November 10, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle November 10, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Big mess	5
2A	6. Merino, for one	4
3A	10. What shaken soda cans do after being opened	4
4A	14. Hour and minutes separator	5
5A	15. Long-eared hopper	4
6A	16. Smidgen	4
7A	17. The Eagles' "___ These Nights"	5
8A	18. Working diligently	4
9A	19. Source of linen	4
10A	20. Sommelier?	13
11A	23. Winter D.C. setting	3
12A	24. "If you ask me ...," in shorthand	3
13A	25. Pen's end	3
14A	26. Sense of self	3
15A	29. Bartender?	12
16A	32. Product once advertised with the jingle "Who wears short shorts? ..."	4
17A	35. How Marcie addresses Peppermint Patty, for no apparent reason	3
18A	36. Shakespeare's "___ Andronicus"	5
19A	37. Actress Kendrick	4
20A	38. Booth at a fair	5
21A	41. Let go of	4
22A	42. The "I" of I.P.A.	5
23A	44. Suffix with super	3
24A	45. Quod ___ demonstrandum	4
25A	46. Soda jerk?	12
26A	50. One of 12 in "antidisestablishmentarianism": Abbr.	3
27A	51. Sgt. or cpl.	3
28A	52. Group of scenes	3
29A	53. Govt. agency for retirees	3
30A	56. Barista?	13
31A	60. Concept	4
32A	62. ___ de las Amazonas	4
33A	63. Turn away	5
34A	64. Word after fist or baby	4
35A	65. Blue: Sp.	4
36A	66. Sunnis and Shiites, e.g.	5
37A	67. Intersect	4
38A	68. Bone-dry	4
39A	69. Writing by John Locke or Alexander Pope	5

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. Big mess"

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 acronym often used by soldiers in world war ii: situation normal all fucked up
• Words that mean the same thing: fucked-up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAFU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Merino, 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 fabric made from the hair of sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: woolen, fleece, woollen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. What shaken soda cans do after being opened"

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 expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: honk, ptyalize, puke
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Hour and minutes separator"

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 part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
• Words that mean the same thing: Aspinwall, El Salvadoran colon, Costa Rican colon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Long-eared hopper"

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 swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: rabbit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Smidgen"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: tittle, scintilla, shred
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. The Eagles' "___ These Nights""

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: ONEOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Working diligently"

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: ATIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Source of linen"

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 fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Sommelier?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: PORTAUTHORITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Winter D.C. setting"

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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "If you ask me ...," in shorthand"

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 united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
• Words that mean the same thing: International Maritime Organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Pen's end"

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 writing point of a pen
• Words that mean the same thing: bill, pen nib, pecker
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Sense of self"

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

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Bartender?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
• Words that mean the same thing: draftsman, draughtsman
• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAFTSPERSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Product once advertised with the jingle "Who wears short shorts? ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. How Marcie addresses Peppermint Patty, for no apparent reason"

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 term of address for a 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: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Shakespeare's "___ Andronicus""

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 greek disciple and helper of saint paul
• Words that mean the same thing: Epistle to Titus, Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Titus Vespasianus Augustus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Actress Kendrick"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a former copper coin of pakistan and india
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Booth at a fair"

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 support or foundation
• Words that mean the same thing: standstill, stick out, suffer
• The opposite would be: sit, yield
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Let go of"

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 give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Words that mean the same thing: deliver, concede, grant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. The "I" of I.P.A."

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 republic in the asian subcontinent in southern asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1947
• Words that mean the same thing: Bharat, Republic of India
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Suffix with super"

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: IOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Quod ___ demonstrandum"

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: ERAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Soda jerk?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an abundant source
• Words that mean the same thing: headspring, wellspring, well
• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOUNTAINHEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. One of 12 in "antidisestablishmentarianism": 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: SYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Sgt. or cpl."

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: NCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Group of scenes"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: do, human action, play
• 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: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Govt. agency for retirees"

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 independent government agency responsible for the social security system
• Words that mean the same thing: Social Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Barista?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
• Words that mean the same thing: groundkeeper, groundsman
• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROUNDSKEEPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Concept"

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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Words that mean the same thing: musical theme, thought, approximation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. ___ de las Amazonas"

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

  The answer is: RIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Turn away"

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 prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
• Words that mean the same thing: deflect, debar, fend off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Word after fist or baby"

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 lump on the body caused by a blow
• Words that mean the same thing: kick downstairs, bulge, gibbousness
• The opposite would be: promote
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Blue: Sp."

