June 21, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (40 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (40 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle June 21, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Arid Mongolian expanse	4
2A	5. Forensics facility at Quantico, Va.	6
3A	11. Driver's guide, for short	3
4A	14. Mireille ___, co-star of AMC's "The Killing"	4
5A	15. Yale, to alums	6
6A	16. Muscle worked by a kettlebell swing, informally	3
7A	17. "This is payback!"	11
8A	19. Manipulate	3
9A	20. N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Dawson	3
10A	21. "Hold your horses!"	4
11A	22. Cheese in a Greek salad	4
12A	23. Winning	5
13A	25. City that's home to the Anne Frank House	9
14A	27. Teri of "Mr. Mom"	4
15A	28. ___ punk (fusion genre with Jamaican rhythms)	3
16A	29. Toilette water	3
17A	30. Bit of firepit debris	3
18A	31. Bull with a horn, informally	5
19A	33. "Silence!"	5
20A	37. The Thinker and others	7
21A	39. ___ 500 (NASCAR's "Super Bowl")	7
22A	41. German bacteriologist who lent his name to a kind of dish	5
23A	42. "Ripped"	5
24A	44. Destination on a fast-food lover's bucket list?	3
25A	45. "Knives Out" actress de Armas	3
26A	47. Constitutional initiative passed in '72 but never ratified	3
27A	48. Self-description for many an expert hobbyist	4
28A	49. Desk item that's shaken	9
29A	53. Linger	5
30A	54. Countess's counterpart	4
31A	55. Actress Bonet	4
32A	56. "___ House" (1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young hit)	3
33A	57. Fright ___ (gag item)	3
34A	58. Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters	11
35A	62. Señora Perón	3
36A	63. Grimm sister	6
37A	64. One of 24	4
38A	65. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars"	3
39A	66. Bullfighter	6
40A	67. CPR specialists	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. Arid Mongolian expanse"

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 desert in central china
• Words that mean the same thing: Gobi Desert
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Forensics facility at Quantico, Va."

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: FBILAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Driver's guide, for short"

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 navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
• Words that mean the same thing: Global Positioning System
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Mireille ___, co-star of AMC's "The Killing""

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: ENOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Yale, to alums"

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: OLDELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Muscle worked by a kettlebell swing, informally"

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 broad flat muscle on either side of the back
• Words that mean the same thing: latissimus dorsi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. "This is payback!""

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: NOWWEREEVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Manipulate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of using
• Words that mean the same thing: economic consumption, habit, employ
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Dawson"

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: LEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. "Hold your horses!""

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 time during which some action is awaited
• Words that mean the same thing: waitress, hold, postponement
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Cheese in a Greek salad"

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: FETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Winning"

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 having the leading position or higher score in a contest
• Words that mean the same thing: before, forwards, forrader
• The opposite would be: backward, back
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. City that's home to the Anne Frank House"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an industrial center and the nominal capital of the netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of The Netherlands, Dutch capital
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMSTERDAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Teri of "Mr. Mom""

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: GARR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. ___ punk (fusion genre with Jamaican rhythms)"

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: SKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Toilette water"

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: EAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "30. Bit of firepit debris"

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 residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "31. Bull with a horn, informally"

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 massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
• Words that mean the same thing: rhinoceros
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. "Silence!""

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: ZIPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. The Thinker and others"

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 sculpture representing a human or animal
• Words that mean the same thing: statue
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STATUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. ___ 500 (NASCAR's "Super Bowl")"

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: DAYTONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. German bacteriologist who lent his name to a kind of dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PETRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. "Ripped" "

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: SWOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Destination on a fast-food lover's bucket list?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KFC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. "Knives Out" actress de Armas"

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

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Constitutional initiative passed in '72 but never ratified"

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Self-description for many an expert hobbyist"

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 carnival performer who does disgusting acts
• Words that mean the same thing: flake, eccentric, eccentric person
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. Desk item that's shaken"

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: SNOWGLOBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Linger"

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 leave slowly and hesitantly
• Words that mean the same thing: linger, lurk, mill 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: TARRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Countess's counterpart"

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 british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Actress Bonet"

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: LISA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. "___ House" (1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young hit)"

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: OUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Fright ___ (gag item)"

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

  The answer is: WIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters"

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: SPLITSECOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Señora Perón"

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: EVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Grimm sister"

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: GRETEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. One of 24"

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 period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
• Words that mean the same thing: 60 minutes, hr, minute
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "65. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "66. Bullfighter"

