XWordHint Crossword Answers October 07, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (35 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "No seats" sign	3
2A	4. Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood	5
3A	9. ___-famous (reel popular?)	5
4A	14. LOL lite	3
5A	15. Come again	5
6A	16. Curry complements	5
7A	17. Call to cruisers, for short	3
8A	18. Well-manored men?	5
9A	19. Some concert refuse	5
10A	20. Staunchly loyal	8
11A	22. Solo for a soprano	4
12A	23. Wrecks beyond repair	6
13A	24. Popular date night	8
14A	28. Event-planning platform	5
15A	29. Big blare	3
16A	30. "I do"	3
17A	31. Team with a stadium on the Ohio River	4
18A	32. "Been there, done that"	7
19A	36. React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones	13
20A	40. Cut back a bit	7
21A	41. Protein source	4
22A	43. "That's infuriating!"	3
23A	46. B.C. neighbor	3
24A	47. Kid's comeback	5
25A	48. Macs and wellies, e.g.	8
26A	51. Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them	6
27A	52. Spots that may need clearing up	4
28A	53. Aquaman's domain	8
29A	55. Brought into being	5
30A	57. Like the descendants of some dinosaurs	5
31A	58. In Rio, janeiro starts it	3
32A	59. Mislead	5
33A	60. Expression de gratitude	5
34A	61. Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner	3
35A	62. Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire	5
36A	63. Serious schleps	5
37A	64. Lush	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. "No seats" sign"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SRO

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2A: "4. Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
• Similar words include: musical theme, base, composition
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: THEME

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3A: "9. ___-famous (reel popular?)"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INSTA

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4A: "14. LOL lite"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HEH

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5A: "15. Come again"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that happen or occur again
• Similar words include: go back, repeat, fall back
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RECUR

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6A: "16. Curry complements"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROTIS

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7A: "17. Call to cruisers, for short"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: APB

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8A: "18. Well-manored men?"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• Similar words include: earl
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EARLS

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9A: "19. Some concert refuse"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
• Similar words include: ticket stub, counterfoil, butt
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STUBS

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10A: "20. Staunchly loyal"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TRUEBLUE

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11A: "22. Solo for a soprano"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARIA

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12A: "23. Wrecks beyond repair"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the whole amount
• Similar words include: total, sum up, tally
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TOTALS

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13A: "24. Popular date night"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Similar words include: Sat, Sabbatum
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SATURDAY

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14A: "28. Event-planning platform"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EVITE

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15A: "29. Big blare"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud harsh or strident noise
• Similar words include: ruction, clamor, blare
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DIN

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16A: "30. "I do""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an affirmative
• Opposite of: no
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YES

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17A: "31. Team with a stadium on the Ohio River"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Similar words include: Marxist, Red River, bolshie
• Opposite of: gain

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Answer: REDS

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18A: "32. "Been there, done that""

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TRIEDIT

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19A: "36. React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: DOADOUBLETAKE

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20A: "40. Cut back a bit"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
• Similar words include: lop, trim back, cut down
• Opposite of: untrimmed

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Answer: TRIMMED

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21A: "41. Protein source"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Similar words include: gist, pith, heart and soul
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MEAT

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22A: "43. "That's infuriating!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GRR

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23A: "46. B.C. neighbor"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALB

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24A: "47. Kid's comeback"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ARESO

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25A: "48. Macs and wellies, e.g."

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RAINGEAR

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26A: "51. Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elevated geological formation
• Similar words include: swill, incline, side
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SLOPES

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27A: "52. Spots that may need clearing up"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACNE

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28A: "53. Aquaman's domain"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that according to legend, an island in the atlantic ocean that plato said was swallowed by an earthquake
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ATLANTIS

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29A: "55. Brought into being"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make children
• Similar words include: generate, sire, beget
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BEGAT

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30A: "57. Like the descendants of some dinosaurs"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pertaining to or characteristic of birds
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AVIAN

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31A: "58. In Rio, janeiro starts it"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
• Similar words include: Abu Nidal Organization, Fatah-RC, Fatah Revolutionary Council
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANO

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32A: "59. Mislead"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LIETO

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33A: "60. Expression de gratitude"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MERCI

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34A: "61. Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
• Similar words include: B.Th.U., British thermal unit
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BTU

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35A: "62. Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ENRON

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36A: "63. Serious schleps"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
• Similar words include: trek
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TREKS

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37A: "64. Lush"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chronic drinker
• Similar words include: drunk, drunkard, rummy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SOT

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Break to pieces	7
2D	2. Gently scolded	8
3D	3. Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!"	8
4D	4. Knob on an amplifier	6
5D	5. Becomes good as new	5
6D	6. Silk shade	4
7D	7. Stereotypically uncooperative creatures	5
8D	8. IV sites	3
9D	9. Collecting org.	3
10D	10. E-cigarette claim	5
11D	11. Durable	6
12D	12. Shin guards protect them	6
13D	13. Some chemistry lab procedures	6
14D	21. Vexes	6
15D	25. Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube	5
16D	26. Helped through a rough patch, with "over"	5
17D	27. Peck or parsec	4
18D	32. Patterned fabric	5
19D	33. Afro-Cuban dance	5
20D	34. Big name in cloud services	3
21D	35. Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show	6
22D	37. Regalia for some queens	4
23D	38. Monitor closely, with "on"	8
24D	39. Slowly get familiar with	8
25D	42. Chuck	7
26D	43. Pinup icon Betty	6
27D	44. Arrive out of breath, perhaps	6
28D	45. Close lookalike	6
29D	47. Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill"	6
30D	49. Real swell	5
31D	50. All-night party attendee	5
32D	51. In need of tightening, maybe	5
33D	54. Start to fade	4
34D	56. Trucker's measure	3
35D	57. Paycheck fig.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Break to pieces"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that break into many pieces
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SHATTER

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2D: "2. Gently scolded"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take to task
• Similar words include: admonish, reprove
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: REPROVED

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3D: "3. Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!""

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: OHBUTIDO

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4D: "4. Knob on an amplifier"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the pitch range of the highest female voice
• Similar words include: double, ternary, two-fold
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TREBLE

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5D: "5. Becomes good as new"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that heal or recover
• Similar words include: mend, heal, bring around
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HEALS

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6D: "6. Silk shade"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very light brown
• Similar words include: beige
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ECRU

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7D: "7. Stereotypically uncooperative creatures"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
• Similar words include: mule, scuff
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MULES

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8D: "8. IV sites"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Similar words include: Er, emergency room, erbium
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ERS

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9D: "9. Collecting org."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
• Similar words include: Internal Revenue Service
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IRS

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10D: "10. E-cigarette claim"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOTAR

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11D: "11. Durable"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
• Similar words include: stalwart, uncompromising, inflexible
• Opposite of: compromising

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Answer: STURDY

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12D: "12. Shin guards protect them"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
• Similar words include: shinbone, tibia, shin bone
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TIBIAE

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13D: "13. Some chemistry lab procedures"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an appraisal of the state of affairs
• Similar words include: try, attempt, check
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ASSAYS

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14D: "21. Vexes"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EATSAT

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15D: "25. Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADELE

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16D: "26. Helped through a rough patch, with "over""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rise or move forward
• Similar words include: tide, surge
• Opposite of: ebb

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Answer: TIDED

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17D: "27. Peck or parsec"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• Similar words include: whole, social unit, building block
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: UNIT

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18D: "32. Patterned fabric"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TOILE

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19D: "33. Afro-Cuban dance"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
• Similar words include: rhumba
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RUMBA

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20D: "34. Big name in cloud services"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IBM

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21D: "35. Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TAMRON

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22D: "37. Regalia for some queens"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
• Similar words include: drag out, embroil, tangle
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DRAG

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23D: "38. Monitor closely, with "on""

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: KEEPTABS

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24D: "39. Slowly get familiar with"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: EASEINTO

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25D: "42. Chuck"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TOSSOUT

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26D: "43. Pinup icon Betty"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GRABLE

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27D: "44. Arrive out of breath, perhaps"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RACEIN

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28D: "45. Close lookalike"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
• Similar words include: bell ringer, clone, toller
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RINGER

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29D: "47. Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill""

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ALANIS

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30D: "49. Real swell"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NEATO

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31D: "50. All-night party attendee"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a participant in a rave dancing party
• Similar words include: ranter
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAVER

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32D: "51. In need of tightening, maybe"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
• Similar words include: abate, quagmire, morass
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SLACK

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33D: "54. Start to fade"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hoop that covers a wheel
• Similar words include: wear upon, wear out, outwear
• Opposite of: interest, refresh

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Answer: TIRE

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34D: "56. Trucker's measure"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Similar words include: long ton, short ton, net ton
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TON

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35D: "57. Paycheck fig."

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMT

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

35 Down Clues

72 Total Clues

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Last updated: October 07, 2026 at 10:25 AM

November 25, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, November 25, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 80 (39 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

