October 08, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, October 08, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle October 08, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Relief from the desert?	4
2A	5. Judging partner of Simon, Heidi and Sofia on "America's Got Talent"	5
3A	10. Member of the fam	3
4A	13. "The gallant pig" of children's literature	4
5A	14. Certain noble's domain	6
6A	15. Cinemax competitor	3
7A	16. *When many people solve crosswords	11
8A	18. Word that sounds like its second letter	3
9A	19. Sully	6
10A	20. Introduces to the mix	6
11A	22. Player ___	5
12A	23. Much-litigated 2010 law, for short	3
13A	26. Bar order specification	5
14A	27. Rocinante, to Don Quixote	5
15A	28. *Rough patch	8
16A	30. Puckered	6
17A	32. Big name in A.T.M.s	3
18A	33. *Occupied oneself	13
19A	39. Mauna ___	3
20A	40. Becoming new, in a way	6
21A	42. *Cheat on, say	8
22A	47. One of three in a double magnum bottle	5
23A	48. Group of fish	5
24A	49. Big mouth, informally	3
25A	50. Common cause of tonsillitis	5
26A	51. "It" factor?	6
27A	53. How Lennon wrote the opening lines of "I Am the Walrus"	6
28A	55. See 48-Down	3
29A	56. Benjamin Franklin adage ... or a hint to interpreting the answers to the four starred clues	11
30A	60. [Groan]	3
31A	61. Hullabaloo	6
32A	62. Avocado pit, e.g.	4
33A	63. Quaker's possessive	3
34A	64. Annual parade V.I.P.	5
35A	65. Recipe amts.	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. Relief from the desert?"

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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Judging partner of Simon, Heidi and Sofia on "America's Got Talent""

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: HOWIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Member of the fam"

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 female person who has the same parents as another person
• Words that mean the same thing: si, ti, Systeme International d'Unites
• The opposite would be: brother
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. "The gallant pig" of children's literature"

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 a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Words that mean the same thing: sister, infant, baby
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Certain noble's domain"

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 estate of a baron
• Words that mean the same thing: baronetcy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Cinemax competitor"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: TMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. *When many people solve crosswords"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPARECHANGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Word that sounds like its second letter"

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

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Sully"

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 blemish made by dirt
• Words that mean the same thing: daub, slander, denigrate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMIRCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Introduces to the mix"

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: ADDSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Player ___"

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 a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
• Words that mean the same thing: pianissimo, pianoforte, soft
• The opposite would be: forte
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Much-litigated 2010 law, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Bar order specification"

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: ONICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Rocinante, to Don Quixote"

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 (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. *Rough patch"

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: HARDCASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Puckered"

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 contract one's lips into a rounded shape
• Words that mean the same thing: wrinkle, purse
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PURSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Big name in A.T.M.s"

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: NCR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. *Occupied oneself"

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: PASSEDTHEBUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Mauna ___"

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 large brownish-green new zealand parrot
• Words that mean the same thing: Nestor notabilis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Becoming new, in a way"

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 gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
• Words that mean the same thing: go down, decline, wane
• The opposite would be: waxing, wax
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WANING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. *Cheat on, say"

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: TWOCENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. One of three in a double magnum bottle"

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 metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
• Words that mean the same thing: cubic decimetre, cubic decimeter, l
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LITER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Group of fish"

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 sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
• Words that mean the same thing: school, shallow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Big mouth, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal terms for the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: yip, yelp, gob
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Common cause of tonsillitis"

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 spherical gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
• Words that mean the same thing: streptococci, streptococcic, streptococcal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STREP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. "It" factor?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that intense and profound fear
• Words that mean the same thing: repugnance, repulsion, revulsion
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HORROR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. How Lennon wrote the opening lines of "I Am the Walrus""

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: ONACID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. See 48-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 (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
• Words that mean the same thing: tabu, prohibited, come out
• The opposite would be: safe
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Benjamin Franklin adage ... or a hint to interpreting the answers to the four starred clues"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: TIMEISMONEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. [Groan]"

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: UGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Hullabaloo"

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 blatant or sensational promotion
• Words that mean the same thing: plug, ballyhoo, hype
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOOPLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Avocado pit, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small hard fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: seminal fluid, ejaculate, seeded player
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Quaker's possessive"

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: THY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Annual parade V.I.P."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STPAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Recipe amts."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: TSPS

  Great job if you got it right!

