April 22, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 75 (35 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle April 22, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Word after play or before luck	4
2A	5. The "P" of P.B.R.	5
3A	10. Home to the Bay of Pigs	4
4A	14. Fell on one's face big-time	5
5A	16. Give out one's address?	5
6A	17. Candid	4
7A	18. Zoroastrianism, e.g.	5
8A	19. Sign of autumn	5
9A	20. Artery	4
10A	21. Location of a 1979 accident	15
11A	24. Potpie ingredient	4
12A	25. TV's Dr. ___	4
13A	26. Location where Italy's capital is said to have been founded	16
14A	34. Big lug	3
15A	35. Touch-and-go	5
16A	36. Looked too soon, say	6
17A	37. Tattaglia and Barzini, in "The Godfather"	4
18A	39. Scullers' gear	4
19A	41. 32-year-old artist pictured on the cover of Time magazine in 1936	4
20A	42. De facto	6
21A	45. Ceremonies	5
22A	48. Dearie	3
23A	49. Location in the New World until 1776	16
24A	52. The "G" of Geico: Abbr.	4
25A	53. Ballet move	4
26A	54. Asset that's all about "location, location, location" ... with a hint to the starts of 21-, 26- and 49-Across	15
27A	61. Gator's cousin	4
28A	62. 12/31, for one	5
29A	63. It's a knockout	5
30A	64. City on the Arno	4
31A	65. Utopias	5
32A	66. Justice Kagan	5
33A	67. Skating feat	4
34A	68. Takes to the limit, perhaps	5
35A	69. Revivalists, for short?	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. Word after play or before luck"

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 slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - thackeray
• Words that mean the same thing: obtuse, slow, speechless
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. The "P" of P.B.R."

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: PABST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Home to the Bay of Pigs"

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 communist state in the caribbean on the island of cuba
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Cuba
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Fell on one's face big-time"

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: ATEIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Give out one's address?"

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

  The answer is: ORATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Candid"

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 clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Words that mean the same thing: unfold, capable, subject
• The opposite would be: close, fold
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Zoroastrianism, 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 strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
• Words that mean the same thing: organized religion, trust, religion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAITH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Sign of autumn"

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in libra
• Words that mean the same thing: Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Artery"

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 an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
• Words that mean the same thing: route
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Location of a 1979 accident"

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: THREEMILEISLAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Potpie ingredient"

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 flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: center, heart, heart and soul
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. TV's Dr. ___"

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: PHIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Location where Italy's capital is said to have been founded"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEVENHILLSOFROME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "34. Big lug"

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

  The answer is: APE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Touch-and-go"

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 of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; - new yorker
• Words that mean the same thing: chancy, dodgy, chanceful
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DICEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Looked too soon, say"

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 throw a glance at; take a brief look at
• Words that mean the same thing: glint, glance, peek
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Tattaglia and Barzini, in "The Godfather""

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 spanish gentleman or nobleman
• Words that mean the same thing: Don River, assume, get into
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Scullers' gear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
• Words that mean the same thing: oar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. 32-year-old artist pictured on the cover of Time magazine in 1936"

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 surrealist spanish painter (1904-1989)
• Words that mean the same thing: Salvador Dali
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. De facto"

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 presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
• Words that mean the same thing: literal, genuine, existent
• The opposite would be: potential
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTUAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. Ceremonies"

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 ceremony prescribed by a religion
• Words that mean the same thing: religious rite, ritual, rite
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RITES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "48. Dearie"

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 domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: positron emission tomography, ducky, preferent
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Location in the New World until 1776"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: THIRTEENCOLONIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. The "G" of Geico: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOVT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. Ballet move"

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: PLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Asset that's all about "location, location, location" ... with a hint to the starts of 21-, 26- and 49-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert 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: PRIMEREALESTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "61. Gator's cousin"

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: CROC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "62. 12/31, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
• Words that mean the same thing: proportion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "63. It's a knockout"

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 fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
• Words that mean the same thing: quintessence, ethoxyethane, vinyl ether
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "64. City on the Arno"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in tuscany; site of the famous leaning tower
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PISA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. Utopias"

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

  The answer is: EDENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Justice Kagan"

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: ELENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Skating feat"

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: AXEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Takes to the limit, perhaps"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: run, essay, try
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Revivalists, for short?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword April 22, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Bats	4
2D	2. "The Greatest Snow on Earth" sloganeer	4
3D	3. Head of government between Eshkol and Rabin	4
4D	4. "Buzz off!"	6
5D	5. Inside-the-Beltway type	8
6D	6. Seed covering	4
7D	7. Dearie	4
8D	8. Cartoonists' output	6
9D	9. Establishment with steep prices?	7
10D	10. Orangish shade	8
11D	11. Well versed in	4
12D	12. Droplet	4
13D	13. &	3
14D	15. Song by the Doors that, paradoxically, is heard at the start of "Apocalypse Now"	6
15D	22. When doubled, a Hawaiian fish	4
16D	23. Vivacity	4
17D	26. Begin's negotiating partner for peace	5
18D	27. Long time	5
19D	28. 20, in Italian	5
20D	29. Master	5
21D	30. A mondegreen is a misheard one	5
22D	31. Cousin of a giraffe	5
23D	32. Free-for-all	5
24D	33. Text tweaks	5
25D	38. Like some caps and gowns	8
26D	40. Kind of order on Wall Street	8
27D	43. Little wonder?	4
28D	44. Young hare	7
29D	46. She: Fr.	4
30D	47. "Yes, that's clear to me"	6
31D	50. Big online brokerage	6
32D	51. Sharply annoy	6
33D	54. Grand ___	4
34D	55. Type of wine with an accent	4
35D	56. Vacation times on la Côte d'Azur	4
36D	57. "You ___ kiddin'!"	4
37D	58. Throat clearer	4
38D	59. Mobile home?	4
39D	60. Long times	4
40D	61. I.R.S. worker, for short	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. Bats"

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 informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• Words that mean the same thing: bats, loony, nuts
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "The Greatest Snow on Earth" sloganeer"

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 state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
• Words that mean the same thing: Mormon State, Beehive State, UT
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Head of government between Eshkol and Rabin"

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 israeli statesman (born in russia) (1898-1978)
• Words that mean the same thing: Golda Meir
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Buzz off!""

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: BITEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Inside-the-Beltway type"

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 active in party politics
• Words that mean the same thing: political leader, politician, pol
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLITICO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Seed covering"

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 fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Dearie"

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 very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Words that mean the same thing: sister, baby, infant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Cartoonists' output"

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 relatively long narrow piece of something
• Words that mean the same thing: airstrip, despoil, disrobe
• The opposite would be: dress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Establishment with steep prices?"

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 restaurant where tea and light meals are available
• Words that mean the same thing: tearoom, tea parlor, tea parlour
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEASHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Orangish shade"

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: CORALRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Well versed in"

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: UPON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Droplet"

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 small ball with a hole through the middle
• Words that mean the same thing: beadwork, pearl, astragal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. &"

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: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Song by the Doors that, paradoxically, is heard at the start of "Apocalypse Now""

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: THEEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. When doubled, a Hawaiian fish"

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: MAHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Vivacity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a characteristic state or mode of living
• Words that mean the same thing: animation, life sentence, lifetime
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Begin's negotiating partner for peace"

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 egyptian statesman who (as president of egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with menachem begin (then prime minister of israel) (1918-1981)
• Words that mean the same thing: Anwar Sadat, Anwar el-Sadat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SADAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Long time"

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

  The answer is: EPOCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. 20, in Italian"

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: VENTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Master"

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 gain knowledge or skills
• Words that mean the same thing: take, larn, find out
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. A mondegreen is a misheard one"

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 the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
• Words that mean the same thing: lyric poem, words, lyrical
• The opposite would be: dramatic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYRIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Cousin of a giraffe"

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 similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
• Words that mean the same thing: Okapia johnstoni
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OKAPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Free-for-all"

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 noisy riotous fight
• Words that mean the same thing: battle royal, scrimmage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MELEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Text tweaks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Like some caps and gowns"

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 of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
• Words that mean the same thing: operative
• The opposite would be: medical, nonsurgical
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SURGICAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Kind of order on Wall Street"

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: STOPLOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Little wonder?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Young hare"

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 young hare especially one in its first year
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEVERET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. She: Fr."

