October 12, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 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: Saturday, October 12, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 73 (38 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword October 12, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Crumbly salad ingredient	4
2A	5. Halves of some measurements	6
3A	11. It might involve a DNA test	3
4A	14. Love of mythology?	4
5A	15. Exam required before entering uni	6
6A	16. Something good in baseball, but bad in banking	3
7A	17. Kind of ball for indoor play	4
8A	18. Usually nonremunerative undertaking	10
9A	20. It's named for a Norse goddess of wisdom: Abbr.	3
10A	21. Will figure	3
11A	22. Supersede	7
12A	23. Funk of Funk & Wagnalls	5
13A	25. Punk cousin	3
14A	27. "Right on"	4
15A	28. Characters in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"	6
16A	30. Batman portrayer of TV and film	8
17A	33. Request softener	10
18A	35. Online feed letters	3
19A	36. A spy might send a message in one	10
20A	38. Unaccredited university, say	10
21A	40. Do some basic math	3
22A	43. Green giant	10
23A	45. Sound around a cradle	8
24A	47. "Miss ___"	6
25A	49. Capitol Hill activity	4
26A	50. 1969 novel subtitled "Ardor: A Family Chronicle"	3
27A	52. Brandon ___, lead role in 1999's "Boys Don't Cry"	5
28A	53. Northern fishers' implements	7
29A	56. Arctic explorer John	3
30A	58. Skin pic	3
31A	59. Screen for a shooter	10
32A	61. Corrupt, in British slang	4
33A	62. Big Ten East sch.	3
34A	63. Genesis peak	6
35A	64. Bring down	4
36A	65. Crossed	3
37A	66. Lax in duty	6
38A	67. ___ Bongo, president of Gabon for 42 years	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. Crumbly salad ingredient"

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: FETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Halves of some measurements"

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 extent of something from side to side
• Words that mean the same thing: breadth, width
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIDTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. It might involve a DNA test"

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: CSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Love of mythology?"

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 (roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of greek eros
• Words that mean the same thing: Cupid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Exam required before entering uni"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALEVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Something good in baseball, but bad in banking"

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 score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
• Words that mean the same thing: endure, persist, pass
• The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Kind of ball for indoor play"

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: NERF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Usually nonremunerative undertaking"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PETPROJECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. It's named for a Norse goddess of wisdom: Abbr."

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 the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
• Words that mean the same thing: Friday
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Will figure"

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 male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: boy, Word, Logos
• The opposite would be: daughter, girl
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Supersede"

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 substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
• Words that mean the same thing: supervene upon, interchange, supersede
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPLACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Funk of Funk & Wagnalls"

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 (old testament) the second patriarch; son of abraham and sarah who was offered by abraham as a sacrifice to god; father of jacob and esau
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISAAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Punk cousin"

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: EMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. "Right on""

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 primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
• Words that mean the same thing: Amun, Amon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Characters in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World""

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 punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
• Words that mean the same thing: Polygonia comma, comma butterfly, comma
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Batman portrayer of TV and film"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ADAMWEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Request softener"

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: NOPRESSURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Online feed letters"

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: RSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. A spy might send a message in one"

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: SECRETCODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Unaccredited university, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DEGREEMILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Do some basic math"

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

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: hyperkinetic syndrome, contribute, summate
• The opposite would be: subtract, take away
• 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 22 Across: "43. Green giant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIERRACLUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Sound around a cradle"

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: DIALTONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. "Miss ___""

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 city in south vietnam; formerly (as saigon) it was the capital of french indochina
• Words that mean the same thing: Ho Chi Minh City
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAIGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Capitol Hill activity"

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 choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• Words that mean the same thing: voter turnout, ballot, suffrage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. 1969 novel subtitled "Ardor: A Family Chronicle""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Brandon ___, lead role in 1999's "Boys Don't Cry""

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: TEENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Northern fishers' implements"

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: ICESAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Arctic explorer John"

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: RAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Skin pic"

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

  The answer is: TAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Screen for a shooter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LENSFILTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Corrupt, in British slang"

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 relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
• Words that mean the same thing: bend, crouch, dead set
• The opposite would be: straighten, unbend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Big Ten East sch."

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: PSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Genesis peak"

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 mountain peak that noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded
• Words that mean the same thing: Mt. Ararat, Mount Ararat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Bring 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 tear down so as to make flat with the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: dismantle, rase, level
• The opposite would be: raise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Crossed"

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 come together
• Words that mean the same thing: assemble, suffer, fit
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Lax in duty"

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 failing in what duty requires
• Words that mean the same thing: delinquent, neglectful, derelict
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "67. ___ Bongo, president of Gabon for 42 years"

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: OMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

October 12, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Amateur work based on existing characters, informally	6
2D	2. Boston college	7
3D	3. Singer with the 1992 double-platinum album "Little Earthquakes"	8
4D	4. Sound from a toy	3
5D	5. Newspaper with the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness," in brief	4
6D	6. "The L Word" creator Chaiken	5
7D	7. Case worker: Abbr.	3
8D	8. One who runs the show	10
9D	9. "___, boy!"	4
10D	10. Not stay in the bucket	4
11D	11. Joe might need this	7
12D	12. A "lousy teacher," per Bill Gates	7
13D	13. Partner of purposes	7
14D	19. "The Hunger Games" actress, in tabloids	4
15D	21. Like promethium, among all the rare earth metals	8
16D	24. Cranked (up)	5
17D	26. Down pat	8
18D	29. Italian film director Leone	6
19D	31. Kitchen drawers?	6
20D	32. Treat, in a way	8
21D	34. Tennis feat named for the athlete who achieved it in 2003 and 2015	10
22D	37. Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet	5
23D	39. Winter Olympics pair	8
24D	40. NyQuil alternative	7
25D	41. Bishop's territory	7
26D	42. Kind of bread with chopped fruit	7
27D	44. Treasure trove	7
28D	46. Minimalist's desire	4
29D	48. Flap one's gums	6
30D	51. Quarters	5
31D	54. Way off	4
32D	55. Kind of transfer	4
33D	57. Language ___	4
34D	60. TNT element?	3
35D	61. Dude	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. Amateur work based on existing characters, informally"

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: FANFIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Boston college"

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 united states writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMERSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Singer with the 1992 double-platinum album "Little Earthquakes""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: TORIAMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Sound from a toy"

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: ARF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Newspaper with the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness," in brief"

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: WAPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "The L Word" creator Chaiken"

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: ILENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Case worker: 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: DET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. One who runs the show"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TVPRODUCER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "___, boy!""

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 present location; this place
• Words that mean the same thing: hither, Hera
• The opposite would be: there
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Not stay in the bucket"

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 wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
• Words that mean the same thing: glop, spill, mush
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Joe might need this"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small pitcher for serving cream
• Words that mean the same thing: cream pitcher
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREAMER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. A "lousy teacher," per Bill Gates"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: succeeder, winner, achiever
• The opposite would be: failure, loser
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUCCESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Partner of purposes"

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 an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• Words that mean the same thing: aim, design, spirit
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. "The Hunger Games" actress, in tabloids"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JLAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Like promethium, among all the rare earth metals"

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 deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
• Words that mean the same thing: scarce
• The opposite would be: abundant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCARCEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Cranked (up)"

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: AMPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Down pat"

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 be or become completely proficient or skilled in
• Words that mean the same thing: down, overcome, dominate
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASTERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Italian film director Leone"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SERGIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Kitchen drawers?"

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 any property detected by the olfactory system
• Words that mean the same thing: olfactory property, odour, fragrance
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Treat, in a way"

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 impregnate with a medicinal substance
• Words that mean the same thing: medicine
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEDICATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Tennis feat named for the athlete who achieved it in 2003 and 2015"

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: SERENASLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet"

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: ELLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Winter Olympics pair"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard 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: LUGETEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. NyQuil alternative"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ADVILPM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Bishop's territory"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
• Words that mean the same thing: episcopate, bishopric
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIOCESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Kind of bread with chopped fruit"

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: DATENUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Treasure trove"

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 an especially rich vein of precious ore
• Words that mean the same thing: gold rush, gravy, bunce
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BONANZA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Minimalist's desire"

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 (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
• Words that mean the same thing: to a lesser extent
• The opposite would be: more
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Flap one's gums"

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 talk socially without exchanging too much information
• Words that mean the same thing: chit-chat, jaw, visit
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NATTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Quarters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a 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, orbit, sphere
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Way off"

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-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. Kind of transfer"

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 ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
• Words that mean the same thing: telegram, conducting wire, cable
• The opposite would be: unwire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Language ___"

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: humanistic discipline, artistic creation, 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 Down: "60. TNT element?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "61. Dude"

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: BRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	69.9%
Short Answer	11	15.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.1%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
Science/Technology	2	2.7%
History	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	73
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
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• Down Clues (35 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, June 12, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (37 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword June 12, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Fed	4
2A	5. New York's ___ Field	4
3A	9. Remote station location	5
4A	14. Swarming (with)	4
5A	15. Dark skies, e.g.	4
6A	16. Have dinner on the couch, say	5
7A	17. When Lady Macbeth sleepwalks	4
8A	18. Option when one wants to move out of the house?	10
9A	20. Uncommon amenity on an airplane	8
10A	22. Resurrection Mass day	6
11A	23. Rocky peak	3
12A	24. Onetime nickname in magazine publishing	3
13A	25. Mitch's husband on "Modern Family"	3
14A	26. Stick a fork in	5
15A	28. Pining and then some	8
16A	33. Insufficient	5
17A	34. Not go it alone?	9
18A	35. Some workers at Westminster	5
19A	36. Scratch (out), as a crossword answer?	3
20A	37. Island north of Australia	5
21A	38. Filled in	9
22A	40. It sometimes runs in the woods	5
23A	41. Co-star of Kelly and O'Connor in "Singin' in the Rain"	8
24A	42. Currency in the Philippines	5
25A	43. "S.N.L." head writer in the early 2000s	3
26A	44. Metal band?	3
27A	45. Screening grp.	3
28A	47. Jet setting	6
29A	51. Small talk	8
30A	53. Words after "Hello-o-o-o-o"	10
31A	55. 2-Down part	4
32A	56. Long-beaked bird	5
33A	57. Word before some sad words	4
34A	58. It might be abstracto	4
35A	59. Sitting next to a constantly crying baby on a cross-country flight, maybe	5
36A	60. Leave a bad impression?	4
37A	61. It's a butte and then some	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. Fed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. New York's ___ Field"

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: CITI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Remote station location"

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 unlimited expanse in which everything is located
• Words that mean the same thing: infinite, blank, quad
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Swarming (with)"

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 most frequent or common
• Words that mean the same thing: overabundant, prevailing, dominant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Dark skies, 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 a sign of something about to happen
• Words that mean the same thing: bode, Oman, forecast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Have dinner on the couch, say"

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: EATIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. When Lady Macbeth sleepwalks"

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: ACTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Option when one wants to move out of the house?"

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: PORCHSWING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Uncommon amenity on an airplane"

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: FREEWIFI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Resurrection Mass day"

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 christian celebration of the resurrection of christ; celebrated on the sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
• Words that mean the same thing: east wind, easterly
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Rocky peak"

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 prominent rock or pile of rocks on a 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: TOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Onetime nickname in magazine publishing"

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: HEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Mitch's husband on "Modern Family""

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 river in east central england that flows past cambridge to join the ouse river
• Words that mean the same thing: Cam River, River Cam
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Stick a fork in"

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 long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
• Words that mean the same thing: lance, shaft, gig
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Pining and then some"

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

  The answer is: LOVESICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Insufficient"

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 work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
• Words that mean the same thing: light, stint, skimp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Not go it alone?"

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: RIDESHARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Some workers at Westminster"

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 terms referring to the judeo-christian god
• Words that mean the same thing: Lord, Godhead, Jehovah
• The opposite would be: noblewoman, Lady
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Scratch (out), as a crossword answer?"

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: EKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Island north of Australia"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an island in indonesia in the malay archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the lesser sunda islands
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIMOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Filled in"

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: UPTOSPEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. It sometimes runs in the woods"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
• Words that mean the same thing: rosin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Co-star of Kelly and O'Connor in "Singin' in the Rain""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english portrait painter and first president of the royal academy (1723-1792)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Joshua Reynolds
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REYNOLDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Currency in the Philippines"

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 basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
• Words that mean the same thing: peso, Philippine peso, Guinea-Bissau peso
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PESOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. "S.N.L." head writer in the early 2000s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that slightly insane
• Words that mean the same thing: elfin, touched
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. Metal band?"

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

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Screening grp."

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 agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "47. Jet setting"

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: HOTTUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "51. Small talk"

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 light informal conversation for social occasions
• Words that mean the same thing: gab, chin wagging, chit-chat
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHITCHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Words after "Hello-o-o-o-o""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANYONEHOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. 2-Down part"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
• Words that mean the same thing: lens system, genus Lens, lens of the eye
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Long-beaked bird"

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 greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hero of Alexandria, Hero
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Word before some sad words"

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 wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Words that mean the same thing: unfortunately, unluckily, ala
• The opposite would be: fortunately, luckily
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. It might be abstracto"

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: ARTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Sitting next to a constantly crying baby on a cross-country flight, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
• Words that mean the same thing: excruciation, suffering, torment
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "60. Leave a bad impression?"

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 appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
• Words that mean the same thing: nick, prick, scratch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "61. It's a butte and then some"

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 flat tableland with steep edges
• Words that mean the same thing: table
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESA

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - June 12, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Corruption	5
2D	2. Piece of lab equipment	10
3D	3. Event that might last until the wee hours	10
4D	4. Campbell of "Scream"	4
5D	5. It always turns out the same	6
6D	6. "Later!"	5
7D	7. Garr of "Young Frankenstein"	4
8D	8. "Monsters, ___"	3
9D	9. Some monsters call it home	12
10D	10. Labs might offer them	4
11D	11. In a row	4
12D	12. Cannes offering	4
13D	13. Many an M.I.T. grad: Abbr.	4
14D	19. Throw with effort	5
15D	21. "Why are you all laughing?"	12
16D	25. Needing a key, perhaps	5
17D	27. ___ a happy note	5
18D	28. Social media metric	5
19D	29. Recoils (from)	5
20D	30. "Just name the time and place!"	10
21D	31. Patisserie purchases	10
22D	32. Adjust the spacing between letters	4
23D	33. Shpeak thish way	4
24D	34. Twiggy	5
25D	39. Academy newcomer	5
26D	42. Mr. Rite?	6
27D	44. "Hoo boy!"	5
28D	46. Where one might stay in a cabin	5
29D	47. Reaction button option for a Facebook post	4
30D	48. Force on Earth	4
31D	49. Noob	4
32D	50. Boo Boo, e.g.	4
33D	51. Porter, for one	4
34D	52. Geoduck, e.g.	4
35D	54. Hornswoggled	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. Corruption"

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 (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
• Words that mean the same thing: grafting, engraft, bribery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Piece of lab equipment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that magnifier of the image of small objects
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MICROSCOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Event that might last until the wee hours"

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: AFTERPARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Campbell of "Scream""

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 upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. It always turns out the same"

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 apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material
• Words that mean the same thing: duplicator
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COPIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Later!""

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: IMOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Garr of "Young Frankenstein""

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: TERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Monsters, ___""

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 heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
• Words that mean the same thing: Iraqi National Congress
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Some monsters call it home"

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: SESAMESTREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Labs might offer them"

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 clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
• Words that mean the same thing: mitt, manus, hand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. In a row"

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: ATIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Cannes offering"

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: CINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Many an M.I.T. grad: 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: ENGR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Throw with effort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
• Words that mean the same thing: lift, gag, gasp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. "Why are you all laughing?""

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: WHATSSOFUNNY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Needing a key, perhaps"

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 attach a code to
• Words that mean the same thing: bait, fool, put one over
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CODED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. ___ a happy note"

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: ENDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Social media metric"

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 similar kind; ,
• Words that mean the same thing: the likes of, care, like
• The opposite would be: dislike
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Recoils (from)"

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

  The answer is: SHIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. "Just name the time and place!""

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: IAMSOTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Patisserie purchases"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
• Words that mean the same thing: crescent roll, croissant
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROISSANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Adjust the spacing between letters"

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 composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jerome David Kern, Jerome Kern
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Shpeak thish 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 (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
• Words that mean the same thing: spot, smear, smirch
• The opposite would be: focus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Twiggy"

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 having a tone of a reed instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: reedlike, wheezy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Academy newcomer"

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 military trainee (as at a military academy)
• Words that mean the same thing: cadet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLEBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Mr. Rite?"

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 clergyman in christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the holy orders
• Words that mean the same thing: non-Christian priest
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. "Hoo boy!""

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: OHMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Where one might stay in a cabin"

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: ATSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Reaction button option for a Facebook post"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Force on Earth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Noob"

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 someone new to a field or activity
• Words that mean the same thing: beginner, initiate, tiro
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Boo Boo, 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 a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
• Words that mean the same thing: animated cartoon, cartoon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Porter, 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 a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
• Words that mean the same thing: kail, Brassica oleracea acephala, colewort
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Geoduck, 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 burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
• Words that mean the same thing: buck, dollar, one dollar bill
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Hornswoggled"

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 have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: sustain, give birth, bear
• The opposite would be: abstain, lack
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	58	80.6%
Short Answer	8	11.1%
Literature	2	2.8%
History	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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