February 05, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle February 05, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Holiday Inn alternative	6
2A	7. Where you might go through withdrawal?	3
3A	10. "Kapow!"	4
4A	14. Left	6
5A	15. Get major hang time, in snowboarding lingo	8
6A	17. College in Claremont, Calif.	6
7A	18. Al who famously drove a white Ford Bronco	8
8A	19. Brief hookup	13
9A	21. Fair-hiring inits.	3
10A	22. No longer in bondage	5
11A	24. One of the musicians on the 11th day of Christmas	5
12A	28. Showtime alternative	3
13A	31. Law partner?	5
14A	33. "The Scream" and "The Kiss," for two	10
15A	36. Vein contents	3
16A	37. American ___ (another name for the century plant)	4
17A	38. Slayer of Tybalt	5
18A	39. Ardent	4
19A	40. Hoover, e.g., informally	3
20A	41. Nonsense line sung by Frank Sinatra in "Strangers in the Night"	10
21A	43. Infotainment show with an exclamation point in its name	5
22A	46. Keg necessity	3
23A	47. Cuts back on	5
24A	48. What an ID may substitute for?	5
25A	50. Put away	3
26A	52. Some garage sale goods ... or what the answers at 15-, 19-, 33-, 41- and 62-Across have done?	13
27A	59. Archrivals of the Blue Devils	8
28A	61. Refrigerator, old-style	6
29A	62. Verses-vs.-verses competitor	8
30A	63. Gay who wrote "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold"	6
31A	64. Healthful leaf vegetable	4
32A	65. "Straight Outta Compton" group	3
33A	66. Totally embarrassed	6

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. Holiday Inn alternative"

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: RAMADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Where you might go through withdrawal?"

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 a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: standard pressure, automatic teller machine, cash machine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. "Kapow!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: wallop, whop, whack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Left"

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 move out of or depart from
• Words that mean the same thing: choke, go out, expire
• The opposite would be: be born, enter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXITED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Get major hang time, in snowboarding lingo"

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: CATCHAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. College in Claremont, Calif."

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: POMONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Al who famously drove a white Ford Bronco"

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 protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
• Words that mean the same thing: bonnet, hood, cowl
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COWLINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Brief hookup"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONENIGHTSTAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Fair-hiring 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: EEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. No longer in bondage"

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 grant freedom to; free from confinement
• Words that mean the same thing: rid, give up, justify
• The opposite would be: lodge, freeze
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. One of the musicians on the 11th day of Christmas"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who plays the bagpipe
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Piper, bagpiper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. Showtime alternative"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "31. Law partner?"

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 (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
• Words that mean the same thing: tell, regularise, Holy Order
• The opposite would be: disorder, disorderliness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "33. "The Scream" and "The Kiss," for two"

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: WORKSOFART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "36. Vein contents"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "37. American ___ (another name for the century plant)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Slayer of Tybalt"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ardent male lover
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROMEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Ardent"

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 (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
• Words that mean the same thing: zealous, esurient, devouring
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Hoover, e.g., informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Nonsense line sung by Frank Sinatra in "Strangers in the Night""

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: DOBEDOBEDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Infotainment show with an exclamation point in its name"

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: ENEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Keg necessity"

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 sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: tip, hydrant, pink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Cuts back on"

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

  The answer is: PARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. What an ID may substitute for?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: 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: IDAHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Put away"

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: deplete, run through, feed
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Some garage sale goods ... or what the answers at 15-, 19-, 33-, 41- and 62-Across have done?"

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: USEDFURNITURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "59. Archrivals of the Blue Devils"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or resident of north carolina
• Words that mean the same thing: Tarheel, North Carolinian
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARHEELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "61. Refrigerator, old-style"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
• Words that mean the same thing: refrigerator
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICEBOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "62. Verses-vs.-verses competitor"

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: SLAMPOET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Gay who wrote "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold""

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: TALESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Healthful leaf vegetable"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal terms for money
• Words that mean the same thing: gelt, sugar, dough
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. "Straight Outta Compton" group"

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: NWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Totally embarrassed"

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: ALLRED

  Great job if you got it right!

