November 19, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (38 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

NYT Tuesday Crossword Across Clues - November 19, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Feeling at the Grand Canyon, say	3
2A	4. Curse	7
3A	11. Music sales largely replaced by streaming, in brief	3
4A	14. Get along well (with)	3
5A	15. Scuba diver's need	7
6A	16. MSN alternative	3
7A	17. Roadside assistance org.	3
8A	18. Grounder that squeezes between two infielders, in baseball slang	7
9A	19. Genetic inits.	3
10A	20. E.M.T.s may insert them	3
11A	21. "Treasure Island" writer's monogram	3
12A	22. American ___ (beetle target)	3
13A	23. Chronic drinker's ailment, informally	3
14A	24. Salary after deductions	6
15A	26. Book after Song of Solomon	6
16A	28. Narrow waterway	3
17A	29. Had a base, as a runner in baseball	5
18A	33. Courtroom V.I.P.s	3
19A	34. *Cartoon billionaire	13
20A	37. Bronzer in a bottle	9
21A	38. Cliff's edge	5
22A	40. Grassy plain	5
23A	43. Lingua ___ (common tongue)	6
24A	44. Swimming	6
25A	46. Something an opera singer and a rancher have	5
26A	47. Pace	5
27A	48. Lab eggs	3
28A	49. :'-(	7
29A	55. "The Raven" writer's monogram	3
30A	56. Sport that takes place in a dohyo	4
31A	58. Kind of vote for a shareholder	5
32A	59. 10th grader, informally	4
33A	60. Easy pace	4
34A	61. Trims	5
35A	62. Fit for military service	4
36A	63. Gabs	4
37A	64. Small silvery fish	5
38A	65. Sassy	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. Feeling at the Grand Canyon, say"

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 an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
• Words that mean the same thing: veneration, reverence, fear
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Curse"

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: SWEARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Music sales largely replaced by streaming, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
• Words that mean the same thing: cd, compact disc, compact disk
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Get along well (with)"

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 colloid in a more solid form than a sol
• Words that mean the same thing: gelatin, colloidal gel, mousse
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Scuba diver's need"

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: AIRTUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. MSN alternative"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Roadside assistance org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
• Words that mean the same thing: abdominal aortic aneurysm
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Grounder that squeezes between two infielders, in baseball slang"

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 someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
• Words that mean the same thing: haemophile, hemophile, haemophiliac
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLEEDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Genetic inits."

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
• Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. E.M.T.s may insert them"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
• Words that mean the same thing: quaternary, quaternity, quadruplet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. "Treasure Island" writer's monogram"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. American ___ (beetle target)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Words that mean the same thing: elm tree, elmwood
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "23. Chronic drinker's ailment, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
• Words that mean the same thing: delirium tremens
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "24. Salary after deductions"

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: NETPAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "26. Book after Song of Solomon"

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 (old testament) the first of the major hebrew prophets (8th century bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Isaiah
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISAIAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. Narrow waterway"

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: RIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "29. Had a base, as a runner in baseball"

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: WASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Courtroom V.I.P.s"

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 any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• Words that mean the same thing: cony, district attorney, hyrax
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. *Cartoon billionaire"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SCROOGEMCDUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Bronzer in a bottle"

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: SUNTANOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Cliff's edge"

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 region marking a boundary
• Words that mean the same thing: threshold, verge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Grassy plain"

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 extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in latin america)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LLANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Lingua ___ (common tongue)"

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: FRANCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Swimming"

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: NATANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Something an opera singer and a rancher have"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
• Words that mean the same thing: set out, rate, chain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Pace"

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 (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
• Words that mean the same thing: pacing, pace
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEMPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Lab eggs"

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 female reproductive cell; the female gamete
• Words that mean the same thing: ovum, egg 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: OVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. :'-("

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: SADFACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. "The Raven" writer's monogram"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Sport that takes place in a dohyo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Kind of vote for a shareholder"

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 person authorized to act for another
• Words that mean the same thing: placeholder, procurator
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROXY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. 10th grader, informally"

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

  The answer is: SOPH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Easy pace"

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 slow pace of running
• Words that mean the same thing: lope, Trotskyite, jog
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Trims"

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 decrease gradually or bit by bit
• Words that mean the same thing: peel, pare down, whittle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Fit for military service"

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: ONEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Gabs"

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 large long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
• Words that mean the same thing: Bos grunniens, yakety-yak, cackle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Small silvery fish"

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 small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
• Words that mean the same thing: smell out, reek, sense
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "65. Sassy"

