September 12, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (29 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2020

Difficulty Level: Challenging Thursday Puzzle

Total Clues: 60 (31 Across, 29 Down)

Average Word Length: 6.3 letters

September 12, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Cut along the grain	6
2A	7. Collection of offers?	6
3A	13. "Them"	7
4A	15. Component of ants on a log	6
5A	16. Flash setting	8
6A	18. Who shot Mr. Burns on the classic TV episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?"	6
7A	19. Lowly sorts, in pirate lingo	9
8A	21. Goes so-o-o slowly	5
9A	22. ___ orange	5
10A	23. Unenthused response	3
11A	24. A.P.R.-lowering option	4
12A	25. Really digging	4
13A	26. Mesoamerican language family with about half a million speakers	9
14A	28. Sites of sudden admissions, for short	3
15A	29. A pop	9
16A	30. Carolers' wear	9
17A	31. Middle-distance options on fairways	9
18A	32. The ___ Five, nickname for the "Queer Eye" cast	3
19A	35. Flip	9
20A	36. Political commentator Perino	4
21A	37. Non-nons?	4
22A	38. Onetime airer of "Music City Tonight"	3
23A	39. Multitudes	5
24A	40. Kind of mold	5
25A	41. Producers of sharp increases in height?	9
26A	43. Score marking to play higher or lower than written	6
27A	45. Summer carnival treat	8
28A	46. One pile of laundry	6
29A	47. "What are you waiting for?!"	7
30A	48. Ostracized group in the Bible	6
31A	49. ___ March (annual event since 2017)	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. Cut along the grain"

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 handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
• Words that mean the same thing: splitsaw
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIPSAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Collection of offers?"

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: THEMOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. "Them""

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 an opposing military force
• Words that mean the same thing: foe, opposition, enemy
• The opposite would be: friend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENEMIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Component of ants on a log"

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 widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
• Words that mean the same thing: cultivated celery, Apium graveolens dulce
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CELERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Flash setting"

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: DCCOMICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Who shot Mr. Burns on the classic TV episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MAGGIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Lowly sorts, in pirate lingo"

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: BILGERATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Goes so-o-o slowly"

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 phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
• Words that mean the same thing: sweep, retarding force, trail
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. ___ orange"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in missouri in the valleys of the missouri and osage rivers; oil was found on osage lands early in the 20th century
• Words that mean the same thing: Osage River
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Unenthused response"

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: MEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. A.P.R.-lowering option"

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: REFI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Really digging"

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 offensively curious or inquisitive
• Words that mean the same thing: snoopy, nosey, prying
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Mesoamerican language family with about half a million speakers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a large tribe of mesoamericans living in southern mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
• Words that mean the same thing: Zapotec
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZAPOTECAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Sites of sudden admissions, 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 trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Words that mean the same thing: emergency room, atomic number 68, ER
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. A pop"

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: PERPERSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Carolers' wear"

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: SANTAHATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Middle-distance options on fairways"

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: FIVEIRONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. The ___ Five, nickname for the "Queer Eye" cast"

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

  The answer is: FAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Flip"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: GOBERSERK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Political commentator Perino"

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 celtic goddess who was the mother of the tuatha de danann; identified with the welsh don
• Words that mean the same thing: Danu
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Non-nons?"

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: OUIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. Onetime airer of "Music City Tonight""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: TNN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Multitudes"

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 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: host, emcee, Host
• 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: HOSTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "40. Kind of mold"

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 fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark jell-o) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder
• Words that mean the same thing: Jell-O
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JELLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "41. Producers of sharp increases in height?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small dagger with a tapered blade
• Words that mean the same thing: stiletto
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STILETTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "43. Score marking to play higher or lower than written"

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: OTTAVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Summer carnival treat"

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: SNOWCONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. One pile of laundry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the caucasoid race
• Words that mean the same thing: ovalbumin, E. B. White, albumen
• The opposite would be: blacken, black
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHITES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "47. "What are you waiting for?!""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: GETONIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "48. Ostracized group in the Bible"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person afflicted with leprosy
• Words that mean the same thing: leper, lazar
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "49. ___ March (annual event since 2017)"

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: WOMENS

  Great job if you got it right!

September 12, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Band with the 1974 hit "Come and Get Your Love"	7
2D	2. Bucktooth, e.g.	7
3D	3. Student body activity?	7
4D	4. Polluted, in a way	6
5D	5. Novelist Bender	5
6D	6. Small dam	4
7D	7. Channel that airs many B&W films	3
8D	8. Passenger car attachments	9
9D	9. Some Prado masterpieces	8
10D	10. Groupie	7
11D	11. Etymology, for example	6
12D	12. Rewards for regular-season winners, maybe	4
13D	14. Racket pros	11
14D	17. Mike and Carol Brady, on "The Brady Bunch"	11
15D	20. Putting in a tight spot	11
16D	26. ___ cards (ESP testing items)	5
17D	27. Slangy sedative	5
18D	29. Covers, as a pothole	9
19D	30. Hiss	8
20D	31. Strike that's barely struck	7
21D	32. Unfair trick	7
22D	33. ___ Dolohov, one of the Death Eaters in Harry Potter books	7
23D	34. Relatives of bloodhounds	7
24D	35. Author who popularized the demon Mephistopheles	6
25D	36. Counterpart of a brick-and-mortar business	6
26D	39. Strictly uphold	5
27D	40. Prominent part of a bloodhound	4
28D	42. Early movie mogul Marcus	4
29D	44. Behind	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. Band with the 1974 hit "Come and Get Your Love""

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 a speedy red or red-and-tan american hound
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDBONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Bucktooth, e.g."

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 tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCISOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Student body activity?"

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: PECLASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Polluted, 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 clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOGGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Novelist Bender"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AIMEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Small dam"

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 low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Channel that airs many B&W films"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: TCM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Passenger car attachments"

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 cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash
• Words that mean the same thing: head restraint, headrest
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEADRESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Some Prado masterpieces"

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: ELGRECOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Groupie"

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: MEGAFAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Etymology, for example"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the place where something begins, where it springs into being
• Words that mean the same thing: line of descent, beginning, blood line
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORIGIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Rewards for regular-season winners, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
• Words that mean the same thing: pass, bye-bye, auf wiedersehen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Racket pros"

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: SCAMARTISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Mike and Carol Brady, on "The Brady Bunch""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
• Words that mean the same thing: stepparent
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEPPARENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Putting in a tight spot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
• Words that mean the same thing: shoehorn
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOEHORNING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. ___ cards (ESP testing items)"

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: ZENER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Slangy sedative"

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: TRANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Covers, as a pothole"

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: PAVESOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Hiss"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pronounce with an initial sibilant
• Words that mean the same thing: siss, sizz, hiss
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIBILATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Strike that's barely struck"

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: FOULTIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Unfair trick"

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: FASTONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. ___ Dolohov, one of the Death Eaters in Harry Potter books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANTONIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Relatives of bloodhounds"

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 smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
• Words that mean the same thing: basset, crop out, basset hound
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASSETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Author who popularized the demon Mephistopheles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that german poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in weimar (1749-1832)
• Words that mean the same thing: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOETHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Counterpart of a brick-and-mortar business"

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: DOTCOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Strictly uphold"

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: HEWTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Prominent part of a bloodhound"

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 jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: mandibula, mandibular bone, jawbone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Early movie mogul Marcus"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: LOEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Behind"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: AS, tail end, screw
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	81.7%
Short Answer	3	5.0%
Literature	2	3.3%
Movies/Film	2	3.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.7%
Geography	1	1.7%
History	1	1.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.7%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	29
Total Clues	60
Average Answer Length	6.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually challenging level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 6 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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March 30, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (43 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (31 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle March 30, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. They may be switched while cycling	5
2A	6. Shorthand pro	5
3A	11. Crossword solver's cry	3
4A	14. Deity with 99 names	5
5A	15. Raphael, Gabriel or Michael	9
6A	17. Cradlin' a Salinger protagonist?	15
7A	19. Preserve, as ashes	5
8A	20. Vodka brand, informally	5
9A	21. "Footloose" star cookin' a fresh batch of brownies?	10
10A	26. "Need an ark? I Noah guy," and others	4
11A	27. Blond at the bar, say	3
12A	28. Letters on a luxury handbag	3
13A	29. Chips brand	7
14A	31. Sentence ... or something found in a sentence	4
15A	33. Did so-so at school	5
16A	34. The Great Emancipator sharin' URLs on his blog?	13
17A	40. Cover for illicit activity	5
18A	41. "Right on!"	4
19A	43. "I don't want to hear the gory details"	7
20A	46. ___-C.I.O.	3
21A	49. Strands in a cell	3
22A	50. Four-time Grammy winner India.___	4
23A	51. Bein' in debt to a "Wedding Crashers" co-star?	10
24A	54. Some burrowing mouselike rodents	5
25A	56. One-point Scrabble draw	5
26A	57. Massachusetts senator wagin' conflict?	15
27A	63. Houseplant that some think brings luck and prosperity	9
28A	64. One in 1,000?	5
29A	65. Beat it!	3
30A	66. Bee teem?	5
31A	67. Internet admin	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. They may be switched while cycling"

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 toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• Words that mean the same thing: gear wheel, geared wheel, 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: GEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Shorthand pro"

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: STENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Crossword solver's cry"

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Deity with 99 names"

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 muslim name for the one and only 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: ALLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Raphael, Gabriel or Michael"

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 an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy
• Words that mean the same thing: Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCHANGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Cradlin' a Salinger protagonist?"

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: HOLDINCAULFIELD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Preserve, as ashes"

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: INURN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Vodka brand, 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: STOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. "Footloose" star cookin' a fresh batch of brownies?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KEVINBAKIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "26. "Need an ark? I Noah guy," and others"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a humorous play on words
• Words that mean the same thing: pun, paronomasia, wordplay
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "27. Blond at the bar, say"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. Letters on a luxury handbag"

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: YSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Chips brand"

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: DORITOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Sentence ... or something found in a sentence"

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 word or expression used for some particular thing
• Words that mean the same thing: terminal figure, full term, condition
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Did so-so at school"

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: GOTAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. The Great Emancipator sharin' URLs on his blog?"

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: ABRAHAMLINKIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "40. Cover for illicit activity"

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 side that is forward or prominent
• Words that mean the same thing: straw man, strawman, presence
• The opposite would be: rear, back
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "41. "Right 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 not only so, but
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. "I don't want to hear the gory details""

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: SPAREME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "46. ___-C.I.O."

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 federation of north american labor unions that merged with the congress of industrial organizations in 1955
• Words that mean the same thing: American Federation of Labor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "49. Strands in a cell"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "50. Four-time Grammy winner India.___"

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: ARIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "51. Bein' in debt to a "Wedding Crashers" co-star?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OWINWILSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "54. Some burrowing mouselike rodents"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various small mouselike rodents of the family cricetidae (especially of genus microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
• Words that mean the same thing: vole, field mouse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "56. One-point Scrabble draw"

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: NTILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. Massachusetts senator wagin' conflict?"

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: ELIZABETHWARRIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "63. Houseplant that some think brings luck and prosperity"

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: MONEYTREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "64. One in 1,000?"

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 punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
• Words that mean the same thing: Polygonia comma, comma butterfly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "65. Beat it!"

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 animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
• Words that mean the same thing: eggs, bollock, testicle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "66. Bee teem?"

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 moving crowd
• Words that mean the same thing: teem, cloud, horde
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "67. Internet admin"

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: SYSOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword March 30, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Cry of frustration	3
2D	2. Chess rating system	3
3D	3. ___ fours	3
4D	4. Minute hands, essentially	5
5D	5. Climb (up), as a pole	6
6D	6. Related to religious rites	6
7D	7. Sedative in a blowgun dart, informally	5
8D	8. Old French coin	3
9D	9. Org. for Ducks and Penguins	3
10D	10. Bunglers	4
11D	11. Get too old to qualify	6
12D	12. "Over my dead body!"	6
13D	13. Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author Brian	6
14D	16. Particularly particular	8
15D	18. Pencil remnants	4
16D	21. Actress Dennings	3
17D	22. Philosopher Zeno's birthplace	4
18D	23. Crow, but not magpie	4
19D	24. "American ___"	4
20D	25. "Moi? Never!"	4
21D	30. Went on, as an errand	3
22D	32. Gotham City supervillain in a cryogenic suit	8
23D	33. Intl. standard used by many astrologers	3
24D	35. Amount to	3
25D	36. Our genus	4
26D	37. Freshly	4
27D	38. Roadside bombs, for short	4
28D	39. One-billionth: Prefix	4
29D	42. Solo in spaceflight?	3
30D	43. "I need a hero!"	6
31D	44. Computer language that sounds like a literary intro	6
32D	45. Under the weather	6
33D	46. "Ode to Joy," for the European Union	6
34D	47. Texter's "I think"	4
35D	48. New Hampshire state flowers	6
36D	52. Bury	5
37D	53. The "L" of Samuel L. Jackson	5
38D	55. Declares	4
39D	58. As an aside, in a text	3
40D	59. The "E" of B.C.E.	3
41D	60. Info in an apt. listing	3
42D	61. Texter's "I think"	3
43D	62. Catch some Z's	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. Cry of frustration"

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: GAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Chess rating system"

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: ELO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. ___ fours"

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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Words that mean the same thing: whole, totally, completely
• The opposite would be: some, partly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Minute hands, essentially"

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 length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
• Words that mean the same thing: spoke, wheel spoke, r
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Climb (up), as a pole"

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 simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
• Words that mean the same thing: sputter, skin, struggle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHINNY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Related to religious rites"

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

  The answer is: SACRAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Sedative in a blowgun dart, informally"

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: TRANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Old French coin"

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: ECU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Org. for Ducks and Penguins"

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: NHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bunglers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OAFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Get too old to qualify"

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: AGEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Over my dead body!""

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: HELLNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author Brian"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALDISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Particularly particular"

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: NITPICKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Pencil remnants"

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 lump or protuberance
• Words that mean the same thing: centre, essence, heart and soul
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Actress Dennings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the leaves of the shrub catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
• Words that mean the same thing: khat, cat, qat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Philosopher Zeno's birthplace"

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: ELEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "23. Crow, but not magpie"

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 word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: VERB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "24. "American ___""

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: graven image, 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 20 Down: "25. "Moi? Never!""

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: NOTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Went on, as an errand"

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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• Words that mean the same thing: pass, die hard, bleed
• The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
• 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 22 Down: "32. Gotham City supervillain in a cryogenic suit"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: MRFREEZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Intl. standard used by many astrologers"

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 local time at the 0 meridian passing through greenwich, england; it is the same everywhere
• Words that mean the same thing: UT, Greenwich Mean Time, UT1
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Amount to"

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: represent, constitute, be
• 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 25 Down: "36. Our genus"

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 someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
• Words that mean the same thing: human being, homophile, human
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Freshly"

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 again but in a new or different way
• Words that mean the same thing: afresh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Roadside bombs, 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 an explosive device that is improvised
• Words that mean the same thing: I.E.D., IED, improvised explosive device
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. One-billionth: Prefix"

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: NANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Solo in spaceflight?"

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 imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
• Words that mean the same thing: Han dynasty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. "I need a hero!""

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: SAVEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Computer language that sounds like a literary intro"

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 computer language designed in europe to support natural language processing
• Words that mean the same thing: logic programing, logic programming
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROLOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Under the weather"

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 be ill or unwell
• Words that mean the same thing: ail, trouble, unwell
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AILING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. "Ode to Joy," for the European Union"

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 song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
• Words that mean the same thing: hymn
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTHEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Texter's "I think""

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: FWIW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "48. New Hampshire state flowers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various plants of the genus syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: lilac
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LILACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. Bury"

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 place in a grave or tomb
• Words that mean the same thing: bury, entomb, inhume
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. The "L" of Samuel L. Jackson"

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: LEROY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Declares"

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 chance to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: aver, sound out, say
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. As an aside, in a text"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BTW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. The "E" of B.C.E."

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. Info in an apt. listing"

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: RMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "61. Texter's "I think""

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 united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
• Words that mean the same thing: International Maritime Organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "62. Catch some Z's"

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 period of time spent sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: sleep, pile, cat sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	62.2%
Short Answer	20	27.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.4%
Geography	2	2.7%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Last Updated: September 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM