February 16, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (34 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

February 16, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Supremely cool person	6
2A	7. Prime Cuts dog food brand	4
3A	11. Do something	3
4A	14. "Game of Thrones" actress Clarke	6
5A	15. Shape, as clay	4
6A	16. What truth is said to be the first casualty of	3
7A	17. Stop before it can grow bigger	11
8A	19. Ernst & Young employee, in brief	3
9A	20. Martini's lemon twist, e.g.	4
10A	21. Greek god pictured with wings and a bow	4
11A	22. "Famous" cookie name	4
12A	23. Most arias	4
13A	25. Chicken stock, e.g.	5
14A	26. British fashion designer who's the daughter of Linda and Sir Paul	15
15A	32. Something a Eur. singer might embark on	6
16A	33. Foretell	5
17A	34. "I haven't a clue!"	7
18A	36. Club Med and others	7
19A	40. Where G.I.s go to shop	5
20A	42. "Um, I guess so"	6
21A	43. Very rarely	15
22A	47. Bête ___ (bugaboo)	5
23A	48. Feedbag fill	4
24A	49. ___ Storm and the Hurricanes (Ringo's band before the Beatles)	4
25A	50. Skirt down to the ankles	4
26A	52. Not the brightest bulb in the pack	4
27A	56. Nelson Mandela's org.	3
28A	57. Long, straight-sided smoke	11
29A	60. Brooks who directed "Blazing Saddles"	3
30A	61. Gathering clouds, to some	4
31A	62. "I'll have a cold one, please" ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across	6
32A	63. Lead-in to calculus	3
33A	64. Acid's opposite	4
34A	65. Acquire	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. Supremely cool person"

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: BADASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Prime Cuts dog food brand"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Do something"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: behave, number, represent
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Game of Thrones" actress Clarke"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tropical african herbs
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Emilia
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMILIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Shape, as clay"

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 distinctive form in which a thing is made
• Words that mean the same thing: influence, form, forge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. What truth is said to be the first casualty 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 the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• Words that mean the same thing: warfare, state of war
• The opposite would be: make peace, peace
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Stop before it can grow bigger"

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: NIPINTHEBUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Ernst & Young employee, in brief"

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

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Martini's lemon twist, 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 vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
• Words that mean the same thing: zestfulness, relish, piquance
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Greek god pictured with wings and a bow"

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 (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Words that mean the same thing: concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "Famous" cookie name"

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 hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Most arias"

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 activity that is performed alone without assistance
• Words that mean the same thing: solo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Chicken stock, 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 liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
• Words that mean the same thing: stock
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BROTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. British fashion designer who's the daughter of Linda and Sir Paul"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: STELLAMCCARTNEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Something a Eur. singer might embark on"

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: USTOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Foretell"

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 (ancient rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
• Words that mean the same thing: auspicate, prognosticate, foretell
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUGUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. "I haven't a clue!""

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: BEATSME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Club Med and others"

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 hotel located in a resort area
• Words that mean the same thing: hangout, resort, fall back
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESORTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Where G.I.s go to shop"

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: THEPX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. "Um, I guess so""

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: OHOKAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Very rarely"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: ONCEINABLUEMOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. Bête ___ (bugaboo)"

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: NOIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Feedbag 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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• Words that mean the same thing: oat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. ___ Storm and the Hurricanes (Ringo's band before the Beatles)"

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: RORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Skirt down to the ankles"

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 skirt ending below the calf
• The opposite would be: mini
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAXI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Not the brightest bulb in the pack"

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 person who is not very bright
• Words that mean the same thing: pillock, poor fish, stupid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Nelson Mandela's org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Long, straight-sided smoke"

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: CORONACIGAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Brooks who directed "Blazing Saddles""

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: MEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Gathering clouds, to some"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sign of something about to happen
• Words that mean the same thing: prognosticate, prefigure, presage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. "I'll have a cold one, please" ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across"

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: BEERME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Lead-in to calculus"

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: PRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Acid's opposite"

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 installation from which a military force initiates operations
• Words that mean the same thing: floor, lowly, radix
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Acquire"

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: COMEBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword February 16, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Luxury car nickname	4
2D	2. Friend in France	4
3D	3. Some dance moves or stock market events	4
4D	4. Landed	4
5D	5. Sloth or envy, it's said	3
6D	6. Plopped down	3
7D	7. "Sweet land of liberty," in song	7
8D	8. Timber wolf	4
9D	9. It makes an "A" even better	4
10D	10. Peculiar	3
11D	11. "Pretty, pretty please"	6
12D	12. Truman who wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"	6
13D	13. Disreputable	6
14D	18. Captain's position	4
15D	22. Atelier	7
16D	23. Drink that can cause brain freeze	7
17D	24. Some crew team members	6
18D	25. Items often used in front of mirrors	7
19D	26. Hoagie	3
20D	27. Literary monogram	3
21D	28. Airplane capt.'s announcement	3
22D	29. Mega Millions, for one	7
23D	30. Mean-tempered mutt	3
24D	31. Grow too old, as for an insurance benefit	6
25D	35. Org. that monitors air quality	3
26D	37. Onetime rival of MGM	3
27D	38. Chinese "way"	3
28D	39. Listing in Roget: Abbr.	3
29D	41. Popular video game console released in 2013	7
30D	43. Entrance to an interstate	6
31D	44. Lunchtime tryst	6
32D	45. Orbit	6
33D	46. Reclined	4
34D	50. Place to see a Kandinsky or Calder	4
35D	51. Symbol of militarism	4
36D	52. Per ___ (daily)	4
37D	53. Figure that might give a child nightmares	4
38D	54. Symbol of gentleness	4
39D	55. Deuce topper	4
40D	57. Corn throwaway	3
41D	58. Easy as ___	3
42D	59. Corp. head	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. Luxury car nickname"

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: BENZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Friend in France"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Some dance moves or stock market events"

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 depression in an otherwise level surface
• Words that mean the same thing: cutpurse, drop, free fall
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Landed"

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: ALIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Sloth or envy, it's said"

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 estrangement from god
• Words that mean the same thing: sine, boob, goof
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Plopped down"

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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Words that mean the same thing: Sabbatum, model, Saturday
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Sweet land of liberty," in song"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: USA, United States of America, US
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMERICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Timber wolf"

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: LOBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. It makes an "A" even better"

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

  The answer is: PLUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Peculiar"

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 not divisible by two
• Words that mean the same thing: peculiar, unexpended, uneven
• The opposite would be: even
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Pretty, pretty please""

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: AWCMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Truman who wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's""

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 long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head
• Words that mean the same thing: hooded cloak, hooded coat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAPOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Disreputable"

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 cheap and inferior; of no value
• Words that mean the same thing: flashy, rubbishy, gimcrack
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRASHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Captain's position"

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 steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Atelier"

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: ARTROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Drink that can cause brain freeze"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLUSHIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Some crew team members"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OARMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Items often used in front of mirrors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dense growth of bushes
• Words that mean the same thing: clash, brushwood, thicket
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRUSHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Hoagie"

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 large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: grinder, hoagie, hero
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Literary monogram"

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: TSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Airplane capt.'s announcement"

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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and 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: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Mega Millions, for one"

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 something that is regarded as a chance event
• Words that mean the same thing: drawing
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOTTERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Mean-tempered mutt"

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 inferior dog or one of mixed breed
• Words that mean the same thing: mongrel, mutt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "31. Grow too old, as for an insurance benefit"

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: AGEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Org. that monitors air quality"

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 independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Environmental Protection 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: EPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Onetime rival of MGM"

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: RKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Chinese "way""

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

  The answer is: TAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. Listing in Roget: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SYN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Popular video game console released in 2013"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: XBOXONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Entrance to an interstate"

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: ONRAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Lunchtime tryst"

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: NOONER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Orbit"

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 ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
• Words that mean the same thing: rophy, round, circulate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIRCLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Reclined"

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 be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
• Words that mean the same thing: dwell, rest, lie down
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Place to see a Kandinsky or Calder"

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: MOMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Symbol of militarism"

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 (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
• Words that mean the same thing: ar, are
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. Per ___ (daily)"

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: DIEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. Figure that might give a child nightmares"

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

  The answer is: OGRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "54. Symbol of gentleness"

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 young sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: dear, Elia, Charles Lamb
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "55. Deuce topper"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: tierce, trio, deuce-ace
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "57. Corn throwaway"

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 nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus
• Words that mean the same thing: cobnut, hazelnut, Larus marinus
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "58. Easy as ___"

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 elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: ABCs, alphabet, first principle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "59. Corp. head"

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

  The answer is: CEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	63.2%
Short Answer	18	23.7%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Music	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, 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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November 21, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, November 21, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

November 21, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Purges (of)	4
2A	5. Teensy bit	3
3A	8. Largest of the Greek islands	5
4A	13. Give off, as light	4
5A	14. Tilling tool	3
6A	15. "Be quiet!"	6
7A	17. South African horn that produces only one note	8
8A	19. Whole	6
9A	20. Zoned (out)	6
10A	21. Having a thermal exhaust port lead straight to the reactor of your Death Star, e.g.	4
11A	23. California's ___ Fernando Valley	3
12A	24. Musical symbol resembling an ampersand	4
13A	26. Victory of all victories	7
14A	28. Repetitive cry of encouragement	15
15A	32. Word before or after spa	3
16A	33. List-ending abbr.	4
17A	34. Cheadle of the Avengers films	3
18A	35. The "E" of 27-Down, for short	4
19A	37. Air pollution portmanteau	5
20A	40. Mythical river of the underworld	4
21A	43. Small but important machine part	3
22A	45. Inquisitive to a fault	4
23A	47. Rock's ___ Leppard	3
24A	48. Reeeeeeeeally long celebratory cry	15
25A	53. Harrison Ford's "Star Wars" role	7
26A	54. Shock	4
27A	55. Football stat: Abbr.	3
28A	56. Salsas, e.g. … or salsa moves	4
29A	58. Puts in office	6
30A	62. Kevin ___, former "Weekend Update" anchor on "S.N.L."	6
31A	64. International event where 17-, 28- and 48-Across can be heard	8
32A	66. Requiring rare knowledge	6
33A	67. Yellowfin tuna	3
34A	68. Rowlands of "Gloria"	4
35A	69. Some eye sores	5
36A	70. Big name in S.U.V.s	3
37A	71. What was all about Eve?	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. Purges (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 relieve from
• Words that mean the same thing: free, disembarrass, rid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Teensy bit"

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 slight amount or degree of difference
• Words that mean the same thing: shade
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Largest of the Greek islands"

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 largest greek island in the mediterranean; site of the minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 bc
• Words that mean the same thing: Kriti
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Give off, as light"

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 loose, let out, breathe
• 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 5 Across: "14. Tilling tool"

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 tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. "Be quiet!""

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: HUSHUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. South African horn that produces only one note"

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: VUVUZELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Whole"

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 uncastrated adult male horse
• Words that mean the same thing: total, full, intact
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Zoned (out)"

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 place at intervals
• Words that mean the same thing: space, separated
• The opposite would be: unspaced
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPACED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Having a thermal exhaust port lead straight to the reactor of your Death Star, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an imperfection in an object or machine
• Words that mean the same thing: defect, fault, blemish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. California's ___ Fernando Valley"

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: SAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Musical symbol resembling an ampersand"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Victory of all victories"

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: EPICWIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Repetitive cry of encouragement"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: OLEOLEOLEOLEOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Word before or after spa"

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 time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
• Words that mean the same thing: daylight, twenty-four hours, mean solar day
• The opposite would be: night
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. List-ending abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Cheadle of the Avengers films"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a spanish gentleman or nobleman
• Words that mean the same thing: Don River, assume, preceptor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. The "E" of 27-Down, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the chief executive department of the united states government
• Words that mean the same thing: White House
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Air pollution portmanteau"

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: SMAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Mythical river of the underworld"

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 (greek mythology) a river in hades across which charon carried dead souls
• Words that mean the same thing: River Styx
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Small but important machine part"

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 subordinate who performs an important but routine function
• Words that mean the same thing: sprocket
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Inquisitive to a fault"

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 offensively curious or inquisitive
• Words that mean the same thing: nosey, snoopy, prying
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Rock's ___ Leppard"

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: DEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Reeeeeeeeally long celebratory cry"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. Harrison Ford's "Star Wars" role"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: HANSOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Shock"

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 make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
• Words that mean the same thing: daze, bedaze, sandbag
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Football stat: 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: ATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Salsas, e.g. … or salsa moves"

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 depression in an otherwise level surface
• Words that mean the same thing: inclination, cutpurse, angle of dip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Puts in office"

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

  The answer is: ELECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Kevin ___, former "Weekend Update" anchor on "S.N.L.""

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: NEALON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. International event where 17-, 28- and 48-Across can be heard"

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: WORLDCUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Requiring rare knowledge"

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 33 Across: "67. Yellowfin tuna"

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: AHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Rowlands of "Gloria""

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: GENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Some eye sores"

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

  The answer is: STYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Big name in S.U.V.s"

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: GMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. What was all about Eve?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

November 21, 2022 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Races, as an engine	4
2D	2. "My turn!"	4
3D	3. Goddesslike pop or opera star	4
4D	4. It means "plaster" in Italian	6
5D	5. Particulars, slangily	8
6D	6. N.Y.C.-based pioneer in instant messaging	3
7D	7. Like many sign language users	4
8D	8. Pennypincher	6
9D	9. Go crazy	7
10D	10. Superlative suffix	3
11D	11. "Unacceptable!"	10
12D	12. Train service to 33 countries	6
13D	16. ___ alla vodka	5
14D	18. Alternative to Venmo	5
15D	22. Author Harper ___	3
16D	25. Latte art medium	4
17D	27. Co. honchos	4
18D	28. Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"	3
19D	29. Far from strict	3
20D	30. Something to maintain during a conversation	10
21D	31. Grassy plain in South America	5
22D	36. Sounds from babies and pigeons	4
23D	38. Places to find lions, tigers and bears	4
24D	39. Requiring rare knowledge	8
25D	41. Vote in favor	3
26D	42. Athletic org. with a 2020 reboot	3
27D	44. Exclamation of approval	7
28D	46. "___ regret that!"	5
29D	48. Accra's country	5
30D	49. Old westerns, informally	6
31D	50. QB protection squads	6
32D	51. Alley ___	3
33D	52. Feeling anxious	6
34D	57. Branded freebies at an event	4
35D	59. Included on an email, briefly	4
36D	60. Ditty	4
37D	61. Wingtip-to-wingtip measurement	4
38D	63. "___ it on me!"	3
39D	65. Unit of resistance	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. Races, as an engine"

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

  The answer is: REVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "My turn!""

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: IMUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Goddesslike pop or opera star"

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 distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
• Words that mean the same thing: prima donna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. It means "plaster" in Italian"

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 plaster now made mostly from portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUCCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Particulars, slangily"

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: THEDEETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. N.Y.C.-based pioneer in instant messaging"

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: AOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Like many sign language users"

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 people who have severe hearing impairments
• Words that mean the same thing: deafen, indifferent
• The opposite would be: hearing
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Pennypincher"

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: CHEAPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Go crazy"

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: RUNWILD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Superlative suffix"

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

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Unacceptable!""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: THISWONTDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Train service to 33 countries"

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: EURAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "16. ___ alla vodka"

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 pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Alternative to Venmo"

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: ZELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Author Harper ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Tsung Dao Lee, lee side, Lighthorse Harry Lee
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Latte art medium"

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 mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: fizz, effervesce, froth
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Co. honchos"

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

  The answer is: CEOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite""

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 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 19 Down: "29. Far from strict"

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 lacking in rigor or strictness
• Words that mean the same thing: slack, loose
• The opposite would be: tense
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Something to maintain during a conversation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EYECONTACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Grassy plain in South America"

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 extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in latin america)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LLANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Sounds from babies and pigeons"

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

  The answer is: COOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Places to find lions, tigers and bears"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
• Words that mean the same thing: menagerie, zoological garden, zoo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZOOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Requiring rare knowledge"

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 confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
• The opposite would be: exoteric
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESOTERIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Vote in favor"

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 affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yeah
• The opposite would be: nay
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Athletic org. with a 2020 reboot"

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: XFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Exclamation of approval"

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: GOODONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. "___ regret that!""

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: YOULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Accra's country"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic in west africa on the gulf of guinea
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Ghana, Gold Coast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GHANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Old westerns, informally"

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: OATERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. QB protection squads"

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: OLINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Alley ___"

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: OOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Feeling anxious"

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: ONEDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Branded freebies at an event"

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

  The answer is: SWAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Included on an email, briefly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CCED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Ditty"

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 succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
• Words that mean the same thing: tune up, line, melodic phrase
• The opposite would be: untune
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Wingtip-to-wingtip measurement"

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 complete duration of something
• Words that mean the same thing: duo, couplet, yoke
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "63. "___ it on me!""

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 narrative song with a recurrent refrain
• Words that mean the same thing: place, ballad, position
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. Unit of resistance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
• Words that mean the same thing: Georg Simon Ohm
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	61.8%
Short Answer	17	22.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
Abbreviation	4	5.3%
Geography	2	2.6%
Music	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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 06, 2025 at 02:55 AM