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: ELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. "Yes, that's clear to me""

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: SOISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Big online brokerage"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ETRADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Sharply annoy"

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 any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus urtica or family urticaceae)
• Words that mean the same thing: rag, devil, rile
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NETTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Grand ___"

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: PRIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Type of wine with an accent"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
• Words that mean the same thing: climb, spring up, arise
• The opposite would be: set, fall
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Vacation times on la Côte d'Azur"

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: ETES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. "You ___ kiddin'!""

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: AINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Throat clearer"

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 utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: hem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Mobile home?"

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 portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
• Words that mean the same thing: camp out, collapsible shelter, camp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Long times"

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

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. I.R.S. worker, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	63	84.0%
Geography	3	4.0%
Short Answer	3	4.0%
Abbreviation	3	4.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.7%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	75
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 10, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (33 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

August 10, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. What takes motion out of motion pictures?	9
2A	10. Goddess of spring and rebirth	4
3A	14. Superiority-asserting action	9
4A	15. Drunk, in modern slang	5
5A	16. Is to come	9
6A	17. Wiped out	5
7A	18. Fair game	7
8A	19. Parody	7
9A	21. Certain online food critic	6
10A	22. Prefix with car	3
11A	23. Place for a tab	3
12A	24. Wine lover's favorite team?	4
13A	26. Persuaded to take a higher-priced option	6
14A	29. Enemies, in slang	4
15A	33. Lose balance	3
16A	34. Women who were legally permitted to drive for the first time in 2018	6
17A	35. Response to someone with unrealistic hopes	15
18A	38. "Take your time"	6
19A	39. Word whose musical sense was added to Merriam-Webster dictionaries in 1986	3
20A	40. Competitor of Petro-Canada	4
21A	41. Green-light	6
22A	42. Some baskets	4
23A	44. Business card abbr.	3
24A	45. California W.N.B.A. team, on scoreboards	3
25A	47. "This party's poppin'!"	6
26A	52. Boo-boos	7
27A	55. Off guard	7
28A	56. Discover serendipitously	5
29A	57. Article of summer wear	9
30A	59. ___ Montoya, swordsman in "The Princess Bride"	5
31A	60. Woman's name that's an anagram of INTERNEES	9
32A	61. Body parts that sound like some units of measure	4
33A	62. Start of an anti-coal petition	9

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. What takes motion out of motion pictures?"

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: STEADICAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Goddess of spring and rebirth"

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 type genus of the majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
• Words that mean the same thing: Maja, genus Maja, genus Maia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Superiority-asserting action"

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: POWERMOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Drunk, in modern slang"

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: TURNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Is to come"

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: LIESAHEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Wiped out"

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: ATEIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Fair game"

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 make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
• Words that mean the same thing: appropriate, reserve, give up
• The opposite would be: disallow, forbid
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLOWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Parody"

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 reproduce someone's behavior or looks
• Words that mean the same thing: copy, simulate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMITATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Certain online food critic"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: YELPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Prefix with car"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Place for a tab"

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 airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: bathroom, rear, lavatory
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Wine lover's favorite team?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: Red, loss, Marxist
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Persuaded to take a higher-priced option"

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: UPSOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Enemies, in slang"

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: OPPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Lose balance"

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 extreme end of something; especially something pointed
• Words that mean the same thing: tiptoe, lead, point
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Women who were legally permitted to drive for the first time in 2018"

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 native or inhabitant of saudi arabia
• Words that mean the same thing: Saudi Arabian, Saudi
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAUDIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Response to someone with unrealistic hopes"

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: WHATDOYOUEXPECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. "Take your time""

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: NORUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Word whose musical sense was added to Merriam-Webster dictionaries in 1986"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: whang, whack, pink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Competitor of Petro-Canada"

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: ESSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Green-light"

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 render capable or able for some task
• The opposite would be: disable
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Some baskets"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: two, deuce, II
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Business card abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
• Words that mean the same thing: re, ray, rhenium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. California W.N.B.A. team, on scoreboards"

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 a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
• Words that mean the same thing: Pelican State, lah, LA
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. "This party's poppin'!""

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: ITSLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Boo-boos"

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: SLIPUPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Off guard"

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 not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond
• The opposite would be: ready
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNREADY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Discover serendipitously"

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: HITON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Article of summer wear"

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: HALTERTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. ___ Montoya, swordsman in "The Princess Bride""

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: INIGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Woman's name that's an anagram of INTERNEES"

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: ERNESTINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Body parts that sound like some units of measure"

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 either of two large muscles of the chest
• Words that mean the same thing: pectoral, pectoral muscle, musculus pectoralis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Start of an anti-coal petition"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: DEARSANTA

  Great job if you got it right!

August 10, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Spread out	5
2D	2. Fabric whose name is French for "cloth"	5
3D	3. Tom ___, co-star of Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch"	5
4D	4. "Venus and the Cat" author	5
5D	5. Storage site	6
6D	6. "Let me assist you"	12
7D	7. Like some rec leagues	4
8D	8. Palindromic woman's name	3
9D	9. Cry on a battlefield	5
10D	10. Unlikely entrant in a Westminster show	4
11D	11. Some demographic data	9
12D	12. Emphasized	9
13D	13. Deals with	9
14D	15. Mai ___	3
15D	20. Arrow on a screen	12
16D	22. Field for gamers	7
17D	25. Kind of project for a hardware store customer, in brief	3
18D	27. Goddess of peace	3
19D	28. Person whom people take their complaints to, informally	4
20D	29. It can pass when you pass	9
21D	30. Connection to the outside world	9
22D	31. Spongelike	9
23D	32. Proof of purchase, perhaps	4
24D	36. Certain connection for a 30-Down, for short	3
25D	37. Negotiating partner with G.M.	3
26D	43. Natural ager	6
27D	46. Flicked, in a way	5
28D	48. Competitor of Stearns & Foster	5
29D	49. Music store category	5
30D	50. Words before know, care or mind	5
31D	51. Most serious kind of flu	5
32D	53. Fad game of the 1990s	4
33D	54. Unnamed individual from Italy	3
34D	55. It reaches to touch one's hand	4
35D	58. What you can take that I can't?	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. Spread out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
• Words that mean the same thing: dislocate, slip, rotate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Fabric whose name is French for "cloth""

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: TOILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Tom ___, co-star of Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: EWELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Venus and the Cat" author"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AESOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Storage site"

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 boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
• Words that mean the same thing: draftsman
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Let me assist you""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMHERETOHELP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Like some rec leagues"

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: COED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Palindromic woman's name"

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: AVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Cry on a battlefield"

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 several old world herbs of the genus medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
• Words that mean the same thing: medick, trefoil, medical officer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEDIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Unlikely entrant in a Westminster show"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
• Words that mean the same thing: mongrel, cur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Some demographic data"

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: AREACODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Emphasized"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: INITALICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Deals with"

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: ATTENDSTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Mai ___"

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 native or inhabitant of thailand
• Words that mean the same thing: Thai, Siamese
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Arrow on a screen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MOUSEPOINTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Field for gamers"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ESPORTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Kind of project for a hardware store customer, in brief"

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: DIY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Goddess of peace"

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 (roman catholic church) a greeting signifying christian love for those assisting at the eucharist
• Words that mean the same thing: kiss of peace
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Person whom people take their complaints to, informally"

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: SUPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. It can pass when you pass"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
• Words that mean the same thing: possession
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWNERSHIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Connection to the outside world"

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: PHONELINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Spongelike"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that relating to or caused by parasites
• Words that mean the same thing: parasitical, bloodsucking, epenthetic
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARASITIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Proof of purchase, perhaps"

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 short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
• Words that mean the same thing: nub, counterfoil, ticket stub
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Certain connection for a 30-Down, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
• Words that mean the same thing: digital subscriber line
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Negotiating partner with G.M."

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: UAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Natural ager"

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 the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
• Words that mean the same thing: tenseness, try, emphasis
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. Flicked, 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 convert into ashes
• Words that mean the same thing: ash
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Competitor of Stearns & Foster"

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: SERTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Music store category"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any dialect of the language of ancient rome
• Words that mean the same thing: Romance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Words before know, care or mind"

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: IDONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Most serious kind of flu"

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: TYPEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Fad game of the 1990s"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: POGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Unnamed individual from Italy"

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: UNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. It reaches to touch one's hand"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
• Words that mean the same thing: elbow bone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ULNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. What you can take that I can't?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: follow, 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: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	66.2%
Short Answer	9	13.2%
Sports	5	7.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.4%
Music	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Food & Drink	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 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!

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Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 03:53 AM