January 25, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (34 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

January 25, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Self-conscious person's exclamation	11
2A	12. Self-conscious person's question	3
3A	15. Once in a while, poetically	11
4A	16. Get the heck out of Dodge	3
5A	17. What mathematicians call a lemniscate	11
6A	18. Letters in film and the hotel business	3
7A	19. Burning feeling	5
8A	20. At birth	3
9A	21. Whole head of hair	4
10A	22. Back-combs	6
11A	24. Opposite of fortuitous	8
12A	26. Guzzles, say	5
13A	28. Musical family name from Cremona	5
14A	29. Dross	4
15A	33. Problem with live-streaming	3
16A	34. Olden land north of Anglia	6
17A	35. Chitchat	7
18A	37. Most baggy	7
19A	38. Owners of the dogs Bo and Sunny	6
20A	39. Home of the 2000 Summer Olympics: Abbr.	3
21A	40. Pistolet, par exemple	4
22A	41. Sign of spring	5
23A	42. Company Steve Jobs once owned	5
24A	44. Bit of off-season N.C.A.A. news	8
25A	46. Take a bite out of?	6
26A	51. Popular video game of 2000, with "The"	4
27A	52. Easy interview question	3
28A	53. Reason for a medal	5
29A	54. And ... that's a wrap!	3
30A	55. Fancy term for a long prison sentence	11
31A	58. Get the heck out of Dodge	3
32A	59. One-third of a literary trio	11
33A	60. Fathead	3
34A	61. Hub of Memphis night life	11

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. Self-conscious person's exclamation"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: DONTJUDGEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "12. Self-conscious person's question"

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: AMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Once in a while, poetically"

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: EVERANDANON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Get the heck out of Dodge"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Words that mean the same thing: scarper, turn tail, head for the hills
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. What mathematicians call a lemniscate"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.

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: FIGUREEIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Letters in film and the hotel business"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MGM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Burning feeling"

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

  The answer is: ANGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. At birth"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Whole head of hair"

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 long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
• Words that mean the same thing: head of hair
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Back-combs"

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 someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
• Words that mean the same thing: annoyer, loosen, cod
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Opposite of fortuitous"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ILLTIMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Guzzles, 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 soft fine feathers
• Words that mean the same thing: cut down, down feather, kill
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOWNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Musical family name from Cremona"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that italian violin maker in cremona; taught the craft to guarneri and stradivari (1596-1684)
• Words that mean the same thing: Nicolo Amati, Nicola Amati
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMATI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Dross"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
• Words that mean the same thing: dross, scoria
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Problem with live-streaming"

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 slowing down or falling behind
• Words that mean the same thing: imprison, jail, put away
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Olden land north of Anglia"

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: SCOTIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Chitchat"

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 flattery intended to persuade
• Words that mean the same thing: blabber, piffle, clack
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALAVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Most baggy"

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 not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
• Words that mean the same thing: easy, light, promiscuous
• The opposite would be: affixed, compact
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOSEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Owners of the dogs Bo and Sunny"

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 20 Across: "39. Home of the 2000 Summer Olympics: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 79, Au, Astronomical Unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Pistolet, par exemple"

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: ARME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Sign of spring"

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 small old world songbird with a reddish breast
• Words that mean the same thing: American robin, robin redbreast, Old World robin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Company Steve Jobs once owned"

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: PIXAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Bit of off-season N.C.A.A. news"

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 the act of moving something from one location to another
• Words that mean the same thing: transferee, transplant, reassign
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRANSFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Take a bite out of?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remove the fangs from
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEFANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Popular video game of 2000, with "The""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: SIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Easy interview question"

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 easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Reason for a medal"

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: heroism, valiance, valour
• The 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 29 Across: "54. And ... that's a wrap!"

