June 26, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle June 26, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Spanish newborn	4
2A	5. Store offering that can be free	3
3A	8. Produce producers	5
4A	13. Complete	4
5A	14. Help around the house	4
6A	16. Sans-serif font choice	5
7A	17. HEBREWS	9
8A	19. "American ___ Warrior" (NBC competition series)	5
9A	20. Condescending sort	5
10A	21. One of the first five inductees at Cooperstown	4
11A	23. Break down	3
12A	24. WEAVER	13
13A	27. Flicked bit	3
14A	29. Go after, in a way	3
15A	30. Take it easy	4
16A	31. "What chutzpah!"	8
17A	34. "Cut that out!"	6
18A	38. Big name in snow blowers	4
19A	39. Paycheck abbr.	3
20A	41. "Holy guacamole!"	4
21A	42. Alfred Nobel and others	6
22A	45. Top with spaghetti straps	8
23A	48. Airing	4
24A	50. Little bit	3
25A	51. Sleep study stage	3
26A	52. SHERIFFS	13
27A	57. Be behind	3
28A	58. "Toy Story" boy	4
29A	59. Oldest golfer to win a P.G.A. Tour event (at 52 years 10 months)	5
30A	61. Birthing	5
31A	63. IRATE	9
32A	66. In need of a break, say	5
33A	67. Come up short	4
34A	68. Canine command usually spoken slowly in a low voice	4
35A	69. Compete in a no-blinking contest	5
36A	70. Down	3
37A	71. Insignificant	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. Spanish newborn"

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: BEBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Store offering that can be free"

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: APP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Produce producers"

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 workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
• Words that mean the same thing: farm, grow, raise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Complete"

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

  The answer is: OVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Help around the house"

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 female domestic
• Words that mean the same thing: maidservant, housemaid, maiden
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Sans-serif font choice"

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 7 Across: "17. HEBREWS"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: BEERMAKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "American ___ Warrior" (NBC competition series)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Condescending sort"

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 person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Words that mean the same thing: beak, snout, hooter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. One of the first five inductees at Cooperstown"

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: COBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Break down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dyspneic condition
• Words that mean the same thing: breathlessness, prick, motherfucker
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. WEAVER"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TRUEBELIEVERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Flicked bit"

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

  The answer is: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Go after, in a way"

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 french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
• Words that mean the same thing: action, litigate, process
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Take it easy"

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 hang loosely or laxly
• Words that mean the same thing: waste one's time, lounge around, lounge about
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. "What chutzpah!""

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: THENERVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. "Cut that out!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STOPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Big name in snow blowers"

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: TORO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Paycheck abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YTD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. "Holy guacamole!""

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: GOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Alfred Nobel and others"

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 native or inhabitant of sweden
• Words that mean the same thing: Swedish turnip, Swede, rutabaga
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Top with spaghetti straps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a short sleeveless undergarment for women
• Words that mean the same thing: underbodice
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMISOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Airing"

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: ONTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Little bit"

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 slight amount or degree of difference
• Words that mean the same thing: shade
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Sleep study stage"

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 recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. SHERIFFS"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JAZZGUITARIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Be behind"

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

  The answer is: OWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. "Toy Story" boy"

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: ANDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Oldest golfer to win a P.G.A. Tour event (at 52 years 10 months)"

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 united states golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)
• Words that mean the same thing: Samuel Jackson Snead, Sam Snead
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Birthing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
• Words that mean the same thing: lying-in, task, Department of Labor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LABOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. IRATE"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things
• Words that mean the same thing: authenticator, valuator
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APPRAISER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. In need of a break, say"

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 lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
• Words that mean the same thing: shopworn, sap, commonplace
• The opposite would be: rested, refresh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Come up short"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: recede, fall back, suffer
• The opposite would be: win, keep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Canine command usually spoken slowly in a low voice"

