September 25, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (31 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

September 25, 2019 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Director Wright	5
2A	6. Like watermelons from May to September	8
3A	14. Dern of "Big Little Lies"	5
4A	15. Fashion trend that involves comfortable, regular-looking clothing	8
5A	16. Results of having ants in one's pants?	14
6A	18. Court fig.	3
7A	19. Part of a roof	4
8A	20. ___ canal	4
9A	21. Leisurely pace	5
10A	23. African antelope	3
11A	25. Ones considering which brand of ice cream to buy?	12
12A	29. Defeat	4
13A	30. Exist	3
14A	31. Pioneer in I.M.'ing	3
15A	33. Middle name of Sean Lennon	3
16A	34. Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum ... or a hint to 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across	6
17A	37. Lupino of "High Sierra"	3
18A	38. Target of a knee M.R.I.	3
19A	39. "Thumbs-up"	3
20A	40. "Good heavens, old chap!"	4
21A	41. Casas?	12
22A	46. Low, sandy island	3
23A	47. Parts of shirtsleeves	5
24A	48. One-legged, single-minded sea captain	4
25A	51. Idle	4
26A	52. "Big Little Lies" network	3
27A	55. Food for thought?	14
28A	59. Ingredient in Worcestershire sauce	8
29A	60. "Honest!"	5
30A	61. They may accompany winks	8
31A	62. Guys' partners, on Broadway	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Director Wright"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the younger brother of edwy who became king of northumbria when it renounced edwy; on edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of england (944-975)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDGAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Like watermelons from May to September"

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: INSEASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Dern of "Big Little Lies""

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: LAURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Fashion trend that involves comfortable, regular-looking clothing"

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: NORMCORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Results of having ants in one's pants?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: BRITCHESITCHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Court 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: ATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Part of a roof"

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: EAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. ___ canal"

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 (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: beginning, theme, rootage
• The opposite would be: descendant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Leisurely pace"

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 leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
• Words that mean the same thing: saunter, stroll, mosey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. African antelope"

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

  The answer is: GNU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Ones considering which brand of ice cream to buy?"

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: BREYERSEYERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "29. Defeat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the supreme effort one can make
• Words that mean the same thing: topper, salutary, safe
• The opposite would be: worst, badly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Exist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: comprise, be, make up
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Pioneer in I.M.'ing"

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: AOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Middle name of Sean Lennon"

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 musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum ... or a hint to 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BREXIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Lupino of "High Sierra""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency of the united nations affiliated with the world bank
• Words that mean the same thing: International Development Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Target of a knee M.R.I."

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: ACL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. "Thumbs-up""

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: AOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. "Good heavens, old chap!""

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: ISAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Casas?"

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: HOMBRESHOMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Low, sandy island"

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 coral reef off the southern coast of florida
• Words that mean the same thing: key, Florida key
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Parts of shirtsleeves"

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 lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
• Words that mean the same thing: manacle, turnup, handcuff
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. One-legged, single-minded sea captain"

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 according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th century bc)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Idle"

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 shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
• Words that mean the same thing: fuck off, lollygag, frig around
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. "Big Little Lies" network"

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: HBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Food for thought?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CEREBRALCEREAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. Ingredient in Worcestershire sauce"

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 long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
• Words that mean the same thing: tamarindo, tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMARIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. "Honest!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. They may accompany winks"

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: SLYLOOKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Guys' partners, on Broadway"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small replica of a person; used as a toy
• Words that mean the same thing: doll, bird, skirt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOLLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle September 25, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Site of Napoleon's exile	4
2D	2. What might be tipped at a bar	4
3D	3. Highlight of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"	10
4D	4. Much graffiti	3
5D	5. Zoom past	6
6D	6. "The very thought!"	6
7D	7. Wine lover's asset	4
8D	8. Indian honorific	3
9D	9. First responder, for short	3
10D	10. Gather	6
11D	11. Upscale London district	4
12D	12. Dunkable treat	4
13D	13. "Empty ___" (1980s-'90s sitcom)	4
14D	17. Robust	4
15D	22. Crossed	3
16D	23. Spice Girl ___ Halliwell	4
17D	24. Moscow turndown	4
18D	25. Setting for the "Forrest Gump" movie poster	5
19D	26. Charlie Parker's instrument, informally	3
20D	27. Complains vociferously	10
21D	28. Fizzy drinks	5
22D	29. Prop for the dancer Gypsy Rose Lee	3
23D	32. Nonclerical	3
24D	34. The Who's "___ O'Riley"	4
25D	35. Golfer McIlroy	4
26D	36. Just manage, with "out"	3
27D	40. Financial arm of the U.N., for short	3
28D	42. Ally in a bygone legal drama	6
29D	43. Chastises	6
30D	44. 1950s blacklisting grp.	4
31D	45. Cross a line, say	6
32D	48. Performs	4
33D	49. Get better	4
34D	50. Fighting unit	4
35D	51. Like hair after rain	4
36D	53. Abandon an effort, in slang	4
37D	54. Cheers at a corrida	4
38D	56. "My man!"	3
39D	57. 1983 double-platinum Duran Duran album	3
40D	58. Pooh's pal	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. Site of Napoleon's exile"

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: ELBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. What might be tipped at a bar"

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 narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
• Words that mean the same thing: scud, fleet, shoot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Highlight of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven""

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: GUITARSOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Much graffiti"

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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: artistic creation, artistry, artistic production
• The 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 5 Down: "5. Zoom past"

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: RACEBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "The very thought!""

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: INEVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Wine lover's asset"

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 organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
• Words that mean the same thing: nuzzle, scent, nozzle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Indian honorific"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. First responder, 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: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Gather"

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

  The answer is: ACCRUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Upscale London district"

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 district in southwestern manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
• Words that mean the same thing: South of Houston
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Dunkable treat"

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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Empty ___" (1980s-'90s sitcom)"

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 structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• Words that mean the same thing: nestle, nuzzle, cuddle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Robust"

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 soldier of the american revolution who was hanged as a spy by the british; his last words were supposed to have been `i only regret that i have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
• Words that mean the same thing: drag, George Ellery Hale, whole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Crossed"

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 come together
• Words that mean the same thing: assemble, take on, touch
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Spice Girl ___ Halliwell"

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: GERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Moscow turndown"

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: NYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Setting for the "Forrest Gump" movie poster"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long seat for more than one person
• Words that mean the same thing: work bench, judiciary, terrace
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BENCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Charlie Parker's instrument, 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 a belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
• Words that mean the same thing: saxophone, Adolphe Sax
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Complains vociferously"

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: RAISESHELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Fizzy drinks"

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

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 water, soda pop, washing soda
• The 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 22 Down: "29. Prop for the dancer Gypsy Rose Lee"

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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
• Words that mean the same thing: feather boa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Nonclerical"

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 narrative song with a recurrent refrain
• Words that mean the same thing: place, lie, secular
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. The Who's "___ O'Riley""

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

  The answer is: BABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Golfer McIlroy"

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: RORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Just manage, with "out""

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: EKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Financial arm of the U.N., 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 united nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies
• Words that mean the same thing: International Monetary Fund
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Ally in a bygone legal drama"

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: MCBEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Chastises"

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 (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
• Words that mean the same thing: grumble, have words, nag
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOLDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. 1950s blacklisting grp."

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: HUAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Cross a line, say"

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 cause to feel resentment or indignation
• Words that mean the same thing: hurt, scandalise, pique
• The opposite would be: keep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OFFEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Performs"

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 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: turn, playact, act
• 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 33 Down: "49. Get better"

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 heal or recover
• Words that mean the same thing: cure, bring around, mend
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Fighting unit"

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 permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
• Words that mean the same thing: United States Army, US Army, regular army
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Like hair after rain"

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 long and thin and often limp
• Words that mean the same thing: spindly
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Abandon an effort, in slang"

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

  The answer is: BAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Cheers at a corrida"

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: OLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. "My man!""

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: BRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. 1983 double-platinum Duran Duran album"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "58. Pooh's pal"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	63.4%
Short Answer	19	26.8%
Food & Drink	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 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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October 02, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, October 02, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle October 02, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Mountains seen in the Swiss Miss logo	4
2A	5. Collection of maps	5
3A	10. Amount owed at a bar	3
4A	13. What to do to a deal or an envelope	4
5A	14. Excited cheer	5
6A	15. Marathon, for one	4
7A	16. Letter between Juliett and Lima in the NATO alphabet	4
8A	17. Warmest figures in weather forecasts	10
9A	19. Japanese warriors who rose to power in the 12th century	8
10A	21. Commencement	5
11A	22. Auto	3
12A	23. Has the rights to	4
13A	25. 1971 hit from the Who that begins "No one knows what it's like to be the bad man"	14
14A	32. Transmitted by phone line	5
15A	33. Full of bubbles, as laundry	5
16A	34. Commotion	3
17A	35. Make-up artist?	4
18A	36. Game ending in "mate"	5
19A	37. Lost traction	4
20A	38. Start to love?	3
21A	39. Disney princess from Polynesia	5
22A	40. Dog breed designated a "natural monument" by the Japanese government	5
23A	41. By a very direct route, idiomatically	14
24A	44. Resting on	4
25A	45. Some online communications, for short	3
26A	46. Many a stage whisper	5
27A	49. Wrap up … or a phonetic description of 17-, 19-, 25-, 41- and 54-Across	8
28A	54. Wearing a wig and sunglasses, say	10
29A	57. Stink	4
30A	58. Try to take weight off	4
31A	59. Van Gogh locale	5
32A	60. D, gradewise	4
33A	61. Hot spot for relaxation	3
34A	62. Hazardous winter weather	5
35A	63. Stately trees	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. Mountains seen in the Swiss Miss logo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Collection of maps"

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

  The answer is: ATLAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Amount owed at a bar"

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 bill in a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: yellow journalism, chit, pill
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. What to do to a deal or an envelope"

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 fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
• Words that mean the same thing: seal off, varnish, stamp
• The opposite would be: unseal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Excited cheer"

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 loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
• Words that mean the same thing: hack
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Marathon, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any competition
• Words that mean the same thing: subspecies, wash, hie
• The opposite would be: linger
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Letter between Juliett and Lima in the NATO alphabet"

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 one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: kilogram, kg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KILO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Warmest figures in weather forecasts"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: DAILYHIGHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Japanese warriors who rose to power in the 12th century"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy
• Words that mean the same thing: samurai
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAMURAIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Commencement"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the beginning or early stages
• Words that mean the same thing: oncoming, attack, onrush
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Auto"

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

  The answer is: CAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Has the rights to"

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 have ownership or possession of
• Words that mean the same thing: possess, have, own
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. 1971 hit from the Who that begins "No one knows what it's like to be the bad man""

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: BEHINDBLUEEYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Transmitted by phone line"

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 send something via a facsimile machine
• Words that mean the same thing: fax, telefax, facsimile
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAXED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Full of bubbles, as laundry"

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 resembling lather or covered with lather
• Words that mean the same thing: lathery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUDSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Commotion"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: bustle, stir, fuss
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Make-up artist?"

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 person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
• Words that mean the same thing: prevaricator
• The opposite would be: square shooter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Game ending in "mate""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that weedy annual native to europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
• Words that mean the same thing: cheat, Bromus secalinus, chess game
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Lost traction"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
• Words that mean the same thing: slither, slue, slew
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Start to love?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Disney princess from Polynesia"

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: MOANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Dog breed designated a "natural monument" by the Japanese government"

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: AKITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. By a very direct route, idiomatically"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: ASTHECROWFLIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Resting on"

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

  The answer is: ATOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Some online communications, 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: IMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Many a stage whisper"

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 line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
• Words that mean the same thing: away, divagation, by
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Wrap up … or a phonetic description of 17-, 19-, 25-, 41- and 54-Across"

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 make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
• Words that mean the same thing: nail down, finalise, settle
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FINALIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Wearing a wig and sunglasses, say"

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: INDISGUISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Stink"

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 property detected by the olfactory system
• Words that mean the same thing: olfactory property, olfactory sensation, smell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Try to take weight off"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a prescribed selection of foods
• Words that mean the same thing: dieting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Van Gogh locale"

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 money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
• Words that mean the same thing: earnest money
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. D, gradewise"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
• Words that mean the same thing: short, hapless, piteous
• The opposite would be: rich, rich people
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Hot spot for relaxation"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: watering place, watering hole, health spa
• The 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 34 Across: "62. Hazardous winter weather"

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 partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Stately trees"

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 any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Words that mean the same thing: elm, elmwood, elm 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: ELMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword October 02, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Poses a question	4
2D	2. "Star Wars" princess	4
3D	3. Tree that bends in a hurricane	4
4D	4. One not sitting up straight	8
5D	5. "Shucks!"	6
6D	6. Cuisine with panang curry	4
7D	7. Mom on "Family Guy"	4
8D	8. Yahoo alternative	3
9D	9. Mole … or a rat, maybe	3
10D	10. Identifies on Instagram, say	4
11D	11. Long (for)	4
12D	12. Word etched on most Oscar statuettes	4
13D	15. Part of a dishwasher cycle	5
14D	18. Sweetener found unspoiled in ancient Egyptian tombs	5
15D	20. Sneak attack	4
16D	23. Maxim	6
17D	24. Become too scared, with "out"	4
18D	25. Abandons plans unexpectedly	5
19D	26. Put on a pedestal	5
20D	27. E flat equivalent on a piano	6
21D	28. Good, in Spanish	5
22D	29. Bill or Hillary Clinton, scholastically	5
23D	30. Makes a long story short?	5
24D	31. Popular mixer for Scotch	4
25D	32. Tiny canine pest	4
26D	36. 2017 Pixar hit	4
27D	37. Trail labeled with a black diamond or blue square, say	8
28D	39. Distributes, with "out"	5
29D	40. ___ mater	4
30D	42. "I've ___!" (words of impatience)	5
31D	43. Second to none	6
32D	46. Lends a hand	4
33D	47. Scissors sound	4
34D	48. Bit of inspiration	4
35D	49. Tool for nails	4
36D	50. "Got it"	4
37D	51. "Survivor" immunity token	4
38D	52. Where you might see the message "the meeting host will let you in soon"	4
39D	53. Goofs	4
40D	55. Pedal next to the brake	3
41D	56. Web address, in brief	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. Poses a question"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: necessitate, need, inquire
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Star Wars" princess"

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: LEIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Tree that bends in a hurricane"

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 inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
• Words that mean the same thing: medal, thenar, ribbon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. One not sitting up straight"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOUCHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Shucks!""

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: AWDARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Cuisine with panang curry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Mom on "Family Guy""

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: LOIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Yahoo alternative"

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: AOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Mole … or a rat, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Identifies on Instagram, 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 a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: dog, tag, tag end
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Long (for)"

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 dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Words that mean the same thing: hurt, suffer, yen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Word etched on most Oscar statuettes"

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 the supreme effort one can make
• Words that mean the same thing: safe, salutary, outflank
• The opposite would be: badly, evil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Part of a dishwasher cycle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
• Words that mean the same thing: wash, rinsing, rinse off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RINSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Sweetener found unspoiled in ancient Egyptian tombs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
• Words that mean the same thing: beloved, dear, love
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HONEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Sneak attack"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sudden short attack
• Words that mean the same thing: foray, foray into, bust
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Maxim"

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: OLDSAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Become too scared, with "out""

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 person who is physically weak and ineffectual
• Words that mean the same thing: weakling, doormat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WUSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Abandons plans unexpectedly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Put on a pedestal"

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 praise, glorify, or honor
• Words that mean the same thing: animate, inebriate, extol
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. E flat equivalent on a piano"

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: DSHARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Good, in Spanish"

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: BUENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Bill or Hillary Clinton, scholastically"

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: YALIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Makes a long story short?"

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

  The answer is: EDITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "31. Popular mixer for Scotch"

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

  The answer is: SODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "32. Tiny canine pest"

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 wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. 2017 Pixar hit"

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 tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
• Words that mean the same thing: cocoa palm, coconut palm, Cocos nucifera
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Trail labeled with a black diamond or blue square, say"

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: SKISLOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. Distributes, with "out""

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 line that indicates a boundary
• Words that mean the same thing: mete, borderline, delimitation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: METES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "40. ___ mater"

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: ALMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. "I've ___!" (words of impatience)"

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: HADIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Second to none"

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 being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
• Words that mean the same thing: o.k., okay, fine
• The opposite would be: coarse
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FINEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Lends a hand"

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 serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
• Words that mean the same thing: acquired immune deficiency syndrome, tending, aid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Scissors sound"

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 piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• Words that mean the same thing: nip off, clipping, snippet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Bit of inspiration"

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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Words that mean the same thing: melodic theme, mind, estimation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. Tool for nails"

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 set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
• Words that mean the same thing: file away, register, data file
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. "Got it""

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "51. "Survivor" immunity token"

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 material effigy that is worshipped
• Words that mean the same thing: matinee idol, perfection, beau ideal
• The 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 38 Down: "52. Where you might see the message "the meeting host will let you in soon""

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 rapid rise
• Words that mean the same thing: soar up, soar, zoom along
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZOOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "53. Goofs"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: slip, drift, mistake
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "55. Pedal next to the brake"

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 state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
• Words that mean the same thing: brag, gun, gasconade
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "56. Web address, 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 the address of a web page on the world wide web
• Words that mean the same thing: universal resource locator, uniform resource locator
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URL

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	73.7%
Short Answer	8	10.5%
History	3	3.9%
Geography	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 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: August 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM