June 26, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle June 26, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Spanish newborn	4
2A	5. Store offering that can be free	3
3A	8. Produce producers	5
4A	13. Complete	4
5A	14. Help around the house	4
6A	16. Sans-serif font choice	5
7A	17. HEBREWS	9
8A	19. "American ___ Warrior" (NBC competition series)	5
9A	20. Condescending sort	5
10A	21. One of the first five inductees at Cooperstown	4
11A	23. Break down	3
12A	24. WEAVER	13
13A	27. Flicked bit	3
14A	29. Go after, in a way	3
15A	30. Take it easy	4
16A	31. "What chutzpah!"	8
17A	34. "Cut that out!"	6
18A	38. Big name in snow blowers	4
19A	39. Paycheck abbr.	3
20A	41. "Holy guacamole!"	4
21A	42. Alfred Nobel and others	6
22A	45. Top with spaghetti straps	8
23A	48. Airing	4
24A	50. Little bit	3
25A	51. Sleep study stage	3
26A	52. SHERIFFS	13
27A	57. Be behind	3
28A	58. "Toy Story" boy	4
29A	59. Oldest golfer to win a P.G.A. Tour event (at 52 years 10 months)	5
30A	61. Birthing	5
31A	63. IRATE	9
32A	66. In need of a break, say	5
33A	67. Come up short	4
34A	68. Canine command usually spoken slowly in a low voice	4
35A	69. Compete in a no-blinking contest	5
36A	70. Down	3
37A	71. Insignificant	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. Spanish newborn"

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: BEBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Store offering that can be free"

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: APP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Produce producers"

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 workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
• Words that mean the same thing: farm, grow, raise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Complete"

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 (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
• Words that mean the same thing: concluded, o'er, ended
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Help around the house"

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 female domestic
• Words that mean the same thing: maidservant, housemaid, maiden
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Sans-serif font choice"

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: ARIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. HEBREWS"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: BEERMAKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "American ___ Warrior" (NBC competition series)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Condescending sort"

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 person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Words that mean the same thing: beak, snout, hooter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. One of the first five inductees at Cooperstown"

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: COBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Break down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dyspneic condition
• Words that mean the same thing: breathlessness, prick, motherfucker
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. WEAVER"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: TRUEBELIEVERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Flicked bit"

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 residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash 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: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Go after, in a way"

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 french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
• Words that mean the same thing: action, litigate, process
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Take it easy"

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 hang loosely or laxly
• Words that mean the same thing: waste one's time, lounge around, lounge about
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. "What chutzpah!""

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: THENERVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. "Cut that out!""

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: STOPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Big name in snow blowers"

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: TORO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Paycheck abbr."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. "Holy guacamole!""

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: GOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Alfred Nobel and others"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of sweden
• Words that mean the same thing: Swedish turnip, Swede, rutabaga
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Top with spaghetti straps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a short sleeveless undergarment for women
• Words that mean the same thing: underbodice
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMISOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Airing"

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: ONTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Little bit"

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 slight amount or degree of difference
• Words that mean the same thing: shade
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Sleep study stage"

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 recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. SHERIFFS"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: JAZZGUITARIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Be behind"

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

  The answer is: OWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. "Toy Story" boy"

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: ANDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Oldest golfer to win a P.G.A. Tour event (at 52 years 10 months)"

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 united states golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)
• Words that mean the same thing: Samuel Jackson Snead, Sam Snead
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Birthing"

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 social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
• Words that mean the same thing: lying-in, task, Department of Labor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LABOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. IRATE"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things
• Words that mean the same thing: authenticator, valuator
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APPRAISER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. In need of a break, say"

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 lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
• Words that mean the same thing: shopworn, sap, commonplace
• The opposite would be: rested, refresh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Come up short"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: recede, fall back, suffer
• The opposite would be: win, keep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Canine command usually spoken slowly in a low voice"

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 continuing or remaining in a place or state
• Words that mean the same thing: detain, outride, appease
• The opposite would be: change, move
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Compete in a no-blinking contest"

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 fixed look with eyes open wide
• Words that mean the same thing: gaze
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Down"

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 experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
• Words that mean the same thing: sorry, pitiful, lamentable
• The opposite would be: glad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Insignificant"

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 small pond of standing water
• Words that mean the same thing: bare, simple
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERE

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - June 26, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Short cut	3
2D	2. Special holiday periods	4
3D	3. Empathetic comment	9
4D	4. What autocorrect corrects	5
5D	5. College athlete, e.g.	7
6D	6. Land east of Iran: Abbr.	3
7D	7. One-___ (modest bathing attire)	5
8D	8. Part of an auto engine	7
9D	9. Melber of MSNBC	3
10D	10. Light wash	5
11D	11. Something a college junior has that a freshman usually doesn't	5
12D	12. Big hunks	5
13D	15. Whimsically witty	5
14D	18. Clicking device	5
15D	22. Bits of writing often accompanied by headshots	4
16D	25. Group of quail	4
17D	26. Some recurring YouTube journals	5
18D	27. Figures on USA's "Suits": Abbr.	4
19D	28. Third place	4
20D	32. Help for pulling an all-nighter	5
21D	33. And the like: Abbr.	3
22D	35. What connoisseurs don't have, by definition	9
23D	36. Key with a chain, maybe	4
24D	37. The enemy	4
25D	40. Help in supporting (or refuting) a hunch	4
26D	43. "Get ready!"	7
27D	44. Knock for a loop	4
28D	46. Shade akin to rust	7
29D	47. ___ Menzel, Tony-winning actress for "Wicked"	5
30D	49. Author of "Burr" and "Lincoln"	5
31D	52. Sudden shocks	5
32D	53. Look forward to	5
33D	54. Two-tone beast that sleeps standing up	5
34D	55. Printed slips	5
35D	56. Great shakes?	5
36D	60. Precious	4
37D	62. Contraction in "Jingle Bells"	3
38D	64. Spot for a good cause, for short	3
39D	65. Whiskey choice	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. Short cut"

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 former monetary unit in great britain
• Words that mean the same thing: curtsy, bobfloat, bobsleigh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Special holiday periods"

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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: Eve, eventide, evening
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Empathetic comment"

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: BEENTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. What autocorrect corrects"

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 wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• Words that mean the same thing: misplay, wrongdoing, erroneous belief
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERROR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. College athlete, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
• Words that mean the same thing: unpaid, recreational, inexpert
• The opposite would be: professional
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMATEUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Land east of Iran: Abbr."

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: PAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. One-___ (modest bathing attire)"

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 separate part of a whole
• Words that mean the same thing: small-arm, assemble, spell
• The opposite would be: disassemble
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIECE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Part of an auto engine"

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: FANBELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Melber of MSNBC"

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: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Light wash"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RINSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Something a college junior has that a freshman usually doesn't"

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 commissioned military officer in the united states army or air force or marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
• Words that mean the same thing: John R. Major, John Roy Major, John Major
• The opposite would be: minor
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAJOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Big hunks"

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 block consisting of a thick piece of something
• Words that mean the same thing: slab
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Whimsically witty"

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 comical in an odd or whimsical manner
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Clicking device"

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 any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Words that mean the same thing: pussyfoot, sneak, black eye
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Bits of writing often accompanied by headshots"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Group of quail"

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

  The answer is: BEVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Some recurring YouTube journals"

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: VLOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Figures on USA's "Suits": Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Third place"

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 act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
• Words that mean the same thing: display, show up, evidence
• The opposite would be: disprove, hide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Help for pulling an all-nighter"

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: NODOZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. And the like: Abbr."

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: ETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. What connoisseurs don't have, by definition"

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: POORTASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Key with a chain, maybe"

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

  The answer is: ISLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. The enemy"

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: THEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Help in supporting (or refuting) a hunch"

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 collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Words that mean the same thing: information, data point, datum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. "Get ready!""

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: ENGARDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Knock for a loop"

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 make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
• Words that mean the same thing: bedaze, stupefy, sandbag
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Shade akin to rust"

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: MARSRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. ___ Menzel, Tony-winning actress for "Wicked""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IDINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Author of "Burr" and "Lincoln""

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 united states writer (born in 1925)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eugene Luther Vidal, Gore Vidal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIDAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Sudden shocks"

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 sudden jarring impact
• Words that mean the same thing: jerk, jerking, jolt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOLTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Look forward to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that look forward to the probable occurrence of
• Words that mean the same thing: look, wait, expect
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWAIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Two-tone beast that sleeps standing up"

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 any of several fleet black-and-white striped african equines
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZEBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Printed slips"

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 mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
• Words that mean the same thing: misprint, typographical error, literal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYPOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Great shakes?"

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 shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
• Words that mean the same thing: temblor, quake, earthquake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Precious"

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 beloved person; used as terms of endearment
• Words that mean the same thing: pricy, love, darling
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Contraction in "Jingle Bells""

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: OER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Spot for a good cause, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. Whiskey choice"

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 seed of the cereal grass
• Words that mean the same thing: rye whiskey, Secale cereale, rye whisky
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	72.4%
Short Answer	12	15.8%
Abbreviation	5	6.6%
History	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, June 28, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (34 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword June 28, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. The "one" in "the old one-two," maybe	7
2A	8. Chivalrous offer	7
3A	15. "You bet!"	7
4A	16. Eyes, slangily	7
5A	17. Become independent ... as suggested visually by some of this grid's black squares	15
6A	19. It's a wrap	5
7A	20. Cereal with a Berry Berry variety	3
8A	21. Being, to Sartre	4
9A	22. Taking action	4
10A	23. Gulf currency	5
11A	25. Joint	3
12A	26. Comical Howard	3
13A	27. Tourist center handout	7
14A	29. Fun and games, informally	3
15A	30. Lord of Rivendell in "The Lord of the Rings"	6
16A	32. Summer cooler	7
17A	34. Salon offering	4
18A	36. Any of 13 popes	3
19A	37. Suits, briefs, etc.	8
20A	41. Home of Theseus	6
21A	45. Q&A on Reddit	3
22A	46. Body parts that become other body parts if you change the second letter to an A	6
23A	48. ___ Juan	3
24A	49. Way off, say	4
25A	51. Summer cooler	4
26A	52. Wheels of fortune?	4
27A	53. Slammin' Sammy	5
28A	55. Series of ages	3
29A	56. Like much data	5
30A	57. Mental eccentricity ... as suggested visually by some of this grid's black squares	15
31A	60. Briskly, to equestrians	7
32A	61. Something a short driver might need?	7
33A	62. Meet at the river, perhaps	7
34A	63. Unfavorable	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. The "one" in "the old one-two," maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: LEFTJAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Chivalrous offer"

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: ALLOWME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. "You bet!""

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: ISUREDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Eyes, slangily"

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 viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
• Words that mean the same thing: Peeping Tom, voyeur, peeper
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Become independent ... as suggested visually by some of this grid's black squares"

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: SPREADONESWINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "19. It's a wrap"

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 any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "20. Cereal with a Berry Berry variety"

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: KIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Being, to Sartre"

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: ETRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Taking action"

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: ONIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Gulf currency"

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 100 dinars equal 1 rial in iran
• Words that mean the same thing: Yugoslavian dinar, Iraqi dinar, Libyan dinar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DINAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Joint"

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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: indite, playpen, write
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Comical Howard"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Tourist center handout"

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: AREAMAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Fun and games, informally"

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: REC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Lord of Rivendell in "The Lord of the Rings""

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: ELROND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Summer cooler"

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: SNOCONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Salon offering"

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 city in the european part of russia
• Words that mean the same thing: permanent wave, permanent, Molotov
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Any of 13 popes"

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Words that mean the same thing: Lion, Leo the 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: LEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Suits, briefs, etc."

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: MENSWEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Home of Theseus"

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 territory of athens in ancient greece where the ionic dialect was spoken
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. Q&A on Reddit"

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: AMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Body parts that become other body parts if you change the second letter to an A"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
• Words that mean the same thing: wrist joint, wrist, articulatio radiocarpea
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WRISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. ___ Juan"

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: SAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Way off, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inclined surface connecting two levels
• Words that mean the same thing: incline, storm, rage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Summer cooler"

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: ICEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Wheels of fortune?"

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 large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
• Words that mean the same thing: limousine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Slammin' Sammy"

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 united states golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)
• Words that mean the same thing: Samuel Jackson Snead, Sam Snead
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Series of ages"

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 longest division of geological time
• Words that mean the same thing: aeon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Like much data"

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 get from the earth by excavation
• Words that mean the same thing: mine
• The opposite would be: unmined
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Mental eccentricity ... as suggested visually by some of this grid's black squares"

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: BATSINTHEBELFRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Briskly, to equestrians"

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: ATATROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Something a short driver might need?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: CARLOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Meet at the river, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REGATTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Unfavorable"

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 contrary to your interests or welfare
• Words that mean the same thing: inauspicious, untoward, contrary
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADVERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

June 28, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Like a ballet dancer	7
2D	2. Language akin to portugués	7
3D	3. Hide seeker	7
4D	4. Doctor	5
5D	5. ___ jacket	4
6D	6. Opposite of drop	3
7D	7. Line setter	6
8D	8. Things you can get credit for	7
9D	9. French article	3
10D	10. Wallace who wrote "Ben-Hur"	3
11D	11. Relative of Aunt Bee	4
12D	12. Started making money as an athlete	7
13D	13. Suspect in Clue	7
14D	14. Soul	7
15D	18. Actress Dobrev of "The Vampire Diaries"	4
16D	23. Physician on TV's "Celebrity Rehab"	6
17D	24. Didn't end as scheduled	7
18D	27. Over	4
19D	28. ___ Corner, section of Westminster Abbey	5
20D	31. Black ___	3
21D	33. Place for a retired soldier?	3
22D	35. Ohio town that was the first permanent settlement in the state (1788)	8
23D	37. Chocolaty nougat-and-caramel product	7
24D	38. Give off	7
25D	39. Face-saving aid at a reunion	7
26D	40. Canon competitor	5
27D	42. Will have to face	7
28D	43. Features of smartphones	7
29D	44. Blandly agreeable	7
30D	47. ___ Falls Convention (early women's rights gathering)	6
31D	50. Some bow ties	5
32D	52. French city near the Belgian border	5
33D	54. Skinny	4
34D	56. First name in game shows	4
35D	58. With 59-Down, so-so	3
36D	59. See 58-Down	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. Like a ballet dancer"

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 moving and bending with ease
• Words that mean the same thing: lithesome, sylphlike, svelte
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LISSOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Language akin to portugués"

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: ESPANOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Hide seeker"

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 someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
• Words that mean the same thing: cloakmaker, furred, furry
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FURRIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Doctor"

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 something considered choice to eat
• Words that mean the same thing: address, deal, dainty
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ jacket"

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 (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
• Words that mean the same thing: denim, dungaree, blue jean
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Opposite of drop"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: attention deficit disorder, tot, summate
• The opposite would be: subtract, take away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Line setter"

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 gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
• Words that mean the same thing: bookmaker
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOOKIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Things you can get credit for"

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: APEXAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. French article"

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 chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Words that mean the same thing: lupus erythematosus, LE
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Wallace who wrote "Ben-Hur""

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: LEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Relative of Aunt Bee"

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: OPIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Started making money as an athlete"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WENTPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Suspect in Clue"

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: MRGREEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Soul"

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 the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
• Words that mean the same thing: center, kernel, sum
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSENCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Actress Dobrev of "The Vampire Diaries""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of ea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Physician on TV's "Celebrity Rehab""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DRDREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Didn't end as scheduled"

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: RANLATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Over"

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

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. ___ Corner, section of Westminster Abbey"

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 writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
• Words that mean the same thing: poet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Black ___"

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 (roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of saturn; counterpart of greek rhea and cybele of ancient asia minor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Place for a retired soldier?"

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 sheath worn to protect a finger
• Words that mean the same thing: camp bed, fingerstall, crib
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Ohio town that was the first permanent settlement in the state (1788)"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: MARIETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Chocolaty nougat-and-caramel product"

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: MARSBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Give off"

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 proceed or issue forth, as from a source
• Words that mean the same thing: give forth, exhale
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMANATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Face-saving aid at a reunion"

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: NAMETAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Canon competitor"

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: RICOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Will have to face"

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: ISINFOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Features of smartphones"

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 equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
• Words that mean the same thing: tv camera, television camera, camera
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Blandly agreeable"

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 medicine used to relieve pain
• Words that mean the same thing: analgetic, painkiller, pain pill
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANODYNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. ___ Falls Convention (early women's rights gathering)"

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 roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on greek tragedies (circa 4 bc - 65 ad)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENECA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Some bow ties"

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

  The answer is: PASTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. French city near the Belgian border"

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 an industrial city in northern france near the belgian border; was the medieval capital of flanders
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LILLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Skinny"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
• Words that mean the same thing: poop, crap, turd
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. First name in game shows"

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: MERV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. With 59-Down, so-so"

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 negation of a word or group of words
• Words that mean the same thing: non
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. See 58-Down"

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 that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
• Words that mean the same thing: forged, defective, spoilt
• The opposite would be: unregretful, goodness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	65.7%
Short Answer	13	18.6%
Geography	5	7.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Sports	2	2.9%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 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!

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Last Updated: October 02, 2025 at 01:37 AM