October 08, 2020 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Core components, for short	3
2D	2. Loves every second of something	8
3D	3. 44 years?	8
4D	4. Atmosphere on "The Twilight Zone"	8
5D	5. "Everybody's a comedian"	6
6D	6. British pop star Rita	3
7D	7. Came out on top	3
8D	8. "Young Frankenstein" role	4
9D	9. Provider of specs	6
10D	10. Equilibrium	6
11D	11. "Jackpot!"	6
12D	12. Play part	5
13D	14. Secretly include, maybe	3
14D	17. Loses ground slowly but surely	6
15D	21. Family inheritance?	3
16D	22. Sony console of the 2000s, for short	3
17D	24. One of more than 200 Bach works	7
18D	25. Playful and teasing	4
19D	29. Doodled, e.g.	4
20D	31. Hockey fake-out	4
21D	34. Turn down	4
22D	35. Christmas scent	6
23D	36. Price per piece	8
24D	37. Gemstones resembling topaz	8
25D	38. Mired (in)	8
26D	41. Org.	3
27D	42. "Having said that ..."	6
28D	43. "We're not ___!" (classic line from "Wayne's World")	6
29D	44. Rowboat mover	3
30D	45. Fabrics	6
31D	46. Gone bad, to Brits	6
32D	48. With 55-Across, public thanks	5
33D	52. Thigh-slapper	4
34D	54. Org.? What org.?	3
35D	57. Swab's swab	3
36D	58. Fuel economy authority, for short	3
37D	59. N.F.L. divisions: Abbr.	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. Core components, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Loves every second of something"

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: LAPSITUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. 44 years?"

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: OBAMAERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Atmosphere on "The Twilight Zone""

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 strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
• Words that mean the same thing: ghostliness
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EERINESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Everybody's a comedian""

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: HAHHAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. British pop star Rita"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: oculus sinister, operating system, bone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Came out on top"

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 basic unit of money in south korea
• Words that mean the same thing: advance, pull ahead, make headway
• 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: WON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Young Frankenstein" role"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any tree or shrub of the genus inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Provider of specs"

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: EYEDOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Equilibrium"

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 abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Jackpot!""

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: IMRICH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Play part"

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: vista, aspect, setting
• The 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 13 Down: "14. Secretly include, maybe"

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: BCC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Loses ground slowly but surely"

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 become ground down or deteriorate
• Words that mean the same thing: gnaw, wear away, fret
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Family inheritance?"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Sony console of the 2000s, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. One of more than 200 Bach works"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
• Words that mean the same thing: oratorio
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANTATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Playful and teasing"

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: archway, curve, patronizing
• The 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 19 Down: "29. Doodled, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states actor (born in ireland); father of georgiana emma barrymore (1827-1862)
• Words that mean the same thing: suck up, pull in, get
• The opposite would be: push, deposit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Hockey fake-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: DEKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Turn 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 declare untrue; contradict
• Words that mean the same thing: abnegate, traverse, refuse
• The opposite would be: admit, allow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Christmas scent"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any seed plant yielding balsam
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALSAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Price per piece"

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: UNITCOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Gemstones resembling topaz"

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 semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
• Words that mean the same thing: citrine
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CITRINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Mired (in)"

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: KNEEDEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GRP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. "Having said that ...""

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

  The answer is: THOUGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. "We're not ___!" (classic line from "Wayne's World")"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
• Words that mean the same thing: desirable, suitable
• The opposite would be: unworthy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORTHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Rowboat mover"

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 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 30 Down: "45. Fabrics"

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 artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
• Words that mean the same thing: textile, cloth, material
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Gone bad, to Brits"

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 a mess of, destroy or ruin
• Words that mean the same thing: flub, bilk, queer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPOILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. With 55-Across, public thanks"

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 loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• Words that mean the same thing: clapperclaw, squall, exclaim
• The opposite would be: whisper
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Thigh-slapper"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Words that mean the same thing: bacchanal, orgy, bacchanalia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Org.? What org.?"

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 united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Words that mean the same thing: National Security 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: NSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Swab's swab"

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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
• Words that mean the same thing: wipe up, mow, swab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Fuel economy authority, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Environmental Protection 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: EPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. N.F.L. divisions: 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: YDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	62.5%
Short Answer	15	20.8%
Abbreviation	4	5.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.6%
History	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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March 11, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, March 11, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (31 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword March 11, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Trick-taking card game	6
2A	7. Monastery head's jurisdiction	6
3A	13. "Sweet!"	6
4A	14. Patisserie offering	7
5A	15. Author of the influential 1950 paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"	6
6A	16. Piffle	8
7A	17. It's northwest of 1	3
8A	18. Fully commit	10
9A	20. Jack Bauer's wife on "24"	4
10A	22. Here, in Latin	3
11A	23. Messing around on a TV set?	5
12A	25. Fund-raising attractions at carnivals	9
13A	29. Word with dance or date	4
14A	30. Ones getting under your skin?	9
15A	32. Blast maker	3
16A	33. Apt anagram of "I sew a hole"	9
17A	35. Some coll. degrees	3
18A	38. Winsome	9
19A	40. Stir	4
20A	42. Started fighting	9
21A	44. Tiny pit in the 55-Across	5
22A	46. Skin blemish	3
23A	47. Potential cause of a respiratory problem	4
24A	49. "Hold up …"	10
25A	53. Low sound	3
26A	54. Some garage conversions	8
27A	55. See 44-Across	6
28A	57. Air-purifying device	7
29A	58. Tripping	6
30A	59. One holding all the cards	6
31A	60. Pumps up	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. Trick-taking card game"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: OHHELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Monastery head's jurisdiction"

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

  The answer is: ABBACY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. "Sweet!""

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: COOLIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Patisserie offering"

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 light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIOCHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Author of the influential 1950 paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english mathematician who conceived of the turing machine and broke german codes during world war ii (1912-1954)
• Words that mean the same thing: Alan Mathison Turing, Alan Turing
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TURING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Piffle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pompous or pretentious talk or writing
• Words that mean the same thing: rant, fustian, bombast
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAPTRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. It's northwest of 1"

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: ESC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Fully commit"

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: GOWHOLEHOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Jack Bauer's wife on "24""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Here, in Latin"

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: HIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Messing around on a TV set?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: DEBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Fund-raising attractions at carnivals"

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: DUNKTANKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Word with dance or date"

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 water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: rainwater, rain down, pelting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Ones getting under your skin?"

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: XRAYTECHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Blast maker"

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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Apt anagram of "I sew a hole""

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: ELIASHOWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Some coll. degrees"

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 silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
• Words that mean the same thing: Ba, Bachelor of Arts, AB
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Winsome"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make attractive or lovable
• Words that mean the same thing: adorable, lovely, endear
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDEARING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Stir"

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 any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
• Words that mean the same thing: fluttering, tizzy, beat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Started fighting"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOTINTOIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Tiny pit in the 55-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute
• Words that mean the same thing: fovea centralis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOVEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Skin blemish"

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 common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
• Words that mean the same thing: pilar cyst, steatocystoma, sebaceous cyst
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Potential cause of a respiratory problem"

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 air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
• Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. "Hold up …""

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: HANGONASEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. Low sound"

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 sound made by a cow or bull
• Words that mean the same thing: low
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Some garage conversions"

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: MANCAVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. See 44-Across"

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 innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Air-purifying device"

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: IONIZER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Tripping"

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: ONACID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. One holding all the cards"

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 someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
• Words that mean the same thing: principal, trader, bargainer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEALER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Pumps up"

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 stir up or tend; of a fire
• Words that mean the same thing: stoke
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword March 11, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Four + four	5
2D	2. Accommodated, in a way	6
3D	3. Bit of dark magic in Harry Potter	7
4D	4. Name in "fuel injection"	3
5D	5. TV journalist Lisa	4
6D	6. Business card feature	4
7D	7. Asia's ___ Sea	4
8D	8. One standing on one's own two feet?	5
9D	9. "Why ___?"	6
10D	10. Word from the Greek for "walking on tiptoe"	7
11D	11. Discomfiture	7
12D	12. Informal agreement	3
13D	14. Cryptocurrency technologies	11
14D	16. Green, black, white and yellow are varieties of these	11
15D	19. "Bummer!"	11
16D	21. Memo starter	4
17D	24. Subject for a myrmecologist	3
18D	26. Ingredient in the Tuscan soup ribollita	4
19D	27. Evening	5
20D	28. Cut off	5
21D	31. "Hot Lips" Houlihan portrayer	4
22D	34. Genesis 5 figure	4
23D	35. Close one, in brief	3
24D	36. Folk song whose name translates to "Farewell to Thee"	7
25D	37. Habitat for giraffes	7
26D	39. Attention-getter, maybe	7
27D	41. Makeup kit item	6
28D	43. Coin with a polar bear on its reverse, informally	6
29D	45. Looking steadily	5
30D	48. Provokes	5
31D	50. No longer affected by	4
32D	51. Versace ___ (high-end fragrance)	4
33D	52. U.S. government product made at twice the cost of what it's worth	4
34D	54. Prefix with section	3
35D	56. Natural order of the universe, in East Asian philosophy	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. Four + four"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• Words that mean the same thing: eighter from Decatur, eight, eighter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Accommodated, in a way"

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 contain or cover
• Words that mean the same thing: house, domiciliate, put 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: HOUSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Bit of dark magic in Harry Potter"

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: HORCRUX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Name in "fuel injection""

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. TV journalist Lisa"

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 water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
• Words that mean the same thing: Trapa bicornis, broom, Calluna vulgaris
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Business card feature"

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

  The answer is: LOGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Asia's ___ Sea"

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: ARAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. One standing on one's own two feet?"

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 an animal with two feet
• Words that mean the same thing: two-footed, bipedal
• The opposite would be: quadruped, quadrupedal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "Why ___?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an angry disturbance
• Words that mean the same thing: annoyance, put out, fuss
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Word from the Greek for "walking on tiptoe""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACROBAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Discomfiture"

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 strong feelings of embarrassment
• Words that mean the same thing: humiliate, mortification, abase
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAGRIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Informal agreement"

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: YEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Cryptocurrency technologies"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: BLOCKCHAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Green, black, white and yellow are varieties of these"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHINESETEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. "Bummer!""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: WHATADOWNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Memo starter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Subject for a myrmecologist"

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

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Ingredient in the Tuscan soup ribollita"

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 informal terms for money
• Words that mean the same thing: loot, bread, wampum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Evening"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of tying or binding things together
• Words that mean the same thing: ligature, connect, bind
• The opposite would be: untie, disconnect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Cut 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 having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
• Words that mean the same thing: sheared
• The opposite would be: unsheared
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. "Hot Lips" Houlihan portrayer"

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: SWIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Genesis 5 figure"

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: ENOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Close one, in brief"

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: BFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Folk song whose name translates to "Farewell to Thee""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALOHAOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Habitat for giraffes"

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 flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
• Words that mean the same thing: savannah
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAVANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Attention-getter, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
• Words that mean the same thing: whatchamacallit, thingamabob, doojigger
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIMMICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Makeup kit item"

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 thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENCIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Coin with a polar bear on its reverse, informally"

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: TOONIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Looking steadily"

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 (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
• Words that mean the same thing: staring
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Provokes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
• Words that mean the same thing: urging, spurring, goad
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. No longer affected by"

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 (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
• Words that mean the same thing: ended, complete, concluded
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Versace ___ (high-end fragrance)"

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 (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Words that mean the same thing: physical attraction, sexual desire, concupiscence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. U.S. government product made at twice the cost of what it's worth"

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 fractional monetary unit of several countries
• Words that mean the same thing: penny, centime
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Prefix with section"

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

  The answer is: MID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Natural order of the universe, in East Asian philosophy"

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 adherent of any branch of taoism
• Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	74.2%
Short Answer	12	18.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.5%
Sports	1	1.5%
Music	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 03, 2025 at 06:29 PM