November 06, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, November 06, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle November 06, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. YouTube star Chamberlain, whom The Atlantic called "the most talked-about teen influencer in the world"	4
2A	5. Abbr. on a family tree	4
3A	9. "Dirty Harry" org.	4
4A	13. Loaded questions?	9
5A	15. Reacted in wonderment	5
6A	17. When it's all *finally* over	9
7A	18. Grade A	5
8A	19. Hunches	6
9A	21. Bunches	4
10A	22. Crafts created on a rotating platform	7
11A	26. Strip at the beach?	7
12A	28. Kind of code	5
13A	29. Quarters abroad, maybe	7
14A	31. Risen, in a way	8
15A	33. Sides of a conversion	6
16A	36. German opposite of "junge"	4
17A	37. "Thus ..."	5
18A	39. Hello or goodbye	4
19A	40. Lipton competitor	6
20A	42. Easy-listening music	8
21A	44. Take a good, long look at yourself?	7
22A	46. Political ___	5
23A	47. Absolutely crazy	7
24A	49. Rutherford and Shackleton, for two	7
25A	51. Figure skating maneuver	4
26A	52. Buckingham Palace attendant	6
27A	54. Disney character who sings "Part of Your World"	5
28A	56. Really bothered	9
29A	61. Le ___ (French port)	5
30A	62. Satisfies, as with a small snack	9
31A	63. In case	4
32A	64. Gender-neutral possessive	4
33A	65. Pickup order?	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. YouTube star Chamberlain, whom The Atlantic called "the most talked-about teen influencer in the world""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Abbr. on a family tree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DESC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. "Dirty Harry" org."

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: SFPD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Loaded questions?"

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: BARTRIVIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Reacted in wonderment"

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

  The answer is: OOHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. When it's all *finally* over"

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: BITTEREND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Grade A"

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 principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Hunches"

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 general conscious awareness
• Words that mean the same thing: sens, Mary Jane, sentiency
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Bunches"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Crafts created on a rotating platform"

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: SPINART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Strip at the beach?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: TANLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. Kind of code"

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

  The answer is: PENAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Quarters abroad, 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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• Words that mean the same thing: lodge, hostel, auberge
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOSTELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Risen, in a way"

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 cause to puff up with a leaven
• Words that mean the same thing: prove, leaven, raise
• The opposite would be: unleavened
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAVENED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Sides of a conversion"

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 strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
• Words that mean the same thing: religion, faith, organized religion
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAITHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. German opposite of "junge""

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: ALTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. "Thus ...""

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: ANDSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Hello or goodbye"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CIAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Lipton competitor"

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: TETLEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Easy-listening music"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: EARCANDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Take a good, long look at yourself?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: EGOSURF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Political ___"

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 particular environment or walk of life
• Words that mean the same thing: bowl, domain, area
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Absolutely crazy"

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 any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
• Words that mean the same thing: banana, banana tree
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANANAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Rutherford and Shackleton, for two"

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: ERNESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Figure skating maneuver"

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: LUTZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Buckingham Palace attendant"

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 officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the british monarch
• Words that mean the same thing: beefeater, yeoman of the guard
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEOMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Disney character who sings "Part of Your World""

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: ARIEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Really bothered"

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: DROVENUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Le ___ (French port)"

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: HAVRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Satisfies, as with a small snack"

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: TIDESOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. In case"

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 being ten more than forty
• Words that mean the same thing: l, 50, fifty
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Gender-neutral possessive"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: I, 1, ace
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Pickup order?"

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 car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• Words that mean the same thing: cab, taxicab, hack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAXI

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - November 06, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Wane	3
2D	2. Month after avril	3
3D	3. Muscleman who co-starred in "Rocky III"	3
4D	4. Legal fig.	3
5D	5. More urgent	5
6D	6. "Still ..."	8
7D	7. Makes a big mistake	4
8D	8. R.O.T.C. group	6
9D	9. Soup-soaked bread, say	3
10D	10. Part of an apathetic remark	11
11D	11. Uncultured sorts	11
12D	12. Something summoned via a pentagram	5
13D	14. ___ value	6
14D	16. Spoil, with "on"	4
15D	20. Had done, as a portrait	6
16D	22. [Kerplop!]	5
17D	23. Director of "Get Out" and "Us"	5
18D	24. Daydreaming, maybe	11
19D	25. More familiar term for omphaloskeptics	11
20D	27. PBS-funding org.	3
21D	30. Stranger	5
22D	32. Deny	6
23D	34. "I ___ noticed"	5
24D	35. Sources of tofu	5
25D	38. Diagnostic computer setting	8
26D	41. Length of time spent on hold, it often seems	3
27D	43. Festival de ___	6
28D	45. No longer bothered by	6
29D	47. Bo-o-oring	4
30D	48. Kind of medical exam	5
31D	50. Parties with black lights, maybe	5
32D	53. "... now ___ the future"	4
33D	55. Rent out	3
34D	57. !, in some programming languages	3
35D	58. A.C.C. basketball powerhouse	3
36D	59. Stereotypical cowboy nickname	3
37D	60. Tamil title	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. Wane"

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 gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
• Words that mean the same thing: ebb away, ebb down, wane
• The opposite would be: tide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Month after avril"

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: MAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Muscleman who co-starred in "Rocky III""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Legal fig."

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: ATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. More urgent"

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 fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; ; - g.c.marshall
• Words that mean the same thing: dreaded, horrendous, dread
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Still ...""

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: EVENTHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Makes a big mistake"

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 estrangement from god
• Words that mean the same thing: goof, sine, blunder
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. R.O.T.C. group"

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 military trainee (as at a military academy)
• Words that mean the same thing: cadet, plebe
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CADETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Soup-soaked bread, say"

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 piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: soak, standard procedure, standing operating procedure
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Part of an apathetic remark"

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: FORALLICARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Uncultured sorts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
• Words that mean the same thing: anti-intellectual, Philistine, philistine
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHILISTINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Something summoned via a pentagram"

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 evil supernatural being
• Words that mean the same thing: daemon, monster, ogre
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. ___ value"

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

  The answer is: RESALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Spoil, with "on""

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 be foolish or senile due to old age
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Had done, as a portrait"

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: SATFOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. [Kerplop!]"

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

  The answer is: SPLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Director of "Get Out" and "Us""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PEELE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Daydreaming, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that showing a lack of attention or care
• Words that mean the same thing: neglectful
• The opposite would be: attentive
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INATTENTIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. More familiar term for omphaloskeptics"

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: NAVELGAZERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. PBS-funding 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: NEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Stranger"

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 not divisible by two
• Words that mean the same thing: unmated, curious, unexpended
• The opposite would be: even
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Deny"

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: NAYSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. "I ___ noticed""

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: HADNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Sources of tofu"

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 erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to asia
• Words that mean the same thing: soybean, soya, soya bean
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOYAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Diagnostic computer setting"

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: SAFEMODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Length of time spent on hold, it often seems"

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 longest division of geological time
• Words that mean the same thing: aeon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Festival de ___"

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 port and resort city on the french riviera; site of an annual film festival
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANNES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. No longer bothered by"

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: USEDTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Bo-o-oring"

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

  The answer is: BLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Kind of medical exam"

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

  The answer is: AURAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Parties with black lights, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
• Words that mean the same thing: jabber, rabbit on, spout
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. "... now ___ the future""

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: ORIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Rent out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
• Words that mean the same thing: lease, countenance, rent
• The opposite would be: prevent, disallow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. !, in some programming languages"

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 negation of a word or group of words
• Words that mean the same thing: non
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. A.C.C. basketball powerhouse"

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: UVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Stereotypical cowboy nickname"

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: TEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Tamil title"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	77.1%
Short Answer	11	15.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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 Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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November 23, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, November 23, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

