December 13, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, December 13, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword December 13, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Skintight swimwear for a surfer	9
2A	10. National park west of Calgary	5
3A	15. Bump into	9
4A	16. Works	5
5A	17. It's a start	9
6A	18. Participant in a joust	5
7A	19. Issue	4
8A	20. See 34-Across	4
9A	21. Grant	4
10A	22. ___ home	3
11A	23. Non-English letter used in set theory	5
12A	25. ___ Blakely, Spanx founder and self-made billionaire	4
13A	27. Old TV actress Swenson	4
14A	29. Noodle dish served with bean sprouts	7
15A	31. Treat rarely prepared indoors	5
16A	34. With 20-Across, "Well done!"	4
17A	35. +	3
18A	36. Winter event near a beach	15
19A	40. Event studied in eschatology, with "the"	3
20A	41. Beef alternative	4
21A	42. Aconcagua is its highest point	5
22A	43. Hose, e.g.	7
23A	45. Word before and after "a"	4
24A	47. Heavenly instrument	4
25A	48. So-called "hippie-mobile," for short	5
26A	50. Place where mud and stones might be found	3
27A	53. Where many snowbirds winter, for short	4
28A	55. Some crust contents	4
29A	56. Protest loudly	4
30A	57. Noted name in whiskey	5
31A	58. Symbol of time elapsed in "Beauty and the Beast"	9
32A	60. Extraordinarily	5
33A	61. "Well done," in Italian	9
34A	62. Landlady on "I Love Lucy"	5
35A	63. When to go on a run	9

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. Skintight swimwear for a surfer"

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: RASHGUARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. National park west of Calgary"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BANFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Bump into"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a minor short-term fight
• Words that mean the same thing: receive, see, face-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: ENCOUNTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Works"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a 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 5 Across: "17. It's a start"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIRSTSTEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Participant in a joust"

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 (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Issue"

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

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. See 34-Across"

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 city in southeastern france on the mediterranean; the leading resort on the french riviera
• Words that mean the same thing: prissy, courteous, decent
• The opposite would be: nasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Grant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Words that mean the same thing: surrender, yield, deliver
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. ___ home"

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 most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Words that mean the same thing: crash, jampack, wad
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Non-English letter used in set theory"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the 1st letter of the hebrew alphabet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALEPH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. ___ Blakely, Spanx founder and self-made billionaire"

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: SARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Old TV actress Swenson"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any tree or shrub of the genus inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Noodle dish served with bean sprouts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PADTHAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Treat rarely prepared indoors"

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: SMORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. With 20-Across, "Well done!""

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 precisely as stated
• Words that mean the same thing: really, identical, real
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. +"

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: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Winter event near a beach"

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: POLARBEARPLUNGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Event studied in eschatology, with "the""

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

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Beef alternative"

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 meat from a calf
• Words that mean the same thing: veau
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Aconcagua is its highest point"

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 mountain range in south america running 5000 miles along the pacific coast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Hose, e.g."

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: LEGWEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Word before and after "a""

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: MANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Heavenly instrument"

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

  The answer is: LYRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. So-called "hippie-mobile," for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: VWBUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Place where mud and stones might be found"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: watering hole, health spa, 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 27 Across: "53. Where many snowbirds winter, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BOCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Some crust contents"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Protest loudly"

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 barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
• Words that mean the same thing: track, fulminate, rails
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Noted name in whiskey"

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: Sir James Dewar, Dewar flask
• The 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 31 Across: "58. Symbol of time elapsed in "Beauty and the Beast""

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: ROSEPETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Extraordinarily"

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 (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
• Words that mean the same thing: extremist, radical
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ULTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. "Well done," in Italian"

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: MOLTOBENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Landlady on "I Love Lucy""

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: ETHEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. When to go on a run"

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: SKISEASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle December 13, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Direct	5
2D	2. Jungian principle	5
3D	3. Fabric in theater curtains	5
4D	4. Whole bunch	4
5D	5. Instinctual	3
6D	6. Detangle	6
7D	7. Fifth-century military leader	6
8D	8. Athlete/model Gabrielle	5
9D	9. Beverage marketed as a blend of 23 different flavors	8
10D	10. Bartlett alternative	4
11D	11. Its highest score is 5, in brief	6
12D	12. "Want help?"	9
13D	13. Uncaged, perhaps	9
14D	14. Fidget spinners or Furbys, once	3
15D	24. Heavenly instrument	4
16D	26. Pages, e.g.	5
17D	27. An early withdrawal from this incurs a penalty, in brief	3
18D	28. "The ___!" (insulted person's cry)	5
19D	30. Musician who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature	5
20D	31. Give a breather	5
21D	32. Where cash goes to waist?	9
22D	33. Mature, as a forest	9
23D	34. ___-de-Marne (French department)	3
24D	37. Wally's sitcom brother, with "the"	4
25D	38. Mental notes?	8
26D	39. Game with a four-colored deck	3
27D	44. Clichéd company claim	6
28D	45. Breakfast bowlful	6
29D	46. Strengths	6
30D	49. Stream	5
31D	50. Doesn't leave hungry	5
32D	51. Upright, maybe	5
33D	52. Actor Alfie of "Game of Thrones"	5
34D	54. Asia's shrunken ___ Sea	4
35D	56. Platinum-certified country album of 1988	4
36D	57. Straight	3
37D	59. Poet who wrote "We loved with a love that was more than love"	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. Direct"