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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
• Words that mean the same thing: feather boa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Fancy term for a long prison sentence"

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: DURANCEVILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Get the heck out of Dodge"

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 score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
• Words that mean the same thing: prevail, take to the woods, hightail it
• The opposite would be: idle, malfunction
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. One-third of a literary trio"

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: EMILYBRONTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Fathead"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: rear end, screw, AS
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Hub of Memphis night life"

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: BEALESTREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword January 25, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Get the grease out of	5
2D	2. Of a flock	5
3D	3. Actress Ruth of "Loving"	5
4D	4. Levels	5
5D	5. Shaken up	6
6D	6. Ravel's "Pavane Pour ___ Infante Défunte"	3
7D	7. Presidential monogram hidden in this clue	3
8D	8. Closing the gap	7
9D	9. Author of "The Condition of the Working Class in England," 1845	6
10D	10. Bris official	5
11D	11. Otolaryngologist, familiarly	3
12D	12. Where did you go?	9
13D	13. Attractive quality	9
14D	14. Instant	9
15D	21. Bubbly cocktail	6
16D	23. Arch supports	5
17D	25. ___ Tuesday (modern restaurant promotion)	4
18D	27. "What happens when language fails," per Margaret Atwood	3
19D	29. Garment made with spandex	9
20D	30. Taxing	9
21D	31. Rosa Parks and Booker T. Washington, for two	9
22D	32. Urchins	6
23D	34. "Terrible, just terrible"	5
24D	36. Fleet at a distribution center	4
25D	37. First word in Yale's motto	3
26D	39. Complete miss	7
27D	42. Middle America, symbolically	6
28D	43. Go back (to)	6
29D	45. Water park feature	5
30D	47. Preferential treatment	5
31D	48. Something worn with flare?	5
32D	49. Nick of 2019's "Angel Has Fallen"	5
33D	50. Nod at, say	5
34D	55. Nebraska senator Fischer	3
35D	56. Dec. 31	3
36D	57. "I Love Lucy" network	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. Get the grease out of"

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

  The answer is: DEFAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Of a flock"

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 of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Actress Ruth of "Loving""

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: NEGGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Levels"

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 proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Words that mean the same thing: true up, true
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Shaken up"

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 be incompatible; be or come into conflict
• Words that mean the same thing: bump around, collide, jolt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JARRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Ravel's "Pavane Pour ___ Infante Défunte""

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: UNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Presidential monogram hidden in 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: DDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Closing the gap"

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 win something through one's efforts
• Words that mean the same thing: advance, make headway, take in
• The opposite would be: reduce, lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAINING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Author of "The Condition of the Working Class in England," 1845"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that socialist who wrote the communist manifesto with karl marx in 1848 (1820-1895)
• Words that mean the same thing: Friedrich Engels
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENGELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bris official"

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: MOHEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Otolaryngologist, familiarly"

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: ENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Where did you go?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALMAMATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Attractive quality"

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 attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
• Words that mean the same thing: magnetics, magnetic force, magnetic attraction
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAGNETISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Instant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of the present time and place
• Words that mean the same thing: contiguous, quick, prompt
• The opposite would be: mediate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMMEDIATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Bubbly cocktail"

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 evergreen australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: buck's fizz, silver wattle, Acacia dealbata
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIMOSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Arch supports"

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 colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: soh, fillet of sole, colloidal solution
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. ___ Tuesday (modern restaurant promotion)"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
• Words that mean the same thing: wetback, greaser
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. "What happens when language fails," per Margaret Atwood"

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 waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• Words that mean the same thing: warfare, state of war
• The opposite would be: make peace, peace
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Garment made with spandex"

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: SPORTSBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Taxing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
• Words that mean the same thing: punishing, backbreaking, heavy
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LABORIOUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Rosa Parks and Booker T. Washington, for two"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or resident of alabama
• Words that mean the same thing: Alabaman, Alabamian
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALABAMANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Urchins"

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 (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
• Words that mean the same thing: street arab, throwaway, gamin
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAMINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. "Terrible, just terrible""

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: SOSAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Fleet at a distribution center"

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 any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
• Words that mean the same thing: new wave, van, caravan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. First word in Yale's motto"

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 unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle
• Words that mean the same thing: lx
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Complete miss"

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: AIRBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Middle America, symbolically"

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 city in central illinois on the illinois 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: PEORIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Go back (to)"

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 go back to a previous state
• Words that mean the same thing: retrovert, return, regress
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Water park feature"

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 narrow gorge with a stream running through it
• Words that mean the same thing: gulch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLUME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Preferential treatment"

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 act of gracious kindness
• Words that mean the same thing: party favour, party favor, favour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAVOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Something worn with flare?"

