July 31, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (33 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 31, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. 1/16 of a cup: Abbr.	4
2A	5. Something to drool over?	3
3A	8. Mr. of detective fiction	4
4A	12. Ghostly, say	5
5A	13. Suffix with acetyl	3
6A	14. "Scrubs" nurse married to Dr. Turk	5
7A	16. "Arr, matey! So ye seek buried treasure to fill yer ship's hull? Well, the first clue is easy. Just ___"	15
8A	19. Muscleman with a mohawk	3
9A	20. Clip	5
10A	21. Wintry chill	3
11A	22. "At yer next clue already? Then off to the races! Now turn toward the dawn and go ___"	15
12A	27. Portfolio options, for short	4
13A	28. Venmo transfer, e.g.	5
14A	29. Member of a raiding party	8
15A	33. Like universal recipients	6
16A	36. "Dies ___" (hymn)	4
17A	37. Marauder's tool	3
18A	39. Vagabond	4
19A	40. Like an American in Paris	6
20A	43. Companywide info-sharing system	8
21A	46. Dennis of "The Alamo"	5
22A	48. Pond swimmer	4
23A	49. "Aye, the treasure be heavy, so flex yer biceps! With this third clue, turn right and go ___"	15
24A	55. Folk rocker DiFranco	3
25A	56. Singer Black	5
26A	57. 1930s Depression-fighting org.	3
27A	58. "'X' marks the spot! Grab a spade! Dance a jig! Here's the very last clue. Proceed ___"	15
28A	63. ___ York (biggest city in los Estados Unidos)	5
29A	64. Farm female	3
30A	65. Grab, as booty	5
31A	66. H.S. exam	4
32A	67. Sound from a punctured tire	3
33A	68. Schlep	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. 1/16 of a cup: 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: TBSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Something to drool over?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that top part of an apron; covering the chest
• Words that mean the same thing: tipple
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Mr. of detective fiction"

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: MOTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Ghostly, say"

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 suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
• Words that mean the same thing: eery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Suffix with acetyl"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "14. "Scrubs" nurse married to Dr. Turk"

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: CARLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. "Arr, matey! So ye seek buried treasure to fill yer ship's hull? Well, the first clue is easy. Just ___""

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: STARTATTHESKULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Muscleman with a mohawk"

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: MRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Clip"

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 (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
• Words that mean the same thing: fleece
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Wintry chill"

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 small drink of liquor
• Words that mean the same thing: coolness, clip, pinch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "At yer next clue already? Then off to the races! Now turn toward the dawn and go ___""

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: EASTTWELVEPACES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Portfolio options, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: ire, Irish Republican Army, Provos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Venmo transfer, e.g."

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: ECASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Member of a raiding party"

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 member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
• Words that mean the same thing: ranger
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMMANDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Like universal recipients"

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: TYPEAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. "Dies ___" (hymn)"

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: IRAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Marauder's tool"

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 edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• Words that mean the same thing: ax
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Vagabond"

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 disreputable vagrant
• Words that mean the same thing: bum, tramp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Like an American in Paris"

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

  The answer is: ABROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Companywide info-sharing system"

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 restricted computer network; a private network created using world wide web software
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTRANET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. Dennis of "The Alamo""

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: QUAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "48. Pond swimmer"

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 blue-green color or pigment
• Words that mean the same thing: blue-green, blue green, cyan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. "Aye, the treasure be heavy, so flex yer biceps! With this third clue, turn right and go ___""

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: SOUTHSEVENSTEPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "55. Folk rocker DiFranco"

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

  The answer is: ANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "56. Singer Black"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CLINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. 1930s Depression-fighting 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 a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "58. "'X' marks the spot! Grab a spade! Dance a jig! Here's the very last clue. Proceed ___""

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: WESTFIVETHENDIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "63. ___ York (biggest city in los Estados Unidos)"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: NUEVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "64. Farm female"

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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "65. Grab, as booty"

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 take hold of; grab
• Words that mean the same thing: sequester, capture, attach
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "66. H.S. exam"

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: PSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "67. Sound from a punctured tire"

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 independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service
• Words that mean the same thing: USSS, US Secret Service, Secret Service
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "68. Schlep"

