July 13, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (36 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, July 13, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (36 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

July 13, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Right?": Fr.	9
2A	10. Org. whose founders include Cecil B. DeMille	5
3A	15. Leading man?	9
4A	16. Sturdy floor wood	5
5A	17. Potent Hawaiian weed	9
6A	18. Unsettled feeling	5
7A	19. High-society people may put them on when in public	4
8A	20. Alternative to a Lambo	3
9A	21. A man or a mouse	6
10A	22. Demolition letters	3
11A	23. Not so far away	6
12A	25. It multiplies by dividing	4
13A	26. "Narcissus and Goldmund" novelist	5
14A	28. ___ truck	4
15A	30. Part of a guess in Battleship	3
16A	31. Only place in the U.S. to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, informally	4
17A	34. Vacation souvenir, perhaps	7
18A	36. Parent company of Pine-Sol	6
19A	38. Blanket	6
20A	39. Home of Millennium Park, informally	7
21A	40. Sharing many of the characteristics of	4
22A	41. Background noise	3
23A	42. ___ boy	4
24A	44. Goods, slangily	5
25A	48. 2019 #1 album by Tyler, the Creator	4
26A	50. Medicine cabinet glass	6
27A	53. "Brilliant!"	3
28A	54. 200-milligram units	6
29A	56. Snow of "Game of Thrones"	3
30A	57. Bibliographer's abbr.	4
31A	58. Still around	5
32A	59. 1963 Four Seasons hit	9
33A	61. Paintings of Adam and Eve, typically	5
34A	62. Alternative to Kickstarter	9
35A	63. Bond, e.g.	5
36A	64. Fully fixed	9

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. "Right?": Fr."

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: NESTCEPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Org. whose founders include Cecil B. DeMille"

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: AMPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Leading man?"

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: ALPHAMALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Sturdy floor wood"

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 wood of a larch tree
• Words that mean the same thing: larch 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: LARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Potent Hawaiian weed"

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: MAUIWOWIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Unsettled feeling"

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: AGITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. High-society people may put them on when in public"

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 affected manners intended to impress others
• Words that mean the same thing: broadcast, air out, tune
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Alternative to a Lambo"

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 sharp projection on an edge or surface
• Words that mean the same thing: dag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. A man or a mouse"

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 living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Words that mean the same thing: brute, creature, fauna
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Demolition letters"

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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Not so far away"

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 to this place (especially toward the speaker)
• Words that mean the same thing: here
• The opposite would be: there
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HITHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. It multiplies by dividing"

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 small compartment
• Words that mean the same thing: cellphone, cadre, cubicle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. "Narcissus and Goldmund" novelist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that swiss writer (born in germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hermann Hesse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HESSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. ___ truck"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
• Words that mean the same thing: greaser, wetback
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Part of a guess in Battleship"

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 arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: rowing, quarrel, words
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Only place in the U.S. to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that city in southwestern colombia in a rich agricultural area
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Vacation souvenir, perhaps"

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: TANLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Parent company of Pine-Sol"

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

  The answer is: CLOROX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Blanket"

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

  The answer is: ENROBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Home of Millennium Park, informally"

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: CHITOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Sharing many of the characteristics 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 move towards
• Words that mean the same thing: almost, nigh, approach
• The opposite would be: far
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Background noise"

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 state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
• Words that mean the same thing: Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, Movement of Holy Warriors, thrum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. ___ boy"

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 social club for male undergraduates
• Words that mean the same thing: fraternity
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Goods, slangily"

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: MERCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. 2019 #1 album by Tyler, the Creator"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IGOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Medicine cabinet glass"

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 small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball
• Words that mean the same thing: optic cup, eyebath, eye cup
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYECUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. "Brilliant!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. 200-milligram units"

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 unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
• Words that mean the same thing: carat, kt, karat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Snow of "Game of Thrones""

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: JON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Bibliographer's 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: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Still around"

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 possessing life
• Words that mean the same thing: animated, live, awake
• The opposite would be: dead, unanimated
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. 1963 Four Seasons hit"

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: CANDYGIRL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Paintings of Adam and Eve, typically"

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 painting of a naked human figure
• Words that mean the same thing: nude, nude person, nude sculpture
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Alternative to Kickstarter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INDIEGOGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Bond, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
• Words that mean the same thing: broker, agentive role, federal agent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Fully fixed"

