August 20, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword August 20, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. School grp. that doesn't include children	3
2A	4. Amazement	3
3A	7. "You flatter me!"	6
4A	13. Museum holdings	3
5A	14. Disney collectibles	4
6A	16. Coastal city SE of Roma	6
7A	17. Souvenir from a concert tour	8
8A	19. Intense rant	6
9A	20. Lug	4
10A	21. Cavalryman under Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War	10
11A	23. March parade honoree, colloquially	7
12A	25. At ___ (stationary)	4
13A	26. Signal to start	3
14A	27. Clear (of)	3
15A	28. Concerns for a dermatologist, informally	4
16A	32. Revolutionary War battle in Boston	10
17A	36. Ingredient in jelly beans and M&M's	3
18A	37. "The Road Not Taken" poet	5
19A	38. Class for citizens-to-be, in brief	3
20A	39. Part of a squirrel's stash	5
21A	41. Prez who established Social Security	3
22A	42. Leafy course	10
23A	44. Totals	4
24A	46. "___ Misérables"	3
25A	47. It's mostly nitrogen	3
26A	48. Without ice, at a bar	4
27A	50. Washington peak named after the second U.S. president	7
28A	54. Hot order with marshmallows	10
29A	58. "Ah, gotcha"	4
30A	59. Late Swedish electronic musician with the 2013 hit "Wake Me Up"	6
31A	60. Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across	8
32A	62. Entertain, as with stories	6
33A	63. Monogram component: Abbr.	4
34A	64. Suffix with star or tsar	3
35A	65. Spring celebration	6
36A	66. Jiffy	3
37A	67. Santa ___, Calif.	3

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. School grp. that doesn't include children"

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: PTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Amazement"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "7. "You flatter me!""

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: OHSTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Museum holdings"

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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: nontextual matter, prowess, fine art
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Disney collectibles"

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: CELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Coastal city SE of Roma"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a port and tourist center in southwestern italy; capital of the campania region
• Words that mean the same thing: Naples
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Souvenir from a concert tour"

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: TEESHIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Intense rant"

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 speech of violent denunciation
• Words that mean the same thing: broadside, philippic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIRADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Lug"

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 act of drawing or hauling something
• Words that mean the same thing: draw, catch, drag
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Cavalryman under Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUGHRIDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. March parade honoree, colloquially"

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: STPADDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. At ___ (stationary)"

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 something left after other parts have been taken away
• Words that mean the same thing: lie, catch one's breath, respite
• The opposite would be: be active, change
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Signal to start"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
• Words that mean the same thing: discriminative stimulus, clew, pool stick
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Clear (of)"

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 relieve from
• Words that mean the same thing: free, disembarrass
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Concerns for a dermatologist, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
• Words that mean the same thing: pimple, hickey, zit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Revolutionary War battle in Boston"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BUNKERHILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Ingredient in jelly beans and M&M's"

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 usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
• Words that mean the same thing: dyestuff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. "The Road Not Taken" poet"

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 ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Lee Frost, Robert Frost, freeze
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FROST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Class for citizens-to-be, in brief"

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: ESL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Part of a squirrel's stash"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Prez who established Social Security"

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 32nd president of the united states; elected four times; instituted new deal to counter the great depression and led country during world war ii (1882-1945)
• Words that mean the same thing: President Roosevelt, Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Leafy course"

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: GREENSALAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Totals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a quantity of money
• Words that mean the same thing: nitty-gritty, totality, sum total
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. "___ Misérables""

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 chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Words that mean the same thing: lupus erythematosus, LE
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. It's mostly nitrogen"

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 mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
• Words that mean the same thing: bare, aviation, send
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Without ice, at a bar"

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 clean or organized
• Words that mean the same thing: nifty, groovy, keen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Washington peak named after the second U.S. president"

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: MTADAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Hot order with marshmallows"

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: CUPOFCOCOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. "Ah, gotcha""

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Late Swedish electronic musician with the 2013 hit "Wake Me Up""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: AVICII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: GOLFBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Entertain, as with stories"

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 provide with choice or abundant food or drink
• Words that mean the same thing: treat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REGALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Monogram component: 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: INIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Suffix with star or tsar"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: DOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Spring celebration"

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 christian celebration of the resurrection of christ; celebrated on the sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
• Words that mean the same thing: east wind, easterly
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Jiffy"

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 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: Securities and Exchange Commission, s, unsweet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Santa ___, Calif."