February 05, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Tow job, maybe	4
2D	2. Impulse transmitter	4
3D	3. Performer without a speaking part	4
4D	4. Loads	4
5D	5. They're not just skeptics	7
6D	6. "Curiosity killed the cat," e.g.	5
7D	7. Bank no.	4
8D	8. Ski resort NNE of Santa Fe	4
9D	9. Daily run, for short?	5
10D	10. Kvetch	6
11D	11. Ceded control of	10
12D	12. Bailed-out insurance giant of 2008	3
13D	13. Better half, with "the"	3
14D	16. Mild cigar	5
15D	20. Hurry, with "it"	7
16D	23. Mock	6
17D	24. Something a seismograph detects	5
18D	25. Honolulu's historic ___ Palace	6
19D	26. Police show, say	10
20D	27. Just get (by)	3
21D	29. Deadly African snake	5
22D	30. Ivy, e.g.	7
23D	32. Mulligans, e.g.	5
24D	34. Chicago airport code	3
25D	35. Death, in Deutschland	3
26D	39. Legal org.	3
27D	42. Like some illusions	7
28D	44. Message written on a car window	6
29D	45. Blind followers	5
30D	49. Classic theater	5
31D	51. "West Side Story" woman	5
32D	53. Zoomed	4
33D	54. Racketeer's org.?	4
34D	55. Poker giveaway	4
35D	56. Really, informally	4
36D	57. Symbol of Aphrodite	4
37D	58. Deleted	4
38D	59. "Naughty!"	3
39D	60. Calamares ___ romana (seafood dish)	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. Tow job, maybe"

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: REPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Impulse transmitter"

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 long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
• Words that mean the same thing: axone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Performer without a speaking part"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
• Words that mean the same thing: mimer, mimic, mummer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Loads"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. They're not just skeptics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon
• Words that mean the same thing: denier
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENIERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Curiosity killed the cat," 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 condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• Words that mean the same thing: proverb, saw, byword
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Bank no."

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 8 Down: "8. Ski resort NNE of Santa Fe"

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 member of the pueblo people living in northern new mexico
• Words that mean the same thing: Tao, Taoist
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Daily run, for short?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: MTWTF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Kvetch"

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 given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
• Words that mean the same thing: moaner, bellyacher, complainer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHINER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Ceded control of"

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: HANDEDOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Bailed-out insurance giant of 2008"

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: AIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Better half, with "the""

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 form of address for a married woman
• Words that mean the same thing: Mrs., Mr, Mister
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Mild cigar"

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 cigar made with light-colored tobacco
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLARO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Hurry, with "it""

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 practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
• Words that mean the same thing: pelt along, belt along, step on it
• The opposite would be: linger
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOTFOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Mock"

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

  The answer is: DERIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Something a seismograph detects"

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: PWAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Honolulu's historic ___ Palace"

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: IOLANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Police show, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to procedure
• Words that mean the same thing: adjective
• The opposite would be: substantive
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROCEDURAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Just get (by)"

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: EKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Deadly African snake"

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 arboreal snake of central and southern africa whose bite is often fatal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAMBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Ivy, e.g."

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 any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
• Words that mean the same thing: crawler, tree creeper
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREEPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Mulligans, 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 do over, as of (part of) a house
• Words that mean the same thing: refashion, remodel, reconstruct
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Chicago airport code"

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: ORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Death, in Deutschland"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Legal org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Like some illusions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to or involving light or optics
• Words that mean the same thing: visual, ocular, optic
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPTICAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Message written on a car window"

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: WASHME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Blind followers"

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 woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Classic theater"

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: ODEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. "West Side Story" woman"

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: ANITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Zoomed"

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 travel through the air; be airborne
• Words that mean the same thing: wing, fly, flee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Racketeer's org.?"

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: USTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Poker giveaway"

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 swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
• Words that mean the same thing: evidence, distinguish, tell apart
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Really, 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: UBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Symbol of Aphrodite"

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 of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
• Words that mean the same thing: climb, originate, pink wine
• The opposite would be: turn in, go to bed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Deleted"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EXED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. "Naughty!""

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 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 39 Down: "60. Calamares ___ romana (seafood dish)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	72.2%
Short Answer	15	20.8%
History	2	2.8%
Music	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.2 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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• Down Clues (39 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, January 18, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle January 18, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Get ready to hem, say	5
2A	6. Hankering	4
3A	10. Thomas Edison's middle name	4
4A	14. Boxing venue	5
5A	15. ___ Hari (W.W. I spy)	4
6A	16. Russian "no"	4
7A	17. City where you won't find the Eiffel Tower	10
8A	19. Cotton processors	4
9A	20. Not to mention ...	3
10A	21. Org. for which Jason Bourne works in "The Bourne Identity"	3
11A	22. Author Charlotte, Emily or Anne	6
12A	24. City where you won't find the Parthenon	13
13A	28. 1965 Alabama march site	5
14A	30. Saintly "Mother"	6
15A	31. Utopian	5
16A	32. Plant on a trellis	4
17A	33. 1950s White House nickname	3
18A	36. "Nuts!"	4
19A	37. Gets ready, as for surgery	5
20A	39. Insect flying in a cloud	4
21A	40. CPR pro	3
22A	41. Sound made by helicopter rotors	4
23A	42. Rings, as a church bell	5
24A	43. Yasir of the P.L.O.	6
25A	45. What the back of a store might open onto	5
26A	46. City where you won't find Virgil's Tomb	13
27A	50. Pal of Jerry on "Seinfeld"	6
28A	51. Driveway material	3
29A	52. QB successes	3
30A	55. Excessive drinking or gambling	4
31A	56. City where you won't find the El Greco Museum	10
32A	60. Neck and neck	4
33A	61. Cousin of "Kapow!"	4
34A	62. Refrigerator compound	5
35A	63. Cincinnati squad	4
36A	64. "Well, that was stupid of me!"	4
37A	65. Commuter boat	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. Get ready to hem, say"

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: PINUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Hankering"

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 contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
• Words that mean the same thing: urge, itchiness, scratch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Thomas Edison's middle name"

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: ALVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Boxing venue"

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 particular environment or walk of life
• Words that mean the same thing: orbit, scene of action, area
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ Hari (W.W. I spy)"

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: MATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Russian "no""

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: NYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. City where you won't find the Eiffel Tower"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: PARISTEXAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Cotton processors"

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 strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
• Words that mean the same thing: cotton gin, snare, noose
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Not to mention ..."

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 10 Across: "21. Org. for which Jason Bourne works in "The Bourne Identity""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Author Charlotte, Emily or Anne"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english novelist; youngest of three bronte sisters (1820-1849)
• Words that mean the same thing: Emily Jane Bronte, Anne Bronte, Emily Bronte
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRONTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. City where you won't find the Parthenon"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: ATHENSGEORGIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. 1965 Alabama march site"

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 town in central alabama on the alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register black voters
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Saintly "Mother""

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 indian nun and missionary in the roman catholic church (born of albanian parents in what is now macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in india (1910-1997)
• Words that mean the same thing: Mother Theresa, Theresa, Mother Teresa
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Utopian"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
• Words that mean the same thing: apotheosis, saint, nonesuch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Plant on a trellis"

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 plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. 1950s White House nickname"

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 united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. "Nuts!""

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 something of little value
• Words that mean the same thing: patch, mend, damn
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Gets ready, as for surgery"

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 preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
• Words that mean the same thing: prep, homework, preparation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PREPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Insect flying in a cloud"

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 of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. CPR pro"

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: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Sound made by helicopter rotors"

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 sound of something in rapid motion
• Words that mean the same thing: whirr, whizz, whiz
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Rings, as a church bell"

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 deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
• Words that mean the same thing: roll, ring, rolling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Yasir of the P.L.O."

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 palestinian statesman who was chairman of the palestine liberation organization (1929-2004)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yasser Arafat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAFAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. What the back of a store might open onto"

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 narrow street with walls on both sides
• Words that mean the same thing: skittle alley, bowling alley, alleyway
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. City where you won't find Virgil's Tomb"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: NAPLESFLORIDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Pal of Jerry on "Seinfeld""

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: ELAINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Driveway material"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
• Words that mean the same thing: sea dog, Jack, Jack-tar
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. QB successes"

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: TDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Excessive drinking or gambling"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. City where you won't find the El Greco Museum"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: TOLEDOOHIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Neck and neck"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
• Words that mean the same thing: evening, still, eve
• The opposite would be: odd, uneven
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Cousin of "Kapow!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: wallop, whop, whack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Refrigerator compound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any one or more chlorofluorocarbons (or related compounds) that are used as an aerosol propellant, organic solvent, or refrigerant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Cincinnati squad"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: bolshie, bolshy, redness
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. "Well, that was stupid of me!""

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: OOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Commuter boat"

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 boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
• Words that mean the same thing: ferrying, ferryboat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FERRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle January 18, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Owner of the first bed that Goldilocks tested	4
2D	2. Tehran's land	4
3D	3. "Here comes Poindexter!"	9
4D	4. Prefix with lateral or cellular	3
5D	5. Easter-related	7
6D	6. "Let me rephrase that ..."	6
7D	7. Receipt line just above the total	3
8D	8. Org. that runs Windy City trains	3
9D	9. Fading stars	8
10D	10. Kind of goat that's the source of mohair	6
11D	11. Not upstanding, in either sense of the word	5
12D	12. 20-ounce size at Starbucks	5
13D	13. Confounded	5
14D	18. Bit of attire you might learn how to put on while using a mirror	3
15D	23. Valentine's Day flower	4
16D	25. I.R.S. agent, quaintly	4
17D	26. More than a couple	7
18D	27. Part of a golf club	4
19D	28. Pro or con, in a debate	4
20D	29. Dutch cheese	4
21D	33. All riled up	9
22D	34. Curly-leafed cabbage	4
23D	35. Online market for craftspeople	4
24D	37. What follows the initial part of a master plan	8
25D	38. Repeated bit in jazz	4
26D	39. Neuter, as a horse	4
27D	41. Small, brown bird	4
28D	42. Join in couples	7
29D	43. 1986 sci-fi sequel set in deep space	6
30D	44. Venerated symbols	6
31D	46. "Not a chance!"	5
32D	47. Still surviving	5
33D	48. Walked nervously back and forth	5
34D	49. Far out	3
35D	53. Designer Christian	4
36D	54. ___ Pictures, one of Hollywood's Big Five studios	4
37D	57. Cry of surprise	3
38D	58. Drink like a cat	3
39D	59. Bauxite, e.g.	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. Owner of the first bed that Goldilocks tested"

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 an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Words that mean the same thing: pa, pop, dada
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Tehran's land"

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 theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
• Words that mean the same thing: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Here comes Poindexter!""

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: NERDALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Prefix with lateral or cellular"

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: UNI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Easter-related"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PASCHAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Let me rephrase that ...""

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: IMEANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Receipt line just above the total"

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 charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
• Words that mean the same thing: task, revenue enhancement, taxation
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Org. that runs Windy City trains"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Fading stars"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: HASBEENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Kind of goat that's the source of mohair"

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 capital of turkey; located in west-central turkey; it was formerly known as angora and is the home of angora goats
• Words that mean the same thing: Turkish capital, capital of Turkey, Ankara
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Not upstanding, in either sense of the word"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: prevarication, consist, dwell
• 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: LYING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. 20-ounce size at Starbucks"

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: VENTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Confounded"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Bit of attire you might learn how to put on while using a mirror"

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 neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
• Words that mean the same thing: link, affiliation, bond
• The opposite would be: disconnect, untie
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Valentine's Day flower"

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 of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
• Words that mean the same thing: jump, blush wine, develop
• The opposite would be: wane, set
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. I.R.S. agent, quaintly"

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: TMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. More than a couple"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
• Words that mean the same thing: respective, various
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEVERAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Part of a golf club"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of grasping
• Words that mean the same thing: traveling bag, handgrip, spellbind
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Pro or con, in a debate"

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 place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
• Words that mean the same thing: slope, side of meat, incline
• The opposite would be: top
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Dutch cheese"

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 mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. All riled up"

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: INALATHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Curly-leafed cabbage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Online market for craftspeople"

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: ETSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. What follows the initial part of a master plan"

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: PHASETWO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Repeated bit in jazz"

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 berber living in northern morocco
• Words that mean the same thing: flick, thumb, leaf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Neuter, as a horse"

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 cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
• Words that mean the same thing: cut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GELD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Small, brown bird"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
• Words that mean the same thing: jenny wren, Sir Christopher Wren
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WREN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Join in couples"

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: PAIROFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. 1986 sci-fi sequel set in deep space"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
• Words that mean the same thing: noncitizen, extraterrestrial, outlander
• The opposite would be: acquaintance, citizen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Venerated symbols"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
• Words that mean the same thing: totem
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. "Not a chance!""

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 not ever; at no time in the past or future
• Words that mean the same thing: ne'er
• The opposite would be: ever
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Still surviving"

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 possessing life
• Words that mean the same thing: awake, active, animated
• The opposite would be: dead, unanimated
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Walked nervously back and forth"

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 walk with slow or fast paces
• Words that mean the same thing: pace, step
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PACED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Far out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
• Words that mean the same thing: radian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Designer Christian"

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 french couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the new look (1905-1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Christian Dior
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. ___ Pictures, one of Hollywood's Big Five studios"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: SONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Cry of surprise"

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: OHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Drink like a cat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
• Words that mean the same thing: wash, overlap, swoosh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Bauxite, 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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	67.1%
Short Answer	11	14.5%
Geography	5	6.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
History	3	3.9%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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