August 06, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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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: Tuesday, August 06, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

August 06, 2019 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Means of surveillance, for short	4
2A	5. Co-conspirator with Brutus and Cassius	5
3A	10. Banter jokingly	4
4A	14. "I got it! I got it!"	4
5A	15. What's standard, with "the"	5
6A	16. ___ breve	4
7A	17. Litter noises	4
8A	18. Bottom coat?	10
9A	20. Slammer	3
10A	21. Word before and after "à"	3
11A	22. Had people over for dinner, say	6
12A	23. Habitat for a walrus	11
13A	27. "___ seen worse"	3
14A	28. Actor Dennis or Randy	5
15A	29. Sports org. that plays in the winter	3
16A	30. Co-workers of TV's Don Draper	5
17A	32. Spending jags	6
18A	34. Locale of the anvil and stirrup	3
19A	36. Cincinnati sluggers	4
20A	37. Its motto, translated from Latin, is "If you wish for peace, prepare for war"	9
21A	40. Fill with cargo	4
22A	43. A.M.A. members	3
23A	44. Messed with, with "around"	6
24A	48. Avoid the clutches of	5
25A	50. Early nuclear org.	3
26A	52. Esther of "Good Times"	5
27A	53. TV show set in Westeros, for short	3
28A	54. Drill bit alloy	11
29A	57. Untouched, as an artifact	6
30A	59. Slack-jawed emotion	3
31A	60. Good name for a girl born on December 24?	3
32A	61. 1963 Bobby Vinton hit ... or a hint to both halves of 18-, 23-, 37- and 54-Across	10
33A	64. Surgeons' subj.	4
34A	65. Focusing aid	4
35A	66. Something to believe in	5
36A	67. Ballet leap	4
37A	68. Whence the Three Wise Men, with "the"	4
38A	69. Defeated by a hair	5
39A	70. Fired	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Means of surveillance, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: CCTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Co-conspirator with Brutus and Cassius"

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: CASCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Banter jokingly"

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 be silly or tease one another
• Words that mean the same thing: jolly, kid, banter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "I got it! I got it!""

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: OHOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. What's standard, with "the""

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 occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
• Words that mean the same thing: common
• The opposite would be: unusual
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USUAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ breve"

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: ALLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Litter noises"

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 street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
• Words that mean the same thing: meow, sea mew, miaul
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Bottom coat?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BABYPOWDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Slammer"

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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: penitentiary, indite, compose
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Word before and after "à""

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

  The answer is: VIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Had people over for dinner, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HOSTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Habitat for a walrus"

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: ARCTICOCEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. "___ seen worse""

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: IVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Actor Dennis or Randy"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: QUAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Sports org. that plays in the winter"

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: NHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Co-workers of TV's Don Draper"

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 someone whose business is advertising
• Words that mean the same thing: advertizer, adman, advertiser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Spending jags"

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 brief indulgence of your impulses
• Words that mean the same thing: spree, fling
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPREES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Locale of the anvil and stirrup"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: pinna, capitulum, auricle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Cincinnati sluggers"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: redness, Red River, loss
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Its motto, translated from Latin, is "If you wish for peace, prepare for war""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: ROYALNAVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Fill with cargo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remove with or as if with a ladle
• Words that mean the same thing: load, ladle, laden
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. A.M.A. members"

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: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Messed with, with "around""

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 pull, or move with a sudden movement
• Words that mean the same thing: twitch, buck, hitch
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JERKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Avoid the clutches of"

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 avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
• Words that mean the same thing: parry, skirt, duck
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Early nuclear org."

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 former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Atomic Energy Commission
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Esther of "Good Times""

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: ROLLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. TV show set in Westeros, 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 come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• Words that mean the same thing: gravel, make, drive
• The opposite would be: take away, leave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Drill bit alloy"

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: COBALTSTEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Untouched, as an artifact"

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: INSITU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Slack-jawed emotion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
• Words that mean the same thing: veneration, reverence, fear
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Good name for a girl born on December 24?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: eventide, even, evening
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. 1963 Bobby Vinton hit ... or a hint to both halves of 18-, 23-, 37- and 54-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLUEONBLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Surgeons' subj."

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: ANAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Focusing aid"

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 transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
• Words that mean the same thing: lense, lens system, genus Lens
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Something to believe in"

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 events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
• Words that mean the same thing: make, drive, campaign
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Ballet leap"

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: JETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Whence the Three Wise Men, with "the""

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 cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Words that mean the same thing: due east, Orient, eastern United States
• The opposite would be: west
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. Defeated by a hair"

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 advance slowly, as if by inches
• Words that mean the same thing: stinging, cutting, inch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. Fired"

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 chop or split with an ax
• Words that mean the same thing: axe, ax
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXED

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword August 06, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Pioneering personal computers	7
2D	2. "Come on, things aren't so bad"	7
3D	3. Limousine	7
4D	4. Bygone kind of tape	3
5D	5. Like the numbers 8, 27 and 64	5
6D	6. How one's much-loved nephew might be treated	6
7D	7. Periscope site	3
8D	8. Low island	3
9D	9. Leader of Athens?	5
10D	10. Thriller set around Amity Island	4
11D	11. Quaint	7
12D	12. Like LPs and some dresses	7
13D	13. Coagulates	7
14D	19. Actress Chaplin of 53-Across	4
15D	21. YouTube upload	5
16D	24. Like wedding cakes, typically	6
17D	25. Posh neighborhood of London or New York	7
18D	26. Spirit	4
19D	31. Problem in an old wooden building	6
20D	33. Guitarist Barrett	3
21D	35. British rule over India, once	3
22D	38. Spirited steed	4
23D	39. Part of a biblical citation	5
24D	40. Unlike most physicians' handwriting, stereotypically	7
25D	41. Home of Anne of Green Gables	7
26D	42. Old Nissan autos	7
27D	45. Something that may be used before a blessing	7
28D	46. Put on a pedestal	7
29D	47. Struck out	7
30D	49. Outside: Prefix	4
31D	51. A dependent one might start with "that"	6
32D	55. Unit of measure with the same Latin origin as "inch"	5
33D	56. Jacket material	5
34D	58. Superlative ending with grass or glass	4
35D	62. Reprimand to a dog	3
36D	63. Big galoot	3
37D	64. Best-selling Steely Dan album	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. Pioneering personal computers"

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: COMPAQS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Come on, things aren't so bad""

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: CHEERUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Limousine"

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: TOWNCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Bygone kind of tape"

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: VHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Like the numbers 8, 27 and 64"

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 having three dimensions
• Words that mean the same thing: three-dimensional
• The opposite would be: linear
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. How one's much-loved nephew might be treated"

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: ASASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Periscope site"

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

  The answer is: SUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Low island"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Leader of Athens?"

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 greek 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: ALPHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Thriller set around Amity Island"

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 part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
• Words that mean the same thing: rattle on, visit, trounce
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Quaint"

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: OLDTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Like LPs and some dresses"

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 made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified; often used in combination
• The opposite would be: sleeveless
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEEVED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Coagulates"

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 become hard or harder
• Words that mean the same thing: inure, season, temper
• The opposite would be: soften
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARDENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Actress Chaplin of 53-Across"

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: OONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. YouTube upload"

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 visible part of a television transmission
• Words that mean the same thing: telecasting, video recording, picture
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIDEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Like wedding cakes, typically"

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

  The answer is: TIERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Posh neighborhood of London or New York"

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: CHELSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Spirit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Words that mean the same thing: panache, style, ardour
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Problem in an old wooden building"

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: DRYROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Guitarist Barrett"

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: SYD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "35. British rule over India, 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 british dominion over india (1757-1947)
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Spirited steed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Part of a biblical citation"

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 literature in metrical form
• Words that mean the same thing: poetise, poetize, poetry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Unlike most physicians' handwriting, stereotypically"

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 (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered
• The opposite would be: illegible
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGIBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Home of Anne of Green Gables"

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: AVONLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Old Nissan autos"

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: DATSUNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Something that may be used before a blessing"

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 piece of soft absorbent paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KLEENEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Put on a pedestal"

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 give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
• Words that mean the same thing: upgrade, lift, get up
• The opposite would be: lower, demote
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELEVATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Struck out"

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 remove or make invisible
• Words that mean the same thing: cancel, delete, erase
• The opposite would be: record
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELETED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Outside: 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: ECTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. A dependent one might start with "that""

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 (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
• Words that mean the same thing: article
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. Unit of measure with the same Latin origin as "inch""

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 unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
• Words that mean the same thing: oz., Panthera uncia, troy ounce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUNCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Jacket material"

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 thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: flannel, white, gabardine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. Superlative ending with grass or glass"

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 used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
• Words that mean the same thing: one, ane, 1
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "62. Reprimand to a dog"

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 that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
• Words that mean the same thing: regretful, unfit, defective
• The opposite would be: goodness, unregretful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "63. Big galoot"

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 ancient celtic god
• Words that mean the same thing: tote, lugsail, choke up
• The opposite would be: unstuff
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "64. Best-selling Steely Dan album"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	69.7%
Short Answer	15	19.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.1 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 Tuesday, 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 (37 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, September 28, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

September 28, 2020 Monday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Aida" composer	5
2A	6. "Do it now!"	4
3A	10. "Play It as It Lays" author Didion	4
4A	14. Embellish	5
5A	15. Note to a staffer	4
6A	16. "___ us a son is given"	4
7A	17. Celebrations with hula dancing	5
8A	18. Support the pasture entrance?	9
9A	20. Calorie-counting regimen	4
10A	22. Patron	4
11A	23. Movies, informally	3
12A	24. Check someone's parent to make sure she's of drinking age?	8
13A	27. Pong game company	5
14A	29. ___ loss for words	3
15A	30. Russian space station until 2001	3
16A	31. Liza Minnelli musical set in Berlin	7
17A	33. Peaty places	4
18A	35. Church official	6
19A	37. Was introduced to the doctor?	13
20A	42. Swirling currents	6
21A	43. Lift on a ski slope	4
22A	45. Small, lobsterlike crustacean	7
23A	48. "Life Is Good" rapper	3
24A	51. Thurman on the big screen	3
25A	52. Derby entrant	5
26A	53. Do some trawling at sea?	8
27A	55. Gobbled up or down	3
28A	56. Capital of Latvia	4
29A	59. Sort	4
30A	60. Criticize Sega's hedgehog design?	9
31A	63. Annoying summer swarms	5
32A	66. And all the rest, in brief	4
33A	67. Actress Reid of the "American Pie" films	4
34A	68. Not important	5
35A	69. "___ we forget"	4
36A	70. Truant G.I.'s infraction	4
37A	71. Big health insurer	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. "Aida" composer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that italian operatic composer (1813-1901)
• Words that mean the same thing: Giuseppe Verdi, Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. "Do it now!""

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

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. "Play It as It Lays" author Didion"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: JOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Embellish"

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 more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: invest, beautify, decorate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Note to a staffer"

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 written proposal or reminder
• Words that mean the same thing: memoranda, memorandum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "___ us a son is given""

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: UNTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Celebrations with hula dancing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an elaborate hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
• Words that mean the same thing: luau
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUAUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Support the pasture entrance?"

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 transmit from one generation to the next
• Words that mean the same thing: spread, distribute, broadcast
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROPAGATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Calorie-counting regimen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DIET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Patron"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Movies, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
• Words that mean the same thing: pyx, pyx chest, pix chest
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Check someone's parent to make sure she's of drinking age?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that rhizomatous herb of india having aromatic seeds used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: cardamon, Elettaria cardamomum, cardamum
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARDAMOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Pong game company"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ATARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. ___ loss for words"

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: ATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Russian space station until 2001"

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: MIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Liza Minnelli musical set in Berlin"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
• Words that mean the same thing: floor show, floorshow, night club
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CABARET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Peaty places"

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 wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
• Words that mean the same thing: bog, bog down, peat bog
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Church official"

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 clergyman or other person in religious orders
• Words that mean the same thing: churchman, divine, ecclesiastic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLERIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Was introduced to the doctor?"

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: METAPHYSICIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Swirling currents"

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 founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy, purl
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDDIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Lift on a ski slope"

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: TBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Small, lobsterlike crustacean"

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 tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
• Words that mean the same thing: crayfish, crawfish, ecrevisse
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRAWDAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. "Life Is Good" rapper"

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 silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
• Words that mean the same thing: sodium, Na, atomic number 11
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Thurman on the big screen"

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 benevolent aspect of devi; `splendor'
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Uma
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Derby entrant"

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 solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
• Words that mean the same thing: sawbuck, knight, buck
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HORSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Do some trawling at sea?"

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: CASTANET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Gobbled up or down"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: wipe out, rust, eat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Capital of Latvia"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a port city on the gulf of riga that is the capital and largest city of latvia; formerly a member of the hanseatic league
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Latvia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
• Words that mean the same thing: variety, tolerant, form
• The opposite would be: unkind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Criticize Sega's hedgehog design?"

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: PANASONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Annoying summer swarms"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GNATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. And all the rest, in brief"

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: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Actress Reid of the "American Pie" films"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a village in eastern ireland (northwest of dublin); seat of irish kings until 6th century
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Not important"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a young person of either sex
• Words that mean the same thing: fry, pocket-size, youngster
• The opposite would be: major
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. "___ we forget""

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 being ten more than forty
• Words that mean the same thing: fifty, l, 50
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Truant G.I.'s infraction"

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 who is away or absent without leave
• Words that mean the same thing: truant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Big health insurer"

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: AETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword September 28, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Kilmer who played Batman	3
2D	2. End of a college web address	3
3D	3. Driver's furious fit	8
4D	4. Priestly Gaul or Celt	5
5D	5. Pants line that's partly hidden	6
6D	6. Loudening device, informally	3
7D	7. Blood fluid	5
8D	8. "Famous" cookie guy	4
9D	9. Head of the Holy See	4
10D	10. Container for cider or ale	3
11D	11. Equal in rank	6
12D	12. Apparel	6
13D	13. Dead end sign	6
14D	19. Language of the Quran	6
15D	21. "That's personal stuff I didn't need to hear"	3
16D	24. Taxi	3
17D	25. Itsy-bitsy bit	4
18D	26. Corsage flower	6
19D	28. Not stated directly	5
20D	31. Brand of small planes	6
21D	32. Radio journalist Shapiro	3
22D	34. Frets (over)	5
23D	36. Corrosive cleaner	3
24D	38. Venomous vipers	6
25D	39. Smartphone precursor, for short	3
26D	40. Plentiful	8
27D	41. Partner of rank and serial number	4
28D	44. Dirty rotten scoundrel	3
29D	45. Small place of worship	6
30D	46. Turn on an axis	6
31D	47. Large sports venues	6
32D	49. "Don't ___!"	3
33D	50. Scarlet letter, e.g.	6
34D	53. Capital near the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that's still largely intact	5
35D	54. Redheaded orphan of Broadway	5
36D	57. Smidgen	4
37D	58. Bite like a beaver	4
38D	61. Computer key not pressed alone	3
39D	62. Ripken who played a record 2,632 consecutive major-league games	3
40D	64. 2,000 pounds	3
41D	65. Mexican Mrs.: 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. Kilmer who played Batman"

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: VAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. End of a college web address"

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: EDU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Driver's furious fit"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard 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: ROADRAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Priestly Gaul or Celt"

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 pre-christian priest among the celts of ancient gaul and britain and ireland
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRUID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Pants line that's partly hidden"

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: INSEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Loudening device, informally"

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 basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: adenylic acid, ampere, adenosine monophosphate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Blood fluid"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
• Words that mean the same thing: blood serum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Famous" cookie guy"

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 hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Head of the Holy See"

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 head of the roman catholic church
• Words that mean the same thing: Holy Father, Roman Catholic Pope, Catholic Pope
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Container for cider or ale"

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 large bottle with a narrow mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: incarcerate, remand, gaol
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Equal in rank"

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: ONAPAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Apparel"

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 clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
• Words that mean the same thing: garb, fig out, deck up
• The opposite would be: dress down, underdress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Dead end sign"

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: NOEXIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Language of the Quran"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the semitic language of the arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabic language
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARABIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. "That's personal stuff I didn't need to hear""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Taxi"

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 compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Words that mean the same thing: taxicab, taxi, cabriolet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Itsy-bitsy bit"

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

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Corsage flower"

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 any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
• Words that mean the same thing: orchidaceous plant
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCHID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Not stated directly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that implied by or inferred from actions or statements
• Words that mean the same thing: understood, silent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Brand of small planes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CESSNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Radio journalist Shapiro"

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: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Frets (over)"

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 agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: fret, brood, swither
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Corrosive cleaner"

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 strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Venomous vipers"

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 person who adds numbers
• Words that mean the same thing: common viper, Vipera berus, adder
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Smartphone precursor, 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 lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: personal digital assistant, personal organiser, organiser
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Plentiful"

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 present in great quantity
• The opposite would be: scarce
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABUNDANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Partner of rank and serial number"

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 language unit by which a person or thing is known
• Words that mean the same thing: constitute, list, nominate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Dirty rotten scoundrel"

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 any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Words that mean the same thing: crumb, stag, grass
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Small place of worship"

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 place of worship that has its own altar
• Words that mean the same thing: chapel service
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAPEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Turn on an axis"

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 turn on or around an axis or a center
• Words that mean the same thing: turn out, splay, go around
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Large sports venues"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a particular environment or walk of life
• Words that mean the same thing: domain, area, stadium
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARENAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. "Don't ___!""

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

  The answer is: ASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Scarlet letter, e.g."

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 apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
• Words that mean the same thing: brand, mark, stain
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STIGMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Capital near the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that's still largely intact"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a town at the southern tip of illinois at the confluence of the ohio and mississippi rivers
• Words that mean the same thing: El Qahira, Al Qahira, capital of Egypt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAIRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Redheaded orphan of Broadway"

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: ANNIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Smidgen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: whit, tittle, shred
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Bite like a beaver"

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 bite or chew on with the teeth
• Words that mean the same thing: wear away, gnaw at, erode
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Computer key not pressed alone"

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

  The answer is: ALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Ripken who played a record 2,632 consecutive major-league games"

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: CAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. 2,000 pounds"

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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Words that mean the same thing: net ton, long ton, gross ton
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "65. Mexican Mrs.: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: SRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	57.7%
Short Answer	17	21.8%
Geography	4	5.1%
Sports	3	3.8%
Music	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 22, 2025 at 08:51 AM