August 28, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

NYT Wednesday Crossword Across Clues - August 28, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Egg containers	4
2A	5. Figure who works with figures, for short	3
3A	8. 1995 cyberthriller about espionage	6
4A	14. Road map	4
5A	15. ___ lamp	3
6A	16. Deep gorge	6
7A	17. Entertainer who popularized the phrase "You ain't heard nothing yet"	8
8A	19. Showy shrub	6
9A	20. 2004 film about a group of street dancers	12
10A	22. United, for one: Abbr.	3
11A	23. Twisted	3
12A	24. "Yoo-hoo!"	7
13A	28. Senatorial thumbs-up	3
14A	29. Pommes frites seasoning	3
15A	30. Lavish attention (on)	4
16A	31. Science of sound	9
17A	35. Ashen	3
18A	36. 2014 romance about two teens with cancer, with "The"	15
19A	40. Slowing down, on a score: Abbr.	3
20A	41. Ship named for an ancient Roman province in Iberia	9
21A	42. Smeltery imports	4
22A	44. Quibble	3
23A	45. Instrument featured on Springsteen's "Born to Run"	3
24A	46. Common recyclable	7
25A	48. Tosspot	3
26A	49. Only mo. that can begin and end on the same day of the week	3
27A	52. 2003 Christmas-themed rom-com	12
28A	55. Religious enlightenment	6
29A	58. Sour notes?	8
30A	59. Underling	6
31A	60. Top prize in los Juegos Olímpicos	3
32A	61. Bread with hummus	4
33A	62. What 8-, 20-, 36- and 52-Across sound like they could be about	6
34A	63. "Absolutely!"	3
35A	64. Boatload	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. Egg containers"

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 enclosed space
• Words that mean the same thing: pocket, pouch, sack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Figure who works with figures, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. 1995 cyberthriller about espionage"

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: THENET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Road map"

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 series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
• Words that mean the same thing: contrive, programme, architectural plan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ lamp"

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

  The answer is: ARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Deep gorge"

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 deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAVINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Entertainer who popularized the phrase "You ain't heard nothing yet""

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: ALJOLSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Showy shrub"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AZALEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. 2004 film about a group of street dancers"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: YOUGOTSERVED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. United, for one: 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: SYN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Twisted"

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 humorously sarcastic or mocking
• Words that mean the same thing: ironical, dry, ironic
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "Yoo-hoo!""

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: HEREIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Senatorial thumbs-up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yeah
• The opposite would be: nay
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Pommes frites seasoning"

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: SEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Lavish attention (on)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be foolish or senile due to old age
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Science of sound"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the study of the physical properties of sound
• Words that mean the same thing: acoustic
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACOUSTICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Ashen"

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 computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
• Words that mean the same thing: pale, wide area network, sick
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. 2014 romance about two teens with cancer, with "The""

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: FAULTINOURSTARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Slowing down, on a score: 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: RIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Ship named for an ancient Roman province in Iberia"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that ancient region and roman province on the iberian peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern portugal and parts of spain
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUSITANIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Smeltery imports"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Words that mean the same thing: ore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Quibble"

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 luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Instrument featured on Springsteen's "Born to Run""

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 belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
• Words that mean the same thing: saxophone, Adolphe Sax
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Common recyclable"

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: SODACAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Tosspot"

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 drinker
• Words that mean the same thing: rummy, inebriate, wino
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Only mo. that can begin and end on the same day of the week"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following january and preceding march
• Words that mean the same thing: February
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. 2003 Christmas-themed rom-com"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: LOVEACTUALLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Religious enlightenment"

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 (zen buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Sour notes?"

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: HATEMAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Underling"

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 person of unquestioning obedience
• Words that mean the same thing: laughingstock, flunky, goat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOOGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Top prize in los Juegos Olímpicos"

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: ORO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Bread with hummus"

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 small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling
• Words that mean the same thing: pocket bread
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. What 8-, 20-, 36- and 52-Across sound like they could be about"

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 game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
• Words that mean the same thing: lawn tennis
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENNIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. "Absolutely!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an affirmative
• The opposite would be: no
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Boatload"

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

  The answer is: SLEW

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - August 28, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Fixes, as a pet	5
2D	2. Alnico, e.g.	5
3D	3. Spicy Southern cuisine	5
4D	4. Make out, to a Brit	4
5D	5. Singers of high notes in olden times	8
6D	6. Hardly poetic	5
7D	7. Bumps on the path to adulthood?	4
8D	8. Section of a bookstore	6
9D	9. Hell Week hellion, say	5
10D	10. Gave the slip to	6
11D	11. Goose egg	3
12D	12. Austin-to-Boston dir.	3
13D	13. Leaves in hot water?	3
14D	18. Most underhanded	6
15D	21. Monkey named for a king in Greek myth	6
16D	25. Herbert Hoover, by birth (uniquely among all U.S. presidents to date)	5
17D	26. Breakout company of 1976?	5
18D	27. Group with a meeting of the minds?	5
19D	28. Brynner of "The King and I"	3
20D	29. "To Kill a Mockingbird" narrator	5
21D	31. Big dos	5
22D	32. City near the Great Sphinx	5
23D	33. Revealed a secret about	5
24D	34. Kind of skating	6
25D	37. Italian dishes that are simmered	8
26D	38. Lady Liberty, for one	6
27D	39. Burden	3
28D	43. Where one might take or dodge shots	6
29D	44. Maritime forces	6
30D	47. Cattle-herding canine	5
31D	48. Cause of goose bumps	5
32D	49. Thrash (around)	5
33D	50. ___ Eight (March Madness stage)	5
34D	51. Standing rule	5
35D	53. Salutation at sea	4
36D	54. Concert pieces	4
37D	55. Fast flier of the past, for short	3
38D	56. Chowed down	3
39D	57. Boatload	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. Fixes, as a pet"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remove the ovaries of
• Words that mean the same thing: spay, alter, neuter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Alnico, e.g."

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 mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
• Words that mean the same thing: metal, admixture, debase
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Spicy Southern cuisine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a louisianian descended from acadian immigrants from nova scotia (`cajun' comes from `acadian')
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAJUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Make out, to a Brit"

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 touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: buss, osculate, kiss
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Singers of high notes in olden times"

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 a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
• Words that mean the same thing: castrato
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASTRATI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Hardly poetic"

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 lacking wit or imagination
• Words that mean the same thing: prosaic, pedestrian, earthbound
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Bumps on the path to adulthood?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Section of a bookstore"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of going from one place to another
• Words that mean the same thing: go, jaunt, locomotion
• The opposite would be: stay in place
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Hell Week hellion, say"

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: HAZER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Gave the slip to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
• Words that mean the same thing: sidestep, bilk, evade
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVADED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Goose egg"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: aught, nix, nada
• The 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 12 Down: "12. Austin-to-Boston dir."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Leaves in hot water?"

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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: afternoon tea, teatime, tea leaf
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Most underhanded"

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 lowest in rank or importance
• Words that mean the same thing: lowly, humbled, low-down
• The opposite would be: high
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOWEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Monkey named for a king in Greek myth"

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 of southern asia; used in medical research
• Words that mean the same thing: Macaca mulatta, rhesus monkey
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHESUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Herbert Hoover, by birth (uniquely among all U.S. presidents to date)"

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

  The answer is: IOWAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Breakout company of 1976?"

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: ATARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Group with a meeting of the minds?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the large magellanic cloud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Brynner of "The King and I""

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: YUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. "To Kill a Mockingbird" narrator"

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 employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
• Words that mean the same thing: watch, spotter, lookout
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Big dos"

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 rounded thickly curled hairdo
• Words that mean the same thing: Afro, Afro hairdo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. City near the Great Sphinx"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a town at the southern tip of illinois at the confluence of the ohio and mississippi rivers
• Words that mean the same thing: Egyptian capital, El Qahira, capital of Egypt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAIRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Revealed a secret about"

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 to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
• Words that mean the same thing: come out of the closet, come out, out
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Kind of skating"

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: INLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Italian dishes that are simmered"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese
• Words that mean the same thing: risotto, Italian rice
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RISOTTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Lady Liberty, for one"

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

  The answer is: STATUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Burden"

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 charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
• Words that mean the same thing: taxation, task, assess
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Where one might take or dodge shots"

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 room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• Words that mean the same thing: pub, pothouse, gin mill
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Maritime forces"

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 organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
• Words that mean the same thing: navy, naval forces, dark blue
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAVIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Cattle-herding canine"

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 either of two welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head
• Words that mean the same thing: Welsh corgi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Cause of goose bumps"

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 sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
• Words that mean the same thing: panic, frighten, panic attack
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Thrash (around)"

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 implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
• Words that mean the same thing: thrash, lam, thresh
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. ___ Eight (March Madness stage)"

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 group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
• Words that mean the same thing: elect, elite group
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Standing rule"

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 rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BYLAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Salutation at sea"

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: AHOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Concert pieces"

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 basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: AMP, amp, A
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Fast flier of the past, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Chowed 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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: eat up, exhaust, eat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. Boatload"

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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Words that mean the same thing: long ton, short ton, net ton
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TON

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	44	59.5%
Short Answer	18	24.3%
Abbreviation	4	5.4%
Food & Drink	2	2.7%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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August 30, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (40 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (40 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

August 30, 2023 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Once ___ a time,	4
2A	5. not so ___ ago,	4
3A	9. ___ was a girl named Ava.	5
4A	14. Ava's ___ joy was	4
5A	15. her prized ___.	4
6A	16. She had ___ her skill in band,	5
7A	17. despite sitting next to the noisy ___,	9
8A	19. which were an ___ distraction.	5
9A	20. One day, after school, Ava called a ___.	4
10A	21. It hadn't come ___ as she muttered,	3
11A	22. "___, I guess. At least the week's over."	4
12A	23. She was ___ with her music,	5
13A	25. and school was hardly an ___.	4
14A	26. Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___.	4
15A	29. As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage,	5
16A	31. Dana bent down to ___ the heavy instrument.	4
17A	34. Ava ___ at Dana.	6
18A	36. "Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked.	4
19A	38. Dana's reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava.	3
20A	39. Wheezing laughter like an ___ in an old tire and deep blushing	7
21A	41. were ___ that Dana was smitten, too.	7
22A	43. "That was a ___ joke!," Dana sputtered.	3
23A	44. "I got the shirt from ___; glad you like it."	4
24A	46. Ava mustered every ___ in her brain	6
25A	47. and felt her heart ___ as she blurted,	4
26A	49. "I'd love to hang out some time, no ___!"	5
27A	51. Dana grinned. "Then meditating together in corpse pose ___ an option!"	4
28A	52. Ava wrinkled her ___ and laughed.	4
29A	54. After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___.	5
30A	56. Dana learned that Ava loved chocolate ___ cookies,	4
31A	57. and Ava learned Dana loved "Much ___ About Nothing."	3
32A	58. Though Dana wanted to visit Timbuktu in ___	4
33A	61. and Ava preferred Accra in ___,	5
34A	62. the pair still felt the ___ of their connection.	9
35A	65. One night, after watching "___ Python,"	5
36A	66. bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and	4
37A	67. listening to Nat King ___,	4
38A	68. Ava and Dana shared their first kiss over cream ___.	5
39A	69. And, of course, ___ lived	4
40A	70. happily ___ after.	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. Once ___ a time,"

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: UPON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. not so ___ ago,"

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 desire strongly or persistently
• Words that mean the same thing: recollective, farsighted, retentive
• The opposite would be: unretentive, short
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. ___ was a girl named Ava."

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 location other than here; that place
• Words that mean the same thing: in that location, at that place, in that respect
• The opposite would be: here
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Ava's ___ joy was"

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 underside of footwear or a golf club
• Words that mean the same thing: lone, solitary, resole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. her prized ___."

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. She had ___ her skill in band,"

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 sharpen with a hone
• Words that mean the same thing: perfect, hone
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HONED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. despite sitting next to the noisy ___,"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
• Words that mean the same thing: clarinet
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLARINETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. which were an ___ distraction."

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 make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
• Words that mean the same thing: add together, supply, sum up
• The opposite would be: take away, subtract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. One day, after school, Ava called a ___."

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: LYFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. It hadn't come ___ as she muttered,"

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 up to the present time
• Words that mean the same thing: til now, heretofore, in time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "___, I guess. At least the week's over.""

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: TGIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. She was ___ with her music,"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cause to be bored
• Words that mean the same thing: drill, tire, bore
• The opposite would be: interest
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BORED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. and school was hardly an ___."

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 any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: paradise, heaven, promised land
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the lowest brass wind instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: bass horn, sousaphone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage,"

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 run disconnected or idle
• Words that mean the same thing: slug, stagnate, idle
• The opposite would be: run, work
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Dana bent down to ___ the heavy instrument."

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

  The answer is: STOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Ava ___ at Dana."

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 change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
• Words that mean the same thing: smile
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMILED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. "Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Dana's reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: earned run average, epoch, geological era
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Wheezing laughter like an ___ in an old tire and deep blushing"

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: AIRLEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. were ___ that Dana was smitten, too."

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 any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
• Words that mean the same thing: sign, bespeak, signal
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIGNALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. "That was a ___ joke!," Dana sputtered."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
• Words that mean the same thing: radian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. "I got the shirt from ___; glad you like it.""

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: EBAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Ava mustered every ___ in her brain"

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 cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
• Words that mean the same thing: nerve cell
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEURON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. and felt her heart ___ as she blurted,"

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 gait in which steps and hops alternate
• Words that mean the same thing: bound off, skip over, skitter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. "I'd love to hang out some time, no ___!""

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 the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: lie down, fabrication, lie
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Dana grinned. "Then meditating together in corpse pose ___ an option!""

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: ISNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Ava wrinkled her ___ and laughed."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
• Words that mean the same thing: scent, horn in, nuzzle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___."

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 measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
• Words that mean the same thing: window pane, United States Department of State, Venus's curse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Dana learned that Ava loved chocolate ___ cookies,"

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 fragment of something broken off from the whole
• Words that mean the same thing: splintering, knap, chip shot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. and Ava learned Dana loved "Much ___ About Nothing.""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: bustle, flurry, hustle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. Though Dana wanted to visit Timbuktu in ___"

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 landlocked republic in northwestern africa; achieved independence from france in 1960; mali was a center of west african civilization for more than 4,000 years
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Mali, French Sudan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. and Ava preferred Accra in ___,"

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 republic in west africa on the gulf of guinea
• Words that mean the same thing: Gold Coast, Republic of Ghana
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GHANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. the pair still felt the ___ of their connection."

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 according with conscience or morality
• Words that mean the same thing: nicety, correctness, appropriateness
• The opposite would be: incorrectness, wrongness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIGHTNESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. One night, after watching "___ Python,""

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: MONTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. listening to Nat King ___,"

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 hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
• Words that mean the same thing: kail, borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Ava and Dana shared their first kiss over cream ___."

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 sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
• Words that mean the same thing: soda ash, tonic, pop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SODAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. And, of course, ___ lived"

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: THEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "70. happily ___ after."

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 at any time
• Words that mean the same thing: e'er, ever so, of all time
• The opposite would be: never
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword August 30, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Trojans' sch.	3
2D	2. Straw vote, e.g.	4
3D	3. Skin cream brand	4
4D	4. Round, squishy toy	8
5D	5. Actor Chaney	3
6D	6. Followed	6
7D	7. With distinction	7
8D	8. Daring deed	4
9D	9. Contraction before "be great"	5
10D	10. Obergefell v. ___, Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage	6
11D	11. Conclude miserably	10
12D	12. Shipwreck site	4
13D	13. Reds great Roush	3
14D	18. Figure skater Midori	3
15D	24. Like buses and bicycles	7
16D	25. Curtain trims, e.g.	7
17D	26. Bygone Russian rulers	5
18D	27. Inuit skin boat	5
19D	28. It's a sure thing	10
20D	30. Dawn goddess	3
21D	32. Synthetic fabric	5
22D	33. Never existed	5
23D	35. Wide shoe spec	3
24D	37. Just a number, it's said	3
25D	40. Alabama governor Ivey	3
26D	42. Bother	8
27D	45. Language from which we get bupkis and shtick	7
28D	48. Starting place	6
29D	50. Knuckle-headed gesture?	6
30D	53. Neuters	5
31D	55. 911 responder	3
32D	56. When repeated, a toy train	4
33D	57. Hamlet's interrogative after "How now!"	4
34D	59. Pope after Benedict IV	4
35D	60. Bali, for one	4
36D	61. M.L.B. execs	3
37D	63. Stuff in a loft	3
38D	64. Title for "Game of Thrones" knights	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. Trojans' sch."

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: USC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Straw vote, 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 an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
• Words that mean the same thing: opinion poll, pate, pollard
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Skin cream brand"

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: OLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Round, squishy toy"

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: NERFBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Actor Chaney"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Followed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be obedient to
• Words that mean the same thing: obey
• The opposite would be: disobey
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBEYED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. With distinction"

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: NOTEDLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Daring deed"

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: GEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Contraction before "be great""

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: THATD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Obergefell v. ___, Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage"

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: HODGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Conclude miserably"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ENDINTEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Shipwreck site"

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 submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
• Words that mean the same thing: Rand, Witwatersrand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Reds great Roush"

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 doctor's degree in education
• Words that mean the same thing: Doctor of Education, DEd
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Figure skater Midori"

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: ITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "24. Like buses and bicycles"

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: RIDABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Curtain trims, 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 border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
• Words that mean the same thing: edging
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDGINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Bygone Russian rulers"

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: tzar, czar, tsar
• The 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 18 Down: "27. Inuit skin boat"

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: UMIAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. It's a sure thing"

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: BIRDINHAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Dawn goddess"

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 (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Synthetic fabric"

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 acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with orlon yarns
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORLON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Never existed"

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: WASNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Wide shoe spec"

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: EEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Just a number, it's said"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: mature, maturate, years
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Alabama governor Ivey"

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: KAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Bother"

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 (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
• Words that mean the same thing: pain, pain in the neck
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUISANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Language from which we get bupkis and shtick"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dialect of high german including some hebrew and other words; spoken in europe as a vernacular by many jews; written in the hebrew script
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YIDDISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Starting place"

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: POINTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "50. Knuckle-headed gesture?"

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: NOOGIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. Neuters"

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 remove the ovaries of
• Words that mean the same thing: neuter, spay, castrate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "55. 911 responder"

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: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "56. When repeated, a toy train"

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: CHOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Hamlet's interrogative after "How now!""

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: ARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "59. Pope after Benedict IV"

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: LEOV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Bali, for one"

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 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 36 Down: "61. M.L.B. execs"

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 metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
• Words that mean the same thing: gramme, gm, g
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. Stuff in a loft"

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

  The answer is: HAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Title for "Game of Thrones" knights"

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: SER

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	75.6%
Short Answer	13	16.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Music	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	40
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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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Last Updated: August 31, 2025 at 05:19 AM