November 25, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Builder of a papery nest	4
2A	5. Brand of imported "bier"	6
3A	11. Stadium souvenir	3
4A	14. "Hairspray" mom	4
5A	15. "High Sierra" co-star	6
6A	16. Make, in math	3
7A	17. Go-getter	4
8A	18. Wood nymph / Independent person	21
9A	20. Cold-blooded killer	3
10A	22. "The King ___"	4
11A	23. It gives many Scotches their smoky taste	4
12A	24. Win at the Olympics / Cheap jewelry material	17
13A	27. "I'd be delighted"	6
14A	29. Impish sort	6
15A	30. Grandson of Adam	4
16A	31. Prophet who said "But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream"	4
17A	32. "Darn!"	4
18A	35. Request from	5
19A	39. Location for round-the-clock monitoring, in brief	3
20A	40. Drove a golf ball / Gain strength from	15
21A	42. ___ pro nobis	3
22A	43. Numbers game	5
23A	45. ___ Point, Calif.	4
24A	46. Praise loudly	4
25A	47. Misfortunes	4
26A	49. Old Spanish coins	6
27A	51. Wagner heroine	6
28A	54. Goodyear blowout / "Everything must go" event	17
29A	56. Zap	4
30A	57. Act of digitization	4
31A	59. Chocolate ___	3
32A	60. Waterworks parts / Amygdalae	21
33A	63. Openings for "To Tell the Truth"	4
34A	66. Frozen dessert eponym	3
35A	67. Rapper who had an infamous rivalry with Tupac	6
36A	68. Brand with a paw print in its logo	4
37A	69. Hi-___	3
38A	70. School board?	6
39A	71. One of two options in five squares in this puzzle	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. Builder of a papery nest"

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 white person of anglo-saxon ancestry who belongs to a protestant denomination
• Words that mean the same thing: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Brand of imported "bier""

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: AMSTEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Stadium souvenir"

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 tight-fitting headdress
• Words that mean the same thing: pileus, detonating device, ceiling
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Hairspray" mom"

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: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "High Sierra" co-star"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: LUPINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Make, in math"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: represent, constitute, live
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Go-getter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who acts and gets things done
• Words that mean the same thing: actor, worker
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Wood nymph / Independent person"

Quick Info: This answer has 21 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: TREESPIRIT/FREESPIRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Cold-blooded killer"

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: Naja haje, Vipera aspis, Egyptian cobra
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. "The King ___""

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: ANDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. It gives many Scotches their smoky taste"

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 partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Win at the Olympics / Cheap jewelry material"

Quick Info: This answer has 17 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TAKEGOLD/FAKEGOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. "I'd be delighted""

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

  The answer is: GLADLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Impish sort"

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 deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
• Words that mean the same thing: scalawag, scallywag, rapscallion
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RASCAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Grandson of Adam"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Prophet who said "But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream""

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 hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. "Darn!""

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: DRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Request from"

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: ASKOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Location for round-the-clock monitoring, in brief"

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 hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
• Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Drove a golf ball / Gain strength from"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TEEDOFF/FEEDOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. ___ pro nobis"

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 mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: osmium, Os, OS
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Numbers game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• Words that mean the same thing: keno, beano, bingo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. ___ Point, Calif."

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 celtic goddess who was the mother of the tuatha de danann; identified with the welsh don
• Words that mean the same thing: Danu
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Praise loudly"

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 precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
• Words that mean the same thing: herald, come, acclaim
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Misfortunes"

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 an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: complaint, ailment, ill
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Old Spanish coins"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any rational or irrational number
• Words that mean the same thing: real number, real
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Wagner heroine"

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 (middle ages) the bride of the king of cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
• Words that mean the same thing: Iseult
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISOLDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Goodyear blowout / "Everything must go" event"

Quick Info: This answer has 17 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: TIRESALE/FIRESALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Zap"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
• Words that mean the same thing: thermonuclear warhead, atomize, atomise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Act of digitization"

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 act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
• Words that mean the same thing: run down, read, CAT scan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Chocolate ___"

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 workplace for the conduct of scientific research
• Words that mean the same thing: research laboratory, laboratory, research lab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Waterworks parts / Amygdalae"

Quick Info: This answer has 21 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: TEARGLANDS/FEARGLANDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Openings for "To Tell the Truth""

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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Words that mean the same thing: teeing ground, football tee, tee up
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Frozen dessert eponym"

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: EDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Rapper who had an infamous rivalry with Tupac"

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: BIGGIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Brand with a paw print in its logo"

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: IAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Hi-___"

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 widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
• Words that mean the same thing: ray, Ra, reticuloendothelial system
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "70. School board?"

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 plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
• Words that mean the same thing: teeter, totter, teeter-totter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEESAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "71. One of two options in five squares in this puzzle"

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 proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Words that mean the same thing: reliable, dead on target, on-key
• The opposite would be: false, untruthful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUE

  Great job if you got it right!

November 25, 2021 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Join	3
2D	2. Kerfuffle	3
3D	3. Breaks curfew, maybe	9
4D	4. Han Solo claims to have made the Kessel Run in less than 12 of these	7
5D	5. PC key / Sitcom ET	7
6D	6. Many a work by Banksy	5
7D	7. Devote, as time	5
8D	8. All square	4
9D	9. Iago, under Othello	6
10D	10. Hack	3
11D	11. Felt something	5
12D	12. Common default font	5
13D	13. Trivial	5
14D	19. "Not for me"	5
15D	21. ___ Tour	3
16D	24. Lag behind / Weak	11
17D	25. Transmission repair franchise	5
18D	26. Renaissance Faire adjective	4
19D	28. Lollygag	4
20D	30. Boris Johnson's alma mater	4
21D	33. Traffic lights you can't go through	4
22D	34. Nabokov title character	3
23D	36. Nonprimate with fingerprints that are nearly identical to a human's	9
24D	37. Bay window	5
25D	38. One of two options in five squares in this puzzle	5
26D	40. Snitched / Throw in the cards	9
27D	41. Jamie of "M*A*S*H"	4
28D	44. Backsplash installer	5
29D	46. Attacks a job with gusto	7
30D	48. Nielsen of "The Naked Gun"	6
31D	50. Caterpillar roll ingredient	3
32D	51. Lay to rest / Deduce	11
33D	52. Tannery product	5
34D	53. Green-lights	5
35D	54. Zesty flavors / Part of a Dracula costume	11
36D	55. Country with the largest population of vegetarians	5
37D	58. Pen	4
38D	61. "Pygmalion" author's monogram	3
39D	62. Darn, e.g.	3
40D	64. Land-bound bird	3
41D	65. Glasgow-to-London dir.	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. Join"

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 fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Words that mean the same thing: espouse, marry, Midweek
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Kerfuffle"

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

  The answer is: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Breaks curfew, maybe"

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: SNEAKSOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Han Solo claims to have made the Kessel Run in less than 12 of these"

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 unit of astronomical length based on the distance from earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
• Words that mean the same thing: parsec, secpar
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARSECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. PC key / Sitcom ET"

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: ALT/ALF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Many a work by Banksy"

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 painting that is applied to a wall surface
• Words that mean the same thing: wall painting
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MURAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Devote, as time"

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 pass time in a specific way
• Words that mean the same thing: expend, pass, drop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. All square"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
• Words that mean the same thing: attach, draw, even
• The opposite would be: untie, untied
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Iago, under Othello"

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 holds a commissioned rank in the united states navy or the united states coast guard; below lieutenant junior grade
• Words that mean the same thing: national flag
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENSIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Hack"

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 cut off from a whole
• Words that mean the same thing: cut back, clip, snip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Felt something"

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 feel concern or interest
• Words that mean the same thing: give care, handle, deal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Common default font"

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: ARIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Trivial"

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 larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
• Words that mean the same thing: secondary, fiddling, lower-ranking
• The opposite would be: grand larceny
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PETTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. "Not for me""

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: IPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. ___ Tour"

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: PGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Lag behind / Weak"

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: TRAIL/FRAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Transmission repair franchise"

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: AAMCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Renaissance Faire adjective"

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: OLDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Lollygag"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Boris Johnson's alma mater"

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!
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  The answer is: ETON

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Clue 21 Down: "33. Traffic lights you can't go through"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: red, Marxist, Bolshevik
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Nabokov title character"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Nonprimate with fingerprints that are nearly identical to a human's"

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: KOALABEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Bay window"

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 projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
• Words that mean the same thing: oriel window
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORIEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. One of two options in five squares in this puzzle"

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 not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
• Words that mean the same thing: assumed, faithlessly, imitation
• The opposite would be: true
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FALSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Snitched / Throw in the cards"

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: TOLD/FOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Jamie of "M*A*S*H""

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: FARR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Backsplash installer"

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

  The answer is: TILER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Attacks a job with gusto"

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: HASATIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Nielsen of "The Naked Gun""

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: LESLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Caterpillar roll ingredient"

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 fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Lay to rest / Deduce"

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: INTER/INFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Tannery product"

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 leather with a napped surface
• Words that mean the same thing: suede leather, suede cloth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Green-lights"

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 an endorsement
• Words that mean the same thing: okey, approve, sanction
• The opposite would be: disapprove
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OKAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Zesty flavors / Part of a Dracula costume"

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: TANGS/FANGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Country with the largest population of vegetarians"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic in the asian subcontinent in southern asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1947
• Words that mean the same thing: Bharat, Republic of India
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Pen"

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 an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
• Words that mean the same thing: batting cage, coop, John Milton Cage Jr.
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. "Pygmalion" author's monogram"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
• Words that mean the same thing: Gi, Gb, gigabit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Darn, 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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Words that mean the same thing: stitch, tailor-make, tailor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. Land-bound bird"

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 of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
• Words that mean the same thing: Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "65. Glasgow-to-London dir."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the compass point midway between south and southeast
• Words that mean the same thing: south southeast, sou'-sou'-east
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	58	72.5%
Short Answer	16	20.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.5%
Sports	2	2.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.2%
Geography	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	80
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	21 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: September 13, 2025 at 01:37 PM