August 03, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 03, 2019

Difficulty Level: Challenging Thursday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (33 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 6.0 letters

August 03, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Calgary nickname, along with "Stampede City"	7
2A	8. Competitor of Twinings	6
3A	14. Collapsible chapeau	8
4A	16. Where Sevastopol is	6
5A	17. Like Denver	8
6A	18. Book page size	6
7A	19. Eat lots of protein and carbs, say	6
8A	20. Some legal speeders, briefly	4
9A	22. Cab alternative	3
10A	23. Pioneering football coach ___ Alonzo Stagg	4
11A	24. Occupy, as a desk	5
12A	26. "Let's ___!"	4
13A	27. "I expected better"	3
14A	28. They may go on long walks	5
15A	29. Member of Dubya's cabinet	5
16A	30. It's filled with energy	12
17A	32. The Netherlands was the first country to legalize it	15
18A	35. Celebrated the birth of a child, perhaps	12
19A	36. Winegrowing region of SW France	5
20A	37. Them, to us	5
21A	38. Prefix with tourism or politics	3
22A	41. "Hmm ..."	4
23A	42. Bygone potentates	5
24A	43. Word with bank or blind	4
25A	44. Love, by another name	3
26A	45. Like the ocean	4
27A	46. Mess up	6
28A	48. Permanent-press	6
29A	50. Pogo and others	8
30A	52. Totally dominating	6
31A	53. Bad record?	8
32A	54. Alternatives to S.U.V.s, informally	6
33A	55. Common "explanation" from a parent	7

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. Calgary nickname, along with "Stampede City""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small town in a cattle-raising area of western north america
• Words that mean the same thing: cow town
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COWTOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Competitor of Twinings"

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: SALADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Collapsible chapeau"

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: OPERAHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Where Sevastopol is"

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 ukrainian peninsula between the black sea and the sea of azov
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRIMEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Like Denver"

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: MILEHIGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Book page size"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
• Words that mean the same thing: eightvo, 8vo
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTAVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Eat lots of protein and carbs, say"

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: BULKUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Some legal speeders, briefly"

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: EMTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Cab alternative"

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: ZIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Pioneering football coach ___ Alonzo Stagg"

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

  The answer is: AMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Occupy, as a desk"

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: SITAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. "Let's ___!""

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 rotary motion of an object around its own axis
• Words that mean the same thing: pealing, flap, ramble
• The opposite would be: unwind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. "I expected better""

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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: tut-tut, tut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. They may go on long walks"

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 stick that people can lean on to help them walk
• Words that mean the same thing: force out, send away, tin
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Member of Dubya's cabinet"

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: CONDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. It's filled with energy"

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: POWERSTATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. The Netherlands was the first country to legalize it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAMESEXMARRIAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Celebrated the birth of a child, perhaps"

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: SMOKEDCIGARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Winegrowing region of SW France"

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 red bordeaux wine from the medoc district of southwestern france
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEDOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Them, to us"

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 opposing military force
• Words that mean the same thing: foeman, opposition, foe
• The opposite would be: friend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENEMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Prefix with tourism or politics"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. "Hmm ...""

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 23 Across: "42. Bygone potentates"

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 male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: czar, tsar, tzar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Word with bank or blind"

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 precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
• Words that mean the same thing: lead by the nose, C, nose candy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. Love, by another name"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: nothing, cipher, naught
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. Like the ocean"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
• Words that mean the same thing: Brobdingnagian, immense, huge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. Mess up"

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 disarrange or rumple; dishevel
• Words that mean the same thing: tangle, dishevel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOUSLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. Permanent-press"

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: NOIRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Pogo and others"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that small furry australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
• Words that mean the same thing: phalanger, opossum, possum
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPOSSUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Totally dominating"

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

  The answer is: OWNING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. Bad record?"

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: RAPSHEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "54. Alternatives to S.U.V.s, informally"

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 any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
• Words that mean the same thing: police van, Plough, estate car
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAGONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "55. Common "explanation" from a parent"

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: ISAIDSO

  Great job if you got it right!

August 03, 2019 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Private practice?	6
2D	2. Poppy products	6
3D	3. "Sure, I guess ..."	6
4D	4. Long hauls	5
5D	5. Island with a state capital	4
6D	6. Jerked in two directions at once	9
7D	7. Poke with a lot of needles?	3
8D	8. Michael ___, "The Office" manager	5
9D	9. Their lengths are computed by (Θ ÷ 360) x 2πr	4
10D	10. Sloshed	3
11D	11. Endangered watershed	8
12D	12. Marine	8
13D	13. Web-based recovery program, informally	8
14D	15. Film featuring an assassin from 2029	13
15D	21. Rubber	8
16D	25. To a fault	8
17D	26. Indian flatbreads	5
18D	28. Trig function	5
19D	29. Deal in	5
20D	30. Souchong alternative	5
21D	31. Boarding points at amusement parks	9
22D	32. Vessel in a famous 1960s shipwreck	8
23D	33. Midwest university city	8
24D	34. Part-time job for many an actor or actress	8
25D	38. Came after	6
26D	39. Hannity's former Fox News foil	6
27D	40. Must pay	6
28D	42. Sharp tastes	5
29D	43. Bento box fare	5
30D	45. Skier Lindsey with three Olympic medals	4
31D	47. Peak in Thessaly	4
32D	49. Bravo, e.g.	3
33D	51. ___ gow (gambling game played with dominoes)	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. Private practice?"

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 engagement fought between two military forces
• Words that mean the same thing: fighting, battle, armed combat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMBAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Poppy products"

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 an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
• Words that mean the same thing: opium
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPIUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Sure, I guess ...""

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: WELLOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Long hauls"

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 journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
• Words that mean the same thing: trek
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Island with a state capital"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
• Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Jerked in two directions at once"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
• Words that mean the same thing: whipsaw
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIPSAWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Poke with a lot of needles?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
• Words that mean the same thing: scold, jade, hen-peck
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Michael ___, "The Office" manager"

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 award-winning united states film actor (1928-1999)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Walter Scott, Winfield Scott, Walter Scott
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Their lengths are computed by (Θ ÷ 360) x 2πr"

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

  The answer is: ARCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sloshed"

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 humanistic study of a body of literature
• Words that mean the same thing: illuminate, illumine, light
• The opposite would be: unlighted, extinguish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Endangered watershed"

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: AMAZONIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Marine"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: DEVILDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Web-based recovery program, informally"

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: AAONLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Film featuring an assassin from 2029"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THETERMINATOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Rubber"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASSAGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. To a fault"

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: INEXCESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Indian flatbreads"

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: ROTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Trig function"

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 19 Down: "29. Deal 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 the act of carrying something
• Words that mean the same thing: channel, contain, run
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Souchong alternative"

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 superior grade of black tea; grown in india and sri lanka and java
• Words that mean the same thing: orange pekoe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEKOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Boarding points at amusement parks"

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: TRAMSTOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Vessel in a famous 1960s shipwreck"

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: SSMINNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Midwest university city"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AMESIOWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Part-time job for many an actor or actress"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sculpture produced by molding
• Words that mean the same thing: modelling, mock up, pose
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MODELING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Came after"

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 issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
• Words that mean the same thing: result, ensue
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENSUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Hannity's former Fox News foil"

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: COLMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Must pay"

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: OWESTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Sharp tastes"

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 tart spicy quality
• Words that mean the same thing: savour, sea tang, Tang
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Bento box fare"

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 rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUSHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Skier Lindsey with three Olympic medals"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Peak in Thessaly"

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 mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 76, osmium, oculus sinister
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Bravo, 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 former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. ___ gow (gambling game played with dominoes)"

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: PAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	72.7%
Short Answer	7	10.6%
Geography	5	7.6%
Sports	2	3.0%
Literature	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	6.0 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually challenging level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 6 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (43 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, August 05, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (43 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword August 05, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Group in a play	4
2A	5. Plasterwork backing	4
3A	9. Bracelet securer	5
4A	14. Arthur with a stadium named after him	4
5A	15. Feeling fluish, in a way	4
6A	16. "___ me" ("Go along with it")	5
7A	17. ___ the Man (old baseball nickname)	4
8A	18. Be overrun (with)	4
9A	19. "E" on a gas gauge	5
10A	20. Pre-snap powwow	6
11A	22. Garden munchkin	5
12A	24. "How was ___ know?"	3
13A	25. 2012 Best Picture winner set in Iran	4
14A	27. Kind of toy that moves when you turn a key	6
15A	31. Semiaquatic salamanders	5
16A	33. Flowers on trellises	5
17A	35. Bill in a tip jar	3
18A	36. Slangy "sweetheart"	3
19A	37. Horace, as a poet	5
20A	38. Barrister's headgear	3
21A	39. Scrub vigorously	5
22A	41. Manipulate	3
23A	42. Littlest ones in litters	5
24A	44. Contagious viral infection	3
25A	45. Cross ___ with	5
26A	47. Side-to-side nautical movement	3
27A	48. Plural "is"	3
28A	49. First appearance, as of symptoms	5
29A	50. Toronto N.H.L. team, for short	5
30A	53. Common ankle injury	6
31A	55. Biggest bear in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"	4
32A	57. "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen	3
33A	58. Grind, as teeth	5
34A	60. Withstands	6
35A	62. Gemstone measure	5
36A	65. Chopped down	4
37A	67. 3:1 or 4:1, e.g.	4
38A	68. Superior beef grade	5
39A	69. They're mined and refined	4
40A	70. Large, scholarly book	4
41A	71. "For ___ waves of grain" (line in "America the Beautiful")	5
42A	72. Water swirl	4
43A	73. Elderly	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. Group in a play"

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

  The answer is: CAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Plasterwork backing"

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 narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Bracelet securer"

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 fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
• Words that mean the same thing: buckle, grip, clench
• The opposite would be: unclasp, unbuckle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Arthur with a stadium named after him"

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 united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
• Words that mean the same thing: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Feeling fluish, in a way"

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 causing a dull and steady pain
• Words that mean the same thing: aching
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "___ me" ("Go along with it")"

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 message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: body fluid, wit, liquid body substance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUMOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. ___ the Man (old baseball nickname)"

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: STAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Be overrun (with)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be teeming, be abuzz
• Words that mean the same thing: pour, swarm, pullulate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. "E" on a gas gauge"

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 container that has been emptied
• Words that mean the same thing: vacuous, void, empty-bellied
• The opposite would be: full, fill
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMPTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Pre-snap powwow"

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 (informal) a quick private conference
• Words that mean the same thing: cower, powwow, huddle together
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUDDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Garden munchkin"

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 legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
• Words that mean the same thing: dwarf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "How was ___ know?""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: ITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. 2012 Best Picture winner set in Iran"

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 formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Kind of toy that moves when you turn a key"

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 concluding action
• Words that mean the same thing: closing, mop up, completion
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Semiaquatic salamanders"

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 small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of north america and europe and northern asia
• Words that mean the same thing: triton, newt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEWTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Flowers on trellises"

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 many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
• Words that mean the same thing: rose, rose wine, rosiness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Bill in a tip jar"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: unmatchable, matchless, I
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Slangy "sweetheart""

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: BAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Horace, as a 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 a poet who writes odes
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Barrister's headgear"

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 hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair
• Words that mean the same thing: wigging
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Scrub vigorously"

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 place that is scoured (especially by running water)
• Words that mean the same thing: scrub, flush, purge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Manipulate"

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 using
• Words that mean the same thing: practice, habituate, use of goods and services
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Littlest ones in litters"

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 disparaging terms for small people
• Words that mean the same thing: half-pint, peewee, shrimp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Contagious viral infection"

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 common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
• Words that mean the same thing: lues, lues venerea, syph
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Cross ___ with"

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: track, course, path
• The 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 26 Across: "47. Side-to-side nautical movement"

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 erratic deflection from an intended course
• Words that mean the same thing: yawn, swerve, gape
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Plural "is""

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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: embody, represent, personify
• 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: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. First appearance, as of symptoms"

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 beginning or early stages
• Words that mean the same thing: oncoming, onrush, onslaught
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Toronto N.H.L. team, for short"

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 the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
• Words that mean the same thing: riff, flick, thumb
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Common ankle injury"

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 painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
• Words that mean the same thing: wrench, twist, wrick
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Biggest bear in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears""

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

  The answer is: PAPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen"

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: REA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Grind, as teeth"

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

  The answer is: GNASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Withstands"

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 put up with something or somebody unpleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: put up, endure, bide
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Gemstone measure"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Chopped down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make or shape as with an axe
• Words that mean the same thing: hand-hewn, hew, hew 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: HEWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. 3:1 or 4:1, e.g."