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 place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
• Words that mean the same thing: adjust, line up, align
• The opposite would be: skew
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Nick of 2019's "Angel Has Fallen""

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: NOLTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Nod at, 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 express greetings upon meeting someone
• Words that mean the same thing: recognize, recognise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Nebraska senator Fischer"

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 young woman making her debut into society
• Words that mean the same thing: debutante
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Dec. 31"

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: NYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. "I Love Lucy" network"

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: CBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	64.3%
Short Answer	16	22.9%
Sports	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 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 Saturday, 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
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, March 14, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - March 14, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Openness	6
2A	7. Launch	6
3A	13. State capital whose name is pronounced as one syllable (not two, as many think)	6
4A	14. Pamper	7
5A	15. What a good tip can lead to	6
6A	16. Unnamed women	8
7A	17. Activity for kids out for kicks?	8
8A	19. Dental hygienist's order	5
9A	20. ___ justice	4
10A	21. Tastes, say	7
11A	23. Chain named phonetically after its founders	5
12A	25. Refuse to go there!	4
13A	26. Green org.	4
14A	30. So-called "good cholesterol"	3
15A	31. "Ah, all right"	6
16A	33. Participant in a 1990s civil war	4
17A	34. Thai neighbor	3
18A	35. Final part of a track race	7
19A	37. It comes three after pi	3
20A	38. Member of an old Western empire	4
21A	40. Popular photo-sharing site	6
22A	41. Waiting room features	3
23A	42. Calls on	4
24A	43. Tea company owned by Unilever	4
25A	44. George W. Bush or George H. W. Bush	5
26A	46. Handout at check-in	7
27A	49. Rewards for good behavior, maybe	4
28A	50. Lumberjack	5
29A	53. Guy who's easily dismissed	8
30A	55. It's office-bound	8
31A	57. "Amscray!"	6
32A	59. "Sounds 'bout right"	7
33A	60. N.L. Central player	6
34A	61. Bouncer's confiscation	6
35A	62. Costing a great deal, informally	6

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. Openness"

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 ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
• Words that mean the same thing: candidness, candour, frankness
• The opposite would be: unfairness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANDOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Launch"

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: BOOTUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. State capital whose name is pronounced as one syllable (not two, as many think)"

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 capital of the state of south dakota; located in central south dakota on the missouri river
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of South Dakota
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIERRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Pamper"

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: CATERTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. What a good tip can lead to"

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 act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
• Words that mean the same thing: pinch, hitch, check
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Unnamed women"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JANEDOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Activity for kids out for kicks?"

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: JVSOCCER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Dental hygienist's order"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RINSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. ___ justice"

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 federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
• Words that mean the same thing: execute, fare, come
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Tastes, say"

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: HASASIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Chain named phonetically after its founders"

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: ARBYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Refuse to go there!"

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 coarse term for defecation
• Words that mean the same thing: wasteyard, knock down, waste-yard
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Green org."

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: USGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. So-called "good cholesterol""

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 lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis
• Words that mean the same thing: alpha-lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HDL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. "Ah, all right""

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: OHISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Participant in a 1990s civil war"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a slavic people who settled in serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
• Words that mean the same thing: Serbian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Thai neighbor"

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 buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
• Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Final part of a track race"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BELLLAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. It comes three after pi"

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 19th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Member of an old Western empire"

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 ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
• Words that mean the same thing: Inka, Incan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Popular photo-sharing site"

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: FLICKR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Waiting room features"

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 broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; ; - ernie kovacs
• Words that mean the same thing: idiot box, TV, television 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: TVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Calls on"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: necessitate, inquire, call for
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Tea company owned by Unilever"

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: TAZO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. George W. Bush or George H. W. Bush"

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: YALIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Handout at check-in"

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 plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEYCARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Rewards for good behavior, maybe"

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

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

  The answer is: PETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Lumberjack"

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: AXMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Guy who's easily dismissed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MRNOBODY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. It's office-bound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STENOPAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. "Amscray!""

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: BUGOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. "Sounds 'bout right""

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: IRECKON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. N.L. Central player"

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 someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
• Words that mean the same thing: beer maker
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Bouncer's confiscation"

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: FAKEID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Costing a great deal, informally"

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: SPENDY

  Great job if you got it right!

