April 24, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (34 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, April 24, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (34 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

April 24, 2021 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Not-so-bright sort	7
2A	8. Dalliance	5
3A	13. Rockies you won't find in Colorado?	8
4A	15. Bully	6
5A	16. Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement	8
6A	17. Stinging bug	6
7A	18. Dallas-to-Duluth dir.	3
8A	19. Singer who rose to fame on "The X Factor"	11
9A	21. Bug	3
10A	23. Clean again, perhaps	5
11A	24. Vulcan's specialty	4
12A	25. Bum-rush	5
13A	27. Simple building block	4
14A	28. Indicator to be quiet	4
15A	29. Feels for	6
16A	31. Capone cohort Frank	5
17A	33. Co-star of Apple TV+'s "The Morning Show"	7
18A	35. Implausible argument, say	7
19A	39. Sticky food?	5
20A	41. Mister, in Manaus	6
21A	42. Streak	4
22A	45. Bit recorded on a Fitbit	4
23A	47. Perfect spots	5
24A	48. "That's ___ need"	4
25A	49. Coverage of the royal family?	5
26A	51. 61-Across, e.g.	3
27A	52. Take	11
28A	55. Lock (up)	3
29A	57. Orange pal of Pooh with black stripes	6
30A	58. "Yeah, right"	8
31A	60. Journalist Parker with a 2018 Pulitzer Prize	6
32A	61. Kia model introduced in 1993	8
33A	62. "___ a Pizza" (punnily titled children's book)	5
34A	63. Made a bee line for?	7

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. Not-so-bright sort"

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: DIMBULB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Dalliance"

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 usually brief attempt
• Words that mean the same thing: toss away, chuck out, pass
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Rockies you won't find in Colorado?"

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: AWAYTEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Bully"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person of mean disposition
• Words that mean the same thing: meany, unkind person
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEANIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement"

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 an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
• Words that mean the same thing: wisenheimer, smart aleck, weisenheimer
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WISEACRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Stinging bug"

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: REDANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Dallas-to-Duluth 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: nor'-nor'-east, north northeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Singer who rose to fame on "The X Factor""

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: HARRYSTYLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Bug"

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 irritate or vex
• Words that mean the same thing: gall
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Clean again, perhaps"

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: REMOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Vulcan's specialty"

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 event of something burning (often destructive)
• Words that mean the same thing: flack, firing, burn down
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Bum-rush"

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 moving crowd
• Words that mean the same thing: cloud, pour, pullulate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Simple building block"

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

  The answer is: LEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Indicator to be quiet"

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 something left after other parts have been taken away
• Words that mean the same thing: remain, rest period, balance
• The opposite would be: change, be active
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Feels for"

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 feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
• Words that mean the same thing: pathos, shame, compassion
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Capone cohort Frank"

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: NITTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Co-star of Apple TV+'s "The Morning Show""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ANISTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Implausible argument, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large and unbroken expanse or distance
• Words that mean the same thing: adulterate, reaching, unfold
• The opposite would be: shrink
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRETCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Sticky food?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
• Words that mean the same thing: kebab, shish kebab
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KABOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Mister, in Manaus"

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 portuguese title of respect; equivalent to english `mr'
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENHOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Streak"

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 drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
• Words that mean the same thing: deplume, bout, binge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Bit recorded on a Fitbit"

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 maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• Words that mean the same thing: mistreat, footfall, tone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Perfect spots"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: Shangri-la, Garden of Eden, Eden
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. "That's ___ need""

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: ALLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Coverage of the royal family?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. 61-Across, e.g."

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 high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis
• Words that mean the same thing: S.U.V., sport utility, sport utility vehicle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Take"

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: POINTOFVIEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Lock (up)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Words that mean the same thing: tailor-make, run up, tailor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Orange pal of Pooh with black stripes"

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: TIGGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. "Yeah, right""

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: IMSOSURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Journalist Parker with a 2018 Pulitzer Prize"

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: ASHLEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Kia model introduced in 1993"

