July 06, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, July 06, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle July 06, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "No, thanks"	5
2A	6. Rapper's release	4
3A	10. Activity that might elicit stares, for short	3
4A	13. Singer/actress Janelle	5
5A	14. Theater option	4
6A	15. Couleur du chocolat	4
7A	16. "___ Ever" (Elvis song from "G.I. Blues")	5
8A	17. Yamaha purchase	9
9A	19. Hazmat regulator	4
10A	20. USA competitor	3
11A	21. Construction piece that describes what happens when you compliment me?	5
12A	22. Kashyyyk denizen, in sci-fi	7
13A	24. Contents of some sleeves	3
14A	26. Olympic runner?	3
15A	27. Up and a little to the left, for short	3
16A	28. One who might be diagnosed with a polysomnogram	11
17A	31. Cellist with a Presidential Medal of Freedom	11
18A	32. Like some legal judgments	11
19A	33. Singer seen annually on David Letterman's Christmas show	11
20A	34. "Say no more - I'm on it"	11
21A	35. "___ Mañanitas" (traditional Mexican birthday song)	3
22A	38. GPS suggestion: Abbr.	3
23A	39. Walletful	3
24A	40. Aid in breaking down doors	7
25A	42. Go down, so to speak	5
26A	44. ___ South, div. of the 55-Acrosses	3
27A	45. Pixy ___	4
28A	46. #2 image among smartphone users?	9
29A	49. Not straight up	5
30A	50. "That's my cue!"	4
31A	51. Taqueria order, informally	4
32A	52. ___ Park, Calif.	5
33A	53. "C'mon, man," in a syllable	3
34A	54. Wetlands feature	4
35A	55. See 44-Across	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. "No, thanks""

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: IPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Rapper's release"

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 long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
• Words that mean the same thing: tapeline, magnetic tape, mag tape
• The opposite would be: erase
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Activity that might elicit stares, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: personal organizer, personal organiser, organizer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Singer/actress Janelle"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: MONAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Theater option"

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: IMAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Couleur du chocolat"

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: BRUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. "___ Ever" (Elvis song from "G.I. Blues")"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DIDJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Yamaha purchase"

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 small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars
• Words that mean the same thing: minibike, cycle, motorcycle
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTORBIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Hazmat regulator"

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 government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Occupational Safety and Health 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: OSHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. USA competitor"

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 metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
• Words that mean the same thing: Tbit, T.B., tebibyte
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Construction piece that describes what happens when you compliment me?"

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: IBEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Kashyyyk denizen, in sci-fi"

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: WOOKIEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Contents of some sleeves"

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 long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
• Words that mean the same thing: LP, L-P
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Olympic runner?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Up and a little to the left, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NNW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. One who might be diagnosed with a polysomnogram"

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 a person who has narcolepsy
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NARCOLEPTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Cellist with a Presidential Medal of Freedom"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: PABLOCASALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Like some legal judgments"

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 relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
• Words that mean the same thing: asserting, declarative
• The opposite would be: interrogative, interrogatory
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECLARATORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. Singer seen annually on David Letterman's Christmas show"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: DARLENELOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "34. "Say no more - I'm on it""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: DONEANDDONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "35. "___ Mañanitas" (traditional Mexican birthday song)"

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 white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
• Words that mean the same thing: lah, Pelican State, Louisiana
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. GPS suggestion: 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: RTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Walletful"

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 state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: Idaho, Gem State, id
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "40. Aid in breaking down doors"

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: FIREAXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "42. Go down, so to speak"

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 come to pass
• Words that mean the same thing: hap, happen, pass 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: OCCUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. ___ South, div. of the 55-Acrosses"

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: AFC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Pixy ___"

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: STIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. #2 image among smartphone users?"

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: POOPEMOJI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Not straight 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 departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
• Words that mean the same thing: tilted, tipped, canted
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "50. "That's my cue!""

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: IMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "51. Taqueria order, 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: GUAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "52. ___ Park, Calif."

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: MENLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "53. "C'mon, man," in a syllable"

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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: tut, tut-tut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "54. Wetlands feature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• Words that mean the same thing: slack, quagmire, entangle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "55. See 44-Across"

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

  The answer is: TEXAN

  Great job if you got it right!

July 06, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Count me in"	6
2D	2. One of the nine weapons in 2008's expanded version of Clue	6
3D	3. "That, in spades!"	6
4D	4. See 8-Down	5
5D	5. Lead-in to cow, horse or dog	3
6D	6. Footwear with a tree logo	11
7D	7. Who said "The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem"	4
8D	8. With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt?	3
9D	9. Prefix with thermic	3
10D	10. Like some vestments	8
11D	11. 1980s presidential candidate	7
12D	12. Weak	6
13D	15. So-so bond rating	3
14D	18. Conquers	9
15D	20. English breakfast, for example	8
16D	23. "Ninotchka" actress, 1939	9
17D	24. Mayoralty, e.g.	11
18D	25. Close ... but not THAT close	8
19D	29. Unseeded?	5
20D	30. Trim	4
21D	31. French homophone of 30-Down	4
22D	32. Stand-up comedian with the 2005 double-platinum album "Retaliation"	8
23D	33. Companies known for their net profit	7
24D	34. "Enough already!"	6
25D	35. Many a Univision viewer, in modern usage	6
26D	36. Armpit	6
27D	37. Poet with the 1967 Pulitzer-winning volume "Live or Die"	6
28D	41. Big name in parfum	5
29D	43. Original airer of "Everybody Hates Chris"	3
30D	44. Cracked	4
31D	47. ___ Resorts International	3
32D	48. "Je pense que ___" ("I think so": Fr.)	3
33D	49. Tsp. or tbsp.	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. "Count me in""

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: IMDOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. One of the nine weapons in 2008's expanded version of Clue"

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 any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
• Words that mean the same thing: toxicant, poisonous substance, envenom
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POISON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "That, in spades!""

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: ANDHOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. See 8-Down"

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: SAJAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Lead-in to cow, horse or dog"

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 6 Down: "6. Footwear with a tree logo"

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 land that is covered with trees and shrubs
• Words that mean the same thing: timber, timberland, forest
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIMBERLANDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Who said "The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: slick, glib, dab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Prefix with thermic"

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: EXO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Like some vestments"

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 associated with the priesthood or priests
• Words that mean the same thing: priestlike, hieratical, hieratic
• The opposite would be: unpriestly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIESTLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. 1980s presidential candidate"

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: DUKAKIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Weak"

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 lacking vigor or energy
• Words that mean the same thing: anaemic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEMIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. So-so bond rating"

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: BBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Conquers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RISESOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. English breakfast, for example"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TEABLEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "Ninotchka" actress, 1939"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: INACLAIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Mayoralty, e.g."

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: LOCALOFFICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Close ... but not THAT close"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to or characteristic of plato or his philosophy
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLATONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Unseeded?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remove the core or center from
• Words that mean the same thing: core
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Trim"

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

  The answer is: PARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. French homophone of 30-Down"

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: PERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Stand-up comedian with the 2005 double-platinum album "Retaliation""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DANECOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Companies known for their net profit"

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: DOTCOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. "Enough already!""

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: DROPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Many a Univision viewer, in modern usage"

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: LATINX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Armpit"

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 hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
• Words that mean the same thing: axillary cavity, armpit, axillary fossa
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXILLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Poet with the 1967 Pulitzer-winning volume "Live or Die""

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 united states poet (1928-1974)
• Words that mean the same thing: Anne Sexton, sacristan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEXTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Big name in parfum"

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: ESTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Original airer of "Everybody Hates Chris""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UPN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Cracked"

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

  The answer is: AJAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. ___ Resorts International"

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: MGM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. "Je pense que ___" ("I think so": Fr.)"

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: OUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Tsp. or tbsp."

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: AMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	66.2%
Short Answer	13	19.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.9%
Music	3	4.4%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Sports	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword November 20, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Univ. entrance exam	3
2A	4. Scores worth six pts.	3
3A	7. Grates, as a lemon	5
4A	12. Take the risk	8
5A	15. Pricey bars	6
6A	17. Spanish greeting	8
7A	18. Stadium cheer	6
8A	19. "Fiddler on the Roof" star	5
9A	20. Light: Sp.	3
10A	22. ___ Fridays	3
11A	23. 2018 blockbuster film based on a Marvel comic	12
12A	28. "TMI!"	3
13A	31. Time for a trip to Cabo San Lucas or Miami Beach	11
14A	32. Oohs' counterparts	4
15A	34. III, to Jr., say	3
16A	35. High-level math, informally	4
17A	36. Its license plates say "Life Elevated"	4
18A	37. Attraction in Bay Lake, Fla.	5
19A	40. Hand, informally	4
20A	42. Latin list ender	4
21A	44. "___ Believer"	3
22A	45. Wine ___	4
23A	46. Bring about	11
24A	50. Baseball stat that's better when it's lower	3
25A	51. Sturdier alternative to a cardboard box	12
26A	53. Lair	3
27A	54. ___-de-sac	3
28A	55. German philosopher Georg	5
29A	59. Sheep	6
30A	62. Latin American pastry	8
31A	65. Give ownership of	6
32A	66. Long fish with a row of barbs	8
33A	67. Boston airport	5
34A	68. Ticklee's syllable	3
35A	69. Actress Ortiz	3

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Univ. entrance exam"

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: dissemble, roleplay, enactment
• 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 2 Across: "4. Scores worth six pts."

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: TDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "7. Grates, as a lemon"

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 vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
• Words that mean the same thing: spice, zest, nip
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Take the risk"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHANCEIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Pricey bars"

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 metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
• Words that mean the same thing: metal bar, block of metal, ingot
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INGOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Spanish greeting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COMOESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Stadium cheer"

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: GOTEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "Fiddler on the Roof" star"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: TOPOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Light: Sp."

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: LUZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. ___ Fridays"

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: TGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. 2018 blockbuster film based on a Marvel comic"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLACKPANTHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. "TMI!""

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: EWW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "31. Time for a trip to Cabo San Lucas or Miami Beach"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: SPRINGBREAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Oohs' counterparts"

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: ooh, aah
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. III, to Jr., 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 a male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: Word, boy, Logos
• The opposite would be: daughter, girl
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. High-level math, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CALC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Its license plates say "Life Elevated""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
• Words that mean the same thing: UT, Mormon State, Beehive State
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Attraction in Bay Lake, Fla."

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: EPCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Hand, 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 the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: glove, hand, paw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Latin list ender"

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: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. "___ Believer""

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: IMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Wine ___"

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 regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Words that mean the same thing: snot, prig, snoot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Bring about"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that write an orchestra score for
• Words that mean the same thing: engineer, direct, organize
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCHESTRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Baseball stat that's better when it's lower"

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Sturdier alternative to a cardboard box"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: PLASTICCRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Lair"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: hideaway, hideout, lair
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. ___-de-sac"

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 passage with access only at one end
• Words that mean the same thing: dead end, cul de sac
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. German philosopher Georg"

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 german philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by karl marx (1770-1831)
• Words that mean the same thing: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Sheep"

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: OVINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Latin American pastry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMPANADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. Give ownership of"

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: CEDETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Long fish with a row of barbs"

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: SPINYEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Boston airport"

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 mountain peak in the st. elias range in the southwestern yukon territory in canada (19,850 feet high)
• Words that mean the same thing: Mount Logan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Ticklee's syllable"

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: HEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Actress Ortiz"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword November 20, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. No. at an insurance agency	4
2D	2. When repeated, a toy train	4
3D	3. Press (down)	4
4D	4. Immune system protectors	6
5D	5. Bleu ___ Causses (French cheese)	3
6D	6. Command before "Shake!"	3
7D	7. Shape of a lightning bolt	6
8D	8. Composer Brian	3
9D	9. Police dept. member	3
10D	10. Follow directions	10
11D	11. Laurence Olivier, notably	10
12D	13. Tyro, in modern parlance	4
13D	14. Argue repetitively ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme	13
14D	16. Self-satisfied smile	5
15D	21. Old TV channel that aired "Moesha"	3
16D	24. Church part that sounds like what you might have on your smartphone	4
17D	25. Wheat or soybeans	4
18D	26. "This Is Us" network	3
19D	27. Cable cars	5
20D	28. What fills un lac	3
21D	29. What rises and falls in a lake	10
22D	30. Question from a helpful person (or a helpless one)	10
23D	33. Bygone leaders	5
24D	38. Actor Dorsey of TV's "Queen Sugar"	4
25D	39. Line out the door?	4
26D	41. Abbr. meaning "We'll fill this slot in later"	3
27D	43. Wimbledon call	3
28D	46. Nonfiction film with a point of view, in brief	5
29D	47. Sends after	6
30D	48. Lone Star State sch.	3
31D	49. Gas that's a man's name + E	6
32D	52. "___, meeny ..."	4
33D	56. Greek earth goddess	4
34D	57. Biblical paradise	4
35D	58. In ___ land	4
36D	60. Below zero: Abbr.	3
37D	61. Athenian vowel	3
38D	63. Dashboard stat: Abbr.	3
39D	64. Chart shape	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. No. at an insurance agency"

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: ACCT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. When repeated, a toy train"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Press (down)"

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 tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
• Words that mean the same thing: tamping bar, pack, tamper
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Immune system protectors"

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: TCELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Bleu ___ Causses (French cheese)"

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 potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
• Words that mean the same thing: diethylstilboestrol, First State, diethylstilbesterol
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Command before "Shake!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be around, often idly or without specific purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: sit down, sit around, baby-sit
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Shape of a lightning bolt"

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 angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
• Words that mean the same thing: crank, zig, zag
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZIGZAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Composer Brian"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Police dept. member"

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: SGT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Follow directions"

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: TOETHELINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Laurence Olivier, notably"

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: STAGEACTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "13. Tyro, in modern parlance"

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: NOOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Argue repetitively ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme"

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: TALKINCIRCLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Self-satisfied smile"

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 smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure
• Words that mean the same thing: simper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMIRK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Old TV channel that aired "Moesha""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UPN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Church part that sounds like what you might have on your smartphone"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Words that mean the same thing: apsis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Wheat or soybeans"

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 yield from plants in a single growing season
• Words that mean the same thing: work, clip, harvest
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. "This Is Us" network"

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: NBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Cable cars"

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 conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
• Words that mean the same thing: tram, tramcar, trolley car
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. What fills un lac"

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: EAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. What rises and falls in a lake"

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: WATERLEVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Question from a helpful person (or a helpless one)"

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: WHATCANIDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Bygone leaders"

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 title for the former hereditary monarch of iran
• Words that mean the same thing: Shah, Shah of Iran
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Actor Dorsey of TV's "Queen Sugar""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: OMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Line out the door?"

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: TATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Abbr. meaning "We'll fill this slot in later""

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: TBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Wimbledon call"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
• Words that mean the same thing: allow, net ball, lease
• The opposite would be: forbid, disallow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Nonfiction film with a point of view, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPDOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Sends after"

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: SICSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Lone Star State sch."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: TCU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Gas that's a man's name + E"

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 colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
• Words that mean the same thing: C2H6
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. "___, meeny ...""

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: EENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Greek earth goddess"

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 (greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of cronus and the titans in ancient mythology
• Words that mean the same thing: Ge, Gaia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Biblical paradise"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. In ___ land"

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: LALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Below zero: 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: NEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Athenian vowel"

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: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
• The 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 38 Down: "63. Dashboard stat: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
• Words that mean the same thing: miles per hour
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MPH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "64. Chart shape"

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 dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
• Words that mean the same thing: Proto-Indo European
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	43	58.1%
Short Answer	20	27.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.4%
Abbreviation	3	4.1%
Movies/Film	2	2.7%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually 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 28, 2025 at 08:20 PM