February 25, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (35 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

February 25, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Polio vaccine developer Salk	5
2A	6. The "S" of S.U.V.	5
3A	11. Glasgow gal	4
4A	15. Get in touch with	5
5A	16. Mistake	5
6A	17. From the start	4
7A	18. Connected set of rooms in a hotel	5
8A	19. Frank ___, Al Capone henchman	5
9A	20. "Veni, ___, vici"	4
10A	21. International competition for countries that boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics [Texas]	15
11A	24. "Quite true"	6
12A	25. Edmonton's hockey team	6
13A	26. Theme of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Do the Right Thing"	6
14A	29. Jazzy Fitzgerald	4
15A	30. Sphere	3
16A	31. 45 1/2-carat gem at the National Museum of Natural History [Rhode Island]	11
17A	38. Time in Boston when it's midnight in Austin	5
18A	41. Impose, as a tax	4
19A	42. Shopping binge	5
20A	43. QB's downfield throw [Wisconsin]	11
21A	46. Michael of "S.N.L."	3
22A	47. ___-Ball (carnival attraction)	4
23A	48. Corsage flower	6
24A	51. Growth on a tree	6
25A	54. Place for tugboats	6
26A	57. Companies that have big market shares [Utah]	15
27A	61. Drug cop	4
28A	62. Helped out	5
29A	63. Preliminary races	5
30A	65. Furry critter in "Return of the Jedi"	4
31A	66. Vehicle with 18 tyres, maybe	5
32A	67. Sleep problem	5
33A	68. Pols with a donkey party logo	4
34A	69. With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue	5
35A	70. See 69-Across	5

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. Polio vaccine developer Salk"

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: JONAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. The "S" of S.U.V."

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 active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
• Words that mean the same thing: skylark, athletics, fun
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Glasgow gal"

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 girl or young woman who is unmarried
• Words that mean the same thing: jeune fille, lassie, young 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: LASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Get in touch with"

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 limits within which something can be effective
• Words that mean the same thing: turn over, get hold of, extend to
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Mistake"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERROR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. From the start"

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 again but in a new or different way
• Words that mean the same thing: afresh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Connected set of rooms in a hotel"

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 musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
• Words that mean the same thing: rooms, entourage, cortege
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Frank ___, Al Capone henchman"

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: NITTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. "Veni, ___, vici""

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: VIDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. International competition for countries that boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics [Texas]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FRIENDSHIPGAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. "Quite true""

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: ITISSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Edmonton's hockey team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a worker who oils engines or machinery
• Words that mean the same thing: oil tanker, oil well, tanker
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OILERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Theme of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Do the Right Thing""

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 the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
• Words that mean the same thing: racial discrimination, racialism
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Jazzy Fitzgerald"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Sphere"

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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: globe, ball, eyeball
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. 45 1/2-carat gem at the National Museum of Natural History [Rhode Island]"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Time in Boston when it's midnight in Austin"

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: ONEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "41. 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: levy en masse, raise, 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 19 Across: "42. Shopping binge"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. QB's downfield throw [Wisconsin]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FORWARDPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. Michael of "S.N.L.""

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: CHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. ___-Ball (carnival attraction)"

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: SKEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Corsage flower"

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 any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
• Words that mean the same thing: orchidaceous plant
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCHID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Growth on a tree"

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 any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LICHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "54. Place for tugboats"

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 sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
• Words that mean the same thing: seaport, entertain, harbour
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARBOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. Companies that have big market shares [Utah]"

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: INDUSTRYLEADERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "61. Drug cop"

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 lawman concerned with narcotics violations
• Words that mean the same thing: narcotics agent, nark
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "62. Helped out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give help or assistance; be of service
• Words that mean the same thing: help, assist, aid
• The opposite would be: unassisted
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "63. Preliminary races"

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 form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
• Words that mean the same thing: stir up, rut, warmth
• The opposite would be: anestrus, coldness
• 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 30 Across: "65. Furry critter in "Return of the Jedi""