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: SPORTAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. "___ a Pizza" (punnily titled children's book)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PETES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Made a bee line for?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
• Words that mean the same thing: write, spell out, import
• The opposite would be: unspell
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPELLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle April 24, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Start	4
2D	2. Cry upon hitting the jackpot	8
3D	3. Auto pioneer Alfieri	8
4D	4. Off week, say	3
5D	5. Jazz hangout?	4
6D	6. Old Renault model	5
7D	7. Amount of fun, maybe	6
8D	8. What podophobia is the fear of	4
9D	9. Some boos	11
10D	10. Awkward way to be caught	6
11D	11. 2020 Super Bowl-losing squad	6
12D	12. Prepare	6
13D	14. Some males in tales	6
14D	15. Chip's mother in "Beauty and the Beast"	8
15D	20. Real posers?	5
16D	22. Stocking stuffer	11
17D	25. Kind of treatment	3
18D	26. Like writing about writing	4
19D	30. "Cry me a river!" elicitor, perhaps	8
20D	32. Corner	4
21D	34. When?	5
22D	36. Regular order	8
23D	37. What parallel lines never do	8
24D	38. Schedule info: Abbr.	3
25D	40. Cartoon character with the hyperactive alter ego Cornholio	6
26D	42. [Testing, testing]	6
27D	43. Kid-lit character who lives in the Plaza Hotel	6
28D	44. Touch down	6
29D	46. Gets just so	6
30D	50. Hardly a man without morals	5
31D	53. Green pocketful	4
32D	54. Rocked, so to speak	4
33D	56. Ganja	4
34D	59. Lambert airport inits.	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. Start"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the first light of day
• Words that mean the same thing: cockcrow, sink in, break of day
• The opposite would be: sunset
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Cry upon hitting the jackpot"

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: IWINIWIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Auto pioneer Alfieri"

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: MASERATI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Off week, say"

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 you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
• Words that mean the same thing: good-by, bye-bye, adieu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Jazz hangout?"

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: Mormon State, UT, 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 6 Down: "6. Old Renault model"

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: LECAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Amount of fun, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
• Words that mean the same thing: barrelful, drum, gun barrel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. What podophobia is the fear of"

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 part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
• Words that mean the same thing: understructure, substructure, foot
• 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: FEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Some boos"

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: LADYFRIENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Awkward way to be caught"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INALIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. 2020 Super Bowl-losing squad"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Words that mean the same thing: nine, Nina from Carolina, 9
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Prepare"

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: GETSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Some males in tales"

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 singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ethel Merman, Merman, merman
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Chip's mother in "Beauty and the Beast""

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: MRSPOTTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Real posers?"

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 baseball player (born 1925)
• Words that mean the same thing: yogi, Berra, Yogi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOGIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Stocking stuffer"

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: KRISKRINGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Kind of treatment"

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

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Like writing about writing"

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: META

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. "Cry me a river!" elicitor, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOBSTORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Corner"

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 tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, corner, shoetree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. When?"

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: NOTIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Regular order"

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: THEUSUAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. What parallel lines never do"

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 be adjacent or come together
• Words that mean the same thing: meet
• 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: CONVERGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Schedule info: 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 a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
• Words that mean the same thing: hour, 60 minutes, hr
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Cartoon character with the hyperactive alter ego Cornholio"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEAVIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. [Testing, testing]"

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: TAPTAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Kid-lit character who lives in the Plaza Hotel"

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: ELOISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Touch down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to come to rest, settle
• Words that mean the same thing: perch, afire, aflame
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Gets just so"

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 dress or groom with elaborate care
• Words that mean the same thing: preen, plume, primp
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Hardly a man without morals"

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 greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AESOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Green pocketful"

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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Words that mean the same thing: tee, football tee, teeing ground
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Rocked, so to speak"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be dressed in
• Words that mean the same thing: weary, don, wear
• The opposite would be: refresh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Ganja"

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 plant that crowds out cultivated plants
• Words that mean the same thing: mourning band, dope, skunk
• The opposite would be: cultivated plant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "59. Lambert airport inits."

