April 09, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, April 09, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - April 09, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. [scoff]	4
2A	5. Break some ground	3
3A	8. Feature of The New York Review of Books	5
4A	13. Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first	4
5A	14. "It is impossible to love and to be ___": Francis Bacon	4
6A	15. Daft	5
7A	16. Be above pettiness	15
8A	19. Superpower of Cyclops in the "X-Men" films	7
9A	20. Mrs., in Madrid	3
10A	21. "___ más!"	3
11A	22. Part of many a gas station	4
12A	23. What happens when two people miss each other a lot?	8
13A	25. Big Mac ingredient	12
14A	28. Like a bad signal	4
15A	29. Cargo area	3
16A	30. Eye, slangily	6
17A	34. Amazon ___	3
18A	35. Meme animals	7
19A	37. When doubled, a 2010s dance	3
20A	38. Caribbean capital	6
21A	40. Little laugh	3
22A	41. Precursor to a big flop?	4
23A	42. Newly single and ready to mingle	12
24A	45. Last bunch to board, typically	8
25A	48. Sheets often come in it	4
26A	49. Sports org. for the Colorado Eagles and Texas Stars	3
27A	50. Red side, for short	3
28A	51. The world's wealthiest family	7
29A	54. Quick swim in freezing cold water	15
30A	57. U.S. Open tennis champion of 2018 and 2020	5
31A	58. Harold ___, Manhattan Project scientist	4
32A	59. Hoot	4
33A	60. Fix up	5
34A	61. Stock holder?	3
35A	62. Actress Niecy on the Hollywood Walk of Fame	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. [scoff]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PFFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Break some ground"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the site of an archeological exploration
• Words that mean the same thing: drudge, grind, fag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Feature of The New York Review of Books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an analytic or interpretive literary composition
• Words that mean the same thing: try, test, examine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. "It is impossible to love and to be ___": Francis Bacon"

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 way of doing or being
• Words that mean the same thing: overbold, knowing, smart
• The opposite would be: foolish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Daft"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NUTSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Be above pettiness"

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: TAKETHEHIGHROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Superpower of Cyclops in the "X-Men" films"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: EYEBEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Mrs., in Madrid"

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: SRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. "___ más!""

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: UNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Part of many a gas station"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an 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!

Clue 12 Across: "23. What happens when two people miss each other a lot?"

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: PHONETAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Big Mac ingredient"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: SPECIALSAUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Like a bad signal"

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 wanting in physical strength
• Words that mean the same thing: faint, infirm, washy
• The opposite would be: strong
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Cargo area"

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 indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
• Words that mean the same thing: bay tree, embayment, alcove
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Eye, slangily"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
• Words that mean the same thing: Peeping Tom, voyeur
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Amazon ___"

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

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Meme animals"

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: LOLCATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. When doubled, a 2010s dance"

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: NAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Caribbean capital"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of the bahamas
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of the Bahamas
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASSAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Little laugh"

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: HEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Precursor to a big flop?"

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 three-tone chadic language
• Words that mean the same thing: Yamaltu, Pidlimdi
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Newly single and ready to mingle"

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: ONTHEREBOUND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Last bunch to board, typically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something that can be relied on when needed
• Words that mean the same thing: standby, understudy
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STANDBYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Sheets often come in it"

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

  The answer is: REAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Sports org. for the Colorado Eagles and Texas Stars"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Red side, 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 the younger of two major political parties in the united states; gop is an acronym for grand old party
• Words that mean the same thing: Republican Party
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. The world's wealthiest 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 english composer (1902-1983)
• Words that mean the same thing: Walton, Sir William Turner Walton, Ernest Walton
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WALTONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Quick swim in freezing cold water"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POLARBEARPLUNGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. U.S. Open tennis champion of 2018 and 2020"

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 port city on southern honshu on osaka bay; a commercial and industrial center of japan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSAKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Harold ___, Manhattan Project scientist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)
• Words that mean the same thing: Harold Clayton Urey, Harold Urey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UREY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Hoot"

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 public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Words that mean the same thing: debauch, roister, wow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Fix up"

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: REHAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Stock holder?"

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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: playpen, write, penitentiary
• The 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 35 Across: "62. Actress Niecy on the Hollywood Walk of Fame"

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 united states writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ogden Nash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASH

  Great job if you got it right!

April 09, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Dome	4
2D	2. Severely criticize	4
3D	3. Impossible Foods products	9
4D	4. Put into a ponytail, e.g.	7
5D	5. Per ___	4
6D	6. "Eh, give or take"	3
7D	7. Performer with a single fan?	6
8D	8. Heightens	8
9D	9. América del ___	3
10D	10. Opposite of svelte	5
11D	11. Something held for a stretch	5
12D	12. "'Sup, dude"	5
13D	14. Hit 1991 film starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss	12
14D	17. Hatcher who told Seinfeld "And by the way, they're real ... and they're spectacular!"	4
15D	18. Treatment option offering communal support	12
16D	23. Freudian concerns	7
17D	24. Shoebox spec	3
18D	25. ___ song	4
19D	26. Enrique ___ Nieto, 2012-18 Mexican president	4
20D	27. Staples Center team, on scoreboards	3
21D	31. William Henry Harrison's cause of death, after just 31 days in office	9
22D	32. Pull down	4
23D	33. Do a parent's bedtime activity	4
24D	35. Territory-expanding move	8
25D	36. ___ Lingus	3
26D	39. Start of some sequel titles	3
27D	41. Perfectly, as in cooking	7
28D	43. Ballyhoo	6
29D	44. Class ring?	4
30D	45. Flavor	5
31D	46. "___ Winter Sundays" (Robert Hayden poem)	5
32D	47. Deity with 99 names	5
33D	51. Bird on the South Carolina state quarter	4
34D	52. CURE and CARE, e.g.	4
35D	53. N.B.A. star Curry	4
36D	55. Kamala Harris's college sorority, for short	3
37D	56. Make, as in math	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. Dome"

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

  The answer is: PATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Severely criticize"

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 strip the skin 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: FLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Impossible Foods products"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: FAKEMEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Put into a ponytail, e.g."

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 device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
• Words that mean the same thing: pullback
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIEBACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Per ___"

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: DIEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Eh, give or take""

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: ISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Performer with a single fan?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
• Words that mean the same thing: geisha girl
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEISHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Heightens"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make better or more attractive
• Words that mean the same thing: heighten, raise, enhance
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENHANCES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. América del ___"

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 10 Down: "10. Opposite of svelte"

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 strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
• Words that mean the same thing: stalwart, sturdy, portly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Something held for a stretch"

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 (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "'Sup, dude""

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: YODOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Hit 1991 film starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WHATABOUTBOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Hatcher who told Seinfeld "And by the way, they're real ... and they're spectacular!""

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: TERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Treatment option offering communal support"

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: GROUPTHERAPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Freudian concerns"

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 that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
• Words that mean the same thing: head, brain, nous
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSYCHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Shoebox spec"

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: EEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. ___ song"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
• Words that mean the same thing: aver, vagabond, ramble
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Enrique ___ Nieto, 2012-18 Mexican president"

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: PENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Staples Center team, on scoreboards"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. William Henry Harrison's cause of death, after just 31 days in office"

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 respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PNEUMONIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Pull 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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Words that mean the same thing: garner, realize, pull 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: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Do a parent's bedtime activity"

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

  The answer is: READ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Territory-expanding move"

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: LANDGRAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. ___ Lingus"

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: AER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Start of some sequel titles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: Word, Logos, boy
• The opposite would be: girl, daughter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Perfectly, as in cooking"

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: TOATURN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Ballyhoo"

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: HYPEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Class ring?"

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 hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
• Words that mean the same thing: campana, Vanessa Bell, bell shape
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Flavor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAPOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. "___ Winter Sundays" (Robert Hayden poem)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Deity with 99 names"

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

  The answer is: ALLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Bird on the South Carolina state quarter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WREN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. CURE and CARE, 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 an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
• Words that mean the same thing: NGO, nongovernmental organization
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. N.B.A. star Curry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
• Words that mean the same thing: Set
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Kamala Harris's college sorority, 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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Make, as in math"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: make up, embody, follow
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	43	59.7%
Short Answer	12	16.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	5	6.9%
Literature	2	2.8%
Sports	2	2.8%
Geography	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	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

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Date: Thursday, August 19, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

August 19, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Vaping device, informally	4
2A	5. ___ Roy, patriarch on HBO's "Succession"	5
3A	10. Successfully solicit, with "up"	4
4A	14. Arizona city near the California border	4
5A	15. Where Dalmatia is	7
6A	16. NPR's ___ Totenberg	4
7A	17. Stand-in for the unnamed	4
8A	18. Monopoly cards	5
9A	19. Buffalo Bill's surname	4
10A	20. Walked	4
11A	22. End	5
12A	24. It has a cedar tree on its flag: Abbr.	3
13A	25. World's highest-paid actor in 2021, familiarly	7
14A	27. 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner	6
15A	29. Brand of taco kits and sauces	6
16A	30. Mobile homes of a sort	10
17A	32. Castle defenses	5
18A	33. Bargain bin abbr.	5
19A	35. N.Y.C. nabe near N.Y.U.	4
20A	36. Life preserver? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle	9
21A	39. ___ Romeo	4
22A	42. Starting lineup	5
23A	43. Dispirit, with "out"	3
24A	46. Heraldic symbol	10
25A	49. Noted Venetian bridge	6
26A	51. Separate seed from	6
27A	52. Be perfectly sized	9
28A	53. The "e" of "i.e."	3
29A	54. Home to the golden pavilion known as Kinkaku-ji	5
30A	57. Planted	4
31A	58. ___ Jones, former Alabama senator	4
32A	60. Best ever, in sports slang	7
33A	62. Org. known for counting backward	4
34A	64. "Yeah ... I don't think so"	4
35A	65. Fresh blood	5
36A	66. Mobile home?	4
37A	67. Actress Amanda	4
38A	68. Works hard, old-style	5
39A	69. Some creatures in the ocean's "midnight zone"	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. Vaping device, 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: ECIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. ___ Roy, patriarch on HBO's "Succession""

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 mountain peak in the st. elias range in the southwestern yukon territory in canada (19,850 feet high)
• Words that mean the same thing: Mount Logan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Successfully solicit, with "up""

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 musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
• Words that mean the same thing: thrum, grind away, swot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Arizona city near the California border"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the north american indian people of arizona and adjacent mexico and california
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YUMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Where Dalmatia is"

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 republic in the western balkans in south-central europe in the eastern adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the habsburg monarchy and yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Croatia, Hrvatska
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROATIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. NPR's ___ Totenberg"

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 babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of ea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Stand-in for the unnamed"

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: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Monopoly cards"

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 performance of moral or religious acts
• Words that mean the same thing: act, deed of conveyance, human 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: DEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Buffalo Bill's surname"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states showman famous for his wild west show (1846-1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: Buffalo Bill Cody, Buffalo Bill, William Frederick Cody
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CODY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Walked"

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 put down or press the foot, place the foot
• Words that mean the same thing: step, trample, tread
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. End"

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 (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
• Words that mean the same thing: end, finish, quit
• The opposite would be: continue, begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. It has a cedar tree on its flag: Abbr."

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: LEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. World's highest-paid actor in 2021, familiarly"

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: THEROCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner"

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: ALGORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Brand of taco kits and sauces"

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 nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945)
• Words that mean the same thing: Daniel Ortega, Daniel Ortega Saavedra
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORTEGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Mobile homes of a sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling
• Words that mean the same thing: houseboat
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOUSEBOATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Castle defenses"

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 ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
• Words that mean the same thing: moat, fosse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Bargain bin abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: IRREG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. N.Y.C. nabe near N.Y.U."

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: NOHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Life preserver? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle"

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: CEREALBOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. ___ Romeo"

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: ALFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Starting lineup"

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: ATEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Dispirit, with "out""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: skunk, idler, 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: BUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Heraldic symbol"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: COATOFARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Noted Venetian bridge"

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: RIALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Separate seed from"

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 move or stir about violently
• Words that mean the same thing: toss, lam, convulse
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THRESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Be perfectly sized"

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: FITTOATEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. The "e" of "i.e.""

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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Home to the golden pavilion known as Kinkaku-ji"

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 city in central japan on southern honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of japan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KYOTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Planted"

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 place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
• Words that mean the same thing: sow, inseminate, seed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. ___ Jones, former Alabama senator"

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: DOUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Best ever, in sports slang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THEGOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Org. known for counting backward"

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 an independent agency of the united states government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
• Words that mean the same thing: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. "Yeah ... I don't think so""

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: UMNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Fresh blood"

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: HIREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Mobile home?"

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 baby bed with high sides made of slats
• Words that mean the same thing: cribbage, trot, pony
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Actress Amanda"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Works hard, old-style"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be agitated
• Words that mean the same thing: labour, roil, dig
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Some creatures in the ocean's "midnight zone""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• Words that mean the same thing: eel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EELS

  Great job if you got it right!

August 19, 2021 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. ___ of Ra, symbolic depiction in Egyptian art	3
2D	2. Dog-eat-dog	9
3D	3. Turkish inns	7
4D	4. In large numbers	6
5D	5. Flat-screen option, for short	3
6D	6. Rival of Hoover	5
7D	7. Facial feature named for an animal	6
8D	8. Operatic daughter of the king Amonasro	4
9D	9. World capital on the island of New Providence	6
10D	10. Blues org.?	3
11D	11. 1970 John Wayne film	7
12D	12. Sworn	9
13D	13. "It's possible"	7
14D	21. Prairie stray	5
15D	23. Chicago conveyances	3
16D	25. Waits on an album release?	3
17D	26. Late media columnist David	4
18D	28. Cohort before millennials, for short	4
19D	30. Begins to get exciting, with "up"	5
20D	31. It's not a good look	4
21D	34. Chew (out)	4
22D	36. Spot of espresso?	4
23D	37. Italian home to the Basilica of St. Nicholas	4
24D	38. Excludes	5
25D	39. Misbehaved	7
26D	40. Repulsive	9
27D	41. Magazine with an annual Investor's Guide	7
28D	43. Extraneous computer programs that slow down a system	9
29D	44. Part of a place setting	7
30D	45. Rapper Kool ___ Dee	3
31D	47. Pose	3
32D	48. Beat	6
33D	50. Immediately	6
34D	52. Economics Nobelist Robert	5
35D	55. Where I-70 meets I-71	4
36D	56. Polo on TV	4
37D	59. Snookered	3
38D	61. National Book Award winner for "Them," 1970	5
39D	63. They're used in a crunch	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. ___ of Ra, symbolic depiction in Egyptian art"

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 organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: centre, optic, heart
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Dog-eat-dog"

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 someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
• Words that mean the same thing: bowelless, fierce
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUTTHROAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Turkish inns"

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 hostel for pilgrims in turkey
• Words that mean the same thing: imaret
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMARETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. In large numbers"

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 in great numbers
• Words that mean the same thing: abounding
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GALORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Flat-screen option, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: liquid crystal display
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LCD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Rival of Hoover"

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: ORECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Facial feature named for an animal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOATEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Operatic daughter of the king Amonasro"

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: AIDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. World capital on the island of New Providence"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of the bahamas
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of the Bahamas
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASSAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Blues org.?"

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: DNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. 1970 John Wayne film"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: RIOLOBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Sworn"

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: UNDEROATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "It's possible""

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: MAYBESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Prairie stray"

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 motherless calf in a range herd of cattle
• Words that mean the same thing: dogy, leppy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOGIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Chicago conveyances"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: elevation, elevated railway, altitude
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Waits on an album release?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
• Words that mean the same thing: Uncle Tom, tomcat, gobbler
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Late media columnist David"

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: CARR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Cohort before millennials, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: GENX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Begins to get exciting, with "up""

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 form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
• Words that mean the same thing: rut, heat, warmth
• The opposite would be: anestrus, cool
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. It's not a good look"

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

  The answer is: OGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Chew (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 large quantity of written matter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Spot of espresso?"

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

  The answer is: CAFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Italian home to the Basilica of St. Nicholas"

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 capital city of the apulia region on the adriatic coast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Excludes"

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 prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: take out, overleap, exclude
• 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 25 Down: "39. Misbehaved"

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: ACTEDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Repulsive"

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 causing or able to cause nausea
• Words that mean the same thing: disgusting, repellent, nauseating
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOATHSOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Magazine with an annual Investor's Guide"

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 an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
• Words that mean the same thing: lot, circumstances, portion
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORTUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Extraneous computer programs that slow down a system"

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: BLOATWARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Part of a place setting"

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 an implement for practical use (especially in a household)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTENSIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Rapper Kool ___ Dee"

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: MOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Pose"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: expect, take, involve
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Beat"

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 rhythmic unit in a piece of music
• Words that mean the same thing: calendar method of birth control, speech rhythm, beat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHYTHM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Immediately"

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: ATONCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Economics Nobelist Robert"

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: FOGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Where I-70 meets I-71"

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 midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
• Words that mean the same thing: OH, Buckeye State, Ohio 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: OHIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Polo on TV"

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: TERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Snookered"

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 come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• Words that mean the same thing: stick, bugger off, commence
• The opposite would be: leave, end
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. National Book Award winner for "Them," 1970"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english conspirator who claimed that there was a jesuit plot to assassinate charles ii (1649-1705)
• Words that mean the same thing: Titus Oates, Joyce Carol Oates
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. They're used in a crunch"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
• Words that mean the same thing: BA, type AB, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	66.7%
Short Answer	9	11.5%
Abbreviation	4	5.1%
History	4	5.1%
Geography	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Sports	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 15, 2025 at 01:44 PM