May 08, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Friday, May 08, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (33 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle May 08, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Rummage sale	6
2A	7. Billing partner	6
3A	13. Turn on, say	6
4A	14. Bummer	7
5A	15. Surrounds	6
6A	16. Where to see the aurora borealis	8
7A	17. Planet, poetically	3
8A	18. Kindergarten math lesson	6
9A	20. Its exterior is the edible mold Penicillium candidum	4
10A	21. Towers	5
11A	23. Break up	5
12A	25. Series of ages	3
13A	26. Bird's long-ago relative, informally	4
14A	27. "___ traditional ..."	4
15A	28. Strength	5
16A	30. Contributed	11
17A	33. DC figures	11
18A	35. Manhattan neighborhood between the East Village and Chinatown	11
19A	37. Goodbye	5
20A	40. Wait for	4
21A	41. Cross	4
22A	43. Base ___	3
23A	44. "Corner-of-the-Street" poet	5
24A	46. One way of playing things	5
25A	47. Setting for many Manet paintings of the bourgeoisie	4
26A	49. Lean on	6
27A	51. ___-choice	3
28A	52. Many members of Wyoming's Wind River Reservation	8
29A	54. Jean on the Hollywood Walk of Fame	6
30A	56. Small shooter	7
31A	57. Esoteric	6
32A	58. Socks, once, for Bill and Hillary Clinton	6
33A	59. ___ Allende, author of "The House of the Spirits"	6

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. Rummage sale"

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 shop where a variety of goods are sold
• Words that mean the same thing: bazar, fair
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAZAAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Billing partner"

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: COSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Turn on, say"

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 render capable or able for some task
• The opposite would be: disable
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Bummer"

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: LOWNOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Surrounds"

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: HEMSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Where to see the aurora borealis"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FARNORTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Planet, poetically"

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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: ball, globe, eyeball
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Kindergarten math lesson"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
• Words that mean the same thing: impart, append, contribute
• 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: ADDING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Its exterior is the edible mold Penicillium candidum"

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

  The answer is: BRIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Towers"

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 textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
• Words that mean the same thing: hulk, loom, bulk large
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Break 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: ENDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Series of ages"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Bird's long-ago relative, informally"

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: DINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. "___ traditional ...""

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: ASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Strength"

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 useful or valuable quality
• Words that mean the same thing: plus
• The opposite would be: liability
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Contributed"

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: DIDONESPART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. DC figures"

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: SUPERHEROES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Manhattan neighborhood between the East Village and Chinatown"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LITTLEITALY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Goodbye"

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 farewell remark
• Words that mean the same thing: good day, bye-bye, so long
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Wait for"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Cross"

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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Words that mean the same thing: come across, run into, play
• 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: MEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Base ___"

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

  The answer is: TEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. "Corner-of-the-Street" 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 english writer of stories for children (1882-1956)
• Words that mean the same thing: Alan Alexander Milne, A. A. Milne
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. One way of playing things"

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: BYEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Setting for many Manet paintings of the bourgeoisie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CAFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Lean on"

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 to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
• Words that mean the same thing: squeeze, hale, pressure
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COERCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. ___-choice"

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 athlete who plays for pay
• Words that mean the same thing: professional
• The opposite would be: amateur, con
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Many members of Wyoming's Wind River Reservation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a tribe of plains indians formerly inhabiting eastern colorado and wyoming (now living in oklahoma and wyoming)
• Words that mean the same thing: Arapahoe, Arapaho
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAPAHOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Jean on the Hollywood Walk of Fame"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states film actress who made several films with clark gable (1911-1937)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jean Harlow, Harlean Carpenter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Small shooter"

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: MINICAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Esoteric"

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

  The answer is: ARCANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. Socks, once, for Bill and Hillary Clinton"

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: PETCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "59. ___ Allende, author of "The House of the Spirits""

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: ISABEL

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - May 08, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Magician's cry	6
2D	2. Kind of barometer that doesn't use liquid	7
3D	3. Ice machines	8
4D	4. Gymgoer's pride	3
5D	5. Something to assume	5
6D	6. Tear	4
7D	7. Short-legged dog	5
8D	8. Possess ... or totally destroy	3
9D	9. La-di-da sort	4
10D	10. Actress Gina of "Suits"	6
11D	11. Difference between a well-dressed bicyclist and a poorly dressed unicyclist, in a joke	6
12D	12. Nuke, say	6
13D	14. Luke Skywalker sold his in Mos Eisley	11
14D	16. Things that often have ribbons	11
15D	19. Periodic Atacama occurrence	11
16D	22. Space station section	6
17D	24. Fortunetelling tool	5
18D	27. Caught in ___	4
19D	29. Full of passion	6
20D	31. Yves Saint Laurent perfume since 1977	5
21D	32. ___ Luyendyk Jr., former bachelor on "The Bachelor"	4
22D	34. Polysomnography facility	8
23D	36. Beginning of a timeline	7
24D	37. Where capture the flag is often played	6
25D	38. Term of affection	6
26D	39. One might keep you up at night	6
27D	42. Gardening tool	6
28D	45. Bygone messaging service	5
29D	46. Franchise with the most victories in N.F.L. history	5
30D	48. Word before tale or fail	4
31D	50. Beverage flavored with cardamom	4
32D	53. Obama health law, for short	3
33D	55. Electronics co. that once owned Random House	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. Magician's cry"

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

  The answer is: BEHOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Kind of barometer that doesn't use liquid"

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 barometer that measures pressure without using fluids
• Words that mean the same thing: aneroid barometer
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEROID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Ice machines"

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 the trademark for a machine that smooths the ice in an ice-skating rink
• Words that mean the same thing: Zamboni
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZAMBONIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Gymgoer's pride"

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 any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
• Words that mean the same thing: ab, abdominal muscle, abdominal
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Something to assume"

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 name that has been assumed temporarily
• Words that mean the same thing: a.k.a., false name, assumed name
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Tear"

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 tear or be torn violently
• Words that mean the same thing: rip, pull, rive
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Short-legged dog"

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 either of two welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head
• Words that mean the same thing: Welsh corgi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Possess ... or totally destroy"

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 have ownership or possession of
• Words that mean the same thing: ain, have, possess
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. La-di-da sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Words that mean the same thing: snoot, prig, snot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Actress Gina of "Suits""

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: TORRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Difference between a well-dressed bicyclist and a poorly dressed unicyclist, in a joke"

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 clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
• Words that mean the same thing: dress up, deck out, trick out
• The opposite would be: underdress, dress down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Nuke, say"

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: REHEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Luke Skywalker sold his in Mos Eisley"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LANDSPEEDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Things that often have ribbons"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FINISHLINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Periodic Atacama occurrence"

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: DESERTBLOOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Space station section"

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 one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
• Words that mean the same thing: faculty, mental faculty
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MODULE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Fortunetelling tool"

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 a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
• Words that mean the same thing: tarot card
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Caught in ___"

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: ANET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Full of passion"

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 filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist
• Words that mean the same thing: ruttish, muggy, steaming
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Yves Saint Laurent perfume since 1977"

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 an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPIUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. ___ Luyendyk Jr., former bachelor on "The Bachelor""

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: ARIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Polysomnography facility"

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: SLEEPLAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Beginning of a timeline"

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: YEARONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Where capture the flag is often played"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATCAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Term of affection"

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 special loved one
• Words that mean the same thing: pet, deary, darling
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEARIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. One might keep you up at night"

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 very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Words that mean the same thing: babe, baby
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INFANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Gardening tool"

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 small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROWEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Bygone messaging service"

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: ICHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Franchise with the most victories in N.F.L. history"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
• Words that mean the same thing: acquit, behave, carry
• The opposite would be: bull
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Word before tale or fail"

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 long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• Words that mean the same thing: larger-than-life, epic poem, epos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Beverage flavored with cardamom"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Obama health law, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Electronics co. that once owned Random House"

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: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	77.3%
Short Answer	7	10.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	3.0%
History	2	3.0%
Science/Technology	1	1.5%
Geography	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, August 02, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword August 02, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Hey, over here!"	4
2A	5. Just manage, with "by"	3
3A	8. Bits of rain or dew	5
4A	13. Where Honolulu is	4
5A	14. Egg to be fertilized	4
6A	16. New York's ___ City Music Hall	5
7A	17. Laugh ___ (something very funny)	4
8A	18. Roman emperor who said before dying "What an artist the world is losing in me!"	4
9A	19. "Well, ___ we all?"	5
10A	20. Service offered by Dropbox	12
11A	23. F.D.R.'s successor	3
12A	24. Computer for Apple pickers?	3
13A	25. Kitchenware brand	3
14A	26. A megalomaniac has a big one	3
15A	29. Firefly	12
16A	32. Place to play roulette	6
17A	35. That guy's	3
18A	36. Train travel	4
19A	37. "Can't we all just get ___?"	5
20A	38. Jean-___ Picard, Starfleet commander	3
21A	39. Get the shampoo out	5
22A	40. What's pulled through a pulley	4
23A	41. May honoree	3
24A	42. Less cooked in the center, say	6
25A	43. Classic Corvette alternatives	12
26A	46. Maple product	3
27A	47. GPS option: Abbr.	3
28A	48. Sticky stuff	3
29A	49. Word after school or party	3
30A	52. What precedes a storm ... or a hint to 20-, 29- or 43-Across	12
31A	55. TV, newspapers, etc.	5
32A	58. "Goodbye, my friend!"	4
33A	59. Lead-in to girl	4
34A	60. Glass that refracts light	5
35A	61. Came down, as to earth	4
36A	62. To ___ a phrase	4
37A	63. Sorry! and Trouble, for two	5
38A	64. Summer: Fr.	3
39A	65. Past partners	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. "Hey, over here!""

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: PSST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Just manage, with "by""

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: EKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Bits of rain or dew"

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 shape that is spherical and small
• Words that mean the same thing: pearl, discharge, dismiss
• The opposite would be: recuperate, sharpen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DROPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Where Honolulu is"

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 island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
• Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Egg to be fertilized"

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 female reproductive cell; the female gamete
• Words that mean the same thing: egg cell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. New York's ___ City Music Hall"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that medium for communication
• Words that mean the same thing: tuner, radiocommunication, radio receiver
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Laugh ___ (something very funny)"

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 public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Words that mean the same thing: saturnalia, belly laugh, rioting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Roman emperor who said before dying "What an artist the world is losing in me!""

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 emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of rome in 64) but the roman empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. "Well, ___ we all?""

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: ARENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Service offered by Dropbox"

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: CLOUDSTORAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. F.D.R.'s successor"

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: HST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Computer for Apple pickers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
• Words that mean the same thing: mack, macintosh, mackintosh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Kitchenware brand"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. A megalomaniac has a big one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self-importance, self, egotism
• The 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 15 Across: "29. Firefly"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: LIGHTNINGBUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Place to play roulette"

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 public building for gambling and entertainment
• Words that mean the same thing: cassino, gambling casino
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. That guy's"

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: HIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Train travel"

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 barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
• Words that mean the same thing: inveigh, rail off, train
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. "Can't we all just get ___?""

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 with a forward motion
• Words that mean the same thing: on
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Jean-___ Picard, Starfleet commander"

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: LUC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Get the shampoo out"

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 liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
• Words that mean the same thing: rinsing, rinse off, gargle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RINSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. What's pulled through a pulley"

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 strong line
• Words that mean the same thing: roofy, circle, roach
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. May honoree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal terms for a mother
• Words that mean the same thing: mum, mummy, mama
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Less cooked in the center, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of a light shade of red
• Words that mean the same thing: pinkish, pink
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PINKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. Classic Corvette alternatives"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some native americans to take the shape of a great bird
• Words that mean the same thing: thunderbird
• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THUNDERBIRDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Maple product"

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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• Words that mean the same thing: blackjack, play out, tire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. GPS option: 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: RTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. Sticky stuff"

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 any thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: muck, sludge, slime
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Word after school or party"

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 vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
• Words that mean the same thing: heap, omnibus, coach
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. What precedes a storm ... or a hint to 20-, 29- or 43-Across"

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: WEATHERFRONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. TV, newspapers, etc."

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 means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
• Words that mean the same thing: metier, medium, sensitive
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. "Goodbye, my friend!""

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: TATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "59. Lead-in to girl"

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: ATTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Glass that refracts light"

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 polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
• Words that mean the same thing: optical prism
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. Came down, as to 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: ALIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "62. To ___ a phrase"

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 metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
• Words that mean the same thing: mint, 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: COIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "63. Sorry! and Trouble, for two"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a contest with rules to determine a winner
• Words that mean the same thing: stake, gage, bet on
• The 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 38 Across: "64. Summer: Fr."

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: ETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "65. Past partners"

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 man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
• Words that mean the same thing: X, ex-husband, x
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle August 02, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Place to hang wind chimes	5
2D	2. Goes by ship, say	5
3D	3. "Dang it!"	5
4D	4. Ballerina wear	4
5D	5. Wa-a-a-ay in the past	7
6D	6. Gripe	6
7D	7. Deutsche mark replacer	4
8D	8. Figure seen during Chinese New Year	6
9D	9. Happening once in a blue moon	4
10D	10. Tribute poem	3
11D	11. What you have to remember to use an A.T.M.	3
12D	12. Drunkard	3
13D	15. Completely stupid	7
14D	21. Contacting privately via Twitter or Instagram	5
15D	22. x, y or z, in geometry	4
16D	26. Manage one's account via the internet	5
17D	27. Outward appearance	5
18D	28. Gawker	5
19D	29. Napkins, tablecloths, etc.	5
20D	30. A green one is helpful in a garden	5
21D	31. Smiles	5
22D	32. Grocery conveniences	5
23D	33. Greeting in Hawaii	5
24D	34. Absorb, as gravy	5
25D	38. Country singer Lynn	7
26D	39. Free from	5
27D	41. Self-referential	4
28D	42. Apportion, as costs	7
29D	44. Night visions	6
30D	45. "You've said that already! Jeez!"	6
31D	49. Injection that conceals wrinkles	5
32D	50. Loosen, as laces	5
33D	51. Is a huge fan of, in modern slang	5
34D	52. Like an owl, in a simile	4
35D	53. Patriot Nathan	4
36D	54. 10K or marathon	4
37D	55. Fuel efficiency stat	3
38D	56. Victorian ___	3
39D	57. Not bright	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

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

Clue 1 Down: "1. Place to hang wind chimes"

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 structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Goes by ship, say"

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 large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: cruise, sweep, voyage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Dang it!""

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 new branch
• Words that mean the same thing: charge, fritter, photograph
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Ballerina wear"

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 south african prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Desmond Tutu, ballet skirt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Wa-a-a-ay in the past"

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: EONSAGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Gripe"

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 (yiddish) a constant complainer
• Words that mean the same thing: plain, quetch, complain
• The opposite would be: cheer
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KVETCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Deutsche mark replacer"

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 basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EURO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Figure seen during Chinese New Year"

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 creature of teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
• Words that mean the same thing: Draco, flying dragon, firedrake
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Happening once in a blue moon"

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 not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Words that mean the same thing: rarified, uncommon, rarefied
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Tribute poem"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. What you have to remember to use an A.T.M."

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 piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
• Words that mean the same thing: tholepin, pin tumbler, flag
• The opposite would be: unpin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIN

  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: drunk, wino, drunkard
• The 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: "15. Completely stupid"

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 having a mental age of between eight and twelve years
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Contacting privately via Twitter or Instagram"

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: DMING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. x, y or z, in geometry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
• Words that mean the same thing: axis vertebra, bloc, axis of rotation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Manage one's account via the internet"

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: EBANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Outward appearance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an artful or simulated semblance
• Words that mean the same thing: pretence, pretense, pretext
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Gawker"

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 viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OGLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Napkins, tablecloths, etc."

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 fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
• Words that mean the same thing: linen paper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. A green one is helpful in a garden"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
• Words that mean the same thing: riff, hitchhike, riffle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THUMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Smiles"

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 facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: smile, grinning, smiling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Grocery conveniences"

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 heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: haul, drag, handcart
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Greeting in Hawaii"

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

  The answer is: ALOHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Absorb, as gravy"

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: SOPUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Country singer Lynn"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: LORETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Free from"

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: RIDOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Self-referential"

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: META

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Apportion, as costs"

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

  The answer is: PRORATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Night visions"

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 series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: dreaming, aspiration, daydream
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DREAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. "You've said that already! Jeez!""

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: IGETIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Injection that conceals wrinkles"

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 neurotoxin (trade name botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions; is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily
• Words that mean the same thing: botulinum toxin A
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Loosen, as laces"

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 undo the ties of
• Words that mean the same thing: undo, unlace, unbrace
• The opposite would be: tie
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Is a huge fan of, in modern slang"

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: STANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Like an owl, in a simile"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a way of doing or being
• Words that mean the same thing: knowing, wise to, impertinent
• The opposite would be: foolish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Patriot Nathan"

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 soldier of the american revolution who was hanged as a spy by the british; his last words were supposed to have been `i only regret that i have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
• Words that mean the same thing: coerce, squeeze, pressure
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. 10K or marathon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Fuel efficiency stat"

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: MPG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Victorian ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. Not bright"

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 switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
• Words that mean the same thing: black, dense, bleak
• The opposite would be: undimmed, focus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	71.8%
Short Answer	15	19.2%
History	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 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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Last Updated: September 15, 2025 at 09:18 PM