August 03, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 03, 2019

Difficulty Level: Challenging Thursday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (33 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 6.0 letters

August 03, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Calgary nickname, along with "Stampede City"	7
2A	8. Competitor of Twinings	6
3A	14. Collapsible chapeau	8
4A	16. Where Sevastopol is	6
5A	17. Like Denver	8
6A	18. Book page size	6
7A	19. Eat lots of protein and carbs, say	6
8A	20. Some legal speeders, briefly	4
9A	22. Cab alternative	3
10A	23. Pioneering football coach ___ Alonzo Stagg	4
11A	24. Occupy, as a desk	5
12A	26. "Let's ___!"	4
13A	27. "I expected better"	3
14A	28. They may go on long walks	5
15A	29. Member of Dubya's cabinet	5
16A	30. It's filled with energy	12
17A	32. The Netherlands was the first country to legalize it	15
18A	35. Celebrated the birth of a child, perhaps	12
19A	36. Winegrowing region of SW France	5
20A	37. Them, to us	5
21A	38. Prefix with tourism or politics	3
22A	41. "Hmm ..."	4
23A	42. Bygone potentates	5
24A	43. Word with bank or blind	4
25A	44. Love, by another name	3
26A	45. Like the ocean	4
27A	46. Mess up	6
28A	48. Permanent-press	6
29A	50. Pogo and others	8
30A	52. Totally dominating	6
31A	53. Bad record?	8
32A	54. Alternatives to S.U.V.s, informally	6
33A	55. Common "explanation" from a parent	7

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. Calgary nickname, along with "Stampede City""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small town in a cattle-raising area of western north america
• Words that mean the same thing: cow town
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COWTOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Competitor of Twinings"

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: SALADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Collapsible chapeau"

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: OPERAHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Where Sevastopol is"

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 ukrainian peninsula between the black sea and the sea of azov
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRIMEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Like Denver"

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: MILEHIGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Book page size"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
• Words that mean the same thing: eightvo, 8vo
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTAVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Eat lots of protein and carbs, say"

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: BULKUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Some legal speeders, briefly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Cab alternative"

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: ZIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Pioneering football coach ___ Alonzo Stagg"

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 hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Occupy, as a desk"

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: SITAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. "Let's ___!""

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 rotary motion of an object around its own axis
• Words that mean the same thing: pealing, flap, ramble
• The opposite would be: unwind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. "I expected better""

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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: tut-tut, tut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. They may go on long walks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
• Words that mean the same thing: force out, send away, tin
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Member of Dubya's cabinet"

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: CONDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. It's filled with energy"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: POWERSTATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. The Netherlands was the first country to legalize it"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAMESEXMARRIAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Celebrated the birth of a child, perhaps"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: SMOKEDCIGARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Winegrowing region of SW France"

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 red bordeaux wine from the medoc district of southwestern france
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEDOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Them, to us"

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 opposing military force
• Words that mean the same thing: foeman, opposition, foe
• The opposite would be: friend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENEMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Prefix with tourism or politics"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. "Hmm ...""

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Bygone potentates"

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 male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: czar, tsar, tzar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Word with bank or blind"

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 precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
• Words that mean the same thing: lead by the nose, C, nose candy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. Love, by another name"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: nothing, cipher, naught
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. Like the ocean"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
• Words that mean the same thing: Brobdingnagian, immense, huge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. Mess 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 disarrange or rumple; dishevel
• Words that mean the same thing: tangle, dishevel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOUSLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. Permanent-press"

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: NOIRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Pogo and others"

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 small furry australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
• Words that mean the same thing: phalanger, opossum, possum
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPOSSUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Totally dominating"

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 have ownership or possession of
• Words that mean the same thing: possess, have, own
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWNING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. Bad record?"

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: RAPSHEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "54. Alternatives to S.U.V.s, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
• Words that mean the same thing: police van, Plough, estate car
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAGONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "55. Common "explanation" from a parent"

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: ISAIDSO

  Great job if you got it right!

