August 24, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 24, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (35 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword August 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Let me tell you, this is how to do it"	6
2A	7. Touch	9
3A	16. The guy from Ipanema?	6
4A	17. Rhyming toy on Time's "All-Time 100 Greatest Toys" list	9
5A	18. Big name in skin care	6
6A	19. Not on track	9
7A	20. Small construction piece	4
8A	21. Lose strength, as in the knees	6
9A	23. "Stay out of this!"	4
10A	24. Drill bit?	5
11A	26. Classic roadside brand	5
12A	27. Old man	4
13A	28. Video game character with the most appearances on magazine covers, per Guinness (1,200+)	9
14A	30. Blood type abbr.	3
15A	31. Really hurt	4
16A	32. Pasty side dish	3
17A	34. Tournament-seeding consideration	4
18A	35. Unbelievable discovery in one's field	10
19A	39. Spot to buy tix in N.Y.C.	4
20A	42. Org. with magazines on magazines	3
21A	43. Droids and such	4
22A	45. ___ tov (Jewish observance)	3
23A	46. Intense craving for a particular food	9
24A	50. Study, for instance	4
25A	52. Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled	5
26A	53. "Family Guy" airer	5
27A	55. Company with assembly lines?	4
28A	56. Path of some electrical conversions, for short	6
29A	58. Por ___ lado (conversely: Sp.)	4
30A	59. Royal Navy stronghold during W.W. II	9
31A	61. Talk radio tuner	6
32A	63. "The Italian Job" or "The Bank Job"	9
33A	64. Top-shelf	6
34A	65. E-sharp?	9
35A	66. Works for a university, maybe	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. "Let me tell you, this is how to do it""

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: PROTIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Touch"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLIGHTBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "16. The guy from Ipanema?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a portuguese title of respect; equivalent to english `mr'
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENHOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "17. Rhyming toy on Time's "All-Time 100 Greatest Toys" list"

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: LITEBRITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "18. Big name in skin care"

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: AVEENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "19. Not on track"

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: OFFCOURSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "20. Small construction piece"

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 (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
• Words that mean the same thing: Lego set
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Lose strength, as in the knees"

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: GOWEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "23. "Stay out of this!""

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: MYOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Drill bit?"

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 month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: marchland, border, abut
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Classic roadside brand"

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: AMOCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Old man"

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 informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Words that mean the same thing: dada, daddy, pappa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Video game character with the most appearances on magazine covers, per Guinness (1,200+)"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: LARACROFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Blood type 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: NEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Really hurt"

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 injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Pasty side dish"

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 hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Tournament-seeding consideration"

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 victory (as in a race or other competition)
• Words that mean the same thing: get ahead, acquire, pull ahead
• The opposite would be: fall back, fail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Unbelievable discovery in one's field"

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: CROPCIRCLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Spot to buy tix in N.Y.C."

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: BWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Org. with magazines on magazines"

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 powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Droids and such"

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 botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
• Words that mean the same thing: bot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. ___ tov (Jewish observance)"

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: YOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Intense craving for a particular food"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPSOMANIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Study, for instance"

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 area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
• Words that mean the same thing: way, board, elbow room
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled"

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 republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
• Words that mean the same thing: Hayti, Hispaniola, Republic of Haiti
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAITI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. "Family Guy" airer"

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: FOXTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Company with assembly lines?"

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: IKEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Path of some electrical conversions, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACTODC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Por ___ lado (conversely: Sp.)"

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: OTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Royal Navy stronghold during W.W. II"

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 location of a colony of the united kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the mediterranean; one of the pillars of hercules
• Words that mean the same thing: Calpe, Rock of Gibraltar
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIBRALTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Talk radio tuner"

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: AMDIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. "The Italian Job" or "The Bank Job""

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: HEISTFILM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Top-shelf"

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 pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
• Words that mean the same thing: take, blue-ribbon, prime
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. E-sharp?"

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: TECHSAVVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Works for a university, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
• Words that mean the same thing: dissertation, thesis
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THESES

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword August 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Sunday school reading	5
2D	2. Climactic part of any "Scooby-Doo" episode	6
3D	3. Weight of a Japanese yen coin	7
4D	4. Opposite of a state of disbelief	9
5D	5. B+, but not A-	3
6D	6. ___ rock (music genre)	4
7D	7. Highlight reel effect	6
8D	8. 2001 best seller with a tiger on its cover	8
9D	9. Personal magnetism	8
10D	10. One sticking around the rain forest?	5
11D	11. Sister channel of Cinemax	3
12D	12. Take precedence over	5
13D	13. Indian rice dish	7
14D	14. "Come in!"	7
15D	15. Typical golf tournament freebies	7
16D	22. Item put in a lock	3
17D	25. What some buns are made of	4
18D	29. "Seriously ...?!"	4
19D	33. Subj. of a military test	4
20D	34. Wimp	9
21D	36. Big name in skin care	8
22D	37. Symbol for 54-Down	8
23D	38. See 52-Down	4
24D	39. In all fairness	7
25D	40. Crossbow-wielding creature of sci-fi	7
26D	41. Lacking a defined shape	7
27D	44. "Peace" time?	7
28D	47. Not fair at all	6
29D	48. Suffix with fact	3
30D	49. Very little (of)	6
31D	51. Rush home?	5
32D	52. With 38-Down, amount to make do with	5
33D	54. Units measured by multimeters	5
34D	57. Tossed	4
35D	60. Symbols seen in comic strip cursing	3
36D	62. Lukewarm response	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. Sunday school 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 one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the book of psalms in the old testament; said to have been written by david
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Climactic part of any "Scooby-Doo" episode"

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 make visible
• Words that mean the same thing: divulge, unwrap, bring out
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Weight of a Japanese yen coin"

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: ONEGRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Opposite of a state of disbelief"

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 political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THEOCRACY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. B+, but not A-"

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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ rock (music genre)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: PROG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Highlight reel effect"

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: SLOWMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. 2001 best seller with a tiger on its cover"

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: LIFEOFPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Personal magnetism"

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: ITFACTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. One sticking around the rain forest?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GECKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Sister channel of Cinemax"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Take precedence 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 a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
• Words that mean the same thing: outflank, trump out, outdo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Indian rice 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 an indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables
• Words that mean the same thing: biriani
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRYANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. "Come in!""

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: ITSOPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Typical golf tournament freebies"

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: TEEBAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Item put in a lock"

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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. What some buns are made of"

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 covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
• Words that mean the same thing: fuzz, whisker, pilus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. "Seriously ...?!""

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: CMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "33. Subj. of a military test"

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 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 20 Down: "34. Wimp"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WETNOODLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Big name in skin care"

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: PROACTIV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Symbol for 54-Down"

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: CAPITALV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. See 52-Down"

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

  The answer is: LOAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. In all fairness"

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: BYRIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Crossbow-wielding creature of sci-fi"

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: WOOKIEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Lacking a defined shape"

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 pertaining to or resembling amoebae
• Words that mean the same thing: ameban, amoebous, amebic
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOEBIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. "Peace" time?"

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 the decade from 1960 to 1969
• Words that mean the same thing: 60, mid-sixties, sixty
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIXTIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Not fair at all"

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 (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: tempestuous
• The opposite would be: calm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STORMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Suffix with fact"

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: OID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Very little (of)"

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: ATRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Rush home?"

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 low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
• Words that mean the same thing: marshland, Reginald Marsh, fen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. With 38-Down, amount to make do with"

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: HALFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Units measured by multimeters"

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 unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
• Words that mean the same thing: volt, V
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOLTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Tossed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the actors in a play
• Words that mean the same thing: honk, shape, casting
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Symbols seen in comic strip cursing"

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 highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
• Words that mean the same thing: at, astatine, atomic number 85
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "62. Lukewarm response"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	74.6%
Short Answer	6	8.5%
Food & Drink	3	4.2%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
History	2	2.8%
Geography	2	2.8%
Sports	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

Date: Monday, August 26, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 80 (40 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword August 26, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Groups of actors in plays	5
2A	6. Protective wear for lobster eaters	4
3A	10. Summa cum ___	5
4A	15. Outdo	5
5A	16. Soothing ointment ingredient	4
6A	17. Neighbor of Hertfordshire	5
7A	18. Start of a nursery rhyme on a farm	16
8A	21. Outer part of a crater	3
9A	22. Feel sorry about	3
10A	23. Indent key on a keyboard	3
11A	24. Sport with kicking and boxing, for short	3
12A	25. Claim without evidence	6
13A	27. Superlatively kind	6
14A	29. Bow-tie-wearing cub in Jellystone Park	10
15A	34. "You're telling me!"	5
16A	37. Stitch's human pal, in film	4
17A	38. Singer Minaj	5
18A	42. Cookie that's 29% cream	4
19A	43. Pass along	6
20A	45. ___ fides	4
21A	46. Clock sound	4
22A	47. Grow fond of	6
23A	48. Skyline-obscuring pollution	4
24A	49. Bring up in a Q. and A.	3
25A	50. Spanish for "south"	3
26A	51. Falsehood	3
27A	53. Palindromic kitchen brand	3
28A	54. 1963 musical that was Dick Van Dyke's film debut	12
29A	59. What dogs do when they're hungry	5
30A	61. Former attorney general Holder	4
31A	62. Photo-sharing app, colloquially	5
32A	65. Place for driving lessons (the golf kind)	5
33A	66. The "sun" in sunny-side-up eggs	4
34A	67. N.B.A. phenom Jayson	5
35A	68. Didn't venture out for dinner	5
36A	69. Competitive advantage	4
37A	70. Put into law	5
38A	71. Actress Thompson of "Sorry to Bother You"	5
39A	72. Bucks and does	4
40A	73. Students sit at them	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. Groups of actors in plays"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the actors in a play
• Words that mean the same thing: form, be sick, cast off
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Protective wear for lobster eaters"

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 top part of an apron; covering the chest
• Words that mean the same thing: tipple, bib
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Summa cum ___"

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: LAUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Outdo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Soothing ointment ingredient"

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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Neighbor of Hertfordshire"

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 county in southeastern england on the north sea and the thames estuary
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Start of a nursery rhyme on a farm"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BAABAABLACKSHEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Outer part of a crater"

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 shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
• Words that mean the same thing: flange, brim, lip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Feel sorry about"

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 european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
• Words that mean the same thing: Ruta graveolens, regret, sorrow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Indent key on a keyboard"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Sport with kicking and boxing, 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: MMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Claim without evidence"

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 state categorically
• Words that mean the same thing: maintain, swan, aver
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Superlatively kind"

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 pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; - george meredith
• Words that mean the same thing: gracious, squeamish, courteous
• 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: NICEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Bow-tie-wearing cub in Jellystone Park"

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: BOOBOOBEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. "You're telling me!""

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: IKNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "37. Stitch's human pal, in film"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a type of inflatable air mattress
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LILO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Singer Minaj"

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: NICKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "42. Cookie that's 29% cream"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Pass along"

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: SENDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "45. ___ fides"

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: BONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. Clock sound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a metallic tapping sound
• Words that mean the same thing: mark off, check off, check mark
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. Grow fond of"

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: TAKETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Skyline-obscuring pollution"

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 air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
• Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Bring up in a Q. and A."

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: necessitate, inquire, enquire
• 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 25 Across: "50. Spanish for "south""

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 port in southern lebanon on the mediterranean sea; formerly a major phoenician seaport famous for silks
• Words that mean the same thing: Tyre
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Falsehood"

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: rest, lie in, lie down
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Palindromic kitchen brand"

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: OXO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. 1963 musical that was Dick Van Dyke's film debut"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert 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: BYEBYEBIRDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. What dogs do when they're hungry"

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 pretentious or silly talk or writing
• Words that mean the same thing: tosh, twaddle, tommyrot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DROOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Former attorney general Holder"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ERIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Photo-sharing app, colloquially"

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: INSTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Place for driving lessons (the golf kind)"

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 an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
• Words that mean the same thing: cooking stove, compass, wander
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. The "sun" in sunny-side-up eggs"

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 yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen
• Words that mean the same thing: egg yolk, vitellus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOLK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. N.B.A. phenom Jayson"

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 biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)
• Words that mean the same thing: Art Tatum, Arthur Tatum, Edward Lawrie Tatum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Didn't venture out for dinner"

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: ATEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Competitive advantage"

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 boundary of a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: border, sharpness, 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: EDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. Put into law"

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 order by virtue of superior authority; decree
• Words that mean the same thing: ordain, reenact, act out
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. Actress Thompson of "Sorry to Bother You""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TESSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "72. Bucks and does"

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 distinguished from bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
• Words that mean the same thing: cervid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "73. Students sit at them"

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 piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
• Words that mean the same thing: desk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle August 26, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Fearsome snake	5
2D	2. Nin of erotica	5
3D	3. Bursting at the ___	5
4D	4. Bathroom fixture	3
5D	5. Bird that "His eye is on," in a hymn	7
6D	6. Term of endearment	4
7D	7. Sick	3
8D	8. Snaky scarf	3
9D	9. Result of a religious schism	4
10D	10. The "L" of L.G.B.T.Q.	7
11D	11. Volcanic detritus	3
12D	12. "I'm at your disposal"	5
13D	13. Judges to be	5
14D	14. Person living abroad, informally	5
15D	19. Modern prefix with correct	4
16D	20. "Citizen ___"	4
17D	26. Virtual volume	5
18D	28. Places infants sleep	5
19D	30. Having trouble seeing in the morning, perhaps	10
20D	31. Sound from a piggery	4
21D	32. Adjective after "Ye" in many a pub's name	4
22D	33. Suck-up	10
23D	34. Littlest bit	4
24D	35. ___ Kringle (Santa Claus)	4
25D	36. Pork dish of Southern cuisine	9
26D	39. "How goes it?," in Spanish	9
27D	40. Fort ___, home of the U.S. Bullion Depository	4
28D	41. "Othello" villain	4
29D	43. What's left of a ticket after it's been used	4
30D	44. Pinot ___	4
31D	50. One-named queen of Tejano music	6
32D	52. Made revisions to	6
33D	55. Some spiritual advisers	5
34D	56. Gradually disappear, as support	5
35D	57. Nonsense	5
36D	58. Nonsensical	5
37D	59. "Tarnation!"	4
38D	60. Apt rhyme for "evaluate"	4
39D	63. Hide, as shirttails, with "in"	4
40D	64. Quantities: Abbr.	4

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. Fearsome snake"

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 venomous asiatic and african elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Nin of erotica"

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: ANAIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Bursting at 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 joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
• Words that mean the same thing: seam, crinkle, furrow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Bathroom fixture"

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 relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
• Words that mean the same thing: vat, bath, tubful
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Bird that "His eye is on," in a hymn"

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 any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
• Words that mean the same thing: hedge sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularis
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPARROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Term of endearment"

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 very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Words that mean the same thing: sister, infant, baby
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Sick"

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 often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: inauspicious, ominous, sick
• The opposite would be: well
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Snaky scarf"

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

  The answer is: BOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Result of a religious schism"

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 subdivision of a larger religious group
• Words that mean the same thing: faction, religious order, religious sect
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. The "L" of L.G.B.T.Q."

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 female homosexual
• Words that mean the same thing: sapphic, tribade, gay woman
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESBIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Volcanic detritus"

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 residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "I'm at your disposal""

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: USEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Judges to be"

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 keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
• Words that mean the same thing: deem, view as, hold
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Person living abroad, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
• Words that mean the same thing: expatriate, exile
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXPAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Modern prefix with correct"

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

  The answer is: AUTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "20. "Citizen ___""

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: KANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Virtual volume"

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: EBOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Places infants sleep"

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 baby bed with high sides made of slats
• Words that mean the same thing: cot, cribbage, pony
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRIBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Having trouble seeing in the morning, perhaps"

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: BLEARYEYED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Sound from a piggery"

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 short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
• Words that mean the same thing: grunt, squeal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Adjective after "Ye" in many a pub's name"

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: OLDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Suck-up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
• Words that mean the same thing: groveller, apple polisher, truckler
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOOTLICKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Littlest 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 a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: scintilla, smidge, tittle
• The 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 24 Down: "35. ___ Kringle (Santa Claus)"

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 malayan dagger with a wavy blade
• Words that mean the same thing: creese, crease
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Pork dish of Southern cuisine"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: NECKBONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. "How goes it?," in Spanish"

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: COMOESTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Fort ___, home of the U.S. Bullion Depository"

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 scottish theologian who founded presbyterianism in scotland and wrote a history of the reformation in scotland (1514-1572)
• Words that mean the same thing: John Knox
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. "Othello" villain"

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 villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IAGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. What's left of a ticket after it's been used"

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 short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
• Words that mean the same thing: ticket stub, butt, nub
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Pinot ___"

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: NOIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. One-named queen of Tejano music"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SELENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Made revisions to"

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

  The answer is: EDITED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Some spiritual advisers"

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 baseball player (born 1925)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, yogi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOGIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Gradually disappear, as support"

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 become ground down or deteriorate
• Words that mean the same thing: fret, gnaw, wear away
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Nonsense"

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 water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
• Words that mean the same thing: bilge water, take in water
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BILGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Nonsensical"

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 devoid of intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: vacuous, fatuous, mindless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. "Tarnation!""

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: DRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Apt rhyme for "evaluate""

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 magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
• Words that mean the same thing: range, value, grade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Hide, as shirttails, with "in""

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 eatables (especially sweets)
• Words that mean the same thing: insert, rapier, pucker
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. Quantities: Abbr."

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: AMTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	58	72.5%
Short Answer	11	13.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.0%
Music	2	2.5%
Sports	1	1.2%
Movies/Film	1	1.2%
History	1	1.2%
Food & Drink	1	1.2%
Abbreviation	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	40
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	80
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 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 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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