November 23, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Org. founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers	3
2A	4. "Hulk" action	5
3A	9. Grill past perfection, say	4
4A	13. Make one's way, as through snow	4
5A	14. Place for an Adirondack chair	5
6A	15. Stockings	4
7A	16. OPTO-	10
8A	18. Spot food, perhaps	4
9A	19. No. on a check	3
10A	20. What's the scoop?	5
11A	21. Managed by	5
12A	22. Bush hopper, informally	3
13A	23. MAR	11
14A	25. Movie shots that take a closer look	6
15A	27. They're mandatory	5
16A	28. England's largest all-boys boarding school	4
17A	29. Portend	5
18A	32. VALENTIN-	13
19A	38. Audibly enthused	5
20A	39. Emphatic type	4
21A	41. Lieu	5
22A	44. "Me as well!"	6
23A	46. _IGS_ _	11
24A	50. Bon ___ (good friend)	3
25A	51. What the Dutch call "klompen"	5
26A	52. Knock-off weapon?	5
27A	53. Whole bunch	3
28A	54. Replete (with)	4
29A	55. BEL LY	10
30A	57. At any point	4
31A	58. Animal in a romp	5
32A	59. A strong attraction, with "the"	4
33A	60. "Star" follower, in Hollywood	4
34A	61. Invalidates	5
35A	62. Sean Taro ___ Lennon	3

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. Org. founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers"

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 2 Across: "4. "Hulk" action"

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 vigorous blow
• Words that mean the same thing: break, bash, bang
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Grill past perfection, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a charred substance
• Words that mean the same thing: charr, charwoman, 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: CHAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Make one's way, as through snow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
• Words that mean the same thing: slog, trudge, pad
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Place for an Adirondack chair"

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 usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
• Words that mean the same thing: terrace
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Stockings"

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 socks and stockings and tights collectively (the british include underwear)
• Words that mean the same thing: hose down, hosepipe, hosiery
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. OPTO-"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: EYEOPENING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Spot food, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. No. on a check"

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: AMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. What's the scoop?"

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 spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
• Words that mean the same thing: lade, laden
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LADLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Managed by"

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 located below or beneath something else
• Words that mean the same thing: nether, below
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Bush hopper, informally"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "23. MAR"

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: ARMTWISTING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Movie shots that take a closer look"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
• Words that mean the same thing: cutin
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUTINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. They're mandatory"

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 necessary or essential thing
• Words that mean the same thing: mustiness, moldiness, must
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUSTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. England's largest all-boys boarding school"

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: ETON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "29. Portend"

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 (ancient rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
• Words that mean the same thing: prognosticate, auspicate, betoken
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUGUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. VALENTIN-"

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: HEARTSTOPPING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Audibly enthused"

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

  The answer is: OOHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Emphatic type"

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 typeface with thick heavy lines
• Words that mean the same thing: boldface, bluff, bold face
• The opposite would be: timid
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Lieu"

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 post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• Words that mean the same thing: position, lieu, place
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. "Me as well!""

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: IAMTOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. _IGS_ _"

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: JAWDROPPING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Bon ___ (good friend)"

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: AMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. What the Dutch call "klompen""

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 footwear usually with wooden soles
• Words that mean the same thing: geta, choke off, constipate
• The opposite would be: unclog
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Knock-off weapon?"

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 long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
• Words that mean the same thing: gig, fishgig, spear
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Whole bunch"

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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Words that mean the same thing: long ton, short ton, net ton
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Replete (with)"

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 most frequent or common
• Words that mean the same thing: prevalent, overabundant, prevailing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. BEL LY"

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: GUTBUSTING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. At any point"

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 at any time
• Words that mean the same thing: ever so, e'er, of all time
• The opposite would be: never
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Animal in a romp"

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

  The answer is: OTTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. A strong attraction, with "the""

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: HOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. "Star" follower, in Hollywood"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• Words that mean the same thing: state of war, war, warfare
• The opposite would be: make peace, peace
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Invalidates"

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 state of nonexistence
• Words that mean the same thing: quash, vitiate, vacancy
• The opposite would be: validate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Sean Taro ___ Lennon"

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 united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle November 23, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Site of what many regard as the first Thanksgiving	8
2D	2. How combatants may go	8
3D	3. Agitation	3
4D	4. Hunting tips?	6
5D	5. Button-shaped bit of candy	5
6D	6. Not quite perpendicular	5
7D	7. Brawn	5
8D	8. One taking the lion's share	3
9D	9. Repeats a mantra	6
10D	10. "Time out!"	6
11D	11. Trees that form colonies from a single root system	6
12D	12. Corporate shuffle, for short	5
13D	13. Actor Guy of "L.A. Confidential"	6
14D	17. Not play it by ear	4
15D	21. Seize illegally	5
16D	24. "Are you awake?" response	4
17D	26. "___ perfect world ..."	3
18D	29. Flick of a flicker?	3
19D	30. Sporty vehicle, in brief	3
20D	31. Pan, e.g.	3
21D	33. Intimidating sounds	5
22D	34. Heading above a list	4
23D	35. Company featured in the documentary "Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine"	3
24D	36. What composers use to settle the score?	8
25D	37. Grab and not let go	8
26D	40. Activities	6
27D	41. Important component of oral health	6
28D	42. Double deal	6
29D	43. Trimming tools	6
30D	44. Acquires, as a penalty	6
31D	45. How long it can feel like to wait	4
32D	46. Major clothing retailer with both stores and catalogs	5
33D	47. Second-most massive of the solar system's known dwarf planets	5
34D	48. Smith with the 1978 hit "Because the Night"	5
35D	49. Where one might let sleeping dogs lie	5
36D	55. Nonpublic domain extension	3
37D	56. Howe'er	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. Site of what many regard as the first Thanksgiving"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a town in massachusetts founded by pilgrims in 1620
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLYMOUTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. How combatants may go"

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: TOETOTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Agitation"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: hustle, bustle, stir
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Hunting tips?"

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 long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
• Words that mean the same thing: gig, spear up, fishgig
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Button-shaped bit of candy"

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: MANDM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Not quite perpendicular"

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 departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
• Words that mean the same thing: tipped, canted, tilted
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Brawn"

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 cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
• Words that mean the same thing: brawn, muscularity, brawniness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. One taking the lion's share"

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 person regarded as greedy and pig-like
• Words that mean the same thing: Sus scrofa, grunter, pig
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Repeats a mantra"

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 repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
• Words that mean the same thing: intone, chant, tone
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Time out!""

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: HOLDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Trees that form colonies from a single root system"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several trees of the genus populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
• Words that mean the same thing: aspen
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASPENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Corporate shuffle, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REORG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Actor Guy of "L.A. Confidential""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: PEARCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Not play it by ear"

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 series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
• Words that mean the same thing: be after, architectural plan, design
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Seize illegally"

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 seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
• Words that mean the same thing: assume, arrogate, seize
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USURP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. "Are you awake?" response"

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: IMUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. "___ perfect world ...""

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: INA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Flick of a flicker?"

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 residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Sporty vehicle, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Pan, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
• Words that mean the same thing: deity, Supreme Being, divinity
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Intimidating sounds"

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 deep prolonged loud noise
• Words that mean the same thing: boom, holla, holloa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Heading above a list"

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: TODO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Company featured in the documentary "Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine""

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: IBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. What composers use to settle the score?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
• Words that mean the same thing: note, notational system, annotation
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Grab and not let go"

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: GLOMONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Activities"

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 manner of acting or controlling yourself
• Words that mean the same thing: conduct, behavior, behaviour
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Important component of oral health"

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 clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
• Words that mean the same thing: spittle, spit
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Double deal"

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

  The answer is: TWOFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Trimming tools"

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 person who puts finishing edges on a garment
• Words that mean the same thing: edger
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDGERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Acquires, as a penalty"

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 oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
• Words that mean the same thing: incur, receive, obtain
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. How long it can feel like to wait"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: senesce, mature, years
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Major clothing retailer with both stores and catalogs"

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: JCREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Second-most massive of the solar system's known dwarf planets"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cartoon character created by walt disney
• Words that mean the same thing: Aidoneus, Hades, Aides
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLUTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Smith with the 1978 hit "Because the Night""

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: PATTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. Where one might let sleeping dogs lie"

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: INBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Nonpublic domain extension"

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: GOV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Howe'er"

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

  The answer is: THO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	69.4%
Short Answer	13	18.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.8%
Sports	2	2.8%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
History	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!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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: August 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM