February 25, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (35 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

February 25, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Polio vaccine developer Salk	5
2A	6. The "S" of S.U.V.	5
3A	11. Glasgow gal	4
4A	15. Get in touch with	5
5A	16. Mistake	5
6A	17. From the start	4
7A	18. Connected set of rooms in a hotel	5
8A	19. Frank ___, Al Capone henchman	5
9A	20. "Veni, ___, vici"	4
10A	21. International competition for countries that boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics [Texas]	15
11A	24. "Quite true"	6
12A	25. Edmonton's hockey team	6
13A	26. Theme of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Do the Right Thing"	6
14A	29. Jazzy Fitzgerald	4
15A	30. Sphere	3
16A	31. 45 1/2-carat gem at the National Museum of Natural History [Rhode Island]	11
17A	38. Time in Boston when it's midnight in Austin	5
18A	41. Impose, as a tax	4
19A	42. Shopping binge	5
20A	43. QB's downfield throw [Wisconsin]	11
21A	46. Michael of "S.N.L."	3
22A	47. ___-Ball (carnival attraction)	4
23A	48. Corsage flower	6
24A	51. Growth on a tree	6
25A	54. Place for tugboats	6
26A	57. Companies that have big market shares [Utah]	15
27A	61. Drug cop	4
28A	62. Helped out	5
29A	63. Preliminary races	5
30A	65. Furry critter in "Return of the Jedi"	4
31A	66. Vehicle with 18 tyres, maybe	5
32A	67. Sleep problem	5
33A	68. Pols with a donkey party logo	4
34A	69. With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue	5
35A	70. See 69-Across	5

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. Polio vaccine developer Salk"

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: JONAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. The "S" of S.U.V."

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 active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
• Words that mean the same thing: skylark, athletics, fun
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Glasgow gal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Get in touch with"

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 limits within which something can be effective
• Words that mean the same thing: turn over, get hold of, extend to
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Mistake"

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 wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• Words that mean the same thing: computer error, wrongdoing, mistake
• The 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 6 Across: "17. From the start"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that again but in a new or different way
• Words that mean the same thing: afresh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Connected set of rooms in a hotel"

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 musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
• Words that mean the same thing: rooms, entourage, cortege
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Frank ___, Al Capone henchman"

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: NITTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. "Veni, ___, vici""

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: VIDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. International competition for countries that boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics [Texas]"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: FRIENDSHIPGAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. "Quite true""

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: ITISSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Edmonton's hockey team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a worker who oils engines or machinery
• Words that mean the same thing: oil tanker, oil well, tanker
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OILERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Theme of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Do the Right Thing""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
• Words that mean the same thing: racial discrimination, racialism
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Jazzy Fitzgerald"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Sphere"

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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: globe, ball, eyeball
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. 45 1/2-carat gem at the National Museum of Natural History [Rhode Island]"

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: HOPEDIAMOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Time in Boston when it's midnight in Austin"

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: ONEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "41. Impose, as a tax"

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 charge imposed and collected
• Words that mean the same thing: levy en masse, raise, recruit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Shopping binge"

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 brief indulgence of your impulses
• Words that mean the same thing: fling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. QB's downfield throw [Wisconsin]"

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: FORWARDPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. Michael of "S.N.L.""

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: CHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. ___-Ball (carnival attraction)"

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: SKEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Corsage flower"

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 of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
• Words that mean the same thing: orchidaceous plant
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCHID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Growth on a tree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LICHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "54. Place for tugboats"

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 sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
• Words that mean the same thing: seaport, entertain, harbour
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARBOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. Companies that have big market shares [Utah]"

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: INDUSTRYLEADERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "61. Drug cop"

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 lawman concerned with narcotics violations
• Words that mean the same thing: narcotics agent, nark
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "62. Helped out"

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 give help or assistance; be of service
• Words that mean the same thing: help, assist, aid
• The opposite would be: unassisted
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "63. Preliminary races"

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 form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
• Words that mean the same thing: stir up, rut, warmth
• The opposite would be: anestrus, coldness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "65. Furry critter in "Return of the Jedi""

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: EWOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "66. Vehicle with 18 tyres, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
• Words that mean the same thing: camion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "67. Sleep problem"

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

  The answer is: APNEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "68. Pols with a donkey party 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: DEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "69. With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue"

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 territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
• Words that mean the same thing: submit, DoS, put forward
• The 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 35 Across: "70. See 69-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 a favorite saying of a sect or political group
• Words that mean the same thing: catchword, shibboleth, slogan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

February 25, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Upper-class members: Abbr.	3
2D	2. "Why do the French have only one egg for breakfast? Because one egg is an ___" (old joke)	4
3D	3. Brand to use "if you dare wear short shorts"	4
4D	4. When Hamlet gives his "To be, or not to be" soliloquy	6
5D	5. 500 things in a ream	6
6D	6. Transmits	5
7D	7. Strait-laced person	5
8D	8. Big name in lawn care	5
9D	9. Indian flatbread	4
10D	10. North African city in the lyrics to the "Marines' Hymn"	7
11D	11. Blobby light popular in the 1960s-'70s	8
12D	12. Japanese cartoon style	5
13D	13. Meal with the Four Questions	5
14D	14. ___ Army knife	5
15D	22. "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of ___" (Robert C. O'Brien children's book)	4
16D	23. Large lizards of the Southwest	5
17D	26. Upper part of the mouth	4
18D	27. Florence's river	4
19D	28. Person who might say "10-4, good buddy"	4
20D	29. "Grand" brand of ice cream	4
21D	32. Ye ___ Shoppe	4
22D	33. Liveliness	3
23D	34. Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"	3
24D	35. Theater sect. near the stage	4
25D	36. Fruity soda brand	4
26D	37. Homeowner's document	4
27D	39. Phrase akin to "Darn it all!"	8
28D	40. Manufactures	5
29D	44. Cars for vacationers	7
30D	45. Japanese noodles	4
31D	49. Hillary ___ Clinton	6
32D	50. Sleazeball	6
33D	51. Queued (up)	5
34D	52. Really impressed	5
35D	53. PC spinner	5
36D	54. Freshwater polyp	5
37D	55. Paying attention	5
38D	56. Change from artificial blond back to brunet, say	5
39D	58. Prison uprising	4
40D	59. Rave's partner	4
41D	60. "Leave as is," to a proofreader	4
42D	64. ___ Paulo, Brazil	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. Upper-class members: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a son who has the same first name as his father
• Words that mean the same thing: Junior, Jr, Jnr
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Why do the French have only one egg for breakfast? Because one egg is an ___" (old joke)"

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: OEUF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Brand to use "if you dare wear short shorts""

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: NAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. When Hamlet gives his "To be, or not to be" soliloquy"

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: ACTIII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. 500 things in a ream"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any broad thin expanse or surface
• Words that mean the same thing: weather sheet, sheet, sheet of paper
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHEETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Transmits"

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 cause to go somewhere
• Words that mean the same thing: institutionalise, broadcast, institutionalize
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Strait-laced person"

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: PRISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Big name in lawn care"

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: ORTHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Indian flatbread"

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: ROTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. North African city in the lyrics to the "Marines' Hymn""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Libya, Trablous, Tarabulus Ash-Sham
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIPOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Blobby light popular in the 1960s-'70s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LAVALAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Japanese cartoon style"

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 hard copal derived from an african tree
• Words that mean the same thing: Zanzibar copal, gum anime
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Meal with the Four Questions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of passover
• Words that mean the same thing: Passover supper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. ___ Army knife"

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

  The answer is: SWISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of ___" (Robert C. O'Brien children's book)"

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

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: NIMH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Large lizards of the Southwest"

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 river that rises in western new mexico and flows westward through southern arizona to become a tributary of the colorado river
• Words that mean the same thing: Gila River, Gila
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GILAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Upper part of the mouth"

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 protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
• Words that mean the same thing: cap, 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: ROOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Florence's river"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a river in central italy rising in the apennines and flowing through florence and pisa to the ligurian sea
• Words that mean the same thing: River Arno, Arno River
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Person who might say "10-4, good buddy""

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: CBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. "Grand" brand of ice cream"

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: EDYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Ye ___ Shoppe"

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 22 Down: "33. Liveliness"

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 liveliness and energy
• Words that mean the same thing: peppiness, ginger
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Longoria of "Desperate Housewives""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Theater sect. near the stage"

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: ORCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Fruity soda brand"

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: NEHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Homeowner's document"

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 legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
• Words that mean the same thing: deed of conveyance, human action, human activity
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Phrase akin to "Darn it all!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AWSHUCKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Manufactures"

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 recognizable kind
• Words that mean the same thing: draw, relieve oneself, pull in
• The opposite would be: unmake, break
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Cars for vacationers"

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 property that is leased or rented out or let
• Words that mean the same thing: renting, rental, lease
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENTALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Japanese noodles"

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: SOBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Hillary ___ Clinton"

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: RODHAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Sleazeball"

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: CREEPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Queued (up)"

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 be in line with; form a line along
• Words that mean the same thing: trace, draw, describe
• The opposite would be: unlined
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Really impressed"

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: INAWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. PC spinner"

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: CDROM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Freshwater polyp"

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 (greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
• Words that mean the same thing: Snake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYDRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Paying attention"

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 condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
• Words that mean the same thing: alive, awake, alarum
• The opposite would be: unalert
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Change from artificial blond back to brunet, say"

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: REDYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Prison uprising"

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 public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Words that mean the same thing: drunken revelry, saturnalia, roister
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. Rave's partner"

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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
• Words that mean the same thing: mouth off, harangue, blah
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. "Leave as is," to a proofreader"

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 printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "64. ___ Paulo, Brazil"

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: SAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	62	80.5%
Short Answer	4	5.2%
History	3	3.9%
Sports	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.2 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 Tuesday, 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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February 17, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

NYT Wednesday Crossword Across Clues - February 17, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Option in a classic taste test	5
2A	6. Beat out	4
3A	10. In vogue	3
4A	13. "___ moi le déluge"	5
5A	14. Greeting in an inbox	5
6A	15. Political commentator Navarro	3
7A	16. Portrayer of Carla Tortelli on "Cheers"	11
8A	18. "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" network	3
9A	19. Fraternity party container	3
10A	20. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" co-star	10
11A	22. Can alternative	3
12A	24. Squeaker or squealer	3
13A	25. Least bit	4
14A	26. Do some whining and whinging about	6
15A	28. "The Lion King" antagonists	6
16A	30. Doctor with an eponymous "slip"	5
17A	31. Bygone copies	6
18A	34. Hula hoops or fidget spinners, once	3
19A	35. Huggies, e.g.	7
20A	37. Aladdin's mischievous sidekick	3
21A	40. "No need to worry about me"	6
22A	41. Start of a toast	5
23A	43. With the circled letters and 46-Across, playground keep-away game	6
24A	46. See 43-Across	6
25A	47. Relative of a cor anglais	4
26A	48. Slugger's stat	3
27A	50. Filming locale	3
28A	51. Cause of a comedic slip	10
29A	55. Group featuring Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and Ice Cube	3
30A	57. Med. care option	3
31A	58. Where idols might be placed	11
32A	61. Actor McKellen	3
33A	62. Medal-worthy mettle	5
34A	63. Coral component	5
35A	64. General whose good name has been battered?	3
36A	65. Animals found in 16-, 20-, 35-, 51- and 58-Across	4
37A	66. Bottomless expanse	5