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: GOODASNEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword July 13, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Jet popular in the 1960s and '70s	6
2D	2. Flight attendant in "Airplane!"	6
3D	3. Periods of growth	6
4D	4. "Who is ___?"	4
5D	5. Harsh cry	3
6D	6. Expressive characters	5
7D	7. Rough up, in a way	5
8D	8. Come down (on)	6
9D	9. Match	3
10D	10. Boy's name that becomes a girl's name if you move the first letter to the end	4
11D	11. Tricks	5
12D	12. Steakhouse selection	8
13D	13. Not have an accomplice	8
14D	14. "You want to?"	7
15D	21. Occult	6
16D	23. Learn indirectly	6
17D	24. Taken in	5
18D	27. Orkneyan or Shetlander	4
19D	29. Part of a cloverleaf	6
20D	32. Pixelated, perhaps	6
21D	33. "Nope"	5
22D	35. Family hand-me-down?	4
23D	36. Quickly drink	8
24D	37. Long car trip?	8
25D	39. Woman who has traveled to el Norte, maybe	7
26D	43. Music style that might feature an accordion and a bajo sexto	6
27D	45. G.I. meal	6
28D	46. Put some juice into	6
29D	47. Bless	6
30D	49. Shade of black	5
31D	51. Zillow listing	5
32D	52. Ruined	5
33D	55. Challenge	4
34D	57. Fragile projectiles	4
35D	59. Short smoke	3
36D	60. House support	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. Jet popular in the 1960s and '70s"

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: NAMATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Flight attendant in "Airplane!""

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: ELAINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Periods of growth"

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 occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
• Words that mean the same thing: forge, squirt, jet
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPURTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Who is ___?""

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: THIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Harsh cry"

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

  The answer is: CAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Expressive characters"

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: EMOJI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Rough up, in a way"

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: PAWAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Come down (on)"

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 come to rest, settle
• Words that mean the same thing: light, climb down, ablaze
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Match"

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: ensure, figure, see to it
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Boy's name that becomes a girl's name if you move the first letter to the end"

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: ALAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Tricks"

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 any art that invokes supernatural powers
• Words that mean the same thing: illusion, charming, thaumaturgy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAGIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Steakhouse selection"

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: PRIMERIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Not have an accomplice"

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: ACTALONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. "You want to?""

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: SHALLWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Occult"

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

  The answer is: ARCANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Learn indirectly"

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: HEAROF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Taken in"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: corrode, deplete, eat on
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Orkneyan or Shetlander"

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 native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Part of a cloverleaf"

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: ONRAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Pixelated, perhaps"

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: LOWRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. "Nope""

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: IXNAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Family hand-me-down?"

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 knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
• Words that mean the same thing: traditional knowledge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Quickly drink"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: CHUGALUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Long car trip?"

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: LIMORIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Woman who has traveled to el Norte, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHICANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Music style that might feature an accordion and a bajo sexto"

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: TEJANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. G.I. meal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
• Words that mean the same thing: ration 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: RATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Put some juice into"

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 an impetuous rush toward someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: shoot, heraldic bearing, institutionalise
• The opposite would be: discharge, pay cash
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHARGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Bless"

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 render holy by means of religious rites
• Words that mean the same thing: sanctify, bless, consecrate
• The opposite would be: desecrate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Shade of black"

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 large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
• Words that mean the same thing: prey, predate, 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: RAVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Zillow listing"

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 dwelling units in a condominium
• Words that mean the same thing: condominium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Ruined"

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 cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
• Words that mean the same thing: loosen, untie, unmake
• The opposite would be: make, wrap
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNDID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Challenge"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: mental testing, tryout, prove
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Fragile projectiles"

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 oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: bollock, testicle, nut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Short smoke"

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: CIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. House support"

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 affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yeah
• The opposite would be: nay
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	75.0%
Short Answer	9	12.5%
Sports	2	2.8%
Music	2	2.8%
Food & Drink	2	2.8%
Literature	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 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
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• Down Clues (39 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, July 15, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - July 15, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Cow's newborn	4
2A	5. Upbeat, as an outlook	4
3A	9. SWAT team actions	5
4A	14. Singer India.___	4
5A	15. Aunt Bee's charge on "The Andy Griffith Show"	4
6A	16. Disney attraction in Florida	5
7A	17. Trendy terms	9
8A	19. Ragú rival	5
9A	20. Palestinian territory bordering Israel	4
10A	21. Busybody, from the Yiddish	5
11A	23. ___ Dhabi, part of the United Arab Emirates	3
12A	24. Most unspoiled	6
13A	26. First host of "America's Funniest Home Videos"	8
14A	28. "Haste makes waste" and similar sayings	7
15A	30. "Venerable" monk of the Middle Ages	6
16A	31. "Able ___ I ere I saw Elba"	3
17A	32. Ship's wastewater	5
18A	35. State led by Lenin, in brief	4
19A	36. Magical powder in "Peter Pan"	9
20A	39. "I do solemnly swear ...," e.g.	4
21A	42. Browned bread	5
22A	43. "Fee, fi, fo, ___"	3
23A	46. Stick back in the microwave	6
24A	49. Going from two lanes to one	7
25A	51. Style of collarless shirt	8
26A	54. ___ Pieces (candy)	6
27A	55. Nonkosher meat	3
28A	56. Say "Nyah, nyah," say	5
29A	58. Snow queen in "Frozen"	4
30A	59. To any degree	5
31A	61. Timesavers ... or the starts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 51-Across?	9
32A	64. Scalawag	5
33A	65. Peace Nobelist Wiesel	4
34A	66. Length x width, for a rectangle	4
35A	67. Opening golf shot	5
36A	68. Pepsi, for one	4
37A	69. Hang in the balance	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Cow's newborn"

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 young of domestic cattle
• Words that mean the same thing: calfskin, sura
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Upbeat, as an outlook"

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 reflecting optimism
• Words that mean the same thing: rose-cheeked, flushed, fortunate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. SWAT team actions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sudden short attack
• Words that mean the same thing: foray, bust, raid
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Singer India.___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Aunt Bee's charge on "The Andy Griffith Show""

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: OPIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Disney attraction in Florida"

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: EPCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Trendy terms"

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 stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
• Words that mean the same thing: cant, buzzword
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUZZWORDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Ragú rival"

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: PREGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Palestinian territory bordering Israel"

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 coastal region at the southeastern corner of the mediterranean bordering israel and egypt
• Words that mean the same thing: Gaza Strip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAZA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Busybody, from the Yiddish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YENTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. ___ Dhabi, part of the United Arab Emirates"

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: ABU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Most unspoiled"

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 free of extraneous elements of any kind
• Words that mean the same thing: staring, sodding, complete
• The opposite would be: unsaturated, impure
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. First host of "America's Funniest Home Videos""

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: BOBSAGET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. "Haste makes waste" and similar sayings"

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: OLDSAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. "Venerable" monk of the Middle Ages"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: STBEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. "Able ___ I ere I saw Elba""

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 state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: Evergreen State, embody, live
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Ship's wastewater"

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 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 18 Across: "35. State led by Lenin, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USSR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Magical powder in "Peter Pan""

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: PIXIEDUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. "I do solemnly swear ...," e.g."

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 profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
• Words that mean the same thing: expletive, cuss, swearword
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Browned bread"

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 slices of bread that have been toasted
• Words that mean the same thing: crisp, crispen, pledge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. "Fee, fi, fo, ___""

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: FUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Stick back in the microwave"

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: REHEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Going from two lanes to one"

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 act of joining together as one
• Words that mean the same thing: unify, unite, conflux
• The opposite would be: disunify
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERGING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Style of collarless shirt"

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: CREWNECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. ___ Pieces (candy)"

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: REESES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Nonkosher meat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Say "Nyah, nyah," say"

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 malicious satisfaction
• Words that mean the same thing: glee, triumph, crow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Snow queen in "Frozen""

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: ELSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. To any degree"

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: ATALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Timesavers ... or the starts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 51-Across?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a route shorter than the usual one
• Words that mean the same thing: crosscut, cutoff, shortcut
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHORTCUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Scalawag"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
• Words that mean the same thing: rascal, scalawag, rapscallion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Peace Nobelist Wiesel"

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: ELIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Length x width, for a rectangle"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: region, orbit, arena
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Opening golf shot"

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 act of applying force to propel something
• Words that mean the same thing: get, parkway, crusade
• The opposite would be: attract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Pepsi, for 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 large genus of african trees bearing kola nuts
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Cola, Costa Rican colon, dope
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Hang in the balance"

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: PEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword July 15, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Taxi	3
2D	2. Peppery salad green	7
3D	3. Chameleons, e.g.	7
4D	4. Some Moroccan headwear	6
5D	5. Aussie marsupial, in brief	3
6D	6. Grand Ole ___	4
7D	7. Lesser-played half of a 45	5
8D	8. Like some straightforward questions	5
9D	9. Meal	6
10D	10. Its showers bring May flowers: Abbr.	3
11D	11. Periods with the largest glaciers	7
12D	12. Places for pooped pooches	7
13D	13. Having a heavier build	7
14D	18. Sushi bar condiment	6
15D	22. Atlanta-based channel	3
16D	24. Sound effect on "Batman"	3
17D	25. Candy bar packaged in twos	4
18D	27. Touch geographically	4
19D	29. Open with a letter opener	4
20D	33. Prefix with cache	3
21D	34. Cheese from the Netherlands	4
22D	36. "Glad that's over!"	4
23D	37. Addict	4
24D	38. Word before map or smarts	6
25D	39. Apple production site	7
26D	40. Aquarium accessory	7
27D	41. Biblical group bearing gifts	7
28D	43. Opening, as after an earthquake	7
29D	44. Like leftovers	7
30D	45. British sports cars of old	3
31D	47. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" director	6
32D	48. ___ Aviv	3
33D	50. Tablet alternative	6
34D	52. Trig ratio	5
35D	53. Mexican artist Frida	5
36D	57. Hard labor	4
37D	60. Sentiment on a candy heart	3
38D	62. Stephen of "The Crying Game"	3
39D	63. Unhappy	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. Taxi"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Peppery salad green"

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 erect european annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
• Words that mean the same thing: garden rocket, rocket, Eruca vesicaria sativa
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARUGULA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Chameleons, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
• Words that mean the same thing: lounge lizard, lizard
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIZARDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Some Moroccan headwear"

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 city in north central morocco; religious center
• Words that mean the same thing: tarboosh, Fes, Fez
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEZZES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Aussie marsupial, 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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Grand Ole ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Lesser-played half of a 45"

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: SIDEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Like some straightforward questions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YESNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Meal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the food served and eaten at one time
• Words that mean the same thing: meal
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Its showers bring May flowers: Abbr."

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 the month following march and preceding may
• Words that mean the same thing: April
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Periods with the largest glaciers"

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: ICEAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Places for pooped pooches"

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: DOGBEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Having a heavier build"

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 euphemisms for `fat'
• Words that mean the same thing: portly, stalwart, sturdy
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOUTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Sushi bar condiment"

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 japanese plant of the family cruciferae with a thick green root
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WASABI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Atlanta-based channel"

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 metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
• Words that mean the same thing: TiB, T.B., Tb
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Sound effect on "Batman""

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 person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
• Words that mean the same thing: prisoner of war
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Candy bar packaged in twos"

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: TWIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Touch geographically"

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 lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
• Words that mean the same thing: march, edge, butt against
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Open with a letter opener"

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 long narrow opening
• Words that mean the same thing: scratch, prick, slice
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Prefix with cache"

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: GEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Cheese from the Netherlands"

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 mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. "Glad that's over!""

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: PHEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Addict"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Word before map or smarts"

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 thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Apple production site"

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 garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
• Words that mean the same thing: woodlet, plantation, grove
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCHARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Aquarium accessory"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AERATOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Biblical group bearing gifts"

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: THEMAGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Opening, as after an earthquake"

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 long narrow depression in a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: cranny, scissure, crevice
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FISSURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Like leftovers"

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: UNEATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. British sports cars of old"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
• Words that mean the same thing: Mg, magnesium, milligram
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" director"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANGLEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. ___ Aviv"

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: TEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Tablet alternative"

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: GELCAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Trig ratio"

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 ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
• Words that mean the same thing: cosecant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COSEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Mexican artist Frida"

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: KAHLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Hard labor"

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 productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
• Words that mean the same thing: moil, grind, 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: TOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Sentiment on a candy heart"

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: LUV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Stephen of "The Crying Game""

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: REA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Unhappy"

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 experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
• Words that mean the same thing: sorry, lamentable, distressing
• The opposite would be: glad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	68.4%
Short Answer	12	15.8%
Sports	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 04:47 PM