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 likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
• Words that mean the same thing: betting odds
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Superior beef grade"

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 number that has no factor but itself and 1
• Words that mean the same thing: prime of life, premier, bloom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. They're mined and refined"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Words that mean the same thing: ore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "70. Large, scholarly book"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a (usually) large and scholarly book
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "71. "For ___ waves of grain" (line in "America the Beautiful")"

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 deep yellow color
• Words that mean the same thing: gold, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Across: "72. Water swirl"

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

  The answer is: EDDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Across: "73. Elderly"

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 people who are old collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: senesce, cured, maturate
• The opposite would be: young, rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGED

  Great job if you got it right!

August 05, 2019 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Redeem, as a savings bond	6
2D	2. Uncommonly perceptive	6
3D	3. Air-punching pugilist	11
4D	4. Manage, as a bar	4
5D	5. "Ciao"	5
6D	6. Unreturned tennis serve	3
7D	7. 2006 Matt Damon spy film	15
8D	8. Song sung on Sunday	4
9D	9. Place with beakers and Bunsen burners	12
10D	10. Measure of light's brightness	5
11D	11. Electric guitar accessory	3
12D	12. Drunkard	3
13D	13. Jimmy (open)	3
14D	21. Lecturer's implement with a light at the end	12
15D	23. Is indebted to	4
16D	26. Fills, as tile joints	6
17D	28. Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down	11
18D	29. The "U" in I.C.U.	4
19D	30. Cribbage scorekeepers	4
20D	32. Letter after sigma	3
21D	34. Nap south of the border	6
22D	39. Pampering places	4
23D	40. Bus. concern	4
24D	43. Persian Gulf country, for short	3
25D	46. Actress Kendrick	4
26D	51. What "woof" or "meow" may mean	6
27D	52. Talked back to with 'tude	6
28D	54. Best effort, informally	5
29D	56. Colorful flower with a "face"	5
30D	59. Pump or oxford	4
31D	61. Smidgen	4
32D	62. Helper during taxing times, for short?	3
33D	63. Triceps location	3
34D	64. Poke fun at	3
35D	66. Marry	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. Redeem, as a savings bond"

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: CASHIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Uncommonly perceptive"

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 marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: shrewd, sharp
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Air-punching pugilist"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHADOWBOXER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Manage, as 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 have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
• Words that mean the same thing: incline, lean, be given
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Ciao""

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 coming at a subsequent time or stage
• Words that mean the same thing: later on, ulterior, recent
• The opposite would be: early
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Unreturned tennis serve"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: I, sail through, super
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. 2006 Matt Damon spy film"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THEGOODSHEPHERD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Song sung on Sunday"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a song of praise (to god or to a saint or to a nation)
• Words that mean the same thing: anthem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYMN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Place with beakers and Bunsen burners"

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: CHEMISTRYLAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Measure of light's brightness"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
• Words that mean the same thing: lm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Electric guitar accessory"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine monophosphate, A, adenylic 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: AMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Drunkard"

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 drinker
• Words that mean the same thing: rummy, inebriate, wino
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Jimmy (open)"

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 heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
• Words that mean the same thing: nose, poke, crowbar
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Lecturer's implement with a light at the end"

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: LASERPOINTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Is indebted to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OWES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Fills, as tile joints"

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 thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork
• Words that mean the same thing: grout
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOWNWARDDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. The "U" in I.C.U."

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 division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: social unit, whole, unit of measurement
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Cribbage scorekeepers"

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 wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: rowlock, wooden leg, leg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Letter after sigma"

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 19th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Nap south of the border"

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 nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "39. Pampering places"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health spa, watering hole, resort hotel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "40. Bus. concern"

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 business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
• Words that mean the same thing: corporation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "43. Persian Gulf country, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "46. Actress Kendrick"

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 a former copper coin of pakistan and india
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "51. What "woof" or "meow" may mean"

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: FEEDME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "52. Talked back to with 'tude"

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 answer back in an impudent or insolent manner
• Words that mean the same thing: sass
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SASSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "54. Best effort, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "56. Colorful flower with a "face""

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-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of europe and having velvety petals of various colors
• Words that mean the same thing: Milquetoast, faggot, nance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "59. Pump or oxford"

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 footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
• Words that mean the same thing: horseshoe, skid, brake shoe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "61. Smidgen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "62. Helper during taxing times, for short?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Words that mean the same thing: certified public accountant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "63. Triceps location"

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 human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: fortify, sleeve, limb
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "64. Poke fun at"

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 support resembling the rib of an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: blackguard, guy, make fun
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "66. Marry"

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 fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Words that mean the same thing: splice, Midweek, hook up 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: WED

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	67.9%
Short Answer	16	20.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	43
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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