October 08, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (30 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, October 08, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (30 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - October 08, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Epiphanies	10
2A	11. Spoke to a judge, say	4
3A	15. Classic Warhol subject	10
4A	16. Lead-in to -stat	4
5A	17. Like hitting a million-dollar jackpot	10
6A	18. Grps. receiving Our Children magazine	4
7A	19. Classic O'Keeffe subject	6
8A	20. Get into	6
9A	22. Fox's ___ Choice Awards	4
10A	23. Pub container	7
11A	25. The "F" in F = ma	5
12A	27. Object	5
13A	30. Musician on the cover of Rolling Stone, often	8
14A	34. Martial arts actor Steven	6
15A	35. Obtain a sum via special relativity?	7
16A	36. Some like it dirty	7
17A	37. Model/TV personality Chrissy who wrote the cookbook series "Cravings"	6
18A	38. One who objects to screw caps, say	8
19A	39. Shocked	5
20A	40. Cry heard at a shoe auction?	5
21A	41. Per diem, e.g.	7
22A	43. Shortening used in many recipes	4
23A	47. Reason for a colonial "party"	6
24A	48. Mendeleev who created the periodic table	6
25A	50. Timely query	4
26A	51. "I'm ba-a-ack!"	10
27A	54. Anti-D.W.I. org.	4
28A	55. Be in direct competition	10
29A	56. Insult, slangily	4
30A	57. Epiphanies	10

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. Epiphanies"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: AHAMOMENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. Spoke to a judge, say"

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 appeal or request earnestly
• Words that mean the same thing: plead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Classic Warhol subject"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: TOMATOSOUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Lead-in to -stat"

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: AERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Like hitting a million-dollar jackpot"

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 not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
• Words that mean the same thing: unbelievable, marvellous, marvelous
• The opposite would be: probable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMPROBABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Grps. receiving Our Children magazine"

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: PTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Classic O'Keeffe subject"

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 any liliaceous plant of the genus lilium having showy pendulous flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: lily
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LILIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Get into"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the right to enter
• Words that mean the same thing: memory access, admission, get at
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Fox's ___ Choice Awards"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
• Words that mean the same thing: stripling, teenager, teenage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Pub container"

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

  The answer is: TANKARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. The "F" in F = ma"

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 powerful effect or influence
• Words that mean the same thing: pull, pressure, force play
• The opposite would be: push, pull
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Object"

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 special situation
• Words that mean the same thing: affair, matter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Musician on the cover of Rolling Stone, often"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROCKIDOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "34. Martial arts actor Steven"

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: SEAGAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Obtain a sum via special relativity?"

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

  The answer is: INHERIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Some like it dirty"

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 cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARTINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Model/TV personality Chrissy who wrote the cookbook series "Cravings""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TEIGEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. One who objects to screw caps, say"

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: WINESNOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Shocked"

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: AGASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Cry heard at a shoe auction?"

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 put a new sole on
• Words that mean the same thing: sole, resole
• The opposite would be: soleless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Per diem, 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 a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STIPEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Shortening used in many recipes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TSPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Reason for a colonial "party""

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: TEATAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Mendeleev who created the periodic table"

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: DMITRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Timely query"

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: WHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. "I'm ba-a-ack!""

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: ITSMEAGAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Anti-D.W.I. org."

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: MADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Be in direct competition"

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: GOTOETOTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Insult, slangily"

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 god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
• Words that mean the same thing: insult, affront, Orcus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Epiphanies"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: EYEOPENERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle October 08, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Not straight	5
2D	2. Bud	5
3D	3. More than enough	5
4D	4. California county that's home to Muir Woods	5
5D	5. Great Plains tribe	4
6D	6. Packs	4
7D	7. Spanish pronoun	3
8D	8. Head, in slang	3
9D	9. New Orleans university	6
10D	10. Iota	5
11D	11. Homemade headwear for kids	9
12D	12. "Time to eat!"	9
13D	13. Ballpark figs.	4
14D	14. ___ Equis	3
15D	21. Like many fancy parties	7
16D	23. Moderate pace	4
17D	24. ___ tear (sports injury)	3
18D	25. Place to roast marshmallows	7
19D	26. Norse war god	4
20D	28. Prefix with technology	4
21D	29. A bit too articulate, perhaps	4
22D	30. Eponym for an Italian ice chain	4
23D	31. 25-Across on Earth, in brief	4
24D	32. "Superfood" commonly used as a smoothie bowl topping	9
25D	33. Frat party stunts	9
26D	34. All there	4
27D	36. Like bell peppers, on the Scoville scale	4
28D	38. Earned	3
29D	40. Classic gag gift at a bachelorette party	6
30D	42. Negro leagues legend Satchel	5
31D	43. Portmanteau for a certain hybrid feline	5
32D	44. Washington, but not Jefferson	5
33D	45. Previous	5
34D	46. Right triangle ratios	5
35D	47. Like the ancestry of 37-Across	4
36D	48. Challenger ___ (lowest known point in the earth's oceans)	4
37D	49. Bud	4
38D	50. Nuclear bomb, e.g., for short	3
39D	52. Business card abbr.	3
40D	53. Jersey greeting	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Not straight"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
• Words that mean the same thing: canted, tilted, leaning
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Bud"

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: HOMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. More than enough"

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 more than enough in size or scope or capacity
• Words that mean the same thing: sizable, rich, sizeable
• The opposite would be: meager
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. California county that's home to Muir Woods"

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: MARIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Great Plains tribe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Words that mean the same thing: Oto
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Packs"

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

  The answer is: MOBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Spanish pronoun"

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: ESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Head, in slang"

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 an upper-class or wealthy person
• Words that mean the same thing: toff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. New Orleans university"

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: TULANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Iota"

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 very small spot
• Words that mean the same thing: pinpoint, hint, particle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Homemade headwear for kids"

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: PAPERHATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Time to eat!""

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: LETSDIGIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Ballpark figs."

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: era, epoch, 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 14 Down: "14. ___ Equis"

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 federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
• Words that mean the same thing: coiffe, doh, Doctor of Osteopathy
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Like many fancy parties"

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 give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
• Words that mean the same thing: supply, ply, provide
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CATERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Moderate pace"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. ___ tear (sports injury)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Place to roast marshmallows"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIREPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Norse war god"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Prefix with technology"

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: NANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. A bit too articulate, perhaps"

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 marked by lack of intellectual depth
• Words that mean the same thing: slick, glib-tongued, smooth-tongued
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Eponym for an Italian ice chain"

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: RITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. 25-Across on Earth, in brief"

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: ONEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. "Superfood" commonly used as a smoothie bowl topping"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHIASEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Frat party stunts"

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: KEGSTANDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "34. All there"

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 mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
• Words that mean the same thing: reasonable
• The opposite would be: insane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "36. Like bell peppers, on the Scoville scale"

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 moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
• Words that mean the same thing: soft, meek, modest
• The opposite would be: intense
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "38. Earned"

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 south korea
• Words that mean the same thing: gain ground, North Korean won, come through
• The opposite would be: lost, lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "40. Classic gag gift at a bachelorette party"

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: SEXTOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Negro leagues legend Satchel"

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 united states baseball player; a black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982)
• Words that mean the same thing: Leroy Robert Paige, Satchel Paige
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAIGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Portmanteau for a certain hybrid feline"

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 offspring of a male tiger and a female lion
• Words that mean the same thing: tiglon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "44. Washington, but not Jefferson"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
• Words that mean the same thing: land, State Department, submit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "45. Previous"

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 head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
• Words that mean the same thing: anterior
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "46. Right triangle ratios"

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 ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• Words that mean the same thing: sine, drop the ball, boob
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "47. Like the ancestry of 37-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of thailand
• Words that mean the same thing: Central Thai, Siamese, Tai
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "48. Challenger ___ (lowest known point in the earth's oceans)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the central and most intense or profound part
• Words that mean the same thing: cryptic, deeply, oceanic abyss
• The opposite would be: shallow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "49. Bud"

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 officer below the master on a commercial ship
• Words that mean the same thing: fellow, Ilex paraguariensis, copulate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "50. Nuclear bomb, e.g., for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
• Words that mean the same thing: weapon of mass destruction, W.M.D.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WMD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "52. Business card abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "53. Jersey greeting"