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 make reference to
• Words that mean the same thing: bring up, touch on, concern
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Jungian principle"

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 (jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Fabric in theater curtains"

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 firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCRIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Whole bunch"

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 invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
• Words that mean the same thing: boniface, emcee, horde
• The opposite would be: parasite
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Instinctual"

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 part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
• Words that mean the same thing: intestine, catgut, bowel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Detangle"

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: UNSNAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Fifth-century military leader"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that king of the huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the roman empire (406-453)
• Words that mean the same thing: Attila the Hun, Scourge of the Gods, Scourge of God
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTILA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Athlete/model Gabrielle"

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: REECE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Beverage marketed as a blend of 23 different flavors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DRPEPPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bartlett alternative"

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

  The answer is: BOSC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Its highest score is 5, in brief"

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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Words that mean the same thing: disposed, apt, given
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APTEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Want help?""

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: NEEDAHAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Uncaged, perhaps"

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: FREERANGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Fidget spinners or Furbys, once"

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 interest followed with exaggerated zeal
• Words that mean the same thing: cult, furore, furor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "24. Heavenly instrument"

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 chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
• Words that mean the same thing: dwell, harmonica, mouth organ
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Pages, 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 (greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of zeus and husband of persephone
• Words that mean the same thing: Pluto, aide, help
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. An early withdrawal from this incurs a penalty, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: ire, Provos, Provisional Irish Republican 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: IRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. "The ___!" (insulted person's cry)"

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 bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
• Words that mean the same thing: heart, nervus, brass
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Musician who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature"

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 united states songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941)
• Words that mean the same thing: Bob Dylan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Give a breather"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
• Words that mean the same thing: tour, import, enchantment
• The opposite would be: unspell
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Where cash goes to waist?"

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: MONEYBELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Mature, as a forest"

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: OLDGROWTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. ___-de-Marne (French department)"

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: VAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Wally's sitcom brother, with "the""

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: BEAV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Mental notes?"

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: EARWORMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Game with a four-colored deck"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Clichéd company claim"

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: WECARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Breakfast bowlful"

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 mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUESLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Strengths"

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 anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
• Words that mean the same thing: asset, plus
• The opposite would be: liability
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Stream"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
• Words that mean the same thing: tolerate, bear, suffer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BROOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Doesn't leave hungry"

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 fill to satisfaction
• Words that mean the same thing: replete, sate, satiate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Upright, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
• Words that mean the same thing: pianissimo, softly, soft
• The opposite would be: forte
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Actor Alfie of "Game of Thrones""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, george burns (1906-1964)
• Words that mean the same thing: Woody Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Ethan Allen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Asia's shrunken ___ Sea"

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: ARAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Platinum-certified country album of 1988"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Straight"

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 that which is deserved or owed
• Words that mean the same thing: ascribable, imputable, referable
• The opposite would be: undue
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Poet who wrote "We loved with a love that was more than love""

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 writer and poet (1809-1849)
• Words that mean the same thing: Edgar Allan Poe
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	70.8%
Short Answer	10	13.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.2%
History	3	4.2%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 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 Friday, 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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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle September 02, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Sometimes-unconscious leanings	6
2A	7. German grandparent, affectionately	3
3A	10. Docs who don't specialize	3
4A	13. Not retired	6
5A	14. "I can't ___"	4
6A	15. Brazil's Amazonas, e.g.	3
7A	16. *Something reminisced about in the movie "Grease"	11
8A	18. Stale	3
9A	19. Annual June celebration	5
10A	20. ___ Awards (annual prizes for science fiction and fantasy)	6
11A	22. Globes	4
12A	25. Middle-distance golf club	8
13A	27. Space force, informally	5
14A	29. "Safe!" or "You're out!"	4
15A	30. Nowadays many of them are targeted	3
16A	32. Egyptian sun god	6
17A	34. Open-___ sandals	4
18A	36. PC core	3
19A	38. Made a getaway	3
20A	39. ___ Ribeiro, host of "America's Funniest Home Videos"	7
21A	41. Units of laughter?	3
22A	42. Many wedding guests	3
23A	43. Christian who said "Happiness is the secret to all beauty"	4
24A	44. Charm, in a way	6
25A	46. Start of four U.S. state names	3
26A	48. "Roger that"	4
27A	50. Kitchen gadget for making mashed potatoes	5
28A	51. Chamomile tea and yogurt, for sunburn	8
29A	54. "The ___ the limit"	4
30A	55. It might have an apple on it	6
31A	57. Chomper	5
32A	59. Winner of the most Women's World Cups	3
33A	60. Popular expression ... or what the opposite of the answer to each starred clue is?	11
34A	65. "___ the season ..."	3
35A	66. "Quiet!"	4
36A	67. Submarine	6
37A	68. Some pepperoni orders, informally	3
38A	69. Like	3
39A	70. Fructose and glucose	6

