August 25, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

August 25, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Packs of alpacas	5
2A	6. Abbr. in a library catalog	4
3A	10. Partner of willing	4
4A	14. Kind of daisy	5
5A	15. Material for toy darts	4
6A	16. Like business in the off-season	4
7A	17. "Please continue your generous support of the church"	10
8A	19. Prepare, as prosciutto	4
9A	20. Give off	4
10A	21. Brand with a paw print in its logo	4
11A	22. Follows, as advice	5
12A	23. Undesirable bunkmate	6
13A	25. Frigid temps	5
14A	27. "This device makes prepping cherries a breeze"	12
15A	31. Tweak	6
16A	34. Made explicit, in a way	4
17A	35. Grow long in the tooth	3
18A	36. Historical record	5
19A	37. Snake along the Nile	3
20A	38. Discover unexpectedly	5
21A	40. Passing remark?	3
22A	41. Singer Mai with the 2018 hit "Boo'd Up"	4
23A	43. Least polite	6
24A	44. "Students should report to the gym for a special presentation"	12
25A	47. Sailor's "Stop!"	5
26A	48. For dogs, they're often in the shape of bones	6
27A	51. Japanese noodles	5
28A	53. Snap back?	4
29A	55. Boor	4
30A	57. It shows a lot of plays, but no musicals	4
31A	58. "This medicine will reduce your temperature in no time"	10
32A	60. Glen or dale	4
33A	61. Timeline spans	4
34A	62. Beautifully blue	5
35A	63. Exceeded the legal limit	4
36A	64. Philosopher known for his paradoxes	4
37A	65. Word that comes from the Lakota for "dwelling"	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. Packs of alpacas"

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 of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• Words that mean the same thing: herd, ruck, crowd
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Abbr. in a library catalog"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ISBN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Partner of willing"

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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: able-bodied, capable
• The opposite would be: unable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Kind of daisy"

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 north american shrubby perennial herb of the genus heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: heliopsis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXEYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Material for toy darts"

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: NERF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Like business in the off-season"

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 lose velocity; move more slowly
• Words that mean the same thing: dumb, tardily, deadening
• The opposite would be: quickly, accelerate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. "Please continue your generous support of the church""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MASSAPPEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Prepare, as prosciutto"

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 medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
• Words that mean the same thing: bring around, therapeutic, curative
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Give off"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: pass off, let out, give out
• The opposite would be: absorb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Brand with a paw print in its logo"

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: IAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Follows, as advice"

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 paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
• Words that mean the same thing: listen, attentiveness, heed
• The opposite would be: inattentiveness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Undesirable bunkmate"

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

  The answer is: SNORER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Frigid temps"

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 time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
• Words that mean the same thing: teenager, teen, adolescent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. "This device makes prepping cherries a breeze""

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: PITTERPATTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Tweak"

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 make less severe or harsh or extreme
• Words that mean the same thing: alter, change, qualify
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MODIFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Made explicit, 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 express in words
• Words that mean the same thing: order, pronounce, tell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Grow long in the tooth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Historical record"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ANNAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Snake along the Nile"

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: asp viper, Egyptian cobra, Vipera aspis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Discover unexpectedly"

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: HITON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Passing remark?"

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

  The answer is: YEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Singer Mai with the 2018 hit "Boo'd Up""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Least polite"

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 socially incorrect in behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: ill-bred, underbred, lowbred
• The opposite would be: civil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUDEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. "Students should report to the gym for a special presentation""

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: ASSEMBLYLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Sailor's "Stop!""

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: AVAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. For dogs, they're often in the shape of bones"

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: IDTAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Japanese noodles"

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: RAMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Snap back?"

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 long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
• Words that mean the same thing: cost increase, tramp, hiking
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Boor"

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 an awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: lummox, lubber, oaf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. It shows a lot of plays, but no musicals"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. "This medicine will reduce your temperature in no time""

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: FEVERPITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Glen or dale"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
• Words that mean the same thing: valley
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Timeline spans"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: era, earned run average, geological era
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Beautifully blue"

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 light shade of blue
• Words that mean the same thing: bright blue, sky-blue, lazuline
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AZURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Exceeded the legal limit"

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 move faster
• Words that mean the same thing: hurry, step on it, race
• The opposite would be: linger, decelerate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Philosopher known for his paradoxes"

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 ancient greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Zeno of Citium, Zeno of Elea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Word that comes from the Lakota for "dwelling""

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 native american tent; usually of conical shape
• Words that mean the same thing: teepee, tipi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword August 25, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Smartphone button	4
2D	2. End-of-semester hurdles	5
3D	3. Pine secretion	5
4D	4. Gilead in "The Handmaid's Tale," for one	8
5D	5. What floats your boat?	3
6D	6. To a certain extent	6
7D	7. Appear	4
8D	8. Support on the shoulder	8
9D	9. Pro Bowler's org.	3
10D	10. Initial part of a roller coaster ride	6
11D	11. It leans to the left	9
12D	12. Tennyson, for one	4
13D	13. Dolly and her fellow clones, e.g.	4
14D	18. Imam's quality	5
15D	22. Recruit selectively	8
16D	24. Colonial sharpshooter	8
17D	26. Prefix with dermis	3
18D	28. Writing assignment	5
19D	29. Big personalities	4
20D	30. Cancel ___ (tenant rights movement)	4
21D	31. ___ Harris, sister and campaign chair of Kamala	4
22D	32. There are two in "101 Dalmatians"	4
23D	33. Spit in a tube, say	9
24D	37. Mentally sound	8
25D	39. See through rose-colored glasses	8
26D	42. Scale abbr.	3
27D	43. Dressage competitor	5
28D	45. Made uniform	6
29D	46. Words from one doing a demonstration	6
30D	49. Rolled out of bed	5
31D	50. Bolivian capital	5
32D	51. Goes "vroom vroom"	4
33D	52. "Stat!"	4
34D	54. First czar of Russia	4
35D	56. For whom the bell tolls	4
36D	58. Hat similar to a tarboosh	3
37D	59. Have down ___	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. Smartphone button"

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 where you live at a particular time
• Words that mean the same thing: home plate, home base, rest home
• The opposite would be: away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. End-of-semester hurdles"

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 set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
• Words that mean the same thing: test, exam, examination
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Pine secretion"

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 of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
• Words that mean the same thing: rosin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Gilead in "The Handmaid's Tale," for one"

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 state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
• The opposite would be: utopia
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYSTOPIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. What floats your boat?"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. To a certain extent"

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: INPART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Appear"

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 give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• Words that mean the same thing: look, appear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Support on the shoulder"

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: BRASTRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Pro Bowler's org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Initial part of a roller coaster ride"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
• Words that mean the same thing: acclivity, climb, ascending
• The opposite would be: descent, fall
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASCENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. It leans to the left"

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: BLUESTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Tennyson, 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 terms referring to the judeo-christian god
• Words that mean the same thing: overlord, God Almighty, master
• The opposite would be: noblewoman, Lady
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Dolly and her fellow clones, e.g."

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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• Words that mean the same thing: Ewe, ewe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Imam's quality"

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 righteousness by virtue of being pious
• Words that mean the same thing: piousness
• The opposite would be: impiety
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIETY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Recruit selectively"

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: HEADHUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Colonial sharpshooter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone skilled in the use of a rifle
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFLEMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Prefix with dermis"

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 self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eysenck Personality Inventory
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Writing assignment"

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 analytic or interpretive literary composition
• Words that mean the same thing: seek, try, test
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Big personalities"

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: ego, egotism, self-importance
• The 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 20 Down: "30. Cancel ___ (tenant rights movement)"

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 payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
• Words that mean the same thing: pull, snag, rip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. ___ Harris, sister and campaign chair of Kamala"

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 member of an american indian people of yucatan and belize and guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between ad 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
• Words that mean the same thing: Mayan, Mayan language
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. There are two in "101 Dalmatians""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: one, single, I
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Spit in a tube, say"

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: DNASAMPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Mentally sound"

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: ALLTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. See through rose-colored glasses"

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 consider or render as ideal
• Words that mean the same thing: idealise
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEALIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Scale abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 16 ounces avoirdupois
• Words that mean the same thing: lb, pound
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Dressage competitor"

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 traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
• Words that mean the same thing: passenger
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Made uniform"

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 make level or straight
• Words that mean the same thing: even, even out, flush
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVENED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Words from one doing a demonstration"

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: LIKESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Rolled out of bed"

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: GOTUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Bolivian capital"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in ecuador; equal to 100 centavos
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUCRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Goes "vroom vroom""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. "Stat!""

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

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. First czar of Russia"

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: IVAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. For whom the bell tolls"

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: THEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Hat similar to a tarboosh"

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 city in north central morocco; religious center
• Words that mean the same thing: Fes, tarboosh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Have down ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: chuck, tap, rap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	79.7%
Short Answer	8	10.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.2 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 Wednesday, 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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• Down Clues (35 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, September 25, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (33 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.8 letters

September 25, 2021 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Industrial V.I.P.	5
2A	6. Flower that's also the name of a "Downton Abbey" character	8
3A	14. Developing, after "in"	5
4A	15. "Mahatma," in translation	9
5A	17. International telephone prefix for Russia	5
6A	18. Greek goddess of memory	9
7A	19. Imperial title	6
8A	21. Abbr. in a birth announcement	3
9A	22. Turkish honorific	3
10A	23. Legal conclusion?	3
11A	24. Chickens (out)	6
12A	27. Big family	4
13A	28. Like favorite films, typically	9
14A	30. Like Seth, among the offspring of Adam and Eve	5
15A	31. Like dry mud on a dog's paws	5
16A	32. "Gotcha"	6
17A	33. Site of the impact of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago	15
18A	37. Long lunches?	6
19A	38. Some avian homes	5
20A	39. At ___ (befuddled)	5
21A	40. Shipping option for books	9
22A	44. It's full of fiber	4
23A	45. Capybara, for one	6
24A	46. Raleigh-to-Richmond dir.	3
25A	47. Boosts	3
26A	48. "Look what I found!"	3
27A	49. Kind of typeface or Pepperidge Farm cookie	6
28A	51. Sport with a "capture the flag" variety	9
29A	55. Wanderer	5
30A	56. Food dyes, e.g.	9
31A	57. Drop, in a way	5
32A	58. Turned vertically	8
33A	59. Handy device for making gazpacho	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. Industrial V.I.P."

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 nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
• Words that mean the same thing: magnate, business leader, power
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Flower that's also the name of a "Downton Abbey" character"

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 any of various tropical american plants of the genus tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARIGOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Developing, after "in""

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: UTERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. "Mahatma," in translation"

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: GREATSOUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. International telephone prefix for Russia"

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 six and one
• Words that mean the same thing: sevener, VII, seven-spot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Greek goddess of memory"

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 (greek mythology) the titaness who was goddess of memory; mother of the muses
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MNEMOSYNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Imperial title"

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 title of the holy roman emperors or the emperors of austria or of germany until 1918
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAISER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Abbr. in a birth announcement"

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 16 ounces avoirdupois
• Words that mean the same thing: lb, pound
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Turkish honorific"

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 title for a civil or military leader (especially in turkey)
• Words that mean the same thing: Agha
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Legal conclusion?"

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

  The answer is: ESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Chickens (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 a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
• Words that mean the same thing: weakling, wuss, doormat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WUSSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Big family"

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 group of people related by blood or marriage
• Words that mean the same thing: tribe, kindred, kin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Like favorite films, typically"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REWATCHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Like Seth, among the offspring of Adam and Eve"

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 one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
• Words that mean the same thing: one-third, 3rd, tertiary
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THIRD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Like dry mud on a dog's paws"

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 form a coat over
• Words that mean the same thing: cake, coat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. "Gotcha""

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: AHISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Site of the impact of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago"

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: CHICXULUBCRATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Long lunches?"

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 man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
• Words that mean the same thing: champion, submarine sandwich, grinder
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEROES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Some avian homes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
• Words that mean the same thing: cote
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. At ___ (befuddled)"

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: ALOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Shipping option for books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MEDIAMAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. It's full of fiber"

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 fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Capybara, for one"

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 relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
• Words that mean the same thing: gnawer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RODENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Raleigh-to-Richmond 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 that is midway between north and northeast
• Words that mean the same thing: nor'-nor'-east, north 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: NNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Boosts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. "Look what I found!""

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: 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: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Kind of typeface or Pepperidge Farm cookie"

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 city in southwestern switzerland at the western end of lake geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
• Words that mean the same thing: Hollands, Geneve, Holland gin
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENEVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Sport with a "capture the flag" variety"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAINTBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Wanderer"

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 member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOMAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Food dyes, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
• Words that mean the same thing: additive
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADDITIVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Drop, 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 leave or strike 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: ELIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. Turned vertically"

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: SETONEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "59. Handy device for making gazpacho"

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 mechanical device used for dicing 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: DICER

  Great job if you got it right!

September 25, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Street musician	6
2D	2. Loose	6
3D	3. Run through	6
4D	4. Rock group	4
5D	5. Campaign catchphrase of 1988	10
6D	6. Grand opening?	3
7D	7. Sports agent Tellem	3
8D	8. Pulled (in)	6
9D	9. There are 70 in a Shakespearean sonnet	5
10D	10. Some muscle cars	4
11D	11. W.W. II spy grp.	3
12D	12. Stalwart	8
13D	13. It may be in your jeans	8
14D	16. Tragic lover of myth	7
15D	20. Rowdydow	6
16D	25. Poet Silverstein	4
17D	26. Drew in	7
18D	27. Rhetorical inversion device seen in "Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends"	6
19D	29. Confront	6
20D	30. Like the red panda, blue whale and black rhino	10
21D	32. Interim	6
22D	33. Mexican dish named after a small boat	7
23D	34. Rooftop landing sites	8
24D	35. 1960s-'70s detective series set in San Francisco	8
25D	36. Presage	4
26D	40. County that's split in two by the Grand Canyon	6
27D	41. Low on energy	6
28D	42. Enter by force	6
29D	43. Word finishing ring or band	6
30D	45. Newswoman Roberts	5
31D	48. Palindromic number in Italian	4
32D	50. ___ me tangere (Latin warning)	4
33D	52. Quibble	3
34D	53. Spy novelist Deighton	3
35D	54. Drug known by its German initials	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. Street musician"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUSKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Loose"

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: ATEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Run through"

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 new appraisal or evaluation
• Words that mean the same thing: reexamine, survey, look back
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVIEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Rock group"

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

  The answer is: ORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Campaign catchphrase of 1988"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: NONEWTAXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Grand opening?"

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: MGM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Sports agent Tellem"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Pulled (in)"

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 walk as if unable to control one's movements
• Words that mean the same thing: whirl, careen, spin
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REELED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. There are 70 in a Shakespearean sonnet"

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 metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
• Words that mean the same thing: iambus, iamb
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IAMBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Some muscle cars"

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: GTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. W.W. II spy grp."

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 mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: OS, os, osmium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Stalwart"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
• Words that mean the same thing: stalwart
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOYALIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. It may be in your jeans"

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 a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
• Words that mean the same thing: jean, denim
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUNGAREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Tragic lover of myth"

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 (greek mythology) a youth beloved of hero who drowned in a storm in the hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEANDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Rowdydow"

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 act of making a noisy disturbance
• Words that mean the same thing: rumpus, ruction, din
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUCKUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Poet Silverstein"

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: SHEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Drew in"

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 induce to have sex
• Words that mean the same thing: make, score, seduce
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEDUCED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Rhetorical inversion device seen in "Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter x
• Words that mean the same thing: decussation, chiasma
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIASM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Confront"

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 speak to someone
• Words that mean the same thing: solicit, address, come up to
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Like the red panda, blue whale and black rhino"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pose a threat to; present a danger to
• Words that mean the same thing: jeopardize, jeopardise, imperil
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THREATENED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Interim"

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 performance of a part or role in a drama
• Words that mean the same thing: behave, performing, play
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Mexican dish named after a small boat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHALUPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Rooftop landing sites"

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: HELIPADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. 1960s-'70s detective series set in San Francisco"

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 a man of great strength or bravery
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRONSIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Presage"

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 indicate by signs
• Words that mean the same thing: betoken, predict, augur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. County that's split in two by the Grand Canyon"

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 member of the north american indian people formerly living in the colorado river valley in arizona and nevada and california
• Words that mean the same thing: Mojave Desert, Mohave Desert, Mojave
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOHAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Low on energy"

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 lacking vigor or energy
• Words that mean the same thing: anaemic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEMIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Enter by force"

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 march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
• Words that mean the same thing: intrude on, obtrude upon, overrun
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INVADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Word finishing ring or band"

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 person who rules or guides or inspires others
• Words that mean the same thing: loss leader, drawing card
• The opposite would be: follower
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEADER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Newswoman Roberts"

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 small old world songbird with a reddish breast
• Words that mean the same thing: Erithacus rubecola, Turdus migratorius, Old World robin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Palindromic number in Italian"

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: OTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. ___ me tangere (Latin warning)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Quibble"

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 luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Spy novelist Deighton"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Drug known by its German initials"

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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
• Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	70.6%
Short Answer	9	13.2%
Literature	2	2.9%
Sports	2	2.9%
Food & Drink	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
Music	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.8 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 14, 2025 at 06:25 PM