January 24, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, January 24, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

January 24, 2020 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Finger-pointing activity, colloquially	9
2A	10. Throw away	5
3A	15. Hit 2018 film involving a gay teenage romance	9
4A	16. World capital NE of Vientiane	5
5A	17. Melodramatic shout of resignation	9
6A	18. Boot	5
7A	19. Worker in "The 12 Days of Christmas"	4
8A	20. Diverts	10
9A	22. Host of the 2007 and 2014 Academy Awards, familiarly	5
10A	24. "You betcha!"	3
11A	25. Ingredient in an old-fashioned	3
12A	26. Marriage agreement?	7
13A	29. "There, there"	7
14A	32. Royal name of Norway	4
15A	34. Stirred up	6
16A	35. Where to see a display of balance?	3
17A	38. Content	7
18A	40. Volleyball quartet?	3
19A	41. Part of a chest	6
20A	43. "Toodles!"	4
21A	44. Marked by apery	7
22A	46. State capital with fewer than 20,000 residents	7
23A	51. Interview conducted online, for short	3
24A	52. Term of address for a drag queen	3
25A	54. Puts in a hold	5
26A	55. Bad bedmate	10
27A	59. Beverages from 56-Down	4
28A	60. Actor Hammer of "The Social Network"	5
29A	61. Get a Lyft, say	9
30A	63. Going after, in a way	5
31A	64. Things that get hot-wired?	9
32A	65. Unexpected difficulties	5
33A	66. Armed conflict, euphemistically	9

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. Finger-pointing activity, colloquially"

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: BLAMEGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Throw away"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal terms for a meal
• Words that mean the same thing: pat, be sick, vomit up
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Hit 2018 film involving a gay teenage romance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOVESIMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. World capital NE of Vientiane"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Vietnam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HANOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Melodramatic shout of resignation"

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: ICANTGOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Boot"

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 expel or eject without recourse to legal process
• Words that mean the same thing: force out
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVICT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Worker in "The 12 Days of Christmas""

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 female domestic
• Words that mean the same thing: maidservant, amah, housemaid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Diverts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
• Words that mean the same thing: turnout, sidetrack, depart
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIDETRACKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Host of the 2007 and 2014 Academy Awards, familiarly"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ELLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. "You betcha!""

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: YAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Ingredient in an old-fashioned"

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 seed of the cereal grass
• Words that mean the same thing: Secale cereale, rye whiskey, rye whisky
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Marriage agreement?"

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: YESDEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. "There, there""

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: DONTCRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Royal name of Norway"

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: OLAV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Stirred up"

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 be agitated
• Words that mean the same thing: pissed, steamed, churning
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROILED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Where to see a display of balance?"

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: cash dispenser, atmosphere, asynchronous transfer mode
• The 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 17 Across: "38. Content"

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 give pleasure to or be pleasing to
• Words that mean the same thing: please, proud of, delight
• The opposite would be: displease, displeased
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLEASED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "40. Volleyball quartet?"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: altitude, elevated railroad, elevated railway
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Part of a chest"

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 boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
• Words that mean the same thing: draftsman
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. "Toodles!""

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 an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: aloha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Marked by apery"

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 characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIMETIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. State capital with fewer than 20,000 residents"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of the state of maine
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Maine
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUGUSTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "51. Interview conducted online, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. Term of address for a drag queen"

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 female person who has the same parents as another person
• Words that mean the same thing: International System of Units, atomic number 14, International System
• The opposite would be: brother
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "54. Puts in a hold"

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 fill by packing tightly
• Words that mean the same thing: stow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Bad bedmate"

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: BLANKETHOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "59. Beverages from 56-Down"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Words that mean the same thing: ale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Actor Hammer of "The Social Network""

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: ARMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Get a Lyft, say"

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: RIDESHARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Going after, in a way"

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 institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
• Words that mean the same thing: process, action, litigate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Things that get hot-wired?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OVENRACKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Unexpected difficulties"

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 sharp protuberance
• Words that mean the same thing: rub, tear, rip
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Armed conflict, euphemistically"

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 state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
• Words that mean the same thing: foulness, filth, spite
• The opposite would be: niceness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASTINESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword January 24, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "My word!," in Britain	6
2D	2. That's the spot!	6
3D	3. Makes use (of)	6
4D	4. Gave a darn?	6
5D	5. Population abbr.	3
6D	6. Short-term engagements	4
7D	7. Mine, to a mademoiselle	4
8D	8. Like a stereotypical teenager	5
9D	9. Supreme Court justices, e.g.	6
10D	10. Singer featured in the 2018 film sequel to 37-Down	4
11D	11. Gouda alternative	7
12D	12. Travel along a tightrope, maybe	8
13D	13. Young rooster	8
14D	14. Purchases for do-it-yourselfers	4
15D	21. "Civil Disobedience" essayist, 1849	7
16D	23. Virtual animal on a once-popular website	6
17D	27. Courtroom command	7
18D	28. John who explored northern Canada	3
19D	30. Restriction that some service animals are exempt from	6
20D	31. Divisions in the N.F.L.: Abbr.	3
21D	33. Sucker, for short	3
22D	35. Navy V.I.P.	3
23D	36. This is a test	8
24D	37. Musical set on a Greek island	8
25D	39. One-named singer whose name sounds like a goodbye	3
26D	42. Gradually withdrawing (from)	7
27D	45. Lemonlike fruit	6
28D	47. Brigham Young, notably	6
29D	48. Offer comfort to	6
30D	49. Does some backup dancing?	6
31D	50. Size up	6
32D	53. Deity in a Hindu trinity	5
33D	55. Sound from a subwoofer	4
34D	56. Holders of 59-Across	4
35D	57. Things showing dedication?	4
36D	58. Chap	4
37D	62. Title in Colombo	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. "My word!," in Britain"

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: BLIMEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. That's the spot!"

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 scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
• Words that mean the same thing: venue, locus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Makes use (of)"

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 means of serving
• Words that mean the same thing: help, avail, 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: AVAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Gave a darn?"

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 restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
• Words that mean the same thing: heal, bushel, repair
• The opposite would be: break
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Population abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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 6 Down: "6. Short-term engagements"

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 and light rowing boat; especially for racing
• Words that mean the same thing: fizgig, lance, spear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Mine, to a mademoiselle"

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: AMOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Like a stereotypical teenager"

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 tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dwight Lyman Moody, temperamental, sullen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOODY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Supreme Court justices, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENNEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Singer featured in the 2018 film sequel to 37-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Gouda alternative"

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: HAVARTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Travel along a tightrope, maybe"

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 a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals
• Words that mean the same thing: monocycle
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNICYCLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Young rooster"

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 young domestic cock; not older than one year
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COCKEREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Purchases for do-it-yourselfers"

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 case for containing a set of articles
• Words that mean the same thing: kit out, kit up, outfit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. "Civil Disobedience" essayist, 1849"

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 united states writer and social critic (1817-1862)
• Words that mean the same thing: Henry David Thoreau
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THOREAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Virtual animal on a once-popular website"

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: NEOPET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Courtroom command"

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: ALLRISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. John who explored northern Canada"

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: RAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Restriction that some service animals are exempt from"

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: NODOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Divisions in the N.F.L.: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Sucker, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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 22 Down: "35. Navy V.I.P."

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: ADM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. This is a test"

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: TRIALRUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Musical set on a Greek island"

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: MAMMAMIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. One-named singer whose name sounds like a goodbye"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Gradually withdrawing (from)"

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 the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
• Words that mean the same thing: ablactation, wean, ablactate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEANING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Lemonlike fruit"

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 large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved
• Words that mean the same thing: Citrus medica, citron tree
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CITRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Brigham Young, notably"

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

  The answer is: UTAHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Offer comfort to"

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 comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
• Words that mean the same thing: solacement, comfort, consolation
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Does some backup dancing?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TWERKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Size up"

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 evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
• Words that mean the same thing: valuate, value, measure
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Deity in a Hindu trinity"

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 (judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
• Words that mean the same thing: Siva, shibah, shivah
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Sound from a subwoofer"

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 lowest part of the musical range
• Words that mean the same thing: bass part, deep, basso
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Holders of 59-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 the quantity contained in a keg
• Words that mean the same thing: keg, kegful
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Things showing dedication?"

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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Words that mean the same thing: ode
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Chap"

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 informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
• Words that mean the same thing: chap, bloke, Gand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Title in Colombo"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	70.0%
Short Answer	8	11.4%
Abbreviation	4	5.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Geography	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

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• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (31 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, February 15, 2020

Difficulty Level: Challenging Thursday Puzzle

Total Clues: 62 (31 Across, 31 Down)

Average Word Length: 6.5 letters

February 15, 2020 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Drink every last drop from	7
2A	8. Give a sop to, maybe	7
3A	15. Was naturally a part of something	7
4A	16. Street protester or Tibetan monk	7
5A	17. Duds	7
6A	18. Largest of the British Virgin Islands	7
7A	19. Bad vibrations	6
8A	20. Things picked up on beaches	8
9A	21. Pipe filler	8
10A	23. Epoch when modern mammals arose	6
11A	24. "See you then"	8
12A	25. Soft leathers	6
13A	26. Like bodybuilders' arms	5
14A	27. Fruity and fragrant compounds	6
15A	29. Ending with many fruit names	3
16A	30. Competitor of Century 21	5
17A	31. Marijuana, in older slang	3
18A	34. Be in charge of	6
19A	36. Subjects of baseless charges?	5
20A	38. Food that's cured	6
21A	41. Dangers for swimmers	8
22A	43. Benchmark test for British students	6
23A	44. 1960s catchphrase	8
24A	45. Young hares	8
25A	47. Takes stock?	6
26A	48. 21st-century health menace	7
27A	49. Millinery items	7
28A	50. Source of running water	7
29A	51. Chanel fragrance with a French name	7
30A	52. S.R.O.	7
31A	53. Units in a horse race	7

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Drink every last drop from"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: SUCKDRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Give a sop to, maybe"

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 cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
• Words that mean the same thing: pacify, gentle, lenify
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APPEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Was naturally a part of something"

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 be inherent in something
• Words that mean the same thing: inhere
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INHERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Street protester or Tibetan monk"

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 reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
• Words that mean the same thing: melody pipe
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHANTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Duds"

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 informal terms for clothing
• Words that mean the same thing: string, ribbon, togs
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THREADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Largest of the British Virgin Islands"

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: TORTOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Bad vibrations"

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 shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
• Words that mean the same thing: earthquake, quake, temblor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEISMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Things picked up on beaches"

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: TANLINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Pipe filler"

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 purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen
• Words that mean the same thing: hashish, hash, haschisch
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASHEESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Epoch when modern mammals arose"

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 from 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals
• Words that mean the same thing: Eocene epoch
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EOCENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. "See you then""

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: ITSADATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Soft leathers"

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 leather with a napped surface
• Words that mean the same thing: suede, suede leather, suede cloth
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUEDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Like bodybuilders' arms"

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: VEINY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Fruity and fragrant compounds"

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 formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
• Words that mean the same thing: ester
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Ending with many fruit names"

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 sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Words that mean the same thing: fruit drink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Competitor of Century 21"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: REMAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Marijuana, in older slang"

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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: teatime, tea leaf, afternoon tea
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Be in charge of"

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: HEADUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Subjects of baseless charges?"

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 one who is away or absent without leave
• Words that mean the same thing: AWOL
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWOLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Food that's cured"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALAMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Dangers for swimmers"

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 stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
• Words that mean the same thing: rip current, rip, tide rip
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIPTIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Benchmark test for British students"

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: ALEVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. 1960s catchphrase"

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: FREELOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Young hares"

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 young hare especially one in its first year
• Words that mean the same thing: leveret
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEVERETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Takes stock?"

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 spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
• Words that mean the same thing: lade, ladle, laden
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LADLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. 21st-century health menace"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: OPIOIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Millinery items"

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 long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair
• Words that mean the same thing: hatpin
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HATPINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Source of running water"

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: OPENTAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "51. Chanel fragrance with a French name"

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: EGOISTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. S.R.O."

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: NOSEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. Units in a horse race"

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 the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
• Words that mean the same thing: distance, duration, length
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENGTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

February 15, 2020 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Mourn, in a way	8
2D	2. Cold	8
3D	3. Hynde of the Pretenders	8
4D	4. Bob of old children's TV	7
5D	5. Theater portmanteau	7
6D	6. It had a major part in the Bible	6
7D	7. N.F.L. stat: Abbr.	3
8D	8. Official proceedings	4
9D	9. Call on a hot line?	8
10D	10. British sitting room	7
11D	11. Draws in	7
12D	12. Made up (for)	6
13D	13. Sister of Helios	6
14D	14. Gets the lead out	6
15D	20. What are depicted in some blue prints?	9
16D	22. Knight mare?	5
17D	28. Jungle herbivore	5
18D	30. Chewed out	8
19D	31. Personal agenda	8
20D	32. Desperate hour	8
21D	33. Judges	8
22D	34. "Here, try this"	7
23D	35. Title for a retired professor	7
24D	36. Had plateful after plateful	7
25D	37. Animal hunted in "Lord of the Flies"	7
26D	38. Site of a western gunfight	6
27D	39. Third-largest city of the later Ottoman Empire, surpassed only by Constantinople and Cairo	6
28D	40. Duties	6
29D	42. Fur	6
30D	46. Cough syrup amts.	4
31D	49. Daughter of Loki, in Norse myth	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. Mourn, in a way"

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: SITSHIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Cold"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not having been heated or warmed
• Words that mean the same thing: unwarmed
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNHEATED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Hynde of the Pretenders"

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: CHRISSIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Bob of old children's TV"

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: KEESHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Theater portmanteau"

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: DRAMEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. It had a major part in the Bible"

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: REDSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. N.F.L. stat: 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: YDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Official proceedings"

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: ACTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Call on a hot line?"

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: PHONESEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. British sitting room"

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 reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
• Words that mean the same thing: living room, sitting room, parlor
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARLOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Draws in"

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 provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
• Words that mean the same thing: lure, entice, tempt
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Made up (for)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make amends for
• Words that mean the same thing: repent, aby, atone
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATONED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Sister of Helios"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) goddess of the moon in ancient mythology; identified with roman luna
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Selene
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Gets the lead out"

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 remove from memory or existence
• Words that mean the same thing: delete, wipe off, wipe out
• The opposite would be: record
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. What are depicted in some blue prints?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THESMURFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Knight mare?"

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 (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Jungle herbivore"

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 large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical america and southeast asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. Chewed out"

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: RAILEDAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Personal agenda"

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: TODOLIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Desperate hour"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that position 11 in a countable series of things
• Words that mean the same thing: 11th
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELEVENTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Judges"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
• Words that mean the same thing: evaluate, valuate, tax
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSESSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. "Here, try this""

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: HAVEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Title for a retired professor"

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: EMERITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Had plateful after plateful"

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: ATEATON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Animal hunted in "Lord of the Flies""

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: WILDPIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Site of a western gunfight"

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 room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• Words that mean the same thing: ginmill, gin mill, taproom
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Third-largest city of the later Ottoman Empire, surpassed only by Constantinople and Cairo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in northwestern syria
• Words that mean the same thing: Halab, Alep
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALEPPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Duties"

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 charge imposed and collected
• Words that mean the same thing: levy, recruit, impose
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEVIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Fur"

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 growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: coat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PELAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Cough syrup amts."

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: TSPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Daughter of Loki, in Norse myth"

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 (norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld
• Words that mean the same thing: Hela
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	83.9%
Short Answer	3	4.8%
History	3	4.8%
Food & Drink	2	3.2%
Abbreviation	1	1.6%
Geography	1	1.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	31
Total Clues	62
Average Answer Length	6.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually challenging level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 6 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 27, 2025 at 03:28 AM