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: AZUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Sunnis and Shiites, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a subdivision of a larger religious group
• Words that mean the same thing: faction, religious sect, sect
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Intersect"

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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Words that mean the same thing: suffer, contact, fulfil
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Bone-dry"

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 (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
• Words that mean the same thing: sear, shriveled, dried-up
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Writing by John Locke or Alexander Pope"

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 an analytic or interpretive literary composition
• Words that mean the same thing: prove, assay, seek
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle November 10, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. It will have you seeing things	5
2D	2. Discussing politics and religion with strangers, often	5
3D	3. On the qui vive	5
4D	4. 12 inches	4
5D	5. Dirty, as a trick	6
6D	6. "You got a problem with that?"	8
7D	7. "I do solemnly swear ...," e.g.	4
8D	8. ___ Belt	6
9D	9. Proceed without restraint	6
10D	10. Sort (through)	4
11D	11. Dacron fabric, for one	9
12D	12. Boarding pass info	3
13D	13. Makeup of candles or early records	3
14D	21. Sch. in Amherst	5
15D	22. "Yeah, sure"	4
16D	27. Dutch city or a cheese it's famous for	5
17D	28. Beginning	5
18D	29. Outlet from a sink	5
19D	30. Part of a bridal gown	5
20D	31. Chopped finely, as food	5
21D	32. Babes in the woods	5
22D	33. What an onslaught of political ads may do	5
23D	34. "Pretend for a moment that you care what I want"	9
24D	39. Easy-peasy	8
25D	40. Rubbish	5
26D	43. ___ time (never)	4
27D	47. Top-of-the-line Honda offerings	6
28D	48. Give an electrical charge	6
29D	49. Order that may follow "Ten-hut!"	6
30D	53. Engineering details	5
31D	54. Big name in mattresses	5
32D	55. ___-craftsy	5
33D	57. Entranced	4
34D	58. Gloomy	4
35D	59. Dark times, informally	4
36D	60. Company nicknamed Big Blue	3
37D	61. In ___ time	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. It will have you seeing things"

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

  The answer is: SCOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Discussing politics and religion with strangers, often"

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: NONOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. On the qui vive"

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 condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
• Words that mean the same thing: spanking, lively, zippy
• The opposite would be: unalert
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. 12 inches"

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 part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
• Words that mean the same thing: human foot, foundation, understructure
• The opposite would be: head
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Dirty, as a trick"

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 not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception
• Words that mean the same thing: unjust
• The opposite would be: fair
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNFAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "You got a problem with that?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WHATOFIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "I do solemnly swear ...," e.g."

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 profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
• Words that mean the same thing: cuss, swearing, expletive
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. ___ Belt"

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 (greek mythology) a giant boeotian hunter who pursued the pleiades and was eventually slain by artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
• Words that mean the same thing: Orion, Hunter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORIONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Proceed without restraint"

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: LETRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sort (through)"

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 move as if through a sieve
• Words that mean the same thing: sieve, strain
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Dacron fabric, for one"

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 any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLYESTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Boarding pass info"

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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Makeup of candles or early records"

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 substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
• Words that mean the same thing: mount, climb, full
• The opposite would be: wane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Sch. in Amherst"

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: UMASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Yeah, sure""

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: IBET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "27. Dutch city or a cheese it's famous for"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mild cream-colored dutch cheese shaped in balls
• Words that mean the same thing: Gouda cheese
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOUDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Beginning"

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 the beginning or early stages
• Words that mean the same thing: attack, onrush, onslaught
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Outlet from a sink"

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 emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
• Words that mean the same thing: drainpipe, debilitate, enfeeble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Part of a bridal gown"

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 public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
• Words that mean the same thing: direct, take aim, groom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Chopped finely, as food"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
• Words that mean the same thing: rice
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Babes in the woods"

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 naive or inexperienced person
• Words that mean the same thing: naif
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. What an onslaught of political ads may do"

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 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Words that mean the same thing: rag, get at, nark
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. "Pretend for a moment that you care what I want""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INDULGEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Easy-peasy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOHASSLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Rubbish"

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 merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
• Words that mean the same thing: schlock, shlock
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. ___ time (never)"

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: ATNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "47. Top-of-the-line Honda offerings"

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: ACURAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Give an electrical charge"

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 become converted into ions
• Words that mean the same thing: ionise
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Order that may follow "Ten-hut!""

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: ATEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. Engineering 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 optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
• Words that mean the same thing: glasses, specification, spectacles
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Big name in mattresses"

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: SERTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. ___-craftsy"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ARTSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Entranced"

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 feeling great rapture or delight
• Words that mean the same thing: enraptured, rhapsodic, rapturous
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. Gloomy"

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 stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - t.s.eliot
• Words that mean the same thing: tenacious, saturnine, glum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Dark times, 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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: evening, eve, Eve
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Company nicknamed Big Blue"

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: IBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. In ___ time"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that that which is deserved or owed
• Words that mean the same thing: imputable, referable, ascribable
• The opposite would be: undue
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	77.6%
Short Answer	13	17.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 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 medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
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• Down Clues (31 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, April 03, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (35 Across, 31 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.8 letters

April 03, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Kind of poet	4
2A	5. Locales on a campus map	5
3A	10. Nondairy source of calcium	4
4A	14. Impetuous	4
5A	15. Coat in the winter	5
6A	16. Pro in tech since 2015	4
7A	17. Keister	4
8A	18. Artist's application	5
9A	19. So, in Sicily	4
10A	20. Part of a driver's manual	6
11A	22. Squat	8
12A	24. Soup bone selection	7
13A	26. Crown Jewels' quality	6
14A	27. ___ bank	5
15A	28. Buenos Aires-to-Brasília dir.	3
16A	31. Worked up	5
17A	32. "Squee!"	11
18A	35. Making goo-goo eyes, say	11
19A	36. Covered in ink	11
20A	37. Lock option	5
21A	38. Thither	3
22A	39. Brown	5
23A	43. Charms	6
24A	45. Hit reality TV series spun off from "16 and Pregnant"	7
25A	47. Place for a pot and kettle	8
26A	50. It circles the globe	6
27A	51. Role for Jay Chou in 2011's "The Green Hornet"	4
28A	52. People who follow a set of rules known as the Ordnung	5
29A	54. Component of some fractals	4
30A	55. Athletic conference that UMass belongs to	4
31A	56. Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year	5
32A	57. Native Canadian	4
33A	58. One-named singer awarded a C.B.E. in 2017	4
34A	59. Mistake?	5
35A	60. Big name in oil	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. Kind of poet"

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 regular route for a sentry or policeman
• Words that mean the same thing: metre, exhaust, baffle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Locales on a campus map"

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 interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
• Words that mean the same thing: manor hall, Asaph Hall, Charles Francis Hall
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Nondairy source of calcium"

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 informal terms for money
• Words that mean the same thing: pelf, kail, borecole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Impetuous"

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 any red eruption of the skin
• Words that mean the same thing: efflorescence, reckless, foolhardy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Coat in the winter"

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: ICEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Pro in tech since 2015"

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: IPAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Keister"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: nates, behind, asshole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Artist's application"

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 gypsum or plaster of paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GESSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. So, in Sicily"

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: COSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Part of a driver's manual"

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 the act of grasping
• Words that mean the same thing: clasp, cling to, clench
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLUTCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Squat"

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 having a short and solid form or stature
• Words that mean the same thing: compact, stocky, thick
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THICKSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Soup bone selection"

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: HAMHOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Crown Jewels' quality"

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 surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
• Words that mean the same thing: brilliancy, luster, sheen
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUSTRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. ___ bank"

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 male reproductive cell; the male gamete
• Words that mean the same thing: sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Buenos Aires-to-Brasília dir."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the compass point that is midway between north and northeast
• Words that mean the same thing: north northeast, nor'-nor'-east
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Worked up"

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 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Words that mean the same thing: nark, pissed off, gravel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RILED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. "Squee!""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: IMSOEXCITED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Making goo-goo eyes, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that like a coquette
• Words that mean the same thing: coquettish
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLIRTATIOUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Covered in ink"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: ALLTATTEDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Lock option"

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 hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
• Words that mean the same thing: lace, tress, pleat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Thither"

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 distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
• Words that mean the same thing: yonder
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Brown"

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

  The answer is: SAUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Charms"

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 occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
• Words that mean the same thing: divert, amuse, disport
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMUSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Hit reality TV series spun off from "16 and Pregnant""

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: TEENMOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Place for a pot and kettle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RANGETOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. It circles the globe"

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 either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics
• Words that mean the same thing: tropical
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROPIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Role for Jay Chou in 2011's "The Green Hornet""

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: KATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. People who follow a set of rules known as the Ordnung"

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

  The answer is: AMISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Component of some fractals"

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 flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
• Words that mean the same thing: roofing tile
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Athletic conference that UMass belongs to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
• Words that mean the same thing: Aton
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states poet (1849-1916)
• Words that mean the same thing: James Whitcomb Riley
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RILEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Native Canadian"

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 member of an algonquian people living in central canada
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. One-named singer awarded a C.B.E. in 2017"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that french soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814)
• Words that mean the same thing: Marquis de Sade, de Sade, Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. Mistake?"

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 advantageous purchase
• Words that mean the same thing: buy, bargain, slip
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Big name in oil"

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 english pianist (1890-1965)
• Words that mean the same thing: Walter Rudolf Hess, Victor Hess, Rudolf Hess
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HESS

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - April 03, 2021 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Maker of candy corn and conversation hearts	6
2D	2. Winter hat feature	6
3D	3. Adopt	6
4D	4. Blues classic that contains the lyric "I'm free from your spell"	15
5D	5. Hard pitch to hit?	5
6D	6. Wizard	3
7D	7. Cautionary word	4
8D	8. Very green	4
9D	9. Turn	5
10D	10. Adds more spice	15
11D	11. They're on a mission	8
12D	12. Beamed, in a way	7
13D	13. Worked for Money, say	6
14D	21. One of 20 standing in the House	9
15D	23. Nonstandard adjective in "Alice in Wonderland"	9
16D	25. Tough	6
17D	29. "Nifty!"	5
18D	30. Scope	6
19D	33. Title for Eva Perón: Abbr.	3
20D	34. Massenet's "Le ___"	3
21D	35. Showed brazenly	8
22D	36. Former name of Kazakhstan's largest city	7
23D	37. Worn down apparel?	6
24D	40. One who might sit in a high chair	6
25D	41. Fabrics with printed designs	6
26D	42. Makes introductions, in a way	6
27D	44. "The sentinels, silent and sure," per a "Les Misérables" song	5
28D	46. Kind of alcohol	5
29D	48. Jump over	4
30D	49. Word with junk or dog	4
31D	53. Ending of titles by Jean Rhys and Ernest Hemingway	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. Maker of candy corn and conversation hearts"

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: BRACHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Winter hat feature"

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 one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm
• Words that mean the same thing: earflap
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARLAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Adopt"

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 take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
• Words that mean the same thing: take up, acquire, adopt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSUME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Blues classic that contains the lyric "I'm free from your spell""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THETHRILLISGONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Hard pitch to hit?"

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: HIGHC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Wizard"

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

  The answer is: ACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Cautionary word"

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 being ten more than forty
• Words that mean the same thing: fifty, l, 50
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Very green"

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 drinks alcohol to excess habitually
• Words that mean the same thing: plushy, soaker, plush
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Turn"

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 (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
• Words that mean the same thing: foil, mess up, botch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Adds more spice"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: KICKSITUPANOTCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. They're on a mission"

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 ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
• Words that mean the same thing: Apostle, apostle, Apostelic Father
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APOSTLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Beamed, in a way"

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: LASERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Worked for Money, 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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Words that mean the same thing: redact, delete, cut
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDITED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. One of 20 standing in the House"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a special group delegated to consider some matter; - milton berle
• Words that mean the same thing: citizens committee, commission
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMMITTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Nonstandard adjective in "Alice in Wonderland""

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 beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
• Words that mean the same thing: rummy, funny, singular
• The opposite would be: incurious
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CURIOUSER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Tough"

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 making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
• Words that mean the same thing: knotted, knobbed, snarled
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNOTTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "29. "Nifty!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: NEATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. Scope"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the point or degree to which something extends
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXTENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "33. Title for Eva Perón: 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: SRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. Massenet's "Le ___""

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 united states army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the army anywhere in the world
• Words that mean the same thing: Criminal Investigation Command
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "35. Showed brazenly"

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 display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
• Words that mean the same thing: flaunt, ostentate, flash
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAUNTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Former name of Kazakhstan's largest city"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ALMAATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Worn down apparel?"

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 kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a british term)
• Words that mean the same thing: windcheater, parka, anorak
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARKAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. One who might sit in a high chair"

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 official at a baseball game
• Words that mean the same thing: arbiter, arbitrator, 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: UMPIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Fabrics with printed designs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOILES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Makes introductions, in a way"

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 person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
• Words that mean the same thing: compere, master of ceremonies, emcee
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMCEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. "The sentinels, silent and sure," per a "Les Misérables" song"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Words that mean the same thing: whizz, champion, star topology
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Kind of alcohol"

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 univalent hydrocarbon radical c2h5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom
• Words that mean the same thing: ethyl group, ethyl radical
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Jump over"

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 prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: miss, drop, leave off
• The opposite would be: attend to, include
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Word with junk or dog"

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 collection of objects laid on top of each other
• Words that mean the same thing: stack, mass, passel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Ending of titles by Jean Rhys and Ernest Hemingway"

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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	84.8%
Short Answer	5	7.6%
Geography	2	3.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
Music	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	31
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	5.8 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 Saturday, 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 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM