July 10, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Down Clues (40 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, July 10, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (28 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle July 10, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Goof	15
2A	16. Mischievous character in West African folklore	15
3A	17. Hosts	15
4A	18. David who took 15 years to write "The History of England"	4
5A	19. Cut into	5
6A	20. Andy Capp's wife in the comics	3
7A	21. Somme times	4
8A	22. Fabergé egg recipient	4
9A	24. "The pretty worm of Nilus ... that kills and pains not," per Shakespeare	3
10A	26. Concept in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism	6
11A	30. Swashbuckler's implement	6
12A	32. Course	5
13A	34. "You couldn't be more wrong!"	5
14A	35. Diplomatic successes	7
15A	39. Find inner strength	7
16A	41. ___ Island	5
17A	42. Will can change it	5
18A	44. Total package?	6
19A	46. Shameless sycophant	6
20A	49. Doubly hyphenated fig.	3
21A	50. Book it	4
22A	52. Where the idiom "on a roll" comes from	4
23A	55. Self starter?	3
24A	57. Attendant of Dionysus	5
25A	60. New Balance competitor	4
26A	61. Passive-aggressive tactic	15
27A	64. Renter's amenity	15
28A	65. Gaze at with appreciation	15

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. Goof"

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: CARELESSMISTAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "16. Mischievous character in West African folklore"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANANSITHESPIDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "17. Hosts"

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: COMMUNIONWAFERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "18. David who took 15 years to write "The History of England""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)
• Words that mean the same thing: David Hume
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "19. Cut into"

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 become ground down or deteriorate
• Words that mean the same thing: gnaw at, wear away, eat away
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "20. Andy Capp's wife in the comics"

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: FLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "21. Somme times"

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: ETES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "22. Fabergé egg recipient"

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

  The answer is: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "24. "The pretty worm of Nilus ... that kills and pains not," per Shakespeare"

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

  The answer is: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "26. Concept in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism"

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 basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DHARMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "30. Swashbuckler's implement"

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 straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
• Words that mean the same thing: tuck
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "32. Course"

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 established line of travel or access
• Words that mean the same thing: road, path, itinerary
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "34. "You couldn't be more wrong!""

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: GODNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "35. Diplomatic successes"

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 harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
• Words that mean the same thing: treaty, accordance, concord
• The opposite would be: disagreement
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCORDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "39. Find inner strength"

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: DIGDEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "41. ___ Island"

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: RHODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "42. Will can change it"

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 grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
• Words that mean the same thing: strain, tense up
• The opposite would be: relaxed, relax
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "44. Total package?"

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 grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
• Words that mean the same thing: food grain, grain, cereal grass
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEREAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "46. Shameless sycophant"

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 dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAPDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "49. Doubly hyphenated fig."

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: SSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "50. Book it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
• Words that mean the same thing: way, board, elbow room
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "52. Where the idiom "on a roll" comes from"

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 small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
• Words that mean the same thing: die, cube
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "55. Self starter?"

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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "57. Attendant of Dionysus"

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 man with strong sexual desires
• Words that mean the same thing: letch, lecher, lech
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATYR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "60. New Balance competitor"

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: AVIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "61. Passive-aggressive tactic"

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: SILENTTREATMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "64. Renter's amenity"

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: PRIVATEENTRANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "65. Gaze at with appreciation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FEASTONESEYESON

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - July 10, 2021 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Computer store	5
2D	2. Have ___ (be able to save face)	5
3D	3. Hit hard	6
4D	4. Snarl	6
5D	5. Sch. whose yearbook is the "Gumbo"	3
6D	6. Strauss's "___ Nacht in Venedig"	4
7D	7. Brouhaha	4
8D	8. Aim for	7
9D	9. Sets right	5
10D	10. "Seriously!"	6
11D	11. Place of salubrity	3
12D	12. Two in a row, say?	4
13D	13. Capital city near Kangaroo Island	8
14D	14. It's called paraffin oil in the U.K.	8
15D	15. Starts of hedges	3
16D	23. Unkempt	6
17D	25. Hold (up)	4
18D	27. Unfulfilled duty	6
19D	28. Staff	3
20D	29. Sine qua non	4
21D	31. What a whale watcher may watch	3
22D	33. Mystery writer Buchanan	4
23D	35. Doesn't go straight, in a way	4
24D	36. Birthplace of Lewis Carroll	8
25D	37. Julius Caesar's first wife	8
26D	38. Wordsworth wrote one about a cuckoo	3
27D	40. Web access co.	3
28D	43. It has furrowed gray bark	7
29D	45. Came in behind	6
30D	47. ___ Brown, Whoopi Goldberg's role in "Ghost"	6
31D	48. Established facts	6
32D	51. Like some 44-Across	5
33D	53. Part of mayo that's most popular?	5
34D	54. No longer on the table	5
35D	56. Cranks (up)	4
36D	58. Urges	4
37D	59. Play a critical role?	4
38D	61. Block letters?	3
39D	62. Bryce Harper when he won a 2015 M.V.P. award, e.g.	3
40D	63. Tax	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. Computer store"

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 hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
• Words that mean the same thing: memory cache, hoard, lay away
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Have ___ (be able to save face)"

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: ANOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Hit hard"

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 strike or drive against with a heavy impact
• Words that mean the same thing: chock up, force, jampack
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Snarl"

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 entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh
• Words that mean the same thing: ensnarl, mesh
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENMESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Sch. whose yearbook is the "Gumbo""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Strauss's "___ Nacht in Venedig""

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: EINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Brouhaha"

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 prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Words that mean the same thing: splash, call down, bring 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: STIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Aim for"

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: SHOOTAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sets right"

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 sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: mend, restore, reparation
• The opposite would be: break
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Seriously!""

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 11 Down: "11. Place of salubrity"

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

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Two in a row, say?"

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 quarrel about petty points
• Words that mean the same thing: fuss, squabble, pettifoggery
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Capital city near Kangaroo Island"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state capital of south australia
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADELAIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. It's called paraffin oil in the U.K."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
• Words that mean the same thing: coal oil, lamp oil, kerosine
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEROSENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Starts of hedges"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Words that mean the same thing: Er, emergency room, atomic number 68
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Unkempt"

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 treat cruelly
• Words that mean the same thing: chew up, call down, take to task
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAGGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Hold (up)"

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 support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
• Words that mean the same thing: prop up, airplane propeller, shore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Unfulfilled duty"

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: ARREAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Staff"

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 long thin implement made of metal or wood
• Words that mean the same thing: gat, retinal rod, pole
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Sine qua non"

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 necessary or essential thing
• Words that mean the same thing: moldiness, mustiness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. What a whale watcher may watch"

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 vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• Words that mean the same thing: fuel pod, seedcase, cod
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Mystery writer Buchanan"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Doesn't go straight, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Birthplace of Lewis Carroll"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHESHIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Julius Caesar's first wife"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CORNELIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Wordsworth wrote one about a cuckoo"

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Web access co."

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: ISP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. It has furrowed gray bark"

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: ELMTREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Came in behind"

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: LOSTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. ___ Brown, Whoopi Goldberg's role in "Ghost""

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: ODAMAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Established facts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an assumption that is taken for granted
• Words that mean the same thing: given, presumption, precondition
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIVENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Like some 44-Across"

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

  The answer is: OATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Part of mayo that's most popular?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: CINCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. No longer on the table"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Cranks (up)"

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 rate of revolution of a motor
• Words that mean the same thing: rev, rev up, rpm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Urges"

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 yearning for something or to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: yen, ache, yearn
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Play a critical role?"

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 magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
• Words that mean the same thing: pace, grade, place
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Block letters?"

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 degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: sun protection factor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Bryce Harper when he won a 2015 M.V.P. award, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: NAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. Tax"

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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: try out, seek, taste
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	73.5%
Short Answer	10	14.7%
Literature	3	4.4%
History	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Geography	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	28
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

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• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• 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!
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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, July 15, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - July 15, 2019 Solutions

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

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CALF

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. SWAT team actions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RAIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARIE

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPIE

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EPCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Trendy terms"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BUZZWORDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Ragú rival"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PREGO

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GAZA

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YENTA

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ABU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Most unspoiled"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PUREST

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BOBSAGET

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLDSAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STBEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
• Words that mean the same thing: bilge water, take in water
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BILGE

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: USSR

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PIXIEDUST

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Browned bread"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOAST

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FUM

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REHEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MERGING

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CREWNECK

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REESES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Nonkosher meat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAM

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GLOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. To any degree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATALL

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHORTCUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Scalawag"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Peace Nobelist Wiesel"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELIE

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Opening golf shot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DRIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Pepsi, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COLA

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword July 15, 2019

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

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

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

Clue 1 Down: "1. Taxi"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Peppery salad green"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARUGULA

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LIZARDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Some Moroccan headwear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FEZZES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Aussie marsupial, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Grand Ole ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPRY

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIDEB

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YESNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Meal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REPAST

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APR

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ICEAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOGBEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STOUTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Sushi bar condiment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WASABI

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TBS

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POW

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TWIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Touch geographically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ABUT

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Prefix with cache"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GEO

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDAM

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PHEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Addict"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Apple production site"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ORCHARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Aquarium accessory"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AERATOR

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THEMAGI

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FISSURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Like leftovers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNEATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MGS

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANGLEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. ___ Aviv"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Tablet alternative"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GELCAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Trig ratio"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COSEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Mexican artist Frida"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KAHLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Hard labor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
• Words that mean the same thing: moil, grind, labor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LUV

  Great job if you got it right!

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

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Unhappy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

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

Complete Puzzle Statistics

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

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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