February 04, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

NYT Tuesday Crossword Across Clues - February 04, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Smidgens	5
2A	6. Friend, to François	3
3A	9. Sniper's aid	5
4A	14. Olympics symbol	5
5A	15. Symbol for an audio device	3
6A	16. Big name in pest control	5
7A	17. Crams (in)	9
8A	19. Center of U.S. lobstering	5
9A	20. Luxury purse monogram	3
10A	21. Long March leader in China	3
11A	22. Abandons a commitment, in slang	5
12A	23. Some romantic entanglements	13
13A	28. ___ of one's existence	4
14A	29. Letters after Chuck Schumer's name	3
15A	30. Texter's "One more thing ..."	3
16A	31. Philosopher with a "razor"	5
17A	34. ET from the planet Melmac	3
18A	35. Bank with M.L.B. naming rights, for short	4
19A	36. Things clinked on New Year's Eve	15
20A	40. Fey of "30 Rock"	4
21A	41. Drop from the roster	3
22A	42. Alternatives to taxis	5
23A	43. Prefix with freak or friendly	3
24A	44. Undergarment with hooks	3
25A	45. Harley, e.g., informally	4
26A	47. Interviewing aids	13
27A	51. St. Kitts's island partner	5
28A	52. Jerry's partner in ice cream	3
29A	53. Org. with code-named programs	3
30A	56. Confine, as on a farm	5
31A	57. Subjects of health class diagrams	9
32A	60. Minotaur's island	5
33A	61. Trident-shaped letter	3
34A	62. Man's name whose last letter often has an accent	5
35A	63. Funeral fires	5
36A	64. "Even so ..."	3
37A	65. What the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across make	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. Smidgens"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: shred, scintilla, whit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Friend, to François"

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: AMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Sniper's aid"

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 area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
• Words that mean the same thing: cathode-ray oscilloscope, reach, CRO
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Olympics symbol"

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 light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
• Words that mean the same thing: common mullein, flannel mullein, blowlamp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Symbol for an audio device"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: auricle, pinna, spike
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Big name in pest control"

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: ORKIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Crams (in)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
• Words that mean the same thing: shoehorn
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOEHORNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Center of U.S. lobstering"

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 state in new england
• Words that mean the same thing: ME, Pine Tree State
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Luxury purse monogram"

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: YSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Long March leader in China"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)
• Words that mean the same thing: Mao Tsetung, Mao Zedong, monoamine oxidase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Abandons a commitment, in slang"

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 (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
• Words that mean the same thing: bail, bail bond, bond
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Some romantic entanglements"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOVETRIANGLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. ___ of one's existence"

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 something causing misery or death
• Words that mean the same thing: curse, nemesis, scourge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Letters after Chuck Schumer's name"

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: DNY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Texter's "One more thing ...""

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: BTW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Philosopher with a "razor""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english scholastic philosopher and assumed author of occam's razor (1285-1349)
• Words that mean the same thing: William of Occam, William of Ockham, Ockham
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. ET from the planet Melmac"

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: ALF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Bank with M.L.B. naming rights, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: CITI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Things clinked on New Year's Eve"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHAMPAGNEFLUTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Fey of "30 Rock""

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: TINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Drop from the roster"

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 share of the profits
• Words that mean the same thing: thinned, curve, write out
• The opposite would be: uncut, switch on
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Alternatives to taxis"

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: UBERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Prefix with freak or friendly"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Undergarment with hooks"

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 undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
• Words that mean the same thing: brassiere, bandeau
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Harley, e.g., informally"

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 motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
• Words that mean the same thing: pedal, wheel, cycle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Interviewing aids"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TAPERECORDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. St. Kitts's island partner"

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 one of the islands of saint christopher-nevis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEVIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Jerry's partner in ice cream"

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!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Org. with code-named programs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
• Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Confine, as on a farm"

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: PENIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Subjects of health class diagrams"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEXORGANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Minotaur's island"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CRETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Trident-shaped letter"

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 pressure
• Words that mean the same thing: pounds per square inch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Man's name whose last letter often has an accent"

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: ANDRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Funeral fires"

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 wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
• Words that mean the same thing: pyre, funeral pyre
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PYRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. "Even so ...""

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 up to the present time
• Words that mean the same thing: even so, in time, hitherto
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. What the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across make"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
• Words that mean the same thing: euphony, medicine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUSIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword February 04, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Teeny-weeny	4
2D	2. Cries of awe	4
3D	3. Online troublemaker	5
4D	4. Nail, as a test	3
5D	5. "Zip it!"	3
6D	6. Make fizzy, in a way	6
7D	7. Home that may have a butler	5
8D	8. Returns org.	3
9D	9. A bunch	6
10D	10. Daniel ___, player of 007	5
11D	11. "Sure, try me"	9
12D	12. Bowling alley worker, once	9
13D	13. L.A.-to-Chicago dir.	3
14D	18. Gathering clouds, to some	4
15D	22. Canada's oldest national park	5
16D	24. Michelle who wrote "Becoming"	5
17D	25. Improvise, in jazz	4
18D	26. Lay off, as workers	4
19D	27. Roger Federer's nationality	5
20D	31. Largish jazz combo	5
21D	32. Deceitful doings	9
22D	33. Item made unnecessary by a pull tab	9
23D	34. Bug in "A Bug's Life"	3
24D	35. Expert solver of a Rubik's toy	5
25D	37. Zoning divisions, maybe	5
26D	38. Green dip, informally	4
27D	39. Princess Leia's twin brother	4
28D	44. Picklers' solutions	6
29D	45. Campaign promise of Boris Johnson	6
30D	46. Fig. on a driver's license or passport	4
31D	48. Paperless party announcement	5
32D	49. More than fat	5
33D	50. A bunch	5
34D	54. Letters on a crucifix	4
35D	55. "Just hold on ___!"	4
36D	56. Angel dust letters	3
37D	57. 007, for one	3
38D	58. Animal in a flock	3
39D	59. Animal in a herd	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. Teeny-weeny"

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: ITSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Cries of awe"

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: ooh, aah
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Online troublemaker"

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 (scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: round, trolling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Nail, as a test"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: adept, hotshot, superstar
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Zip it!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Make fizzy, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that expose to fresh air
• Words that mean the same thing: activate, oxygenise, oxygenate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AERATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Home that may have a butler"

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 mansion of a lord or wealthy person
• Words that mean the same thing: manor house
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Returns org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
• Words that mean the same thing: Internal Revenue Service
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. A bunch"

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: SOMANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Daniel ___, player of 007"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: CRAIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Sure, try me""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OKILLBITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Bowling alley worker, once"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PINSETTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. L.A.-to-Chicago dir."

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 compass point midway between northeast and east
• Words that mean the same thing: east northeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Gathering clouds, to some"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Canada's oldest national park"

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

  The answer is: BANFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Michelle who wrote "Becoming""

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: OBAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Improvise, in jazz"

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 seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
• Words that mean the same thing: tease, vamp up, revamp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Lay off, as workers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
• Words that mean the same thing: loose, tick over, stagnate
• The opposite would be: busy, work
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Roger Federer's nationality"

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 natives or inhabitants of switzerland
• Words that mean the same thing: Swiss people
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Largish jazz combo"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• Words that mean the same thing: octonary, octette, eighter from Decatur
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Deceitful doings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
• Words that mean the same thing: guile, shenanigan, chicane
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHICANERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Item made unnecessary by a pull tab"

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: CANOPENER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Bug in "A Bug's Life""

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Expert solver of a Rubik's toy"

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: CUBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Zoning divisions, maybe"

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 extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
• Words that mean the same thing: landed estate, Acre, Accho
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Green dip, informally"

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: GUAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Princess Leia's twin brother"

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 (new testament) the apostle closely associated with st. paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third gospel
• Words that mean the same thing: Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke, St. Luke
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Picklers' solutions"

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 water containing salts
• Words that mean the same thing: saltwater, brine, seawater
• The opposite would be: fresh water
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Campaign promise of Boris Johnson"

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: BREXIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Fig. on a driver's license or passport"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IDNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Paperless party announcement"

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: EVITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. More than fat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that excessively fat
• Words that mean the same thing: weighty, corpulent, rotund
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. A bunch"

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 large number or amount
• Words that mean the same thing: loads, slews, dozens
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Letters on a crucifix"

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: INRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. "Just hold on ___!""

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: ASEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Angel dust letters"

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 person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
• Words that mean the same thing: primary care provider, health professional, phencyclidine hydrochloride
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PCP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. 007, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (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: sleuth, sight, espy
• The 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 38 Down: "58. Animal in a flock"

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: Aries, pound, jam
• The 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 39 Down: "59. Animal in a herd"

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 large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
• Words that mean the same thing: wildebeest
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNU

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	63.2%
Short Answer	23	30.3%
Sports	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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September 14, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, September 14, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.6 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle September 14, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Insect that builds a paper nest	4
2A	5. Takes a breather	5
3A	10. Fig. of total economic output	3
4A	13. Mayberry boy of 1960s TV	4
5A	14. Make legal	5
6A	15. Logs, for a fire	4
7A	16. Riddled (with)	4
8A	17. Lamented Princess of Wales	5
9A	18. Sin often associated with green	4
10A	19. Major-league team from the Motor City	13
11A	22. Frozen H2O	3
12A	23. Female deer	3
13A	24. Not quite right	5
14A	27. Start of a tennis rally	5
15A	29. "Hold your horses!"	8
16A	32. Variety	3
17A	34. Prefix often associated with green	3
18A	35. "You there!"	3
19A	36. Ballot for candidates of more than one party	11
20A	40. One that gives a hoot?	3
21A	42. Humor	3
22A	43. Container at a beer bash	3
23A	44. Number of minutes on hold before getting a customer representative	8
24A	47. Greek I's	5
25A	51. Two-___ sword	5
26A	52. Precollege exam	3
27A	54. Genetic material	3
28A	55. Comes out ahead in either case ... as exemplified by 19-, 29-, 36- and 44-Across?	13
29A	60. Sources of much spam	4
30A	62. Helper in conning	5
31A	63. Nuptial exchange	4
32A	64. At no cost	4
33A	65. Stage before metamorphosis	5
34A	66. Gambling mecca north of Carson City	4
35A	67. Gave a meal to	3
36A	68. Helpers	5
37A	69. Genesis garden	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. Insect that builds a paper nest"

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 white person of anglo-saxon ancestry who belongs to a protestant denomination
• Words that mean the same thing: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Takes a breather"

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 something left after other parts have been taken away
• Words that mean the same thing: reside, quietus, lie
• The opposite would be: change, be active
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Fig. of total economic output"

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 former measure of the united states economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr)
• Words that mean the same thing: gross national product
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Mayberry boy of 1960s TV"

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: OPIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Make legal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
• Words that mean the same thing: countenance, tolerate, permit
• The opposite would be: prevent, disallow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Logs, for a fire"

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 substance that can be consumed to produce energy
• Words that mean the same thing: fire
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FUEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Riddled (with)"

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 most frequent or common
• Words that mean the same thing: prevailing, dominant, prevalent
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Lamented Princess of Wales"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english aristocrat who was the first wife of prince charles; her death in an automobile accident in paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales, Princess Diana
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Sin often associated with green"

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 feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
• Words that mean the same thing: enviousness, invidia, begrudge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Major-league team from the Motor City"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DETROITTIGERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Frozen H2O"

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 water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: frappe, methamphetamine hydrochloride, sparkler
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Female deer"

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 federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
• Words that mean the same thing: Department of Energy, Energy, Energy Department
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Not quite right"

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 not functioning properly
• Words that mean the same thing: wrong, imperfectly, haywire
• The opposite would be: perfectly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Start of a tennis rally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
• Words that mean the same thing: dish out, serve up, wait on
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. "Hold your horses!""

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: SITTIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Variety"

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

  The answer is: ILK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Prefix often associated with green"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. "You there!""

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: HEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Ballot for candidates of more than one party"

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: SPLITTICKET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. One that gives a hoot?"

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

  The answer is: OWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Humor"

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 message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: wittiness, card, humour
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Container at a beer bash"

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 quantity contained in a keg
• Words that mean the same thing: kegful
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Number of minutes on hold before getting a customer representative"

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: WAITTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Greek I's"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: smidgeon, shred, smidgin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Two-___ sword"

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 advance slowly, as if by inches
• Words that mean the same thing: butt, butt on, cutting
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Precollege exam"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Genetic material"

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 28 Across: "55. Comes out ahead in either case ... as exemplified by 19-, 29-, 36- and 44-Across?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: HASITBOTHWAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Sources of much spam"

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 botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
• Words that mean the same thing: bot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Helper in conning"

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 decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Nuptial exchange"

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 artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• Words that mean the same thing: Ido
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. At no cost"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that people who are free
• Words that mean the same thing: gratis, disembarrass, unfreeze
• The opposite would be: confine, freeze
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Stage before metamorphosis"

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 immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Gambling mecca north of Carson City"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Gave a meal to"

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 any federal law-enforcement officer
• Words that mean the same thing: feed in, run, Federal Reserve System
• The opposite would be: starve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Helpers"

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 (greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of zeus and husband of persephone
• Words that mean the same thing: adjutant, Hades, Pluto
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Genesis garden"

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 place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: nirvana, Garden of Eden, paradise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Monday Crossword Down Clues - September 14, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "People are saying ..."	6
2D	2. Each	6
3D	3. Kitchen gizmo for flour	6
4D	4. Equal	4
5D	5. SiriusXM medium	5
6D	6. Best of the best	5
7D	7. Part of a window blind	4
8D	8. Morrison who wrote "Beloved"	4
9D	9. Gala giveaways	4
10D	10. Item with cross hairs	8
11D	11. Home of Carson City: Abbr.	3
12D	12. Two-___ toilet paper	3
13D	15. Physicist Enrico after whom element #100 is named	5
14D	20. Three-time Pro Bowler ___ Beckham Jr.	5
15D	21. Dine	3
16D	25. "Nevertheless, ___ persisted"	3
17D	26. Porker's quarters	3
18D	28. Big shot, for short	3
19D	29. Italian for "seven"	5
20D	30. French for "here"	3
21D	31. Tick-___	4
22D	33. Green-fleshed fruit	4
23D	36. How a person might feel after being passed over for a promotion	8
24D	37. "Tiny" Dickens boy	3
25D	38. Singer Urban	5
26D	39. A narcissist has a big one	3
27D	40. Be in debt	3
28D	41. Lump of chewing gum	3
29D	45. What good movie trailers do	5
30D	46. Gridiron scores, for short	3
31D	48. Sent to another team	6
32D	49. "Can I get a volunteer? Somebody ...?"	6
33D	50. Jeans brand popular in the 1980s	6
34D	52. Do, as a crossword	5
35D	53. Book of maps	5
36D	56. Mallorca, e.g.	4
37D	57. Bangkok native	4
38D	58. Something "in the hand" that's "worth two in the bush"	4
39D	59. Something an informant might wear	4
40D	60. Very close pal, informally	3
41D	61. Mine cart contents	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. "People are saying ...""

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: WORDIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Each"

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 to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
• Words that mean the same thing: each, to each one, from each one
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APIECE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Kitchen gizmo for flour"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a household sieve (as for flour)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIFTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Equal"

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 person who is of equal standing with another in a group
• Words that mean the same thing: match, compeer, equal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. SiriusXM medium"

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 medium for communication
• Words that mean the same thing: radio set, tuner, receiving 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: RADIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Best of the best"

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 group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
• Words that mean the same thing: elect, elite 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: ELITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Part of a window blind"

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 thin strip (wood or metal)
• Words that mean the same thing: spline
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Morrison who wrote "Beloved""

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: TONI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Gala giveaways"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that valuable goods
• Words that mean the same thing: dirty money, booty, prize
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Item with cross hairs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sight used for aiming a gun
• Words that mean the same thing: gun-sight
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUNSIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Home of Carson City: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Two-___ toilet paper"

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 one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
• Words that mean the same thing: cater, run, provide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Physicist Enrico after whom element #100 is named"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
• Words that mean the same thing: femtometer, femtometre, Enrico Fermi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FERMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. Three-time Pro Bowler ___ Beckham Jr."

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: ODELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Dine"

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: exhaust, rust, deplete
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. "Nevertheless, ___ persisted""

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: SHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Porker's quarters"

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

  The answer is: STY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Big shot, 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 an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
• Words that mean the same thing: high muckamuck, very important person, dignitary
• The 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 19 Down: "29. Italian for "seven""

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: SETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. French for "here""

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: ICI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Tick-___"

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: TOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Green-fleshed fruit"

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 climbing vine native to china; cultivated in new zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
• Words that mean the same thing: kiwi vine, Actinidia deliciosa, Actinidia chinensis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIWI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. How a person might feel after being passed over for a promotion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pay no attention to, disrespect
• Words that mean the same thing: cold-shoulder, slight
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIGHTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. "Tiny" Dickens boy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Singer Urban"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. A narcissist has a big 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 an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: egotism, self-importance, self
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Be in debt"

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

  The answer is: OWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Lump of chewing gum"

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 small mass of soft material
• Words that mean the same thing: muckle, spate, cram
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. What good movie trailers do"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
• Words that mean the same thing: taunt, ribbing, ride
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Gridiron scores, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Sent to another team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that engage in the trade of
• Words that mean the same thing: switch, sell, swap
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRADED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. "Can I get a volunteer? Somebody ...?""

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: ANYONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Jeans brand popular in the 1980s"

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: SASSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Do, as a crossword"

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 find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
• Words that mean the same thing: puzzle out, work, work 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: SOLVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Book of maps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
• Words that mean the same thing: book of maps, map collection, atlas vertebra
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATLAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Mallorca, e.g."

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: ISLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Bangkok native"

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 thailand
• Words that mean the same thing: Tai, Siamese, Central Thai
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Something "in the hand" that's "worth two in the bush""

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: hiss, Bronx cheer, snort
• The 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 39 Down: "59. Something an informant might wear"

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 ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
• Words that mean the same thing: telegram, telegraph, cable
• The opposite would be: unwire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "60. Very close pal, informally"

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: BFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. Mine cart contents"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	44	56.4%
Short Answer	22	28.2%
Geography	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 22, 2025 at 03:22 PM