July 09, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

July 09, 2019 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. So far	5
2A	6. Jazz style	5
3A	11. Not an exact amount: Abbr.	3
4A	14. Note from a 6-Down that might give you jitters	5
5A	15. Plains tribe	5
6A	16. To the ___ degree	3
7A	17. Experience, redundantly	11
8A	19. Opus ___	3
9A	20. Prefix with tourism	3
10A	21. Come after	5
11A	22. "Victory is mine!"	4
12A	23. Like some telephones and tires	6
13A	25. Snitch, redundantly	7
14A	28. Novelist Morrison	4
15A	29. Dark force, in Chinese philosophy	3
16A	32. Hoi polloi, with "the"	6
17A	33. Smidgen	5
18A	35. "The Highwayman" poet	5
19A	37. Angsty music genre	3
20A	38. Moolah, redundantly	9
21A	41. Automated producer of spam	3
22A	44. 5/8/1945	5
23A	45. Popeye's creator E. C. ___	5
24A	49. Spaced out mentally	6
25A	51. Track relentlessly	3
26A	53. Singer India.___	4
27A	54. Hack, redundantly	7
28A	56. F equivalent	6
29A	58. "Anybody ___?"	4
30A	59. Folgers alternative	5
31A	62. A/C meas.	3
32A	63. Word in brackets after a mistake	3
33A	64. Cottontail, redundantly	11
34A	67. Get ___ on (ace)	3
35A	68. Can't be found at the office	5
36A	69. One of 10 in bowling	5
37A	70. Pro ___	3
38A	71. Self-description after a major lifestyle change	5
39A	72. Exhorted	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. So far"

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: ASYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Jazz style"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
• Words that mean the same thing: bop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEBOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Not an exact amount: Abbr."

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 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 4 Across: "14. Note from a 6-Down that might give you jitters"

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: SEEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Plains tribe"

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 member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Words that mean the same thing: Oto, Otoe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. To the ___ degree"

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 last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Words that mean the same thing: n-th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Experience, redundantly"

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: PASTHISTORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Opus ___"

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: DEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Prefix with tourism"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Come after"

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 issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
• Words that mean the same thing: result
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENSUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "Victory is mine!""

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: IWIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Like some telephones and tires"

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 stack in cords
• Words that mean the same thing: cord, twilled
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Snitch, redundantly"

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: RATFINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Novelist Morrison"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TONI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Dark force, in Chinese philosophy"

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 dark negative feminine principle in chinese dualistic cosmology
• The opposite would be: yang
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Hoi polloi, with "the""

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 common people generally
• Words that mean the same thing: people, flock, heap
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Smidgen"

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: SKOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. "The Highwayman" poet"

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 english poet (1880-1958)
• Words that mean the same thing: Alfred Noyes
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Angsty music genre"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Moolah, redundantly"

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: CASHMONEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Automated producer of spam"

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 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 22 Across: "44. 5/8/1945"

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: VEDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Popeye's creator E. C. ___"

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: SEGAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Spaced out mentally"

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: INAFOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Track relentlessly"

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 the genus canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
• Words that mean the same thing: Canis familiaris, tail, frump
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Singer India.___"

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: ARIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Hack, redundantly"

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 car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• Words that mean the same thing: taxi, hack, cab
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAXICAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. F equivalent"

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: ESHARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. "Anybody ___?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Folgers alternative"

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: YUBAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. A/C meas."

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 unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
• Words that mean the same thing: B.Th.U., British thermal 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: BTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Word in brackets after a mistake"

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 urge to attack someone
• 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: SIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Cottontail, redundantly"

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: BUNNYRABBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Get ___ on (ace)"

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Can't be found at the office"

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: ISOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. One of 10 in bowling"

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 framework for a pair of eyeglasses
• Words that mean the same thing: border, bod, skeletal frame
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. Pro ___"

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: TEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. Self-description after a major lifestyle change"

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: NEWME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "72. Exhorted"

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 force or impel in an indicated direction
• Words that mean the same thing: root on, press, exhort
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URGED

