November 15, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, November 15, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (31 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - November 15, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel	7
2A	8. Move smoothly up or down	6
3A	14. State of obliviousness	8
4A	16. Home of the Nefud and Rub' al Khali deserts	6
5A	17. World capital designated a Unesco World Heritage Site due to its modernist architecture	8
6A	18. Revile	6
7A	19. Puts together	4
8A	20. Ronnie who was a 10-time N.F.L. Pro Bowler	4
9A	22. Thrash, with "on"	5
10A	23. Singer of "I'm Your Man" and "Hallelujah"	12
11A	26. Rather racy, say	6
12A	29. Headquarters of LG Electronics	5
13A	30. Be	5
14A	31. "No words"	9
15A	35. Indication of another name	3
16A	36. Foul moods	5
17A	37. Indication of another name	3
18A	38. Things that may be settled	9
19A	41. Practical jokes	5
20A	43. Serenade, maybe	5
21A	44. Hindu god of beginnings	6
22A	45. "What do you think ... real or not?"	12
23A	49. Hurts	5
24A	50. Grammy winner for "My Heart Will Go On"	4
25A	51. Ida for whom a massage therapy is named	4
26A	55. Pranksome	6
27A	57. Where to order nigiri or maki	8
28A	59. "Haven't the foggiest"	6
29A	60. Soul mate	8
30A	61. Overhead structure for a crane or railroad signals	6
31A	62. Most nimble	7

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel"

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: ELCHAPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Move smoothly up or down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
• Words that mean the same thing: gyre, coil, curl
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. State of obliviousness"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: LALALAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Home of the Nefud and Rub' al Khali deserts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a peninsula between the red sea and the persian gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian Peninsula
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARABIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. World capital designated a Unesco World Heritage Site due to its modernist architecture"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960
• Words that mean the same thing: Brazilian capital, capital of Brazil
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRASILIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Revile"

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 dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
• Words that mean the same thing: hate
• The opposite would be: love
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DETEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Puts together"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: total, add up, minimal brain damage
• The opposite would be: subtract, take away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Ronnie who was a 10-time N.F.L. Pro Bowler"

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: LOTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Thrash, with "on""

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 large person; impressive in size or qualities
• Words that mean the same thing: giant, hulk, heavyweight
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Singer of "I'm Your Man" and "Hallelujah""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEONARDCOHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Rather racy, say"

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: RATEDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "29. Headquarters of LG Electronics"

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 capital of south korea and the largest city of asia; located in northwestern south korea
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of South Korea
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEOUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Be"

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 have an existence, be extant
• Words that mean the same thing: be, subsist, live
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. "No words""

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: ICANTEVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Indication of another name"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Foul moods"

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 state of agitated irritation
• Words that mean the same thing: snit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Indication of another name"

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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Things that may be settled"

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: OLDSCORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Practical jokes"

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 humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: joke, laugh, gag
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Serenade, 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 sing softly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Hindu god of beginnings"

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 hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles
• Words that mean the same thing: Ganesa, Ganapati, Ganesha
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GANESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. "What do you think ... real or not?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ISTHATATHING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Hurts"

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

  The answer is: MAIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Grammy winner for "My Heart Will Go On""

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: DION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Ida for whom a massage therapy is named"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that norse chieftain who became the first duke of normandy (860-931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hrolf, Rollo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Pranksome"

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 naughtily or annoyingly playful
• Words that mean the same thing: prankish, arch, implike
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMPISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Where to order nigiri or maki"

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: SUSHIBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. "Haven't the foggiest""

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: NOIDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Soul mate"

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 person loved by another person
• Words that mean the same thing: steady, sweetheart, sweetie
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUELOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Overhead structure for a crane or railroad signals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: gauntry
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GANTRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Most nimble"

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 moving quickly and lightly
• Words that mean the same thing: agile, spry, quick
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRYEST

  Great job if you got it right!

