September 16, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Thursday, September 16, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (41 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword September 16, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Christmas classic covered by Bing Crosby and Bob Dylan, among others	11
2A	6. Kind of gorilla	10
3A	10. Second-best era	9
4A	13. Matrimony	5
5A	14. ___ Park (neighborhood in central Los Angeles)	4
6A	15. Neologism for the "best ever"	4
7A	17. Six Premier League teams play in it	10
8A	19. Other: Sp.	4
9A	20. Apt foreign rhyme of "moon"	4
10A	21. 2016 inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame	5
11A	22. Prom purchase	4
12A	23. Discharges	6
13A	25. Do a certain veterinary job	4
14A	27. Nudge	3
15A	28. Old-fashioned possessive	3
16A	29. Whitman of "Arrested Development"	3
17A	31. Japanese company with six stars in its logo	6
18A	33. With 44-Across, bit of consolation ... or a feature of this puzzle's grid?	6
19A	36. Like 2017 and 2027	5
20A	37. Something found in strands	3
21A	39. Easy basket	5
22A	41. Gore and more	3
23A	42. Welcome at the front door	5
24A	44. See 33-Across	6
25A	46. Parts of soft palates	6
26A	48. Score specification	3
27A	49. Some significant others, for short	3
28A	52. Crop problem	3
29A	53. Hairy Tibetan beasts	4
30A	56. ___ the Saxon (Ivanhoe's father in "Ivanhoe")	6
31A	58. Christmas trees	4
32A	60. "___ kidding!"	5
33A	62. Sound heard before many a classic movie	4
34A	63. Make amends?	4
35A	64. [Silence]	10
36A	66. Certain pizza topping, slangily	4
37A	67. Forthright	4
38A	68. Game played on a 91' x 13' court	5
39A	69. Attractive older fellow	9
40A	70. Forks and knives, e.g.	10
41A	71. Symbol of privilege	11

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. Christmas classic covered by Bing Crosby and Bob Dylan, among others"

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: SILVERBELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Kind of gorilla"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the 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: SILVERBACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Second-best era"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SILVERAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Matrimony"

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 an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
• Words that mean the same thing: conglutination, North, marriage
• The opposite would be: separation, nonunion
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. ___ Park (neighborhood in central Los Angeles)"

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 repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Words that mean the same thing: reverberation, recall, replication
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Neologism for the "best ever""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
• Words that mean the same thing: laughingstock, Capricorn, stooge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Six Premier League teams play in it"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: LONDONAREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Other: Sp."

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: OTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Apt foreign rhyme of "moon""

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: LUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. 2016 inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame"

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: ONEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Prom purchase"

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 woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
• Words that mean the same thing: nightdress, surgical gown, scrubs
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Discharges"

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 eliminate from the body
• Words that mean the same thing: egest, excrete, pass
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Do a certain veterinary job"

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 remove the ovaries of
• Words that mean the same thing: alter, castrate, neuter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Nudge"

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 sharp change in direction
• Words that mean the same thing: nudge, even up, clip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Old-fashioned possessive"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Whitman of "Arrested Development""

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: MAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Japanese company with six stars in its logo"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SUBARU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. With 44-Across, bit of consolation ... or a feature of this puzzle's grid?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
• Words that mean the same thing: silverish, facile, ash grey
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Like 2017 and 2027"

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 number that has no factor but itself and 1
• Words that mean the same thing: ground, prime quantity, flower
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Something found in strands"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Easy basket"

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: TIPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Gore and more"

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 thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 13, AL, Lou Gehrig's disease
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Welcome at the front door"

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: SEEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. See 33-Across"

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 protective covering that protects an inside surface
• Words that mean the same thing: trace, draw, liner
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Parts of soft palates"

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 small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
• Words that mean the same thing: uvula
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UVULAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Score specification"

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 metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
• Words that mean the same thing: keystone, key fruit, central
• The opposite would be: atonality
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Some significant others, 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: BFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Crop problem"

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 state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
• Words that mean the same thing: molder, decompose, moulder
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Hairy Tibetan beasts"

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 large long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
• Words that mean the same thing: gab, chatter, cackle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. ___ the Saxon (Ivanhoe's father in "Ivanhoe")"

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: CEDRIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Christmas trees"

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 nonresinous wood of a fir tree
• Words that mean the same thing: true fir, fir, fir tree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. "___ kidding!""

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: YOURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Sound heard before many a classic movie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a deep prolonged loud noise
• Words that mean the same thing: bellowing, holloa, yawl
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Make amends?"