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - July 09, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Different sides to observe	7
2D	2. Ship's galley worker	7
3D	3. "Give me a simple answer!"	7
4D	4. 911 responder, for short	3
5D	5. Giggle	5
6D	6. Head honcho	4
7D	7. Question to a backstabber	4
8D	8. Rude person in the bleachers	5
9D	9. Contraction sung twice in the first verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner"	3
10D	10. College subj. that covers Freud	3
11D	11. How train cars are linked	7
12D	12. Feminist Gloria	7
13D	13. "Really?"	7
14D	18. ___ 500	4
15D	22. Hypotheticals	3
16D	24. The "D" of D.J.	4
17D	26. "You got that right!"	4
18D	27. Shocks, in a way	5
19D	30. How many TV shows are viewed nowadays	4
20D	31. Wanderer	5
21D	34. Pandemonium	5
22D	36. Quickly change one's mind back and forth	4
23D	39. Video game giant	4
24D	40. "You got that right!"	4
25D	41. Goes for, as when bobbing for apples	7
26D	42. Like laundry being dried outdoors	7
27D	43. Subject of an I.R.S. consumer warning	7
28D	46. Potpourri	7
29D	47. Broadcast slot	7
30D	48. Said (to be)	7
31D	50. Shakespearean cry before "What, are you mad?"	3
32D	52. One of 10 in a ten-speed	4
33D	55. At this point	5
34D	57. Problem that has ballooned	5
35D	60. E pluribus ___	4
36D	61. Memory unit	4
37D	64. Recycling container	3
38D	65. Not let go to waste	3
39D	66. "I'm f-f-freezing!"	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. Different sides to observe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a distinct feature or element in a problem
• Words that mean the same thing: face, panorama, expression
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASPECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Ship's galley worker"

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: SEACOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Give me a simple answer!""

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: YESORNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. 911 responder, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Giggle"

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: TEHEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Head honcho"

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 exercises control over workers
• Words that mean the same thing: stamp, Bos, gaffer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Question to a backstabber"

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: ETTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Rude person in the bleachers"

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: BOOER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Contraction sung twice in the first verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: OER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. College subj. that covers Freud"

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: PSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. How train cars are linked"

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 on end or upright
• Words that mean the same thing: endways, end on
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDWISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Feminist Gloria"

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 united states feminist (born in 1934)
• Words that mean the same thing: Gloria Steinem
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEINEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Really?""

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: THINKSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. ___ 500"

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: INDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Hypotheticals"

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: IFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. The "D" of D.J."

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 sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
• Words that mean the same thing: phonograph recording, record, 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: DISC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. "You got that right!""

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 primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
• Words that mean the same thing: Amun, Amon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Shocks, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. How many TV shows are viewed nowadays"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INHD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Wanderer"

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 member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOMAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Pandemonium"

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 violent and needless disturbance
• Words that mean the same thing: mayhem
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAVOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Quickly change one's mind back and forth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YOYO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Video game giant"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: SEGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. "You got that right!""

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 not only so, but
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Goes for, as when bobbing for apples"

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: BITESAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Like laundry being dried outdoors"

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: ONALINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Subject of an I.R.S. consumer warning"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: TAXSCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Potpourri"

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: GRABBAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Broadcast slot"

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: AIRTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Said (to be)"

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 look on as or consider
• Words that mean the same thing: esteem, look upon, take to be
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPUTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Shakespearean cry before "What, are you mad?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. One of 10 in a ten-speed"

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 toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• Words that mean the same thing: cogwheel, gear mechanism, paraphernalia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. At this point"

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: BYNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Problem that has ballooned"

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 acronym often used by soldiers in world war ii: situation normal all fucked up
• Words that mean the same thing: fucked-up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAFU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. E pluribus ___"

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: UNUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Memory unit"

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 sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BYTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "64. Recycling container"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a container; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: binful, bank identification number, ABA transit number
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "65. Not let go to waste"

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

  The answer is: USE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "66. "I'm f-f-freezing!""