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: STL

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	75.0%
Short Answer	7	10.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.4%
History	3	4.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%
Geography	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 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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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, August 06, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle August 06, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Fruit used to flavor the liqueur patxaran	4
2A	5. Culture medium	4
3A	9. Fertile soils	5
4A	14. Element next to iron on the periodic table	9
5A	16. Trifling amount	5
6A	17. Threat that's hard to take seriously	15
7A	19. "Gracious!," informally	5
8A	20. "___ has poor memory": Gabriel García Márquez	5
9A	21. Lead-in to night or day	3
10A	22. Things sometimes named after queens	4
11A	23. Invigorating	5
12A	24. Fictional operator of the Discovery One spaceship	3
13A	25. Put on the line, say	3
14A	26. Psychoanalyst Fromm	5
15A	27. Chap	5
16A	29. The end of time?	6
17A	31. When repeated, name in 1968 news	6
18A	32. Response from Siri	15
19A	35. Charlotte ___, capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands	6
20A	36. Trifling amounts	6
21A	37. So-called "Father of the Italian Language"	5
22A	38. Most highly prized collectible coins	5
23A	39. Poster impostor?	3
24A	42. Trig function	3
25A	43. Dice, for instance	5
26A	44. Source of ruin	4
27A	45. Something you might throw in frustration	3
28A	46. Foil alternative, in Fulham	5
29A	47. Lisa of "A Different World"	5
30A	48. "Well, aren't you so darn special!"	15
31A	51. Completely bought	5
32A	52. Juice bar ingredient	9
33A	53. Fathers, abroad	5
34A	54. 1970s-'80s sitcom station	4
35A	55. Sylvia of jazz	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. Fruit used to flavor the liqueur patxaran"

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

  The answer is: SLOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Culture medium"

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 culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
• Words that mean the same thing: agar-agar, nutrient agar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Fertile soils"

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 rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
• Words that mean the same thing: loam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Element next to iron on the periodic table"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals
• Words that mean the same thing: Mn, atomic number 25
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANGANESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Trifling amount"

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

  The answer is: OUNCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Threat that's hard to take seriously"

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: IMEANITTHISTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. "Gracious!," informally"

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: LAWDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. "___ has poor memory": Gabriel García Márquez"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
• Words that mean the same thing: disgrace, pity, attaint
• The opposite would be: honor
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Lead-in to night or day"

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

  The answer is: MID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Things sometimes named after queens"

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

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Invigorating"

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 thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
• Words that mean the same thing: crispy, scrunch up, chip
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRISP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Fictional operator of the Discovery One spaceship"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Put on the line, 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 reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
• Words that mean the same thing: teetotal, wry, prohibitionist
• The opposite would be: wet, phlegmy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Psychoanalyst Fromm"

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: ERICH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Chap"

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 boy or man
• Words that mean the same thing: blighter, gent, fellow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. The end of time?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OCLOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. When repeated, name in 1968 news"

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: SIRHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Response from Siri"

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: HERESWHATIFOUND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Charlotte ___, capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: AMALIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Trifling amounts"

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

  The answer is: SHREDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. So-called "Father of the Italian Language""

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 italian poet famous for writing the divine comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by virgil and his idealized beatrice (1265-1321)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dante Alighieri
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. Most highly prized collectible coins"

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: RARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Poster impostor?"

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 botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Trig function"

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 ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• Words that mean the same thing: Colorado, Centennial State, cosine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. Dice, for instance"

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 hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
• Words that mean the same thing: cub, dice, third power
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. Source of ruin"

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 something causing misery or death
• Words that mean the same thing: nemesis, scourge, curse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Something you might throw in frustration"

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 display of bad temper
• Words that mean the same thing: jibe, gibe, meet
• The opposite would be: disagree, unfit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. Foil alternative, in Fulham"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
• Words that mean the same thing: saber, cavalry sword
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SABRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "47. Lisa of "A Different World""

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: BONET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "48. "Well, aren't you so darn special!""

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: LAHDIFRICKINDAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "51. Completely bought"

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: ATEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "52. Juice bar ingredient"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACAIBERRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "53. Fathers, abroad"

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: PERES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "54. 1970s-'80s sitcom station"

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: WKRP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "55. Sylvia of jazz"

