2424 Sat Aug 24, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Part of a Mideast capital's name, 4. Twinkletoes they're not, 8. Nuts and bolts, 14. Actress who voiced Mei Lee's strict mother in Pixar's "Turning Red", 16. Second slide of many a meeting deck, 17. Put in a similar part, 18. "The ___ of suffering is experience": Harry Truman, 19. Legs (it), 20. Prominent feature of a jacket, 22. Fooled, 23. Many a rescue, 24. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog", 25. ___ fries (South American side), 26. Dope, 27. Dried meat product with a rhyming name, 29. Digital agreements?, 30. "Pleeeease?", 31. Spiteful, as a comment, 32. Hoped-for deadlines, 34. They often roll around in the snow, 35. Habitat for sphagnum moss, 38. Book between Joel and Obadiah, 39. Sian ___, director of the Best Picture winner "CODA", 40. Start of a Spanish cheer, 41. Bus. driver?, 42. Tizzy, 43. Hardly open, 44. Nephrologist's specialty, 46. Affectionate way to walk, 48. What "e" might mean, 49. Vulnerable part of one's personality, 50. Perfumery assortment, 51. River in the name of a Best Picture winner, 52. Pop artist ___ English

Down Clues :

1. What Flovent can treat, 2. Sights along the Gulf Coast, 3. Prepares for transplanting, 4. Creatures often depicted with green skin, 5. Strong, as a bond, 6. Candidate for a "forever home", 7. Full of gimmicks, 8. Drink of boiled grains with purported detoxifying effects, 9. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" writer, 1941, 10. Singers do this, 11. Rushing, 12. Obsolescent means of music storage, 13. Down time?, 15. Skillful, 21. Batman adversary with a stitched burlap mask, 24. Country singer with the 2012 hit "Wanted", 25. Poet who first penned the phrase "no country for old men", 27. Small hint, 28. Leaps on stage, 29. Head lines?, 30. Spoon, 32. Original parent co. of Fortune and People, 33. Snarky reply to some unsolicited advice, 34. Kooks, 35. Olympic snowboarding event, 36. Take too far, 37. Many Grindr users, 40. Campers, e.g., 42. Shut (up), 43. Commercial lead-in to bank, 45. Diarist who helped edit Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer", 47. Deg. from Yale's Geffen School

Sat Aug 24, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 24, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Part of a Mideast capital's name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABU




• The clue is 4. Twinkletoes they're not. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAFS

  Possible Answer : clod, lout, lubber, lummox, stumblebum, oaf, lump, gawk, goon




• The clue is 8. Nuts and bolts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BASICS

  Possible Answer : basic, bedrock, staple, rudiments, basics, fundamental_principle, basic_principle, fundamentals, BASIC




• The clue is 14. Actress who voiced Mei Lee's strict mother in Pixar's "Turning Red". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SANDRAOH




• The clue is 16. Second slide of many a meeting deck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGENDA

  Possible Answer : docket, order_of_business, agenda, schedule, agendum




• The clue is 17. Put in a similar part. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: TYPECAST

  Possible Answer : type, typecast




• The clue is 18. "The ___ of suffering is experience": Harry Truman. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REWARD

  Possible Answer : honour, payoff, reinforcement, repay, reward, advantage, honor, reinforce, wages, pay_back

  Possible Opposite Answer : dishonor, penalty




• The clue is 19. Legs (it). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOOFS

  Possible Answer : hoof_it, hoof, foot, leg_it




• The clue is 20. Prominent feature of a jacket. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITLE

  Possible Answer : deed_of_conveyance, style, claim, form_of_address, entitle, deed, title, championship, rubric, title_of_respect, statute_title




• The clue is 22. Fooled. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAD

  Possible Answer : consume, possess, cause, give_birth, birth, give, feature, throw, have, deliver, have_got, induce, experience, own, sustain, hold, let, make, suffer, accept, take, stimulate, receive, take_in, bear, ingest, get

  Possible Opposite Answer : lack, refuse, abstain




• The clue is 23. Many a rescue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUTT

  Possible Answer : mongrel, mutt, cur




• The clue is 24. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HECHE




• The clue is 25. ___ fries (South American side). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YUCA




• The clue is 26. Dope. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASS

  Possible Answer : behind, hind_end, hindquarters, screwing, roll_in_the_hay, AS, backside, As, shag, posterior, tooshie, nookie, butt, nates, seat, derriere, piece_of_ass, atomic_number_33, arsenic, rear, can, rump, fanny, buttocks, bum, stern, tail, tail_end, tush, nooky, prat, shtup, screw, fucking, Eastern_Samoa, fundament, ass, rear_end, buns, arse, keister, bottom, American_Samoa, piece_of_tail, fuck




• The clue is 27. Dried meat product with a rhyming name. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: TURKEYJERKY




• The clue is 29. Digital agreements?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: PINKYSWEARS




• The clue is 30. "Pleeeease?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANTI




• The clue is 31. Spiteful, as a comment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATTY

  Possible Answer : catty, bitchy, cattish, cattie




• The clue is 32. Hoped-for deadlines. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: TARGETDATES




• The clue is 34. They often roll around in the snow. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: WINTERTIRES




• The clue is 35. Habitat for sphagnum moss. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOG

  Possible Answer : bog, bog_down, peat_bog




• The clue is 38. Book between Joel and Obadiah. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMOS

  Possible Answer : Amos, Book_of_Amos




• The clue is 39. Sian ___, director of the Best Picture winner "CODA". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEDER




• The clue is 40. Start of a Spanish cheer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIVA

  Possible Answer : oral_exam, viva_voce, viva, oral_examination, oral




• The clue is 41. Bus. driver?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEO

  Possible Answer : chief_operating_officer, CEO, chief_executive_officer




• The clue is 42. Tizzy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PANIC

  Possible Answer : terror, scare, panic, affright




• The clue is 43. Hardly open. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAGEY

  Possible Answer : cagey, chary, cagy, canny, clever




• The clue is 44. Nephrologist's specialty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIDNEY

  Possible Answer : kidney




• The clue is 46. Affectionate way to walk. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ARMINARM




• The clue is 48. What "e" might mean. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONLINE

  Possible Answer : online, on-line

  Possible Opposite Answer : off-line




• The clue is 49. Vulnerable part of one's personality. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SOFTSIDE




• The clue is 50. Perfumery assortment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCENTS

  Possible Answer : odor, scent, fragrance, olfactory_property, odourise, wind, nose, aroma, odorize, odour, perfume, smell

  Possible Opposite Answer : deodorize, deodourise




• The clue is 51. River in the name of a Best Picture winner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KWAI

  Possible Answer : kwai, yuan




• The clue is 52. Pop artist ___ English. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RON

  Possible Answer : Bokkos, Daffo, Ron

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. What Flovent can treat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTHMA

  Possible Answer: asthma_attack, bronchial_asthma, asthma

• The clue is 2. Sights along the Gulf Coast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAYOUS

  Possible Answer: bayou

• The clue is 3. Prepares for transplanting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNPOTS

• The clue is 4. Creatures often depicted with green skin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORCS

• The clue is 5. Strong, as a bond. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AAA

  Possible Answer: AAA, abdominal_aortic_aneurysm

• The clue is 6. Candidate for a "forever home". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOSTERKITTEN

• The clue is 7. Full of gimmicks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHTICKY

• The clue is 8. Drink of boiled grains with purported detoxifying effects. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: BARLEYWATER

• The clue is 9. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" writer, 1941. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGEE

  Possible Answer: James_Agee, Agee

• The clue is 10. Singers do this. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEW

  Possible Answer: sew, tailor, sew_together, run_up, tailor-make, stitch

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

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: INAHURRY

• The clue is 12. Obsolescent means of music storage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CDRACKS

• The clue is 13. Down time?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SADDAY

• The clue is 15. Skillful. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEFT

  Possible Answer: dextrous, deft, dexterous

• The clue is 21. Batman adversary with a stitched burlap mask. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THESCARECROW

• The clue is 24. Country singer with the 2012 hit "Wanted". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: HUNTERHAYES

• The clue is 25. Poet who first penned the phrase "no country for old men". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEATS

  Possible Answer: W._B._Yeats, William_Butler_Yeats, Yeats

• The clue is 27. Small hint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TINGE

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

• The clue is 28. Leaps on stage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JETES

  Possible Answer: jet, gush

• The clue is 29. Head lines?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARTS

  Possible Answer: constituent, contribution, division, separate, parts, theatrical_role, office, break_up, disunite, part, persona, start, depart, set_forth, break, split, component_part, section, start_out, component, portion, parting, split_up, share, set_off, take_off, divide, role, voice, percentage, function, set_out, character, region, piece

• The clue is 30. Spoon. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: CANOODLE

  Possible Answer: canoodle

• The clue is 32. Original parent co. of Fortune and People. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIMEINC

• The clue is 33. Snarky reply to some unsolicited advice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIDIASK

• The clue is 34. Kooks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WACKOS

  Possible Answer: nutter, wacko, whacko

• The clue is 35. Olympic snowboarding event. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIGAIR

• The clue is 36. Take too far. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVERDO

  Possible Answer: overdo, exaggerate

• The clue is 37. Many Grindr users. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAYMEN

• The clue is 40. Campers, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VANS

  Possible Answer: caravan, new_wave, vanguard, avant-garde, van

• The clue is 42. Shut (up). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PENT

  Possible Answer: write, compose, indite, pen, pent, shut_up

• The clue is 43. Commercial lead-in to bank. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CITI

• The clue is 45. Diarist who helped edit Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIN

• The clue is 47. Deg. from Yale's Geffen School. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MFA

  Possible Answer: Master_of_Fine_Arts, MFA

November 19, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle November 19, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Ignorance, perhaps	5
2A	6. 76ers, on scoreboards	3
3A	9. Chump	3
4A	12. File accompanying many a download	6
5A	13. They turn on machines	4
6A	14. Fort Myers-to-Orlando dir.	3
7A	15. Photo from a drone	6
8A	16. Aesthete's collection, maybe	8
9A	18. *Creator of 55-Across	8
10A	20. *Co-host of 55-Across	6
11A	21. MADD ad, e.g., in brief	3
12A	22. Commercial ploy	5
13A	24. Noted "retiree" of '03	3
14A	25. Groundwork of a plant manager?	7
15A	27. Shipshape	4
16A	30. *Group of six given for free on 55-Across	5
17A	33. Country that has no rivers: Abbr.	3
18A	34. Memorable hurricane of 2017	4
19A	35. Something there's almost no point to?	4
20A	36. Peaceful, rustic scene	5
21A	38. Tilt	4
22A	39. Set, in French	4
23A	40. Triton's domain, in Greek myth	3
24A	41. *Co-host of 55-Across	5
25A	42. Go postal	4
26A	43. Online endorsements	7
27A	46. ___ Speedwagon	3
28A	48. Put forward	5
29A	49. Long-running TV series set in Las Vegas	3
30A	52. *Bad place to land on 55-Across	6
31A	55. *It debuted on 1/6/1975	8
32A	57. Not completely crazy, as a plan	8
33A	59. Fade, as a fad	6
34A	60. Geisha's accessory	3
35A	61. Ace	4
36A	62. Tabasco, en México	6
37A	63. Upscale hotel amenity	3
38A	64. Afore	3
39A	65. Unreliable	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Ignorance, 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 a state of extreme happiness
• Words that mean the same thing: seventh heaven, walking on air, blissfulness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. 76ers, on scoreboards"

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 21st letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Chump"

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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• Words that mean the same thing: play out, fool, blackjack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. File accompanying many a download"

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: README

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. They turn on machines"

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 subordinate who performs an important but routine function
• Words that mean the same thing: sprocket, cog
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "14. Fort Myers-to-Orlando dir."

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 compass point that is midway between north and northeast
• Words that mean the same thing: nor'-nor'-east, north northeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "15. Photo from a drone"

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 pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
• Words that mean the same thing: airy, antenna, forward pass
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AERIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "16. Aesthete's collection, maybe"

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: ARTBOOKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. *Creator of 55-Across"

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: MRVGRFFN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. *Co-host of 55-Across"

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: VNNWHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. MADD ad, e.g., in brief"

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 protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Commercial ploy"

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: TIEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Noted "retiree" of '03"

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: SST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Groundwork of a plant manager?"

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 bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEDBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Shipshape"

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 receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
• Words that mean the same thing: straighten out, healthy, straighten
• The opposite would be: untidy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. *Group of six given for free on 55-Across"

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: RSTLN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Country that has no rivers: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: UAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Memorable hurricane of 2017"

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: IRMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Something there's almost no point to?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Peaceful, rustic scene"

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 episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
• Words that mean the same thing: bucolic, idyl, pastoral
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDYLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Tilt"

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 the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
• Words that mean the same thing: slant, tend, be given
• The opposite would be: fat, rich
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Set, in French"

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: FIXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. Triton's domain, in Greek myth"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. *Co-host of 55-Across"

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: PTSJK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "42. Go postal"

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 act of catching an object with the hands
• Words that mean the same thing: gingersnap, shoot, crack
• The opposite would be: inelasticity
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "43. Online endorsements"

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: UPVOTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. ___ Speedwagon"

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: REO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. Put forward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: put forward, deposit, fix
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Long-running TV series set in Las Vegas"

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: CSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. *Bad place to land on 55-Across"

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: BNKRPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. *It debuted on 1/6/1975"

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: WHLFFRTN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Not completely crazy, as a plan"

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 capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
• Words that mean the same thing: executable, workable, viable
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEASIBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "59. Fade, as a fad"

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: DIEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Geisha's accessory"

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 device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
• Words that mean the same thing: devotee, winnow, rooter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. Ace"

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 horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
• Words that mean the same thing: pick up, peg, pass with flying colors
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "62. Tabasco, en México"

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: ESTADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "63. Upscale hotel amenity"

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, health spa, watering 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: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "64. Afore"

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: ERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "65. Unreliable"

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 inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
• Words that mean the same thing: wobbly, precarious, rickety
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAKY

  Great job if you got it right!

November 19, 2020 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Round things?	5
2D	2. Baby bug	5
3D	3. "Understood, man"	4
4D	4. Spruce (up)	7
5D	5. Shot that's within your reach?	6
6D	6. ___ favor	3
7D	7. "Love It or List It" channel	4
8D	8. Amazon IDs	5
9D	9. Apt anagram of WINTER'S O'S	9
10D	10. Egyptian key of life	4
11D	11. Roach or termite	4
12D	12. A.D.A.-compliance option	4
13D	13. What you might cry when trying to answer the six starred clues?	13
14D	17. Like many homes along bayous	8
15D	19. Gave to, as answers	3
16D	23. Actor McDonough	4
17D	25. Some accommodations on long-distance trains	8
18D	26. Where nearly half of the U.S.'s publicly traded cos. are incorporated	3
19D	28. Key of Pachelbel's Canon: Abbr.	4
20D	29. Jerk move?	4
21D	30. Zebras	4
22D	31. Turn in a popular game show	4
23D	32. City that rhymes with "Rosanna" in a #1 George Strait country hit	9
24D	36. Sch. in Ames	3
25D	37. Johnny who made his film debut in "A Nightmare on Elm Street"	4
26D	41. Aquarium denizen	7
27D	44. ___Kosh B'gosh	3
28D	45. Little waves, in Spain	6
29D	47. Offer a thought	5
30D	49. Speak with a deep, hoarse voice	5
31D	50. Room opposite the kitchen on a Clue board	5
32D	51. Nuts about	4
33D	52. People who are tight, in modern lingo	4
34D	53. ___ tide	4
35D	54. One way to the top	4
36D	56. Cheese in moussaka	4
37D	58. "No ___ can live forever": Martin Luther King Jr.	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. Round things?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
• Words that mean the same thing: beer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Baby bug"

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 immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Understood, man""

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: IDIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Spruce (up)"

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: SMARTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Shot that's within your reach?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SELFIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ favor"

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: POR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Love It or List It" channel"

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: HGTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Amazon IDs"

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: ISBNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Apt anagram of WINTER'S O'S"

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: SNOWTIRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Egyptian key of life"

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: ANKH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Roach or termite"

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 serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
• Words that mean the same thing: gadfly, pesterer, blighter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. A.D.A.-compliance option"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inclined surface connecting two levels
• Words that mean the same thing: Allium tricoccum, incline, storm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. What you might cry when trying to answer the six starred clues?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: CANIBUYAVOWEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Like many homes along bayous"

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: ONSTILTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Gave to, as answers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any federal law-enforcement officer
• Words that mean the same thing: course, Federal, feed
• The opposite would be: starve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Actor McDonough"

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: NEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Some accommodations on long-distance trains"

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 rester who is sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: crosstie, slumberer, sleeper goby
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEEPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Where nearly half of the U.S.'s publicly traded cos. are incorporated"

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: DEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Key of Pachelbel's Canon: 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: DMAJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Jerk move?"

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 american who lives in the north (especially during the american civil war)
• Words that mean the same thing: jerk, Yankee-Doodle, Yankee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Zebras"

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 (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• Words that mean the same thing: referee, ref
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Turn in a popular game show"

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 a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
• Words that mean the same thing: reel, whirl, twist
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. City that rhymes with "Rosanna" in a #1 George Strait country hit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a town in northeast texas adjacent to texarkana, arkansas
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEXARKANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Sch. in Ames"

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: ISU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Johnny who made his film debut in "A Nightmare on Elm Street""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DEPP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Aquarium denizen"

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: PETFISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. ___Kosh B'gosh"

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: OSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Little waves, in Spain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in portuguese to indicate nasalization
• Words that mean the same thing: tilde
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TILDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Offer a thought"

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 express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
• Words that mean the same thing: sound off, suppose, think
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Speak with a deep, hoarse voice"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
• Words that mean the same thing: go, murmur, choke
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Room opposite the kitchen on a Clue board"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a detailed critical inspection
• Words that mean the same thing: field of study, canvass, subject
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Nuts about"

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: INTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. People who are tight, in modern lingo"

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: BFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. ___ tide"

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 less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
• Words that mean the same thing: neap tide
• The opposite would be: springtide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. One way to the top"

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: TBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Cheese in moussaka"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. "No ___ can live forever": Martin Luther King Jr."

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: lie down, Trygve Lie, prevarication
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	67.1%
Short Answer	17	22.4%
Geography	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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