July 16, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (36 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 73 (36 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle July 16, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Start of an incantation	4
2A	6. Up to the task	4
3A	10. Landlocked Asian country	4
4A	11. DuVernay who directed "Selma"	3
5A	13. One with a feather duster, maybe	4
6A	14. 'Vette option	4
7A	15. Speedy Amtrak option	5
8A	17. Yours, in Tours	4
9A	18. Grp. that combats smuggling	3
10A	19. Land made for you and me, in a Woody Guthrie song	7
11A	21. Demo material for Wile E. Coyote	3
12A	22. Entertained with a story, say	7
13A	24. Print media revenue source	7
14A	26. Copenhageners, e.g.	5
15A	28. Oasis beast	5
16A	29. Lawn game banned in 1988	5
17A	30. In the manner of	3
18A	32. ___ Amidala, "Star Wars" queen	5
19A	34. "___ quote ..."	4
20A	35. Oakland's Oracle, for one	5
21A	37. Diez minus siete	4
22A	38. Born	3
23A	39. Insect feeler	7
24A	41. The "e" of i.e.	3
25A	42. The Kennedys or the Bushes, so to speak	7
26A	44. As a group	7
27A	46. Country singer ___ James Decker	6
28A	47. Very wee	6
29A	48. Embarrassing fall	9
30A	52. Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters	15
31A	58. Male buds	4
32A	59. Nae Nae or cancan	5
33A	60. Captain who circumnavigated the globe	4
34A	61. Flue buildup	4
35A	62. "Come in!"	5
36A	63. Influence	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. Start of an incantation"

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: ABRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Up to the task"

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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: able-bodied, capable
• The opposite would be: unable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Landlocked Asian country"

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 a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
• Words that mean the same thing: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lao, Laotian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "11. DuVernay who directed "Selma""

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: AVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. One with a feather duster, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a female domestic
• Words that mean the same thing: maidservant, housemaid, amah
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "14. 'Vette option"

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: TTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "15. Speedy Amtrak option"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Yours, in Tours"

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: ATOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Grp. that combats smuggling"

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

  The answer is: ATF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Land made for you and me, in a Woody Guthrie song"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: United States, U.S.A., United States of America
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMERICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Demo material for Wile E. Coyote"

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 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 12 Across: "22. Entertained with a story, say"

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

  The answer is: REGALED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Print media revenue source"

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: ADSALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Copenhageners, 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 a native or inhabitant of denmark
• Words that mean the same thing: Dane
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Oasis beast"

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 cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Lawn game banned in 1988"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: JARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "30. In the manner of"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. ___ Amidala, "Star Wars" queen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PADME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. "___ quote ...""

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: ANDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "35. Oakland's Oracle, for one"

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 particular environment or walk of life
• Words that mean the same thing: domain, field, orbit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Diez minus siete"

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: TRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. Born"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Insect feeler"

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 electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
• Words that mean the same thing: transmitting aerial, feeler, aerial
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTENNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. The "e" of i.e."

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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "42. The Kennedys or the Bushes, so to speak"

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 sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYNASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. As a group"

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: ENMASSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. Country singer ___ James Decker"

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: JESSIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "47. Very wee"

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: EENSIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "48. Embarrassing fall"

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: FACEPLANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AFRAMEBUILDINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Male buds"

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: BROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Nae Nae or cancan"

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 artistic form of nonverbal communication
• Words that mean the same thing: trip the light fantastic, dancing, terpsichore
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Captain who circumnavigated the globe"

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 someone who cooks food
• Words that mean the same thing: Captain Cook, fix, manipulate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Flue buildup"

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 black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
• Words that mean the same thing: lampblack, smut, carbon black
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. "Come 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 to come or go into
• Words that mean the same thing: accede, go into, record
• The opposite would be: exit, drop out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Influence"

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 controlling influence
• Words that mean the same thing: persuade, shake, swing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

July 16, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Setting for a classical sacrifice	5
2D	2. Flinched	11
3D	3. Adjuncts to some penthouses	11
4D	4. Nile viper	3
5D	5. State as fact	4
6D	6. Org. for docs	3
7D	7. Military field uniform	11
8D	8. World's highest-paid athlete in 2019, per Forbes magazine	11
9D	9. Drops (or adds) a line	5
10D	11. Got 100 on	4
11D	12. Et ___	4
12D	15. Iowa college town	4
13D	16. "Hells Bells" band	4
14D	19. Bottles that might be marked "XXX" in the comics	4
15D	20. "Stat!"	4
16D	23. Not pro	4
17D	25. Amo, amas, ___	4
18D	27. Sheltered at sea	4
19D	29. Maker of "No more tears" baby shampoo, for short	5
20D	30. Pretentious	4
21D	31. Hathaway of Hollywood	4
22D	33. Alternative to Chanel No. 5	5
23D	35. Predate	8
24D	36. Glassworker, at times	8
25D	39. "Take me ___"	5
26D	40. Modify	5
27D	43. Equally speedy	6
28D	45. Shenanigans	6
29D	49. Abba of Israel	4
30D	50. Fourth-and-long option	4
31D	51. Subject of a school nurse's inspection	4
32D	52. Targets of plank exercises	3
33D	53. Do that might block someone's view, for short	3
34D	54. Pooh's pal	3
35D	55. When repeated, calming expression	3
36D	56. Smallest state in India	3
37D	57. Wild blue yonder	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. Setting for a classical sacrifice"

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 table in christian churches where communion is given
• Words that mean the same thing: Lord's table, communion table
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Flinched"

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: BATTEDANEYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Adjuncts to some penthouses"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROOFGARDENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Nile viper"

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: Naja haje, Vipera aspis, Egyptian cobra
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. State as fact"

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 report or maintain
• Words that mean the same thing: say, allege, verify
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Org. for docs"

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: AMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Military field uniform"

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: BATTLEDRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. World's highest-paid athlete in 2019, per Forbes magazine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LIONELMESSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Drops (or adds) a line"

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

  The answer is: EDITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "11. Got 100 on"

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 succeed at easily
• Words that mean the same thing: sail through, breeze through, sweep through
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "12. Et ___"

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: ALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "15. Iowa college town"

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: AMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "16. "Hells Bells" band"

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: ACDC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Bottles that might be marked "XXX" in the comics"

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

  The answer is: ALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. "Stat!""

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

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Not pro"

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 person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• The opposite would be: pro
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Amo, amas, ___"

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: AMAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Sheltered at sea"

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

  The answer is: ALEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Maker of "No more tears" baby shampoo, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JANDJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Pretentious"

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

  The answer is: ARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Hathaway of Hollywood"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Alternative to Chanel No. 5"

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: ESTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Predate"

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 be earlier in time; go back further
• Words that mean the same thing: predate, forgo, forego
• The opposite would be: postdate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTECEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Glassworker, at times"

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: ANNEALER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. "Take me ___""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Modify"

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 make amendments to
• Words that mean the same thing: better, repair, ameliorate
• The opposite would be: worsen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Equally speedy"

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: ASFAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Shenanigans"

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 ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: clown, put-on, clown around
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Abba of Israel"

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: EBAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Fourth-and-long option"

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 formerly the basic unit of money in ireland; equal to 100 pence
• Words that mean the same thing: gage, Irish pound, bet 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: PUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Subject of a school nurse's inspection"

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 wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
• Words that mean the same thing: plant louse, biting louse, worm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Targets of plank exercises"

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 any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
• Words that mean the same thing: type AB, ab, BA
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Do that might block someone's view, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Pooh's pal"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. When repeated, calming expression"

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 momentary present
• Words that mean the same thing: at present, instantly, like a shot
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Smallest state in India"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state of southwestern india; a former portuguese colony
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Wild blue yonder"

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 atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: flip, pitch, toss
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	68.5%
Short Answer	12	16.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.1%
Geography	3	4.1%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
Music	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	73
Average Answer Length	5.1 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 Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 17, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. The number of letters in this clue's answer	4
2A	5. Gymnasts' supplies	4
3A	9. New moon or full moon	5
4A	14. Traffic ___	4
5A	15. Put out	4
6A	16. Give a casual greeting, in modern lingo	5
7A	17. Candy that the lovers [circled letters] on Valentine's Day	9
8A	19. More deadpan, as humor	5
9A	20. Peach's center	3
10A	21. Some pro cameras, for short	4
11A	23. Shepherd slain by Cain	4
12A	24. Politician that the voters [circled letters] to Congress	14
13A	27. Traditional time to start work	6
14A	28. Occur, as complications	5
15A	29. Terrific, in dated slang	4
16A	30. Erode	7
17A	34. Something most people lie about?	3
18A	35. Quick trips that the busy person [circled letters] around town	7
19A	36. "Yikes!"	3
20A	39. Olympics squad in red, white and blue	7
21A	40. "Auld Lang ___"	4
22A	41. "___ thank me later"	5
23A	43. Suitable for all ages	6
24A	45. Books that Victorians [circled letters] for cheap	14
25A	49. In addition	4
26A	50. Alternatives to wagons	4
27A	51. One step down on the evolutionary scale	3
28A	52. Elite party attendees	5
29A	54. Luxury vehicle that the motorist [circled letters] on the highway	9
30A	58. Part of a multimedia ad campaign	5
31A	59. Apple's first location?	4
32A	60. Action to collect on a debt	4
33A	61. Shorthand, for short	5
34A	62. "Buona ___" (Italian greeting)	4
35A	63. Dish that may come with a spork	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. The number of letters in this clue's answer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
• Words that mean the same thing: quartet, 4, iv
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Gymnasts' supplies"

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 thick flat pad used as a floor covering
• Words that mean the same thing: Master of Arts in Teaching, entangle, MAT
• The opposite would be: unsnarl, disentangle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. New moon or full moon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PHASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Traffic ___"

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 cone-shaped artifact
• Words that mean the same thing: cone shape, retinal cone, strobilus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Put out"

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 expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: let loose, utter, let out
• The opposite would be: absorb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Give a casual greeting, in modern lingo"

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 very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
• Words that mean the same thing: bellow, bellowing, yowl
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Candy that the lovers [circled letters] on Valentine's Day"

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

  The answer is: CHOCOLATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. More deadpan, as humor"

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 substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
• Words that mean the same thing: desiccant, siccative, drying agent
• The opposite would be: wet, sweet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Peach's center"

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 sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
• Words that mean the same thing: pock, oppose, scar
• The opposite would be: Heaven
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Some pro cameras, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Shepherd slain by Cain"

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 norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
• Words that mean the same thing: Niels Henrik Abel, Niels Abel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Politician that the voters [circled letters] to Congress"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who represents others
• Words that mean the same thing: example, illustration, voice
• The opposite would be: nonrepresentative
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPRESENTATIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Traditional time to start work"

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: NINEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Occur, as complications"

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 come into existence; take on form or shape
• Words that mean the same thing: move up, originate, uprise
• The opposite would be: go to bed, sit down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Terrific, in dated slang"

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

  The answer is: ACES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Erode"

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: EATINTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Something most people lie about?"

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 a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: bang, jazz, love
• The opposite would be: turn out, get up
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Quick trips that the busy person [circled letters] around town"

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 short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
• Words that mean the same thing: errand
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERRANDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. "Yikes!""

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: EEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Olympics squad in red, white and blue"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: TEAMUSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. "Auld Lang ___""

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: SYNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. "___ thank me later""

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: YOULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Suitable for all ages"

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: RATEDG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Books that Victorians [circled letters] for cheap"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PENNYDREADFULS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. In addition"

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: ELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Alternatives to wagons"

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 high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis
• Words that mean the same thing: sport utility, S.U.V., SUV
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. One step down on the evolutionary scale"

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 any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: imitator, emulator, copycat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Elite party attendees"

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: ALIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Luxury vehicle that the motorist [circled letters] on the highway"

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 a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
• Words that mean the same thing: jeep
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANDROVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Part of a multimedia ad campaign"

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 medium for communication
• Words that mean the same thing: radio set, radiocommunication, receiving set
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Apple's first location?"

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 any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: paradise, heaven, promised land
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Action to collect on a debt"

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: REPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Shorthand, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: STENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. "Buona ___" (Italian greeting)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
• Words that mean the same thing: blood serum, serum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Dish that may come with a spork"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that basically shredded cabbage
• Words that mean the same thing: coleslaw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAW

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - July 17, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Org. that regulates I.S.P.s	3
2D	2. "That's intriguing!"	3
3D	3. Still in the box	8
4D	4. File box filler	7
5D	5. Blanc who voiced Bugs Bunny	3
6D	6. Conglomerate	5
7D	7. Mr. or Mrs.	5
8D	8. Forbidding	5
9D	9. Queen guitarist Brian May has one in astrophysics	3
10D	10. Friend of Hamlet	7
11D	11. Outs	6
12D	12. Place to hide a card, perhaps	6
13D	13. ___ Combs, Hall-of-Famer who played for the 1920s-'30s Yankees	5
14D	18. Other, in Oaxaca	4
15D	22. Benchmark	8
16D	24. Surname of national security advisers under both Bush 43 and Obama	4
17D	25. May birthstones	8
18D	26. Word with dark or graphic	4
19D	27. Apprehend	3
20D	31. Headrest for a couch napper, say	3
21D	32. T, in an honor society's name	3
22D	33. Connections	3
23D	35. Slippery	4
24D	36. Five to six feet high, roughly	8
25D	37. Quashes	4
26D	38. Gunpowder holder	3
27D	39. Turns the dial (to), say	7
28D	40. Dazed states	7
29D	41. Chastise in no uncertain terms	6
30D	42. Like some football kicks	6
31D	44. Over the horizon	4
32D	45. Products of some orchards	5
33D	46. Sped-up part of a contest commercial	5
34D	47. Avoid	5
35D	48. Ed of "Elf"	5
36D	53. Excessively	3
37D	55. Molecule with A, C, T and G	3
38D	56. Green branch, for short	3
39D	57. Big quarrel	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. Org. that regulates I.S.P.s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite
• Words that mean the same thing: Federal Communications Commission
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FCC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "That's intriguing!""

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: aah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Still in the box"

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 not yet opened or unsealed
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNOPENED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. File box filler"

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 directions for making something
• Words that mean the same thing: recipe, formula
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RECIPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Blanc who voiced Bugs Bunny"

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: MEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Conglomerate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that collect or gather
• Words that mean the same thing: gather, accumulate, roll up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Mr. or Mrs."

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 heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
• Words that mean the same thing: statute title, rubric, deed of conveyance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Forbidding"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the rear part of a ship
• Words that mean the same thing: rear, hind end, quarter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Queen guitarist Brian May has one in astrophysics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
• Words that mean the same thing: Ph.D.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Friend of Hamlet"

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: HORATIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Outs"

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 (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
• Words that mean the same thing: excuse, alibi, exculpation
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIBIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Place to hide a card, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
• Words that mean the same thing: arm
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEEVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. ___ Combs, Hall-of-Famer who played for the 1920s-'30s Yankees"

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: EARLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Other, in Oaxaca"

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: OTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Benchmark"

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 a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
• Words that mean the same thing: banner, measure, monetary standard
• The opposite would be: nonstandard
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STANDARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Surname of national security advisers under both Bush 43 and Obama"

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 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
• Words that mean the same thing: Elmer Reizenstein, Sir Tim Rice, Elmer Rice
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. May birthstones"

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 a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
• Words that mean the same thing: emerald
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMERALDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Word with dark or graphic"

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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Words that mean the same thing: fine art, artistic production, graphics
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Apprehend"

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 tag the base runner to get him out
• Words that mean the same thing: collar, cop, pick up
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Headrest for a couch napper, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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: weapon system, fortify, subdivision
• 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 21 Down: "32. T, in an honor society's 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 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 22 Down: "33. Connections"

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 agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: indium, Hoosier State, In
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Slippery"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EELY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Five to six feet high, roughly"

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: EYELEVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Quashes"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: finish, remainder, stop
• The opposite would be: beginning, begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Gunpowder holder"

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 quantity contained in a keg
• Words that mean the same thing: kegful
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Turns the dial (to), say"

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: TUNESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Dazed states"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
• Words that mean the same thing: grogginess, stupor, semiconsciousness
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUPORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Chastise in no uncertain terms"

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: YELLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Like some football kicks"

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 not offside; being within the prescribed area of play
• The opposite would be: offside
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONSIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Over the horizon"

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 (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Products of some orchards"

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 sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
• Words that mean the same thing: pear tree, pear, Pyrus communis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Sped-up part of a contest commercial"

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 principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: pattern, prevail, predominate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RULES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Avoid"

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 avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
• Words that mean the same thing: fudge, hedge, parry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "48. Ed of "Elf""

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: ASNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Excessively"

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 to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• Words that mean the same thing: excessively, to a fault, likewise
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Molecule with A, C, T and G"

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

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Green branch, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Environmental Protection Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. Big quarrel"

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 arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: course, dustup, run-in
• The 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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	66.2%
Short Answer	15	20.3%
History	2	2.7%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually 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 03:40 PM