November 15, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Island to which one is able to return?	4
2D	2. Cook's supply	4
3D	3. Not au naturel	4
4D	4. Major inconveniences	7
5D	5. Mahershala of "Green Book"	3
6D	6. Tan's opposite	6
7D	7. It may bring you to tears	5
8D	8. Blue	3
9D	9. Not quite a buzz, but almost	7
10D	10. Squalid place	7
11D	11. Cousin of voodoo	5
12D	12. Durable stocking fabric	5
13D	13. Grow toward evening	5
14D	15. Modern-day "miner"	13
15D	21. Dog biscuits and such	6
16D	24. Wash. Nationals games are played in it	3
17D	25. Family heads	4
18D	26. City near Virginia City	4
19D	27. Feat with double and triple versions	4
20D	28. 50-50, say	4
21D	31. Encroachment	6
22D	32. Use a Juul, say	4
23D	33. Barely gets, with "out"	4
24D	34. Who wrote "Parsley / Is gharsley"	4
25D	36. Stain on Santa	4
26D	39. German chancellor between Brandt and Kohl	7
27D	40. Less refined	7
28D	41. Mo. whose birthstone is garnet	3
29D	42. In a rage	7
30D	44. Gets excited	6
31D	45. Online back-and-forth, informally	5
32D	46. Cookie topped with toasted coconut, caramel and chocolate	5
33D	47. Basket always worth two points	5
34D	48. Word after office or off	5
35D	52. Wind in a pit	4
36D	53. Loos	4
37D	54. Stew	4
38D	56. Stable staple	3
39D	58. ___ Excellency (title for an ambassador)	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. Island to which one is able to return?"

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: ELBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Cook's supply"

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 soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
• Words that mean the same thing: aggrandise, pad, blow up
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Not au naturel"

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 provide with clothes or put clothes on
• Words that mean the same thing: raiment, dress, invest
• The opposite would be: unclothed, undress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Major inconveniences"

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 an angry disturbance
• Words that mean the same thing: hassle, chevvy, plague
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASSLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Mahershala of "Green Book""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• Words that mean the same thing: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Tan's opposite"

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 unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
• Words that mean the same thing: paleness, luridness, wanness
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALLOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. It may bring you to tears"

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 bulb of an onion plant
• Words that mean the same thing: onion plant, Allium cepa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Blue"

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

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Not quite a buzz, but almost"

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: CREWCUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Squalid place"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATHOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Cousin of voodoo"

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 (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: obi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Durable stocking fabric"

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 fabric woven with lisle thread
• Words that mean the same thing: lisle thread
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LISLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Grow toward evening"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Modern-day "miner""

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DATASCIENTIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Dog biscuits and such"

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 something considered choice to eat
• Words that mean the same thing: address, process, delicacy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Wash. Nationals games are played in it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Family heads"

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 spanish gentleman or nobleman
• Words that mean the same thing: don, preceptor, get into
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. City near Virginia City"

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 city in western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Feat with double and triple versions"

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: AXEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. 50-50, 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 fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
• Words that mean the same thing: link, attach, bond
• The opposite would be: disconnect, untied
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Encroachment"

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

  The answer is: INROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Use a Juul, say"

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: VAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Barely gets, with "out""

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: EKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Who wrote "Parsley / Is gharsley""

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

  The answer is: NASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Stain on Santa"

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 black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
• Words that mean the same thing: carbon black, crock, lampblack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. German chancellor between Brandt and Kohl"

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 german statesman who served as chancellor of germany (born in 1918)
• Words that mean the same thing: Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCHMIDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Less refined"

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 (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
• Words that mean the same thing: crass
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRASSER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Mo. whose birthstone is garnet"

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 first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
• Words that mean the same thing: January
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. In a rage"

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: ANGRILY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Gets excited"

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: GINSUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Online back-and-forth, informally"

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: IMING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Cookie topped with toasted coconut, caramel and chocolate"

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 constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of samoa in the south pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo, Samoan Islands
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAMOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Basket always worth two points"

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: TIPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Word after office or 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 a period of time assigned for work
• Words that mean the same thing: hour, 60 minutes, time of day
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Wind in a pit"

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Loos"

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 room or building equipped with one or more toilets
• Words that mean the same thing: privy, lav, can
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Stew"

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 agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: worn spot, niggle, erode
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Stable staple"

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

  The answer is: HAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. ___ Excellency (title for an ambassador)"

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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	80.0%
Short Answer	6	8.6%
Geography	3	4.3%
History	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

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• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (29 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, December 23, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (29 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

December 23, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. New World natives noted for their pyramids and calendar	6
2A	7. Amazon or eBay	6
3A	13. Intriguingly foreign	6
4A	14. Companion of Io, Ganymede and Callisto among Jupiter's moons	6
5A	15. Pitcher between a starter and a closer	14
6A	18. Biblical birthright seller	4
7A	19. Biblical boat captain	4
8A	20. TV warrior princess	4
9A	21. Snow day activity	8
10A	24. No longer slumbering	5
11A	27. State religion of Iran	5
12A	31. Fix, as an election	3
13A	32. John of "Full House"	6
14A	37. Female sheep	3
15A	38. Bu$ine$$ execs	4
16A	40. Iridescent birthstone	4
17A	41. Declare	4
18A	42. Metalworker's tool	14
19A	45. Chow down	3
20A	46. Note between fa and la	3
21A	47. Popular apple variety	12
22A	53. Prom rental	3
23A	54. El ___ (Pacific Ocean phenomenon)	4
24A	55. School grp. that might hold a walkathon	3
25A	57. Play a game during Hanukkah ... with a hint to 15-, 21-, 42- and 47-Across	14
26A	62. Russian czar known as "the Great"	6
27A	63. Tolkien's Lord of Rivendell	6
28A	64. Six-line stanza	6
29A	65. Afternoon nap	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. New World natives noted for their pyramids and calendar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an american indian people of yucatan and belize and guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between ad 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
• Words that mean the same thing: Maya, Mayan language, Mayan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAYANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Amazon or eBay"

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: DOTCOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Intriguingly foreign"

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 being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
• Words that mean the same thing: alien
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXOTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Companion of Io, Ganymede and Callisto among Jupiter's moons"

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 4th largest of jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EUROPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Pitcher between a starter and a closer"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MIDDLERELIEVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Biblical birthright seller"

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 (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Biblical boat captain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of noah and the flood is told in the book of genesis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. TV warrior princess"

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: XENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Snow day activity"

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: SLEDRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. No longer slumbering"

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 stop sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: wake, awaken, waken
• The opposite would be: asleep, fall asleep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "27. State religion of Iran"

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 the civilization of muslims collectively which is governed by the muslim religion
• Words that mean the same thing: Muslimism, Islamism, Muhammadanism
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "31. Fix, as an election"

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 gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
• Words that mean the same thing: manipulate, articulated lorry, fishing gear
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "32. John of "Full House""

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: STAMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "37. Female sheep"

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 15 Across: "38. Bu$ine$$ execs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
• Words that mean the same thing: chief financial officer, CFO
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CFOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "40. Iridescent birthstone"

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 translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "41. Declare"

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 to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
• Words that mean the same thing: aver, swan, swear
• The opposite would be: disavow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "42. Metalworker's tool"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: HIGHSPEEDDRILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "45. Chow down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: feed, wipe out, exhaust
• The 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 20 Across: "46. Note between fa and la"

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 colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: colloidal solution, colloidal suspension, soh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "47. Popular apple variety"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REDDELICIOUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "53. Prom rental"

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 semiformal evening dress for men
• Words that mean the same thing: black tie, tuxedo, dinner jacket
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "54. El ___ (Pacific Ocean phenomenon)"

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: NINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "55. School grp. that might hold a walkathon"

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: PTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "57. Play a game during Hanukkah ... with a hint to 15-, 21-, 42- and 47-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: SPINTHEDREIDEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "62. Russian czar known as "the Great""

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: PETERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "63. Tolkien's Lord of Rivendell"

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: ELROND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "64. Six-line stanza"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
• Words that mean the same thing: sixer, hexad, sise
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SESTET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "65. Afternoon nap"