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. Sometimes-unconscious leanings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
• Words that mean the same thing: prejudice, diagonal, bias
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. German grandparent, affectionately"

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: OPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Docs who don't specialize"

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 navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
• Words that mean the same thing: Global Positioning System
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Not retired"

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 chemical agent capable of activity
• Words that mean the same thing: active voice, participating, fighting
• The opposite would be: passive voice, extinct
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. "I can't ___""

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 latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
• Words that mean the same thing: still, yet, eve
• The opposite would be: uneven, odd
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Brazil's Amazonas, e.g."

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 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 7 Across: "16. *Something reminisced about in the movie "Grease""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SUMMERFLING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Stale"

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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Words that mean the same thing: erstwhile, quondam, former
• The opposite would be: young, new
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Annual June celebration"

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 feeling of self-respect and personal worth
• Words that mean the same thing: congratulate, plume, superbia
• The opposite would be: humility
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. ___ Awards (annual prizes for science fiction and fantasy)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEBULA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Globes"

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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: ball, revolve, eyeball
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Middle-distance golf club"

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: FIVEIRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Space force, informally"

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: ZEROG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. "Safe!" or "You're 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 telephone connection
• Words that mean the same thing: visit, anticipate, hollo
• The opposite would be: put option
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Nowadays many of them are targeted"

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 public promotion of some product or service
• Words that mean the same thing: advertizement, ad, advertizing
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Egyptian sun god"

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: AMENRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Open-___ sandals"

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 walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction
• Words that mean the same thing: toe, toenail
• The opposite would be: toeless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. PC core"

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 (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
• Words that mean the same thing: central processing unit, C.P.U., central processor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Made a getaway"

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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• Words that mean the same thing: bunk, escape, course
• The opposite would be: idle, malfunction
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. ___ Ribeiro, host of "America's Funniest Home Videos""

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: ALFONSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Units of laughter?"

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 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Words that mean the same thing: induce, take in, give birth
• The opposite would be: refuse, lack
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Many wedding guests"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person having kinship with another or others
• Words that mean the same thing: kinship group, consanguineal, consanguine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Christian who said "Happiness is the secret to all beauty""

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 french couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the new look (1905-1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Christian Dior
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Charm, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEDUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Start of four U.S. state names"

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 not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
• Words that mean the same thing: young, newly, raw
• The opposite would be: worn, old
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. "Roger that""

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 reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
• Words that mean the same thing: imitate, re-create, transcript
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Kitchen gadget for making mashed potatoes"

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 kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding them through small holes
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Chamomile tea and yogurt, for sunburn"

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 act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
• Words that mean the same thing: repair, remediate, redress
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMEDIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. "The ___ the limit""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: toss, flip, pitch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. It might have an apple on it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a portable computer small enough to use in your lap
• Words that mean the same thing: laptop computer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAPTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Chomper"

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 hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOOTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Winner of the most Women's World Cups"

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 north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: U.S.A., U. S. Army, United States 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: USA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Popular expression ... or what the opposite of the answer to each starred clue is?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a phrase that has become a catchword
• Words that mean the same thing: catch phrase
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CATCHPHRASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. "___ the season ...""

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 light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 22, ti, Cordyline terminalis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. "Quiet!""

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 (poetic) tranquil silence
• Words that mean the same thing: still, stillness, quieten
• The opposite would be: louden
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Submarine"

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 large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: hero sandwich, poor boy, hero
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOAGIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Some pepperoni orders, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ZAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. Like"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. Fructose and glucose"

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 white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
• Words that mean the same thing: clams, simoleons, dinero
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUGARS

  Great job if you got it right!

September 02, 2020 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Humanities degs.	3
2D	2. Place that may have lots of monitors, for short	3
3D	3. Convenience store convenience, in brief	3
4D	4. Animated sitcom family name	7
5D	5. "Do I ___!"	4
6D	6. Font flourish	5
7D	7. Egg: Prefix	3
8D	8. Flat broke	9
9D	9. Kind of management	5
10D	10. *Some hamburger meat	11
11D	11. Sort who's hard to tolerate	4
12D	12. Part of a McDonald's meal	4
13D	14. *Sales spiel in 60 seconds or less, say	13
14D	17. Bank backer, for short	4
15D	21. Bit of drag show wear	3
16D	22. Netflix show starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney	5
17D	23. Losing Brexit option	6
18D	24. *Alpine crossing over the Austrian/Italian border	11
19D	26. Entrepreneur Musk	4
20D	28. ___ school	4
21D	31. Absent-minded	6
22D	33. Suffragist and longtime leader in the National Woman's Party	9
23D	35. Action figure?	4
24D	37. ___ manual	5
25D	40. Word with pyramid or court	4
26D	45. See 47-Down	7
27D	47. With 45-Down, epitome of limpness	3
28D	49. Michelle of "Star Trek: Discovery"	4
29D	52. Shade of brown	5
30D	53. Former frosh	5
31D	55. Difficult skating jump with a backward takeoff	4
32D	56. Home of 60% of the world's people	4
33D	58. 10 benjamins	4
34D	61. Org. that has to deal with a lot of baggage	3
35D	62. Turkish title	3
36D	63. Elton John, e.g.	3
37D	64. Some wiring experts: Abbr.	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. Humanities degs."

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 soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
• Words that mean the same thing: AB, Ba, barium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Place that may have lots of monitors, 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 hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
• Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Convenience store convenience, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: automatic teller, standard atmosphere, atmosphere
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Animated sitcom family name"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states divorcee whose marriage to edward viii created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
• Words that mean the same thing: Duchess of Windsor, Sir James Young Simpson, Mrs. Simpson
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIMPSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Do I ___!""

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 at any time
• Words that mean the same thing: of all time, e'er, always
• The opposite would be: never
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Font flourish"

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 short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
• Words that mean the same thing: seriph
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Egg: Prefix"

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: OVI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Flat broke"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not having enough money to pay for necessities
• Words that mean the same thing: hard up, penurious, in straitened circumstances
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENNILESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Kind of management"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: ire, see red, angriness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. *Some hamburger meat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GROUNDCHUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Sort who's hard to tolerate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
• Words that mean the same thing: anovulatory drug, lozenge, tablet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Part of a McDonald's meal"

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 sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
• Words that mean the same thing: pop, washing soda, 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: SODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. *Sales spiel in 60 seconds or less, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELEVATORPITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Bank backer, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions
• Words that mean the same thing: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FDIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Bit of drag show wear"

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 16 Down: "22. Netflix show starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OZARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Losing Brexit option"

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 stay the same; remain in a certain state
• Words that mean the same thing: stay on, rest, persist
• The opposite would be: change
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. *Alpine crossing over the Austrian/Italian border"

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: BRENNERPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Entrepreneur Musk"

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: ELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. ___ school"

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 one-hundredth of a right angle
• Words that mean the same thing: alum, alumnus, graduate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Absent-minded"

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 stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug
• Words that mean the same thing: spaced-out, spacy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPACEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Suffragist and longtime leader in the National Woman's Party"

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: ALICEPAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Action figure?"

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 acts and gets things done
• Words that mean the same thing: actor, worker
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. ___ manual"

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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
• Words that mean the same thing: exploiter, user, substance abuser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Word with pyramid or court"

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 substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: food for thought, solid food, intellectual nourishment
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "45. See 47-Down"

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 a cloth for washing dishes
• Words that mean the same thing: dishcloth
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISHRAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "47. With 45-Down, epitome of limpness"

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 wetness caused by water
• Words that mean the same thing: soaked, squiffy, plastered
• The opposite would be: dry
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "49. Michelle of "Star Trek: Discovery""

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: YEOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "52. Shade of brown"

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 soft suede glove leather from goatskin
• Words that mean the same thing: mocha coffee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOCHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. Former frosh"

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 second-year undergraduate
• Words that mean the same thing: sophomore, soph
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOPHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "55. Difficult skating jump with a backward takeoff"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: LUTZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "56. Home of 60% of the world's people"

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 largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "58. 10 benjamins"

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 cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• Words that mean the same thing: K, one thousand, 1000
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "61. Org. that has to deal with a lot of baggage"

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 established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "62. Turkish title"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "63. Elton John, e.g."

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

  The answer is: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "64. Some wiring experts: Abbr."

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 the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication
• Words that mean the same thing: electrical engineering, EE
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EES

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	43	56.6%
Short Answer	21	27.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
History	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	3	3.9%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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!
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