August 03, 2019 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Private practice?	6
2D	2. Poppy products	6
3D	3. "Sure, I guess ..."	6
4D	4. Long hauls	5
5D	5. Island with a state capital	4
6D	6. Jerked in two directions at once	9
7D	7. Poke with a lot of needles?	3
8D	8. Michael ___, "The Office" manager	5
9D	9. Their lengths are computed by (Θ ÷ 360) x 2πr	4
10D	10. Sloshed	3
11D	11. Endangered watershed	8
12D	12. Marine	8
13D	13. Web-based recovery program, informally	8
14D	15. Film featuring an assassin from 2029	13
15D	21. Rubber	8
16D	25. To a fault	8
17D	26. Indian flatbreads	5
18D	28. Trig function	5
19D	29. Deal in	5
20D	30. Souchong alternative	5
21D	31. Boarding points at amusement parks	9
22D	32. Vessel in a famous 1960s shipwreck	8
23D	33. Midwest university city	8
24D	34. Part-time job for many an actor or actress	8
25D	38. Came after	6
26D	39. Hannity's former Fox News foil	6
27D	40. Must pay	6
28D	42. Sharp tastes	5
29D	43. Bento box fare	5
30D	45. Skier Lindsey with three Olympic medals	4
31D	47. Peak in Thessaly	4
32D	49. Bravo, e.g.	3
33D	51. ___ gow (gambling game played with dominoes)	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. Private practice?"

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 an engagement fought between two military forces
• Words that mean the same thing: fighting, battle, armed combat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMBAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Poppy products"

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 addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
• Words that mean the same thing: opium
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPIUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Sure, I guess ...""

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: WELLOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Long hauls"

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 journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
• Words that mean the same thing: trek
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Island with a state capital"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
• Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Jerked in two directions at once"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
• Words that mean the same thing: whipsaw
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIPSAWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Poke with a lot of needles?"

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 someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
• Words that mean the same thing: scold, jade, hen-peck
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Michael ___, "The Office" manager"

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 award-winning united states film actor (1928-1999)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Walter Scott, Winfield Scott, Walter Scott
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Their lengths are computed by (Θ ÷ 360) x 2πr"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Words that mean the same thing: spark, electric arc, arch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sloshed"

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 humanistic study of a body of literature
• Words that mean the same thing: illuminate, illumine, light
• The opposite would be: unlighted, extinguish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Endangered watershed"

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: AMAZONIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Marine"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: DEVILDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Web-based recovery program, informally"

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: AAONLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Film featuring an assassin from 2029"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert 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: THETERMINATOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Rubber"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASSAGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. To a fault"

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: INEXCESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Indian flatbreads"

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: ROTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Trig function"

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 ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
• Words that mean the same thing: cosecant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COSEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Deal in"

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 act of carrying something
• Words that mean the same thing: channel, contain, run
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Souchong alternative"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a superior grade of black tea; grown in india and sri lanka and java
• Words that mean the same thing: orange pekoe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEKOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Boarding points at amusement parks"

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: TRAMSTOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Vessel in a famous 1960s shipwreck"

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: SSMINNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Midwest university city"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AMESIOWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Part-time job for many an actor or actress"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sculpture produced by molding
• Words that mean the same thing: modelling, mock up, pose
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MODELING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Came after"

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

  The answer is: ENSUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Hannity's former Fox News foil"

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: COLMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Must pay"

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: OWESTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Sharp tastes"

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 tart spicy quality
• Words that mean the same thing: savour, sea tang, Tang
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Bento box fare"

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 rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUSHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Skier Lindsey with three Olympic medals"

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: VONN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Peak in Thessaly"

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 mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 76, osmium, oculus sinister
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Bravo, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. ___ gow (gambling game played with dominoes)"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: PAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	72.7%
Short Answer	7	10.6%
Geography	5	7.6%
Sports	2	3.0%
Literature	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	6.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually challenging level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 6 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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December 15, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, December 15, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

December 15, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Yard, nautically	4
2A	5. Desire for a ski jumper	8
3A	13. ___ blue dot (Earth, in a famous photograph)	4
4A	14. "Knock it off!," in question form	9
5A	15. Since	4
6A	16. Classic airplane snack	10
7A	17. General term in a series	3
8A	18. Number in a count	5
9A	19. Change, as a lock	5
10A	20. One in a million, so to speak	7
11A	22. Journalism inits. since 1851	3
12A	23. One way to travel the world	5
13A	24. Lines from a rapper, in slang	4
14A	26. Milk option	3
15A	29. Earth-based pigment	5
16A	30. Likely hyperbole from a texter	4
17A	32. Equipment in hockey, lacrosse and pickleball	3
18A	34. What one might look at the night sky with	15
19A	38. ___ Lingus	3
20A	39. Badge holder	4
21A	40. Spanish geographical word that is an anagram of its English translation	5
22A	41. "Woo-hoo!," in online shorthand	3
23A	43. Pronoun functioning as an object (not a subject!)	4
24A	45. "Give me five!"	5
25A	46. Half full?	3
26A	48. "Dig in, everyone"	7
27A	50. Tropical vine	5
28A	53. Work from, as a desk	5
29A	54. Purple ___, Hawaiian crop	3
30A	56. Bookie?	10
31A	58. ___ bottles (popular gummy candy)	4
32A	59. Bad press, say	9
33A	60. Event at high noon	4
34A	61. Occasion to recite the Pledge of Allegiance	8
35A	62. Button usually held down by a pinkie	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. Yard, nautically"

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 various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
• Words that mean the same thing: sparring
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Desire for a ski jumper"

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: HANGTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. ___ blue dot (Earth, in a famous photograph)"

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

  The answer is: PALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Knock it off!," in question form"

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: CANYOUNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Since"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Classic airplane snack"

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: SALTEDNUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. General term in a series"

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

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 8 Across: "18. Number in a count"

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 round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
• Words that mean the same thing: orchis, orb, glob
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Change, as a lock"

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: REKEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. One in a million, so to speak"

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: RAREGEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Journalism inits. since 1851"

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: NYT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. One way to travel the world"

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: BYSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Lines from a rapper, in slang"

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 gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
• Words that mean the same thing: stop, relegate, legal community
• The opposite would be: unbar
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Milk option"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Earth-based pigment"

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 moderate yellow-orange to orange color
• Words that mean the same thing: ochre
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Likely hyperbole from a texter"

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: ROFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Equipment in hockey, lacrosse and pickleball"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: nett, meshwork, web
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. What one might look at the night sky with"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHILDLIKEWONDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. ___ Lingus"

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: AER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Badge holder"

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 framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
• Words that mean the same thing: waistband, cincture, girdle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Spanish geographical word that is an anagram of its English translation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
• Words that mean the same thing: rib
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COSTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. "Woo-hoo!," in online shorthand"

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: FTW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Pronoun functioning as an object (not a subject!)"

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: WHOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. "Give me five!""

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: UPTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Half full?"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: el, ALT, elevated railway
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. "Dig in, everyone""

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: LETSEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Tropical vine"

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

  The answer is: LIANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Work from, as a desk"

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: SITAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Purple ___, Hawaiian crop"

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 edible tuber of any of several yams
• Words that mean the same thing: yam plant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Bookie?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AVIDREADER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. ___ bottles (popular gummy candy)"

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 genus of african trees bearing kola nuts
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Cola, El Salvadoran colon, colon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Bad press, say"

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: MEDIABIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Event at high noon"

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 prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
• Words that mean the same thing: affaire d'honneur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Occasion to recite the Pledge of Allegiance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
• Words that mean the same thing: meeting place, assemblage, gathering
• The opposite would be: disassembly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSEMBLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Button usually held down by a pinkie"

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: CTRL

  Great job if you got it right!

