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Monday, January 5, 2026

NYT Across Crossword January 05, 2026 - Master All 35 Left-to-Right Clues

NYT Crossword Across January 05, 2026: All 35 Horizontal Answers & Strategic Tips

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 35 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for January 05, 2026
NYT Across Clues - Monday, January 05, 2026
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date January 05, 2026
Day of Week Monday
Total Across Clues 35 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Tricky

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 35 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Value
2 Across 6. Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii
3 Across 9. Overhead light?
4 Across 13. Listlessness
5 Across 14. Situation that precedes overtime
6 Across 15. Fruit-peeling gadget
7 Across 16. Meeting spot for a company's overseers
8 Across 18. Ventilated
9 Across 19. Actor Reeves who plays John Wick
10 Across 20. Clothing
11 Across 21. Wrestler-turned-actor with a trademark do
12 Across 24. 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie
13 Across 26. Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice
14 Across 29. Gloppy gunk
15 Across 30. Op-___ (newspaper pieces)
16 Across 31. Advantageous quality
17 Across 32. Aristocrat
18 Across 34. Enjoy a vacation day, say
19 Across 40. Reside
20 Across 41. Burr who dueled with Hamilton
21 Across 42. Wane
22 Across 45. One ___ time
23 Across 46. Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens
24 Across 48. Bug killer that goes "smack!"
25 Across 51. Losing general at Appomattox
26 Across 52. Relating to a son or daughter
27 Across 53. Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl"
28 Across 56. Poet Dickinson
29 Across 57. Gridiron success ... or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across
30 Across 61. Backpackers' shelters
31 Across 62. Write-___ (unlikely election winners)
32 Across 63. Home with a dome
33 Across 64. Lumps of coal, for a snowman
34 Across 65. Understand
35 Across 66. Relinquished

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. Value"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: W___H
  • Similar words: deserving
  • Opposite of: worthlessness
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WORTH

2 Across: "6. Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'H'
  • Similar words: ash tree
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the residue that remains when something is burned
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASH

3 Across: "9. Overhead light?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: H__O
  • Similar words: aura, ring
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HALO

4 Across: "13. Listlessness"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: E___I
  • Similar words: tedium, boredom
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ENNUI

5 Across: "14. Situation that precedes overtime"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: link up, marry
  • Opposite of: untie
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TIE

6 Across: "15. Fruit-peeling gadget"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: P___R
  • Similar words: paring knife
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a manicurist who trims the fingernails
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PARER

7 Across: "16. Meeting spot for a company's overseers"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: B_______M
  • Similar words: council chamber
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BOARDROOM

8 Across: "18. Ventilated"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: A___D
  • Similar words: publicize, ventilate
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: expose to fresh air
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AIRED

9 Across: "19. Actor Reeves who plays John Wick"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'K' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: K___U
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer KEANU

10 Across: "20. Clothing"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: A____E
  • Similar words: prink, rig out
  • Opposite of: dress down
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATTIRE

11 Across: "21. Wrestler-turned-actor with a trademark do"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'T'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MRT

12 Across: "24. 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 10 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: T________R
  • Similar words: cabby, cabman
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: someone who drives a taxi for a living
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TAXIDRIVER

13 Across: "26. Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: C_____L
  • Similar words: counselor, counseling
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a lawyer who pleads cases in court
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer COUNSEL

14 Across: "29. Gloppy gunk"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'O'
  • Similar words: guck, muck
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: any thick
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GOO

15 Across: "30. Op-___ (newspaper pieces)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: ED
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EDS

16 Across: "31. Advantageous quality"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A___T
  • Similar words: plus
  • Opposite of: liability
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a useful or valuable quality
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASSET

17 Across: "32. Aristocrat"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: N___E
  • Similar words: imposing, baronial
  • Opposite of: noblewoman
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a titled peer of the realm
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOBLE

18 Across: "34. Enjoy a vacation day, say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: T_____________K
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TAKEOFFFROMWORK

19 Across: "40. Reside"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: D___L
  • Similar words: harp, brood
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: think moodily or anxiously about something
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DWELL

20 Across: "41. Burr who dueled with Hamilton"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: A___N
  • Similar words: Hank Aaron
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AARON

21 Across: "42. Wane"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'B'
  • Similar words: ebbing, ebb off
  • Opposite of: tide
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EBB

22 Across: "45. One ___ time"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATA

23 Across: "46. Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: P_____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PENNAME

24 Across: "48. Bug killer that goes "smack!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 10 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: F________R
  • Similar words: flyswat, swatter
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FLYSWATTER

25 Across: "51. Losing general at Appomattox"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: leeward, Robert E. Lee
  • Opposite of: windward
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LEE

26 Across: "52. Relating to a son or daughter"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: F____L
  • Opposite of: parental
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FILIAL

27 Across: "53. Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: B___E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BRICE

28 Across: "56. Poet Dickinson"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: E___Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EMILY

29 Across: "57. Gridiron success ... or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: T_______N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TOUCHDOWN

30 Across: "61. Backpackers' shelters"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T___S
  • Similar words: camp out, camp
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TENTS

31 Across: "62. Write-___ (unlikely election winners)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: inch, Indiana
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer INS

32 Across: "63. Home with a dome"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: I___O
  • Similar words: iglu
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IGLOO

33 Across: "64. Lumps of coal, for a snowman"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E__S
  • Similar words: middle, heart
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: opinion or judgment
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EYES

34 Across: "65. Understand"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: fancy, realise
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEE

35 Across: "66. Relinquished"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: C___D
  • Similar words: grant, cede
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CEDED

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 35 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

About This Page: We provide comprehensive Across clues solutions and hints for the NYT Crossword to help you improve your solving skills. This site is not affiliated with The New York Times.

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, November 09, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

November 09, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions

November 09, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Thing with pads and claws 3
2A 4. Wanders 5
3A 9. Rod, reel, tackle box, etc., for a fisher 4
4A 13. Olympic Dream Team inits. 3
5A 14. Place in a mausoleum 6
6A 16. ___ Tokarczuk, 2018 Literature Nobelist 4
7A 17. Raiser of the dead? 10
8A 19. Musk who founded SpaceX 4
9A 20. Brainstorms 5
10A 21. Go by, as time 6
11A 23. Young Scottish lady 4
12A 24. Financial aid for college that doesn't need to be repaid 9
13A 27. Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q 4
14A 29. Person with a basket or cart 7
15A 31. Mixed-breed dog that's part spaniel 8
16A 35. "Keen!" 5
17A 36. "That's ___ from me" (refusal) 3
18A 37. Arthropod that can roll into a ball 7
19A 40. Melted chocolate, e.g. 3
20A 41. Word before mall or poker 5
21A 43. Right to cross someone else's land 8
22A 45. Unlucky 7
23A 48. Start of a newspaper article, in journalese 4
24A 49. Busy person just before an election 9
25A 51. Pledge drive giveaway 4
26A 55. Fix, as a shoe 6
27A 56. Insects that love wool 5
28A 57. Appropriate initials of "stuff we all get" 4
29A 59. Lures for magazine readers 10
30A 62. Tiny bit 4
31A 63. Minneapolis's twin city 6
32A 64. Defining period 3
33A 65. Banana leftover 4
34A 66. Cosmetician Lauder 5
35A 67. Singer Lana Del ___ 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. Thing with pads and claws"

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 clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
  • Words that mean the same thing: manus, hand, mitt
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PAW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Wanders"

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 move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
  • Words that mean the same thing: rove, roam, ramble
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ROAMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Rod, reel, tackle box, etc., for a fisher"

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 toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
  • Words that mean the same thing: paraphernalia, cogwheel, appurtenance
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GEAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Olympic Dream Team inits."

