April 28, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

April 28, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Honey bunch?	4
2A	5. Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence	4
3A	9. Hodgepodge	4
4A	13. Gemstone discovered on Mars in 2008	4
5A	14. Justice Sotomayor	5
6A	15. Clay pot used for cooking	4
7A	16. ___ vu	4
8A	17. Light purple	5
9A	18. Nobody wins them	4
10A	19. Endorsement from a brand's account?	14
11A	22. Desert rarity	4
12A	23. Posh	6
13A	24. Some Halloween candy discovered in February?	12
14A	29. Virginia who wrote "Mrs. Dalloway"	5
15A	30. Measure of gold purity	5
16A	31. Is sick with	3
17A	34. ___ duck	4
18A	35. Got out of a slump?	5
19A	36. Shelter by a campfire	4
20A	37. California's second-busiest airport, after LAX	3
21A	38. Of the Vatican	5
22A	39. Number with all its letters in alphabetical order	5
23A	40. When the whole clan gets their eyebrows done?	12
24A	42. They hold hands	6
25A	45. "___ it the truth!"	4
26A	46. CliffsNotes version of "Huckleberry Finn"?	14
27A	51. Sch. near Beverly Hills	4
28A	52. Accepted college applicant	5
29A	53. Clickable symbol	4
30A	55. Substandard	4
31A	56. Jay Gatsby's love in "The Great Gatsby"	5
32A	57. Highway division	4
33A	58. Boutique	4
34A	59. Some volunteers at music festivals, for short	4
35A	60. Position to fill	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. Honey bunch?"

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 flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
• Words that mean the same thing: coxcomb, combing, ransack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
• Words that mean the same thing: golf game
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOLF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Hodgepodge"

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 chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
• Words that mean the same thing: hashish, haschisch, hasheesh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Gemstone discovered on Mars in 2008"

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 translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Justice Sotomayor"

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: SONIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Clay pot used for cooking"

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 leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in india for writing paper
• Words that mean the same thing: ola
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. ___ vu"

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: DEJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Light purple"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various plants of the genus syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: lavender, lilac-colored
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LILAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Nobody wins 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 neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
• Words that mean the same thing: tie beam, crosstie, tie-in
• The opposite would be: disconnect, untie
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Endorsement from a brand's account?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: COMPANYRETWEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Desert rarity"

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 water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: rain down, pelting, rainwater
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Posh"

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

  The answer is: SWANKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Some Halloween candy discovered in February?"

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: OLDBAGOFTWIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Virginia who wrote "Mrs. Dalloway""

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 author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the bloomsbury group (1882-1941)
• Words that mean the same thing: Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, Virginia Woolf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOLF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Measure of gold purity"

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 unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
• Words that mean the same thing: carat, kt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Is sick with"

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 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Words that mean the same thing: experience, have, accept
• The opposite would be: refuse, lack
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. ___ duck"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who doesn't understand what is going on
• Words that mean the same thing: game, crippled, gimpy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Got out of a slump?"

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: SATUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Shelter by a campfire"

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 portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
• Words that mean the same thing: encamp, camp out, bivouac
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. California's second-busiest airport, after LAX"

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: SFO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Of the Vatican"

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 proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the apostles
• Words that mean the same thing: apostolic, pontifical, apostolical
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Number with all its letters in alphabetical order"

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 cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
• Words that mean the same thing: xl, XL, twoscore
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. When the whole clan gets their eyebrows done?"

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: FAMILYTWEEZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. They hold hands"

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 joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
• Words that mean the same thing: articulatio radiocarpea, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WRISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. "___ it the truth!""

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: AINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. CliffsNotes version of "Huckleberry Finn"?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: HIGHSPEEDTWAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Sch. near Beverly Hills"

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: UCLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Accepted college applicant"

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 declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
• Words that mean the same thing: accommodate, accept, include
• The opposite would be: deny, exclude
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Clickable symbol"

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 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
• Words that mean the same thing: picture, image, ikon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Substandard"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
• Words that mean the same thing: short, piteous, poor people
• The opposite would be: rich people, rich
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Jay Gatsby's love in "The Great Gatsby""

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 any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAISY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Highway division"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrow way or road
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Boutique"

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 mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
• Words that mean the same thing: browse, snitch, give away
• The opposite would be: boycott
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. Some volunteers at music festivals, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Position to fill"

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 position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
• Words that mean the same thing: expansion slot, one-armed bandit, time slot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword April 28, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Cape ___, landing place of the Mayflower	3
2D	2. Big oil cartel, in brief	4
3D	3. Chief butler	9
4D	4. At fault	8
5D	5. Enter	4
6D	6. The low, low price of	4
7D	7. Pinocchio, e.g.	4
8D	8. Popular app feature that generates funny photos	8
9D	9. Candle drippings	6
10D	10. Completely unfamiliar	5
11D	11. Smooth and glossy	5
12D	12. Done in a rush	5
13D	14. "Hammered" for "drunk," e.g.	5
14D	20. Edith who sang "La Vie en Rose"	4
15D	21. Complete fool	4
16D	24. Birds that can turn their heads 270° in either direction	4
17D	25. Bread purchase	4
18D	26. African animal with striped hindquarters	5
19D	27. Deadly	5
20D	28. "I'm serious"	5
21D	31. Seriously at odds with general opinion	9
22D	32. 1998 DreamWorks film	4
23D	33. Eye affliction	4
24D	35. "The Maltese Falcon" detective	8
25D	36. Things pedicurists file	8
26D	38. Apt anagram of TAPS	4
27D	39. Texting equivalent of "This is just my opinion, but ..."	4
28D	40. Musical neighbor of G	6
29D	41. Ragged	5
30D	42. Soundly defeats, colloquially	5
31D	43. Maker of digital cameras and printers	5
32D	44. Arctic home	5
33D	47. Mild yellow cheese	4
34D	48. Give off, as heat	4
35D	49. ___ track (rap song with insults)	4
36D	50. Eating pizza with a fork and knife, to New Yorkers	4
37D	54. Court divider	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. Cape ___, landing place of the Mayflower"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• Words that mean the same thing: pod, rag, ride
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Big oil cartel, in brief"

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 organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
• Words that mean the same thing: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Chief butler"

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: MAJORDOMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. At fault"

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 deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
• Words that mean the same thing: blameful, blameworthy, censurable
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLAMABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Enter"

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: GOIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. The low, low price of"

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 being the only one; single and isolated from others
• Words that mean the same thing: but, sole, solitary
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Pinocchio, 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 person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
• Words that mean the same thing: prevaricator
• The opposite would be: square shooter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Popular app feature that generates funny photos"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FACESWAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Candle drippings"

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: HOTWAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Completely unfamiliar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
• Words that mean the same thing: unknown, outlander, disaffect
• The opposite would be: acquaintance, citizen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Smooth and glossy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make slick or smooth
• Words that mean the same thing: aerodynamic, satiny, silken
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Done in a rush"

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

  The answer is: HASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. "Hammered" for "drunk," e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
• Words that mean the same thing: lingo, put one across, jargon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. Edith who sang "La Vie en Rose""

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 french cabaret singer (1915-1963)
• Words that mean the same thing: Edith Piaf, Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Complete fool"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who is regarded as contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: taunting, tantalize, rag
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Birds that can turn their heads 270° in either direction"

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 nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: hooter, bird of night, bird of Minerva
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Bread purchase"

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 shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
• Words that mean the same thing: arse around, bum about, waste one's time
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. African animal with striped hindquarters"

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 similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
• Words that mean the same thing: Okapia johnstoni
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OKAPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Deadly"

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 bringing death
• Words that mean the same thing: calamitous, disastrous, fateful
• The opposite would be: nonfatal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FATAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. "I'm serious""

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 in accordance with truth or fact or reality
• Words that mean the same thing: sincerely, in truth, unfeignedly
• The opposite would be: insincerely
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRULY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Seriously at odds with general opinion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
• Words that mean the same thing: heterodox, dissident
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERETICAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. 1998 DreamWorks film"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: ANTZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Eye affliction"

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 infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Words that mean the same thing: eye infection, sty, hordeolum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. "The Maltese Falcon" detective"

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: SAMSPADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Things pedicurists file"

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 nail at the end of a toe
• Words that mean the same thing: toe, toenail
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOENAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Apt anagram of TAPS"

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 sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: dab, chuck, pat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Texting equivalent of "This is just my opinion, but ...""

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: FWIW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Musical neighbor of G"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FSHARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Ragged"

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 showing signs of wear and tear
• Words that mean the same thing: cheap, tacky, loud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Soundly defeats, colloquially"

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: WHUPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Maker of digital cameras and printers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RICOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "44. Arctic home"

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 eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
• Words that mean the same thing: iglu
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGLOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Mild yellow cheese"

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 mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Give off, as heat"

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 expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: let out, pass off, utter
• The opposite would be: absorb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. ___ track (rap song with insults)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
• Words that mean the same thing: affront, insult, Dis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Eating pizza with a fork and knife, to New Yorkers"

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: NONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Court divider"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: meshwork, clear, profits
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	60	83.3%
Short Answer	4	5.6%
Music	3	4.2%
History	3	4.2%
Sports	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 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 Tuesday, 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
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, November 04, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword November 04, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Change from "Gojira" to "Godzilla," say	3
2A	4. Options when picking locks?	4
3A	8. Covers a lot, in a way	5
4A	13. Jobs creation	4
5A	15. Laugh riot	4
6A	16. Group whose teens go through rumspringa	5
7A	17. Euro, Zloty	9
8A	19. ___ Motel	5
9A	20. Frolicking river mammals	6
10A	21. Salon competitor	5
11A	23. What many students look forward to: Abbr.	3
12A	24. 0-0, say	3
13A	26. Indigo, Cerulean	7
14A	30. Pool table surface	4
15A	32. Recharge, in a way	3
16A	34. Many major retailers	6
17A	35. Skull and Bones members	4
18A	37. Keebler cracker brand	5
19A	39. Conk	3
20A	40. Macaw, Tern	11
21A	43. Reward for a successful defense, in brief	3
22A	45. "Rumor has it ..."	5
23A	46. Trade	4
24A	48. Subject of many articles in Allure and Seventeen	6
25A	50. It may get a light gloss	3
26A	52. Slips	4
27A	54. Noon, Eleven	7
28A	56. Sky safety org.	3
29A	58. Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame	3
30A	59. In ___ (developing)	5
31A	61. Serene	6
32A	63. Minute Maid Park pro	5
33A	66. Satellite, Pulitzer	9
34A	68. Reeves of "The Matrix"	5
35A	69. Singe	4
36A	70. Pennsylvania's Flagship City	4
37A	71. Sentiment in a teenager's diary	5
38A	72. Vehicle with a medallion	4
39A	73. Trophy case locale	3

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Change from "Gojira" to "Godzilla," say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the new sounds added by dubbing
• Words that mean the same thing: knight, nickname
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Options when picking locks?"

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

  The answer is: WIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Covers a lot, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
• Words that mean the same thing: pave
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Jobs creation"

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: IPAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Laugh riot"

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 loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
• Words that mean the same thing: razz, bird, raspberry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Group whose teens go through rumspringa"

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

  The answer is: AMISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Euro, Zloty"

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: EASYMONEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. ___ Motel"

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 roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
• Words that mean the same thing: rophy, rope, cockroach
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Frolicking river mammals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Salon competitor"

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 (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
• Words that mean the same thing: slating, ticket
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. What many students look forward to: Abbr."

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

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 12 Across: "24. 0-0, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
• Words that mean the same thing: bond, tie beam, crosstie
• The opposite would be: disconnect, untie
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Indigo, Cerulean"

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: ICYBLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Pool table surface"

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 fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
• Words that mean the same thing: finger, find, sense
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Recharge, in a way"

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 period of time spent sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: cat sleep, forty winks, sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Many major retailers"

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 metal shackles; for hands or legs
• Words that mean the same thing: range, Sir Ernst Boris Chain, irons
• The opposite would be: unchain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Skull and Bones members"

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: ELIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Keebler cracker brand"

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: ZESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Conk"

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 law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
• Words that mean the same thing: whop, whap, bonk
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Macaw, Tern"

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: EMPTYNESTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Reward for a successful defense, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
• Words that mean the same thing: Ph.D.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. "Rumor has it ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IHEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Trade"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an equal exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: barter, trade, switch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Subject of many articles in Allure and Seventeen"

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 qualities that give pleasure to the senses
• Words that mean the same thing: ravisher, lulu, knockout
• The opposite would be: ugliness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAUTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. It may get a light gloss"

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 either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
• Words that mean the same thing: mouth, back talk, rim
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Slips"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: slip, err, stray
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Noon, Eleven"

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: ANYTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Sky safety org."

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 in the department of transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
• Words that mean the same thing: Federal Aviation Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame"

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: YAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. In ___ (developing)"

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: UTERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Serene"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
• Words that mean the same thing: quiet, equable, unruffled
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLACID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Minute Maid Park pro"

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: ASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Satellite, Pulitzer"

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: ESPYAWARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Reeves of "The Matrix""

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: KEANU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Singe"

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 charred substance
• Words that mean the same thing: cleaning woman, charwoman, charr
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Pennsylvania's Flagship City"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Sentiment in a teenager's diary"

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 acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "72. Vehicle with a medallion"

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 car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• Words that mean the same thing: hack, taxicab, cab
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAXI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "73. Trophy case locale"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: hideout, hideaway, lair
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEN

  Great job if you got it right!

November 04, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Go extinct	6
2D	2. High and dry	7
3D	3. In France it's "le 14 juillet"	11
4D	4. "Anybody up for it?"	6
5D	5. F-, for one	3
6D	6. Takes a turn, in a board game	4
7D	7. 13-Across accessories	5
8D	8. Top choices for one's birthday?	9
9D	9. Tiny organism	6
10D	10. Itinerary word	3
11D	11. F1 neighbor	3
12D	12. "Silence!"	3
13D	14. Stock at a salon	3
14D	18. TV personality who once said in an ad, "The only thing bolder than Fuze Iced Tea is ME!"	3
15D	22. Facebook offerings: Abbr.	5
16D	25. N.W.A member known as "The Godfather of Gangsta Rap"	5
17D	27. Something in a book lover's wallet	11
18D	28. Game akin to crazy eights	3
19D	29. Medium strength?	3
20D	31. Cook of Apple	3
21D	33. Of prisons	5
22D	36. "Tell me already!"	9
23D	38. Roman font feature	5
24D	41. Minty herb	5
25D	42. She may be ruminating	3
26D	43. Grp. concerned with gutters and pins	3
27D	44. Lady bird	3
28D	47. Midwest expanse	7
29D	49. Results of some drivers' mistakes	6
30D	51. Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls	6
31D	53. Dripping	6
32D	55. At attention	5
33D	57. In the manner of	3
34D	60. Factory-inspecting org.	4
35D	62. Something a magician may conjure	3
36D	63. Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor ___ Lorde	3
37D	64. D.C. V.I.P.	3
38D	65. It must do it	3
39D	67. "___ et Lux" (motto for Tufts University)	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. Go extinct"

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: DIEOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. High and dry"

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: UPATREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. In France it's "le 14 juillet""

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: BASTILLEDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Anybody up for it?""

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: WHOSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. F-, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Takes a turn, in a board game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
• Words that mean the same thing: get going, blend in, run
• The opposite would be: be born, come
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. 13-Across accessories"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
• Words that mean the same thing: style, stylus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Top choices for one's birthday?"

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: PARTYHATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Tiny organism"

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 naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
• Words that mean the same thing: ameba
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOEBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Itinerary word"

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: VIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. F1 neighbor"

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: ESC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Silence!""

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: SHH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Stock at a salon"

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 usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
• Words that mean the same thing: dyestuff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. TV personality who once said in an ad, "The only thing bolder than Fuze Iced Tea is ME!""

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: MRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Facebook offerings: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ACCTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. N.W.A member known as "The Godfather of Gangsta Rap""

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: EAZYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Something in a book lover's wallet"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LIBRARYCARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Game akin to crazy eights"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: UNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Medium strength?"

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 apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
• Words that mean the same thing: extrasensory perception, second sight, clairvoyance
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Cook of Apple"

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: TIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Of prisons"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: punishable
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. "Tell me already!""

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: SPITITOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Roman font feature"

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 short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
• Words that mean the same thing: seriph
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "41. Minty herb"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various mints of the genus thymus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THYME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. She may be ruminating"

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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Grp. concerned with gutters and pins"

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: PBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Lady bird"

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

  The answer is: HEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Midwest expanse"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a treeless grassy plain
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRAIRIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Results of some drivers' mistakes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UTURNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls"

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 paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient egyptians and greeks and romans
• Words that mean the same thing: paper plant, papyrus, Cyperus papyrus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAPYRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Dripping"

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

  The answer is: SODDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. At attention"

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 construct, build, or erect
• Words that mean the same thing: upright, rear, tumid
• The opposite would be: level, unerect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. In the manner of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "60. Factory-inspecting org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Occupational Safety and Health 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: OSHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "62. Something a magician may conjure"

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 overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
• Words that mean the same thing: fear, veneration, reverence
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "63. Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor ___ Lorde"

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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "64. D.C. V.I.P."

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 fractional monetary unit of japan and indonesia and cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "65. It must do it"

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 label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: label, chase after, tag end
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "67. "___ et Lux" (motto for Tufts University)"

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 (roman catholic church) a greeting signifying christian love for those assisting at the eucharist
• Words that mean the same thing: kiss of peace
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	43	55.1%
Short Answer	24	30.8%
Geography	3	3.8%
History	3	3.8%
Sports	2	2.6%
Literature	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	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	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 21, 2025 at 01:38 PM