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. Option in a classic taste test"

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 pepsi cola is a trademarked cola
• Words that mean the same thing: Pepsi Cola
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEPSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Beat out"

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 boundary of a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: butt on, border, adjoin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. In vogue"

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 either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
• Words that mean the same thing: articulatio coxae, rose hip, hip to
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. "___ moi le déluge""

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: APRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Greeting in an inbox"

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: ECARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Political commentator Navarro"

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with 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: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Portrayer of Carla Tortelli on "Cheers""

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: RHEAPERLMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" network"

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 metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
• Words that mean the same thing: TiB, TB, tebibyte
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Fraternity party container"

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 quantity contained in a keg
• Words that mean the same thing: kegful
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" co-star"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AMANDAPEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Can alternative"

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 month following april and preceding june
• Words that mean the same thing: English hawthorn, whitethorn, Crataegus oxycantha
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Squeaker or squealer"

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 long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Words that mean the same thing: fink, puke, git
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Least bit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Do some whining and whinging about"

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 regret strongly
• Words that mean the same thing: bewail, lament, deplore
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEMOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. "The Lion King" antagonists"

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 doglike nocturnal mammal of africa and southern asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
• Words that mean the same thing: hyena, hyaena
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYENAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Doctor with an eponymous "slip""

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 austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sigmund Freud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Bygone copies"

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 rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark roneo)
• Words that mean the same thing: Roneograph, mimeograph machine, Roneo
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIMEOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Hula hoops or fidget spinners, once"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
• Words that mean the same thing: cult, furore, furor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Huggies, 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 garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
• Words that mean the same thing: diaper, nappy, napkin
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIAPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Aladdin's mischievous sidekick"

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: ABU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. "No need to worry about me""

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: IMCOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Start of a toast"

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 the present location; this place
• Words that mean the same thing: Here, Hera, here
• The opposite would be: there
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. With the circled letters and 46-Across, playground keep-away game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
• Words that mean the same thing: rascal, scamp, monkey around
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MONKEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. See 43-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area that is approximately central within some larger region
• Words that mean the same thing: centre, center, midsection
• The opposite would be: late, end
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIDDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Relative of a cor anglais"

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautboy, hautbois
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Slugger's stat"

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 run that is the result of the batter's performance
• Words that mean the same thing: run batted in
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Filming locale"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: prepare, coiffure, dictated
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Cause of a comedic slip"

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: BANANAPEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Group featuring Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and Ice Cube"

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: NWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Med. care option"

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 group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
• Words that mean the same thing: health maintenance organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Where idols might be placed"

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: ONAPEDESTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Actor McKellen"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Medal-worthy mettle"

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 qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
• Words that mean the same thing: valorousness, valour, valiancy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Coral component"

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 small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
• Words that mean the same thing: polypus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLYP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. General whose good name has been battered?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: TSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Animals found in 16-, 20-, 35-, 51- and 58-Across"

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 any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: caricature, anthropoid, ape
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Bottomless expanse"

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 bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
• Words that mean the same thing: abysm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABYSS

  Great job if you got it right!

February 17, 2021 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Place name in Monopoly	4
2D	2. Fleeting things	8
3D	3. Had drinks before going out, informally	8
4D	4. Blue expanse	3
5D	5. AOL, e.g.	3
6D	6. Stylish flair	5
7D	7. "Phooey!," only stronger	4
8D	8. ___ school	4
9D	9. ___ Turnblad, role for Divine in "Hairspray"	4
10D	10. Talk trash about	6
11D	11. Still under development	6
12D	12. "Never-ending" offerings at Olive Garden	6
13D	14. Columnist Bombeck	4
14D	17. Get paid	4
15D	21. Pizzas, e.g.	4
16D	23. Who just cracked this clue	3
17D	26. One who likes every one of your Insta posts, say	3
18D	27. Social media request	5
19D	28. 2013 title role for Scarlett Johansson	3
20D	29. Mario's dinosaur sidekick	5
21D	31. World leader with a distinctive jacket	3
22D	32. Stock market debut, for short	3
23D	33. ___ B or ___ C of the Spice Girls	3
24D	36. Standoffish	3
25D	37. With passion	8
26D	38. Metropolitan ring roads	8
27D	39. Manipulate	3
28D	40. Seller of Uppland and Ektorp sofas	4
29D	42. Proofers, for short	3
30D	43. Order from Tony Soprano, e.g.	6
31D	44. Former White House family	6
32D	45. Sharp rejection	6
33D	46. Salsa option	4
34D	48. Some auctioned autos	5
35D	49. The missing letters in _UDW_IS_ _	4
36D	52. Emmy-winning science series	4
37D	53. Take ___ (snooze)	4
38D	54. Lightish	4
39D	56. Where edelweiss grows	4
40D	59. Antipollution org.	3
41D	60. Weep audibly	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. Place name in Monopoly"

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 area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
• Words that mean the same thing: parking lot, car park, common
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Fleeting things"

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 something transitory; lasting a day
• Words that mean the same thing: ephemeron, ephemeral
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPHEMERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Had drinks before going out, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PREGAMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Blue expanse"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. AOL, e.g."

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: ISP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Stylish flair"

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 enthusiastic approval
• Words that mean the same thing: pomp, acclamation, 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: ECLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Phooey!," only stronger"

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 something of little value
• Words that mean the same thing: goddamn, red cent, beshrew
• The opposite would be: bless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAMN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. ___ school"

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 one-hundredth of a right angle
• Words that mean the same thing: alumna, alumnus, grade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ Turnblad, role for Divine in "Hairspray""

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: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Talk trash about"

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: HATEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Still under development"

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: INBETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Never-ending" offerings at Olive Garden"

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 dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
• Words that mean the same thing: pasta, alimentary paste
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Columnist Bombeck"

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: ERMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Get paid"

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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Words that mean the same thing: realize, garner, take in
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Pizzas, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
• Words that mean the same thing: Proto-Indo European, PIE, pie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Who just cracked this clue"

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: YOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. One who likes every one of your Insta posts, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Social media request"

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: ADDME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. 2013 title role for Scarlett Johansson"

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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Mario's dinosaur sidekick"

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: YOSHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. World leader with a distinctive jacket"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)
• Words that mean the same thing: Mao Tsetung, Mao Zedong, monoamine oxidase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Stock market debut, 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 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 23 Down: "33. ___ B or ___ C of the Spice Girls"

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: MEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Standoffish"

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 devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
• Words that mean the same thing: arctic, frozen, gelid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. With passion"

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 in an ardent 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: ARDENTLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Metropolitan ring roads"

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 highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
• Words that mean the same thing: bypass, beltway, ring road
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELTWAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Manipulate"

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 act of using
• Words that mean the same thing: economic consumption, expend, use of goods and services
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Seller of Uppland and Ektorp sofas"

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: IKEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Proofers, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using x-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
• Words that mean the same thing: explosive detection system, erectile dysfunction, ED
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Order from Tony Soprano, e.g."

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: MOBHIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Former White House family"

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: OBAMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Sharp rejection"

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: NONONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Salsa option"

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 moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
• Words that mean the same thing: soft, balmy, modest
• The opposite would be: intense
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Some auctioned autos"

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: REPOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. The missing letters in _UDW_IS_ _"

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 general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. Emmy-winning science series"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the 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: NOVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. Take ___ (snooze)"

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: ANAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "54. Lightish"

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 wooden strip forming part of a fence
• Words that mean the same thing: picket, blanch, wan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. Where edelweiss grows"

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 mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: alp, the Alps
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. Antipollution org."

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 independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Environmental Protection Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. Weep audibly"

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, whoreson, sobbing
• The 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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	59.0%
Short Answer	22	28.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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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