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 matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "67. CPR specialists"

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: EMTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword June 21, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. ___-X	3
2D	2. The Yoko of "Oh Yoko!"	3
3D	3. Headgear for Laurel or Hardy	9
4D	4. "Cross my heart!"	6
5D	5. Jump ___ joy	3
6D	6. Displayed affection from across the room, say	9
7D	7. He's got notions	7
8D	8. Some jeans	5
9D	9. Small building wing	6
10D	10. Container for recycling	3
11D	11. Stuck together, in a way	5
12D	12. Spaghetti, e.g.	5
13D	13. Emission from a whistling kettle	5
14D	18. Bitter ___	3
15D	22. Peach or persimmon	5
16D	23. Audibly astonished	5
17D	24. Undue hurry	5
18D	26. Rapper on 1988's "Straight Outta Compton"	5
19D	28. "___ Drives Me Crazy" (Fine Young Cannibals hit)	3
20D	31. Having misgivings about	5
21D	32. Shoe insert	9
22D	34. Part of a house that might have a full house	9
23D	35. Surmise	5
24D	36. Exhibiting poor taste	5
25D	38. Big drag on a fishing expedition?	5
26D	40. In the style of	3
27D	43. Place to get a cookie, maybe	7
28D	46. Yearly honor awarded for each N.F.L. position	6
29D	48. Lacking grace and refinement	6
30D	49. Ninja turtle hangout	5
31D	50. Unwise to the ways of the world	5
32D	51. Hymn player	5
33D	52. Edmonton athlete	5
34D	53. Piggy, in a nursery rhyme	3
35D	58. Pepper or Friday: Abbr.	3
36D	59. ___-mo	3
37D	60. Bolt's counterpart	3
38D	61. A.M.A. members: Abbr.	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. ___-X"

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

  The answer is: GEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. The Yoko of "Oh Yoko!""

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 united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Headgear for Laurel or Hardy"

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: BOWLERHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Cross my heart!""

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: ISWEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Jump ___ joy"

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: FOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Displayed affection from across the room, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLEWAKISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. He's got notions"

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: IDEAMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Some jeans"

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 popular brand of jeans
• Words that mean the same thing: Saint Matthew the Apostle, Saint Matthew, Matthew
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEVIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Small building wing"

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: ALETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Container for recycling"

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 container; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: ABA transit number, binful, bank identification number
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Stuck together, 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 join or attach with or as if with glue
• Words that mean the same thing: pasted, paste, glue
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Spaghetti, 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 dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
• Words that mean the same thing: alimentary paste
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Emission from a whistling kettle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: steam clean, steamer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Bitter ___"

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

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Peach or persimmon"

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 ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
• Words that mean the same thing: yield
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRUIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Audibly astonished"

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: AGASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Undue hurry"

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 overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
• Words that mean the same thing: hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Rapper on 1988's "Straight Outta Compton""

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: EAZYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. "___ Drives Me Crazy" (Fine Young Cannibals hit)"

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: SHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Having misgivings about"

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 feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
• Words that mean the same thing: repent, rue, 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: RUING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Shoe insert"

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: ODOREATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Part of a house that might have a full house"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POKERROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Surmise"

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 reason by deduction; establish by deduction
• Words that mean the same thing: deduct, generalise, generalize
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Exhibiting poor taste"

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 (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
• Words that mean the same thing: gaudy, cheap, garish
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Big drag on a fishing expedition?"

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 a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
• Words that mean the same thing: trawl net, dragnet, setline
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. In the style 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 27 Down: "43. Place to get a cookie, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the world wide web
• Words that mean the same thing: web site, site, internet site
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEBSITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Yearly honor awarded for each N.F.L. position"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALLPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Lacking grace and refinement"

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 lacking social polish
• Words that mean the same thing: unpolished, graceless
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAUCHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Ninja turtle hangout"

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 waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
• Words that mean the same thing: gutter, toilet, cloaca
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Unwise to the ways of the world"

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 marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
• Words that mean the same thing: primitive, unenlightened, uninitiated
• The opposite would be: sophisticated
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Hymn player"

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 fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
• Words that mean the same thing: harmonium, pipe organ, electric organ
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Edmonton athlete"

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 worker who oils engines or machinery
• Words that mean the same thing: tanker, oil tanker, oil well
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OILER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Piggy, in a nursery rhyme"

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 one of the digits of the foot
• Words that mean the same thing: toenail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Pepper or Friday: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SGT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. ___-mo"

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: SLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Bolt's counterpart"

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 usually large hard-shelled seed
• Words that mean the same thing: screwball, bollock, junkie
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. A.M.A. members: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	59.0%
Short Answer	20	25.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.1%
Geography	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	40
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 09, 2025 at 07:39 AM

February 10, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (33 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle February 10, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Banking annoyance associated with the 20s?	6
2A	7. "Ah, got it now!"	6
3A	13. Concerns for manufacturers	7
4A	15. Sara who wrote the "Pretty Little Liars" books	7
5A	16. 2024, e.g.	15
6A	18. Tiny social climber	3
7A	19. Play ground?	7
8A	20. ___ group	3
9A	21. Evidence of crying	9
10A	23. Rocked, so to speak	4
11A	26. Part of a choir	5
12A	27. Preschool recital	4
13A	31. Pentagon figures	5
14A	33. Regulation followers, in brief	3
15A	34. Symbol of purity or spirituality	5
16A	35. Like some brains and pool balls	6
17A	37. Treat often eaten with a small wooden spoon	6
18A	38. Institution of 40+ years that has many notable alums	3
19A	39. Annual mecca for sci-fi and fantasy fans	7
20A	43. Setting for a Twins or White Sox game: Abbr.	3
21A	44. Personal number?	3
22A	45. Cry after a motion	7
23A	46. Kit ___	3
24A	47. Withdraw (from)	4
25A	49. Just plain silly	5
26A	50. Honors held by only one U.S. president and one U.K. prime minister	4
27A	51. Celebratory greeting for 16-Across	11
28A	54. Bull-like	7
29A	56. Apple Pay, e.g.	7
30A	59. Bit of sportswear	7
31A	60. Pasta shaped like wagon wheels	7
32A	61. Legit	6
33A	62. Learning opportunity	6

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. Banking annoyance associated with the 20s?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ATMFEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. "Ah, got it now!""

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: OKISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Concerns for manufacturers"

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 a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
• Words that mean the same thing: hark back, withdraw, think
• The opposite would be: issue, forget
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RECALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Sara who wrote the "Pretty Little Liars" books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sam Shepard, Alan Shepard, Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHEPARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. 2024, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: YEAROFTHEDRAGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Tiny social climber"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: pismire, emmet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Play ground?"

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 building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
• Words that mean the same thing: theatre, theatre of operations, field
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THEATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. ___ group"

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: ASA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Evidence of crying"

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: TEARSTAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Rocked, so to speak"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be dressed in
• Words that mean the same thing: wear, wear off, endure
• The opposite would be: refresh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Part of a choir"

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 adult male singing voice above baritone
• Words that mean the same thing: tenor voice, strain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Preschool recital"

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 elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: ABC's, first principle, rudiment
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "31. Pentagon figures"

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

  The answer is: AREAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "33. Regulation followers, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Symbol of purity or spirituality"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various plants of the genus syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: lilac-colored, lavender
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LILAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Like some brains and pool balls"

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 go at a rack
• Words that mean the same thing: single-foot, torment, torture
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Treat often eaten with a small wooden spoon"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: GELATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Institution of 40+ years that has many notable alums"

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: SNL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Annual mecca for sci-fi and fantasy fans"

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: MEGACON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Setting for a Twins or White Sox game: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Personal number?"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: get on, senesce, maturate
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Cry after a motion"

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: ISECOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Kit ___"

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 leaves of the shrub catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
• Words that mean the same thing: African tea, khat, cat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Withdraw (from)"

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 gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
• Words that mean the same thing: ablactate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Just plain silly"

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 devoid of intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: asinine, mindless, vacuous
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Honors held by only one U.S. president and one U.K. prime minister"

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

  The answer is: PHDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Celebratory greeting for 16-Across"

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: GONGXIFACAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Bull-like"

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 a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAURINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Apple Pay, e.g."

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: EWALLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Bit of sportswear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
• Words that mean the same thing: fink, snitch, stoolpigeon
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNEAKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Pasta shaped like wagon wheels"

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: ROTELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Legit"

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 food that fulfills the requirements of jewish dietary law
• Words that mean the same thing: cosher
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOSHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Learning opportunity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of instruction
• Words that mean the same thing: moral, deterrent example, example
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESSON

  Great job if you got it right!

February 10, 2024 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Game of Thrones" character whose name means "noble" in Sanskrit	4
2D	2. Many a camp counselor	4
3D	3. Exam for a doc-to-be	4
4D	4. Way out	3
5D	5. Grilled corn-on-the-cob dish, in Mexican cuisine	5
6D	6. Red-and-green headwear	6
7D	7. "This can't be good"	6
8D	8. Olympian Strug or Walsh Jennings	5
9D	9. Sierra Nevada or Lagunitas offering	3
10D	10. Long-running account	4
11D	11. Carrier of a bow and arrow	4
12D	12. ___ Mode, character in "The Incredibles"	4
13D	14. House speaker's place	6
14D	15. Scrapes	6
15D	17. Lacks, informally	5
16D	21. Material for deck chairs	4
17D	22. "Canvas" for digital art?	4
18D	23. Capital with an airport named after Chopin	6
19D	24. Common gift during Chinese Spring Festival	6
20D	25. Some local sports associations, informally	10
21D	28. Home to the Crazy Horse Memorial	10
22D	29. Man with a Manx, say	6
23D	30. Sister brand of Miracle-Gro	6
24D	32. One of two in a tournament	4
25D	34. Grant temporary custody?	4
26D	36. ___ clothing	8
27D	37. Badly off-base?	8
28D	40. One born between the mid-1960s and 1980	6
29D	41. Smoothie berry	4
30D	42. Discuss something (with)	6
31D	48. Woman's name that becomes a direction when its fourth letter is changed	5
32D	50. Loses color	5
33D	52. Puma rival	4
34D	53. Actress Blanchett	4
35D	54. "Ba-a-a-ad!"	3
36D	55. "Is that ___?"	3
37D	57. "Telephone Line" band, in brief	3
38D	58. Half a score	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. "Game of Thrones" character whose name means "noble" in Sanskrit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Many a camp counselor"

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 juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
• Words that mean the same thing: teenage, teenager, stripling
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Exam for a doc-to-be"

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: MCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Way out"

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 terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by tutsi and to institute hutu control again
• Words that mean the same thing: ALIR, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe
• The opposite would be: near
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Grilled corn-on-the-cob dish, in Mexican cuisine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Red-and-green headwear"

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: ELFHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "This can't be good""

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: OHDEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Olympian Strug or Walsh Jennings"

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: KERRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sierra Nevada or Lagunitas offering"

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: IPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Long-running account"

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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Carrier of a bow and arrow"

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 (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Words that mean the same thing: concupiscence, sexual desire, physical attraction
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. ___ Mode, character in "The Incredibles""

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: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. House speaker's place"

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 reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound
• Words that mean the same thing: stereo system, stereoscopic picture, stereophonic system
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Scrapes"

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: SETTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "17. Lacks, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HASNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Material for deck chairs"

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 hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
• Words that mean the same thing: Tectona grandis, teakwood
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. "Canvas" for digital art?"

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 horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
• Words that mean the same thing: breeze through, pinpoint, apprehend
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "23. Capital with an airport named after Chopin"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and largest city of poland; located in central poland
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Poland, Warszawa
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WARSAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "24. Common gift during Chinese Spring Festival"

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 round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
• Words that mean the same thing: orange tree, orangeness, Orange River
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORANGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "25. Some local sports associations, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: RECLEAGUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Home to the Crazy Horse Memorial"

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: BLACKHILLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Man with a Manx, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CATDAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Sister brand of Miracle-Gro"

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

  The answer is: SCOTTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. One of two in a tournament"

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 one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
• Words that mean the same thing: trailer truck, trucking rig, semifinal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Grant temporary custody?"

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 bestow a quality on
• Words that mean the same thing: bring, add, impart
• The opposite would be: borrow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. ___ clothing"

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 person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
• Words that mean the same thing: architect, clothes designer, fashion designer
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESIGNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Badly off-base?"

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: GONEAWOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. One born between the mid-1960s and 1980"

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: GENXER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Smoothie berry"

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: ACAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Discuss something (with)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that have a conference in order to talk something over
• Words that mean the same thing: bestow, confab, consult
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Woman's name that becomes a direction when its fourth letter is changed"

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: NORAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Loses color"

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 wooden strip forming part of a fence
• Words that mean the same thing: blench, picket, pal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Puma rival"

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 (greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with roman victoria
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Actress Blanchett"

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: CATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. "Ba-a-a-ad!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TSK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. "Is that ___?""

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 palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
• Words that mean the same thing: Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Black September
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. "Telephone Line" band, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Half a score"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: decade, X, 10
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	71.8%
Short Answer	12	16.9%
Sports	4	5.6%
Literature	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually 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: August 27, 2025 at 06:44 PM