October 12, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (41 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, October 12, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 80 (41 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - October 12, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Winning a blue ribbon	4
2A	5. San ___ (California city, informally)	4
3A	9. Trite	5
4A	14. State as fact	4
5A	15. Toy that hurts when you step on it barefoot	4
6A	16. Defendant's excuse	5
7A	17. Some deep voices	9
8A	19. Kind of snack chip	5
9A	20. Letter container: Abbr.	3
10A	21. Have debts	3
11A	22. When a plane is due to leave, for short	3
12A	24. Sweetie	3
13A	25. Her: Fr.	4
14A	27. Parts of gas stoves	8
15A	29. Like movies with considerable sex or violence	6
16A	31. "___ a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny catchphrase)	5
17A	32. Friendship	5
18A	33. Kind of cherry	4
19A	34. Electrical adapter letters	4
20A	38. "Dee-lish!"	3
21A	39. Mash-up	7
22A	42. Paris street	3
23A	43. One who's well-versed in the arts?	4
24A	45. Stout and porter	4
25A	46. Protein builder, informally	5
26A	48. Sharp or sour in taste	5
27A	50. Fireplace log holders	6
28A	51. Where touchdowns are scored	8
29A	54. Prefix with business or culture	4
30A	55. Seoul-based automaker	3
31A	56. Pretty ___ picture	3
32A	57. "Dude"	3
33A	58. College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa	3
34A	61. They were released from Pandora's box	5
35A	63. "That was fortunate"	9
36A	66. Special Forces headgear	5
37A	67. One of several on a superhighway	4
38A	68. Analogy phrase	4
39A	69. "Get Yer ___ Out!" (Rolling Stones live album)	5
40A	70. School founded by Henry VI	4
41A	71. Auto license issuers, for short	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. Winning a blue ribbon"

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 supreme effort one can make
• Words that mean the same thing: in force, topper, honest
• The opposite would be: bad, disadvantageously
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. San ___ (California city, informally)"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Trite"

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 repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
• Words that mean the same thing: old-hat, stock, commonplace
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. State as fact"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that report or maintain
• Words that mean the same thing: allege, affirm, avow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Toy that hurts when you step on it barefoot"

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 (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
• Words that mean the same thing: Lego set
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Defendant's excuse"

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 (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
• Words that mean the same thing: exculpation, excuse, self-justification
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Some deep voices"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a male singer
• Words that mean the same thing: barytone, baritone voice, baritone
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARITONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Kind of snack chip"

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 tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NACHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Letter container: 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: ENV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Have debts"

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 11 Across: "22. When a plane is due to leave, 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 system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
• Words that mean the same thing: explosive trace detection
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Sweetie"

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: HON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Her: Fr."

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: ELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Parts of gas stoves"

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 an oven or part of a stove used for broiling
• Words that mean the same thing: broiler
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BROILERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Like movies with considerable sex or violence"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: RATEDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. "___ a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny catchphrase)"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: AINTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Friendship"

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

  The answer is: AMITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Kind of cherry"

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: BING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Electrical adapter letters"

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: ACDC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. "Dee-lish!""

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: MMM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Mash-up"

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 an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
• Words that mean the same thing: dental amalgam
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMALGAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Paris street"

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 european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
• Words that mean the same thing: repent, Ruta graveolens, regret
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. One who's well-versed in the arts?"

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

  The answer is: POET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Stout and porter"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Words that mean the same thing: ale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Protein builder, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the radical -nh2
• Words that mean the same thing: aminic, amino 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: AMINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Sharp or sour in taste"

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: ACIDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Fireplace log holders"

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 frame of iron bars to hold a fire
• Words that mean the same thing: fret, scrape, rankle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Where touchdowns are scored"

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: ENDZONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Prefix with business or culture"

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: AGRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Seoul-based automaker"

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: KIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Pretty ___ picture"

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: ASA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. "Dude""

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: BRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa"

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: COE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. They were released from Pandora's box"

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 morally objectionable behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: iniquity, immorality, evil
• The opposite would be: good, goodness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. "That was fortunate""

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: GOODTHING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Special Forces headgear"

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 cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. One of several on a superhighway"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrow way or road
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Analogy phrase"

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: ISTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. "Get Yer ___ Out!" (Rolling Stones live album)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YAYAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "70. School founded by Henry VI"

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: ETON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "71. Auto license issuers, for short"

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: DMVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle October 12, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Sweetie	4
2D	2. Actress ___ Rachel Wood	4
3D	3. Be in jail	9
4D	4. Prefix with cycle	3
5D	5. With 50-Down, place that this puzzle grid represents	6
6D	6. Descartes who said "I think, therefore I am"	4
7D	7. Grow older	3
8D	8. Some facial jewelry	9
9D	9. One holding people up	6
10D	10. Pie ___ mode	3
11D	11. Limited kind of market	5
12D	12. Despise	5
13D	13. Detroit pro team	5
14D	18. "See? What'd I say!"	6
15D	23. Polynesian kingdom	5
16D	26. Tennis do-over	3
17D	27. Brand of Irish cream liqueur	7
18D	28. ___ Fáil (ancient crowning stone)	3
19D	29. Skatepark feature	4
20D	30. Bullets and such	4
21D	33. United States symbol	9
22D	35. "You did it all wrong!," e.g.	9
23D	36. Hill on a beach	4
24D	37. Corp. V.I.P.s	4
25D	40. Important pipes	5
26D	41. Actress Robbie of "I, Tonya"	6
27D	44. Cartoon "devil," informally	3
28D	47. Damage in appearance	3
29D	49. The U.S. has East and West ones	6
30D	50. See 5-Down	6
31D	51. Barely make it	5
32D	52. Skin care brand since 1911	5
33D	53. Milk and cheese products, collectively	5
34D	57. Lead singer for U2	4
35D	59. Airing	4
36D	60. Self-identities	4
37D	62. Meadow	3
38D	64. Feedbag tidbit	3
39D	65. Placed so as not to be found	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. Sweetie"

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 very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Words that mean the same thing: infant, baby, sister
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Actress ___ Rachel Wood"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EVAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Be in jail"

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: SERVETIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Prefix with cycle"

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: TRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. With 50-Down, place that this puzzle grid represents"

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 plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
• Words that mean the same thing: efflorescence, bloom, heyday
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLOWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Descartes who said "I think, therefore I am""

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: RENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Grow older"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: old age, maturate, senesce
• 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 8 Down: "8. Some facial jewelry"

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: NOSERINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. One holding people up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
• Words that mean the same thing: brigand
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Pie ___ mode"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Limited kind of market"

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 position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
• Words that mean the same thing: recession, ecological niche, recess
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Despise"

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 find repugnant
• Words that mean the same thing: abominate, execrate, loathe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABHOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Detroit pro team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large gregarious predatory feline of africa and india having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
• Words that mean the same thing: lion, 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: LIONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. "See? What'd I say!""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TOLDYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Polynesian kingdom"

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 monarchy on a polynesian archipelago in the south pacific; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1970
• Words that mean the same thing: Friendly Islands, Kingdom of Tonga
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Tennis do-over"

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 brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
• Words that mean the same thing: Army of the Pure, have, lease
• The opposite would be: disallow, prevent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Brand of Irish cream liqueur"

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 united states singer (1918-1990)
• Words that mean the same thing: Pearl Mae Bailey, Bailey, Nathan Bailey
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAILEYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. ___ Fáil (ancient crowning stone)"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Skatepark feature"

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: wild leek, Allium tricoccum, incline
• The 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 20 Down: "30. Bullets and such"

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 projectiles to be fired from a gun
• Words that mean the same thing: ammunition
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. United States symbol"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BALDEAGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. "You did it all wrong!," e.g."