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 north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
  • Words that mean the same thing: US, United States Army, U.S.
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: USA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Place in a mausoleum"

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 place in a grave or tomb
  • Words that mean the same thing: inhume, bury, inter
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ENTOMB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ Tokarczuk, 2018 Literature Nobelist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: OLGA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Raiser of the dead?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
  • Words that mean the same thing: bearer
  • The word looks like this: __________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PALLBEARER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Musk who founded SpaceX"

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: ELON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Brainstorms"

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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
  • Words that mean the same thing: theme, estimation, musical theme
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IDEAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Go by, as time"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • Words that mean the same thing: pass, slip by, go by
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ELAPSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Young Scottish lady"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a girl or young woman who is unmarried
  • Words that mean the same thing: jeune fille, lassie, young girl
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LASS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Financial aid for college that doesn't need to be repaid"

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: PELLGRANT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
  • Words that mean the same thing: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IRAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Person with a basket or cart"

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 someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SHOPPER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Mixed-breed dog that's part spaniel"

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: COCKAPOO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. "Keen!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NEATO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. "That's ___ from me" (refusal)"

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 palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
  • Words that mean the same thing: Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, Black September
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ANO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Arthropod that can roll into a ball"

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: PILLBUG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Melted chocolate, 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 any thick, viscous matter
  • Words that mean the same thing: slime, guck, gunk
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GOO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Word before mall or poker"

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 relatively long narrow piece of something
  • Words that mean the same thing: airstrip, disinvest, striptease
  • The opposite would be: dress
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STRIP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Right to cross someone else's land"

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 (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
  • Words that mean the same thing: easing, relief, alleviation
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EASEMENT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Unlucky"

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 deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - galsworthy
  • Words that mean the same thing: pathetic, pitiful, poor
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HAPLESS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Start of a newspaper article, in journalese"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the introductory section of a story
  • Words that mean the same thing: lead, lead-in
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LEDE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Busy person just before an election"

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: POLLTAKER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Pledge drive giveaway"

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

    The answer is: TOTE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Fix, as a shoe"

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 put a new sole on
  • Words that mean the same thing: sole
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RESOLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Insects that love wool"

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 typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
  • Words that mean the same thing: moth
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOTHS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Appropriate initials of "stuff we all get""

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 valuable goods
  • Words that mean the same thing: pillage, reel, plunder
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SWAG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Lures for magazine readers"

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: PULLQUOTES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Tiny bit"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  • Words that mean the same thing: scintilla, smidge, smidgeon
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IOTA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Minneapolis's twin city"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: STPAUL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Defining period"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Words that mean the same thing: earned run average, epoch, geological era
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Banana leftover"

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 british politician (1788-1850)
  • Words that mean the same thing: strip, flake, undress
  • The opposite would be: dress
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PEEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Cosmetician Lauder"

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: ESTEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Singer Lana Del ___"

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: REY

    Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle November 09, 2020

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Necessity for a teacher 5
2D 2. Carne ___ (grilled beef dish) 5
3D 3. Home of Cardiff and Swansea 5
4D 4. Yanks' foes 4
5D 5. Number said just before "Liftoff!" 3
6D 6. ___ snail's pace 3
7D 7. Edible mushroom with a honeycomb cap 5
8D 8. Gets a whiff of 6
9D 9. Flips out 7
10D 10. Best Actress nominee for "Juno" 9
11D 11. "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" intro) 3
12D 12. Tried to get elected 3
13D 15. "Erin go ___!" 5
14D 18. Elective eye surgery 5
15D 22. Having tines 7
16D 24. Big ___, nickname of baseball's David Ortiz 4
17D 25. Unstable chemical compound 4
18D 26. Grand ___ National Park 5
19D 28. Comes down a mountain, in a way 7
20D 30. Rummage (around) 4
21D 31. Alternative to Venmo 4
22D 32. Like some beer at a bar 5
23D 33. Related to big business 9
24D 34. Cry to a toreador 3
25D 38. Hay unit 4
26D 39. For whom a product designer designs 4
27D 42. Against the law 7
28D 44. Trending hashtag beginning in 2017 5
29D 46. Dots on a transit map 5
30D 47. What lieutenants do to captains 6
31D 50. "Trees" in underwater forests 5
32D 52. It's said to have the thickest fur of any mammal 5
33D 53. When repeated, comforting words 5
34D 54. Op-ed piece, e.g. 5
35D 56. Farm animal that kicks 4
36D 57. Sample a soda, say 3
37D 58. Tribulation 3
38D 60. Back muscle, for short 3
39D 61. "What?," in Oaxaca 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. Necessity for a teacher"

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 learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
  • Words that mean the same thing: student, schoolchild, educatee
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PUPIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Carne ___ (grilled beef dish)"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ASADA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Home of Cardiff and Swansea"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that one of the four countries that make up the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland; during roman times the region was known as cambria
  • Words that mean the same thing: strake, Cymru, wale
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WALES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Yanks' foes"

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 `johnny' was applied as a nickname for confederate soldiers by the federal soldiers in the american civil war; `greyback' derived from their grey confederate uniforms
  • Words that mean the same thing: greyback, Rebel, Johnny Reb
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: REBS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Number said just before "Liftoff!""