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - August 20, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Network in a park	5
2D	2. Real pleasure	5
3D	3. Bought completely	5
4D	4. German cry	3
5D	5. More unusual	7
6D	6. "The Jetsons" son	5
7D	7. Hush-hush	7
8D	8. Split ___ (nitpick)	5
9D	9. Small squirt, as of perfume	6
10D	10. Relative of a frog	4
11D	11. Ye ___ Shoppe	4
12D	12. Waterfront projection	4
13D	15. Disco ___ (character on "The Simpsons")	3
14D	18. Semiformal pants	6
15D	22. Feature on the front of a car	6
16D	24. Song that can't be sung alone	4
17D	27. Goes up	5
18D	29. Worshiped one	4
19D	30. Host Banks of "America's Next Top Model"	4
20D	31. Mail	4
21D	32. Closest of pals, informally	4
22D	33. Language of Pakistan	4
23D	34. It's to be expected	4
24D	35. Regarding this point	6
25D	39. Home of the Himalayas	4
26D	40. Rapper with the 2018 #1 album "Invasion of Privacy"	6
27D	42. Montana's ___ National Park	7
28D	43. Actress Portman	7
29D	45. Ski resort vehicle	6
30D	49. Modern I.R.S. submission option	5
31D	50. Deimos and Phobos, for Mars	5
32D	51. Carne ___ (burrito filling)	5
33D	52. Cantaloupe or honeydew	5
34D	53. Site of a 1965 civil rights march	5
35D	54. Part of T.L.C.	4
36D	55. Iris's place in the eye	4
37D	56. In a ___ eye	4
38D	57. Some special FX	3
39D	61. U.S. consumer watchdog, for short	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. Network in a park"

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 course of conduct
• Words that mean the same thing: way, way of life, itinerary
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Real pleasure"

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 something considered choice to eat
• Words that mean the same thing: deal, do by, kickshaw
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Bought completely"

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: ATEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. German cry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. More unusual"

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 suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; ; ; - john galsworthy; ; - henry kingsley
• Words that mean the same thing: unearthly, uncanny, weird
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEIRDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "The Jetsons" son"

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: ELROY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Hush-hush"

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: ONTHEDL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Split ___ (nitpick)"

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 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: haircloth, hair's-breadth, tomentum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Small squirt, as of perfume"

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 quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated 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: SPRITZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Relative of a frog"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
• Words that mean the same thing: frog, anuran, toad frog
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Ye ___ Shoppe"

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: OLDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Waterfront projection"

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 platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
• Words that mean the same thing: wharfage, dock, wharf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Disco ___ (character on "The Simpsons")"

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: STU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Semiformal pants"

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 (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear
• Words that mean the same thing: drop-off, slake, slow
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLACKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Feature on the front of a car"

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 small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
• Words that mean the same thing: grill, radiator grille, lattice
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRILLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Song that can't be sung alone"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that two items of the same kind
• Words that mean the same thing: duo, couplet, twain
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Goes up"

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 growth in strength or number or importance
• Words that mean the same thing: ascension, spring up, wage hike
• The opposite would be: descent, fall
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RISES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Worshiped one"

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: perfection, graven image, matinee idol
• The 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 19 Down: "30. Host Banks of "America's Next Top Model""

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: TYRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Mail"

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 cause to go somewhere
• Words that mean the same thing: commit, mail, transport
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Closest of pals, 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: BFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Language of Pakistan"

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 official literary language of pakistan, closely related to hindi; widely used in india (mostly by moslems); written in arabic script
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URDU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. It's to be expected"

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 standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
• Words that mean the same thing: average
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Regarding this point"

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

  The answer is: HERETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Home of the Himalayas"

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

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Rapper with the 2018 #1 album "Invasion of Privacy""

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: CARDIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Montana's ___ National Park"

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

  The answer is: GLACIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Actress Portman"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: NATALIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Ski resort vehicle"

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: SNOCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Modern I.R.S. submission option"

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: EFILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Deimos and Phobos, for Mars"

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 natural satellite of the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: moon, moonshine, Sun Myung Moon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Carne ___ (burrito filling)"

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: ASADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Cantaloupe or honeydew"

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 numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
• Words that mean the same thing: melon vine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Site of a 1965 civil rights march"

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 town in central alabama on the alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register black voters
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Part of T.L.C."

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 work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: precaution, guardianship, fear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Iris's place in the eye"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UVEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. In a ___ eye"

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 domestic swine
• Words that mean the same thing: copper, slovenly person, guttle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "57. Some special FX"

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: CGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. U.S. consumer watchdog, 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 an independent agency of the united states federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft
• Words that mean the same thing: Federal Trade Commission
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FTC

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	65.8%
Short Answer	14	18.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
History	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Music	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 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 Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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August 21, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

August 21, 2019 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. ___ talk	5
2A	6. Greek counterpart of Aurora	3
3A	9. Black-and-white swimmers	5
4A	14. Took for booking	5
5A	15. Brown, for one: Abbr.	3
6A	16. Comic Poundstone	5
7A	17. Muse of lyric poetry	5
8A	18. E-book?	9
9A	20. E-waste?	12
10A	22. Do Not Call Registry org.	3
11A	23. Justice Dept. division	3
12A	24. Catch	3
13A	27. E-filing?	9
14A	32. Busy	5
15A	34. Time for preparations	3
16A	35. It's for naught in noughts-and-crosses	3
17A	36. City south of Yosemite	6
18A	37. E-mail?	15
19A	41. Accustoms	6
20A	42. Dedicated work	3
21A	43. Closed-captioning problem	3
22A	44. Tuscan home of St. Catherine	5
23A	45. E-sign?	9
24A	48. Org. in a 1955 merger	3
25A	49. Farm mate for a 59-Down	3
26A	51. Pigeon's sound	3
27A	52. E-business?	12
28A	58. E-mag?	9
29A	61. Certain navel	5
30A	62. Gold or silver medal	5
31A	63. Chapter in history	3
32A	64. Layered dessert	5
33A	65. Trait transmitters	5
34A	66. Beehives and buns	3
35A	67. It's no miniature gulf	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. ___ talk"

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 soft whitish calcite
• Words that mean the same thing: methamphetamine, glass, crank
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHALK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Greek counterpart of Aurora"

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) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Black-and-white swimmers"

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 predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Words that mean the same thing: killer, killer whale, sea wolf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Took for booking"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RANIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Brown, for one: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: SCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Comic Poundstone"

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: PAULA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Muse of lyric poetry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) the muse of lyric and love poetry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. E-book?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THESECRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. E-waste?"

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: DELETEDSCENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Do Not Call Registry org."

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 independent agency of the united states federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft
• Words that mean the same thing: Federal Trade Commission
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FTC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Justice Dept. division"

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 law enforcement and tax collection agency of the treasury department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
• Words that mean the same thing: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Catch"

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 flexible container with a single opening
• Words that mean the same thing: grip, cup of tea, bulge
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. E-filing?"

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: TERMSHEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Busy"

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: INUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Time for preparations"

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

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. It's for naught in noughts-and-crosses"

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: OOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. City south of Yosemite"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in south central california in the san joaquin valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the sierra nevada mountains
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRESNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. E-mail?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REFERENCELETTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Accustoms"

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: ENURES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Dedicated work"

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Closed-captioning problem"

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 act of slowing down or falling behind
• Words that mean the same thing: interim, put behind bars, imprison
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Tuscan home of St. Catherine"

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: SIENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. E-sign?"

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: ENTERHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Org. in a 1955 merger"

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

  The answer is: AFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Farm mate for a 59-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Pigeon's sound"

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

  The answer is: COO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. E-business?"

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: MERCEDESBENZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. E-mag?"

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 the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
• Words that mean the same thing: xvii, XVII, 17
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEVENTEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Certain navel"

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: INNIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Gold or silver medal"

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 grant made by a law court
• Words that mean the same thing: honor, present, prize
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Chapter in history"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Layered dessert"

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 rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in austria
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Trait transmitters"

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 (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
• Words that mean the same thing: gene, factor, cistron
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Beehives and buns"

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 federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
• Words that mean the same thing: set, ut, State Department
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. It's no miniature gulf"

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 bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
• Words that mean the same thing: abysm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABYSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle August 21, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Reputation on the street	4
2D	2. Wonderland tea party attendee	4
3D	3. Fastidious to a fault	4
4D	4. Phrase used by many easy-listening radio stations	6
5D	5. ___ Berry Farm (California attraction)	6
6D	6. Cornerstone abbr.	4
7D	7. Protest singer Phil	4
8D	8. Female feline	6
9D	9. Start shooting	8
10D	10. Tear	4
11D	11. Ill-tempered dog	3
12D	12. Adam's ___ (water)	3
13D	13. Stayed on the shelf	3
14D	19. Finalized	3
15D	21. Bounces off the wall, say	6
16D	24. Flurry of activity	6
17D	25. Equally close	6
18D	26. One of the Beatles	6
19D	27. Sainted "Mother"	6
20D	28. Regardless of whether	6
21D	29. Make a pit stop, say	6
22D	30. Gazillion years	3
23D	31. Parolee, e.g.	5
24D	33. Rim attachment	3
25D	36. Swindle	6
26D	38. Southwest terminal?	3
27D	39. Hits back?	8
28D	40. N.Y.C. summer hrs.	3
29D	45. Made some introductions	6
30D	46. Bilingual Muppet on "Sesame Street"	6
31D	47. Pal around (with)	6
32D	50. Prints, e.g.	3
33D	52. Piddling	4
34D	53. Gateway Arch designer Saarinen	4
35D	54. Forensic IDs	4
36D	55. Professor 'iggins	4
37D	56. Trivial objections	4
38D	57. A lot of pizazz?	4
39D	58. Slump	3
40D	59. Farm mate for a 49-Across	3
41D	60. Ryder rental	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. Reputation on the street"

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 credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
• Words that mean the same thing: street cred, street credibility
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Wonderland tea party attendee"

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 swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: 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: HARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Fastidious to a fault"

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 of or related to the anus
• Words that mean the same thing: anal retentive
• The opposite would be: oral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Phrase used by many easy-listening radio stations"

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: LITEFM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ Berry Farm (California attraction)"

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: KNOTTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Cornerstone 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: ESTD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Protest singer Phil"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states newspaper publisher (1858-1935)
• Words that mean the same thing: Adolph Simon Ochs
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Female feline"

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: SHECAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Start shooting"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: OPENFIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Tear"

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 any competition
• Words that mean the same thing: raceway, hie, speed
• The opposite would be: linger
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Ill-tempered dog"

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 inferior dog or one of mixed breed
• Words that mean the same thing: mutt, mongrel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Adam's ___ (water)"

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Stayed on the shelf"

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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Words that mean the same thing: sit around, posture, Sabbatum
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Finalized"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: position, hardening, solidification
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Bounces off the wall, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Words that mean the same thing: reverberation, Echo, resound
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECHOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Flurry of activity"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: hustle, stir, ado
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUSTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Equally close"

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: ASNEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. One of the Beatles"

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 christian martyr; patron saint of england; hero of the legend of saint george and the dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
• Words that mean the same thing: St. George, George III, George IV
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEORGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Sainted "Mother""

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 indian nun and missionary in the roman catholic church (born of albanian parents in what is now macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in india (1910-1997)
• Words that mean the same thing: Theresa, Mother Teresa, Mother Theresa
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Regardless of whether"

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: EVENIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Make a pit stop, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFUEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Gazillion years"

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 longest division of geological time
• Words that mean the same thing: aeon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Parolee, e.g."

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: EXCON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Rim attachment"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: internet, cyberspace, profit
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Swindle"

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 wool of a sheep or similar animal
• Words that mean the same thing: rob, soak, hook
• The opposite would be: undercharge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLEECE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Southwest terminal?"

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 bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of europe and greenland
• Words that mean the same thing: European sea eagle, erne, grey sea eagle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Hits back?"

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: REARENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. N.Y.C. summer hrs."

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: EDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Made some introductions"

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 act as a master of ceremonies
• Words that mean the same thing: compere, emcee
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMCEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Bilingual Muppet on "Sesame Street""

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 erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Centaurium calycosum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Pal around (with)"

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

  The answer is: HOBNOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Prints, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: artwork, graphics, artistry
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Piddling"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small pond of standing water
• Words that mean the same thing: simple, bare
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Gateway Arch designer Saarinen"

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: EERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Forensic IDs"

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

  The answer is: DNAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Professor 'iggins"

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: ENRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Trivial objections"

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 luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
• Words that mean the same thing: nit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "57. A lot of pizazz?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the 26th letter of the roman alphabet
• Words that mean the same thing: zee, Z, z
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Slump"

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 shape that sags
• Words that mean the same thing: droop, swag, flag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. Farm mate for a 49-Across"

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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. Ryder rental"

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 creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
• Words that mean the same thing: vanguard, avant-garde, caravan
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	44	57.9%
Short Answer	24	31.6%
Literature	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 08:41 PM