July 31, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (33 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 31, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. 1/16 of a cup: Abbr.	4
2A	5. Something to drool over?	3
3A	8. Mr. of detective fiction	4
4A	12. Ghostly, say	5
5A	13. Suffix with acetyl	3
6A	14. "Scrubs" nurse married to Dr. Turk	5
7A	16. "Arr, matey! So ye seek buried treasure to fill yer ship's hull? Well, the first clue is easy. Just ___"	15
8A	19. Muscleman with a mohawk	3
9A	20. Clip	5
10A	21. Wintry chill	3
11A	22. "At yer next clue already? Then off to the races! Now turn toward the dawn and go ___"	15
12A	27. Portfolio options, for short	4
13A	28. Venmo transfer, e.g.	5
14A	29. Member of a raiding party	8
15A	33. Like universal recipients	6
16A	36. "Dies ___" (hymn)	4
17A	37. Marauder's tool	3
18A	39. Vagabond	4
19A	40. Like an American in Paris	6
20A	43. Companywide info-sharing system	8
21A	46. Dennis of "The Alamo"	5
22A	48. Pond swimmer	4
23A	49. "Aye, the treasure be heavy, so flex yer biceps! With this third clue, turn right and go ___"	15
24A	55. Folk rocker DiFranco	3
25A	56. Singer Black	5
26A	57. 1930s Depression-fighting org.	3
27A	58. "'X' marks the spot! Grab a spade! Dance a jig! Here's the very last clue. Proceed ___"	15
28A	63. ___ York (biggest city in los Estados Unidos)	5
29A	64. Farm female	3
30A	65. Grab, as booty	5
31A	66. H.S. exam	4
32A	67. Sound from a punctured tire	3
33A	68. Schlep	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. 1/16 of a cup: Abbr."

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: TBSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Something to drool over?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that top part of an apron; covering the chest
• Words that mean the same thing: tipple
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Mr. of detective fiction"

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: MOTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Ghostly, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
• Words that mean the same thing: eery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Suffix with acetyl"

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 compass point midway between northeast and east
• Words that mean the same thing: east northeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "14. "Scrubs" nurse married to Dr. Turk"

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: CARLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. "Arr, matey! So ye seek buried treasure to fill yer ship's hull? Well, the first clue is easy. Just ___""

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: STARTATTHESKULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Muscleman with a mohawk"

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: MRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Clip"

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 (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
• Words that mean the same thing: fleece
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Wintry chill"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small drink of liquor
• Words that mean the same thing: coolness, clip, pinch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "At yer next clue already? Then off to the races! Now turn toward the dawn and go ___""

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: EASTTWELVEPACES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Portfolio options, 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 militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: ire, Irish Republican Army, Provos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Venmo transfer, e.g."

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: ECASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Member of a raiding party"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
• Words that mean the same thing: ranger
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMMANDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Like universal recipients"

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: TYPEAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. "Dies ___" (hymn)"

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: IRAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Marauder's tool"

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 edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• Words that mean the same thing: ax
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Vagabond"

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 disreputable vagrant
• Words that mean the same thing: bum, tramp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Like an American in Paris"

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 in a foreign country
• Words that mean the same thing: overseas, afield
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Companywide info-sharing system"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a restricted computer network; a private network created using world wide web software
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTRANET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. Dennis of "The Alamo""

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: QUAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "48. Pond swimmer"

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 blue-green color or pigment
• Words that mean the same thing: blue-green, blue green, cyan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. "Aye, the treasure be heavy, so flex yer biceps! With this third clue, turn right and go ___""

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: SOUTHSEVENSTEPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "55. Folk rocker DiFranco"

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

  The answer is: ANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "56. Singer Black"

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: CLINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. 1930s Depression-fighting org."

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 powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "58. "'X' marks the spot! Grab a spade! Dance a jig! Here's the very last clue. Proceed ___""

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: WESTFIVETHENDIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "63. ___ York (biggest city in los Estados Unidos)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NUEVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "64. Farm female"

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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "65. Grab, as booty"

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 take hold of; grab
• Words that mean the same thing: sequester, capture, attach
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "66. H.S. exam"

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: PSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "67. Sound from a punctured tire"

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 independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service
• Words that mean the same thing: USSS, US Secret Service, Secret Service
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "68. Schlep"

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 capacious bag or basket
• Words that mean the same thing: tug, carryall, lug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 31, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Colorful aquarium swimmer	5
2D	2. Babysitters' banes	5
3D	3. Francis Drake, for one	3
4D	4. Pirate's parrot, e.g.	3
5D	5. Where the National Institutes of Health is headquartered	8
6D	6. It's gathered during recon	5
7D	7. "Act your age!"	6
8D	8. Roast V.I.P.s	3
9D	9. ___ Island (storied site of buried treasure)	3
10D	10. Officer's baton	9
11D	11. Skateboarding maneuver	5
12D	12. Salinger heroine	4
13D	15. Swiss range	4
14D	17. City on the Nile	5
15D	18. Build	5
16D	23. Preschool punishment	7
17D	24. Refrain syllable	3
18D	25. Settle up	3
19D	26. It covers a lot of ground	7
20D	29. Surveillance org.	3
21D	30. Magic 8 Ball, e.g.	3
22D	31. French noblemen or noblewomen	9
23D	32. Commercial lead-in to Clean	3
24D	34. Honest ___	3
25D	35. Spam generator	3
26D	38. Diplomatic arrangements	8
27D	41. "That's the spot!"	3
28D	42. Things hurled at the Olympics	5
29D	44. Like John Tyler, among all U.S. presidents	5
30D	45. Univ. dorm supervisors	3
31D	47. Looks closely (into)	6
32D	49. Cut into planks, say	4
33D	50. Best	5
34D	51. Metric that determines YouTube success	5
35D	52. Stop seeing each other	5
36D	53. Pirate's booty, say	5
37D	54. Wise	4
38D	59. Fed. electricity provider since 1933	3
39D	60. "___ chance!"	3
40D	61. D.C. winter hrs.	3
41D	62. Prefix with Latin or Luddite	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. Colorful aquarium swimmer"

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

  The answer is: TETRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Babysitters' banes"

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 very troublesome child
• Words that mean the same thing: little terror, terror, holy terror
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Francis Drake, for one"

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

  The answer is: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Pirate's parrot, e.g."

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 domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: favorite, favourite, dearie
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Where the National Institutes of Health is headquartered"

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: BETHESDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. It's gathered during recon"

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: INTEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Act your age!""

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 behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
• Words that mean the same thing: comport, conduct, deport
• The opposite would be: misbehave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEHAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Roast V.I.P.s"

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 one million periods per second
• Words that mean the same thing: Mc, MHz, megahertz
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ Island (storied site of buried treasure)"

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

  The answer is: OAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Officer's baton"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a short stout club used primarily by policemen
• Words that mean the same thing: billystick, billy, nightstick
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUNCHEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Skateboarding maneuver"

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: OLLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Salinger heroine"

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: ESME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Swiss range"

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 mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: alp, the Alps
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. City on the Nile"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ancient city on the nile in egypt; two dams across the nile have been built nearby
• Words that mean the same thing: Assuan, Assouan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASWAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Build"

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 construct, build, or erect
• Words that mean the same thing: set up, rear, put up
• The opposite would be: level, unerect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Preschool punishment"

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: TIMEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Refrain syllable"

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: TRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Settle up"

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 something that remunerates
• Words that mean the same thing: salary, devote, pay up
• The opposite would be: default
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. It covers a lot of ground"

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 mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing
• Words that mean the same thing: mineral pitch
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASPHALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Surveillance org."

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 independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
• Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Magic 8 Ball, e.g."

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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: revolve, orbit, ball
• The 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 22 Down: "31. French noblemen or noblewomen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
• Words that mean the same thing: marquee, marquess, marquis
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARQUISES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Commercial lead-in to Clean"

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: OXI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Honest ___"

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: ABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Spam generator"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Diplomatic arrangements"

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 an informal alliance between countries
• Words that mean the same thing: entente, entente cordiale
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTENTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. "That's the spot!""

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: ooh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Things hurled at the Olympics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
• Words that mean the same thing: discus, saucer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Like John Tyler, among all U.S. presidents"

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 tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
• Words that mean the same thing: one-tenth, ten percent, tenth part
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Univ. dorm supervisors"

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 network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 88, RA, Re
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Looks closely (into)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an excavation; usually a quarry or mine
• Words that mean the same thing: dig, turn over, delve
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Cut into planks, 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 cut with a saw
• Words that mean the same thing: saw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Best"

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: ONEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Metric that determines YouTube success"

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 way of regarding situations or topics etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: see, consider, vista
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Stop seeing each other"

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: ENDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Pirate's booty, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
• Words that mean the same thing: dirty money, booty, pry
• The opposite would be: disesteem, disrespect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Wise"

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 mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
• Words that mean the same thing: salvia, sage-green
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Fed. electricity provider since 1933"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: TVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. "___ chance!""

