June 19, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (34 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, June 19, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (34 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.9 letters

June 19, 2020 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Centerpiece of a luau	8
2A	9. Pick	6
3A	15. Be supervised by	8
4A	16. Rocky's best friend in the "Rocky" films	6
5A	17. Screen that keeps out bugs?	8
6A	18. Register	6
7A	19. Fan group	6
8A	20. 1970s rock band that launched the career of Sammy Hagar	8
9A	22. Gives credit	5
10A	23. Docking site during the 1980s-'90s	3
11A	24. iComfort company	5
12A	25. The same as in France	4
13A	26. Makes deceptively attractive	5
14A	28. Craps throw called "Little Joe"	4
15A	29. Steady temperament	8
16A	32. Guess that costs $250	3
17A	33. Bel canto composer	7
18A	36. Made more secure for shipping, say	7
19A	38. They go down the tubes	3
20A	39. Do curls, e.g.	8
21A	41. Rights org. whose logo includes a rabbit	4
22A	43. Topic in driver's ed	5
23A	44. Newspaper fig.	4
24A	48. TV's Burnett and Andrews	5
25A	50. Evasive maneuver	3
26A	51. Former Portuguese territory	5
27A	52. Theater background	8
28A	54. Fix	6
29A	55. Not reside in the center of	6
30A	56. Neapolitan song whose first line translates to "What a beautiful thing is a sunny day!"	8
31A	58. "Stop right there!"	6
32A	59. Opposite of "pig out"	8
33A	60. Owned (up)	6
34A	61. Recurring "Weekend Update" character for Gilda	8

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. Centerpiece of a luau"

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: ROASTPIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Pick"

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: OPTFOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Be supervised by"

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: ANSWERTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Rocky's best friend in the "Rocky" films"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: PAULIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Screen that keeps out bugs?"

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: BETATEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Register"

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 register formally as a participant or member
• Words that mean the same thing: recruit, enrol, enter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Fan group"

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 especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
• Words that mean the same thing: steel, sword, vane
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. 1970s rock band that launched the career of Sammy Hagar"

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: MONTROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Gives credit"

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 bestow a quality on
• Words that mean the same thing: add, loan, contribute
• The opposite would be: borrow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Docking site during the 1980s-'90s"

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: MIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. iComfort company"

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: SERTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. The same as 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: EGAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Makes deceptively attractive"

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 formal association of people with similar interests
• Words that mean the same thing: order, begild, social club
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GILDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Craps throw called "Little Joe""

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 or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: deuce, 2, two
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Steady temperament"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: EVENKEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Guess that costs $250"

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 used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
• Words that mean the same thing: i, 1, one
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Bel canto composer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868)
• Words that mean the same thing: Giloacchino Antonio Rossini
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSSINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Made more secure for shipping, say"

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: REBOXED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. They go down the tubes"

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

  The answer is: OVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Do curls, e.g."

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: PUMPIRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Rights org. whose logo includes a rabbit"

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: PETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Topic in driver's ed"

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 perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
• Words that mean the same thing: sign, mansion, signaling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIGNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Newspaper fig."

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: CIRC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. TV's Burnett and Andrews"

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 early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
• Words that mean the same thing: Erin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Evasive maneuver"

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 angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
• Words that mean the same thing: zig, zigzag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Former Portuguese territory"

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 former portuguese province on the south coast of china and two islands in the south china sea; reverted to china in 1999
• Words that mean the same thing: Macau
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MACAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Theater background"

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: STAGESET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Fix"

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 act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
• Words that mean the same thing: curative, remediation, amend
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Not reside in the center of"

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: OUTLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Neapolitan song whose first line translates to "What a beautiful thing is a sunny day!""

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. "Stop right there!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
• Words that mean the same thing: freeze out, freezing, suspend
• The opposite would be: unfreeze, boil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREEZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Opposite of "pig out""

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: UNDEREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Owned (up)"

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: FESSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Recurring "Weekend Update" character for Gilda"

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: ROSEANNE

  Great job if you got it right!

June 19, 2020 Friday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Unruly crowd	6
2D	2. Balance for a tree pose	6
3D	3. Kazakh capital renamed Nur-Sultan in 2019	6
4D	4. Wraps	8
5D	5. Where les bérets go	5
6D	6. Univ. bigwig	4
7D	7. With 9-Down, response to a knock at the door	3
8D	8. Ad campaign featuring "mustaches"	7
9D	9. See 7-Down	4
10D	10. Word after hot or fancy	5
11D	11. Small tower	6
12D	12. Coat placed on the ground	8
13D	13. Tool-sharpening aid	8
14D	14. Out	8
15D	21. Counter action	8
16D	23. Reduce as much as possible	8
17D	26. One of many in most families	5
18D	27. Oracles	5
19D	30. Kind of pass	3
20D	31. Wall St. deal	3
21D	33. Designates as inaccessible	8
22D	34. William Tell was given one	8
23D	35. Quenches	8
24D	37. How many Guinness World Record attempts are performed	8
25D	40. Group whose lies are much discussed on TV	7
26D	42. Photographers' considerations	6
27D	45. Occupation for the Three Stooges in "An Ache in Every Stake"	6
28D	46. Measure equal to about 57°	6
29D	47. Prairie predator	6
30D	49. Confiscate	5
31D	51. Battle royal	5
32D	53. Growing need	4
33D	54. Partners of cones	4
34D	57. Lead-in to cone	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. Unruly crowd"

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 disorderly crowd of people
• Words that mean the same thing: ragtag, mob, ragtag and bobtail
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RABBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Balance for a tree pose"

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: ONELEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Kazakh capital renamed Nur-Sultan in 2019"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remote city of kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Kazakhstan, Akmola
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Wraps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that wrap in swaddling clothes
• Words that mean the same thing: swathe, swaddle
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWADDLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Where les bérets go"

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: TETES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Univ. bigwig"

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: PRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. With 9-Down, response to a knock at the door"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
• Words that mean the same thing: IT, information technology
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Ad campaign featuring "mustaches""

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: GOTMILK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. See 7-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Words that mean the same thing: candid, spread out, unresolved
• The opposite would be: closed, fold
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Word after hot or fancy"

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 underpants worn by women
• Words that mean the same thing: gasp, drawers, trouser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Small tower"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small tower extending above a building
• Words that mean the same thing: gun turret, gun enclosure
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TURRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Coat placed on the ground"

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: FLOORWAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Tool-sharpening aid"

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

  The answer is: OILSTONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that release, as from one's grip
• Words that mean the same thing: let go, secrete, bring out
• The opposite would be: block, hold
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RELEASED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Counter action"

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 logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
• Words that mean the same thing: regularise, say, govern
• The opposite would be: deregulate, disorder
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORDERING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Reduce as much as possible"

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 make small or insignificant
• Words that mean the same thing: downplay, denigrate, understate
• The opposite would be: maximize, maximise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINIMIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. One of many in most families"

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

  The answer is: GENUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Oracles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person with unusual powers of foresight
• Words that mean the same thing: visionary, prophesier, prophet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Kind of pass"

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 important or influential (and often overbearing) person
• Words that mean the same thing: panjandrum, very important person, high muckamuck
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Wall St. deal"

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: LBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Designates as inaccessible"

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: ROPESOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. William Tell was given one"

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 orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
• Words that mean the same thing: preliminary, feeler, approach
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVERTURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Quenches"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fill to satisfaction
• Words that mean the same thing: glut, overgorge, overindulge
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATIATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. How many Guinness World Record attempts are performed"

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: ONCAMERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Group whose lies are much discussed on TV"

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: PGATOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Photographers' considerations"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
• Words that mean the same thing: angle, tip, weight
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Occupation for the Three Stooges in "An Ache in Every Stake""

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 someone who cuts and delivers ice
• Words that mean the same thing: hatchet man, iceman
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICEMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Measure equal to about 57°"

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 unit of plane angle adopted under the systeme international d'unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)
• Words that mean the same thing: rad
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Prairie predator"

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 small wolf native to western north america
• Words that mean the same thing: prairie wolf, brush wolf, Canis latrans
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COYOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Confiscate"

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 take hold of; grab
• Words that mean the same thing: confiscate, conquer, attach
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Battle royal"

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 noisy riotous fight
• Words that mean the same thing: scrimmage, battle royal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MELEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Growing need"

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 small hard fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: source, come, ejaculate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Partners of cones"

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 thin implement made of metal or wood
• Words that mean the same thing: rod cell, pole, gat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Lead-in to cone"

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: SNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	77.9%
Short Answer	8	11.8%
History	2	2.9%
Music	2	2.9%
Geography	2	2.9%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	8 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, October 08, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle October 08, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Relief from the desert?	4
2A	5. Judging partner of Simon, Heidi and Sofia on "America's Got Talent"	5
3A	10. Member of the fam	3
4A	13. "The gallant pig" of children's literature	4
5A	14. Certain noble's domain	6
6A	15. Cinemax competitor	3
7A	16. *When many people solve crosswords	11
8A	18. Word that sounds like its second letter	3
9A	19. Sully	6
10A	20. Introduces to the mix	6
11A	22. Player ___	5
12A	23. Much-litigated 2010 law, for short	3
13A	26. Bar order specification	5
14A	27. Rocinante, to Don Quixote	5
15A	28. *Rough patch	8
16A	30. Puckered	6
17A	32. Big name in A.T.M.s	3
18A	33. *Occupied oneself	13
19A	39. Mauna ___	3
20A	40. Becoming new, in a way	6
21A	42. *Cheat on, say	8
22A	47. One of three in a double magnum bottle	5
23A	48. Group of fish	5
24A	49. Big mouth, informally	3
25A	50. Common cause of tonsillitis	5
26A	51. "It" factor?	6
27A	53. How Lennon wrote the opening lines of "I Am the Walrus"	6
28A	55. See 48-Down	3
29A	56. Benjamin Franklin adage ... or a hint to interpreting the answers to the four starred clues	11
30A	60. [Groan]	3
31A	61. Hullabaloo	6
32A	62. Avocado pit, e.g.	4
33A	63. Quaker's possessive	3
34A	64. Annual parade V.I.P.	5
35A	65. Recipe amts.	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. Relief from the desert?"

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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Judging partner of Simon, Heidi and Sofia on "America's Got Talent""

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: HOWIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Member of the fam"

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 female person who has the same parents as another person
• Words that mean the same thing: si, ti, Systeme International d'Unites
• The opposite would be: brother
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. "The gallant pig" of children's literature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Certain noble's domain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BARONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Cinemax competitor"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. *When many people solve crosswords"

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: SPARECHANGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Word that sounds like its second letter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: equal, personify, make up
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Sully"

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 blemish made by dirt
• Words that mean the same thing: daub, slander, denigrate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMIRCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Introduces to the mix"

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: ADDSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Player ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
• Words that mean the same thing: pianissimo, pianoforte, soft
• The opposite would be: forte
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Much-litigated 2010 law, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Bar order specification"

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: ONICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Rocinante, to Don Quixote"

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 (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. *Rough patch"

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: HARDCASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Puckered"

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 contract one's lips into a rounded shape
• Words that mean the same thing: wrinkle, purse
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PURSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Big name in A.T.M.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: NCR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. *Occupied oneself"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: PASSEDTHEBUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Mauna ___"

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 large brownish-green new zealand parrot
• Words that mean the same thing: Nestor notabilis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Becoming new, in a way"

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 gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
• Words that mean the same thing: go down, decline, wane
• The opposite would be: waxing, wax
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WANING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. *Cheat on, say"

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: TWOCENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. One of three in a double magnum bottle"

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 metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
• Words that mean the same thing: cubic decimetre, cubic decimeter, l
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LITER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Group of fish"

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 sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
• Words that mean the same thing: school, shallow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Big mouth, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Common cause of tonsillitis"

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 spherical gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
• Words that mean the same thing: streptococci, streptococcic, streptococcal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STREP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. "It" factor?"

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 intense and profound fear
• Words that mean the same thing: repugnance, repulsion, revulsion
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HORROR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. How Lennon wrote the opening lines of "I Am the Walrus""

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: ONACID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. See 48-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 (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
• Words that mean the same thing: tabu, prohibited, come out
• The opposite would be: safe
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Benjamin Franklin adage ... or a hint to interpreting the answers to the four starred clues"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TIMEISMONEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. [Groan]"

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: UGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Hullabaloo"

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 blatant or sensational promotion
• Words that mean the same thing: plug, ballyhoo, hype
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOOPLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Avocado pit, 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 small hard fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: seminal fluid, ejaculate, seeded player
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Quaker's possessive"

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: THY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Annual parade V.I.P."

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: STPAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Recipe amts."

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: TSPS

  Great job if you got it right!

October 08, 2020 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Core components, for short	3
2D	2. Loves every second of something	8
3D	3. 44 years?	8
4D	4. Atmosphere on "The Twilight Zone"	8
5D	5. "Everybody's a comedian"	6
6D	6. British pop star Rita	3
7D	7. Came out on top	3
8D	8. "Young Frankenstein" role	4
9D	9. Provider of specs	6
10D	10. Equilibrium	6
11D	11. "Jackpot!"	6
12D	12. Play part	5
13D	14. Secretly include, maybe	3
14D	17. Loses ground slowly but surely	6
15D	21. Family inheritance?	3
16D	22. Sony console of the 2000s, for short	3
17D	24. One of more than 200 Bach works	7
18D	25. Playful and teasing	4
19D	29. Doodled, e.g.	4
20D	31. Hockey fake-out	4
21D	34. Turn down	4
22D	35. Christmas scent	6
23D	36. Price per piece	8
24D	37. Gemstones resembling topaz	8
25D	38. Mired (in)	8
26D	41. Org.	3
27D	42. "Having said that ..."	6
28D	43. "We're not ___!" (classic line from "Wayne's World")	6
29D	44. Rowboat mover	3
30D	45. Fabrics	6
31D	46. Gone bad, to Brits	6
32D	48. With 55-Across, public thanks	5
33D	52. Thigh-slapper	4
34D	54. Org.? What org.?	3
35D	57. Swab's swab	3
36D	58. Fuel economy authority, for short	3
37D	59. N.F.L. divisions: Abbr.	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. Core components, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Loves every second of something"

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: LAPSITUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. 44 years?"

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: OBAMAERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Atmosphere on "The Twilight Zone""

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 strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
• Words that mean the same thing: ghostliness
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: EERINESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Everybody's a comedian""

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

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• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: HAHHAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. British pop star Rita"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: oculus sinister, operating system, bone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Came out on top"

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 basic unit of money in south korea
• Words that mean the same thing: advance, pull ahead, make headway
• The opposite would be: fall back, fail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Young Frankenstein" role"

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 tree or shrub of the genus inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: INGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Provider of specs"

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

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

  The answer is: EYEDOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Equilibrium"

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

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• This could be something that an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Jackpot!""

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

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

  The answer is: IMRICH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Play part"

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

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• This could be something that the place where some action occurs
• Words that mean the same thing: vista, aspect, setting
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SCENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Secretly include, maybe"

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

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

  The answer is: BCC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Loses ground slowly but surely"

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 become ground down or deteriorate
• Words that mean the same thing: gnaw, wear away, fret
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Family inheritance?"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Sony console of the 2000s, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. One of more than 200 Bach works"

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 musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
• Words that mean the same thing: oratorio
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANTATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Playful and teasing"

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

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• This could be something that a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
• Words that mean the same thing: archway, curve, patronizing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Doodled, 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 united states actor (born in ireland); father of georgiana emma barrymore (1827-1862)
• Words that mean the same thing: suck up, pull in, get
• The opposite would be: push, deposit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Hockey fake-out"

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: DEKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Turn down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that declare untrue; contradict
• Words that mean the same thing: abnegate, traverse, refuse
• The opposite would be: admit, allow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Christmas scent"

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

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• This could be something that any seed plant yielding balsam
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALSAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Price per piece"

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

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

  The answer is: UNITCOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Gemstones resembling topaz"

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 semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
• Words that mean the same thing: citrine
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CITRINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Mired (in)"

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

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

  The answer is: KNEEDEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Org."

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

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

  The answer is: GRP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. "Having said that ...""

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 (postpositive) however
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: THOUGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. "We're not ___!" (classic line from "Wayne's World")"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
• Words that mean the same thing: desirable, suitable
• The opposite would be: unworthy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORTHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Rowboat mover"

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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Fabrics"

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 artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
• Words that mean the same thing: textile, cloth, material
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Gone bad, to Brits"

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 make a mess of, destroy or ruin
• Words that mean the same thing: flub, bilk, queer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPOILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. With 55-Across, public thanks"

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 loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• Words that mean the same thing: clapperclaw, squall, exclaim
• The opposite would be: whisper
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Thigh-slapper"

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

  The answer is: RIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Org.? What org.?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Words that mean the same thing: National Security 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: NSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Swab's swab"

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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
• Words that mean the same thing: wipe up, mow, swab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Fuel economy authority, for short"

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

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 37 Down: "59. N.F.L. divisions: 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: YDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	62.5%
Short Answer	15	20.8%
Abbreviation	4	5.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.6%
History	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, 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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Last Updated: September 22, 2025 at 03:51 AM