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 continuing or remaining in a place or state
• Words that mean the same thing: detain, outride, appease
• The opposite would be: change, move
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Compete in a no-blinking contest"

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 fixed look with eyes open wide
• Words that mean the same thing: gaze
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Insignificant"

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 small pond of standing water
• Words that mean the same thing: bare, simple
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERE

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - June 26, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Short cut	3
2D	2. Special holiday periods	4
3D	3. Empathetic comment	9
4D	4. What autocorrect corrects	5
5D	5. College athlete, e.g.	7
6D	6. Land east of Iran: Abbr.	3
7D	7. One-___ (modest bathing attire)	5
8D	8. Part of an auto engine	7
9D	9. Melber of MSNBC	3
10D	10. Light wash	5
11D	11. Something a college junior has that a freshman usually doesn't	5
12D	12. Big hunks	5
13D	15. Whimsically witty	5
14D	18. Clicking device	5
15D	22. Bits of writing often accompanied by headshots	4
16D	25. Group of quail	4
17D	26. Some recurring YouTube journals	5
18D	27. Figures on USA's "Suits": Abbr.	4
19D	28. Third place	4
20D	32. Help for pulling an all-nighter	5
21D	33. And the like: Abbr.	3
22D	35. What connoisseurs don't have, by definition	9
23D	36. Key with a chain, maybe	4
24D	37. The enemy	4
25D	40. Help in supporting (or refuting) a hunch	4
26D	43. "Get ready!"	7
27D	44. Knock for a loop	4
28D	46. Shade akin to rust	7
29D	47. ___ Menzel, Tony-winning actress for "Wicked"	5
30D	49. Author of "Burr" and "Lincoln"	5
31D	52. Sudden shocks	5
32D	53. Look forward to	5
33D	54. Two-tone beast that sleeps standing up	5
34D	55. Printed slips	5
35D	56. Great shakes?	5
36D	60. Precious	4
37D	62. Contraction in "Jingle Bells"	3
38D	64. Spot for a good cause, for short	3
39D	65. Whiskey choice	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. Short cut"

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 former monetary unit in great britain
• Words that mean the same thing: curtsy, bobfloat, bobsleigh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Special holiday periods"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: Eve, eventide, evening
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Empathetic comment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEENTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. What autocorrect corrects"

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 wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• Words that mean the same thing: misplay, wrongdoing, erroneous belief
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERROR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. College athlete, e.g."

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 someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
• Words that mean the same thing: unpaid, recreational, inexpert
• The opposite would be: professional
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMATEUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Land east of Iran: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. One-___ (modest bathing attire)"

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 separate part of a whole
• Words that mean the same thing: small-arm, assemble, spell
• The opposite would be: disassemble
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIECE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Part of an auto engine"

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: FANBELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Melber of MSNBC"

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: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Light wash"

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 liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
• Words that mean the same thing: gargle, rinsing, rinse off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RINSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Something a college junior has that a freshman usually doesn't"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a commissioned military officer in the united states army or air force or marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
• Words that mean the same thing: John R. Major, John Roy Major, John Major
• The opposite would be: minor
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAJOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Big hunks"

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 block consisting of a thick piece of something
• Words that mean the same thing: slab
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Whimsically witty"

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 comical in an odd or whimsical manner
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Clicking device"

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 any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Words that mean the same thing: pussyfoot, sneak, black eye
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Bits of writing often accompanied by headshots"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Group of quail"

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

  The answer is: BEVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Some recurring YouTube journals"

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: VLOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Figures on USA's "Suits": Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Third place"

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 publicly exhibiting or entertaining
• Words that mean the same thing: display, show up, evidence
• The opposite would be: disprove, hide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Help for pulling an all-nighter"

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: NODOZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. And the like: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. What connoisseurs don't have, by definition"

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: POORTASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Key with a chain, maybe"

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 small island
• Words that mean the same thing: islet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. The enemy"

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: THEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Help in supporting (or refuting) a hunch"

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 collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Words that mean the same thing: information, data point, datum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. "Get ready!""

