March 25, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (44 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (35 Across, 44 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

March 25, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Tour de France, e.g.	4
2A	5. Sonny Corleone, for one	4
3A	9. Crow	4
4A	13. Professor in a library, perhaps	4
5A	14. New Testament epistle	6
6A	16. Second attempt, informally	4
7A	17. Laura Dern, in "Little Women"	11
8A	19. Prelude to a perspective	4
9A	20. Creepy-crawly, maybe	5
10A	21. Made tight	8
11A	23. Actress Thompson of "Selma"	5
12A	25. Swipe	5
13A	26. Big name in Dadaism	3
14A	27. Where R.N.s are always needed	3
15A	28. Sarah Drew, on "Grey's Anatomy"	11
16A	31. Shorten the sentence, maybe?	8
17A	34. Hip designs?	4
18A	35. Ming-Na Wen, on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."	10
19A	39. Princess Organa	4
20A	41. Avowal to a long-distance lover	8
21A	45. Barbara Billingsley, on "Leave It to Beaver"	11
22A	49. Santa's helper?	3
23A	50. QB blunder: Abbr.	3
24A	51. Half of a centaur	5
25A	52. One of the Obamas	5
26A	54. To-go	8
27A	56. Golf coup	5
28A	58. Blind as ___	4
29A	59. Chinese appetizers ... or a punny description of 17-, 28-, 35- and 45-Across	11
30A	63. Hair on the back of the neck	4
31A	64. Academic's "and others"	6
32A	65. Christmas season	4
33A	66. Crafts' companion	4
34A	67. Go downhill fast	4
35A	68. Like quiche	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Tour de France, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any competition
• Words that mean the same thing: backwash, slipstream, pelt along
• The opposite would be: linger
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Sonny Corleone, for one"

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 head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Crow"

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 instance of boastful talk
• Words that mean the same thing: boss, swash, vaporing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Professor in a library, 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 any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
• Words that mean the same thing: clean, plum tree, plumb
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. New Testament epistle"

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 new testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of saint paul; written in ad 58
• Words that mean the same thing: roman, roman type, roman letters
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROMANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Second attempt, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that do over, as of (part of) a house
• Words that mean the same thing: reconstruct, make over, remake
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Laura Dern, in "Little Women""

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: MARMEEMARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Prelude to a perspective"

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: IMHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Creepy-crawly, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Made tight"

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 become taut or tauter
• Words that mean the same thing: tauten, firm
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAUTENED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Actress Thompson of "Selma""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TESSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Swipe"

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 make off with belongings of others
• Words that mean the same thing: cabbage, pinch, hook
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FILCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Big name in Dadaism"

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 alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hans Arp, Jean Arp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Where R.N.s are always needed"

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 hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
• Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Sarah Drew, on "Grey's Anatomy""

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: APRILKEPNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Shorten the sentence, maybe?"

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: COPAPLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Hip designs?"

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 tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
• Words that mean the same thing: cheapness, intertwine, sleaze
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Ming-Na Wen, on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MELINDAMAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Princess Organa"

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: LEIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Avowal to a long-distance lover"

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: IMISSYOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. Barbara Billingsley, on "Leave It to Beaver""

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: JUNECLEAVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "49. Santa's helper?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "50. QB blunder: 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: INT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Half of a centaur"

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 solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
• Words that mean the same thing: buck, sawhorse, sawbuck
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HORSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. One of the Obamas"

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: MALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. To-go"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: CARRYOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Golf coup"

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 of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
• Words that mean the same thing: bird of Jove, double birdie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Blind as ___"

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: ABAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Chinese appetizers ... or a punny description of 17-, 28-, 35- and 45-Across"

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: SPRINGROLLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Hair on the back of the neck"

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 long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
• Words that mean the same thing: head of hair
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Academic's "and others""

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: ETALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Christmas season"

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 period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
• Words that mean the same thing: Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Crafts' companion"

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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Words that mean the same thing: artistic production, humanities, graphics
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Go downhill fast"

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 vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Words that mean the same thing: sledge, sleigh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Like quiche"

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: EGGY

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - March 25, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Engine stat	3
2D	2. In the style of	3
3D	3. Gets cozy	7
4D	4. Watson, Willard and Woodhouse	5
5D	5. Unconscious condition	4
6D	6. Dr.'s org.	3
7D	7. Sequel title ender	6
8D	8. Prepared to respond	6
9D	9. Camembert cousin	4
10D	10. Leftover bit	7
11D	11. Sticks (to)	7
12D	12. Positive media coverage	6
13D	14. Title for M.L.K. Jr.	3
14D	15. Prepare, as oysters or corn	5
15D	18. Elizabethan, for one	3
16D	22. Trigonometry symbols for angles	6
17D	23. Nervous habit	3
18D	24. Prefix with system	3
19D	25. Actress Drescher of "The Nanny"	4
20D	28. ___ ears	3
21D	29. Canada's smallest prov.	3
22D	30. Compensates	4
23D	32. Friend for Françoise	4
24D	33. Swell	6
25D	36. Go in headfirst	4
26D	37. Mother Bethel ___ Church (Philadelphia congregation since 1794)	3
27D	38. Soviet space station	3
28D	39. Energy snack marketed to women	7
29D	40. Contest hopeful	7
30D	42. What might give you that nice warm Christmas feeling?	7
31D	43. Big name in nail polish	3
32D	44. International powerhouse in women's soccer	3
33D	45. Mexican root vegetable popular in salads	6
34D	46. Relaxed	5
35D	47. Bursts forth	6
36D	48. Related to the stars	6
37D	52. Team head: Abbr.	3
38D	53. Single-handedly	5
39D	55. Waze ways: Abbr.	4
40D	56. Arthurian heroine	4
41D	57. ___ Khan	3
42D	60. Bit of land in the Seine	3
43D	61. Component of a relay	3
44D	62. Crafty	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. Engine stat"

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 rate of revolution of a motor
• Words that mean the same thing: rev, revolutions per minute
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RPM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. In the style of"

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

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Gets cozy"

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: CURLSUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Watson, Willard and Woodhouse"

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: EMMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Unconscious condition"

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 state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury
• Words that mean the same thing: comatoseness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Dr.'s org."

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: AMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Sequel title ender"

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: PARTII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Prepared to respond"

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: ONCALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Camembert cousin"

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 soft creamy white cheese; milder than camembert
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Leftover bit"

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 small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
• Words that mean the same thing: remainder, oddment, 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: REMNANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Sticks (to)"

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 be compatible or in accordance with
• Words that mean the same thing: cling, stick by, cohere
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADHERES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Positive media coverage"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: GOODPR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Title for M.L.K. Jr."

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 rate of revolution of a motor
• Words that mean the same thing: rpm, rev up, revolutions per minute
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Prepare, as oysters or corn"

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 material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
• Words that mean the same thing: stubble, stalk, straw
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Elizabethan, for one"

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Trigonometry symbols for angles"

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 8th letter of the greek alphabet
• Words that mean the same thing: theta
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THETAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Nervous habit"

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 local and habitual twitching especially in the face
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Prefix with system"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Actress Drescher of "The Nanny""

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: FRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. ___ ears"

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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Words that mean the same thing: altogether, wholly, entirely
• The opposite would be: some, partly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Canada's smallest prov."

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 united states architect (born in china in 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: I. M. Pei, Ieoh Ming Pei
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Compensates"

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 that remunerates
• Words that mean the same thing: compensate, pay, make up
• The opposite would be: default
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Friend for Françoise"

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: AMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Swell"

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 of something resembling a peach in color
• Words that mean the same thing: cracking, slap-up, smashing
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEACHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Go in headfirst"

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 cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
• Words that mean the same thing: honkytonk, diving, nose dive
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Mother Bethel ___ Church (Philadelphia congregation since 1794)"

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: AME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Soviet space station"

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: MIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. Energy snack marketed to women"

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: LUNABAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "40. Contest hopeful"

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 commodity that enters competition with established merchandise
• Words that mean the same thing: fledgeling, freshman, newbie
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTRANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. What might give you that nice warm Christmas feeling?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert 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: YULELOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Big name in nail polish"

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: OPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "44. International powerhouse in women's soccer"

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 north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: U.S.A., United States, U. S. Army
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "45. Mexican root vegetable popular in salads"

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: JICAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "46. Relaxed"

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 grant freedom to; free from confinement
• Words that mean the same thing: unloosen, loosen, informal
• The opposite would be: compact, confine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "47. Bursts forth"

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 start abruptly
• Words that mean the same thing: break through, break, catch fire
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERUPTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "48. Related to the stars"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
• Words that mean the same thing: stellar
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTRAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "52. Team head: Abbr."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "53. Single-handedly"

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 isolated from others
• Words that mean the same thing: entirely, lonely, solo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "55. Waze ways: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: RTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "56. Arthurian heroine"

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

  The answer is: ENID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "57. ___ Khan"

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 title for a civil or military leader (especially in turkey)
• Words that mean the same thing: Agha
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "60. Bit of land in the Seine"

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: ILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "61. Component of a relay"

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 human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: wooden leg, stage, ramification
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 44 Down: "62. Crafty"

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 marked by skill in deception
• Words that mean the same thing: knavish, cunning, guileful
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	64.6%
Short Answer	20	25.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.5%
History	2	2.5%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	44
Total Clues	79
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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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• 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, February 10, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword February 10, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Hatchling	5
2A	6. Line crosser, of a sort	4
3A	10. Component of a cellphone bill	4
4A	14. World capital that's home to the Temple of Literature, built in 1070	5
5A	15. Show up	4
6A	16. Blue-violet shade	4
7A	17. Crime investigated by an insurance company	5
8A	18. "Strike three!" or "Yer out!"?	9
9A	20. Sit (down) heavily	4
10A	21. Noisy shouting	6
11A	22. Way to catch a conger?	7
12A	24. Alley prowler	6
13A	29. It's used in soapmaking	3
14A	30. Input	5
15A	33. One of four in the human heart	5
16A	34. Mo. with a holiday on its final day	3
17A	35. Loser at Waterloo	8
18A	37. The main characters of "Brokeback Mountain," e.g.?	15
19A	41. Resisting	8
20A	42. Uno y uno	3
21A	43. Apple centers	5
22A	44. "Darn it!"	5
23A	46. When the Kentucky Derby is held	3
24A	49. Breaks things off	6
25A	51. Drinking buddy?	7
26A	53. Fixate	6
27A	56. Spot	4
28A	57. Gross messages?	9
29A	61. "___ World" ("Sesame Street" segment)	5
30A	62. Princess who says "You're my only hope" in a hologram	4
31A	63. Number of M.V.P. awards won by Wayne Gretzky	4
32A	64. Kind of beer ... or a multi-word hint to 18-, 22-, 37-, 51- and 57-Across	5
33A	65. Rich soil	4
34A	66. Temperance proponents	4
35A	67. Slyly spiteful	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. Hatchling"

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 young bird especially of domestic fowl
• Words that mean the same thing: skirt, bird, biddy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Line crosser, of a sort"

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 someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
• Words that mean the same thing: fink, strikebreaker, blackleg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Component of a cellphone bill"

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 collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Words that mean the same thing: datum, data point, information
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. World capital that's home to the Temple of Literature, built in 1070"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: "15. Show up"

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 thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
• Words that mean the same thing: arrive, seminal fluid, issue forth
• The opposite would be: go, leave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Blue-violet shade"

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 plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
• Words that mean the same thing: flag, fleur-de-lis, iris diaphragm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Crime investigated by an insurance company"

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 malicious burning to destroy property
• Words that mean the same thing: incendiarism, fire-raising
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. "Strike three!" or "Yer out!"?"

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: UMPSPEECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Sit (down) heavily"

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 noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
• Words that mean the same thing: flump, plonk, plump down
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Noisy shouting"

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

  The answer is: CLAMOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Way to catch a conger?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: EELTRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Alley prowler"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOMCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. It's used in soapmaking"

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 strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Input"

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 to come or go into
• Words that mean the same thing: put down, infix, embark
• The opposite would be: exit, drop out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. One of four in the human heart"

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 structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Mo. with a holiday on its final day"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following september and preceding november
• Words that mean the same thing: October
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Loser at Waterloo"

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 french general who became emperor of the french (1769-1821)
• Words that mean the same thing: Napoleon I, Bonaparte, nap
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPOLEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. The main characters of "Brokeback Mountain," e.g.?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RANGEBEDFELLOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Resisting"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: AVERSETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Uno y uno"

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: cause, execute, perform
• 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 21 Across: "43. Apple centers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small group of indispensable persons or things
• Words that mean the same thing: effect, inwardness, core group
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. "Darn it!""

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: AWMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. When the Kentucky Derby is held"

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 month following april and preceding june
• Words that mean the same thing: whitethorn, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Breaks things off"

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: ENDSIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Drinking buddy?"

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: ALEMATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Fixate"

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 haunt like a ghost; pursue
• Words that mean the same thing: ghost, haunt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBSESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Spot"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: domain, region, country
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Gross messages?"

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: ICKYNOTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. "___ World" ("Sesame Street" segment)"

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: ELMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Princess who says "You're my only hope" in a hologram"

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: LEIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Number of M.V.P. awards won by Wayne Gretzky"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Kind of beer ... or a multi-word hint to 18-, 22-, 37-, 51- and 57-Across"

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 strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
• Words that mean the same thing: hardy, portly, stalwart
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Rich soil"

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

  The answer is: LOAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Temperance proponents"

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 reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
• Words that mean the same thing: dry out, prohibitionist, dry
• The opposite would be: wet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Slyly spiteful"

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 of various units of weight used in southeastern asia (especially a chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
• Words that mean the same thing: bitchy, cattie, cattish
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CATTY

  Great job if you got it right!

February 10, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Place of worship	6
2D	2. Road hog?	6
3D	3. Foot support	6
4D	4. Appropriate	5
5D	5. Clan	3
6D	6. Bulk up, as muscles	6
7D	7. Out-of-it state	4
8D	8. Toggle on a clock	4
9D	9. Make drunk, quaintly	5
10D	10. Run out of juice	3
11D	11. "___ You My Mother?" (children's book)	3
12D	12. Personal quirk	3
13D	13. "Green," "black" or "white" tree	3
14D	19. Cheese in an Italian sub	9
15D	21. "I refuse to believe that!"	6
16D	23. Economic downturn	9
17D	25. Places to find food courts and kiosks	5
18D	26. Miss ___, famed TV psychic	4
19D	27. Profess	4
20D	28. Till compartment	4
21D	31. Furnish with money	5
22D	32. Mil. branch of the U.K.	3
23D	34. Fiona and Shrek, for two	5
24D	36. Cycles	6
25D	37. Speed	4
26D	38. Door-to-door sales company	4
27D	39. Homework lover, say	4
28D	40. Helpful info for a curbside pickup, briefly	3
29D	45. Society at large, with "the"	6
30D	46. Big, bushy-tailed squirrel	6
31D	47. Went to a restaurant	6
32D	48. Like some breads and beers	6
33D	50. Long-term U.S. security	5
34D	52. European country with a cross on its flag	5
35D	54. Tend to the sauce, say	4
36D	55. "___, meeny, miney, mo ..."	4
37D	57. "___ say!"	3
38D	58. Bus. driver?	3
39D	59. Sportage automaker	3
40D	60. Crop item grown in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"	3
41D	61. Key that exits full-screen video	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. Place of worship"

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 place of worship that has its own altar
• Words that mean the same thing: chapel 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: CHAPEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Road hog?"

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: HARLEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Foot support"

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 inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests
• Words that mean the same thing: innersole
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Appropriate"

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: COOPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Clan"

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 person having kinship with another or others
• Words that mean the same thing: consanguineal, tribe, akin
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Bulk up, as muscles"

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 create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
• Words that mean the same thing: sculpture, grave
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCULPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Out-of-it state"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury
• Words that mean the same thing: comatoseness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Toggle on a clock"

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: AMPM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Make drunk, quaintly"

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 make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
• Words that mean the same thing: stupefy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BESOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Run out of juice"

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 small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
• Words that mean the same thing: die out, become flat, drop dead
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "___ You My Mother?" (children's book)"

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

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: cost, ar, follow
• 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 12 Down: "12. Personal quirk"

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 local and habitual twitching especially in the face
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Green," "black" or "white" tree"

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 residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash 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: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Cheese in an Italian sub"

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: PROVOLONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. "I refuse to believe that!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CANTBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Economic downturn"

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 the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the gdp and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
• Words that mean the same thing: recess, recessional, niche
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RECESSION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Places to find food courts and kiosks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
• Words that mean the same thing: shopping centre, plaza, mall
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Miss ___, famed TV psychic"

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: CLEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Profess"

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 to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
• Words that mean the same thing: affirm, swan, aver
• The opposite would be: disavow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Till compartment"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: ten-spot, tenner, 10
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Furnish with money"

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 give qualities or abilities to
• Words that mean the same thing: dower, invest, endue
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Mil. branch of the U.K."

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 airforce of great britain
• Words that mean the same thing: Royal Air Force, Red Army Faction
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Fiona and Shrek, for two"

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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
• Words that mean the same thing: ogre, monster, devil
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OGRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Cycles"

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 sustained bass note
• Words that mean the same thing: foot lever, treadle, bicycle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEDALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Speed"

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 competition
• Words that mean the same thing: backwash, airstream, rush
• The opposite would be: linger
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Door-to-door sales company"

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 river in southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn
• Words that mean the same thing: Upper Avon, River Avon, Upper Avon River
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Homework lover, 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 an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• Words that mean the same thing: grind, dweeb, wonk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Helpful info for a curbside pickup, briefly"

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 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: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, 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 29 Down: "45. Society at large, with "the""

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 common people generally
• Words that mean the same thing: deal, mickle, people
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Big, bushy-tailed squirrel"

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 stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARMOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Went to a restaurant"

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: ATEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Like some breads and beers"

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 of or resembling or containing yeast
• Words that mean the same thing: zestful, barmy, zesty
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Long-term U.S. security"

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: TBOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. European country with a cross on its flag"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic on the island of malta in the mediterranean; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1964
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Malta
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Tend to the sauce, 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 a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Words that mean the same thing: raise, agitate, shake
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. "___, meeny, miney, mo ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. "___ say!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: sick, inauspicious, ominous
• The opposite would be: well
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Bus. driver?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Words that mean the same thing: chief operating officer, chief executive officer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Sportage automaker"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "60. Crop item grown in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart""

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 edible tuber of any of several yams
• Words that mean the same thing: yam plant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. Key that exits full-screen video"

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: ESC

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	68.4%
Short Answer	12	15.8%
Geography	5	6.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 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 19, 2025 at 02:19 PM