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: EWOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "66. Vehicle with 18 tyres, maybe"

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 large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
• Words that mean the same thing: camion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "67. Sleep problem"

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

  The answer is: APNEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "68. Pols with a donkey party logo"

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: DEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "69. With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue"

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 the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
• Words that mean the same thing: submit, DoS, put forward
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "70. See 69-Across"

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 favorite saying of a sect or political group
• Words that mean the same thing: catchword, shibboleth, slogan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

February 25, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Upper-class members: Abbr.	3
2D	2. "Why do the French have only one egg for breakfast? Because one egg is an ___" (old joke)	4
3D	3. Brand to use "if you dare wear short shorts"	4
4D	4. When Hamlet gives his "To be, or not to be" soliloquy	6
5D	5. 500 things in a ream	6
6D	6. Transmits	5
7D	7. Strait-laced person	5
8D	8. Big name in lawn care	5
9D	9. Indian flatbread	4
10D	10. North African city in the lyrics to the "Marines' Hymn"	7
11D	11. Blobby light popular in the 1960s-'70s	8
12D	12. Japanese cartoon style	5
13D	13. Meal with the Four Questions	5
14D	14. ___ Army knife	5
15D	22. "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of ___" (Robert C. O'Brien children's book)	4
16D	23. Large lizards of the Southwest	5
17D	26. Upper part of the mouth	4
18D	27. Florence's river	4
19D	28. Person who might say "10-4, good buddy"	4
20D	29. "Grand" brand of ice cream	4
21D	32. Ye ___ Shoppe	4
22D	33. Liveliness	3
23D	34. Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"	3
24D	35. Theater sect. near the stage	4
25D	36. Fruity soda brand	4
26D	37. Homeowner's document	4
27D	39. Phrase akin to "Darn it all!"	8
28D	40. Manufactures	5
29D	44. Cars for vacationers	7
30D	45. Japanese noodles	4
31D	49. Hillary ___ Clinton	6
32D	50. Sleazeball	6
33D	51. Queued (up)	5
34D	52. Really impressed	5
35D	53. PC spinner	5
36D	54. Freshwater polyp	5
37D	55. Paying attention	5
38D	56. Change from artificial blond back to brunet, say	5
39D	58. Prison uprising	4
40D	59. Rave's partner	4
41D	60. "Leave as is," to a proofreader	4
42D	64. ___ Paulo, Brazil	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. Upper-class members: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a son who has the same first name as his father
• Words that mean the same thing: Junior, Jr, Jnr
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Why do the French have only one egg for breakfast? Because one egg is an ___" (old joke)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OEUF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Brand to use "if you dare wear short shorts""

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: NAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. When Hamlet gives his "To be, or not to be" soliloquy"

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: ACTIII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. 500 things in a ream"

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 any broad thin expanse or surface
• Words that mean the same thing: weather sheet, sheet, sheet of paper
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHEETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Transmits"

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

  The answer is: SENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Strait-laced person"

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: PRISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Big name in lawn care"

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: ORTHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Indian flatbread"

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: ROTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. North African city in the lyrics to the "Marines' Hymn""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Libya, Trablous, Tarabulus Ash-Sham
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIPOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Blobby light popular in the 1960s-'70s"

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: LAVALAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Japanese cartoon 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 a hard copal derived from an african tree
• Words that mean the same thing: Zanzibar copal, gum anime
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Meal with the Four Questions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of passover
• Words that mean the same thing: Passover supper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. ___ Army knife"

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 natives or inhabitants of switzerland
• Words that mean the same thing: Swiss people
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of ___" (Robert C. O'Brien children's book)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NIMH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Large lizards of the Southwest"

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 river that rises in western new mexico and flows westward through southern arizona to become a tributary of the colorado river
• Words that mean the same thing: Gila River, Gila
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GILAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Upper part of the mouth"

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 protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
• Words that mean the same thing: cap, ceiling
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Florence's river"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a river in central italy rising in the apennines and flowing through florence and pisa to the ligurian sea
• Words that mean the same thing: River Arno, Arno River
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Person who might say "10-4, good buddy""

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: CBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. "Grand" brand of ice cream"

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: EDYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Ye ___ Shoppe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Liveliness"

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 liveliness and energy
• Words that mean the same thing: peppiness, ginger
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Longoria of "Desperate Housewives""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Theater sect. near the stage"

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: ORCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Fruity soda brand"

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: NEHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Homeowner's document"

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 legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
• Words that mean the same thing: deed of conveyance, human action, 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: DEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Phrase akin to "Darn it all!""

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: AWSHUCKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Manufactures"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a recognizable kind
• Words that mean the same thing: draw, relieve oneself, pull in
• The opposite would be: unmake, break
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Cars for vacationers"

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 property that is leased or rented out or let
• Words that mean the same thing: renting, rental, lease
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENTALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Japanese noodles"

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: SOBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Hillary ___ Clinton"

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: RODHAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Sleazeball"

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: CREEPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Queued (up)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be in line with; form a line along
• Words that mean the same thing: trace, draw, describe
• The opposite would be: unlined
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Really impressed"

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: INAWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. PC spinner"

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: CDROM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Freshwater polyp"

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 (greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
• Words that mean the same thing: Snake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYDRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Paying attention"

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 condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
• Words that mean the same thing: alive, awake, alarum
• The opposite would be: unalert
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Change from artificial blond back to brunet, say"

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: REDYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Prison uprising"

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 public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Words that mean the same thing: drunken revelry, saturnalia, roister
• The 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 40 Down: "59. Rave's partner"

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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
• Words that mean the same thing: mouth off, harangue, blah
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. "Leave as is," to a proofreader"

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 printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "64. ___ Paulo, Brazil"

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: SAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	62	80.5%
Short Answer	4	5.2%
History	3	3.9%
Sports	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• 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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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, July 27, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (38 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

July 27, 2020 Monday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress"	4
2A	5. Loses one's footing	5
3A	10. Varsity letter earner, say	4
4A	14. With 64-Down, shrinking body of water in Asia	4
5A	15. Painter Matisse	5
6A	16. Big name in running shoes	4
7A	17. Diminutive Jedi master	4
8A	18. It may include a backpack, boots and a water bottle	10
9A	20. Slightly off	5
10A	22. Gyllenhaal of "Brokeback Mountain"	4
11A	23. Decompose	3
12A	24. Japanese verse with 17 syllables	9
13A	27. AOL alternative	3
14A	29. Get a pet from the pound, e.g.	5
15A	30. Word before chill or chimes	4
16A	33. Busy worker in Apr.	3
17A	36. Item compared in "Who Wore It Best?"	5
18A	38. Tony the Frosted Flakes mascot, e.g.	5
19A	39. Expensive, as a product line	7
20A	41. Seven Dwarfs' cry as off to work they go	7
21A	43. Protection against kitchen splatters	5
22A	44. Put on, as a play	5
23A	46. Gratuity	3
24A	47. Look closely (at)	4
25A	48. Wipe the board clean	5
26A	50. "Let's ___!" ("Dig in!")	3
27A	52. Supermodel and longtime "Project Runway" host	9
28A	56. Place for a mud bath	3
29A	58. Appearance	4
30A	60. "Swell!"	5
31A	61. Toyota Prius and Honda Insight	10
32A	65. Not fooled by	4
33A	66. Fashion monthly with more than 40 international editions	4
34A	67. "Well, golly!"	5
35A	68. Luau instruments, for short	4
36A	69. Like the part of a swimming pool with the diving board	4
37A	70. "Gotta go!"	5
38A	71. One of a set of four on a London taxi	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. Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Loses one's footing"

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 socially awkward or tactless act
• Words that mean the same thing: moorage, sneak, berth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Varsity letter earner, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person trained to compete in sports
• Words that mean the same thing: suspensor, supporter, athletic supporter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. With 64-Down, shrinking body of water in Asia"

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: ARAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Painter Matisse"

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: HENRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Big name in running shoes"

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: AVIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Diminutive Jedi master"

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: YODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. It may include a backpack, boots and a water bottle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HIKINGGEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Slightly off"

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 not functioning properly
• Words that mean the same thing: awry, haywire, imperfectly
• The opposite would be: perfectly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Gyllenhaal of "Brokeback Mountain""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Decompose"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
• Words that mean the same thing: buncombe, rotting, hogwash
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Japanese verse with 17 syllables"

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: HAIKUPOEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. AOL alternative"

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: MSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Get a pet from the pound, e.g."

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 choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
• Words that mean the same thing: take up, take on, dramatise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADOPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Word before chill or chimes"

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 air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
• Words that mean the same thing: breaking wind, wind up, flatus
• The opposite would be: unwind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Busy worker in Apr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Words that mean the same thing: certified public accountant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Item compared in "Who Wore It Best?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
• Words that mean the same thing: clothe, curry, crop
• The opposite would be: undress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Tony the Frosted Flakes mascot, e.g."

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 fierce or audacious person
• Words that mean the same thing: Panthera tigris
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Expensive, as a product line"

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: HIGHEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Seven Dwarfs' cry as off to work they go"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HEIGHHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Protection against kitchen splatters"

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 garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
• Words that mean the same thing: forestage, proscenium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Put on, as a play"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Words that mean the same thing: arrange, microscope stage, level
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Gratuity"

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 extreme end of something; especially something pointed
• Words that mean the same thing: tumble, bakshish, tilt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Look closely (at)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Wipe the board clean"

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 remove from memory or existence
• Words that mean the same thing: efface, rub out, wipe off
• The opposite would be: record
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. "Let's ___!" ("Dig in!")"

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: use up, corrode, rust
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Supermodel and longtime "Project Runway" host"

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: HEIDIKLUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Place for a mud bath"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health club, watering hole, resort hotel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Appearance"

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 dignified manner or conduct
• Words that mean the same thing: comportment, presence, 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 30 Across: "60. "Swell!""

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: NEATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Toyota Prius and Honda Insight"

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: HYBRIDCARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Not fooled by"

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: ONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Fashion monthly with more than 40 international editions"

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: ELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. "Well, golly!""

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: OHGEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Luau instruments, 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 a small guitar having four strings
• Words that mean the same thing: uke, ukulele
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Like the part of a swimming pool with the diving board"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the central and most intense or profound part
• Words that mean the same thing: cryptical, mysterious, rich
• The opposite would be: shallow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. "Gotta go!""

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: SEEYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. One of a set of four on a London taxi"

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 port in southern lebanon on the mediterranean sea; formerly a major phoenician seaport famous for silks
• Words that mean the same thing: tire, Sur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYRE

  Great job if you got it right!

July 27, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Doctor's request during a physical	5
2D	2. Scent	5
3D	3. Half-diameters	5
4D	4. Juneau is its capital	6
5D	5. "Quiet!"	3
6D	6. Luau garland	3
7D	7. Some office printers	7
8D	8. Trojan War king	5
9D	9. What things do in quicksand	4
10D	10. Boozer's binge	3
11D	11. Like some FedEx or DHL service	9
12D	12. "Gotta go!"	4
13D	13. Go-___ (kid's racer)	4
14D	19. Thing of beauty	3
15D	21. Out of the blue	6
16D	25. X-rated stuff	4
17D	26. Some newspaper essays	5
18D	28. Big gulp from a bottle	4
19D	31. Classic soda brand	4
20D	32. What prices do in bear markets	4
21D	33. English fellow	4
22D	34. Prop for Santa Claus or Frosty the Snowman	4
23D	35. Pleasant	9
24D	37. Puppeteer Lewis	5
25D	38. Connects (with)	6
26D	40. Dance at a Jewish wedding	4
27D	42. "Omigosh!"	4
28D	45. Like many members of Gen Z, now	7
29D	49. Barely make, as a living	6
30D	51. Texter's "I didn't need to know that"	3
31D	52. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog"	5
32D	53. Tall and lean	5
33D	54. Speak	5
34D	55. Glacier National Park sighting	5
35D	56. Backyard building	4
36D	57. 1960s TV's "Gomer ___, U.S.M.C"	4
37D	59. Vows exchanged at the altar	4
38D	62. Dem.'s counterpart	3
39D	63. Spanish king	3
40D	64. See 14-Across	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. Doctor's request during a physical"

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: SAYAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Scent"

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 any property detected by the olfactory system
• Words that mean the same thing: scent, olfactory property, odour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Half-diameters"

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 the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
• Words that mean the same thing: r, wheel spoke, radius
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Juneau is its capital"

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 a state in northwestern north america; the 49th state admitted to the union
• Words that mean the same thing: AK, Last Frontier
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALASKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Quiet!""

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: SHH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Luau garland"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: coronal, garland, chaplet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Some office printers"

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: INKJETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Trojan War king"

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 (greek mythology) the last king of troy; father of hector and paris and cassandra
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. What things do in quicksand"

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 plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
• Words that mean the same thing: swallow hole, dip, cesspool
• The opposite would be: float, source
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Boozer's binge"

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 sharp projection on an edge or surface
• Words that mean the same thing: dag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Like some FedEx or DHL service"

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 lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
• Words that mean the same thing: all-night, nightlong
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVERNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Gotta go!""

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 acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: aloha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Go-___ (kid's racer)"

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: KART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Thing of beauty"

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 art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
• Words that mean the same thing: treasure, precious stone, gemstone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Out of the blue"

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 happening without warning or in a short space of time
• The opposite would be: gradual
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUDDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. X-rated stuff"

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 creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
• Words that mean the same thing: smut, porno, erotica
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Some newspaper essays"

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: OPEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Big gulp from a bottle"

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 and hurried swallow
• Words that mean the same thing: gulp, slog, draught
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Classic soda brand"

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: NEHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. What prices do in bear markets"

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 shape that is spherical and small
• Words that mean the same thing: cast, pearl, shed
• The opposite would be: sharpen, recuperate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. English fellow"

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 boy or man
• Words that mean the same thing: crack, fellow, cranny
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Prop for Santa Claus or Frosty the Snowman"

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 tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
• Words that mean the same thing: pipage, organ pipe, tobacco 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: PIPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Pleasant"

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 conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; ; ; - disraeli
• Words that mean the same thing: consonant, accordant, conformable
• The opposite would be: disagreeable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGREEABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Puppeteer Lewis"

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 african river that flows northwest into lake chad
• Words that mean the same thing: Chari River, Chari, Shari 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: SHARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Connects (with)"

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: TIESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Dance at a Jewish wedding"

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: HORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. "Omigosh!""

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: EGAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Like many members of Gen Z, now"

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 being of the age 13 through 19
• Words that mean the same thing: teenaged, teen, adolescent
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEENAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Barely make, as a living"

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: EKEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Texter's "I didn't need to know that""

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: TMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: HECHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Tall and lean"

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 tall and thin and having long slender limbs
• Words that mean the same thing: gangly, rangy, gangling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Speak"

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 articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
• Words that mean the same thing: everlasting, pure, mouth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Glacier National Park sighting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Words that mean the same thing: European elk, elk, Alces alces
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Backyard building"

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 outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
• Words that mean the same thing: cast, disgorge, drop
• The opposite would be: persistent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. 1960s TV's "Gomer ___, U.S.M.C""

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 writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911)
• Words that mean the same thing: Howard Pyle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PYLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Vows exchanged at the altar"

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

  The answer is: IDOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Dem.'s counterpart"

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Spanish king"

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: REY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. See 14-Across"

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

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	57	73.1%
Short Answer	14	17.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 23, 2025 at 03:41 PM