September 30, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, September 30, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

September 30, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Den	4
2A	5. Some HP products	3
3A	8. Wardrobe supplies for Batman	5
4A	13. ___ vera	4
5A	14. "Like I told you!"	3
6A	15. Player at Baltimore's Camden Yards	6
7A	16. Bash some tobacco holders?	8
8A	18. Name on a 24-Across container	6
9A	19. Bash some small trucks?	12
10A	21. Something a prospector stakes	5
11A	24. NaCl	4
12A	25. "O.K., got it"	4
13A	26. $	6
14A	28. Functions	4
15A	30. Went on horseback	4
16A	31. Small town	4
17A	34. Winner's two-finger gesture	5
18A	38. Ace's value, at times	3
19A	39. Bash a laundry room brand?	7
20A	41. Down Under hopper	3
21A	42. Rachel Maddow's channel	5
22A	44. Bills with Alexander Hamilton	4
23A	45. Actionable misdeed	4
24A	46. Diamond Head's island	4
25A	48. Some hearty steaks	6
26A	50. Strikebreaking worker	4
27A	53. Slices of time	4
28A	56. Calf-roping rope	5
29A	57. Bash an Alex Haley classic?	12
30A	60. Peter of "Lawrence of Arabia"	6
31A	61. Bash a bug repellent brand?	8
32A	65. Prepared for planting	6
33A	66. Tibetan beast of burden	3
34A	67. Lake ___ (what separates Ohio and Ontario)	4
35A	68. Monica in the International Tennis Hall of Fame	5
36A	69. Sophs. in two years	3
37A	70. Disavow	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. Den"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: den
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Some HP products"

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 digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
• Words that mean the same thing: personal computer, PC, microcomputer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Wardrobe supplies for Batman"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a strip of land projecting into a body of water
• Words that mean the same thing: mantle, crest, cape
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. ___ vera"

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 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 5 Across: "14. "Like I told you!""

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Player at Baltimore's Camden Yards"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
• Words that mean the same thing: American oriole, Old World oriole, New World oriole
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORIOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Bash some tobacco holders?"

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 a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
• Words that mean the same thing: syrinx, panpipe, pandean pipe
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANPIPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Name on a 24-Across container"

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 united states jazz musician who moved from ragtime to new orleans jazz (1885-1941)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jelly Roll Morton, Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Bash some small trucks?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TRASHPICKUPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Something a prospector stakes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
• Words that mean the same thing: take, call, exact
• The opposite would be: forfeit, disclaim
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. NaCl"

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 compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Words that mean the same thing: salinity, saltiness, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. "O.K., got it""

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. $"

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 basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
• Words that mean the same thing: dollar mark, dollar sign, one dollar bill
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOLLAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Functions"

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 act of using
• Words that mean the same thing: America, the States, apply
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Went on horseback"

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 sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
• Words that mean the same thing: cod, depend on, tantalize
• The opposite would be: walk
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Small town"

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

  The answer is: BURG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Winner's two-finger gesture"

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: VSIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Ace's value, at times"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: ace, one and only, matchless
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Bash a laundry room brand?"

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 a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
• Words that mean the same thing: rip current, rip, tide rip
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIPTIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Down Under hopper"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Rachel Maddow's channel"

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: MSNBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Bills with Alexander Hamilton"

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, decade
• The 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 23 Across: "45. Actionable misdeed"

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 (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
• Words that mean the same thing: civil wrong
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Diamond Head's island"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
• Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Some hearty steaks"

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: TBONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Strikebreaking worker"

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 someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
• Words that mean the same thing: blackleg, fink, rat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Slices of time"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Calf-roping rope"

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 belgian composer (1532-1594)
• Words that mean the same thing: rope, reata, riata
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Bash an Alex Haley classic?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PUTDOWNROOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Peter of "Lawrence of Arabia""

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: OTOOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Bash a bug repellent brand?"

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 launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
• Words that mean the same thing: shot
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLASTOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Prepared for planting"

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 work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
• Words that mean the same thing: till
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TILLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Tibetan beast of burden"

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 large long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
• Words that mean the same thing: yack, gab, yakety-yak
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Lake ___ (what separates Ohio and Ontario)"

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 member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Monica in the International Tennis Hall of Fame"

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 united states tennis player (born in yugoslavia in 1973)
• Words that mean the same thing: Monica Seles
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Sophs. in two years"

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 soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
• Words that mean the same thing: steradian, strontium, Sr
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. Disavow"

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 declare untrue; contradict
• Words that mean the same thing: refuse, traverse, abnegate
• 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!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword September 30, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. You need to sit down for this	3
2D	2. Brownie ___ mode	3
3D	3. Particle that's positive or negative	3
4D	4. Chameleon or iguana	7
5D	5. Biggest of the Three Bears	4
6D	6. Game on an 8x8 board	5
7D	7. Malia Obama's sister	5
8D	8. Gator's cousin	4
9D	9. Action accompanied by a "Mwah!"	7
10D	10. White House V.I.P.	5
11D	11. Marry on the cheap, say	5
12D	12. Have a feeling	5
13D	15. Skips over	5
14D	17. Woman whose name is an anagram of MIRA	4
15D	20. Connect to an electrical outlet	6
16D	21. Data holder put into a drive	5
17D	22. Water birds with haunting cries	5
18D	23. John who arrived on the Mayflower	5
19D	27. Slugging stat	3
20D	29. Adam's madam	3
21D	32. Improvement, as in the economy	6
22D	33. GPS suggestion: Abbr.	3
23D	35. Clubs at a country club	5
24D	36. Vice-presidential family of the 1990s	5
25D	37. "That's just wrong!"	5
26D	39. Classic TV brand	3
27D	40. Cause of a Mar. clock change	3
28D	43. Bill Clinton's 1996 opponent	7
29D	45. Like some bagels and newlyweds	7
30D	47. Chopped	5
31D	49. Nonkosher sandwiches, for short	4
32D	50. Features of peacock tails	5
33D	51. Adorable sort	5
34D	52. Island with a lagoon	5
35D	54. Fast-food chain with a cowboy hat logo	5
36D	55. Type of clean energy	5
37D	58. Bullring cheers	4
38D	59. Acorn-producing trees	4
39D	62. Mined find	3
40D	63. Telltale evidence of a shark	3
41D	64. "Sisters" co-star Tina	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. You need to sit down for this"

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 upper side of the thighs of a seated person
• Words that mean the same thing: circle, swosh, lap covering
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Brownie ___ mode"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Particle that's positive or negative"

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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Chameleon or iguana"

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 cold-blooded vertebrate of the class reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
• Words that mean the same thing: reptilian
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPTILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Biggest of the Three Bears"

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 informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Words that mean the same thing: pappa, dada, dad
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Game on an 8x8 board"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that weedy annual native to europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
• Words that mean the same thing: cheat, Bromus secalinus, chess game
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Malia Obama's sister"

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: SASHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Gator's cousin"

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: CROC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Action accompanied by a "Mwah!""

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: AIRKISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. White House V.I.P."

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: POTUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Marry on the cheap, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that run away secretly with one's beloved
• Words that mean the same thing: run off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Have a feeling"

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 general conscious awareness
• Words that mean the same thing: sensory faculty, signified, sensation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Skips over"

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 prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: miss, except, leave out
• The opposite would be: attend to, include
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Woman whose name is an anagram of MIRA"

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: IRMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Connect to an electrical outlet"

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: PLUGIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Data holder put into a drive"

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: CDROM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Water birds with haunting cries"

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 worthless lazy fellow
• Words that mean the same thing: addle-head, birdbrain, diver
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "23. John who arrived on the Mayflower"

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: ALDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Slugging stat"

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 run that is the result of the batter's performance
• Words that mean the same thing: run batted in
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Adam's madam"

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

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Improvement, as in the economy"

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 upward movement or trend as in business activity
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPTURN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. GPS suggestion: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Clubs at a country club"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that metal shackles; for hands or legs
• Words that mean the same thing: Fe, iron, chains
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Vice-presidential family of the 1990s"

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 vice president of the united states under bill clinton (born in 1948)
• Words that mean the same thing: bloodshed, gore, Gore
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. "That's just wrong!""

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: NOTSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Classic TV brand"

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: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Cause of a Mar. clock change"

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: DST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Bill Clinton's 1996 opponent"

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: BOBDOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Like some bagels and newlyweds"

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 make brown and crisp by heating
• Words that mean the same thing: toast, crisp, pledge
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOASTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Chopped"

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 or shape as with an axe
• Words that mean the same thing: hew, hew 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: HEWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Nonkosher sandwiches, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
• Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich, BLT
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Features of peacock tails"

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 spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
• Words that mean the same thing: spotlight, billet, topographic point
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Adorable sort"

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: CUTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Island with a lagoon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Fast-food chain with a cowboy hat logo"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ARBYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Type of clean energy"

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 relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Bullring cheers"

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: OLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Acorn-producing trees"

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 hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
• Words that mean the same thing: oak tree, oak
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Mined find"

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

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. Telltale evidence of a shark"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
• Words that mean the same thing: Little Phoebe, quintuplet, quint
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "64. "Sisters" co-star Tina"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that slightly insane
• Words that mean the same thing: elfin, touched
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	69.2%
Short Answer	15	19.2%
History	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 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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• Down Clues (40 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (34 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

December 24, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Offset, as costs	6
2A	7. Old cornball variety show with Buck Owens	6
3A	13. "The Misanthrope" playwright	7
4A	14. Beer buy	7
5A	15. *Bologna, e.g.	7
6A	16. Of a ring-shaped part of the iris	7
7A	17. Commencement celebrant, in brief	4
8A	18. *Device for holding papers together	10
9A	20. Renter's contract	5
10A	22. Alternative to café	3
11A	23. Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy	5
12A	26. Capp and Capone	3
13A	29. First things you learn	4
14A	32. *Carpenter's decorative molding	10
15A	35. Low in fat	4
16A	36. Co. in the Dow Jones index since 1979	3
17A	37. Museum-funding org.	3
18A	38. N.Y.C. museum, with "the"	3
19A	40. Genetic "messenger"	3
20A	41. Personal manner	4
21A	43. *Abundant harvest	10
22A	46. Common bar order, with "the"	4
23A	47. "One more thing ...," in a text	3
24A	48. Hesitant assent	5
25A	49. Yelps of pain	3
26A	51. On the briny	5
27A	54. With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues	10
28A	58. Española, por ejemplo	4
29A	62. Ballplayers with birds on their caps	7
30A	63. See 54-Across	7
31A	65. David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky"	7
32A	66. Take apart, as a tapestry	7
33A	67. Book that might include "Silent Night"	6
34A	68. Managed, somehow	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Offset, as costs"

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

  The answer is: DEFRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Old cornball variety show with Buck Owens"

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: HEEHAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. "The Misanthrope" playwright"

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 french author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOLIERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Beer buy"

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 carton containing six bottles or cans
• Words that mean the same thing: six-pack, six pack
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIXPACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. *Bologna, e.g."

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: COLDCUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Of a ring-shaped part of the iris"

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 relating to or like or divided into areolae
• Words that mean the same thing: areolate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREOLAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Commencement celebrant, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one-hundredth of a right angle
• Words that mean the same thing: alumnus, graduate, alum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. *Device for holding papers together"

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: BINDERCLIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Renter's contract"

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 property that is leased or rented out or let
• Words that mean the same thing: letting, charter, term of a contract
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Alternative to café"

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: THE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy"

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: STIEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Capp and Capone"

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 thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 13, Al, aluminum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. First things you learn"

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

  The answer is: ABCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. *Carpenter's decorative molding"

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: WINDOWTRIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Low in fat"

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 possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
• Words that mean the same thing: skimpy, list, tend
• The opposite would be: fat, rich
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Co. in the Dow Jones index since 1979"

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: IBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Museum-funding org."

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: NEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. N.Y.C. museum, with "the""

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 come together
• Words that mean the same thing: fulfil, play, gather
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Genetic "messenger""

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
• Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Personal manner"

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

  The answer is: MIEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. *Abundant harvest"

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: BUMPERCROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Common bar order, with "the""

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 member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern scandinavia and herding reindeer
• Words that mean the same thing: Sami, like, Lapp
• The opposite would be: different, unlike
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. "One more thing ...," in a text"

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 24 Across: "48. Hesitant assent"

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: UHYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Yelps of pain"

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: OWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. On the briny"

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: ATSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a shop where men can get their hair 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: BARBERSHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Española, por ejemplo"

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: ISLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "62. Ballplayers with birds on their caps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
• Words that mean the same thing: Old World oriole, New World oriole, American oriole
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORIOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. See 54-Across"

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

  The answer is: QUARTET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STARMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Take apart, as a tapestry"

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 undo strands that have been woven together
• The opposite would be: weave
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNWEAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Book that might include "Silent Night""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a songbook containing a collection of hymns
• Words that mean the same thing: hymnbook, hymnary
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYMNAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Managed, somehow"

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: EKEDBY

  Great job if you got it right!