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: BRR

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	69.2%
Short Answer	16	20.5%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 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 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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July 11, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
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• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, July 11, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle July 11, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Takes out	4
2A	5. Deckhand	4
3A	9. Covertly drops a line to	4
4A	13. Make faces, perhaps	4
5A	14. Window's counterpart	5
6A	16. ___-chic (hippie-influenced style)	4
7A	17. RED ROOT	10
8A	19. Groan-inducing dice roll	4
9A	20. Note below F, perhaps?	5
10A	21. Judean king	5
11A	23. Undefined degree	3
12A	24. Certain red wine, to connoisseurs	3
13A	26. SLIP UP	8
14A	28. Kind of scenario	6
15A	31. Comfort	6
16A	32. Give a good beatin'	4
17A	33. Ornamental pond fish	3
18A	35. One of many in Jesus' crown	5
19A	37. Line of clothing	3
20A	38. DIAPER	7
21A	41. Org. whose members meet in an alley	3
22A	42. Live in a studio	5
23A	44. "___: Cyber" (2010s TV spinoff)	3
24A	45. Symbol of England	4
25A	46. Altogether	6
26A	49. Long-handled weapon	6
27A	51. WENT ON	8
28A	53. Fortune	3
29A	54. It "lives from constraints and dies from freedom," per Leonardo da Vinci	3
30A	55. Went after	5
31A	57. Tennis star Naomi	5
32A	61. "I dare you!"	4
33A	63. NAME TAG	10
34A	65. Blood moon, to some	4
35A	66. Slightly brown	5
36A	67. Old Dodge	4
37A	68. Cause of class struggle?	4
38A	69. Video file extension	4
39A	70. Handful of golfers?	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. Takes out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that kill intentionally and with premeditation
• Words that mean the same thing: murder, remove, hit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Deckhand"

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 implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
• Words that mean the same thing: swob, mop, dab
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Covertly drops a line to"

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: BCCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Make faces, perhaps"

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 gully that is shallower than a ravine
• Words that mean the same thing: describe, delineate, drawing card
• The opposite would be: deposit, push
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Window's counterpart"

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 long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
• Words that mean the same thing: gangway
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AISLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___-chic (hippie-influenced style)"

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: BOHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. RED ROOT"

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: DEZIMOTSUC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Groan-inducing dice roll"

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 obscene terms for feces
• Words that mean the same thing: stool, make, take a crap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Note below F, perhaps?"

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: SEEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Judean king"

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 king of judea who (according to the new testament) tried to kill jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in bethlehem (73-4 bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Herod the Great
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Undefined degree"

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 last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Words that mean the same thing: n-th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Certain red wine, to connoisseurs"

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 compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Words that mean the same thing: hack, taxicab, taxi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. SLIP UP"

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: STNEDUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Kind of scenario"

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: WHATIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Comfort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
• Words that mean the same thing: soothe, consolation, comfort
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Give a good beatin'"

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: WHUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Ornamental pond fish"

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: KOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. One of many in Jesus' crown"

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 something that causes irritation and annoyance
• Words that mean the same thing: irritant, sticker, spine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Line of clothing"

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 edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
• Words that mean the same thing: ahem
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. DIAPER"

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: DEGNEVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Org. whose members meet in an alley"

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: PBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Live in a studio"

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: ONAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. "___: Cyber" (2010s TV spinoff)"

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: CSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Symbol of England"

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 large gregarious predatory feline of africa and india having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
• Words that mean the same thing: Leo, Leo the Lion, social lion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Altogether"

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: INTOTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Long-handled weapon"

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 ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
• Words that mean the same thing: poleaxe
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLEAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. WENT ON"

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: GNITSIXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Fortune"

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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Words that mean the same thing: good deal, dole out, mete out
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. It "lives from constraints and dies from freedom," per Leonardo da Vinci"

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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: artistic production, artwork, graphics
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Went after"

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: SETAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Tennis star Naomi"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that port city on southern honshu on osaka bay; a commercial and industrial center of japan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSAKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. "I dare you!""

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: DOIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. NAME TAG"

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: RETEPTNIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Blood moon, to some"

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 sign of something about to happen
• Words that mean the same thing: betoken, prodigy, augur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Slightly brown"

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 dish of sauteed food
• Words that mean the same thing: sauteed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Old Dodge"

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: OMNI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Cause of class struggle?"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: exam, examine, mental test
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. Video file extension"