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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Words that mean the same thing: blue-pencil, edit out, redact
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. [Silence]"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: NORESPONSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Certain pizza topping, slangily"

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: RONI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Forthright"

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 clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Words that mean the same thing: undecided, unresolved, receptive
• The opposite would be: covert, shut
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Game played on a 91' x 13' court"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
• Words that mean the same thing: bocci, boccie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOCCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Attractive older fellow"

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: SILVERFOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "70. Forks and knives, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILVERWARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "71. Symbol of privilege"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SILVERSPOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword September 16, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Simple solution to a big problem	12
2D	2. "Just stop already!"	6
3D	3. Laura of "Ozark"	6
4D	4. Mine locales	5
5D	5. Caps or cones preceder	3
6D	6. Cannellini, e.g.	4
7D	7. The National Mall has more than 300 of them	5
8D	8. Shabbily made	5
9D	9. Famously sleepy animals	6
10D	10. Terribly eager	4
11D	11. Monopoly square between Marvin Gardens and Pacific Avenue	8
12D	12. Extremely catchy tunes	8
13D	16. Gift of persuasiveness	12
14D	18. Like some healthier potato chips	6
15D	24. "I did NOT need to hear that!," in brief	3
16D	26. "Absolutely!"	3
17D	30. Heinous	4
18D	32. Crow	4
19D	33. Compete in the America's Cup, say	4
20D	34. Prefix with genetics	3
21D	35. An ice place to go?	4
22D	37. Lacking	8
23D	38. Nearly massless subatomic particle	8
24D	40. Some flower girls	6
25D	42. Marvel character with metallic skin	12
26D	43. Thumbs-down	3
27D	45. Dec. 31	3
28D	47. "Here's an idea ..."	6
29D	49. Player at the highest-elevation N.F.L. stadium	6
30D	50. Debacle	6
31D	51. Metonym for the movie industry	12
32D	54. Super Mario creature that resembles a turtle	5
33D	55. More confident	5
34D	57. Sag	5
35D	59. Pixy ___ (candy brand)	4
36D	61. Philosopher Descartes	4
37D	65. Airer of Ken Burns documentaries	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. Simple solution to a big problem"

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: SILVERBULLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Just stop already!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: adequate, sufficiency, decent
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENOUGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Laura of "Ozark""

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: LINNEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Mine locales"

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 deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
• Words that mean the same thing: lode, load
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Caps or cones preceder"

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: SNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Cannellini, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various edible seeds of plants of the family leguminosae used for food
• Words that mean the same thing: dome, attic, noodle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. The National Mall has more than 300 of them"

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: demesne, estate, Acre
• The 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 8 Down: "8. Shabbily made"

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 relatively low in price or charging low prices
• Words that mean the same thing: flashy, tatty, chinchy
• The opposite would be: expensive
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Famously sleepy animals"

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 sluggish tailless australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
• Words that mean the same thing: kangaroo bear, koala bear, native bear
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Terribly eager"

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

  The answer is: AGOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Monopoly square between Marvin Gardens and Pacific Avenue"

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: GOTOJAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Extremely catchy tunes"

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: EARWORMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "16. Gift of persuasiveness"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SILVERTONGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Like some healthier potato chips"

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: NOSALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "24. "I did NOT need to hear that!," in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. "Absolutely!""

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: YUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "30. Heinous"

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 morally objectionable behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: wickedness, evilness, immorality
• The opposite would be: goodness, good
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "32. Crow"

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 instance of boastful talk
• Words that mean the same thing: blow, bluster, boast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "33. Compete in the America's Cup, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: sheet, canvas, navigate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. Prefix with genetics"

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 21 Down: "35. An ice place to go?"

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 building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
• Words that mean the same thing: skating rink
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Lacking"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: DEVOIDOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Nearly massless subatomic particle"

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 an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEUTRINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Some flower girls"

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 daughter of your brother or sister
• Words that mean the same thing: niece
• The opposite would be: nephew
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIECES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Marvel character with metallic skin"

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: SILVERSURFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Thumbs-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 not this merely but also; not only so but
• The opposite would be: yea
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Dec. 31"

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: NYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. "Here's an idea ...""

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: SAYNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Player at the highest-elevation N.F.L. stadium"

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 an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
• Words that mean the same thing: broncho, bronc
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRONCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Debacle"

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 sudden and violent collapse
• Words that mean the same thing: debacle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIASCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Metonym for the movie industry"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert 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: SILVERSCREEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Super Mario creature that resembles a turtle"

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: KOOPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. More confident"

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 having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
• Words that mean the same thing: sure, certain, trusted
• The opposite would be: unsure, uncertain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SURER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Sag"

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

  The answer is: DROOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Pixy ___ (candy brand)"

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: STIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Philosopher Descartes"

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: RENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "65. Airer of Ken Burns documentaries"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	71.8%
Short Answer	14	17.9%
Sports	3	3.8%
Movies/Film	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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June 06, 2022 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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, June 06, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

June 06, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Kudzu or ivy	4
2A	5. Alternative to solid, liquid or gas	6
3A	11. ___ Lanka	3
4A	14. Celebrity who's adored	4
5A	15. Coded message	6
6A	16. Nonhuman member of the family	3
7A	17. *Secretary of Perry Mason	11
8A	19. "A" card in the deck	3
9A	20. Science fiction writer Asimov	5
10A	21. Variety	3
11A	22. Do the hustle?	4
12A	23. *Alcoholics Anonymous program	11
13A	27. Hosts with mics, for short	3
14A	30. Call between ready and go	3
15A	31. Indigenous people for whom a Great Lake is named	5
16A	32. Trees with acorns	4
17A	34. Drug also known as angel dust, in brief	3
18A	36. Measuring instrument that may have a needle	5
19A	39. *Finish a gymnastics routine perfectly	15
20A	43. Justice Sotomayor	5
21A	44. Little rascal	3
22A	45. Doe's mate	4
23A	46. Memos	5
24A	49. Nile snake	3
25A	51. Pigs' place	3
26A	52. *Description of a wholesome, clean-cut guy	11
27A	55. Make ___ meet	4
28A	56. Letter between oh and cue	3
29A	57. Element suggested phonetically by NOPQ STUV ...	5
30A	62. Hawaiian necklace	3
31A	63. Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues?	11
32A	66. Sass	3
33A	67. Similar chemical compound	6
34A	68. Actor McGregor	4
35A	69. Chicago trains	3
36A	70. Big name in small planes	6
37A	71. Diarist Frank	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. Kudzu or ivy"

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 plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Alternative to solid, liquid or gas"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
• Words that mean the same thing: plasm, blood plasma
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLASMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. ___ Lanka"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Celebrity who's adored"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a material effigy that is worshipped
• Words that mean the same thing: perfection, god, graven image
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Coded message"

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 message written in a secret code
• Words that mean the same thing: zip, reckon, nothing
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIPHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Nonhuman member of the family"

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

  The answer is: PET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. *Secretary of Perry Mason"

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: DELLASTREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "A" card in the deck"

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: single, star, first-rate
• The 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 9 Across: "20. Science fiction writer Asimov"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) the second patriarch; son of abraham and sarah who was offered by abraham as a sacrifice to god; father of jacob and esau
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISAAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. 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 11 Across: "22. Do the hustle?"

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 fraudulent business scheme
• Words that mean the same thing: victimize, defraud, cozenage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. *Alcoholics Anonymous program"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TWELVESTEPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Hosts with mics, 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 one million periods per second
• Words that mean the same thing: megacycle per second, Mc, megahertz
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Call between ready and go"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: countersink, ready, rigid
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Indigenous people for whom a Great Lake is named"

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 member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie, Erie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Trees with acorns"

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 hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
• Words that mean the same thing: oak, oak tree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Drug also known as angel dust, in brief"

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 person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
• Words that mean the same thing: angel dust, phencyclidine, caregiver
• The 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 18 Across: "36. Measuring instrument that may have a needle"

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 measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: bore, judge, approximate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAUGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. *Finish a gymnastics routine perfectly"

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: STICKTHELANDING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Justice Sotomayor"

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: SONIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Little rascal"

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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Words that mean the same thing: rapscallion, monkey, rascal
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Doe's mate"

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

  The answer is: STAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Memos"

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 brief written record
• Words that mean the same thing: billet, remark, bank bill
• The opposite would be: ignore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Nile snake"

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: Egyptian cobra, Naja haje, 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 25 Across: "51. Pigs' place"

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: hordeolum, stye, pigsty
• The 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 26 Across: "52. *Description of a wholesome, clean-cut guy"

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: BOYNEXTDOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Make ___ meet"

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

  The answer is: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Letter between oh and cue"

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 liquid excretory product
• Words that mean the same thing: urinate, spend a penny, micturate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Element suggested phonetically by NOPQ STUV ..."

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 colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: Ar, atomic number 18
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Hawaiian necklace"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: chaplet, leu, wreath
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HONEYIMHOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Sass"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
• Words that mean the same thing: backtalk, rim, brim
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Similar chemical compound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISOMER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Actor McGregor"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: EWAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Chicago trains"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: EL, overhead railway, elevated railroad
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Big name in small planes"

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: CESSNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Diarist Frank"

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 queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNE

  Great job if you got it right!

June 06, 2022 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Veni, ___, vici"	4
2D	2. Midmonth date	4
3D	3. Mardi Gras city, informally	4
4D	4. Jazz great Fitzgerald	4
5D	5. Some laptops, for short	3
6D	6. On fire	3
7D	7. Busy month for accountants	5
8D	8. Table for later	6
9D	9. More timid	6
10D	10. "But is it ___?"	3
11D	11. Attire for astronauts	10
12D	12. Summary	5
13D	13. Trinkets, tchotchkes and whatnot	5
14D	18. "Macbeth" has five of these	4
15D	22. Places	6
16D	24. Cried	4
17D	25. Write on stone, say	4
18D	26. Road Work Ahead or Dead End	4
19D	27. Carpet on a forest floor	4
20D	28. Famed Roman censor	4
21D	29. Is unsuited to go swimming, but does so anyway?	10
22D	33. Descendants	6
23D	35. I. M. ___, Louvre Pyramid architect	3
24D	37. Swarming pest	4
25D	38. Like holiday nogs	4
26D	40. Fashion designer Spade	4
27D	41. "OMG, that's so funny!"	4
28D	42. Lhasa ___ (dog breed)	4
29D	47. Many a newspaper scoop	6
30D	48. Shorthand writers	6
31D	50. Baby buggy, to Brits	4
32D	52. "Beauty and the Beast" heroine	5
33D	53. Baseball great Buck	5
34D	54. Considers	5
35D	58. Perlman of "Cheers"	4
36D	59. Dress worn to a ball	4
37D	60. Its capital is Muscat	4
38D	61. Hawaii's only native goose	4
39D	63. Juice brand with a hyphenated name	3
40D	64. Japanese currency	3
41D	65. Savings plan, briefly	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. "Veni, ___, vici""

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: VIDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Midmonth date"

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 in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Mardi Gras city, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Jazz great Fitzgerald"

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: ELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Some laptops, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
• Words that mean the same thing: PC, microcomputer, personal computer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. On fire"

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 humanistic study of a body of literature
• Words that mean the same thing: ignite, illumine, fall
• The opposite would be: unlighted, extinguish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Busy month for accountants"

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 month following march and preceding may
• Words that mean the same thing: Apr
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APRIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Table for later"

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 hold back to a later time
• Words that mean the same thing: hold over, put off, defer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHELVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. More timid"

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 humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
• Words that mean the same thing: meek, tame, modest
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEEKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "But is it ___?""

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 the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: graphics, artistic creation, prowess
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Attire for astronauts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer space
• Words that mean the same thing: spacesuit
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPACESUITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Summary"

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 summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
• Words that mean the same thing: retread, review, recapitulate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RECAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Trinkets, tchotchkes and whatnot"

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 distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
• Words that mean the same thing: particular, item, token
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. "Macbeth" has five of these"

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 new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Words that mean the same thing: do, roleplay, playact
• 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: ACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Places"

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 post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• Words that mean the same thing: stead, position, lieu
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Cried"

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 shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
• Words that mean the same thing: weep, cry
• The opposite would be: laugh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Write on stone, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make an etching of
• Words that mean the same thing: engrave
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Road Work Ahead or Dead End"

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

  The answer is: SIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Carpet on a forest floor"

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

  The answer is: MOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Famed Roman censor"

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: CATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Is unsuited to go swimming, but does so anyway?"

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: SKINNYDIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Descendants"

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

  The answer is: SCIONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. I. M. ___, Louvre Pyramid architect"

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 united states architect (born in china in 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ieoh Ming Pei, I. M. Pei
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Swarming pest"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Like holiday nogs"

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: EGGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Fashion designer Spade"

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: KATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. "OMG, that's so funny!""

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: LMAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Lhasa ___ (dog breed)"

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: APSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Many a newspaper scoop"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
• Words that mean the same thing: give away, discover, break
• The opposite would be: cover
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXPOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Shorthand writers"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium 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: STENOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Baby buggy, to Brits"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
• Words that mean the same thing: stroller, perambulator, baby buggy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. "Beauty and the Beast" heroine"

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 young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Baseball great Buck"

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: ONEIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Considers"

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 keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
• Words that mean the same thing: take for, view as, deem
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Perlman of "Cheers""

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 fertility goddess in ancient greek mythology; wife of cronus and mother of zeus; identified with roman ops and cybele of ancient asia minor
• Words that mean the same thing: nandu, Rhea americana, Pterocnemia pennata
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Dress worn to a ball"

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 woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
• Words that mean the same thing: night-robe, robe, nightdress
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Its capital is Muscat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the arabian peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
• Words that mean the same thing: Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of Oman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Hawaii's only native goose"

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: NENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Juice brand with a hyphenated 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: HIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. Japanese currency"

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 yearning for something or to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: yearn, ache, hankering
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "65. Savings plan, briefly"

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 a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: Provisional IRA, anger, Provos
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	59.0%
Short Answer	18	23.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Science/Technology	3	3.8%
Abbreviation	3	3.8%
Geography	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 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!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 09, 2025 at 03:23 PM