December 15, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Word after life or C	4
2D	2. One whose work might be a piece of cake?	10
3D	3. Bit of attire seldom worn with a jacket	10
4D	4. One you might beseech to get glasses	3
5D	5. Term for an overly commercialized celebration	15
6D	6. At any one time, roughly 10,000 trillion of them roam the earth	4
7D	7. Bill concerned with science communication	3
8D	8. Become barren	5
9D	9. Synchronize with	6
10D	10. Arctic native	4
11D	11. Speck	4
12D	12. Handmade goods site	4
13D	14. One on the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land	5
14D	16. Lose tautness	3
15D	18. What stubbles may become	6
16D	21. Lurch	4
17D	22. Warning letters with a Reddit link	4
18D	23. ___ Juniors, soccer team for which Diego Maradona once played	4
19D	25. Canapé topper	3
20D	27. "Don't even think of coming back!"	10
21D	28. Nephalist	10
22D	31. Part of a biblical plague	6
23D	33. Trick question, e.g.	4
24D	35. Housework?	4
25D	36. There or thereabouts	3
26D	37. 2022 Jordan Peele film	4
27D	42. Actress Malick	6
28D	44. Hands (out)	5
29D	47. West Coast N.F.L.'er	5
30D	49. Damage the reputation of	3
31D	50. Tibetan title	4
32D	51. Experimental composer Charles	4
33D	52. Supports	4
34D	53. Set ___	4
35D	55. Common place to see Santa	4
36D	57. Fade away	3
37D	58. Public health org.	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. Word after life or C"

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 complete duration of something
• Words that mean the same thing: couple, yoke, distich
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. One whose work might be a piece of cake?"

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: PASTRYCHEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Bit of attire seldom worn with a jacket"

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: ALOHASHIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. One you might beseech to get glasses"

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 (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• Words that mean the same thing: referee
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Term for an overly commercialized celebration"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HALLMARKHOLIDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. At any one time, roughly 10,000 trillion of them roam the earth"

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

  The answer is: ANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Bill concerned with science communication"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: NYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Become barren"

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: GODRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Synchronize with"

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: TUNETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Arctic native"

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: INUK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Speck"

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 (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
• Words that mean the same thing: particle, speck, molecule
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Handmade goods site"

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: ETSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. One on the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land"

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: CALEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Lose tautness"

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 shape that sags
• Words that mean the same thing: swag, sag down, flag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. What stubbles may become"

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 hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
• Words that mean the same thing: whiskers, byssus, beard
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEARDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Lurch"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
• Words that mean the same thing: swag, spin around, gyrate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Warning letters with a Reddit link"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NSFW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "23. ___ Juniors, soccer team for which Diego Maradona once played"

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: BOCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Canapé topper"

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 fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
• Words that mean the same thing: hard roe
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. "Don't even think of coming back!""

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: ANDSTAYOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Nephalist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a total abstainer
• Words that mean the same thing: teetotalist, teetotaller
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEETOTALER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Part of a biblical plague"

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 migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
• Words that mean the same thing: locust tree
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Trick question, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
• Words that mean the same thing: sand trap, pin down, bunker
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Housework?"

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 first of three divisions of the hebrew scriptures comprising the first five books of the hebrew bible considered as a unit
• Words that mean the same thing: law of nature, natural law, police force
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. There or thereabouts"

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: ISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. 2022 Jordan Peele film"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Actress Malick"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: WENDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Hands (out)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a line that indicates a boundary
• Words that mean the same thing: border, delimitation, mete
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: METES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. West Coast N.F.L.'er"

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: LARAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Damage the reputation of"

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 any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
• Words that mean the same thing: sea dog, mariner, gob
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Tibetan title"

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 tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Lama
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Experimental composer Charles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
• Words that mean the same thing: James Merritt Ives, James Ives, Charles Edward Ives
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Supports"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
• Words that mean the same thing: financial aid, aid, assist
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Set ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: voyage, canvas, sheet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Common place to see Santa"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
• Words that mean the same thing: center, shopping centre, shopping mall
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Fade away"

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 gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
• Words that mean the same thing: ebbing, ebb off, ebb down
• The opposite would be: tide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Public health org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a federal agency in the department of health and human services; located in atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
• Words that mean the same thing: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CDC

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	69.4%
Short Answer	14	19.4%
History	2	2.8%
Literature	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: August 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM