July 24, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Big fuss	3
2A	4. Neither above nor below face value	5
3A	9. Allowed	5
4A	14. ___ Bradlee, editor of The Washington Post during Watergate	3
5A	15. Actress Keaton	5
6A	16. Dwelling	5
7A	17. Like Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely"	3
8A	18. Like pond scum	5
9A	19. Mario's world	5
10A	20. Task for new parents of twins?	13
11A	23. Elevator innovator Elisha	4
12A	24. ___ tide	4
13A	25. Like straight bourbon, for a minimum of two years	4
14A	28. "La Dolce Vita" director	7
15A	31. Dad on "Black-ish"	3
16A	33. "This texter thinks ..."	3
17A	34. Long-armed zoo animal, informally	5
18A	36. Protection rackets?	6
19A	38. Task for a Thai chef cooking for typical Americans?	13
20A	41. Like the most protective hazmat suits	6
21A	42. Las Vegas was built around one	5
22A	43. What "bist" means in the 1930s hit "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"	3
23A	44. The "e" of i.e.	3
24A	46. Words of referral	7
25A	50. Lean and tough	4
26A	52. High, in Versailles	4
27A	54. Getaway car cargo	4
28A	55. Task for a Benedictine monk?	13
29A	59. Christensen of "Parenthood"	5
30A	61. Tank-topped, ponytailed "Futurama" character	5
31A	62. Aid in counting to 20?	3
32A	63. Much ESPN programming	5
33A	64. Maker of Glide floss	5
34A	65. Parallel to the x-axis: Abbr.	3
35A	66. Some German autos	5
36A	67. Coasters, e.g.	5
37A	68. Non-majority?	3

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. Big fuss"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: flurry, bustle, stir
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Neither above nor below face value"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATPAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Allowed"

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 established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
• Words that mean the same thing: sound, effectual
• The opposite would be: illegal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. ___ Bradlee, editor of The Washington Post during Watergate"

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

  The answer is: BEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Actress Keaton"

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: DIANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Dwelling"

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 any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
• Words that mean the same thing: bide, dwelling, stick 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: ABODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Like Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely""

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: INE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Like pond scum"

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

  The answer is: ALGAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Mario's world"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MONDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Task for new parents of twins?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TONAMEACOUPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Elevator innovator Elisha"

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 united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Words that mean the same thing: Elisha Graves Otis, genus Otis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. ___ tide"

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 less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
• Words that mean the same thing: neap tide
• The opposite would be: springtide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Like straight bourbon, for a minimum of two years"

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 people who are old collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: ripened, senesce, get on
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate, young
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. "La Dolce Vita" director"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that italian filmmaker (1920-1993)
• Words that mean the same thing: Federico Fellini
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FELLINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Dad on "Black-ish""

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: DRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. "This texter thinks ...""

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 united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
• Words that mean the same thing: International Maritime Organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Long-armed zoo animal, informally"

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 long-armed ape of borneo and sumatra having arboreal habits
• Words that mean the same thing: orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus, orangutan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Protection rackets?"

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 fear resulting from the awareness of danger
• Words that mean the same thing: horrify, alarm system, alert
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Task for a Thai chef cooking for typical Americans?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOPUTITMILDLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Like the most protective hazmat suits"

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: LEVELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Las Vegas was built around one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
• Words that mean the same thing: haven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. What "bist" means in the 1930s hit "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen""

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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: embody, equal, cost
• 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 23 Across: "44. The "e" of i.e."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Words of referral"

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: SEEALSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Lean and tough"

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

  The answer is: WIRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. High, in Versailles"

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: HAUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Getaway car cargo"

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 goods or money obtained illegally
• Words that mean the same thing: shekels, scratch, moolah
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Task for a Benedictine monk?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOSAYTHELEAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Christensen of "Parenthood""

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: ERIKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Tank-topped, ponytailed "Futurama" character"

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: LEELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Aid in counting to 20?"

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

  The answer is: TOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Much ESPN programming"

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 contest with rules to determine a winner
• Words that mean the same thing: gage, plot, game
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Maker of Glide floss"

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: ORALB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Parallel to the x-axis: 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: HOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Some German autos"

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 german industrialist who was the first in germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948)
• Words that mean the same thing: Wilhelm von Opel, Opel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Coasters, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
• Words that mean the same thing: twit, depend upon, ride
• The opposite would be: walk
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Non-majority?"

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 half the width of an em
• Words that mean the same thing: nut, en
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Very little	6
2D	2. Indicate	6
3D	3. How the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup finals ended	6
4D	4. Not know from ___	4
5D	5. Roofing option	4
6D	6. Violin virtuoso Niccolò	8
7D	7. Have ___ up one's sleeve	5
8D	8. Circular arrow button in an address bar	6
9D	9. Common bedside item	4
10D	10. Virus first discovered in 1976	5
11D	11. Gillian Flynn thriller novel made into a hit 2014 film	8
12D	12. Interject	3
13D	13. Person born in late July	3
14D	21. Slanted	6
15D	22. Heighten	7
16D	26. Award for a soap, maybe	4
17D	27. Afros, e.g.	3
18D	29. Cry with a fist pump	5
19D	30. "Sesame Street" baby Muppet	7
20D	32. Actress/comic Kemper	5
21D	35. Letters after "Yeah, yeah, little ...," in a 1964 hit	3
22D	37. Pitcher's success?	6
23D	38. Actress Garr	4
24D	39. Reward for working late	8
25D	40. It names names in a newspaper	8
26D	41. Part of LSAT	3
27D	45. Lord's partner	6
28D	47. Hate	6
29D	48. "Already?"	6
30D	49. Predators of crayfish	6
31D	51. Cosmopolitan's opposite	5
32D	53. Gestation stations?	5
33D	56. Some wisecracks	4
34D	57. Magazine with an "Ask E. Jean" column	4
35D	58. Places for vials	4
36D	59. Latin "I"	3
37D	60. Knock at the door	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. Very little"

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: ABITOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Indicate"

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 a sign or indication of
• Words that mean the same thing: refer, announce
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. How the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup finals ended"

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: ONENIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Not know from ___"

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 (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
• Words that mean the same thing: ecstasy, disco biscuit, go
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Roofing option"

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 flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
• Words that mean the same thing: roofing tile
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Violin virtuoso Niccolò"

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 italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840)
• Words that mean the same thing: Niccolo Paganini
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAGANINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Have ___ up one's sleeve"

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: ANACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Circular arrow button in an address bar"

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

  The answer is: RELOAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Common bedside item"

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

  The answer is: LAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Virus first discovered in 1976"

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 severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EBOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Gillian Flynn thriller novel made into a hit 2014 film"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GONEGIRL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Interject"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: impart, contribute, bestow
• The opposite would be: take away, subtract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Person born in late July"

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Words that mean the same thing: Lion, Leo the Lion
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Slanted"

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 having an oblique or slanted direction
• Words that mean the same thing: diagonal, slanted, aslant
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASLOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Heighten"

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 cause to become alive again
• Words that mean the same thing: resurrect, raise
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPRAISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Award for a soap, maybe"

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 an annual award by the academy of television arts and sciences for outstanding achievements in television
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Afros, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Cry with a fist pump"

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: IRULE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. "Sesame Street" baby Muppet"

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: NATASHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Actress/comic Kemper"

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: ELLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "35. Letters after "Yeah, yeah, little ...," in a 1964 hit"

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: GTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Pitcher's success?"

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: ADSALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Actress Garr"

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: TERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Reward for working late"

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 work done in addition to regular working hours
• Words that mean the same thing: extra time
• The opposite would be: regulation time
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVERTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. It names names in a newspaper"

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 listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: flag
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASTHEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Part of LSAT"

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 collection of rules imposed by authority
• Words that mean the same thing: police force, law of nature, constabulary
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Lord's partner"

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 united states composer and music critic (1885-1966)
• Words that mean the same thing: President Taylor, Deems Taylor, Joseph Deems Taylor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAYLOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Hate"

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

  The answer is: LOATHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. "Already?""

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: SOSOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Predators of crayfish"

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

  The answer is: OTTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Cosmopolitan's opposite"

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 person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
• Words that mean the same thing: bumpkin, rube, chawbacon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOKEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Gestation stations?"

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 hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
• Words that mean the same thing: womb, uterus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Some wisecracks"

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 impudent or insolent rejoinder
• Words that mean the same thing: backtalk, mouth, back talk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Magazine with an "Ask E. Jean" column"

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: ELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Places for vials"

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 workplace for the conduct of scientific research
• Words that mean the same thing: research lab, lab, laboratory
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Latin "I""

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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: egotism, self-importance, self
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Knock at the door"

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 reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: knock, knap, strike
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	67.6%
Short Answer	16	21.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.4%
History	2	2.7%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (43 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, August 05, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (43 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword August 05, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Group in a play	4
2A	5. Plasterwork backing	4
3A	9. Bracelet securer	5
4A	14. Arthur with a stadium named after him	4
5A	15. Feeling fluish, in a way	4
6A	16. "___ me" ("Go along with it")	5
7A	17. ___ the Man (old baseball nickname)	4
8A	18. Be overrun (with)	4
9A	19. "E" on a gas gauge	5
10A	20. Pre-snap powwow	6
11A	22. Garden munchkin	5
12A	24. "How was ___ know?"	3
13A	25. 2012 Best Picture winner set in Iran	4
14A	27. Kind of toy that moves when you turn a key	6
15A	31. Semiaquatic salamanders	5
16A	33. Flowers on trellises	5
17A	35. Bill in a tip jar	3
18A	36. Slangy "sweetheart"	3
19A	37. Horace, as a poet	5
20A	38. Barrister's headgear	3
21A	39. Scrub vigorously	5
22A	41. Manipulate	3
23A	42. Littlest ones in litters	5
24A	44. Contagious viral infection	3
25A	45. Cross ___ with	5
26A	47. Side-to-side nautical movement	3
27A	48. Plural "is"	3
28A	49. First appearance, as of symptoms	5
29A	50. Toronto N.H.L. team, for short	5
30A	53. Common ankle injury	6
31A	55. Biggest bear in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"	4
32A	57. "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen	3
33A	58. Grind, as teeth	5
34A	60. Withstands	6
35A	62. Gemstone measure	5
36A	65. Chopped down	4
37A	67. 3:1 or 4:1, e.g.	4
38A	68. Superior beef grade	5
39A	69. They're mined and refined	4
40A	70. Large, scholarly book	4
41A	71. "For ___ waves of grain" (line in "America the Beautiful")	5
42A	72. Water swirl	4
43A	73. Elderly	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. Group in a play"

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 actors in a play
• Words that mean the same thing: tramp, form, purge
• 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: CAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Plasterwork backing"

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 narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Bracelet securer"

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 fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
• Words that mean the same thing: buckle, grip, clench
• The opposite would be: unclasp, unbuckle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Arthur with a stadium named after him"

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 united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
• Words that mean the same thing: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Feeling fluish, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that causing a dull and steady pain
• Words that mean the same thing: aching
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "___ me" ("Go along with it")"

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 message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: body fluid, wit, liquid body substance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUMOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. ___ the Man (old baseball nickname)"

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: STAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Be overrun (with)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be teeming, be abuzz
• Words that mean the same thing: pour, swarm, pullulate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. "E" on a gas gauge"

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 container that has been emptied
• Words that mean the same thing: vacuous, void, empty-bellied
• The opposite would be: full, fill
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMPTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Pre-snap powwow"

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 (informal) a quick private conference
• Words that mean the same thing: cower, powwow, huddle together
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUDDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Garden munchkin"

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 legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
• Words that mean the same thing: dwarf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "How was ___ know?""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: ITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. 2012 Best Picture winner set in Iran"

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 formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Kind of toy that moves when you turn a key"

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 concluding action
• Words that mean the same thing: closing, mop up, completion
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Semiaquatic salamanders"

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 small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of north america and europe and northern asia
• Words that mean the same thing: triton, newt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEWTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Flowers on trellises"

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 many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
• Words that mean the same thing: rose, rose wine, rosiness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Bill in a tip jar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Slangy "sweetheart""

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: BAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Horace, as a poet"

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

  The answer is: ODIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Barrister's headgear"

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 hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair
• Words that mean the same thing: wigging
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Scrub vigorously"

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 place that is scoured (especially by running water)
• Words that mean the same thing: scrub, flush, purge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Manipulate"

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 act of using
• Words that mean the same thing: practice, habituate, use of goods and services
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Littlest ones in litters"

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 disparaging terms for small people
• Words that mean the same thing: half-pint, peewee, shrimp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Contagious viral infection"

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 common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
• Words that mean the same thing: lues, lues venerea, syph
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Cross ___ with"

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 course of conduct
• Words that mean the same thing: track, course, path
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Side-to-side nautical movement"

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 erratic deflection from an intended course
• Words that mean the same thing: yawn, swerve, gape
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Plural "is""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: embody, represent, personify
• 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 28 Across: "49. First appearance, as of symptoms"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the beginning or early stages
• Words that mean the same thing: oncoming, onrush, onslaught
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Toronto N.H.L. team, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
• Words that mean the same thing: riff, flick, thumb
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Common ankle injury"

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 painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
• Words that mean the same thing: wrench, twist, wrick
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Biggest bear in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen"

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: REA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Grind, as teeth"

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

  The answer is: GNASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Withstands"

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 put up with something or somebody unpleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: put up, endure, bide
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Gemstone measure"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
• Words that mean the same thing: karat, kt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Chopped down"

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 make or shape as with an axe
• Words that mean the same thing: hand-hewn, hew, hew 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: HEWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. 3:1 or 4:1, 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 the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
• Words that mean the same thing: betting odds
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Superior beef grade"

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 number that has no factor but itself and 1
• Words that mean the same thing: prime of life, premier, bloom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. They're mined and refined"

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

  The answer is: ORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "70. Large, scholarly book"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a (usually) large and scholarly book
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "71. "For ___ waves of grain" (line in "America the Beautiful")"

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 deep yellow color
• Words that mean the same thing: gold, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Across: "72. Water swirl"

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 founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
• Words that mean the same thing: purl, Mary Morse Baker Eddy, twist
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Across: "73. Elderly"

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 people who are old collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: senesce, cured, maturate
• The opposite would be: young, rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGED

  Great job if you got it right!

August 05, 2019 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Redeem, as a savings bond	6
2D	2. Uncommonly perceptive	6
3D	3. Air-punching pugilist	11
4D	4. Manage, as a bar	4
5D	5. "Ciao"	5
6D	6. Unreturned tennis serve	3
7D	7. 2006 Matt Damon spy film	15
8D	8. Song sung on Sunday	4
9D	9. Place with beakers and Bunsen burners	12
10D	10. Measure of light's brightness	5
11D	11. Electric guitar accessory	3
12D	12. Drunkard	3
13D	13. Jimmy (open)	3
14D	21. Lecturer's implement with a light at the end	12
15D	23. Is indebted to	4
16D	26. Fills, as tile joints	6
17D	28. Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down	11
18D	29. The "U" in I.C.U.	4
19D	30. Cribbage scorekeepers	4
20D	32. Letter after sigma	3
21D	34. Nap south of the border	6
22D	39. Pampering places	4
23D	40. Bus. concern	4
24D	43. Persian Gulf country, for short	3
25D	46. Actress Kendrick	4
26D	51. What "woof" or "meow" may mean	6
27D	52. Talked back to with 'tude	6
28D	54. Best effort, informally	5
29D	56. Colorful flower with a "face"	5
30D	59. Pump or oxford	4
31D	61. Smidgen	4
32D	62. Helper during taxing times, for short?	3
33D	63. Triceps location	3
34D	64. Poke fun at	3
35D	66. Marry	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. Redeem, as a savings bond"

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: CASHIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Uncommonly perceptive"

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 marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: shrewd, sharp
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Air-punching pugilist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHADOWBOXER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Manage, as a bar"

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 have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
• Words that mean the same thing: incline, lean, be given
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Ciao""

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 coming at a subsequent time or stage
• Words that mean the same thing: later on, ulterior, recent
• The opposite would be: early
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Unreturned tennis serve"

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

  The answer is: ACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. 2006 Matt Damon spy film"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: THEGOODSHEPHERD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Song sung on Sunday"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a song of praise (to god or to a saint or to a nation)
• Words that mean the same thing: anthem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYMN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Place with beakers and Bunsen burners"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: CHEMISTRYLAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Measure of light's brightness"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
• Words that mean the same thing: lm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Electric guitar accessory"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine monophosphate, A, adenylic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Drunkard"

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

  The answer is: SOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Jimmy (open)"

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 heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
• Words that mean the same thing: nose, poke, crowbar
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Lecturer's implement with a light at the end"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: LASERPOINTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Is indebted to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OWES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Fills, as tile joints"

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 thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork
• Words that mean the same thing: grout
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: DOWNWARDDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. The "U" in I.C.U."

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 division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: social unit, whole, unit of measurement
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Cribbage scorekeepers"

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 wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: rowlock, wooden leg, leg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Letter after sigma"

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 19th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Nap south of the border"

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 nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "39. Pampering places"

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

  The answer is: SPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "40. Bus. concern"

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 business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
• Words that mean the same thing: corporation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "43. Persian Gulf country, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "46. Actress Kendrick"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a former copper coin of pakistan and india
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "51. What "woof" or "meow" may mean"

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: FEEDME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "52. Talked back to with 'tude"

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 answer back in an impudent or insolent manner
• Words that mean the same thing: sass
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SASSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "54. Best effort, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "56. Colorful flower with a "face""

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-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of europe and having velvety petals of various colors
• Words that mean the same thing: Milquetoast, faggot, nance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "59. Pump or oxford"

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 footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
• Words that mean the same thing: horseshoe, skid, brake shoe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "61. Smidgen"

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

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "62. Helper during taxing times, for short?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Words that mean the same thing: certified public accountant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "63. Triceps location"

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 human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: fortify, sleeve, limb
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "64. Poke fun at"

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 support resembling the rib of an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: blackguard, guy, make fun
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "66. Marry"

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 fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Words that mean the same thing: splice, Midweek, hook up with
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WED

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	67.9%
Short Answer	16	20.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	43
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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