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: SYMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle August 06, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Got ready for a photo, say	6
2D	2. Old Hollywood actress born in Austria-Hungary	6
3D	3. Title rock lyric before "I'm gonna find ya / I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya"	15
4D	4. "Heavens to Murgatroyd!"	5
5D	5. Alex and ___ (jewelry chain)	3
6D	6. Hits the jackpot, say	8
7D	7. Exceedingly obtuse	15
8D	8. Go over	6
9D	9. With 10-Down, miss the boat	4
10D	10. See 9-Down	3
11D	11. Branch of agriculture pertinent to dairy farmers and cattle ranchers	15
12D	12. Longtime N.B.A. head coach Nate	8
13D	13. ___ money	4
14D	15. Partner of all	3
15D	18. Pain to a pediatrician?	3
16D	23. Director Cameron	5
17D	24. Judean king	5
18D	26. Woman's name that becomes a different woman's name when its third and fourth letters are switched	5
19D	27. Marching band instruments	5
20D	28. What "n" might mean	3
21D	30. Foes of the Romans	5
22D	31. Fathers	5
23D	32. "I was ___!"	3
24D	33. Starve	8
25D	34. Like a large garage or small pileup	8
26D	38. Badly chafe	6
27D	40. Feature of Herman on "The Simpsons"	6
28D	41. Moon of Saturn	6
29D	43. Half-___ (latte order)	3
30D	44. Stirrups, e.g.	5
31D	45. Kerfuffle	4
32D	46. Tries, in a way	4
33D	47. Lobster catcher?	3
34D	49. Just deserts	3
35D	50. Currency of Laos	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. Got ready for a photo, 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 change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
• Words that mean the same thing: smile
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMILED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Old Hollywood actress born in Austria-Hungary"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LAMARR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Title rock lyric before "I'm gonna find ya / I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya""

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: ONEWAYORANOTHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Heavens to Murgatroyd!""

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: EGADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Alex and ___ (jewelry chain)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that black tropical american cuckoo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Hits the jackpot, say"

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: GETSRICH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Exceedingly obtuse"

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: ASTHICKASABRICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Go over"

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 old material that is slightly reworked and used again
• Words that mean the same thing: hash over, retrograde
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REHASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. With 10-Down, miss the boat"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: fall back, miss, recede
• The opposite would be: keep, win
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. See 9-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
• Words that mean the same thing: tabu, stunned, forbidden
• The opposite would be: safe
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Branch of agriculture pertinent to dairy farmers and cattle ranchers"

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: ANIMALHUSBANDRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Longtime N.B.A. head coach Nate"

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: MCMILLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. ___ money"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small hard fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: come, semen, ejaculate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Partner of all"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one or some or every or all without specification
• Words that mean the same thing: whatever, whatsoever
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Pain to a pediatrician?"

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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Words that mean the same thing: pixy, scamp, gremlin
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Director Cameron"

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: CROWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Judean king"

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 king of judea who (according to the new testament) tried to kill jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in bethlehem (73-4 bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Herod the Great
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Woman's name that becomes a different woman's name when its third and fourth letters are switched"

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: ELSIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Marching band instruments"

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 small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
• Words that mean the same thing: fife
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIFES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. What "n" might mean"

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: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Foes of the Romans"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a european people who once occupied britain and spain and gaul prior to roman times
• Words that mean the same thing: Kelt, Celt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CELTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Fathers"

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 title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
• Words that mean the same thing: forefather, father, generate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. "I was ___!""

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 have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: let, have got, make
• The opposite would be: abstain, lack
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Starve"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cause to grow thin or weak
• Words that mean the same thing: macerate, waste
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMACIATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Like a large garage or small pileup"

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: THREECAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Badly chafe"

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: RUBRAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Feature of Herman on "The Simpsons""

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: ONEARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Moon of Saturn"

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 titaness and sea goddess; wife of oceanus
• Words that mean the same thing: Aplysia, genus Aplysia, genus Tethus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TETHYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Half-___ (latte order)"

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: CAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Stirrups, 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 percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
• Words that mean the same thing: bone, clappers, grind away
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Kerfuffle"

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 broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
• Words that mean the same thing: fluttering, roll, pother
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Tries, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Lobster catcher?"

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 top part of an apron; covering the chest
• Words that mean the same thing: tipple
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Just deserts"

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!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Currency of Laos"

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 basic unit of money in laos
• Words that mean the same thing: log Z's, upstart, slumber
• The opposite would be: wake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	70.0%
Short Answer	15	21.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.7 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 Friday, 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 15, 2025 at 07:16 PM