27430 Tue Dec 17, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Answers

Across Clues :

1. Resting on, 5. Part of a plane or a theater, 10. Polynesian drink with psychoactive effects, 14. Trigonometry function, 15. "All politics is ___", 16. Dr. Frankenstein's assistant, 17. Snide comment about a collectible figurine?, 20. Id's counterpart, 21. Carelessly quick, 22. A cube has 12, 23. "It wasn't me!," for one, 25. Prefix with natal or noir, 26. Kerfuffle over beach footwear?, 33. It's "a good walk spoiled," per Mark Twain, 36. Drool, essentially, 37. Important knee tissue, for short, 38. Does as instructed, 40. "Scram!", 41. Beef cut from the short loin, 43. Egg donor's donations, 44. Planet whose name makes middle schoolers laugh, 47. On the ocean, 48. Feeling of guilt after cheating at table tennis?, 51. Leftmost image in the iconic illustration "The March of Progress", 52. Toys (with), 56. Whatsoever, 59. It usually precedes delivery, 62. No. on a business card, 63. Singer Parton when she's aimlessly wasting time?, 66. Vogue competitor, 67. Engage in a dispute, 68. Human rights lawyer Clooney, 69. Kill, to a comic, 70. Cried sheepishly?, 71. What has a meter and a motor

Down Clues :

1. The "A" of FAQ, 2. Hint of color, 3. Hamburger topping, 4. Bench press muscle, for short, 5. Lime and soda, for two, 6. Charged particles, 7. "Scram!", 8. Frilly and delicate, 9. Prey for gray wolves, 10. "Ish", 11. Eagerly excited, 12. Sotto ___ (quietly), 13. Synagogue chests, 18. ___ Drogo, "Game of Thrones" role for Jason Momoa, 19. Continue to work on, 24. Possible, but not looking good, 25. Mo. with two federal holidays, 27. Wiccan or druid, 28. Short-lived relationship, 29. Glowed with happiness, 30. Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, 31. Proactiv target, 32. Desperate request, 33. Self-care company founded by Gwyneth Paltrow, 34. Self-evident, informally, 35. Mean's counterpart, 39. Provide, 42. Bad things to have under one's eyes, 45. Caviar, e.g., 46. Siberian herding dog, 49. Type of kitchen in a small apartment, 50. Geeky type, 53. Site of a historic civil rights march, 54. Pharmacy product that's commonly chocolate-flavored, 55. Writing devices for tablets, 56. Citrus drinks, 57. Work, as the land, 58. Penne ___ vodka, 59. "___ Croft: Tomb Raider", 60. Bit of pond scum, 61. Alphabetically first rainbow color, 64. "A little ___'ll do ya!" (Brylcreem slogan), 65. Vegan milk option

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 17, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Tue Dec 17, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Answers

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Resting on. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ATOP

  Possible Answer : atop




• The clue is 5. Part of a plane or a theater. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AISLE

  Possible Answer : gangway, aisle




• The clue is 10. Polynesian drink with psychoactive effects. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: KAVA

  Possible Answer : kava, kavakava




• The clue is 14. Trigonometry function. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SINE

  Possible Answer : sin, sine




• The clue is 15. "All politics is ___". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LOCAL

  Possible Answer : local_anesthetic, topical_anaesthetic, topical_anesthetic, local_anaesthetic, local

  Possible Opposite Answer : national, express, general




• The clue is 16. Dr. Frankenstein's assistant. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IGOR




• The clue is 17. Snide comment about a collectible figurine?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: KNICKKNACKKNOCK




• The clue is 20. Id's counterpart. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EGO

  Possible Answer : self-importance, self, egotism, ego




• The clue is 21. Carelessly quick. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HASTY

  Possible Answer : overhasty, headlong, precipitant, hasty, precipitate, precipitous




• The clue is 22. A cube has 12. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EDGES

  Possible Answer : adjoin, march, border, butt_against, inch, boundary, butt, sharpness, edge, abut, butt_on, bound




• The clue is 23. "It wasn't me!," for one. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DENIAL

  Possible Answer : abnegation, self-renunciation, denial, self-denial, defence, disaffirmation, demurrer, defense, self-abnegation

  Possible Opposite Answer : prosecution




• The clue is 25. Prefix with natal or noir. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer : neo




• The clue is 26. Kerfuffle over beach footwear?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: FLIPFLOPFLAP




• The clue is 33. It's "a good walk spoiled," per Mark Twain. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GOLF

  Possible Answer : golf, golf_game




• The clue is 36. Drool, essentially. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SALIVA

  Possible Answer : saliva, spittle, spit




• The clue is 37. Important knee tissue, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ACL




• The clue is 38. Does as instructed. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: OBEYS

  Possible Answer : obey

  Possible Opposite Answer : disobey




• The clue is 40. "Scram!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: GIT

  Possible Answer : bum, rat, stinkpot, puke, lowlife, scum_bag, dirty_dog, rotter, skunk, git, stinker, crumb, so-and-so




• The clue is 41. Beef cut from the short loin. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TBONE




• The clue is 43. Egg donor's donations. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OVA

  Possible Answer : ovum, egg_cell




• The clue is 44. Planet whose name makes middle schoolers laugh. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: URANUS

  Possible Answer : Uranus, Ouranos




• The clue is 47. On the ocean. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ASEA

  Possible Answer : seawards, asea, seaward




• The clue is 48. Feeling of guilt after cheating at table tennis?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: PINGPONGPANG




• The clue is 51. Leftmost image in the iconic illustration "The March of Progress". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: APE

  Possible Answer : imitator, copycat, ape, aper, caricature, emulator, anthropoid




• The clue is 52. Toys (with). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: MESSES

  Possible Answer : pickle, wad, pile, kettle_of_fish, lot, mass, heap, peck, pot, slew, stack, mess_up, muckle, raft, muddle, mess_hall, tidy_sum, flock, messiness, great_deal, muss, mess, batch, fix, passel, mussiness, plenty, spate, mountain, quite_a_little, good_deal, sight, deal, hole, jam, hatful, mickle, mint




• The clue is 56. Whatsoever. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ATALL




• The clue is 59. It usually precedes delivery. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LABOR

  Possible Answer : moil, toil, Labor, push, proletariat, Labor_Department, travail, project, tug, labour, parturiency, Department_of_Labor, dig, drudge, confinement, working_class, labor, labor_movement, trade_union_movement, grind, lying-in, drive, fag, Labour_Party, task, Labour, childbed, DoL, undertaking, British_Labour_Party




• The clue is 62. No. on a business card. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EXT




• The clue is 63. Singer Parton when she's aimlessly wasting time?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DILLYDALLYDOLLY




• The clue is 66. Vogue competitor. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ELLE




• The clue is 67. Engage in a dispute. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ARGUE

  Possible Answer : fence, reason, argue, indicate, contend, debate




• The clue is 68. Human rights lawyer Clooney. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AMAL




• The clue is 69. Kill, to a comic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SLAY

  Possible Answer : bump_off, polish_off, dispatch, hit, remove, off, slay, murder




• The clue is 70. Cried sheepishly?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BAAED

  Possible Answer : baa, blate, blat, bleat




• The clue is 71. What has a meter and a motor. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TAXI

  Possible Answer : cab, hack, taxicab, taxi

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. The "A" of FAQ. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ASKED

  Possible Answer: inquire, require, involve, postulate, call_for, demand, ask, necessitate, take, expect, enquire, need

  Possible Opposite Answer : obviate

• The clue is 2. Hint of color. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TINGE

  Possible Answer: tinct, tint, jot, undertone, speck, hint, colour, pinch, tinge, soupcon, distort, touch, color, mite

• The clue is 3. Hamburger topping. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ONION

  Possible Answer: onion, onion_plant, Allium_cepa

• The clue is 4. Bench press muscle, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PEC

• The clue is 5. Lime and soda, for two. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ALKALIS

  Possible Answer: base, alkali

• The clue is 6. Charged particles. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IONS

  Possible Answer: ion

• The clue is 7. "Scram!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SCAT

  Possible Answer: scarper, turn_tail, fly_the_coop, run, run_away, escape, scat_singing, head_for_the_hills, break_away, take_to_the_woods, hightail_it, lam, bunk, scat

• The clue is 8. Frilly and delicate. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LACY

  Possible Answer: netlike, lacelike, lacy, webby, netted, webbed, weblike

• The clue is 9. Prey for gray wolves. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ELK

  Possible Answer: moose, wapiti, European_elk, Cervus_elaphus_canadensis, Cervus_elaphus, elk, Alces_alces, American_elk, red_deer

• The clue is 10. "Ish". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: KINDOF

• The clue is 11. Eagerly excited. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AGOG

  Possible Answer: agog

• The clue is 12. Sotto ___ (quietly). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: VOCE

• The clue is 13. Synagogue chests. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ARKS

  Possible Answer: ark, Ark, Ark_of_the_Covenant

• The clue is 18. ___ Drogo, "Game of Thrones" role for Jason Momoa. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: KHAL

• The clue is 19. Continue to work on. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: KEEPAT

• The clue is 24. Possible, but not looking good. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IFFY

  Possible Answer: flukey, chancy, iffy, fluky

• The clue is 25. Mo. with two federal holidays. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NOV

  Possible Answer: Nov, November

• The clue is 27. Wiccan or druid. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: PAGAN

  Possible Answer: heathenish, hedonist, infidel, heathen, pagan, gentile, ethnic, pleasure_seeker

• The clue is 28. Short-lived relationship. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: FLING

  Possible Answer: splurge, cast_out, discard, pass, toss_out, whirl, cast_away, dispose, throw_out, put_away, toss, toss_away, fling, cast_aside, spree, crack, go, chuck_out, throw_away, offer

• The clue is 29. Glowed with happiness. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LITUP

• The clue is 30. Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LAOS

  Possible Answer: Laos, Lao, Laotian, Lao_People's_Democratic_Republic

• The clue is 31. Proactiv target. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ACNE

  Possible Answer: acne

• The clue is 32. Desperate request. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PLEA

  Possible Answer: supplication, plea

• The clue is 33. Self-care company founded by Gwyneth Paltrow. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GOOP

  Possible Answer: muck, goop, max, guck, gook, scoop, grievous_bodily_harm, soap, slime, gunk, easy_lay, ooze, sludge, goo, liquid_ecstasy, Georgia_home_boy

• The clue is 34. Self-evident, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OBVI

• The clue is 35. Mean's counterpart. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LEAN

  Possible Answer: run, thin, skimpy, slant, incline, leaning, inclination, angle, tip, tilt, tend, be_given, lean, list

  Possible Opposite Answer : rich, fat

• The clue is 39. Provide. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SUPPLY

  Possible Answer: render, add, cater, supply, furnish, provide, issue, ply, supplying, append, provision

  Possible Opposite Answer : demand, recall

• The clue is 42. Bad things to have under one's eyes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BAGS

  Possible Answer: bagful, pocket, pocketbook, suitcase, dish, base, travelling_bag, grip, old_bag, udder, handbag, cup_of_tea, bag, bulge, purse, traveling_bag

• The clue is 45. Caviar, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ROE

  Possible Answer: hard_roe, roe

• The clue is 46. Siberian herding dog. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: SAMOYED

  Possible Answer: Samoyed, Samoyede, Samoyedic

• The clue is 49. Type of kitchen in a small apartment. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: GALLEY

  Possible Answer: galley, ship's_galley, caboose, cookhouse

• The clue is 50. Geeky type. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NERD

  Possible Answer: nerd, swot, dweeb, grind, wonk

• The clue is 53. Site of a historic civil rights march. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SELMA

  Possible Answer: Selma

• The clue is 54. Pharmacy product that's commonly chocolate-flavored. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EXLAX

• The clue is 55. Writing devices for tablets. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: STYLI

  Possible Answer: style, stylus

• The clue is 56. Citrus drinks. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ADES

  Possible Answer: fruit_drink, ade

• The clue is 57. Work, as the land. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TILL

  Possible Answer: cashbox, boulder_clay, trough, till, public_treasury, money_box

• The clue is 58. Penne ___ vodka. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALLA

• The clue is 59. "___ Croft: Tomb Raider". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LARA

• The clue is 60. Bit of pond scum. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALGA

  Possible Answer: algae, alga

• The clue is 61. Alphabetically first rainbow color. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BLUE

  Possible Answer: low-spirited, grim, downcast, aristocratical, low, gamy, bluing, dreary, bluish, wild_blue_yonder, drab, Amytal, naughty, down, blueing, spicy, blue, gamey, patrician, dismal, blueish, blue_angel, gloomy, gentle, dark, aristocratic, dispirited, blue_sky, risque, blue_devil, profane, disconsolate, blueness, dingy, drear, down_in_the_mouth, racy, sorry, depressed, blue_air, blue-blooded, amobarbital_sodium, juicy, puritanical, downhearted, blasphemous, puritanic

• The clue is 64. "A little ___'ll do ya!" (Brylcreem slogan). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: DAB

  Possible Answer: pat, swab, splash, splatter, dab, tap, swob

• The clue is 65. Vegan milk option. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OAT

  Possible Answer: oat

November 02, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, November 02, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

NYT Wednesday Crossword Across Clues - November 02, 2022 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Like the ocean's ebb and flow	5
2A	6. Words said at the front of an aisle	4
3A	10. Babysitter's handful	4
4A	14. ___ it all (unaffected)	5
5A	15. Giggle	4
6A	16. Indian flatbread	4
7A	17. Italian confection brand known for its gold foil wrappers	13
8A	19. Composer Stravinsky	4
9A	20. "Tiny" Dickens boy	3
10A	21. Butterflies-to-be	5
11A	22. Slangy command to someone arriving with a six-pack	6
12A	23. 2007 Alicia Keys album	5
13A	25. Scatter like a flock of birds	6
14A	27. Home, colloquially	4
15A	29. Starts to remove, as screws	7
16A	32. Hemmed and ___	5
17A	35. Underhanded move for an athlete?	5
18A	37. "___ Dere" (jazz classic about a toddler's many questions)	3
19A	38. Notification	5
20A	39. One serving punch? ... or, parsed differently, a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle	5
21A	40. Transport back and forth	5
22A	41. Way to go, in Paris	3
23A	42. Dough	5
24A	43. Stiff, as competition	6
25A	44. Fall Out Boy, for one	7
26A	46. Item split by pedants	4
27A	48. Casual getaways	6
28A	50. Southwestern sights	5
29A	53. Loath (to)	6
30A	55. Gaming novices	5
31A	57. La ___, Bolivia	3
32A	59. Friedrich who created a scale of hardness	4
33A	60. Small dog originally bred for fox hunting	13
34A	62. Soeur's sibling	5
35A	63. Drew on	4
36A	64. Protein-building acid	5
37A	65. Swimming competition	4
38A	66. ___ Gerritsen, author of medical and crime thrillers	4
39A	67. Seasons, in a way	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Like the ocean's ebb and flow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to or caused by tides
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIDAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Words said at the front of an aisle"

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 artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• Words that mean the same thing: Ido
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Babysitter's handful"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a very troublesome child
• Words that mean the same thing: little terror, holy terror, terror
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. ___ it all (unaffected)"

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 earlier section of a written text
• Words that mean the same thing: to a higher place, supra, in a higher place
• The opposite would be: below
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Giggle"

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: HEHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Indian flatbread"

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: ROTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Italian confection brand known for its gold foil wrappers"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: FERREROROCHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Composer Stravinsky"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IGOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. "Tiny" Dickens boy"

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: TIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Butterflies-to-be"

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 an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
• Words that mean the same thing: pupa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUPAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Slangy command to someone arriving with a six-pack"

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: BEERME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. 2007 Alicia Keys album"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Scatter like a flock of birds"

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: FLYOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Home, colloquially"

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

  The answer is: CRIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Starts to remove, as screws"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make loose or looser
• Words that mean the same thing: tease apart, loose, loosen
• The opposite would be: stiffen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOSENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Hemmed and ___"

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 utter `haw'
• Words that mean the same thing: haw
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Underhanded move for an athlete?"

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 basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
• Words that mean the same thing: lay-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: LAYUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. "___ Dere" (jazz classic about a toddler's many questions)"

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 digital tape recording of sound
• Words that mean the same thing: digital audiotape
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Notification"

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 condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
• Words that mean the same thing: zippy, warning signal, watchful
• The opposite would be: unalert
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. One serving punch? ... or, parsed differently, a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who fights with his fists for sport
• Words that mean the same thing: packer, bagger, pugilist
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOXER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Transport back and forth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
• Words that mean the same thing: ferrying, ferryboat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FERRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Way to go, in Paris"

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

  The answer is: RUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Dough"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MOOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Stiff, as competition"

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 extreme and violent energy
• Words that mean the same thing: rough, furious, savage
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIERCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. Fall Out Boy, for one"

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: EMOBAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Item split by pedants"

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

  The answer is: HAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Casual getaways"

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: VACAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Southwestern sights"

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 flat tableland with steep edges
• Words that mean the same thing: Mesa, mesa, 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: MESAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Loath (to)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
• Words that mean the same thing: loath, antipathetic, antipathetical
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Gaming novices"

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: NOOBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. La ___, Bolivia"

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: PAZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Friedrich who created a scale of hardness"

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: MOHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Small dog originally bred for fox hunting"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: BORDERTERRIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Soeur's sibling"

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: FRERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Drew 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 put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: use, secondhand, utilise
• The opposite would be: misused
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Protein-building acid"

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 radical -nh2
• Words that mean the same thing: amino group, aminic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Swimming competition"

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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Words that mean the same thing: suffer, take on, fill
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "66. ___ Gerritsen, author of medical and crime thrillers"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: TESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "67. Seasons, in a way"

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 compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Words that mean the same thing: table salt, salt, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALTS

  Great job if you got it right!

November 02, 2022 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Only U.S. president also to serve as chief justice	4
2D	2. Flag carrier airline of Spain	6
3D	3. Campus quarters	5
4D	4. Assert	4
5D	5. Its spots are actually rosettes	7
6D	6. Restaurant chain with a smile in its logo	4
7D	7. Unleaded, so to speak	5
8D	8. "Amen!"	10
9D	9. Oracle	4
10D	10. Intimate apparel in many lawyer puns	6
11D	11. First men's tennis player to reach 10 consecutive Grand Slam singles finals	12
12D	12. Subject of study at CERN's laboratory	4
13D	13. Exhaust	4
14D	18. 13th-century Persian poet and mystic	4
15D	22. Cutesy sound that may accompany a poke	4
16D	24. Founder of heavy metal's Body Count	4
17D	26. ___ Highness	4
18D	28. Temporary embarrassment in a public competition, figuratively	10
19D	30. Deal breaker?	4
20D	31. Eyelid woe	4
21D	32. Sprinter that's a homophone of 46-Across	4
22D	33. One mentioned in "Class Notes," informally	4
23D	34. Shout that may accompany many arms waving	12
24D	36. Rocker Rose	3
25D	39. ___ fide	4
26D	40. Much of Finland's wilderness	4
27D	42. Nutmeg's "sister spice"	4
28D	43. Parties that become naps when their first letter is changed to an "s"	7
29D	45. ___ hound	6
30D	47. Dinosaur DNA source in "Jurassic Park"	5
31D	49. Sensitive spots	5
32D	51. When many hibernations end	5
33D	52. Extremely virtuous sort	5
34D	53. Radio toggle	4
35D	54. Suffix with omni-	4
36D	56. "What are the ___?"	4
37D	58. Two-thirds of 100	5
38D	60. Start of an objection	3
39D	61. Bombeck who wrote "Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession"	4

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Only U.S. president also to serve as chief justice"

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 sculptor (1860-1936)
• Words that mean the same thing: William Howard Taft, Lorado Taft, President Taft
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Flag carrier airline of Spain"

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 ancient geographical region to the south of the caucasus mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day georgia
• Words that mean the same thing: Iberian Peninsula
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBERIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Campus quarters"

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 college or university building containing living quarters for students
• Words that mean the same thing: dormitory, dorm, residence hall
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DORMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Assert"

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 report or maintain
• Words that mean the same thing: say, avow, swan
• The 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 5 Down: "5. Its spots are actually rosettes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the pelt of a leopard
• Words that mean the same thing: Panthera pardus
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEOPARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Restaurant chain with a smile in its logo"

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: IHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Unleaded, so to speak"

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 coffee with the caffeine removed
• Words that mean the same thing: decaffeinated coffee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Amen!""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: OHHELLYEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Oracle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person with unusual powers of foresight
• Words that mean the same thing: prophesier, oracle, illusionist
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Intimate apparel in many lawyer puns"

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 short tight-fitting underpants (trade name jockey shorts)
• Words that mean the same thing: brief, legal brief, Jockey shorts
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIEFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. First men's tennis player to reach 10 consecutive Grand Slam singles finals"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROGERFEDERER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Subject of study at CERN's laboratory"

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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Words that mean the same thing: particle, mote, corpuscle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Exhaust"

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 hoop that covers a wheel
• Words that mean the same thing: fatigue, outwear, fag out
• The opposite would be: refresh, interest
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. 13th-century Persian poet and mystic"

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: RUMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Cutesy sound that may accompany a poke"

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: BOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Founder of heavy metal's Body Count"

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: ICET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. ___ Highness"

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: YOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Temporary embarrassment in a public competition, figuratively"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLOODYNOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Deal breaker?"

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 lawman concerned with narcotics violations
• Words that mean the same thing: narcotics agent, nark
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Eyelid woe"

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 infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Words that mean the same thing: sty, hordeolum, eye infection
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Sprinter that's a homophone of 46-Across"

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 swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: rabbit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. One mentioned in "Class Notes," informally"

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 white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
• Words that mean the same thing: alumna, ammonia alum, potash alum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Shout that may accompany many arms waving"

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: WEREOVERHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Rocker Rose"

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: AXL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. ___ fide"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Much of Finland's wilderness"

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 nonresinous wood of a fir tree
• Words that mean the same thing: fir tree, fir, true fir
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Nutmeg's "sister spice""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
• Words that mean the same thing: Chemical Mace, macebearer, macer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Parties that become naps when their first letter is changed to an "s""

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 an elaborate party (often outdoors)
• Words that mean the same thing: feast, fiesta, fete
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIESTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. ___ hound"

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 smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
• Words that mean the same thing: basset hound, crop 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: BASSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Dinosaur DNA source in "Jurassic Park""

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: brownish-yellow, yellow-brown, gold
• The 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 31 Down: "49. Sensitive spots"

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 open skin infection
• Words that mean the same thing: sore
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. When many hibernations end"

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

  The answer is: APRIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Extremely virtuous sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
• Words that mean the same thing: holy person, nonpareil, nonsuch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Radio toggle"

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: AMFM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Suffix with omni-"

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: VORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. "What are the ___?""

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 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 37 Down: "58. Two-thirds of 100"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: zip, 0, zero
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZEROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Start of an objection"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that and nothing more
• Words that mean the same thing: only, just, simply
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. Bombeck who wrote "Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession""

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: ERMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	64	82.1%
Short Answer	5	6.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Music	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 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!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 06, 2025 at 10:39 AM