March 15, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (41 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, March 15, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (41 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

March 15, 2021 Monday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Vehicles on snow-covered hills	5
2A	6. Watering place for a camel	5
3A	11. Indoor animal	3
4A	14. "The Fox and the Grapes" storyteller	5
5A	15. Trick-taking card game	5
6A	16. Messenger ___	3
7A	17. Large bird of prey with a brownish-yellow neck	11
8A	19. Suffix with cynic or skeptic	3
9A	20. Pleased	4
10A	21. Hombre	3
11A	22. Pool stick	3
12A	23. Make excited, as a crowd	6
13A	26. Smooshed into compact layers	8
14A	28. ___ carte (ordered separately)	3
15A	29. Blue race in "Avatar"	4
16A	31. Kind of pickle	4
17A	32. ___ for tat	3
18A	33. Actor Kevin whose last name shares four letters with his first	5
19A	35. Eric Clapton hit that's over seven minutes long	5
20A	38. Light bulb unit	4
21A	40. Butchers' offerings	5
22A	42. Like tops and tales	4
23A	43. Speak extemporaneously	5
24A	45. Boringly proper	5
25A	47. Conclude	3
26A	48. Greek god of love	4
27A	50. Away from the wind, nautically	4
28A	51. It's just a number, they say	3
29A	52. Single, double and triple, on the diamond	8
30A	55. Shows mercy to	6
31A	57. Plant bristle	3
32A	58. Poet's "before"	3
33A	59. Olla podrida, for one	4
34A	60. Sheep's cry	3
35A	61. Where you can find a 17-Across perched on an 11-Down devouring a 25-Down	11
36A	66. Noah's construction	3
37A	67. Opening remarks	5
38A	68. One of the Allman Brothers	5
39A	69. Envision	3
40A	70. Valuable item	5
41A	71. New York's Memorial ___ Kettering Cancer Center	5

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. Vehicles on snow-covered hills"

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 vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Words that mean the same thing: sledge, sleigh, sled
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Watering place for a camel"

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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
• Words that mean the same thing: haven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Indoor animal"

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 domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: darling, favourite, positron emission tomography
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "The Fox and the Grapes" storyteller"

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 greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AESOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Trick-taking card game"

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 card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
• Words that mean the same thing: long whist, short whist
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Messenger ___"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
• Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic 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: RNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Large bird of prey with a brownish-yellow neck"

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: GOLDENEAGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Suffix with cynic or skeptic"

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 belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
• Words that mean the same thing: doctrine, philosophy, school of thought
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Pleased"

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 any of numerous plants of the genus gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and south africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
• Words that mean the same thing: gladiolus, gladiola, happy
• The opposite would be: sad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Hombre"

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 adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
• Words that mean the same thing: serviceman, humankind, homo
• The opposite would be: civilian, woman
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Pool stick"

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 actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
• Words that mean the same thing: cue stick, pool cue, remind
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Make excited, as a crowd"

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: FIREUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Smooshed into compact layers"

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: PANCAKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. ___ carte (ordered separately)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Blue race in "Avatar""

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: NAVI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Kind of pickle"

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 aromatic old world herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: Anethum graveolens, dill weed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. ___ for tat"

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 either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
• Words that mean the same thing: nipple, mammilla, knocker
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Actor Kevin whose last name shares four letters with his first"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962)
• Words that mean the same thing: Franz Kline, Franz Joseph Kline
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Eric Clapton hit that's over seven minutes long"

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: LAYLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Light bulb unit"

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 unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
• Words that mean the same thing: James Watt, W
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Butchers' offerings"

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 flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: nitty-gritty, pith, gist
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Like tops and tales"

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 revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
• Words that mean the same thing: twirl, birl, spin around
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Speak extemporaneously"

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: ADLIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Boringly proper"

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 characterized by dignity and propriety
• Words that mean the same thing: sedate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Conclude"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: oddment, remainder, goal
• The opposite would be: beginning, begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Greek god of love"

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) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Words that mean the same thing: physical attraction, concupiscence, 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 27 Across: "50. Away from the wind, nautically"

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

  The answer is: ALEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. It's just a number, they say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: get on, mature, eld
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Single, double and triple, on the diamond"

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: BASEHITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Shows mercy to"

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 extra component of a machine or other apparatus
• Words that mean the same thing: part with, spar, fifth wheel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Plant bristle"

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 slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. Poet's "before""

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: ERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "59. Olla podrida, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: swither, fret, sweat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Sheep's cry"

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 cry made by sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: blat, blate, bleat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. Where you can find a 17-Across perched on an 11-Down devouring a 25-Down"

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: MEXICANFLAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Noah's construction"

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 (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: Ark of the Covenant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Opening remarks"

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 formally making a person known to another or to the public
• Words that mean the same thing: presentation, introduction
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. One of the Allman Brothers"

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: DUANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Envision"

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: experience, visualise, control
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "70. Valuable item"

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

  The answer is: ASSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "71. New York's Memorial ___ Kettering Cancer Center"

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: SLOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

March 15, 2021 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Droop	3
2D	2. Zodiac sign before Virgo	3
3D	3. Course for some immigrants, in brief	3
4D	4. Historic Kansas fort name	5
5D	5. Explore caves	7
6D	6. Like debts	4
7D	7. "Bingo!"	3
8D	8. Letter after rho	5
9D	9. Cuba or Aruba	6
10D	10. Sign maker's pattern	7
11D	11. Cactus with an edible fruit	11
12D	12. Follow as a consequence	5
13D	13. No longer feral	5
14D	18. Incendiary bomb material	6
15D	23. Formal ruling on a point of Islamic law	5
16D	24. Trojan War epic poem	5
17D	25. Venomous predator with a vibrating tail	11
18D	26. They get smashed at parties	7
19D	27. "Sadly ..."	4
20D	30. Strives for victory	4
21D	34. And others: Abbr.	4
22D	36. Sudden forward thrust	5
23D	37. World's longest continental mountain range	5
24D	39. Lose stamina	4
25D	41. Afternoon nap	6
26D	44. European region that lent its name to a nonconforming lifestyle	7
27D	46. "Could be ..."	7
28D	49. Ambulance sounds	6
29D	52. Rum-soaked desserts	5
30D	53. In the loop	5
31D	54. Messages that sometimes contain emojis	5
32D	56. Really, really bad	5
33D	59. Get off ___-free	4
34D	62. Fury	3
35D	63. Philosopher ___-tzu	3
36D	64. Get ___ on (ace)	3
37D	65. Four-star officer: 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. Droop"

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 shape that sags
• Words that mean the same thing: droop, flag, swag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Zodiac sign before Virgo"

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Words that mean the same thing: Leo the Lion, Lion
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Course for some immigrants, in brief"

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: ESL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Historic Kansas fort name"

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 elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
• Words that mean the same thing: skirt, sidestep, elude
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DODGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Explore caves"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that explore natural caves
• Words that mean the same thing: cave
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPELUNK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Like debts"

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 be obliged to pay or repay
• Words that mean the same thing: owe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Bingo!""

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Letter after rho"

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 18th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIGMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Cuba or Aruba"

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 land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sign maker's pattern"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STENCIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Cactus with an edible fruit"

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: PRICKLYPEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Follow as a consequence"

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 issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
• Words that mean the same thing: result
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENSUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. No longer feral"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that correct by punishment or discipline
• Words that mean the same thing: naturalize, tone down, moderate
• The opposite would be: wild
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Incendiary bomb material"

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 gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Formal ruling on a point of Islamic law"

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 ruling on a point of islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FATWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Trojan War epic poem"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a greek epic poem (attributed to homer) describing the siege of troy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILIAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Venomous predator with a vibrating tail"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
• Words that mean the same thing: rattler
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATTLESNAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. They get smashed at parties"

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 plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks
• Words that mean the same thing: pinata
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PINATAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. "Sadly ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Strives for victory"

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 compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
• Words that mean the same thing: compete, contend, vie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. And others: 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 22 Down: "36. Sudden forward thrust"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of moving forward suddenly
• Words that mean the same thing: thrust, hurtle, straight thrust
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUNGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. World's longest continental mountain range"

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 mountain range in south america running 5000 miles along the pacific 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: ANDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Lose stamina"

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 hoop that covers a wheel
• Words that mean the same thing: jade, tyre, wear down
• The opposite would be: refresh, interest
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Afternoon nap"

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 nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. European region that lent its name to a nonconforming lifestyle"

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 historical area and former kingdom in the czech republic
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOHEMIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. "Could be ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be contingent upon (something that is elided)
• Words that mean the same thing: count, calculate, bet
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEPENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "49. Ambulance sounds"

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 sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
• Words that mean the same thing: femme fatale, Delilah, Siren
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIRENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "52. Rum-soaked desserts"

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 small cake leavened with yeast
• Words that mean the same thing: baba
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BABAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. In the loop"

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 (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
• Words that mean the same thing: cognizant, mindful, cognisant
• The opposite would be: unaware, unmindful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Messages that sometimes contain emojis"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the words of something written
• Words that mean the same thing: textual matter, textbook, text edition
• The opposite would be: trade edition
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEXTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "56. Really, really bad"

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 exceptionally bad or displeasing
• Words that mean the same thing: tremendous, dread, atrocious
• The opposite would be: nice
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWFUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "59. Get off ___-free"

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 native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotsman, Scotchman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "62. Fury"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: anger, ira, wrath
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "63. Philosopher ___-tzu"

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 member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
• Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "64. Get ___ on (ace)"

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "65. Four-star officer: Abbr."

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

  The answer is: GEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	62.8%
Short Answer	21	26.9%
History	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, September 23, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 73 (33 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

September 23, 2021 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Proto-smartphones, in brief	4
2A	5. It may be flipped in anger, with "the"	4
3A	9. Companion, in Arabic	5
4A	14. Performance traditionally accompanied by the ipu heke (double gourd drum)	9
5A	16. Protein-building acid type	5
6A	17. Marley of "Marley & Me," for one	9
7A	18. Unbending	5
8A	19. Insomniacs have them	15
9A	21. A pelican gulper is a type of one	3
10A	22. Parts of essential oils	6
11A	26. It's a wrap	3
12A	27. Didn't win or lose	4
13A	29. Eye ailments	5
14A	31. Evian, par exemple	3
15A	33. Food item that may be candied	3
16A	36. Blue Angels, e.g.	8
17A	38. Failing spectacularly	15
18A	42. Colonies construct them	8
19A	45. Anderson Cooper, to Gloria Vanderbilt	3
20A	46. Network operated by the U.S. Space Force	3
21A	47. Part of a bar line	5
22A	49. Get red in the face?	4
23A	53. What starts with janeiro, in Rio	3
24A	55. Like mortgagors	6
25A	58. Actress Hagen with three Tonys	3
26A	59. Members of a wartime skywatching corps	15
27A	63. Frothy order	5
28A	64. Symbols often accompanying the phrase "Legalize it"	9
29A	66. Seriously fancy	5
30A	67. Redacts, as sensitive information (suggested by three of this puzzle's answers)	9
31A	68. Feinted on the ice	5
32A	69. Adam and Eve's third child	4
33A	70. Standard Oil offshoot	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. Proto-smartphones, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: PDA, organizer, organiser
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PDAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. It may be flipped in anger, with "the""

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 warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
• Words that mean the same thing: fowl, chick, dame
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Companion, in Arabic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that formerly a term of respect for important white europeans in colonial india; used after the name
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAHIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Performance traditionally accompanied by the ipu heke (double gourd drum)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HULADANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Protein-building acid type"

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 radical -nh2
• Words that mean the same thing: aminic, amino group
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Marley of "Marley & Me," for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YELLOWLAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Unbending"

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 incapable of or resistant to bending
• Words that mean the same thing: stiff, strict, fixed
• The opposite would be: nonrigid
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIGID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Insomniacs have them"

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: SLEEPLESSNIGHTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. A pelican gulper is a type of one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Parts of essential oils"

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 formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
• Words that mean the same thing: ester
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. It's a wrap"

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 (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: obeah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Didn't win or lose"

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: string, depict, tie
• The opposite would be: deposit, repel
• 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 13 Across: "29. Eye ailments"

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, sty, stye
• The 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 14 Across: "31. Evian, par exemple"

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: EAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Food item that may be candied"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that edible tuber of any of several yams
• Words that mean the same thing: yam plant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Blue Angels, 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: AEROBATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Failing spectacularly"

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: GOINGUPINFLAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "42. Colonies construct them"

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: ANTNESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "45. Anderson Cooper, to Gloria Vanderbilt"

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

  The answer is: SON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "46. Network operated by the U.S. Space Force"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
• Words that mean the same thing: Global Positioning System
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "47. Part of a bar line"

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 simple seat without a back or arms
• Words that mean the same thing: faeces, tiller, BM
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "49. Get red in the face?"

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 boy or man
• Words that mean the same thing: gent, crack, lad
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "53. What starts with janeiro, in Rio"

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 palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
• Words that mean the same thing: Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, Fatah-RC, Fatah Revolutionary Council
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "55. Like mortgagors"

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: INDEBT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "58. Actress Hagen with three Tonys"

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 reptile genus of iguanidae
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Uta
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "59. Members of a wartime skywatching corps"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GROUNDOBSERVERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "63. Frothy order"

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 strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
• Words that mean the same thing: caffe latte
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "64. Symbols often accompanying the phrase "Legalize it""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POTLEAVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "66. Seriously 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 love intensely
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "67. Redacts, as sensitive information (suggested by three of this puzzle's answers)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLACKSOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "68. Feinted on the ice"

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: DEKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "69. Adam and Eve's third child"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
• Words that mean the same thing: Set
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "70. Standard Oil offshoot"

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: ESSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword September 23, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Gym	6
2D	2. Burr, famously	6
3D	3. Genetic variant	6
4D	4. Something that's no good unless it's closed	4
5D	5. Blubbers	5
6D	6. Some safe harbors	6
7D	7. Electronics company that founded NBC	3
8D	8. Type of socialite officially discontinued in the U.K. in 1958	3
9D	9. It's a wrap	4
10D	10. Mexican ally	5
11D	11. Flashy car feature?	8
12D	12. New member	8
13D	13. Gym figures, for short	4
14D	15. Lowdown	4
15D	23. Flight tracker info	3
16D	24. Alternative to white	3
17D	25. Peons	5
18D	28. Casino next to the Venetian in Vegas	4
19D	30. 2018 sci-fi prequel	4
20D	32. ___ Enterprise	3
21D	34. Range on a game box	4
22D	35. "Are you giving me no choice?"	5
23D	37. Like Supreme Court hearings, with "en"	4
24D	38. Shut up	3
25D	39. For all to see	8
26D	40. Response to rule-breaking	8
27D	43. Whole lot	3
28D	44. Cover some ground?	3
29D	48. Titular vampire in Anne Rice novels	6
30D	50. Parts of a Spanish omelet	6
31D	51. Father-in-law of Helen of Troy	6
32D	52. Target with a toss	6
33D	54. Off-the-wall	5
34D	56. Something that might come up after a big meal?	5
35D	57. Enterprise voyage	4
36D	59. Hefty rival	4
37D	60. Have to have	4
38D	62. Container whose name is pronounced with either a long "a" or an "ah"	4
39D	64. Network supported by "Viewers Like You"	3
40D	65. ___ Miss of the N.C.A.A.	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. Gym"

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: PHYSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Burr, famously"

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 person who fights duels
• Words that mean the same thing: dueller, duellist, duelist
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUELER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Genetic variant"

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 (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
• Words that mean the same thing: allelomorph
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLELE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Something that's no good unless it's closed"

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 particular instance of selling
• Words that mean the same thing: sales event, cut-rate sale, sales agreement
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Blubbers"

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 shout loudly and without restraint
• Words that mean the same thing: bawl, bellow, yawp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Some safe harbors"

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 arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
• Words that mean the same thing: recess, intake, inlet
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INLETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Electronics company that founded NBC"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Type of socialite officially discontinued in the U.K. in 1958"

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 young woman making her debut into society
• Words that mean the same thing: debutante
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. It's a wrap"

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 dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
• Words that mean the same thing: saree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Mexican ally"

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

  The answer is: AMIGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Flashy car feature?"

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: HIGHBEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. New member"

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 someone new to a field or activity
• Words that mean the same thing: tyro, pioneer, pundit
• The opposite would be: uninitiate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INITIATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Gym figures, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that alternative names for the body of a human being
• Words that mean the same thing: anatomy, chassis, form
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Lowdown"

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 street names for marijuana
• Words that mean the same thing: the skinny, skunk, poop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Flight tracker info"

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 16 Down: "24. Alternative to white"

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 seed of the cereal grass
• Words that mean the same thing: rye whiskey, rye whisky, Secale cereale
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Peons"

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 (middle ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
• Words that mean the same thing: villein, serf, helot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Casino next to the Venetian in Vegas"

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: WYNN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. 2018 sci-fi prequel"

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

  The answer is: SOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. ___ Enterprise"

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 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: US, United States of America, USA
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Range on a game box"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: old age, long time, years
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. "Are you giving me no choice?""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: MUSTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Like Supreme Court hearings, with "en""

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: BANC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Shut up"

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 humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: fret, quip, joke
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. For all to see"

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: ONPARADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Response to rule-breaking"

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: ITSNOTOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Whole lot"

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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Words that mean the same thing: long ton, short ton, net ton
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Cover some ground?"

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 surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
• Words that mean the same thing: sodomist, bugger, greensward
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Titular vampire in Anne Rice novels"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LESTAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Parts of a Spanish omelet"

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: HUEVOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Father-in-law of Helen of Troy"

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 (greek mythology) the king of mycenae and father of agamemnon and of menelaus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATREUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Target with a toss"

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: PASSTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Off-the-wall"

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 conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
• Words that mean the same thing: off-the-wall, flakey, freakish
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Something that might come up after a big meal?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: burping, belching, burp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Enterprise voyage"

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 journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Hefty rival"

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 of numerous plants of the genus gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and south africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
• Words that mean the same thing: gladiolus, happy, beaming
• The opposite would be: sad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Have to have"

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 condition requiring relief
• Words that mean the same thing: want, postulate, ask
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Container whose name is pronounced with either a long "a" or an "ah""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "64. Network supported by "Viewers Like You""

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 solution containing a phosphate buffer
• Words that mean the same thing: pebibyte, phosphate buffer solution, Pb
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "65. ___ Miss of the N.C.A.A."

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: OLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	68.5%
Short Answer	14	19.2%
Food & Drink	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.7%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	73
Average Answer Length	5.3 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 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 14, 2025 at 07:14 PM