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 soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
• Words that mean the same thing: rich, flesh out, avoirdupois
• The opposite would be: leanness, thin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. D.C. winter hrs."

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 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 41 Down: "62. Prefix with Latin or Luddite"

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 (used as a combining form) recent or new
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	41	55.4%
Short Answer	24	32.4%
Geography	3	4.1%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 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 Wednesday, 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 (35 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 24, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (35 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword August 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Let me tell you, this is how to do it"	6
2A	7. Touch	9
3A	16. The guy from Ipanema?	6
4A	17. Rhyming toy on Time's "All-Time 100 Greatest Toys" list	9
5A	18. Big name in skin care	6
6A	19. Not on track	9
7A	20. Small construction piece	4
8A	21. Lose strength, as in the knees	6
9A	23. "Stay out of this!"	4
10A	24. Drill bit?	5
11A	26. Classic roadside brand	5
12A	27. Old man	4
13A	28. Video game character with the most appearances on magazine covers, per Guinness (1,200+)	9
14A	30. Blood type abbr.	3
15A	31. Really hurt	4
16A	32. Pasty side dish	3
17A	34. Tournament-seeding consideration	4
18A	35. Unbelievable discovery in one's field	10
19A	39. Spot to buy tix in N.Y.C.	4
20A	42. Org. with magazines on magazines	3
21A	43. Droids and such	4
22A	45. ___ tov (Jewish observance)	3
23A	46. Intense craving for a particular food	9
24A	50. Study, for instance	4
25A	52. Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled	5
26A	53. "Family Guy" airer	5
27A	55. Company with assembly lines?	4
28A	56. Path of some electrical conversions, for short	6
29A	58. Por ___ lado (conversely: Sp.)	4
30A	59. Royal Navy stronghold during W.W. II	9
31A	61. Talk radio tuner	6
32A	63. "The Italian Job" or "The Bank Job"	9
33A	64. Top-shelf	6
34A	65. E-sharp?	9
35A	66. Works for a university, maybe	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. "Let me tell you, this is how to do it""

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: PROTIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Touch"

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: SLIGHTBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "16. The guy from Ipanema?"

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 portuguese title of respect; equivalent to english `mr'
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENHOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "17. Rhyming toy on Time's "All-Time 100 Greatest Toys" list"

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: LITEBRITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "18. Big name in skin care"

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: AVEENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "19. Not on track"

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: OFFCOURSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "20. Small construction piece"

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 (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
• Words that mean the same thing: Lego 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: LEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Lose strength, as in the knees"

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: GOWEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "23. "Stay out of this!""

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: MYOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Drill bit?"

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 month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: marchland, border, abut
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Classic roadside brand"

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: AMOCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Old man"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Video game character with the most appearances on magazine covers, per Guinness (1,200+)"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: LARACROFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Blood type abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Really hurt"

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 injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Pasty side dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Tournament-seeding consideration"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a victory (as in a race or other competition)
• Words that mean the same thing: get ahead, acquire, pull ahead
• The opposite would be: fall back, fail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Unbelievable discovery in one's field"

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: CROPCIRCLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Spot to buy tix in N.Y.C."

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: BWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Org. with magazines on magazines"

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 powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Droids and such"

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 botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
• Words that mean the same thing: bot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. ___ tov (Jewish observance)"

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: YOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Intense craving for a particular food"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: OPSOMANIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Study, for instance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
• Words that mean the same thing: way, board, elbow room
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
• Words that mean the same thing: Hayti, Hispaniola, Republic of Haiti
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAITI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. "Family Guy" airer"

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: FOXTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Company with assembly lines?"

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: IKEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Path of some electrical conversions, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACTODC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Por ___ lado (conversely: Sp.)"

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: OTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Royal Navy stronghold during W.W. II"

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 location of a colony of the united kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the mediterranean; one of the pillars of hercules
• Words that mean the same thing: Calpe, Rock of Gibraltar
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIBRALTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Talk radio tuner"

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: AMDIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. "The Italian Job" or "The Bank Job""

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: HEISTFILM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Top-shelf"

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 pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
• Words that mean the same thing: take, blue-ribbon, prime
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. E-sharp?"

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: TECHSAVVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Works for a university, maybe"

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 an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
• Words that mean the same thing: dissertation, thesis
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THESES

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword August 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Sunday school reading	5
2D	2. Climactic part of any "Scooby-Doo" episode	6
3D	3. Weight of a Japanese yen coin	7
4D	4. Opposite of a state of disbelief	9
5D	5. B+, but not A-	3
6D	6. ___ rock (music genre)	4
7D	7. Highlight reel effect	6
8D	8. 2001 best seller with a tiger on its cover	8
9D	9. Personal magnetism	8
10D	10. One sticking around the rain forest?	5
11D	11. Sister channel of Cinemax	3
12D	12. Take precedence over	5
13D	13. Indian rice dish	7
14D	14. "Come in!"	7
15D	15. Typical golf tournament freebies	7
16D	22. Item put in a lock	3
17D	25. What some buns are made of	4
18D	29. "Seriously ...?!"	4
19D	33. Subj. of a military test	4
20D	34. Wimp	9
21D	36. Big name in skin care	8
22D	37. Symbol for 54-Down	8
23D	38. See 52-Down	4
24D	39. In all fairness	7
25D	40. Crossbow-wielding creature of sci-fi	7
26D	41. Lacking a defined shape	7
27D	44. "Peace" time?	7
28D	47. Not fair at all	6
29D	48. Suffix with fact	3
30D	49. Very little (of)	6
31D	51. Rush home?	5
32D	52. With 38-Down, amount to make do with	5
33D	54. Units measured by multimeters	5
34D	57. Tossed	4
35D	60. Symbols seen in comic strip cursing	3
36D	62. Lukewarm response	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. Sunday school reading"

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 one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the book of psalms in the old testament; said to have been written by david
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Climactic part of any "Scooby-Doo" episode"

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 make visible
• Words that mean the same thing: divulge, unwrap, bring out
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Weight of a Japanese yen coin"

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: ONEGRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Opposite of a state of disbelief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THEOCRACY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. B+, but not A-"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ rock (music genre)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PROG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Highlight reel effect"

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: SLOWMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. 2001 best seller with a tiger on its cover"

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: LIFEOFPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Personal magnetism"

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: ITFACTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. One sticking around the rain forest?"

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 any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GECKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Sister channel of Cinemax"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: HBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Take precedence over"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
• Words that mean the same thing: outflank, trump out, outdo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Indian rice dish"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables
• Words that mean the same thing: biriani
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRYANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. "Come in!""

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: ITSOPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Typical golf tournament freebies"

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: TEEBAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Item put in a lock"

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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. What some buns are made of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
• Words that mean the same thing: fuzz, whisker, pilus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. "Seriously ...?!""

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: CMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "33. Subj. of a military test"

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 ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
• Words that mean the same thing: intercontinental ballistic missile
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. Wimp"

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: WETNOODLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Big name in skin care"

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: PROACTIV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Symbol for 54-Down"

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: CAPITALV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. See 52-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
• Words that mean the same thing: bum, hang around, loaf of bread
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. In all fairness"

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: BYRIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Crossbow-wielding creature of sci-fi"

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: WOOKIEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Lacking a defined shape"

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 pertaining to or resembling amoebae
• Words that mean the same thing: ameban, amoebous, amebic
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOEBIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. "Peace" time?"

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 the decade from 1960 to 1969
• Words that mean the same thing: 60, mid-sixties, sixty
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIXTIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Not fair at all"

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 (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: tempestuous
• The opposite would be: calm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STORMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Suffix with fact"

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: OID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Very little (of)"

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: ATRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Rush home?"

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 low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
• Words that mean the same thing: marshland, Reginald Marsh, fen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. With 38-Down, amount to make do with"

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: HALFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Units measured by multimeters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
• Words that mean the same thing: volt, V
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOLTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Tossed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the actors in a play
• Words that mean the same thing: honk, shape, casting
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Symbols seen in comic strip cursing"

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 highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
• Words that mean the same thing: at, astatine, atomic number 85
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "62. Lukewarm response"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	74.6%
Short Answer	6	8.5%
Food & Drink	3	4.2%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
History	2	2.8%
Geography	2	2.8%
Sports	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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