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: ENGARDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Knock for a loop"

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 make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
• Words that mean the same thing: bedaze, stupefy, sandbag
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Shade akin to rust"

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: MARSRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. ___ Menzel, Tony-winning actress for "Wicked""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IDINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Author of "Burr" and "Lincoln""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states writer (born in 1925)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eugene Luther Vidal, Gore Vidal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIDAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Sudden shocks"

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 sudden jarring impact
• Words that mean the same thing: jerk, jerking, jolt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOLTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Look forward to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that look forward to the probable occurrence of
• Words that mean the same thing: look, wait, expect
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWAIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Two-tone beast that sleeps standing up"

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 several fleet black-and-white striped african equines
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZEBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Printed slips"

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 mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
• Words that mean the same thing: misprint, typographical error, literal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYPOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Great shakes?"

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 shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
• Words that mean the same thing: temblor, quake, earthquake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Precious"

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 beloved person; used as terms of endearment
• Words that mean the same thing: pricy, love, darling
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Contraction in "Jingle Bells""

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: OER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Spot for a good cause, 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 protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. Whiskey choice"

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 seed of the cereal grass
• Words that mean the same thing: rye whiskey, Secale cereale, rye whisky
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	72.4%
Short Answer	12	15.8%
Abbreviation	5	6.6%
History	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

June 11, 2020 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Something cut by a lapidary	3
2A	4. Lineup at a truck stop	4
3A	8. Stunned, in a way	5
4A	13. There was much of it in Shakespeare	3
5A	14. Head of Harpo Productions	5
6A	16. Conscious	5
7A	17. Cry of disgust	3
8A	18. Relative of a raccoon	5
9A	19. Many eyes are upon it, informally	5
10A	20. With 22-Across, mid-20th-century giant in 59-/62-Across	11
11A	22. See 20-Across	15
12A	24. Appear that way	6
13A	26. Direction in España	4
14A	27. Bag, in commercialese	3
15A	30. Port in southern Italy	4
16A	32. Secret knowledge	6
17A	34. Counted toward the totality of	9
18A	39. Turns (off)	5
19A	40. Things exchanged between brides and grooms	4
20A	41. Hit for 20-/22-Across (1969 or 1977)	5
21A	43. About half of a regular soccer field	4
22A	44. William and Mary, e.g.	5
23A	46. Flag	9
24A	48. Coffers	6
25A	50. "Haughty Juno's unrelenting ___": Aeneid	4
26A	51. Old TV knob abbr.	3
27A	52. On	4
28A	55. Adjusts one's sight	6
29A	59. With 62-Across, see 20-Across	7
30A	62. See 59-Across	5
31A	63. Shade of blue	5
32A	65. Martin Luther King Jr. had one	5
33A	67. Fill for a schooner	3
34A	68. Actor who was People magazine's 1992 Sexiest Man Alive	5
35A	69. Cabinet department	5
36A	70. ___ Arbor	3
37A	71. Pastime for Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin	5
38A	72. Tore	4
39A	73. Soft component of fleece?	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. Something cut by a lapidary"

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 art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
• Words that mean the same thing: gemstone, stone, precious stone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Lineup at a truck stop"

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

  The answer is: RIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Stunned, in a way"

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: TASED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. There was much of it in Shakespeare"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: bustle, flurry, 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 5 Across: "14. Head of Harpo Productions"

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: OPRAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Conscious"

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

  The answer is: AWAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Cry of disgust"

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: FEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Relative of a raccoon"

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 omnivorous mammal of central america and south america
• Words that mean the same thing: coon cat, Nasua narica, coati-mondi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COATI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Many eyes are upon it, informally"

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 an edible tuber native to south america; a staple food of ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: Irish potato, murphy, white potato
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. With 22-Across, mid-20th-century giant in 59-/62-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: FRANK/ELVIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. See 20-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: SINATRA/PRESLEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Appear that way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEEMTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Direction in España"

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: ESTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Bag, in commercialese"

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: SAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Port in southern Italy"

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 capital city of the apulia region on the adriatic coast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Secret knowledge"

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 information known only to a special group
• Words that mean the same thing: secret, arcanum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Counted toward the totality of"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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: FIGUREDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Turns (off)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
• Words that mean the same thing: keep out, shut, exclude
• The opposite would be: admit, open
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Things exchanged between brides and grooms"

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 an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• Words that mean the same thing: Ido
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Hit for 20-/22-Across (1969 or 1977)"

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: MYWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. About half of a regular soccer field"

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 unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
• Words that mean the same thing: Accho, Akka, Akko
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. William and Mary, 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 verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
• Words that mean the same thing: gens, refer, key
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Flag"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: LOSESTEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Coffers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
• Words that mean the same thing: chest, chest of drawers, pectus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. "Haughty Juno's unrelenting ___": Aeneid"

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 emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
• Words that mean the same thing: detest, hatred
• The opposite would be: love
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Old TV knob abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. On"

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

  The answer is: ATOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Adjusts one's sight"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REAIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. With 62-Across, see 20-Across"

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 regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
• Words that mean the same thing: pop, democratic
• The opposite would be: unpopular
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POPULAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. See 59-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
• Words that mean the same thing: euphony, medicine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUSIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Shade of blue"

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 sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
• Words that mean the same thing: purple, regal, royal stag
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROYAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Martin Luther King Jr. had one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: woolgather, pipe dream, aspiration
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DREAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Fill for a schooner"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Actor who was People magazine's 1992 Sexiest Man Alive"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOLTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Cabinet department"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
• Words that mean the same thing: Department of State, United States Department of State, state of matter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. ___ Arbor"

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: ANN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Pastime for Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin"

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 weedy annual native to europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
• Words that mean the same thing: chess game, Bromus secalinus, cheat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "72. Tore"

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 move faster
• Words that mean the same thing: cannonball along, rush along, accelerate
• The opposite would be: decelerate, linger
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "73. Soft component of fleece?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: CEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle June 11, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Blunders	6
2D	2. First woman to receive her own New York City ticker-tape parade (1926)	6
3D	3. Native Arizonan	6
4D	4. Moon or Mercury	8
5D	5. N.Y.S.E. debut	3
6D	6. Understand	5
7D	7. Spoof	6
8D	8. Secret spillers	8
9D	9. Conscious	5
10D	10. Thai dip	10
11D	11. Squeeze (out)	3
12D	12. German "the"	3
13D	15. Duncan ___	5
14D	21. Some clouds	8
15D	23. Old film dog	4
16D	25. Western city known as "Family City U.S.A."	4
17D	28. Bone cavities	5
18D	29. Casey of "American Top 40"	5
19D	31. Bit of bucolic verse	4
20D	33. Country house	7
21D	34. Small songbird	5
22D	35. Where to find an American in Moscow?	5
23D	36. 1960s TV character who often said "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"	9
24D	37. ___ Jima	3
25D	38. First automaker to offer seatbelts as an option (1949)	4
26D	42. Coin collector's interest	4
27D	45. Beans and rice	7
28D	47. Like some glasses	7
29D	49. Alphabet trio	3
30D	53. Ford contemporary	4
31D	54. Line on an auto shop invoice	5
32D	56. One spared by God in a Bible story	5
33D	57. Who wrote, in a classic children's book, "It is hard to be brave ... when you're only a Very Small Animal"	5
34D	58. Something that might be stolen while a crowd watches?	5
35D	60. Supply for General Mills	4
36D	61. Garner	4
37D	63. G.O.P. grp.	3
38D	64. Cry of awe	3
39D	66. Disposed of, in a way	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. Blunders"

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 socially awkward or tactless act
• Words that mean the same thing: gaucherie, faux pas, solecism
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAFFES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. First woman to receive her own New York City ticker-tape parade (1926)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the english channel (1906-2003)
• Words that mean the same thing: Gertrude Ederle, Gertrude Caroline Ederle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDERLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Native Arizonan"

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 member of the north american indian people formerly living in the colorado river valley in arizona and nevada and california
• Words that mean the same thing: Mohave Desert, Mojave, Mojave Desert
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOHAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Moon or Mercury"

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: ROCKSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. N.Y.S.E. debut"

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 corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
• Words that mean the same thing: initial public offering, initial offering
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Understand"

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 understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
• Words that mean the same thing: grok, clutch, appreciation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Spoof"

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 witty language used to convey insults or scorn; ; ; --jonathan swift
• Words that mean the same thing: sarcasm, irony, caustic remark
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Secret spillers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who gossips indiscreetly
• Words that mean the same thing: tattler, tattletale, blabbermouth
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATTLERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Conscious"

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 (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
• Words that mean the same thing: cognisant, cognizant, mindful
• The opposite would be: unaware, unmindful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Thai dip"

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: SATAYSAUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Squeeze (out)"

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: EKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. German "the""

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 denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
• Words that mean the same thing: five hundred, d, 500
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Duncan ___"

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: HINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Some clouds"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dark grey cloud bearing rain
• Words that mean the same thing: nimbus, rain cloud, halo
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIMBUSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Old film dog"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Western city known as "Family City U.S.A.""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OREM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Bone cavities"

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 natural cavity or hollow in a bone
• Words that mean the same thing: antrum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Casey of "American Top 40""

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: KASEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Bit of bucolic verse"

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 musical composition that evokes rural life
• Words that mean the same thing: pastoral, bucolic, pastorale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Country house"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an impressive country house (or castle) in france
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHATEAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Small songbird"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FINCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Where to find an American in Moscow?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: ID, Gem State
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDAHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. 1960s TV character who often said "Surprise, surprise, surprise!""

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: GOMERPYLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. ___ Jima"

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 bloody and prolonged operation on the island of iwo jima in which american marines landed and defeated japanese defenders (february and march 1945)
• Words that mean the same thing: invasion of Iwo, Iwo Jima
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IWO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. First automaker to offer seatbelts as an option (1949)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Coin collector's interest"

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 period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
• Words that mean the same thing: yr, class, twelvemonth
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Beans and rice"

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 (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
• Words that mean the same thing: staple fibre, basic, raw material
• The opposite would be: unstaple
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAPLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Like some glasses"

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 grow out of, have roots in, originate in
• Words that mean the same thing: staunch, caulescent, halt
• The opposite would be: acaulescent, stemless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEMMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Alphabet trio"

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: STU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. Ford contemporary"

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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Words that mean the same thing: old
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Line on an auto shop invoice"

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 local environment
• Words that mean the same thing: character, component part, split 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: PARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "56. One spared by God in a Bible story"

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 (old testament) the second patriarch; son of abraham and sarah who was offered by abraham as a sacrifice to god; father of jacob and esau
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISAAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Who wrote, in a classic children's book, "It is hard to be brave ... when you're only a Very Small Animal""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english writer of stories for children (1882-1956)
• Words that mean the same thing: A. A. Milne, Alan Alexander Milne
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. Something that might be stolen while a crowd watches?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the place where some action occurs
• Words that mean the same thing: fit, tantrum, prospect
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Supply for General Mills"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• Words that mean the same thing: oat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Garner"

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 gather, as of natural products
• Words that mean the same thing: draw, harvest, glean
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. G.O.P. grp."

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: RNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Cry of awe"

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

  The answer is: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "66. Disposed of, in a way"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: consume, feed, run through
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	66.7%
Short Answer	15	19.2%
History	3	3.8%
Geography	3	3.8%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 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!

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Last Updated: September 24, 2025 at 03:21 PM