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

    The answer is: ONE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ snail's pace"

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: ATA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Edible mushroom with a honeycomb cap"

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 any of various edible mushrooms of the genus morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOREL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Gets a whiff of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
  • Words that mean the same thing: olfactory sensation, spirit, odor
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SMELLS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Flips out"

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: GOESAPE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Best Actress nominee for "Juno""

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: ELLENPAGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" intro)"

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 gone by; or in the past
  • Words that mean the same thing: agone
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AGO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Tried to get elected"

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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
  • Words that mean the same thing: scarper, lean, hightail it
  • The opposite would be: idle, malfunction
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. "Erin go ___!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: BRAGH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Elective eye surgery"

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 refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea
  • Words that mean the same thing: laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LASIK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Having tines"

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 having prongs or tines; usually used in combination
  • Words that mean the same thing: forficate, biramous, fork-like
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PRONGED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Big ___, nickname of baseball's David Ortiz"

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: PAPI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Unstable chemical compound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ENOL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Grand ___ National Park"

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 member of the large western branch of sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
  • Words that mean the same thing: Lakota, Teton Sioux, Teton Dakota
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TETON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Comes down a mountain, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
  • Words that mean the same thing: rope down, rappel, abseil
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RAPPELS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Rummage (around)"

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 (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
  • Words that mean the same thing: ancestor, rootle, radical
  • The opposite would be: descendant
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ROOT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Alternative to Venmo"

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 money in the form of bills or coins
  • Words that mean the same thing: cash in, Johnny Cash, immediate payment
  • The opposite would be: credit
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CASH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Like some beer at a bar"

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: ONTAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Related to big business"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that of or belonging to a corporation
  • Words that mean the same thing: collective, corporal, embodied
  • The word looks like this: _________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CORPORATE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Cry to a toreador"

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: OLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Hay unit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a large bundle bound for storage or transport
  • Words that mean the same thing: Basel, Basle
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BALE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. For whom a product designer designs"

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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
  • Words that mean the same thing: drug user, exploiter, substance abuser
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: USER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Against the law"

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 prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
  • The opposite would be: legal
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ILLEGAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Trending hashtag beginning in 2017"

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: METOO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Dots on a transit map"

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 gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
  • Words that mean the same thing: discontinue, bar, plosive speech sound
  • The opposite would be: start, continue
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STOPS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. What lieutenants do to captains"

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 act of honor or courteous recognition
  • Words that mean the same thing: pledge, drink, toast
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SALUTE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. "Trees" in underwater forests"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
  • Words that mean the same thing: kelp
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KELPS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. It's said to have the thickest fur of any mammal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the 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 33 Down: "53. When repeated, comforting words"

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 location other than here; that place
  • Words that mean the same thing: on that point, in that respect, in that location
  • The opposite would be: here
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: THERE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Op-ed piece, e.g."

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 analytic or interpretive literary composition
  • Words that mean the same thing: try, test, prove
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ESSAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Farm animal that kicks"

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 hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
  • Words that mean the same thing: scuff
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MULE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Sample a soda, say"

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

    The answer is: SIP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Tribulation"

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 misery resulting from affliction
  • Words that mean the same thing: woefulness, suffering
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WOE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Back muscle, 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 a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
  • Words that mean the same thing: latissimus dorsi
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. "What?," in Oaxaca"

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: QUE

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 51 68.9%
Short Answer 11 14.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment 4 5.4%
Geography 3 4.1%
Sports 1 1.4%
History 1 1.4%
Food & Drink 1 1.4%
Science/Technology 1 1.4%
Abbreviation 1 1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 35
Down Clues 39
Total Clues 74
Average Answer Length 5.1 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

  • Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
  • Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
  • When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
  • Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually 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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Last Updated: September 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM

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