's rating"

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 money extracted as a penalty
• Words that mean the same thing: o.k., alright, finely
• The opposite would be: coarse
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Sports reporter Andrews"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Paul McCartney and Elton John"

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 term of address for a man
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir, sir
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Supports for a naval expedition"

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 vertical spar for supporting sails
• Words that mean the same thing: mast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Opaque"

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: NOTCLEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Item worn diagonally"

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 framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
• Words that mean the same thing: window sash, cincture, waistband
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Romantic gray area"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: SITUATIONSHIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. What most pop-ups are"

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 (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
• Words that mean the same thing: come out, come out of the closet, out
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Restaurant listings are often organized by them"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
• Words that mean the same thing: culinary art, cuisine
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUISINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Horror, 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 kind of literary or artistic work
• Words that mean the same thing: music genre, musical genre, musical style
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Bad thing on a record"

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 twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
• Words that mean the same thing: heave, distort, falsify
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. You might get your mitts on this"

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

  The answer is: OVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Renaissance Faire descriptor"

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: OLDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. Subtle signals"

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 sign of assent or salutation or command
• Words that mean the same thing: nod
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. Traffic jam"

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 vicious angry growl
• Words that mean the same thing: tangle, mat, embrangle
• The opposite would be: unsnarl, disentangle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Tribute of a sort"

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. The stuff of legends"

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

  The answer is: LORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "47. Bad things on records, 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: DUIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "48. Animals whose name is derived from the Latin for "little thief""

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 musteline mammal of prairie regions of united states; nearly extinct
• Words that mean the same thing: black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes, ferret
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FERRETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "50. Having a bad trip, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that experiencing motion sickness
• Words that mean the same thing: airsick, seasick, air sick
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARSICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "53. Mouse hole?"

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: USBPORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "54. "Almost finished!""

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: ONETOGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "55. Foils"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
• Words that mean the same thing: blockade, obstruct, block
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYMIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "56. "Ghostbusters" co-star Rick"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: MORANIS

  Great job if you got it right!

November 22, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Big ___	3
2D	2. Attraction at un zoológico	3
3D	3. Smashing good time	15
4D	4. Some needlework	11
5D	5. Hardly measures up	5
6D	6. Spoken	4
7D	7. Pig's place	3
8D	8. Mary-Kate and Ashley	6
9D	9. Spreads out on the table	5
10D	10. Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen"	4
11D	11. Get in the end	3
12D	12. 1960s cultural phenomenon	15
13D	13. Apply oil to	6
14D	14. City in NW France	6
15D	20. Block off	9
16D	22. Big ___	3
17D	23. All those in favor	4
18D	24. Maserati's parent company	4
19D	25. Many a Vogue subscriber	11
20D	27. Some of them are described as red and yellow, but not orange	4
21D	28. Midnight ___	4
22D	30. Troubadour's accompaniment	4
23D	31. Classic editing room sound	4
24D	33. Not just for me	4
25D	34. Equal	4
26D	37. "Black Jeopardy!" show, for short	3
27D	38. Stupid person, in slang	6
28D	39. First in line	6
29D	40. Razzie Award winners	6
30D	43. Dame lead-in	5
31D	44. Having fewer reservations	5
32D	46. Sainted fifth-century pope who met with Attila the Hun	4
33D	47. Actor Paul of "There Will Be Blood"	4
34D	49. 45 or 78, for short	3
35D	50. Dot follower	3
36D	51. Pixar specialty, in brief	3
37D	52. Some M.M.A. victories	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. 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 a port in southern lebanon on the mediterranean sea; formerly a major phoenician seaport famous for silks
• Words that mean the same thing: Tyre
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Attraction at un zoológico"

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: OSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Smashing good time"

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: DEMOLITIONDERBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Some needlework"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
• Words that mean the same thing: stylostixis
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACUPUNCTURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Hardly measures up"

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 wooden strip forming part of a fence
• Words that mean the same thing: blanch, pal up, chum up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Spoken"

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 examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: viva voce, oral examination, oral exam
• The opposite would be: aboral, anal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Pig's place"

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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: penitentiary, write, playpen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Mary-Kate and Ashley"

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: OLSENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Spreads out on the table"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
• Words that mean the same thing: poll, pat, dab
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen""

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 11 Down: "11. Get in the end"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: meshing, cyberspace, earnings
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. 1960s cultural phenomenon"

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: BRITISHINVASION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Apply oil to"

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 choose by or as if by divine intervention
• Words that mean the same thing: embrocate, inunct, anele
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANOINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. City in NW France"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Block off"

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 barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: roadblock, blockade, block
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARRICADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. 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 a mountain or tall hill
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. All those in favor"

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 athlete who plays for pay
• Words that mean the same thing: professional, pro
• The opposite would be: amateur, con
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Maserati's parent company"

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 legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
• Words that mean the same thing: edict, decree, rescript
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Many a Vogue subscriber"

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: FASHIONISTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Some of them are described as red and yellow, but not orange"

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

  The answer is: SEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Midnight ___"

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 property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
• Words that mean the same thing: pile, quite a little, flock
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Troubadour's accompaniment"

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 substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: luting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Classic editing room sound"

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 piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• Words that mean the same thing: prune, cut back, nip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Not just for me"

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: OURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Equal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. "Black Jeopardy!" show, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SNL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Stupid person, in slang"

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: GOOFUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. First in line"

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 who came first in the order of birth
• Words that mean the same thing: firstborn
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELDEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "40. Razzie Award winners"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the least favorable outcome
• Words that mean the same thing: worst, whip, mop up
• The opposite would be: best
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORSTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Dame lead-in"

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: NOTRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Having fewer reservations"

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 having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
• Words that mean the same thing: indisputable, sure, certain
• The opposite would be: unsure, uncertain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SURER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Sainted fifth-century pope who met with Attila the Hun"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: LEOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Actor Paul of "There Will Be Blood""

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: DANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. 45 or 78, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that rate of revolution of a motor
• Words that mean the same thing: revolutions per minute, rev
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RPM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Dot follower"

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: COM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "51. Pixar specialty, 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: CGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "52. Some M.M.A. victories"

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 (in india) a unit of length having different values in different localities
• Words that mean the same thing: kayo, knockout, coss
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	70.8%
Short Answer	10	13.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.2%
Abbreviation	3	4.2%
History	3	4.2%
Sports	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
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• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
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• Down Clues (33 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, April 11, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle April 11, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. 2017 #1 song whose music video has over 6.5 billion views on YouTube	9
2A	10. Pedal-operated instrument	5
3A	15. Props	9
4A	16. Good thing for an athlete to bring	5
5A	17. Rectangle on a staff	9
6A	18. Brighten	5
7A	19. Rot	9
8A	20. Where things are likely to get heated	5
9A	21. See 46-Down	4
10A	22. Syrup in a mai tai	6
11A	24. Over, as an ailment	5
12A	27. Plant cultivated for its juice	4
13A	28. React to a stubbed toe	3
14A	30. Laughable	5
15A	31. [Oh my God, he's so hot!]	5
16A	32. Two before 48-Down	3
17A	33. Simple craft	4
18A	34. A couple of bucks	5
19A	35. Coin whose obverse shows King Maha Vajiralongkorn	4
20A	36. Vacation destination	3
21A	37. Ice cream topper	5
22A	38. What Sally is often informal for	5
23A	39. Realize	3
24A	40. Nautical adverb	4
25A	41. Catchers of flies	5
26A	42. Best in Show winner at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show	6
27A	44. Like some contraceptives	4
28A	46. Forest, e.g.	5
29A	47. Ointment with an orange label	9
30A	52. Put on sale, say	5
31A	53. Freezes	9
32A	54. Hitting a point of no return?	5
33A	55. Tucked in at night?	9
34A	56. "High Life" director Claire	5
35A	57. Unconscious	9

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. 2017 #1 song whose music video has over 6.5 billion views on YouTube"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DESPACITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Pedal-operated instrument"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HIHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Props"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
• Words that mean the same thing: accolade, honor, honour
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCOLADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Good thing for an athlete to bring"

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: AGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Rectangle on a staff"

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: WHOLEREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Brighten"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make lively
• Words that mean the same thing: enliven, animate, liven up
• The opposite would be: deaden
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Rot"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: GOTOWASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Where things are likely to get heated"

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 kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
• Words that mean the same thing: oven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. See 46-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a british playwright who created the fictional character sweeney todd (1799-1855)
• Words that mean the same thing: Pitt the Elder, First Earl of Chatham, William Pitt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Syrup in a mai tai"

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: ORGEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Over, as an ailment"

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: RIDOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Plant cultivated for its juice"

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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. React to a stubbed toe"

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 hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
• Words that mean the same thing: record hop, hops, skip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Laughable"

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 devoid of intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: asinine, mindless, fatuous
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. [Oh my God, he's so hot!]"

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 spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
• Words that mean the same thing: deliquium, syncope, faint
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Two before 48-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 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: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Simple craft"

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 boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
• Words that mean the same thing: dinghy, walleye, Stizostedion vitreum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. A couple of bucks"

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 male deer, especially an adult male red deer
• Words that mean the same thing: betray, rat, snoop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Coin whose obverse shows King Maha Vajiralongkorn"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in thailand
• Words that mean the same thing: tical
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Vacation destination"

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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• Words that mean the same thing: hostel, lodge, auberge
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Ice cream topper"

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 of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
• Words that mean the same thing: Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. What Sally is often informal for"

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

  The answer is: SARAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Realize"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: net income, sack, profit
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "40. Nautical adverb"

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

  The answer is: ALEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "41. Catchers of flies"

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 (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: glove, paw, baseball glove
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MITTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "42. Best in Show winner at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show"

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 intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
• Words that mean the same thing: poodle dog
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POODLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "44. Like some contraceptives"

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 examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: oral exam, viva voce, unwritten
• The opposite would be: aboral, anal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. Forest, 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 major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "47. Ointment with an orange label"

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: TIGERBALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Put on sale, say"

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: RETAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. Freezes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
• Words that mean the same thing: moratorium
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORATORIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "54. Hitting a point of no return?"

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 succeed at easily
• Words that mean the same thing: pass with flying colors, breeze through, nail
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "55. Tucked in at night?"

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: ATEDINNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "56. "High Life" director Claire"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DENIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "57. Unconscious"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: PASSEDOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle April 11, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Georgia athlete, familiarly	4
2D	2. Nymph cursed by Hera	4
3D	3. Watt, e.g.	4
4D	4. One involved in horseplay?	8
5D	5. Fish in the herring family	7
6D	6. Ring figure	5
7D	7. That is	5
8D	8. Beta follower	4
9D	9. Ribs course?	9
10D	10. I, for one	7
11D	11. Cry for mercy	5
12D	12. Cry for mercy	10
13D	13. Words of agreement	10
14D	14. Pairs of fins	4
15D	23. Animals that 28-Across, informally	4
16D	24. 2006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins "They see me rollin'"	5
17D	25. Good way to get back from an ordeal	10
18D	26. Words of agreement	10
19D	27. Mono no ___, Japanese term for a gentle sadness at life's impermanence	5
20D	29. They'll take you places	5
21D	31. Holder of miniature blocks	9
22D	34. Move like a bear	4
23D	35. Possible instance of predatory lending	8
24D	37. Real stinkers, literally and figuratively	7
25D	38. Classic candy with a biconcave shape	7
26D	43. Rial spender	5
27D	44. Fantastic beasts	5
28D	45. Interpretations	5
29D	46. With 21-Across, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" co-star	4
30D	48. I, for Plato	4
31D	49. It waters the Boboli Gardens	4
32D	50. Word usually found between "in" and "of"	4
33D	51. Place of commerce	4

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. Georgia athlete, familiarly"

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: DAWG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Nymph cursed by Hera"

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 the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Words that mean the same thing: resound, ring, sound reflection
• The 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 3 Down: "3. Watt, 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 a native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. One involved in horseplay?"

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: POLOPONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fish in the herring family"

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 flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the atlantic coast or in coastal streams
• Words that mean the same thing: Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALEWIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Ring figure"

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

  The answer is: CARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. That is"

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: IDEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Beta follower"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: exam, trial, trial run
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Ribs course?"

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 the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSTEOLOGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. I, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALOGEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Cry for mercy"

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: IGIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Cry for mercy"

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: HAVEAHEART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Words of agreement"

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: AMENTOTHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Pairs of fins"

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 nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: tenner, 10, ten-spot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Animals that 28-Across, informally"

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: ROOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. 2006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins "They see me rollin'""

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: RIDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Good way to get back from an ordeal"

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: INONEPIECE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Words of agreement"

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: DARNTOOTIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Mono no ___, Japanese term for a gentle sadness at life's impermanence"

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 (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
• Words that mean the same thing: mindful, cognizant, cognisant
• The opposite would be: unaware, unmindful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. They'll take you places"

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 course of conduct
• Words that mean the same thing: path, way, course
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Holder of miniature blocks"

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: STREETMAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Move like a bear"

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 activity of persuading someone to buy
• Words that mean the same thing: deal, trade, betray
• The opposite would be: buy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Possible instance of predatory lending"

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: BAILBOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Real stinkers, literally and figuratively"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BADEGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Classic candy with a biconcave shape"

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: SMARTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Rial spender"

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

  The answer is: OMANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Fantastic beasts"

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

  The answer is: OGRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Interpretations"

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 something that is read
• Words that mean the same thing: show, say, record
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: READS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. With 21-Across, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" co-star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small nail
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. I, for Plato"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: smidgin, smidgen, scintilla
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. It waters the Boboli Gardens"

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 river in central italy rising in the apennines and flowing through florence and pisa to the ligurian sea
• Words that mean the same thing: River Arno, Arno 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: ARNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Word usually found between "in" and "of""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• Words that mean the same thing: place, position, stead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Place of commerce"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MART

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	58	85.3%
Short Answer	4	5.9%
History	3	4.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Music	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 25, 2025 at 09:38 PM