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 characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
• Words that mean the same thing: irreverent, impertinent, saucy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword November 19, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Not for the first time	5
2D	2. Finchlike birds that build intricate nests	7
3D	3. Like a bungee cord	7
4D	4. Hummus and guacamole brand	5
5D	5. *1971 role for Gene Wilder	10
6D	6. You are, in Spain	4
7D	7. Had	3
8D	8. "Great manners you've got!"	4
9D	9. *U.S. leader who said "Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"	10
10D	10. Contract details	5
11D	11. Heart-related	7
12D	12. Terse response to "Rough day?"	7
13D	13. Mark separating lines of poetry	5
14D	25. Dissecting grammatically	7
15D	27. Put on a pedestal	7
16D	30. F.B.I. worker: Abbr.	3
17D	31. Home of the kraken	3
18D	32. Every, in an Rx	3
19D	35. Roughly 1.5, in a standard shot of alcohol	6
20D	36. Widen	6
21D	38. Great technical skill	7
22D	39. Went wild	7
23D	41. "Oh yeah? Give me a single example!"	7
24D	42. Theoretically	7
25D	43. *"A jolly happy soul," in a holiday song	6
26D	45. Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid	6
27D	50. iPhone purchases	4
28D	51. Apothecary's weight	4
29D	52. "Heads up!," to a golfer	4
30D	53. Skating leap	4
31D	54. Skin abnormality	4
32D	57. "Fifth quarters," in sports: Abbr.	3
33D	59. Soak (up)	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. Not for the first time"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: once more, once again, over again
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Finchlike birds that build intricate nests"

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 craftsman who weaves cloth
• Words that mean the same thing: weaver, weaverbird, weaver finch
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAVERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Like a bungee cord"

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 narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
• Words that mean the same thing: pliable, flexible, rubber band
• The opposite would be: inelastic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELASTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Hummus and guacamole brand"

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

  The answer is: SABRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. *1971 role for Gene Wilder"

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: WILLYWONKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. You are, in Spain"

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: ERES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Had"

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: rust, eat up, 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 8 Down: "8. "Great manners you've got!""

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 socially incorrect in behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: natural, crude, bad-mannered
• The opposite would be: civil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. *U.S. leader who said "Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ABELINCOLN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Contract details"

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 status with respect to the relations between people or groups
• Words that mean the same thing: term, terminus, damage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Heart-related"

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

  The answer is: CARDIAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Terse response to "Rough day?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DONTASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Mark separating lines of poetry"

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 wound made by cutting
• Words that mean the same thing: flog, lather, trounce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "25. Dissecting grammatically"

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 analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
• Words that mean the same thing: parse
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARSING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "27. Put on a pedestal"

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

  The answer is: ADULATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "30. F.B.I. worker: 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: AGT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "31. Home of the kraken"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "32. Every, in an Rx"

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: OMN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "35. Roughly 1.5, in a standard shot of alcohol"

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 unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
• Words that mean the same thing: ounce, snow leopard, apothecaries' ounce
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUNCES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "36. Widen"

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 become wider
• Words that mean the same thing: flesh out, distend, expound
• The opposite would be: contract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DILATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "38. Great technical skill"

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

  The answer is: BRAVURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "39. Went wild"

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: RANAMOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "41. "Oh yeah? Give me a single example!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NAMEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "42. Theoretically"

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: ONPAPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "43. *"A jolly happy soul," in a holiday song"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
• Words that mean the same thing: icy, nipping, snappy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FROSTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "45. Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid"

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: TOPHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "50. iPhone purchases"

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: APPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "51. Apothecary's weight"

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 unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
• Words that mean the same thing: drachm, drachma
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "52. "Heads up!," to a golfer"

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 front part of a vessel or aircraft
• Words that mean the same thing: prow, stem, forward
• The opposite would be: aft
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. Skating leap"

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: AXEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Skin abnormality"

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 closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
• Words that mean the same thing: vesicle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CYST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "57. "Fifth quarters," in sports: Abbr."

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: OTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "59. Soak (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 piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: standard operating procedure, dowse, drench
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	64.8%
Short Answer	14	19.7%
Literature	3	4.2%
Music	2	2.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.8%
Sports	2	2.8%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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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February 28, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle February 28, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Gin-flavoring fruit	4
2A	5. Edinburgher, for one	4
3A	9. Y's in roads	5
4A	14. "Jesus ___" (shortest verse in the Bible)	4
5A	15. Syllables sung in "The Farmer in the Dell"	4
6A	16. Producer of tears in the kitchen	5
7A	17. One way 38-Across is offered	9
8A	19. Not an original	5
9A	20. Dis-band?	6
10A	21. Big name in elevators	4
11A	23. Collect it all!	3
12A	24. Slovenly sort	4
13A	26. Another way 38-Across is offered	7
14A	28. Soccer official, informally	3
15A	31. Kuwaiti leader	4
16A	33. Like a latte made with nonfat milk, in cafe lingo	6
17A	34. Coffee or tea	4
18A	36. Hang around aimlessly	6
19A	38. Colorful meal in a Dr. Seuss story	15
20A	44. Swamp-dwelling salamander	6
21A	45. Dirt	4
22A	46. Attacks from all sides	6
23A	49. "Toodle-oo!"	4
24A	52. Yellowstone herd animal	3
25A	53. Another way 38-Across is offered	7
26A	55. Disorderly crowds	4
27A	57. Leg, in old slang	3
28A	58. Woes	4
29A	60. Calc, for many an engineering major	6
30A	64. Endure	5
31A	66. Another way 38-Across is offered	9
32A	68. Like the dragon at the end of a hero's tale	5
33A	69. Watson who portrayed Hermione Granger	4
34A	70. Opposed to	4
35A	71. Neat and tidy	5
36A	72. Barbecue rod	4
37A	73. Speak with a hoarse voice	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. Gin-flavoring fruit"

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 wild plum of northeastern united states having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
• Words that mean the same thing: blackthorn, Prunus alleghaniensis, Allegheny plum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Edinburgher, 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 native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Y's in roads"

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 cutlery used for serving and eating food
• Words that mean the same thing: forking, branch, 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: FORKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Jesus ___" (shortest verse in the Bible)"

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 shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
• Words that mean the same thing: weep, cry
• The opposite would be: laugh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Syllables sung in "The Farmer in the Dell""

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: HIHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Producer of tears in the kitchen"

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 bulb of an onion plant
• Words that mean the same thing: Allium cepa, onion plant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. One way 38-Across is offered"

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: INTHERAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Not an original"

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: REPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Dis-band?"

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: GOSOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Big name in elevators"

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 united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Otis, Elisha Graves Otis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Collect it all!"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: bent, situated, gear up
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Slovenly sort"

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 coarse obnoxious person
• Words that mean the same thing: pig, slovenly person, sloven
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Another way 38-Across is offered"

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: ONABOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Soccer official, informally"

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

  The answer is: REF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Kuwaiti leader"

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 independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Words that mean the same thing: amir, ameer, emeer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Like a latte made with nonfat milk, in cafe lingo"

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 confidential information about a topic or person
• Words that mean the same thing: scraggy, near, tightly fitting
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKINNY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Coffee or tea"

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 drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
• Words that mean the same thing: brewage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Hang around aimlessly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: mill about, mill around, footle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOITER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Colorful meal in a Dr. Seuss story"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GREENEGGSANDHAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Swamp-dwelling salamander"

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: MUDEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. Dirt"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of being covered with unclean things
• Words that mean the same thing: ground, grunge, land
• The opposite would be: clean
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Attacks from all sides"

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 annoy continually or chronically
• Words that mean the same thing: chevvy, beset, encrust
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BESETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. "Toodle-oo!""

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: TATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. Yellowstone herd animal"

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 large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Words that mean the same thing: American elk, red deer, Cervus elaphus
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. Another way 38-Across is offered"

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: INATREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Disorderly crowds"

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 disorderly crowd of people
• Words that mean the same thing: jam, mob, gang
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Leg, in old slang"

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

  The answer is: GAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Woes"

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 often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: complaint, ill, ailment
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Calc, for many an engineering major"

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: PREREQ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "64. Endure"

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 put up with something or somebody unpleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: put up, tolerate, stomach
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "66. Another way 38-Across is offered"

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: WITHAGOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "68. Like the dragon at the end of a hero's tale"

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 people who have been slain (as in battle)
• Words that mean the same thing: off, bump off, murder
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "69. Watson who portrayed Hermione Granger"

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: EMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "70. Opposed to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• The opposite would be: pro
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "71. Neat and tidy"

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 (of hair) neat and tidy
• Words that mean the same thing: tidy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEMPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "72. Barbecue rod"

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 narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: spue, spit out, spatter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "73. Speak with a hoarse voice"

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 uttering in an irritated tone
• Words that mean the same thing: wood file, rasping
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword February 28, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Big gulp	4
2D	2. Fallon's predecessor on "The Tonight Show"	4
3D	3. Chooses	4
4D	4. Shared cultural values	5
5D	5. Psychedelic fungus, slangily	6
6D	6. Spy org.	3
7D	7. Toledo's home	4
8D	8. The Lone Ranger's companion	5
9D	9. Abandoned	8
10D	10. It shares a computer key with an exclamation point	3
11D	11. Mercilessly criticizes	6
12D	12. The "K" of K-pop	6
13D	13. Overbearing and unpleasant, say	6
14D	18. Vogue competitor	4
15D	22. Photo-sharing app, familiarly	5
16D	25. Utter nonsense	5
17D	27. Swallows, e.g.	5
18D	28. Notorious ___ (onetime Supreme Court nickname)	3
19D	29. Make a misstep	3
20D	30. Service charge	3
21D	32. Name that's practically synonymous with synonyms	5
22D	35. "I already know her"	5
23D	37. Faith with a holy site in Mecca	5
24D	39. Dietary vitamin or mineral	8
25D	40. Ford flop of the 1950s	5
26D	41. Gardening tool	3
27D	42. Afflict	3
28D	43. Annual Jan. honoree	3
29D	46. Huge favor	6
30D	47. Make possible	6
31D	48. One who won't take no for an answer regarding 38-Across	6
32D	50. Part of an Abraham Lincoln costume	6
33D	51. Start of a spell	4
34D	54. Cary of "The Princess Bride"	5
35D	56. Popeye creator Elzie	5
36D	59. Knucklehead	4
37D	61. Covid-19, informally	4
38D	62. Grub	4
39D	63. Cotton swab brand	4
40D	65. Guacamole, for one	3
41D	67. "Eww! I didn't need to know that!"	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. Big gulp"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large and hurried swallow
• Words that mean the same thing: draft, slog, slug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Fallon's predecessor on "The Tonight Show""

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: LENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Chooses"

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 select as an alternative over another
• Words that mean the same thing: opt, choose, prefer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Shared cultural values"

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 (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an 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: ETHOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Psychedelic fungus, slangily"

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: SHROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Spy org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Toledo's home"

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 midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
• Words that mean the same thing: Ohio River, Buckeye State, OH
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. The Lone Ranger's companion"

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: TONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Abandoned"

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 leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
• Words that mean the same thing: desolate, desert, abandon
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORSAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. It shares a computer key with an exclamation point"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: unrivaled, ace, unity
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Mercilessly criticizes"

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: RIPSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. The "K" of K-pop"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of korea who speaks the korean language
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOREAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Overbearing and unpleasant, say"

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 (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; -laurent le sage
• Words that mean the same thing: snooty, too big for one's breeches, snot-nosed
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOTTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Vogue competitor"

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 15 Down: "22. Photo-sharing app, familiarly"

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: INSTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Utter nonsense"

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 water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
• Words that mean the same thing: bilge water, take in 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: BILGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Swallows, 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 warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
• Words that mean the same thing: Bronx cheer, bird, chick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Notorious ___ (onetime Supreme Court nickname)"

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: RBG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Make a misstep"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: mistake, drift, stray
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Service charge"

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 fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
• Words that mean the same thing: bung, tip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Name that's practically synonymous with synonyms"

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 english physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869)
• Words that mean the same thing: Peter Mark Roget
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROGET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. "I already know her""

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: WEMET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Faith with a holy site in Mecca"

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 civilization of muslims collectively which is governed by the muslim religion
• Words that mean the same thing: Muhammadanism, Mohammedanism, Islamism
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Dietary vitamin or mineral"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: food, nutritious, nourishing
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUTRIENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Ford flop of the 1950s"

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: EDSEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Gardening tool"

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 tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Afflict"

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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: garlic, trouble, pain
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Annual Jan. honoree"

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: MLK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Huge favor"

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: BIGASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Make possible"

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 render capable or able for some task
• The opposite would be: disable
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. One who won't take no for an answer regarding 38-Across"

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: SAMIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Part of an Abraham Lincoln costume"

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: TOPHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Start of a spell"

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: ABRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Cary of "The Princess Bride""

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: ELWES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Popeye creator Elzie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEGAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Knucklehead"

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: SIMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Covid-19, informally"

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: RONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Grub"

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 informal terms for a meal
• Words that mean the same thing: rust, feed, wipe 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: EATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Cotton swab 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: QTIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "65. Guacamole, for one"

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 depression in an otherwise level surface
• Words that mean the same thing: magnetic dip, cutpurse, drop
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "67. "Eww! I didn't need to know that!""

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: TMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	61	78.2%
Short Answer	14	17.9%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Last Updated: September 03, 2025 at 11:18 PM