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 set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MPEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. Handful of golfers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword July 11, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Figures at a racetrack	4
2D	2. Let go	4
3D	3. Rattle	4
4D	4. Stretchy headwear	7
5D	5. ___ João de Meriti, Brazil	3
6D	6. Employed by	4
7D	7. They may be packed for a trip in the mountains	5
8D	8. Says quickly without thinking	6
9D	9. ___ World Service	3
10D	10. Thanksgiving centerpiece	10
11D	11. One talking on and on and on	10
12D	12. They outrank frosh	5
13D	15. Affordable, in company names	5
14D	18. It may be well done	4
15D	22. "Keep Climbing" sloganeer	5
16D	25. Need for a triathlon	4
17D	27. -	3
18D	28. "Well, I guess if everyone else is ..."	10
19D	29. History and literature, e.g.	10
20D	30. Problem for a mariner	3
21D	32. "Am I supposed to know this person?"	3
22D	34. Close of business?	3
23D	36. Old ___, "Game of Thrones" caretaker	3
24D	38. Rubbish	5
25D	39. Subj. of some thought experiments	3
26D	40. Six-stringed instrument	4
27D	43. ___ Tech, notable bankruptcy of 2016	3
28D	45. "I'd rather we skip it"	7
29D	47. Strata	5
30D	48. Yoked pair	6
31D	50. Pillage	4
32D	51. Gal in "Wonder Woman"	5
33D	52. Gobble	5
34D	56. Place for un béret	4
35D	58. "Je t'___" (French for "I love you")	4
36D	59. Xanadu resident	4
37D	60. Without change	4
38D	62. It may be placed in mines	3
39D	64. Coatroom item	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. Figures at a racetrack"

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 likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
• Words that mean the same thing: betting odds
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Let 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 people who are free
• Words that mean the same thing: relieve, dislodge, disengage
• The opposite would be: unfree, confine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Rattle"

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 disturb the composure of
• Words that mean the same thing: unnerve, unsettle, enervate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Stretchy headwear"

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: SWIMCAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ João de Meriti, Brazil"

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: SAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Employed by"

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: WITH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. They may be packed for a trip in the mountains"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: seat, keister, shag
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Says quickly without thinking"

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 utter impulsively
• Words that mean the same thing: blurt, ejaculate, blunder out
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLURTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ World Service"

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: BBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Thanksgiving centerpiece"

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 a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
• Words that mean the same thing: richness, profuseness, profusion
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORNUCOPIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. One talking on and on and on"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that orchid growing along streams or ponds of western north america having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
• Words that mean the same thing: Epipactis gigantea, spouter, prater
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHATTERBOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. They outrank frosh"

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 second-year undergraduate
• Words that mean the same thing: sophomore, soph
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOPHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Affordable, in company names"

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: ECONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. It may be well done"

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 flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: sum, inwardness, heart
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Keep Climbing" sloganeer"

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 low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Need for a triathlon"

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 motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
• Words that mean the same thing: pedal, cycle, bicycle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. -"

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 longer of the two telegraphic signals used in morse code
• Words that mean the same thing: dash
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. "Well, I guess if everyone else is ...""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: WHENINROME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. History and literature, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Words that mean the same thing: humanity, humans, 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: HUMANITIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Problem for a mariner"

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 droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: befog, haze over, cloud
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. "Am I supposed to know this person?""

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 a united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
• Words that mean the same thing: World Health Organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Close of business?"

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 heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
• Words that mean the same thing: Iraqi National Congress
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Old ___, "Game of Thrones" caretaker"

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 your grandmother
• Words that mean the same thing: nanna, grannie, gran
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Rubbish"

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 worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
• Words that mean the same thing: scoria, impurity, slag
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DROSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Subj. of some thought experiments"

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 apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
• Words that mean the same thing: clairvoyance, second sight, extrasensory perception
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Six-stringed instrument"

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 of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. ___ Tech, notable bankruptcy of 2016"

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: ITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. "I'd rather we skip it""

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: LETSNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Strata"

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: tier up, grade, 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 30 Down: "48. Yoked pair"

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: OXTEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Pillage"

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 goods or money obtained illegally
• Words that mean the same thing: gelt, simoleons, pillage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Gal in "Wonder Woman""

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: GADOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Gobble"

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: EATUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Place for un béret"

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: TETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. "Je t'___" (French for "I love you")"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Xanadu resident"

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: KANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Without change"

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: ASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. It may be placed in mines"

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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "64. Coatroom item"

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 wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: wooden leg, tholepin, stick
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	71.8%
Short Answer	18	23.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 Thursday, 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: October 01, 2025 at 06:30 PM