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 nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Monday Crossword Down Clues - December 23, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Joke that goes viral on the internet	4
2D	2. x or y, on a graph	4
3D	3. "Star Wars" character who could this clue have written?	4
4D	4. When twilight begins	6
5D	5. Zilch	3
6D	6. Nativity ___	5
7D	7. Indian megacity of 28+ million	5
8D	8. "Yes, mon ami"	3
9D	9. Ferocious dinos	6
10D	10. Sheltered shoreline spot	4
11D	11. Business sign that's flipped in the morning	4
12D	12. NPR's ___ Liasson	4
13D	16. Cone's retinal counterpart	3
14D	17. Big part of an elephant	3
15D	22. Guitar pioneer ___ Paul	3
16D	23. Insult, slangily	3
17D	24. St. Louis landmark	4
18D	25. What'll help you see the sites?	4
19D	26. Bug-eyed	4
20D	28. Blue jeans pioneer Strauss	4
21D	29. Missing G.I.	4
22D	30. Whine like a baby	4
23D	33. One of 38 for Madonna, a Billboard record	9
24D	34. Do an impression of	3
25D	35. Fannie ___	3
26D	36. What the vengeful seek to settle	9
27D	39. Lose, as fur	4
28D	41. Comic strip "___ and Janis"	4
29D	43. "You hate to see it"	3
30D	44. "Why ___ even bother?"	3
31D	47. Cash in India	5
32D	48. Turnpike turnoffs	5
33D	49. Falsehood	3
34D	50. Politically unaffiliated: Abbr.	3
35D	51. Some prom hairstyles	5
36D	52. Insert for a blocked blood vessel	5
37D	53. Cough syrup qtys.	4
38D	56. Hawkeye's player on "M*A*S*H"	4
39D	58. Bit of equipment in fishing and basketball	3
40D	59. Uno + due	3
41D	60. QB Manning	3
42D	61. Wrath	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. Joke that goes viral on the internet"

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 cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. x or y, on a graph"

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 straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
• Words that mean the same thing: axis vertebra, axis of rotation, bloc
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Star Wars" character who could this clue have written?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. When twilight begins"

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: ATDUSK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Zilch"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: zero, zip, zippo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Nativity ___"

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 place where some action occurs
• Words that mean the same thing: picture, vista, aspect
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Indian megacity of 28+ million"

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 a city in north central india
• Words that mean the same thing: Old Delhi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Yes, mon ami""

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: OUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Ferocious dinos"

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: TREXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sheltered shoreline spot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Business sign that's flipped in the morning"

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 clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Words that mean the same thing: unfold, spread, receptive
• The opposite would be: shut, unreceptive
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. NPR's ___ Liasson"

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 hindu god of death; opposite of kama
• Words that mean the same thing: Dolichotis patagonum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "16. Cone's retinal 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 a long thin implement made of metal or wood
• Words that mean the same thing: gat, pole, retinal rod
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Big part of an elephant"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: spike, pinna, capitulum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Guitar pioneer ___ Paul"

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 chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Words that mean the same thing: LE, lupus erythematosus
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Insult, slangily"

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 god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
• Words that mean the same thing: Orcus
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. St. Louis landmark"

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 curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
• Words that mean the same thing: puckish, patronizing, curve
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. What'll help you see the sites?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol
• Words that mean the same thing: wireless local area network, WLAN, wireless fidelity
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIFI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Bug-eyed"

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

  The answer is: AGOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Blue jeans pioneer Strauss"

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 (new testament) disciple of jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first gospel
• Words that mean the same thing: St. Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEVI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Missing G.I."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one who is away or absent without leave
• Words that mean the same thing: truant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Whine like a baby"

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 cry weakly or softly
• Words that mean the same thing: pule, whimper, wail
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. One of 38 for Madonna, a Billboard record"

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: TOPTENHIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Do an impression of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: anthropoid, caricature, imitator
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Fannie ___"

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: MAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. What the vengeful seek to settle"

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: OLDSCORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Lose, as fur"

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: molt, spill, 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 28 Down: "41. Comic strip "___ and Janis""

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: ARLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. "You hate to see it""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. "Why ___ even bother?""

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 the united states federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
• Words that mean the same thing: Department of the Interior, Interior, Interior Department
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Cash in India"

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 basic unit of money in sri lanka; equal to 100 cents
• Words that mean the same thing: Seychelles rupee, Sri Lanka rupee, Mauritian rupee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Turnpike turnoffs"

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 opening that permits escape or release
• Words that mean the same thing: leave, outlet, give-up the ghost
• The opposite would be: be born, enter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Falsehood"

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: lie in, lie down, Trygve Lie
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Politically unaffiliated: 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: IND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Some prom hairstyles"

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: UPDOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. Insert for a blocked blood vessel"

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 slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. Cough syrup qtys."

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: TSPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Hawkeye's player on "M*A*S*H""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Bit of equipment in fishing and basketball"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. Uno + due"

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: TRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. QB Manning"

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "61. Wrath"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: anger, ira, wrath
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	41	57.7%
Short Answer	21	29.6%
Geography	3	4.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.8%
Sports	2	2.8%
History	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	29
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 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 28, 2025 at 05:40 AM