March 14, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Reconciler, for short	3
2D	2. Prized footwear introduced in 1984	10
3D	3. Chronic pain remedy	10
4D	4. Formal	6
5D	5. Around there	4
6D	6. Heave	5
7D	7. Force onto the black market, say	3
8D	8. "S.N.L." castmate of Shannon and Gasteyer	5
9D	9. Complex figure?	7
10D	10. Classic film with a game theme	4
11D	11. Neighbors of the Navajo	4
12D	12. Present	4
13D	14. Carnival bagful	11
14D	16. Informal name for a reptile that can seemingly run on water	11
15D	18. 1990 Robin Williams title role	11
16D	20. Mexico's national flower	6
17D	22. Make a delivery	5
18D	24. Blubber	3
19D	27. "Quit horsing around!"	10
20D	28. Not needing a pump	10
21D	29. Causes for censuring, maybe	6
22D	32. Glad competitor	5
23D	36. Wrench with power	3
24D	39. With disapproval or distrust	7
25D	45. Roughly 251,655 miles, for Earth's moon	6
26D	47. Ramen topping	5
27D	48. "Independents Day" author Lou	5
28D	50. "That's rich!"	4
29D	51. Bonus, in ad lingo	4
30D	52. Compliant	4
31D	54. Pat on the back	4
32D	56. Peeved	3
33D	58. Get burned	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. Reconciler, 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 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 2 Down: "2. Prized footwear introduced in 1984"

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: AIRJORDANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Chronic pain remedy"

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: NERVEBLOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Formal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in fancy clothing
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRESSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Around there"

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: ORSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Heave"

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 involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
• Words that mean the same thing: heave, vomit, throw up
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Force onto the black market, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a decree that prohibits something
• Words that mean the same thing: banish, shun, banning
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "S.N.L." castmate of Shannon and Gasteyer"

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: OTERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Complex figure?"

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 (greek mythology) a tragic king of thebes who unknowingly killed his father laius and married his mother jocasta; the subject of the drama `oedipus rex' by sophocles
• Words that mean the same thing: King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OEDIPUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Classic film with a game theme"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: TRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Neighbors of the Navajo"

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 member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
• Words that mean the same thing: Ute
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Present"

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 affected manners intended to impress others
• Words that mean the same thing: mannerism, personate, put
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Carnival bagful"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: CARAMELCORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Informal name for a reptile that can seemingly run on water"

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: JESUSLIZARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. 1990 Robin Williams title role"

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: CADILLACMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "20. Mexico's national 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 several plants of or developed from the species dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of mexico and central america and colombia
• Words that mean the same thing: Dahlia pinnata
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAHLIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Make a delivery"

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 express in speech
• Words that mean the same thing: utter, verbalize, verbalise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Blubber"

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

  The answer is: SOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. "Quit horsing around!""

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: SETTLEDOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Not needing a pump"

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: GRAVITYFED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Causes for censuring, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cruel or inhumane treatment
• Words that mean the same thing: ill-usage, revilement, ill-use
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABUSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Glad competitor"

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 (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
• Words that mean the same thing: brawny, sizeable, sizable
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEFTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Wrench with power"

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 heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
• Words that mean the same thing: lever, poke, horn 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: PRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. With disapproval or distrust"

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 (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; - elizabeth bowen
• Words that mean the same thing: squint-eyed, squinty, askant
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASKANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "45. Roughly 251,655 miles, for Earth's moon"

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 final climactic stage
• Words that mean the same thing: culmination
• The opposite would be: perigee
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APOGEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "47. Ramen topping"

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: ENOKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "48. "Independents Day" author Lou"

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: DOBBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "50. "That's rich!""

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: ASIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "51. Bonus, in ad lingo"

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: XTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "52. Compliant"

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 humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
• Words that mean the same thing: modest, mild, tame
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Pat on the back"

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 reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: bubble, belch, eruct
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BURP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "56. Peeved"

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, fuel pod, cod
• The 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!

Clue 33 Down: "58. Get burned"

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 english painter and art critic (1866-1934)
• Words that mean the same thing: small fry, nestling, tiddler
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	76.5%
Short Answer	9	13.2%
History	2	2.9%
Sports	2	2.9%
Geography	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.6 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 26, 2025 at 01:29 PM