February 19, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 81 (39 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

February 19, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Drop a line?	4
2A	5. Verb conjugated suis, es, est, etc.	4
3A	9. Third-place finisher in 1992	5
4A	14. Language group of southern Africa	5
5A	15. Neighbor of Cambodia	4
6A	16. Jelly option	5
7A	17. Reduces to bits	5
8A	18. One competing with Uber	10
9A	20. Iron alloy that includes a bit of tungsten and chromium	9
10A	22. People in go-karts	6
11A	23. Mast	4
12A	24. Picture from a parlor, informally	3
13A	25. When repeated, a hip-hop dance	3
14A	26. Add (up)	3
15A	28. Volunteer for another tour	4
16A	31. Not yet out of the running	4
17A	33. Physics 101 subject	4
18A	35. Tchotchkes	11
19A	40. Fountain choices	5
20A	42. Verbal tussle	4
21A	43. Response to a computer crash	5
22A	44. Incompetent figure of old slapstick	11
23A	47. ___ pony	4
24A	48. Tennis champ Mandlikova	4
25A	49. Just gets (by)	4
26A	51. Pony ___	3
27A	52. T.S.A. requests	3
28A	55. Grammy category	3
29A	56. Something of little interest, a homeowner hopes	4
30A	58. Himalayan language	6
31A	60. Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically	9
32A	65. Show interest romantically ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to 20- and 44-Across, phonetically	10
33A	67. Lollipop-sucking TV detective	5
34A	68. Wyatt and Warren of the Old West	5
35A	69. Suffix with senior	4
36A	70. Muse of love poetry	5
37A	71. Something done up in an updo	5
38A	72. Popular game that needs no equipment	4
39A	73. Few and far between	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. Drop a line?"

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 any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
• Words that mean the same thing: Pisces, angle, Pisces the Fishes
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Verb conjugated suis, es, est, etc."

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: ETRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Third-place finisher in 1992"

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: PEROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Language group of southern Africa"

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 member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of central and south africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Bantoid 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: BANTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Neighbor of Cambodia"

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 mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
• Words that mean the same thing: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laotian, Lao
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Jelly option"

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 various juicy fruit of the genus vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
• Words that mean the same thing: grapeshot, grapevine, grape vine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Reduces to bits"

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 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
• Words that mean the same thing: Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice, rice
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. One competing with Uber"

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: LYFTDRIVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Iron alloy that includes a bit of tungsten and chromium"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLUESTEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. People in go-karts"

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 drives racing cars at high speeds
• Words that mean the same thing: race driver, race car, racer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Mast"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
• Words that mean the same thing: sparring
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Picture from a parlor, informally"

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 tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
• Words that mean the same thing: Thematic Apperception Test, sleaze, cheapness
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. When repeated, a hip-hop dance"

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: NAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Add (up)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: sum, add together, add 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: TOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Volunteer for another tour"

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: REUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Not yet out of the running"

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: INIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Physics 101 subject"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Words that mean the same thing: speck, particle, molecule
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Tchotchkes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small inexpensive mass-produced article
• Words that mean the same thing: knickknackery, novelty, knickknack
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNICKKNACKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Fountain choices"

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 sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
• Words that mean the same thing: soda ash, pop, tonic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SODAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Verbal tussle"

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

  The answer is: SPAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Response to a computer crash"

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 utterance expressing pain or disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: moan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Incompetent figure of old slapstick"

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: KEYSTONEKOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. ___ pony"

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 venetian traveler who explored asia in the 13th century and served kublai khan (1254-1324)
• Words that mean the same thing: Marco Polo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Tennis champ Mandlikova"

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: HANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Just gets (by)"

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: EKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Pony ___"

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

  The answer is: KEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. T.S.A. requests"

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 in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: ID, id, Idaho
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Grammy category"

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 reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: hip-hop, blame, pink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Something of little interest, a homeowner hopes"

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: REFI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Himalayan language"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of nepal
• Words that mean the same thing: Nepalese
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEPALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: SWIPELEFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Show interest romantically ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to 20- and 44-Across, phonetically"

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: SWIPERIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Lollipop-sucking TV detective"

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: KOJAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Wyatt and Warren of the Old West"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: EARPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Suffix with senior"

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: ITIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Muse of love poetry"

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 (greek mythology) the muse of lyric and love poetry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Something done up in an updo"

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

  The answer is: TRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "72. Popular game that needs no equipment"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "73. Few and far between"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Words that mean the same thing: rarified, rarefied, uncommon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RARE

  Great job if you got it right!

February 19, 2020 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Not get above 60, say	4
2D	2. Behind bars	9
3D	3. Like a double black diamond trail	5
4D	4. Hungarian horseman	6
5D	5. Fashion magazine with more than 40 international editions	4
6D	6. Actor Diggs	4
7D	7. Not just "ha ha"	4
8D	8. Winter zone in D.C.	3
9D	9. What a curse might lead to	8
10D	10. Former attorney general Holder	4
11D	11. Baltimore N.F.L.'er	5
12D	12. "Don Giovanni," e.g.	5
13D	13. Lacking in detail	5
14D	14. "Just a sec!," in a text	3
15D	19. Chugged or sipped	5
16D	21. Go the distance?	4
17D	24. Popular video-sharing service	6
18D	26. Project manager's assignment	4
19D	27. Onetime buffalo-hunting tribe	4
20D	29. Open, as a purse	6
21D	30. Part of a church organ	4
22D	32. Camper's cover	4
23D	34. Pulp	4
24D	36. Wedding reception staple	4
25D	37. Embarrassing thing to have one's hand caught in	9
26D	38. Member of the cabbage family	4
27D	39. Kiss amorously	4
28D	41. Like an overcast night	8
29D	45. Studio sign	5
30D	46. ___ walk	4
31D	50. Harry Potter's Quidditch position	6
32D	52. Alaska or Hawaii, often	5
33D	53. ___ flask (thermos)	5
34D	54. Steeple topper	5
35D	57. Herbivore's diet	5
36D	59. 24-Down and others	4
37D	60. Capt.'s inferiors	4
38D	61. Legislature V.I.P.	4
39D	62. Tiny, informally	4
40D	63. It's unavoidable	4
41D	64. Ring result, for short	3
42D	66. :15 number	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. Not get above 60, 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 fail to do something; leave something undone
• Words that mean the same thing: go wrong, neglect, flush it
• The opposite would be: succeed, pass
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Behind bars"

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: INCUSTODY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Like a double black diamond trail"

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 steep place (as on a hill)
• Words that mean the same thing: soak up, usurious, exorbitant
• The opposite would be: gradual
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Hungarian horseman"

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 member of a european light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUSSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fashion magazine with more than 40 international editions"

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: ELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Actor Diggs"

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: TAYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Not just "ha ha""

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: ROFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Winter zone in D.C."

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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. What a curse might lead to"

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: PGRATING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Former attorney general Holder"

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: ERIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Baltimore N.F.L.'er"

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 large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
• Words that mean the same thing: pig, prey, predate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Don Giovanni," e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
• Words that mean the same thing: opera house
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Lacking in detail"

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 brief and to the point; effectively cut short
• Words that mean the same thing: crisp, laconic, curt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. "Just a sec!," in a text"

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: BRB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Chugged or sipped"

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 take in liquids
• Words that mean the same thing: imbibe, toast, pledge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Go the distance?"

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

  The answer is: TREK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Popular video-sharing service"

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: TIKTOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Project manager's assignment"

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 piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
• Words that mean the same thing: tax, labor, job
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Onetime buffalo-hunting tribe"

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 member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Words that mean the same thing: Oto
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Open, as a purse"

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: UNSNAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Part of a church organ"

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 tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
• Words that mean the same thing: tube, tobacco pipe, organ pipe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Camper's cover"

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

  The answer is: TARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Pulp"

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 mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
• Words that mean the same thing: bray, crunch, philander
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Wedding reception staple"

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 block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
• Words that mean the same thing: bar, patty, 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: CAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Embarrassing thing to have one's hand caught in"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COOKIEJAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Member of the cabbage 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 informal terms for money
• Words that mean the same thing: shekels, cabbage, clams
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Kiss amorously"

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 touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: kiss, buss, osculate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Like an overcast night"

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 not starry; having no stars or starlike objects
• The opposite would be: starry
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARLESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Studio sign"

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: ONAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. ___ walk"

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: PERP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Harry Potter's Quidditch position"

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 someone making a search or inquiry
• Words that mean the same thing: quester, searcher
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Alaska or Hawaii, often"

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 small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
• Words that mean the same thing: gusset, insert
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. ___ flask (thermos)"

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 vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments
• Words that mean the same thing: Dewar flask, Sir James Dewar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEWAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Steeple topper"

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 tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
• Words that mean the same thing: steeple
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Herbivore's diet"

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 all the plant life in a particular region or period
• Words that mean the same thing: botany, vegetation, plant
• The opposite would be: fauna
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. 24-Down and others"

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: APPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Capt.'s inferiors"

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: SGTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Legislature V.I.P."

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 instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
• Words that mean the same thing: worst, rack up, pip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Tiny, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. It's unavoidable"

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 event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
• Words that mean the same thing: designate, fortune, destiny
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "64. Ring result, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
• Words that mean the same thing: technical knockout
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "66. :15 number"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: triplet, troika, trinity
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: III

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	65	80.2%
Short Answer	9	11.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.5%
History	2	2.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.2%
Sports	1	1.2%
Abbreviation	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	81
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (28 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, July 10, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (28 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle July 10, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Goof	15
2A	16. Mischievous character in West African folklore	15
3A	17. Hosts	15
4A	18. David who took 15 years to write "The History of England"	4
5A	19. Cut into	5
6A	20. Andy Capp's wife in the comics	3
7A	21. Somme times	4
8A	22. Fabergé egg recipient	4
9A	24. "The pretty worm of Nilus ... that kills and pains not," per Shakespeare	3
10A	26. Concept in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism	6
11A	30. Swashbuckler's implement	6
12A	32. Course	5
13A	34. "You couldn't be more wrong!"	5
14A	35. Diplomatic successes	7
15A	39. Find inner strength	7
16A	41. ___ Island	5
17A	42. Will can change it	5
18A	44. Total package?	6
19A	46. Shameless sycophant	6
20A	49. Doubly hyphenated fig.	3
21A	50. Book it	4
22A	52. Where the idiom "on a roll" comes from	4
23A	55. Self starter?	3
24A	57. Attendant of Dionysus	5
25A	60. New Balance competitor	4
26A	61. Passive-aggressive tactic	15
27A	64. Renter's amenity	15
28A	65. Gaze at with appreciation	15

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. Goof"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CARELESSMISTAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "16. Mischievous character in West African folklore"

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: ANANSITHESPIDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "17. Hosts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COMMUNIONWAFERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "18. David who took 15 years to write "The History of England""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)
• Words that mean the same thing: David Hume
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "19. Cut into"

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 become ground down or deteriorate
• Words that mean the same thing: gnaw at, wear away, eat 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: ERODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "20. Andy Capp's wife in the comics"

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: FLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "21. Somme times"

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: ETES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "22. Fabergé egg recipient"

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 monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: tzar, czar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "24. "The pretty worm of Nilus ... that kills and pains not," per Shakespeare"

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: 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 10 Across: "26. Concept in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism"

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 basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DHARMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "30. Swashbuckler's implement"

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 straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
• Words that mean the same thing: tuck
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "32. Course"

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 established line of travel or access
• Words that mean the same thing: road, path, itinerary
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "34. "You couldn't be more wrong!""

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: GODNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "35. Diplomatic successes"

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 harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
• Words that mean the same thing: treaty, accordance, concord
• The opposite would be: disagreement
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCORDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "39. Find inner strength"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DIGDEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "41. ___ Island"

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: RHODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "42. Will can change it"

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 grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
• Words that mean the same thing: strain, tense up
• The opposite would be: relaxed, relax
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "44. Total package?"

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 grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
• Words that mean the same thing: food grain, grain, cereal grass
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEREAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "46. Shameless sycophant"

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 dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAPDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "49. Doubly hyphenated fig."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "50. Book it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
• Words that mean the same thing: way, board, elbow room
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "52. Where the idiom "on a roll" comes from"

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 small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
• Words that mean the same thing: die, cube
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "55. Self starter?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "57. Attendant of Dionysus"

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 man with strong sexual desires
• Words that mean the same thing: letch, lecher, lech
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATYR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "60. New Balance competitor"

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: AVIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "61. Passive-aggressive tactic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SILENTTREATMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "64. Renter's amenity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PRIVATEENTRANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "65. Gaze at with appreciation"

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: FEASTONESEYESON

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - July 10, 2021 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Computer store	5
2D	2. Have ___ (be able to save face)	5
3D	3. Hit hard	6
4D	4. Snarl	6
5D	5. Sch. whose yearbook is the "Gumbo"	3
6D	6. Strauss's "___ Nacht in Venedig"	4
7D	7. Brouhaha	4
8D	8. Aim for	7
9D	9. Sets right	5
10D	10. "Seriously!"	6
11D	11. Place of salubrity	3
12D	12. Two in a row, say?	4
13D	13. Capital city near Kangaroo Island	8
14D	14. It's called paraffin oil in the U.K.	8
15D	15. Starts of hedges	3
16D	23. Unkempt	6
17D	25. Hold (up)	4
18D	27. Unfulfilled duty	6
19D	28. Staff	3
20D	29. Sine qua non	4
21D	31. What a whale watcher may watch	3
22D	33. Mystery writer Buchanan	4
23D	35. Doesn't go straight, in a way	4
24D	36. Birthplace of Lewis Carroll	8
25D	37. Julius Caesar's first wife	8
26D	38. Wordsworth wrote one about a cuckoo	3
27D	40. Web access co.	3
28D	43. It has furrowed gray bark	7
29D	45. Came in behind	6
30D	47. ___ Brown, Whoopi Goldberg's role in "Ghost"	6
31D	48. Established facts	6
32D	51. Like some 44-Across	5
33D	53. Part of mayo that's most popular?	5
34D	54. No longer on the table	5
35D	56. Cranks (up)	4
36D	58. Urges	4
37D	59. Play a critical role?	4
38D	61. Block letters?	3
39D	62. Bryce Harper when he won a 2015 M.V.P. award, e.g.	3
40D	63. Tax	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. Computer store"

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 hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
• Words that mean the same thing: memory cache, hoard, lay 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: CACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Have ___ (be able to save face)"

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: ANOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Hit hard"

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 strike or drive against with a heavy impact
• Words that mean the same thing: chock up, force, jampack
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Snarl"

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 entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh
• Words that mean the same thing: ensnarl, mesh
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENMESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Sch. whose yearbook is the "Gumbo""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: LSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Strauss's "___ Nacht in Venedig""

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: EINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Brouhaha"

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 prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Words that mean the same thing: splash, call down, bring 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: STIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Aim for"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHOOTAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sets right"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: mend, restore, reparation
• The opposite would be: break
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Seriously!""

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: ISWEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Place of salubrity"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: watering hole, watering place, resort hotel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Two in a row, 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 quarrel about petty points
• Words that mean the same thing: fuss, squabble, pettifoggery
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Capital city near Kangaroo Island"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state capital of south australia
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADELAIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. It's called paraffin oil in the U.K."

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 flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
• Words that mean the same thing: coal oil, lamp oil, kerosine
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEROSENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Starts of hedges"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Words that mean the same thing: Er, emergency room, atomic number 68
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Unkempt"

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 treat cruelly
• Words that mean the same thing: chew up, call down, take to task
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAGGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Hold (up)"

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 support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
• Words that mean the same thing: prop up, airplane propeller, shore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Unfulfilled duty"

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: ARREAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Staff"

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 long thin implement made of metal or wood
• Words that mean the same thing: gat, retinal rod, pole
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Sine qua non"

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 necessary or essential thing
• Words that mean the same thing: moldiness, mustiness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. What a whale watcher may watch"

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 vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• Words that mean the same thing: fuel pod, seedcase, cod
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Mystery writer Buchanan"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Doesn't go straight, in a way"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Words that mean the same thing: bow, electric arc, discharge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Birthplace of Lewis Carroll"

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: CHESHIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Julius Caesar's first wife"

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: CORNELIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Wordsworth wrote one about a cuckoo"

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Web access co."

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: ISP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. It has furrowed gray bark"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELMTREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Came in behind"

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: LOSTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. ___ Brown, Whoopi Goldberg's role in "Ghost""

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: ODAMAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Established facts"

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 assumption that is taken for granted
• Words that mean the same thing: given, presumption, precondition
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIVENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Like some 44-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Part of mayo that's most popular?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CINCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. No longer on the table"

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

  The answer is: EATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Cranks (up)"

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: rev, rev up, 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 36 Down: "58. Urges"

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

  The answer is: YENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Play a critical role?"

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 magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
• Words that mean the same thing: pace, grade, place
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Block letters?"

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

  The answer is: SPF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Bryce Harper when he won a 2015 M.V.P. award, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: NAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. Tax"

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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: try out, seek, taste
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	73.5%
Short Answer	10	14.7%
Literature	3	4.4%
History	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Geography	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	28
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 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 16, 2025 at 09:42 AM