December 24, 2019 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Way in or out	4
2D	2. Lady ___ (nickname in jazz)	4
3D	3. Played at a hoedown, perhaps	7
4D	4. ___ hall (place to play)	3
5D	5. Dutch-speaking Caribbean vacation spot	5
6D	6. Hairy Himalayans	5
7D	7. Bring on board	4
8D	8. Bring to bear, as pressure	5
9D	9. Of a historic period	7
10D	10. "Monster's Ball" Oscar winner	10
11D	11. Black-purple fruit from a palm tree	4
12D	12. Cincinnati radio station of bygone TV	4
13D	13. Director of 2000's "Charlie's Angels," to film fans	3
14D	14. In need of cheering up	3
15D	19. At hand	4
16D	21. "Ghostbusters" character ___ Spengler	4
17D	23. Does the crawl, say	5
18D	24. Bone paralleling the fibula	5
19D	25. Epitaph words	10
20D	27. Compensate for a sprained ankle, say	4
21D	28. Hook's sidekick	4
22D	30. Lakeside rental	5
23D	31. Loses one's cool	5
24D	33. Spud ___, 5'7" N.B.A. star who famously won a Slam Dunk Contest	4
25D	34. Lacking slack	4
26D	39. Factual	4
27D	42. "Glory to the ___ king" (carol line)	7
28D	44. Air kiss sound	4
29D	45. Oversaw, as a committee	7
30D	50. 2014 movie about Dr. King	5
31D	52. Brimless chef's hat	5
32D	53. Liveliness	5
33D	54. Brit's "Baloney!"	4
34D	55. Pseudocultured	4
35D	56. Not staged	4
36D	57. Target of an ID thief	3
37D	59. Wild guess	4
38D	60. Impose, as a tax	4
39D	61. Cleaned the dishes?	3
40D	64. Feeling of wonder	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. Way in or out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
• Words that mean the same thing: threshold, doorway, room access
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Lady ___ (nickname in jazz)"

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: ELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Played at a hoedown, 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 avoid (one's assigned duties)
• Words that mean the same thing: monkey, fiddle, toy
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIDDLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ hall (place to play)"

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: REC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Dutch-speaking Caribbean vacation spot"

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

  The answer is: ARUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Hairy Himalayans"

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 large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the himalayas
• Words that mean the same thing: abominable snowman, yeti
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YETIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Bring on board"

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 newly hired employee
• Words that mean the same thing: employ, charter, lease
• The opposite would be: fire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Bring to bear, as pressure"

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 have and exercise
• Words that mean the same thing: wield, maintain, exercise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Of a historic period"

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 highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era
• Words that mean the same thing: epoch-making
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPOCHAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Monster's Ball" Oscar winner"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HALLEBERRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Black-purple fruit from a palm tree"

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: ACAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Cincinnati radio station of bygone TV"

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: WKRP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Director of 2000's "Charlie's Angels," to film fans"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram
• Words that mean the same thing: microgram
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MCG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. In need of cheering up"

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 experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
• Words that mean the same thing: deplorable, pitiful, sorry
• The opposite would be: glad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. At hand"

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 towards
• Words that mean the same thing: about, come on, approximate
• 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 16 Down: "21. "Ghostbusters" character ___ Spengler"

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: EGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Does the crawl, say"

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 act of swimming; :
• Words that mean the same thing: float, swim, swimming
• The opposite would be: sink
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Bone paralleling the fibula"

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 inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: shin, shin bone, shinbone
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIBIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Epitaph words"

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: INMEMORIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Compensate for a sprained ankle, say"

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 uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
• Words that mean the same thing: gimp, hitch, hobble
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Hook's sidekick"

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: SMEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Lakeside rental"

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 small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Loses one's cool"

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 act of catching an object with the hands
• Words that mean the same thing: centering, child's play, piece of cake
• The opposite would be: inelasticity
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Spud ___, 5'7" N.B.A. star who famously won a Slam Dunk Contest"

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 english writer and a central member of the fabian society (1858-1943)
• Words that mean the same thing: First Baron Passfield, Sidney James Webb, Martha Beatrice Potter Webb
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Lacking slack"

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

  The answer is: TAUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Factual"

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 proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Words that mean the same thing: rightful, dead on target, honest
• The opposite would be: false, untruthful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. "Glory to the ___ king" (carol line)"

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 baby from birth to four weeks
• Words that mean the same thing: newborn infant, new-sprung, newborn baby
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEWBORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Air kiss sound"

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: MWAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Oversaw, as a committee"

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 act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
• Words that mean the same thing: chairman, chair, 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: CHAIRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. 2014 movie about Dr. King"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a town in central alabama on the alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register black voters
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Brimless chef's hat"

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 tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs
• Words that mean the same thing: turban, pillbox
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOQUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Liveliness"

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 material for starting a fire
• Words that mean the same thing: tinder, punk, mettle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPUNK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Brit's "Baloney!""

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 pretentious or silly talk or writing
• Words that mean the same thing: tarradiddle, twaddle, taradiddle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Pseudocultured"

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

  The answer is: ARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Not staged"

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 rational or irrational number
• Words that mean the same thing: veridical, substantial, rattling
• The opposite would be: nominal, unreal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Target of an ID thief"

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: SSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Wild guess"

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 sudden sharp feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: dig, shot, poke
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Impose, as a tax"

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 charge imposed and collected
• Words that mean the same thing: raise, levy en masse, recruit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. Cleaned the dishes?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. Feeling of wonder"

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

  The answer is: AWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	71.6%
Short Answer	12	16.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.1%
Movies/Film	2	2.7%
Sports	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 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 Tuesday, 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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