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

  The answer is: TOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 31, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Colorful aquarium swimmer	5
2D	2. Babysitters' banes	5
3D	3. Francis Drake, for one	3
4D	4. Pirate's parrot, e.g.	3
5D	5. Where the National Institutes of Health is headquartered	8
6D	6. It's gathered during recon	5
7D	7. "Act your age!"	6
8D	8. Roast V.I.P.s	3
9D	9. ___ Island (storied site of buried treasure)	3
10D	10. Officer's baton	9
11D	11. Skateboarding maneuver	5
12D	12. Salinger heroine	4
13D	15. Swiss range	4
14D	17. City on the Nile	5
15D	18. Build	5
16D	23. Preschool punishment	7
17D	24. Refrain syllable	3
18D	25. Settle up	3
19D	26. It covers a lot of ground	7
20D	29. Surveillance org.	3
21D	30. Magic 8 Ball, e.g.	3
22D	31. French noblemen or noblewomen	9
23D	32. Commercial lead-in to Clean	3
24D	34. Honest ___	3
25D	35. Spam generator	3
26D	38. Diplomatic arrangements	8
27D	41. "That's the spot!"	3
28D	42. Things hurled at the Olympics	5
29D	44. Like John Tyler, among all U.S. presidents	5
30D	45. Univ. dorm supervisors	3
31D	47. Looks closely (into)	6
32D	49. Cut into planks, say	4
33D	50. Best	5
34D	51. Metric that determines YouTube success	5
35D	52. Stop seeing each other	5
36D	53. Pirate's booty, say	5
37D	54. Wise	4
38D	59. Fed. electricity provider since 1933	3
39D	60. "___ chance!"	3
40D	61. D.C. winter hrs.	3
41D	62. Prefix with Latin or Luddite	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. Colorful aquarium swimmer"

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

  The answer is: TETRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Babysitters' banes"

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 very troublesome child
• Words that mean the same thing: little terror, terror, holy terror
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Francis Drake, for one"

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

  The answer is: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Pirate's parrot, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: favorite, favourite, dearie
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Where the National Institutes of Health is headquartered"

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: BETHESDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. It's gathered during recon"

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: INTEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Act your age!""

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 behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
• Words that mean the same thing: comport, conduct, deport
• The opposite would be: misbehave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEHAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Roast V.I.P.s"

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 one million periods per second
• Words that mean the same thing: Mc, MHz, megahertz
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ Island (storied site of buried treasure)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
• Words that mean the same thing: oak 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: OAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Officer's baton"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a short stout club used primarily by policemen
• Words that mean the same thing: billystick, billy, nightstick
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUNCHEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Skateboarding maneuver"

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: OLLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Salinger heroine"

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: ESME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Swiss range"

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 14 Down: "17. City on the Nile"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ancient city on the nile in egypt; two dams across the nile have been built nearby
• Words that mean the same thing: Assuan, Assouan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASWAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Build"

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 construct, build, or erect
• Words that mean the same thing: set up, rear, put up
• The opposite would be: level, unerect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Preschool punishment"

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: TIMEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Refrain syllable"

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: TRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Settle up"

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 something that remunerates
• Words that mean the same thing: salary, devote, pay up
• The opposite would be: default
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. It covers a lot of ground"

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 mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing
• Words that mean the same thing: mineral pitch
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASPHALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Surveillance 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 agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
• Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence 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: CIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Magic 8 Ball, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: revolve, orbit, ball
• The 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 22 Down: "31. French noblemen or noblewomen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
• Words that mean the same thing: marquee, marquess, marquis
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARQUISES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Commercial lead-in to Clean"

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: OXI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Honest ___"

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: ABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Spam generator"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Diplomatic arrangements"

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 an informal alliance between countries
• Words that mean the same thing: entente, entente cordiale
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTENTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. "That's the spot!""

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

  The answer is: AAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Things hurled at the Olympics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
• Words that mean the same thing: discus, saucer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Like John Tyler, among all U.S. presidents"

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 tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
• Words that mean the same thing: one-tenth, ten percent, tenth part
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Univ. dorm supervisors"

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 network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 88, RA, Re
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Looks closely (into)"

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 excavation; usually a quarry or mine
• Words that mean the same thing: dig, turn over, delve
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Cut into planks, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cut with a saw
• Words that mean the same thing: saw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Best"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Metric that determines YouTube success"

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 way of regarding situations or topics etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: see, consider, vista
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Stop seeing each other"

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: ENDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Pirate's booty, say"

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 something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
• Words that mean the same thing: dirty money, booty, pry
• The opposite would be: disesteem, disrespect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Wise"

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 mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
• Words that mean the same thing: salvia, sage-green
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Fed. electricity provider since 1933"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. "___ chance!""

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 soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
• Words that mean the same thing: rich, flesh out, avoirdupois
• The opposite would be: leanness, thin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. D.C. winter hrs."

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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "62. Prefix with Latin or Luddite"

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 (used as a combining form) recent or new
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	41	55.4%
Short Answer	24	32.4%
Geography	3	4.1%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	74
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 Wednesday, 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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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
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• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (41 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

NYT Tuesday Crossword Across Clues - October 01, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Travel aimlessly	4
2A	5. Melville captain	4
3A	9. Credit alternative	5
4A	14. ___-Defamation League	4
5A	15. ___ gras	4
6A	16. Loud public argument	5
7A	17. Device for tapping groundwater	9
8A	19. Lovers' rendezvous	5
9A	20. Debacle	6
10A	21. Pop hit?	3
11A	23. "Nope!"	4
12A	24. What Apple's mobile devices run on	3
13A	25. $$$ pro, for short	3
14A	27. Hippo campus?	3
15A	29. Vexation	3
16A	30. This-and-that dish	4
17A	32. In disguise for a mission	10
18A	35. This-and-that dish	4
19A	36. Only four-term prez	3
20A	37. Echelons	5
21A	38. Period after a championship	9
22A	42. Sky hue	5
23A	45. Seabird of colder climes	3
24A	46. Singer Eartha	4
25A	50. What's hung on a clothesline	10
26A	53. Don't go	4
27A	54. Kitchen counter crawler	3
28A	55. General whose orders are sometimes carried out?	3
29A	56. "Plot twist!"	3
30A	58. "How you livin'?"	3
31A	59. Midmonth occasion	4
32A	61. Some party hirees, for short	3
33A	63. Not perfectly round	6
34A	65. They may protect diamonds	5
35A	67. They usually attract (not in this puzzle, though)	9
36A	69. Visually assess	5
37A	70. Weirdo	4
38A	71. "Dibs!"	4
39A	72. Papa	5
40A	73. Airport approximations: Abbr.	4
41A	74. Part of BFF	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. Travel aimlessly"

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

  The answer is: ROAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Melville captain"

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 according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th century bc)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Credit alternative"

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 accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
• Words that mean the same thing: debit entry
• The opposite would be: credit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. ___-Defamation League"

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 person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• The opposite would be: pro
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ gras"

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: FOIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Loud public argument"

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 place where some action occurs
• Words that mean the same thing: panorama, shot, view
• The 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 7 Across: "17. Device for tapping groundwater"

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: WELLDRILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Lovers' rendezvous"

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 date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
• Words that mean the same thing: assignation, rendezvous
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRYST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Debacle"

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 sudden and violent collapse
• Words that mean the same thing: debacle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIASCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Pop hit?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. "Nope!""

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: UHUH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. What Apple's mobile devices run on"

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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
• Words that mean the same thing: Io
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. $$$ pro, 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 an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Words that mean the same thing: certified public accountant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Hippo campus?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
• Words that mean the same thing: menagerie, zoological garden
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Vexation"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: anger, wrath, ira
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. This-and-that dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: lather, swither, fret
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. In disguise for a mission"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
• Words that mean the same thing: cloak-and-dagger, clandestine, underground
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNDERCOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. This-and-that dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
• Words that mean the same thing: hasheesh, hashish, haschisch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Only four-term prez"

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 32nd president of the united states; elected four times; instituted new deal to counter the great depression and led country during world war ii (1882-1945)
• Words that mean the same thing: F. D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President Roosevelt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Echelons"

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 relative position or degree of value in a graded group
• Words that mean the same thing: grade, tier, level
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Period after a championship"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Sky hue"

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 light shade of blue
• Words that mean the same thing: sapphire, lazuline, cerulean
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AZURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Seabird of colder climes"

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 black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Singer Eartha"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. What's hung on a clothesline"

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: WETLAUNDRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Don't go"

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 continuing or remaining in a place or state
• Words that mean the same thing: hitch, stoppage, remain
• The opposite would be: change, depart
• 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 27 Across: "54. Kitchen counter crawler"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. General whose orders are sometimes carried out?"

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 29 Across: "56. "Plot twist!""

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. "How you livin'?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small amount of liquid food
• Words that mean the same thing: swallow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Midmonth occasion"

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 in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Some party hirees, 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 person who announces and plays popular recorded music
• Words that mean the same thing: dj, disc jockey, DJ
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DJS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Not perfectly round"

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 lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
• Words that mean the same thing: pumpkin-shaped
• The opposite would be: prolate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBLATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. They may protect diamonds"

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 waterproofed canvas
• Words that mean the same thing: tarp, tarpaulin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. They usually attract (not in this puzzle, though)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
• Words that mean the same thing: opponent, opposite word, opposite
• The opposite would be: synonym
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPPOSITES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Visually assess"

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: EYEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. Weirdo"

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 someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
• Words that mean the same thing: odd man out, queer bird, odd fish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. "Dibs!""

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 excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "72. Papa"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Words that mean the same thing: dada, pa, pop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DADDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "73. Airport approximations: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
• Words that mean the same thing: explosive trace detection, ETD
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "74. Part of BFF"

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 supreme effort one can make
• Words that mean the same thing: unspoiled, expert, comfortably
• The opposite would be: worst, bad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEST

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - October 01, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Sashimi, e.g.	7
2D	2. The slightest amount	7
3D	3. Map books	7
4D	4. "Cool" amounts	4
5D	5. Updo styled with an elastic band	8
6D	6. ___ polloi	3
7D	7. Is down with something	4
8D	8. Its capital is Belmopan	6
9D	9. Spring forward/fall back inits.	3
10D	10. Beigeish shade	4
11D	11. Fans of singer Knowles, collectively	7
12D	12. Actuary's employer	7
13D	13. Holds in place	7
14D	18. 700, in ancient Rome	3
15D	22. Word before "favor" or "ejemplo"	3
16D	26. No ifs, ___ or buts	4
17D	28. Prefix meaning "eight"	4
18D	31. Fingerprint shape	5
19D	33. Really not look forward to	5
20D	34. Sounds from a sty	5
21D	39. Abbr. between two singers' names	4
22D	40. Surrounding glow	4
23D	41. Signature shots of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8
24D	42. Looked forward to	7
25D	43. One-named star of HBO's "Euphoria"	7
26D	44. Said aloud	7
27D	47. "Dead even!"	7
28D	48. Loses slack	7
29D	49. Prepare for printing	7
30D	51. Amer. currency	3
31D	52. "Seriously!"	6
32D	57. Crunches work them	3
33D	60. Tater	4
34D	62. Help out, as a bench-presser	4
35D	64. Partner for life	4
36D	66. Do recon	3
37D	68. Rocket's escape vessel	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. Sashimi, e.g."

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: RAWFISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. The slightest amount"

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: ONEIOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Map books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
• Words that mean the same thing: book of maps, map collection, atlas
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATLASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Cool" amounts"

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 cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
• Words that mean the same thing: mil, mile, cc
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Updo styled with an elastic band"

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: AFROPUFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ polloi"

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: HOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Is down with something"

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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: ail, trouble, pain
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Its capital is Belmopan"

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 a country on the northeastern coast of central america on the caribbean; formerly under british control
• Words that mean the same thing: British Honduras
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Spring forward/fall back inits."

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: DST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Beigeish shade"

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

  The answer is: ECRU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Fans of singer Knowles, collectively"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: BEYHIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Actuary's employer"

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 a financial institution that sells insurance
• Words that mean the same thing: insurance firm, insurance company, insurance underwriter
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSURER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Holds in place"

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 restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: tether, leash, lead
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TETHERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. 700, in ancient Rome"

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: DCC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Word before "favor" or "ejemplo""

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: POR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. No ifs, ___ or buts"

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: ANDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Prefix meaning "eight""

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: OCTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "31. Fingerprint shape"

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 round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
• Words that mean the same thing: spiral, volute, ringlet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHORL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "33. Really not 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 fearful expectation or anticipation
• Words that mean the same thing: frightening, dreadful, fear
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DREAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. Sounds from a sty"

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 short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
• Words that mean the same thing: squeal, grunt, oink
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OINKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "39. Abbr. between two singers' names"

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 a notable achievement
• Words that mean the same thing: effort, exploit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "40. Surrounding glow"

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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• Words that mean the same thing: glory, halo, nimbus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "41. Signature shots of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"

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 helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
• Words that mean the same thing: skyhook
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKYHOOKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "42. Looked forward to"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: anticipated, expect, look
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWAITED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "43. One-named star of HBO's "Euphoria""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ZENDAYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. Said aloud"

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 articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
• Words that mean the same thing: mouth, verbalized, let loose
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTTERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "47. "Dead even!""

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: ITSATIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Loses slack"

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 become taut or tauter
• Words that mean the same thing: firm, tauten
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAUTENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Prepare for printing"

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 set in type
• Words that mean the same thing: 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: TYPESET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Amer. currency"

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: USD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. "Seriously!""

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: NOJOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "57. Crunches work them"

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 a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
• Words that mean the same thing: Av, Ab, abdominal muscle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "60. Tater"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "62. Help out, as a bench-presser"

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 point located with respect to surface features of some region
• Words that mean the same thing: speckle, situation, daub
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "64. Partner for life"

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 of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
• Words that mean the same thing: arm, tree branch, branch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "66. Do recon"

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 (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
• Words that mean the same thing: sight, undercover agent, descry
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "68. Rocket's escape vessel"

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 vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• Words that mean the same thing: seedpod, cod, seedcase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	59.0%
Short Answer	15	19.2%
History	5	6.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.1%
Abbreviation	3	3.8%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, 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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Last Updated: September 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM