July 05, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, July 05, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (37 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - July 05, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Negative media coverage, in brief	5
2A	6. Undergraduate's declaration	5
3A	11. Consumer protection org.	3
4A	14. Open-air rooms	5
5A	15. Olio di ___ (bread dip at a trattoria)	5
6A	16. Water: Fr.	3
7A	17. Marine inhabitant that's an animal, not a plant, despite what it's called	11
8A	19. ___ de Triomphe	3
9A	20. Tiny drink	3
10A	21. Org. with missions to Mars	4
11A	22. Put back in the suitcase	6
12A	24. 43,560 square feet	7
13A	26. Nightclub	7
14A	27. Angry shout to a miscreant	12
15A	29. Prince who married Meghan Markle	5
16A	32. Swollen mark	4
17A	33. Garden tool with a long handle	3
18A	34. Heed	4
19A	35. Top Olympic prizes	5
20A	37. Many a sacrifice play in baseball	4
21A	38. Padre's sister	3
22A	39. Make do	4
23A	40. Bar mitzvah reading	5
24A	41. Sobriquet for Simón Bolívar	12
25A	45. Actress Lohan of "Mean Girls"	7
26A	46. Camrys and Corollas	7
27A	50. Challenges for dry cleaners	6
28A	51. Ares and Apollo, to Zeus	4
29A	52. Insect that can carry up to 50 times its body weight	3
30A	53. "Ready, ___, fire!"	3
31A	54. Observation satellite	11
32A	57. Service charge	3
33A	58. Fictional detective Nero	5
34A	59. Wide receiver ___ Beckham Jr.	5
35A	60. Shape on a winding road	3
36A	61. Peeved states	5
37A	62. Blender setting	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. Negative media coverage, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BADPR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Undergraduate's declaration"

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 commissioned military officer in the united states army or air force or marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
• Words that mean the same thing: John R. Major, John Major, John Roy Major
• The opposite would be: minor
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAJOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Consumer protection org."

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: BBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Open-air rooms"

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 chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
• Words that mean the same thing: atrium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATRIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Olio di ___ (bread dip at a trattoria)"

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: OLIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Water: Fr."

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: EAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Marine inhabitant that's an animal, not a plant, despite what it's called"

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: SEACUCUMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. ___ de Triomphe"

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

  The answer is: ARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Tiny drink"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small drink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Org. with missions to Mars"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
• Words that mean the same thing: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Put back in the suitcase"

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: REPACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. 43,560 square feet"

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: ONEACRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Nightclub"

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 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: nightspot, nightclub, floorshow
• The 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 14 Across: "27. Angry shout to a miscreant"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WHYYOULITTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Prince who married Meghan Markle"

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 annoy continually or chronically
• Words that mean the same thing: molest, beset, chevvy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Swollen mark"

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 raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
• Words that mean the same thing: whip, wale, lash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Garden tool with a long handle"

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 tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Heed"

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

  The answer is: OBEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Top Olympic prizes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that coins made of gold
• Words that mean the same thing: Au, gold, atomic number 79
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOLDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Many a sacrifice play in baseball"

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 (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
• Words that mean the same thing: Tilletia foetida, stinking smut, butt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Padre's sister"

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 brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage
• Words that mean the same thing: transient ischemic attack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Make do"

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 brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
• Words that mean the same thing: get by, header, grapple
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. Bar mitzvah reading"

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 whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
• Words that mean the same thing: Laws, Pentateuch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. Sobriquet for Simón Bolívar"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELLIBERTADOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Actress Lohan of "Mean Girls""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states playwright who collaborated with russel crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Howard Lindsay, Vachel Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINDSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Camrys and Corollas"

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 industrial city of japan in southern honshu
• Words that mean the same thing: Toyota
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOYOTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Challenges for dry cleaners"

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 soiled or discolored appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: discoloration, smear, grease
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Ares and Apollo, to Zeus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: Logos, son, Word
• The opposite would be: girl, daughter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Insect that can carry up to 50 times its body weight"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: pismire, emmet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. "Ready, ___, fire!""

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 anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• Words that mean the same thing: point, purpose, objective
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Observation satellite"

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: EYEINTHESKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Service charge"

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 fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
• Words that mean the same thing: bung, tip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Fictional detective Nero"

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 united states writer who has written extensively on american culture (born in 1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Clayton Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, Tom Wolfe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOLFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. Wide receiver ___ Beckham Jr."

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: ODELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Shape on a winding road"

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 radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
• Words that mean the same thing: E, atomic number 99, Es
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "61. Peeved states"

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 a state of agitated irritation
• Words that mean the same thing: snit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "62. Blender setting"

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 food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
• Words that mean the same thing: strain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword July 05, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Low opera voice	5
2D	2. Had a home-cooked meal	5
3D	3. Curtain	5
4D	4. Snapchat transmission, for short	3
5D	5. Vulgar, as some humor	7
6D	6. Dull brown, as hair	6
7D	7. ___ mater	4
8D	8. Triangular sail	3
9D	9. Attire for the Mario Bros. or the Minions	8
10D	10. Cheese-on-toast dish	7
11D	11. Co-star of TV's "Maude"	9
12D	12. Only Spanish city to host the Olympics	9
13D	13. Facial feature of Disney's Goofy	9
14D	18. Actor Elwes	4
15D	23. Butter unit	3
16D	25. Out of kilter	4
17D	26. Fed a line to	4
18D	28. What can barely give a hoot?	5
19D	29. Place to store valuables when traveling	9
20D	30. Skills	9
21D	31. Shawn Carter for Jay-Z and Tracy Morrow for Ice-T	9
22D	35. Be lenient with	8
23D	36. Grand Ole ___	4
24D	37. The Bronx or Brooklyn, informally	4
25D	39. Employer of Norah O'Donnell	7
26D	40. Place to buy gifts for kids	7
27D	42. Ugandan tyrant ___ Amin	3
28D	43. Makes amends (for)	6
29D	44. "___ mention it!"	4
30D	47. Electrified weapon	5
31D	48. What a maxi dress reaches	5
32D	49. Fashion	5
33D	51. De-clump, as flour	4
34D	55. Yale collegian	3
35D	56. Yale URL ender	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. Low opera voice"

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 an adult male singer with the lowest voice
• Words that mean the same thing: bass, bass voice
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Had a home-cooked meal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Curtain"

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 hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• Words that mean the same thing: cloak, clothe, drapery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Snapchat transmission, 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 form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
• Words that mean the same thing: picture, exposure, film
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Vulgar, as some humor"

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 earthy and sexually explicit
• Words that mean the same thing: grimy, grungy, salacious
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAUNCHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Dull brown, as hair"

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 infested with mice
• Words that mean the same thing: mouse-colored, mousy, mouselike
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOUSEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ mater"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Triangular sail"

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 triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
• Words that mean the same thing: balk, jibe, resist
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Attire for the Mario Bros. or the Minions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
• Words that mean the same thing: boilers suit, boilersuit, overall
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVERALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Cheese-on-toast dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast
• Words that mean the same thing: Welsh rarebit, Welsh rabbit
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAREBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Co-star of TV's "Maude""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEAARTHUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Only Spanish city to host the Olympics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in northeastern spain on the mediterranean; 2nd largest spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARCELONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Facial feature of Disney's Goofy"

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 large projecting front tooth
• Words that mean the same thing: bucktooth
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUCKTEETH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Actor Elwes"

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: CARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Butter unit"

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 sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: slick, rap, tap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Out of kilter"

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 turned or twisted toward one side; - g.k.chesterton
• Words that mean the same thing: askew, wonky, amiss
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Fed a line to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
• Words that mean the same thing: prompt, cue, remind
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. What can barely give a hoot?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OWLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Place to store valuables when traveling"

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: HOTELSAFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Skills"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
• Words that mean the same thing: ability, power
• The opposite would be: inability
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABILITIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Shawn Carter for Jay-Z and Tracy Morrow for Ice-T"

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: REALNAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Be lenient with"

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: GOEASYON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Grand Ole ___"

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: OPRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. The Bronx or Brooklyn, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BORO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Employer of Norah O'Donnell"

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: CBSNEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Place to buy gifts for kids"

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

  The answer is: TOYSHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Ugandan tyrant ___ Amin"

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: IDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Makes amends (for)"

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 make amends for
• Words that mean the same thing: atone, abye, expiate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. "___ mention it!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Electrified weapon"

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: TASER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. What a maxi dress reaches"

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 gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
• Words that mean the same thing: ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANKLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Fashion"

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 how something is done or how it happens
• Words that mean the same thing: dash, expressive style, fashion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. De-clump, as flour"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move as if through a sieve
• Words that mean the same thing: strain, sieve
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Yale collegian"

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Yale URL ender"

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: EDU

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	63.9%
Short Answer	14	19.4%
Food & Drink	3	4.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.2%
History	2	2.8%
Geography	2	2.8%
Sports	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 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 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 (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (37 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

July 15, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Delish!"	6
2A	5. "___ Sexy" (1991 dance hit)	5
3A	10. Single at a bar, perhaps	3
4A	13. Brown powder	5
5A	15. Brown powder	5
6A	16. Costa ___	4
7A	17. Popular pops	5
8A	18. Point a finger at	5
9A	19. Fan fave	4
10A	20. Kennel sound	3
11A	21. Southern newspaper that William Faulkner once contributed to, with "The"	13
12A	24. Prefix with beat or futurism	4
13A	26. Toy dog from Tibet	9
14A	27. Sport with Native American origins	8
15A	30. Melodramatist	3
16A	31. Kind of saxophone	4
17A	32. Rapper for whom Harvard's Hip-Hop Fellowship is named	3
18A	34. Get cozy	6
19A	39. Cultivars known for their yellow flesh	17
20A	43. "Excuse me"	6
21A	44. Do some patching, say	3
22A	45. Book after Joel	4
23A	46. Compadre	3
24A	48. Quantity that's tied to one's carbon footprint	9
25A	51. Second way of viewing things, figuratively	9
26A	56. Appear	4
27A	57. What a solver might growl after catching on to this puzzle's theme?	12
28A	59. Genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones	3
29A	62. Mine find	4
30A	63. Mother-of-pearl	5
31A	64. Motorola smartphone	5
32A	66. Flubs it	4
33A	67. Not using profanity, as a comedian	5
34A	68. "___ is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope": Aristotle	5
35A	69. Central concept of philosopher Zhuangzi's teachings	3
36A	70. Repeatedly comments (on)	5
37A	71. The first one in The New York Times appeared in 1970	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. "Delish!""

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: YUMYUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. "___ Sexy" (1991 dance hit)"

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: IMTOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Single at a bar, perhaps"

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 the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
• Words that mean the same thing: angle, hint, tap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Brown powder"

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 beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
• Words that mean the same thing: chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COCOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Brown powder"

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 long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
• Words that mean the same thing: algarroba, carob bean, locust pod
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAROB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Costa ___"

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: RICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Popular pops"

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 carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
• Words that mean the same thing: Coke, blow, coke
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Point a finger at"

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 accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: charge, incrimination, blamed
• The opposite would be: absolve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Fan fave"

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: beau ideal, paragon, graven image
• The 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 10 Across: "20. Kennel sound"

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: ARF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Southern newspaper that William Faulkner once contributed to, with "The""

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: TIMESPICAYUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Prefix with beat or futurism"

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 rounded thickly curled hairdo
• Words that mean the same thing: Afro hairdo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Toy dog from Tibet"

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: LHASAAPSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Sport with Native American origins"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game invented by american indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LACROSSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Melodramatist"

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 meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
• Words that mean the same thing: overact, ham actor, ham it up
• The opposite would be: underact
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Kind of saxophone"

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 singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
• Words that mean the same thing: contralto, countertenor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Rapper for whom Harvard's Hip-Hop Fellowship is named"

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: Na, sodium, 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 18 Across: "34. Get cozy"

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 close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
• Words that mean the same thing: cuddle, snuggle, draw close
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NESTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Cultivars known for their yellow flesh"

Quick Info: This answer has 17 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: YUKONGOLDPOTATOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. "Excuse me""

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 act of excusing a mistake or offense
• Words that mean the same thing: free pardon, forgiveness, amnesty
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Do some patching, 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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Words that mean the same thing: tailor, run up, stitch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Book after Joel"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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 23 Across: "46. Compadre"

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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Words that mean the same thing: sidekick, pal up, chum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Quantity that's tied to one's carbon footprint"

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: ENERGYUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Second way of viewing things, figuratively"

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: OTHERHAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "56. Appear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• Words that mean the same thing: appear, look
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. What a solver might growl after catching on to this puzzle's theme?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WHYYOULITTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. Genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones"

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: SKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "62. Mine find"

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 deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
• Words that mean the same thing: load
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Mother-of-pearl"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
• Words that mean the same thing: mother-of-pearl
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NACRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Motorola smartphone"

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: DROID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Flubs it"

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

  The answer is: ERRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Not using profanity, as a comedian"

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 weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
• Words that mean the same thing: sporty, plumb, clean and jerk
• The opposite would be: unfairly, unclean
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. "___ is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope": Aristotle"

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 young person (especially a young man or boy)
• Words that mean the same thing: youthfulness, young, younker
• The opposite would be: aged
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOUTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Central concept of philosopher Zhuangzi's teachings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an adherent of any branch of taoism
• Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Repeatedly comments (on)"

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

  The answer is: HARPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. The first one in The New York Times appeared in 1970"

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: OPED

  Great job if you got it right!

July 15, 2021 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Southwest desert plant	5
2D	2. Dock	4
3D	3. Metric of grossness	10
4D	4. Classic comedy figure who sported a bowl cut	3
5D	5. Certain warhead transport, in brief	4
6D	6. Phoenix and Washington, e.g.	9
7D	7. Low culture, disparagingly	5
8D	8. Brass band sound	6
9D	9. Showily deferential	8
10D	10. Neaten	6
11D	11. Clickable things	5
12D	12. Prefix with -lithic	5
13D	14. Lone Star State athlete	5
14D	16. Certifier of music sales, for short	4
15D	22. Apple devices run on it	3
16D	23. "Along ___ spider ..."	5
17D	25. Palm part	5
18D	27. Easy two-pointer	5
19D	28. ___-Seltzer	4
20D	29. Not Ready for Prime Time Players show, for short	3
21D	33. Where a zipper gets caught?	9
22D	35. Put on	5
23D	36. Popular hot-and-sour Thai dish	10
24D	37. Some summer babies	4
25D	38. To be: Lat.	4
26D	40. Headgear for many an extreme athlete	5
27D	41. Using intuition	8
28D	42. Have	3
29D	47. Syllables said with fingers in one's ears	6
30D	49. Night sch. class	3
31D	50. Thin, as a voice	5
32D	51. Small screech, for example	5
33D	52. Actress Birch	5
34D	53. Green power option, informally	5
35D	54. A scallop has up to 200 of these	4
36D	55. Not so cold	5
37D	58. Second place at a math competition?	4
38D	60. Symbol of highness	4
39D	61. Focus problem, for short	4
40D	65. Joey of children's fiction	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. Southwest desert plant"

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 several evergreen plants of the genus yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of north america
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YUCCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Dock"

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 one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
• Words that mean the same thing: wharf, tie up, berth
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Metric of grossness"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YUCKFACTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Classic comedy figure who sported a bowl cut"

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: MOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Certain warhead transport, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
• Words that mean the same thing: intercontinental ballistic missile
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Phoenix and Washington, e.g."

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: MALELEADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Low culture, disparagingly"

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 worthless material that is to be disposed of
• Words that mean the same thing: crank, tear apart, chicken feed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Brass band sound"

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: OOMPAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Showily deferential"

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: OBEISANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Neaten"

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: TIDYUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Clickable things"

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 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
• Words that mean the same thing: ikon, icon, image
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Prefix with -lithic"

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: PALEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Lone Star State athlete"

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: ASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Certifier of music sales, for short"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Apple devices run on it"

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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
• Words that mean the same thing: Io
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "Along ___ spider ...""

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: CAMEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Palm part"

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 compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FROND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Easy two-pointer"

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 basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
• Words that mean the same thing: lay-up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAYUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. ___-Seltzer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Not Ready for Prime Time Players show, for short"

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: SNL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Where a zipper gets caught?"

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: SPEEDTRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Put on"

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 distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Words that mean the same thing: leg, phase, level
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Popular hot-and-sour Thai dish"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOMYUMSOUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Some summer babies"

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Words that mean the same thing: Leo the Lion, Lion, Leo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. To be: Lat."

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: ESSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Headgear for many an extreme athlete"

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: GOPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Using intuition"

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: ONAHUNCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Have"

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

  The answer is: OWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Syllables said with fingers in one's ears"

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: LALALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Night sch. class"

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: ESL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Thin, as a voice"

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 having a tone of a reed instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: reedlike, wheezy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Small screech, for example"

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: OWLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Actress Birch"

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: THORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Green power option, 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: HYDRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. A scallop has up to 200 of these"

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 opinion or judgment
• Words that mean the same thing: optic, heart, eye
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Not so cold"

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 pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; - george meredith
• Words that mean the same thing: skillful, dainty, decent
• The opposite would be: nasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Second place at a math competition?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: 10, tenner, decade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Symbol of highness"

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 bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. Focus problem, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: attention deficit disorder, ADD, hyperkinetic syndrome
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADHD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "65. Joey of children's fiction"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	70.1%
Short Answer	12	15.6%
Sports	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	17 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 16, 2025 at 07:39 AM