December 06, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, December 06, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (31 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword December 06, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Samsung-versus-Apple and others	6
2A	7. Regular at a fitness center	6
3A	13. Returns	6
4A	14. Gather dust	7
5A	15. Containing neither meat nor dairy	6
6A	16. Dietary claim on some potato chip bags	8
7A	17. "Here's one for you, smarty-pants"	12
8A	19. Something cast in cleromancy	3
9A	20. Not just sit there	5
10A	21. Breaks, in a way	5
11A	25. Rugged class	12
12A	27. Source of illegal ivory, informally	5
13A	30. Puts to bed, with "in"	5
14A	31. One with a habit	3
15A	32. Cash ___ (restaurant caveat)	4
16A	33. New World songbird	5
17A	34. Overhaul	4
18A	35. Feminine suffix in Spanish names	3
19A	36. Power cord?	5
20A	37. Cut (down)	5
21A	38. Take the more difficult path, metaphorically	12
22A	41. Something made for one's idols?	5
23A	42. Ancient	5
24A	43. Abbr. for an open slot	3
25A	46. Dressing room attendant	12
26A	49. "Don't mention it"	8
27A	52. Some kaffiyeh wearers	6
28A	53. Went past	7
29A	54. Company with a purple-and-green asterisk in its logo	6
30A	55. National tree of India	6
31A	56. Clean, as a lab coat?	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Samsung-versus-Apple and others"

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: ADWARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Regular at a fitness center"

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: GYMRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Returns"

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 excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
• Words that mean the same thing: earnings, net, net income
• The opposite would be: lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROFIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Gather dust"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LIEIDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Containing neither meat nor dairy"

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 containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of judaism
• Words that mean the same thing: parve
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAREVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Dietary claim on some potato chip bags"

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: LESSSALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. "Here's one for you, smarty-pants""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANSWERMETHIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Something cast in cleromancy"

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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Words that mean the same thing: sight, bunch, mete out
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Not just sit there"

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 show a response or a reaction to something
• Words that mean the same thing: oppose, respond
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Breaks, in a way"

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 correct by punishment or discipline
• Words that mean the same thing: naturalise, domesticise, moderate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Rugged class"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPORTUTILITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Source of illegal ivory, informally"

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 ancient numidian town in northwestern africa adjoining present-day annaba in northeastern algeria
• Words that mean the same thing: river horse, hippopotamus, Hippo Regius
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIPPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Puts to bed, with "in""

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 eatables (especially sweets)
• Words that mean the same thing: tuck, pucker, insert
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUCKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. One with a habit"

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 woman religious
• Words that mean the same thing: conical buoy, nun buoy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Cash ___ (restaurant caveat)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. New World songbird"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various small insectivorous american birds chiefly olive-grey in color
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Overhaul"

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 do over, as of (part of) a house
• Words that mean the same thing: remodel, reconstruct, make over
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Feminine suffix in Spanish names"

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: ITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Power cord?"

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 cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
• Words that mean the same thing: tendon, brawn, heftiness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Cut (down)"

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 decrease gradually or bit by bit
• Words that mean the same thing: peel, pare, trim
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Take the more difficult path, metaphorically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SWIMUPSTREAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Something made for one's idols?"

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 clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Ancient"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -coleridge
• Words that mean the same thing: gray, gray-haired, white-haired
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Abbr. for an open slot"

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: TBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Dressing room attendant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MAKEUPARTIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. "Don't mention it""

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: NOBOTHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Some kaffiyeh wearers"

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 native or inhabitant of saudi arabia
• Words that mean the same thing: Saudi, Saudi Arabian
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAUDIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Went past"

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 invade in great numbers
• Words that mean the same thing: infest, brim over, invade
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVERRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Company with a purple-and-green asterisk in its logo"

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: ETRADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. National tree of India"

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 east indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
• Words that mean the same thing: Indian banyan, banyan tree, banian
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANYAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Clean, as a lab coat?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DEFLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle December 06, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Horrify, in Hampshire	5
2D	2. Pipe cleaner brand	5
3D	3. Drub	5
4D	4. Some	4
5D	5. It flows from the Cottian Alps to the Adriatic	7
6D	6. Lead-in to -scope	6
7D	7. Lillian of silent films	4
8D	8. Firm affirmation	7
9D	9. Prayer book	6
10D	10. Nutritional fig.	3
11D	11. ___ set	3
12D	12. Celebration in Ho Chi Minh City	3
13D	14. Low-carb sandwich	11
14D	16. Series of visits to colleges, maybe	11
15D	18. Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. president	11
16D	22. Person in a rush	5
17D	23. Exercise done on a bench	5
18D	24. Bishops' gathering	5
19D	25. One who bugs another person?	3
20D	26. Ring result, for short	3
21D	27. Raise	5
22D	28. Halved, perhaps	5
23D	29. Interweave, as hair	5
24D	33. Kind of pass	3
25D	34. Super Bowl LIII loser	3
26D	36. Island near Krakatoa	7
27D	37. Wage	7
28D	39. Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?"	6
29D	40. Rubbed out	6
30D	43. Ebbing and flowing, say	5
31D	44. Queen's "We Will Rock You" vis-à-vis "We Are the Champions"	5
32D	45. Totally lost	5
33D	47. Sadiq ___, London mayor beginning in 2016	4
34D	48. Neighborhood	4
35D	49. ___ Hill (San Francisco neighborhood)	3
36D	50. Eggs Florentine, once?	3
37D	51. Son of, in Hebrew names	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. Horrify, in Hampshire"

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 strike with disgust or revulsion
• Words that mean the same thing: offend, alarm, shock
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Pipe cleaner brand"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DRANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Drub"

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 the least favorable outcome
• Words that mean the same thing: rack up, high-risk, whip
• The opposite would be: unregretful, best
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Some"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AFEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. It flows from the Cottian Alps to the Adriatic"

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: RIVERPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Lead-in to -scope"

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 reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound
• Words that mean the same thing: stereo system, stereophonic, two-channel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Lillian of silent films"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states film actress who appeared in films by d. w. griffith (1896-1993)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lillian Gish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Firm affirmation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YESITIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Prayer book"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (roman catholic church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate mass throughout the year
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISSAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Nutritional fig."

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: RDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. ___ set"

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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Words that mean the same thing: completely, wholly, whole
• The opposite would be: some, partly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Celebration in Ho Chi Minh City"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the new year in vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after january 20th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Low-carb sandwich"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LETTUCEWRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Series of visits to colleges, maybe"

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: LECTURETOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. president"

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: MARTINSHEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Person in a rush"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that laborer who works in a mine
• Words that mean the same thing: mineworker
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Exercise done on a bench"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Bishops' gathering"

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

  The answer is: SYNOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. One who bugs another person?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
• Words that mean the same thing: sight, sleuth, undercover agent
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "26. Ring result, 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 a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
• Words that mean the same thing: technical knockout
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "27. Raise"

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 lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
• Words that mean the same thing: lift, run up, wind
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "28. Halved, perhaps"

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: INTWO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "29. Interweave, as hair"

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 hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
• Words that mean the same thing: twist, tress, pleat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. 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: high-up, high muckamuck, very important person
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Super Bowl LIII loser"

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 most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Words that mean the same thing: pound, Aries, random access memory
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Island near Krakatoa"

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

  The answer is: SUMATRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Wage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAYRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something that is remembered
• Words that mean the same thing: computer storage, retention, computer memory
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEMORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "40. Rubbed out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remove from memory or existence
• Words that mean the same thing: wipe off, delete, rub out
• The opposite would be: record
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERASED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Ebbing and flowing, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to or caused by tides
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIDAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Queen's "We Will Rock You" vis-à-vis "We Are the Champions""

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: BSIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Totally lost"

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: ATSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Sadiq ___, London mayor beginning in 2016"

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 title given to rulers or other important people in asian countries
• Words that mean the same thing: caravanserai, caravan inn, caravansary
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Neighborhood"

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

  The answer is: TURF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. ___ Hill (San Francisco neighborhood)"

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 informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
• Words that mean the same thing: toff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Eggs Florentine, once?"

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 37 Down: "51. Son of, in Hebrew names"

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

  The answer is: BEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	72.1%
Short Answer	11	16.2%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Music	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%
Geography	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (45 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, May 14, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (33 Across, 45 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

May 14, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Squabble	4
2A	5. "Um, sure"	4
3A	9. Old detective magazines, e.g.	5
4A	14. Astringent target	4
5A	15. Indian tourist mecca	4
6A	16. "Word on the street is ..."	5
7A	17. Bingo, in Scrabble	15
8A	20. One of the friends on "Friends"	4
9A	21. Upscale San Francisco neighborhood	7
10A	22. Site for a rite	5
11A	25. Something with a belt and coat	3
12A	26. Assembly line?	3
13A	27. "B-I-N-G-O," e.g.	12
14A	32. Cellular plan?	3
15A	33. Flirt (with)	3
16A	34. Second Amendment focus	4
17A	37. Breakfast aisle option for a wheat allergy	16
18A	42. Solomonic sort	4
19A	43. Russian yeses	3
20A	44. Zip	3
21A	46. Bingo, for one	12
22A	51. Indian honorific	3
23A	54. Towering tree	3
24A	55. ___ Castle, Japanese landmark	5
25A	56. Residents of the Friendly Islands	7
26A	59. "Such a shame"	4
27A	61. "Bingo!"	15
28A	66. Arose	5
29A	67. Dust Bowl traveler	4
30A	68. Perforate, in a way	4
31A	69. Batting avg. and such	5
32A	70. Barclays Center team	4
33A	71. Scrap	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. Squabble"

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 quarrel about petty points
• Words that mean the same thing: ptyalise, fuss, sprinkle
• The opposite would be: boo
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. "Um, sure""

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 not only so, but
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Old detective magazines, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any soft or soggy mass
• Words that mean the same thing: pulp magazine, pulp, mush
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PULPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Astringent target"

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 tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
• Words that mean the same thing: rivet, focus, centre
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Indian tourist mecca"

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 city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "Word on the street is ...""

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: IHEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Bingo, in Scrabble"

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: FIFTYPOINTBONUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. One of the friends on "Friends""

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 scottish explorer who led arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the northwest passage (1777-1856)
• Words that mean the same thing: Nellie Tayloe Ross, Nellie Ross, John Ross
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Upscale San Francisco neighborhood"

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: NOBHILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Site for a rite"

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 table in christian churches where communion is given
• Words that mean the same thing: Lord's table, communion table
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Something with a belt and coat"

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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Words that mean the same thing: automobile, gondola, elevator car
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Assembly line?"

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 not this merely but also; not only so but
• The opposite would be: yea
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. "B-I-N-G-O," e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NURSERYRHYME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Cellular plan?"

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: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic 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 15 Across: "33. Flirt (with)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an artifact designed to be played with
• Words that mean the same thing: plaything, toy dog, fiddle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Second Amendment focus"

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 weapons considered collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: gird, fortify, implements of war
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Breakfast aisle option for a wheat allergy"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: GLUTENFREECEREAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "42. Solomonic sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
• Words that mean the same thing: sage-green, salvia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Russian yeses"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• Words that mean the same thing: DA, cony, coney
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Zip"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: nix, nada, zero
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. Bingo, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GAMEOFCHANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "51. Indian honorific"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "54. Towering tree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Words that mean the same thing: elm tree, elmwood
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "55. ___ Castle, Japanese landmark"

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 port city on southern honshu on osaka bay; a commercial and industrial center of japan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSAKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "56. Residents of the Friendly Islands"

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 polynesian native or inhabitant of tonga
• Words that mean the same thing: Tongan
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONGANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "59. "Such a shame""

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, unluckily, 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 27 Across: "61. "Bingo!""

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: ABSOLUTELYRIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "66. Arose"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOTUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "67. Dust Bowl traveler"

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: OKIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "68. Perforate, in a way"

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 sudden sharp feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: pang, knife thrust, dig
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "69. Batting avg. and such"

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: STATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "70. Barclays Center team"

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 a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: earnings, profits, network
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "71. Scrap"

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 the act of flipping a coin
• Words that mean the same thing: flip, jactitate, sky
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword May 14, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. 50 is a high one: Abbr.	3
2D	2. Luau bowlful	3
3D	3. "C'mon, throw me a bone already!"	3
4D	4. Low-maintenance fish	6
5D	5. Jibber-jabbers	4
6D	6. Things coaches handle	4
7D	7. N.L. West team: Abbr.	3
8D	8. Palindromic woman's name	6
9D	9. ___ Xtra (soda)	4
10D	10. Worrisome word at a nuclear plant	4
11D	11. 2017 biography subtitled "The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror"	5
12D	12. Pulitzer-winning playwright Vogel	5
13D	13. "r u kidding me?!"	5
14D	18. Arthurian times, say	4
15D	19. Boris Johnson, for one	4
16D	22. Word often shortened to its middle letter	3
17D	23. Pulmonologist's study	5
18D	24. Musical syllables	5
19D	25. 1987 drama set in apartheid-era South Africa	10
20D	28. Number in a shield symbol: Abbr.	3
21D	29. Over there	3
22D	30. Spoil	3
23D	31. 'Fore	3
24D	35. Sustenance from heaven	5
25D	36. Smooth-talking	5
26D	38. Comfy boot	3
27D	39. Leaves before paying the check?	3
28D	40. Half-___ (order for a barista)	3
29D	41. Key to get out of full-screen video	3
30D	45. Pasture	3
31D	47. One might be dropped in a to-go bag	4
32D	48. Yankees great Howard	6
33D	49. Frost	4
34D	50. What might help you make your goal?	6
35D	51. Bucks	5
36D	52. "I'm not a ___" (captcha phrase)	5
37D	53. Popular photo app, informally	5
38D	57. Joint problem	4
39D	58. Feature of the Swiss Miss logo	4
40D	59. Dismounted	4
41D	60. Harmful substances to swallow	4
42D	62. Squeak (out)	3
43D	63. Muscular Pontiac	3
44D	64. Orders	3
45D	65. Atlanta-based TV inits.	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. 50 is a high one: Abbr."

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 the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: sun protection factor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Luau bowlful"

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 hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "C'mon, throw me a bone already!""

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: ARF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Low-maintenance fish"

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 brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
• Words that mean the same thing: tetra
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TETRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Jibber-jabbers"

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

  The answer is: YAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Things coaches handle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self, self-importance, egotism
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. N.L. West team: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Palindromic woman's name"

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: HANNAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ Xtra (soda)"

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: PIBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Worrisome word at a nuclear plant"

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: UHOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. 2017 biography subtitled "The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror""

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 russian founder of the bolsheviks and leader of the russian revolution and first head of the ussr (1870-1924)
• Words that mean the same thing: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Pulitzer-winning playwright Vogel"

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: PAULA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "r u kidding me?!""

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: SRSLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Arthurian times, say"

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

  The answer is: YORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Boris Johnson, 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 an american who favored the british side during the american revolution
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Word often shortened to its middle letter"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Pulmonologist's study"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
• Words that mean the same thing: lung
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUNGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Musical syllables"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. 1987 drama set in apartheid-era South Africa"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: CRYFREEDOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Number in a shield symbol: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Over there"

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 distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
• Words that mean the same thing: yonder
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Spoil"

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 month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: defect, March, impair
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. 'Fore"

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 24 Down: "35. Sustenance from heaven"

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 hardened sugary exudation of various trees
• Words that mean the same thing: manna from heaven, miraculous food
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Smooth-talking"

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 slippery smoothness
• Words that mean the same thing: slipperiness, dodgy, guileful
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Comfy boot"

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: UGG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Leaves before paying the check?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: Camellia sinensis, teatime, tea leaf
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Half-___ (order for a barista)"

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: CAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Key to get out of full-screen video"

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: ESC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Pasture"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of length of thread or yarn
• Words that mean the same thing: pasture, ley, pastureland
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. One might be dropped in a to-go bag"

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 list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: computer menu, fare, carte
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Yankees great Howard"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELSTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Frost"

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 ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
• Words that mean the same thing: grizzly, gray-headed, hoary
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. What might help you make your goal?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: wait on, assistance, serve
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Bucks"

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 male deer, especially an adult male red deer
• Words that mean the same thing: betray, shit, hart
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. "I'm not a ___" (captcha phrase)"

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 mechanism that can move automatically
• Words that mean the same thing: automaton, golem
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. Popular photo app, informally"

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: INSTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "57. Joint problem"

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 painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
• Words that mean the same thing: gouty arthritis, urarthritis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Feature of the Swiss Miss logo"

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 large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: the Alps, alp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. Dismounted"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. Harmful substances to swallow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
• Words that mean the same thing: lye
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "62. Squeak (out)"

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: EKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "63. Muscular Pontiac"

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: GTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 44 Down: "64. Orders"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 45 Down: "65. Atlanta-based TV inits."

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 metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 65, TB, T.B.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	61.5%
Short Answer	23	29.5%
Sports	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	45
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 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 medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 25, 2025 at 05:41 AM