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

  The answer is: MOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	74.3%
Short Answer	5	7.1%
History	4	5.7%
Food & Drink	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Music	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	30
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 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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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword October 27, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "The Fox and the Grapes," e.g.	5
2A	6. What often follows "Did you hear ...?"	5
3A	11. ___ Jima	3
4A	14. Yet to be rented	5
5A	15. Unsuk Chin's "Alice in Wonderland," for one	5
6A	16. Hosp. scan	3
7A	17. Classic line from the Superfans sketch on "S.N.L."	11
8A	19. Buddy	3
9A	20. Cacophony	3
10A	21. William who lent his name to a state	4
11A	22. Masterful moves	5
12A	24. Classic line from the Delicious Dish sketch on "S.N.L."	13
13A	28. Apple platform	3
14A	29. Baked ___	6
15A	31. Belief system	5
16A	34. Womb mate	4
17A	37. Sue Grafton's "___ for Innocent"	3
18A	38. Classic opening line from an NBC sketch show	15
19A	42. King or queen topper	3
20A	43. Baby ___ ("The Mandalorian" nickname)	4
21A	44. Looks all over (for)	5
22A	45. Reply to "Gracias"	6
23A	48. "___ Duke" (1976 Stevie Wonder hit)	3
24A	49. Classic line from the Wayne's World sketch on "S.N.L."	13
25A	55. Doughnut go-with on an orchard tour	5
26A	56. Indian honorifics	4
27A	57. Little dog's bark	3
28A	59. "I'll take that as ___"	3
29A	60. Classic line from the Blue Öyster Cult sketch on "S.N.L."	11
30A	64. Pot-au-___ (French stew)	3
31A	65. How some will solve this crossword	5
32A	66. Start of a playground selection process	5
33A	67. Humorous suffix with "most" and "best"	3
34A	68. Religious offshoots	5
35A	69. Made ewe cry?	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. "The Fox and the Grapes," e.g."

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 deliberately false or improbable account
• Words that mean the same thing: apologue, fiction, fabrication
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. What often follows "Did you hear ...?""

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 gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: hearsay, bruit, rumour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUMOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. ___ Jima"

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 bloody and prolonged operation on the island of iwo jima in which american marines landed and defeated japanese defenders (february and march 1945)
• Words that mean the same thing: invasion of Iwo, Iwo Jima
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IWO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Yet to be rented"

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: UNLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Unsuk Chin's "Alice in Wonderland," for one"

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 drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
• Words that mean the same thing: opera house
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Hosp. scan"

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 use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
• Words that mean the same thing: magnetic resonance imaging
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Classic line from the Superfans sketch on "S.N.L.""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DAAAAABEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Buddy"

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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Words that mean the same thing: buddy, pal up, crony
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Cacophony"

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 loud harsh or strident noise
• Words that mean the same thing: blaring, tumult, boom
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. William who lent his name to a state"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that englishman and quaker who founded the colony of pennsylvania (1644-1718)
• Words that mean the same thing: William Penn, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Masterful moves"

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 sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
• Words that mean the same thing: coup, takeover, coup d'etat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COUPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Classic line from the Delicious Dish sketch on "S.N.L.""

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SCHWEDDYBALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Apple platform"

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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
• Words that mean the same thing: Io
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Baked ___"

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 state in northwestern north america; the 49th state admitted to the union
• Words that mean the same thing: AK, Last Frontier
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALASKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Belief system"

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 system of principles or beliefs
• Words that mean the same thing: creed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Womb mate"

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 either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
• Words that mean the same thing: match, Gemini, mate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Sue Grafton's "___ for Innocent""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of iraq's security system
• Words that mean the same thing: Iraqi Mukhabarat, two, Iraqi Intelligence Service
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Classic opening line from an NBC sketch show"

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: LIVEFROMNEWYORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. King or queen topper"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Baby ___ ("The Mandalorian" nickname)"

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: YODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Looks all over (for)"

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 englishman and pre-raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
• Words that mean the same thing: hunting, Richard Morris Hunt, William Holman Hunt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Reply to "Gracias""

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: DENADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. "___ Duke" (1976 Stevie Wonder hit)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Classic line from the Wayne's World sketch on "S.N.L.""

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: WERENOTWORTHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "55. Doughnut go-with on an orchard tour"

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 beverage made from juice pressed from apples
• Words that mean the same thing: cyder
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "56. Indian honorifics"

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: SRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Little dog's bark"

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 terms for the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: trap, yip, yelp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. "I'll take that as ___""

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 palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
• Words that mean the same thing: Abu Nidal Organization, Fatah-RC, Arab Revolutionary Brigades
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Classic line from the Blue Öyster Cult sketch on "S.N.L.""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MORECOWBELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "64. Pot-au-___ (French stew)"

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: FEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. How some will solve this crossword"

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: ININK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Start of a playground selection process"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: EENIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Humorous suffix with "most" and "best""

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

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Religious offshoots"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Made ewe cry?"

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 cry plaintively
• Words that mean the same thing: blate, baa, bleat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAAED

  Great job if you got it right!

October 27, 2021 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Wabbit" pursuer Elmer	4
2D	2. Diarist Nin	5
3D	3. Mel who voiced 1-Down	5
4D	4. Grassy field	3
5D	5. Greek "H"	3
6D	6. Dressed like a Supreme Court justice	5
7D	7. Overturn	5
8D	8. Ogreish sort	5
9D	9. Hockey great Bobby	3
10D	10. Scamp	6
11D	11. Strong urge	9
12D	12. Sarong, for one	9
13D	13. Some fine art	4
14D	18. Imitates	4
15D	23. Humorous suffix with "crap" and "schnozz"	3
16D	25. Prep for a surprise party, in a way	4
17D	26. Big dog's bark	4
18D	27. Nemesis	4
19D	30. Doesn't just assume, say	4
20D	31. Attired	4
21D	32. Mirin and sake	9
22D	33. Made level	9
23D	34. Also	3
24D	35. Subj. of arms talks	3
25D	36. ___ funk	3
26D	39. Hanks's "Sleepless in Seattle" co-star	4
27D	40. Sound from a fan	4
28D	41. Portable structure that's pitched	4
29D	46. Exist	3
30D	47. Skin layer	6
31D	48. Uninspiring	4
32D	50. Overseer of Hamlet's duel with Laertes	5
33D	51. Council site of 1545	5
34D	52. Absorbs, as body moisture	5
35D	53. "Laughing" scavenger	5
36D	54. New Haven Ivy Leaguer	5
37D	55. ___ au lait	4
38D	58. Begged	4
39D	61. What the tangent of 45° is equal to	3
40D	62. Something that's catchy?	3
41D	63. Actress Arthur	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. "Wabbit" pursuer Elmer"

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: FUDD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Diarist Nin"

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: ANAIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Mel who voiced 1-Down"

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 white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLANC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Grassy field"

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 length of thread or yarn
• Words that mean the same thing: pasture, grazing land, ley
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Greek "H""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Dressed like a Supreme Court justice"

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 clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
• Words that mean the same thing: overcharge, soak, garbed
• The opposite would be: undercharge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Overturn"

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

  The answer is: UPEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Ogreish sort"

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 united states labor leader who was the first president of the afl-cio (1894-1980)
• Words that mean the same thing: unkind person, meanie, George Meany
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Hockey great Bobby"

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 canadian hockey player (born 1948)
• Words that mean the same thing: Bobby Orr, Robert Orr
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Scamp"

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 deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
• Words that mean the same thing: rapscallion, imp, knave
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RASCAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Strong urge"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a force that moves something along
• Words that mean the same thing: impetus, impulse, drift
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMPULSION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Sarong, for one"

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: WRAPSKIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Some fine art"

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 slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
• Words that mean the same thing: anele, oil color, anoint
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Imitates"

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 of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: copycat, aper, anthropoid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Humorous suffix with "crap" and "schnozz""

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 leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in india for writing paper
• Words that mean the same thing: olla
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Prep for a surprise party, in a way"

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 dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
• Words that mean the same thing: conceal, enshroud, veil
• The opposite would be: show
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Big dog's bark"

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 yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
• Words that mean the same thing: filling, pick, weft
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Nemesis"

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 causing misery or death
• Words that mean the same thing: scourge, curse, nemesis
• The 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 19 Down: "30. Doesn't just assume, say"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: inquire, expect, require
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Attired"

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 provide with clothes or put clothes on
• Words that mean the same thing: garb, adorn, garment
• The opposite would be: undress, unclothed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Mirin and sake"

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: RICEWINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Made level"

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: EVENEDOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Also"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• Words that mean the same thing: to a fault, also, excessively
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Subj. of arms talks"

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 weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
• Words that mean the same thing: W.M.D., weapon of mass destruction
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WMD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. ___ funk"

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: INA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Hanks's "Sleepless in Seattle" co-star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RYAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Sound from a fan"

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: purr, birr, whizz
• The 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 28 Down: "41. Portable structure that's pitched"

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 circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic mongol and turkic people of central asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YURT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Exist"

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 surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: personify, exist, make up
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Skin layer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
• Words that mean the same thing: derma, corium
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DERMIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Uninspiring"

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: SOSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Overseer of Hamlet's duel with Laertes"

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: OSRIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Council site of 1545"

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 river in central england that flows generally northeastward to join with the ouse river and form the humber
• Words that mean the same thing: Trento, Trent River, River Trent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Absorbs, as body moisture"

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 piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
• Words that mean the same thing: wick, taper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WICKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. "Laughing" scavenger"

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 doglike nocturnal mammal of africa and southern asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
• Words that mean the same thing: hyaena
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. New Haven Ivy Leaguer"

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: YALIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. ___ au lait"

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 restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
• Words that mean the same thing: coffeehouse, coffee bar, coffee shop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Begged"

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 appeal or request earnestly
• Words that mean the same thing: plead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. What the tangent of 45° is equal to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "62. Something that's catchy?"

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 intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
• Words that mean the same thing: entanglement, network, net
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. Actress Arthur"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: BEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	64.5%
Short Answer	22	28.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Geography	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 14, 2025 at 04:23 AM