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 disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
• Words that mean the same thing: critique, unfavorable judgment, literary criticism
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRITICISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Hill on a beach"

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 ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
• Words that mean the same thing: sand dune
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Corp. V.I.P.s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Words that mean the same thing: chief executive officer, CEO, chief operating officer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Important pipes"

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 very large body of (salt) water
• Words that mean the same thing: briny, main
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Actress Robbie of "I, Tonya""

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: MARGOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Cartoon "devil," informally"

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: TAZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Damage in appearance"

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 month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: spoil, deflower, mutilate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. The U.S. has East and West ones"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the shore of a sea or ocean
• Words that mean the same thing: slide, glide, sea-coast
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COASTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. See 5-Down"

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 plot of ground where plants are cultivated
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GARDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Barely make it"

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: EKEBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Skin care brand since 1911"

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: NIVEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Milk and cheese products, collectively"

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 farm where dairy products are produced
• Words that mean the same thing: dairy farm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAIRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Lead singer for U2"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. 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 36 Down: "60. Self-identities"

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 an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: egotism, self-importance, self
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Meadow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of length of thread or yarn
• Words that mean the same thing: pastureland, ley, pasture
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Feedbag tidbit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. Placed so as not to be found"

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 prevent from being seen or discovered
• Words that mean the same thing: obliterate, enshroud, shroud
• The opposite would be: show
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HID

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	61.3%
Short Answer	17	21.2%
Geography	3	3.8%
Abbreviation	3	3.8%
History	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Music	1	1.2%
Sports	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	80
Average Answer Length	4.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 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 Monday, 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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• Down Clues (40 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 75 (35 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

January 26, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Part of a relay race	3
2A	4. Book after the Gospels	4
3A	8. Blows one's top	6
4A	14. Some of its members wear P.P.E.	3
5A	15. Lava, e.g.	4
6A	16. Be in favor of	7
7A	17. *Having panache	8
8A	19. Computer accessory	7
9A	20. Feeling ready for bed	6
10A	21. Neighbor of an Arkansawyer	4
11A	23. Eastern "way"	3
12A	24. Dublin's land, to natives	4
13A	25. *Trinket	10
14A	28. File of documents	7
15A	31. Fish-eating bird	8
16A	32. Awards for ad agencies	5
17A	34. Equipment for pentathletes	5
18A	35. *State that many people want to get to on vacation?	14
19A	40. Unadventurous	5
20A	41. Hang	5
21A	42. Hundredths of a peso	8
22A	45. Tusked marine creature of the Arctic	7
23A	50. *Gaudy display	10
24A	52. Move like molasses	4
25A	53. "Hometown proud" supermarket chain	3
26A	54. Rob of "St. Elmo's Fire"	4
27A	55. Carrier of sweatpants and sneakers	6
28A	57. Everglades mammal	7
29A	60. Game in which the answers to the starred clues are legal plays but cannot be formed even if you have both blanks	8
30A	62. Difficult situations	7
31A	63. Cake layer	4
32A	64. Poet's nightfall	3
33A	65. Puts on the schedule	6
34A	66. Action that may be "contagious"	4
35A	67. Dejected	3

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. Part of a relay race"

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 human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: stage, peg, ramification
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Book after the Gospels"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Words that mean the same thing: act as, human action, pretend
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Blows one's top"

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 start abruptly
• Words that mean the same thing: irrupt, extravasate, recrudesce
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERUPTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Some of its members wear P.P.E."

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: AMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Lava, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
• Words that mean the same thing: lather, scoop, grievous bodily harm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Be in favor of"

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 the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
• Words that mean the same thing: patronize, hold up, plunk for
• The opposite would be: negate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUPPORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. *Having panache"

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: PIZZAZZY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Computer accessory"

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 printing
• Words that mean the same thing: pressman, printing machine
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRINTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Feeling ready for bed"

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 ready to fall asleep
• Words that mean the same thing: sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEEPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Neighbor of an Arkansawyer"

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: OKIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Eastern "way""

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 adherent of any branch of taoism
• Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Dublin's land, to natives"

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 republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Ireland, Ireland, Irish Republic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. *Trinket"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small inexpensive mass-produced article
• Words that mean the same thing: whatnot, bric-a-brac, novelty
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNICKKNACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. File of documents"

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 collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOSSIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Fish-eating bird"

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: SEAEAGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Awards for ad agencies"

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 (greek mythology) the muse of history
• Words that mean the same thing: Clio
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Equipment for pentathletes"

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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• Words that mean the same thing: epee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. *State that many people want to get to on vacation?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: STRESSLESSNESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Unadventurous"

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 characterized by dignity and propriety
• Words that mean the same thing: sedate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Hang"

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 hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• Words that mean the same thing: curtain, pall, clothe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Hundredths of a peso"

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 fractional monetary unit of several countries: el salvador and sao tome and principe and brazil and argentina and bolivia and colombia and cuba and the dominican republic and ecuador and el salvador and guatemala and honduras and mexico and nicaragua and peru and the philippines and portugal
• Words that mean the same thing: centavo
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CENTAVOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Tusked marine creature of the Arctic"

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 small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
• Words that mean the same thing: Monodon monoceros, narwal, narwhale
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NARWHAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "50. *Gaudy display"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent
• Words that mean the same thing: razmataz, razzle, razzle-dazzle
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAZZMATAZZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. Move like molasses"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: sludge, seepage, seep
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. "Hometown proud" supermarket chain"

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 one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts
• Words that mean the same thing: immunoglobulin 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: IGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Rob of "St. Elmo's Fire""

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: LOWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Carrier of sweatpants and sneakers"

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: GYMBAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Everglades mammal"

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 sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of america; the flat tail is rounded
• Words that mean the same thing: Trichechus manatus
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANATEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Game in which the answers to the starred clues are legal plays but cannot be formed even if you have both blanks"

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 an aimless drawing
• Words that mean the same thing: scribble, grope for, doodle
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCRABBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Difficult situations"

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 situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
• Words that mean the same thing: affiance, plight, engage
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLIGHTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Cake layer"

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 relative position or degree of value in a graded group
• Words that mean the same thing: level, tier up, grade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Poet's nightfall"

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: EEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Puts on the schedule"

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 (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
• Words that mean the same thing: slate, slating, slat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Action that may be "contagious""

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 involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
• Words that mean the same thing: oscitancy, yaw, oscitance
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Dejected"

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: deplorable, distressing, 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!

January 26, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Ran out, as a subscription	6
2D	2. Estevez of "St. Elmo's Fire"	6
3D	3. Crystal ___ (some prognosticators)	6
4D	4. Letters of urgency	4
5D	5. Warm and snug	4
6D	6. Looney Tunes nickname	3
7D	7. Watch surreptitiously	5
8D	8. California's motto	6
9D	9. Tech school in Troy, N.Y.	3
10D	10. Airer of TV's "Moesha" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"	3
11D	11. Thick soups	8
12D	12. Thick syrups	8
13D	13. Four, on a par 4 hole	7
14D	16. Paprika or pepper	5
15D	18. Snoring symbols	4
16D	22. Face, in slang	6
17D	25. ___ Jenner, Kardashian family matriarch	4
18D	26. More eager	6
19D	27. Back of the neck	4
20D	29. Cold weather roofing problem	6
21D	30. Golfer Ernie	3
22D	33. Adage	6
23D	35. Glass-___ (1933 banking legislation, informally)	8
24D	36. Home of Dar es Salaam	8
25D	37. Cracker name since 1934	4
26D	38. "S.N.L." alum Horatio	4
27D	39. Place for a mud bath	3
28D	40. Economizes	7
29D	43. Drivers who rarely have passengers	6
30D	44. Some Siouan speakers	5
31D	46. Gestation station?	4
32D	47. Paper tiger?	6
33D	48. Georgia's state wildflower	6
34D	49. Bigfoot or yeti	6
35D	51. Having some kick	5
36D	55. Got bigger	4
37D	56. Kitten's plaything	4
38D	58. T.S.A. employee, e.g.: Abbr.	3
39D	59. With 61-Down, org. once headed by George H. W. Bush	3
40D	61. See 59-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. Ran out, as a subscription"

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 pass into a specified state or condition
• Words that mean the same thing: relapse, glide by, slip away
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAPSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Estevez of "St. Elmo's Fire""

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: EMILIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Crystal ___ (some prognosticators)"

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: GAZERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Letters of urgency"

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

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Warm and snug"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
• Words that mean the same thing: cosy, snug, intimate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COZY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Looney Tunes nickname"

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: TAZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Watch surreptitiously"

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: SPYON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. California's motto"

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 alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
• Words that mean the same thing: constantan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EUREKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Tech school in Troy, N.Y."

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: RPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Airer of TV's "Moesha" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer""

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: UPN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Thick soups"

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 stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat
• Words that mean the same thing: pottage, potage
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POTTAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Thick syrups"

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 pale cane syrup
• Words that mean the same thing: slop, treacle, mush
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREACLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Four, on a par 4 hole"

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 (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
• Words that mean the same thing: diagonal, shot, virgule
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STROKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Paprika or pepper"

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 aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
• Words that mean the same thing: spice up, spicery, zest
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Snoring symbols"

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 26th letter of the roman alphabet
• Words that mean the same thing: Z, ezed, zed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Face, in slang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who kisses
• Words that mean the same thing: phiz, smiler, osculator
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KISSER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. ___ Jenner, Kardashian family matriarch"

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 malayan dagger with a wavy blade
• Words that mean the same thing: crease, creese
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. More eager"

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 having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
• Words that mean the same thing: piercing, lancinate, neat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEENER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Back of the neck"

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 back side of the neck
• Words that mean the same thing: nucha, scruff
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Cold weather roofing problem"

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: ICEDAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Golfer Ernie"

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

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Adage"

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: OLDSAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Glass-___ (1933 banking legislation, informally)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STEAGALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Home of Dar es Salaam"

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 republic in eastern africa
• Words that mean the same thing: United Republic of Tanzania
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANZANIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Cracker name since 1934"

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 swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918)
• Words that mean the same thing: Cesar Ritz
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RITZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. "S.N.L." alum Horatio"

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: SANZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Place for a mud bath"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health club, health spa, watering hole
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Economizes"

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 subsist on a meager allowance
• Words that mean the same thing: skimp, scrimp, stint
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCRIMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Drivers who rarely have passengers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
• Words that mean the same thing: valet de chambre, gentleman's gentleman, man
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Some Siouan speakers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Gestation station?"

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 hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
• Words that mean the same thing: uterus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Paper tiger?"

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 english materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
• Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Hobbes
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOBBES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Georgia's state wildflower"

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

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 34 Down: "49. Bigfoot or yeti"

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 story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
• Words that mean the same thing: fable, caption
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Having some kick"

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 having an agreeably pungent taste
• Words that mean the same thing: yeasty, spicy, piquant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZESTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Got bigger"

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 pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
• Words that mean the same thing: grow, originate, develop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Kitten's plaything"

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 giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
• Words that mean the same thing: narration, thread, recital
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. T.S.A. employee, e.g.: 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: AGT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. With 61-Down, org. once headed by George H. W. Bush"

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: THE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. See 59-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 an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
• Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	72.0%
Short Answer	13	17.3%
Geography	3	4.0%
History	2	2.7%
Literature	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	75
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 19, 2025 at 08:39 PM