No 27379, Thursday Oct 24, 2024 NYT Crossword by Ella Dershowitz

Across Clues :

1. Workplace for a young Abraham Lincoln, 4. Marine animal with distinctive eye patches, 8. Promote oneself, 13. Had beef, perhaps, 14. Sport, 15. Writes with a point?, 17. Selecting for a jury, 19. Nickname alternative to Teddy, 20. Bash, 21. "If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's ___, say goodnight!" (bear advice), 23. Vinyl records, slangily, 24. Stinging jellyfish, 26. North Dakota's most populous city, 28. Epsilon follower, 29. They end in diciembre, 31. "Darn it!", 32. Emphasis-providing suffix, 33. Thick Japanese noodle, 34. Words of protest, 35. "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them, 38. Get ready to fly, 40. Ancient Peruvian, 41. "Also also ...," for short, 44. Hefty read, 45. "Dude!", 46. Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress", 47. Frank Sinatra's reads "The best is yet to come", 50. Arrogantly confident, 52. City that's home to the World of Coca-Cola museum: Abbr., 53. Actress Salma, 55. Radiator sound, 56. Proponents of crystal healing, 58. On the same side, 61. Totally forgets to do something, informally, 62. Sports team's assignment, 63. DiFranco who played Persephone in "Hadestown", 64. Tip-off that you've forgotten something in the toaster, 65. Move gradually, 66. GPS option: Abbr.

 Thursday Oct 24, 2024 NYT- 27379

Down Clues :

1. Antioxidant-infused water brand, 2. Costs of withdrawing, 3. Emphasizes, in a way, 4. Baby that's up all night?, 5. Big name in outdoor gear, 6. "Must this conversation happen again?", 7. Cry of frustration, 8. Fighting fish, 9. Last choice, often, 10. Crush, 11. Take to the door, 12. Security deposit payers, 16. Makes more alluring, with "up", 18. Flour in Indian cuisine, 22. Theoreticals, 24. Singer with the 2023 #1 hit "Kill Bill", 25. Word after leading or lunch, 27. Serengeti herd, 30. Live, 33. Prefix with directional, 34. Cone ___ (iconic costume piece for Madonna), 35. Got rid of, 36. Really got to work, with "down", 37. Second, 38. Abdominal floor exercises, 39. Mishmash, 41. Cook until a crust forms, 42. Roll call response, 43. Voice, 44. Becomes less tense, 45. "I tell ya ...", 46. Personal stake, in a metaphor, 48. Animated film character with a Scottish accent, 49. French cup, 51. Reproach, 54. Deftness, 57. Prefix with system, 59. Table support, 60. Block in Atlantic City

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 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. Workplace for a young Abraham Lincoln. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAR

  Possible Answer : bar, banish, stop, prevention, Browning_automatic_rifle, block_off, taproom, legal_profession, BAR, streak, debar, stripe, ginmill, blockade, saloon, barricade, exclude, barroom, relegate, legal_community, cake, block_up, block, measure

  Possible Opposite Answer : unbar




• The clue is 4. Marine animal with distinctive eye patches. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORCA

  Possible Answer : killer, orca, killer_whale, sea_wolf, Orcinus_orca, grampus




• The clue is 8. Promote oneself. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOAST

  Possible Answer : swash, feature, blow, bluster, gas, self-praise, tout, shoot_a_line, brag, boasting, jactitation, sport, vaunt, boast, gasconade




• The clue is 13. Had beef, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATE

  Possible Answer : run_through, corrode, eat_on, use_up, rust, exhaust, wipe_out, eat, consume, eat_up, deplete, Ate, feed




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

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

  The answer: WEAR

  Possible Answer : fall_apart, assume, have_on, bear, wear_off, bust, article_of_clothing, break, wear_thin, outwear, wear_down, fag, tire, put_on, endure, don, jade, tire_out, fatigue, wearing, wear, wear_upon, get_into, wear_out, clothing, wearable, hold_out, vesture, fag_out, weary, habiliment

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh




• The clue is 15. Writes with a point?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETCHES

  Possible Answer : etch, engrave




• The clue is 17. Selecting for a jury. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: IMPANELING

  Possible Answer : impanel, panel, empanel




• The clue is 19. Nickname alternative to Teddy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEO




• The clue is 20. Bash. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FETE

  Possible Answer : festival, feast, fiesta, fete, celebrate




• The clue is 21. "If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's ___, say goodnight!" (bear advice). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHITE

  Possible Answer : egg_white, Stanford_White, flannel, Patrick_White, clean, Edward_White, white-hot, Andrew_D._White, Edward_Douglas_White_Jr., blanched, white, Patrick_Victor_Martindale_White, livid, bloodless, T._H._White, Caucasian, E._B._White, Elwyn_Brooks_White, gabardine, ovalbumin, snowy, ashen, lily-white, whiteness, Edward_D._White, Andrew_Dickson_White, whitened, whiten, blank, tweed, Theodore_Harold_White, White_River, White, White_person, albumen

  Possible Opposite Answer : black, blacken




• The clue is 23. Vinyl records, slangily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAX

  Possible Answer : wax, full, climb, mount, rise

  Possible Opposite Answer : wane




• The clue is 24. Stinging jellyfish. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SEANETTLE




• The clue is 26. North Dakota's most populous city. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FARGO

  Possible Answer : Fargo




• The clue is 28. Epsilon follower. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZETA

  Possible Answer : zeta




• The clue is 29. They end in diciembre. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANOS

  Possible Answer : Fatah_Revolutionary_Council, Black_September, Abu_Nidal_Organization, ANO, Arab_Revolutionary_Brigades, Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims, Fatah-RC




• The clue is 31. "Darn it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUTS

  Possible Answer : haywire, bollock, loco, fruitcake, loony, crackers, junky, kookie, round_the_bend, junkie, bonkers, nut, freak, barmy, buggy, nutty, egg, batty, fruity, ball, ballock, wacky, Nut, crackpot, loopy, bats, nuts, testicle, daft, crank, orchis, around_the_bend, kooky, balmy, en, testis, screwball, dotty, nut_case, whacky, addict, cracked




• The clue is 32. Emphasis-providing suffix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASS

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




• The clue is 33. Thick Japanese noodle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UDON




• The clue is 34. Words of protest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUTS




• The clue is 35. "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ANYTAKERS




• The clue is 38. Get ready to fly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAXI

  Possible Answer : taxi, taxicab, hack, cab




• The clue is 40. Ancient Peruvian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INCA

  Possible Answer : Inca, Inka, Incan




• The clue is 41. "Also also ...," for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PPS




• The clue is 44. Hefty read. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOME

  Possible Answer : tome




• The clue is 45. "Dude!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRUH




• The clue is 46. Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SARA




• The clue is 47. Frank Sinatra's reads "The best is yet to come". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: HEADSTONE

  Possible Answer : tombstone, headstone, key, gravestone, keystone




• The clue is 50. Arrogantly confident. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COCKY

  Possible Answer : cocky




• The clue is 52. City that's home to the World of Coca-Cola museum: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATL




• The clue is 53. Actress Salma. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAYEK

  Possible Answer : Hayek, Friedrich_August_von_Hayek




• The clue is 55. Radiator sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HISS

  Possible Answer : sizz, whoosh, siss, bird, boo, sibilate, hushing, hoot, sibilation, snort, razz, fizzle, Bronx_cheer, raspberry, hissing, razzing, hiss

  Possible Opposite Answer : applaud




• The clue is 56. Proponents of crystal healing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWAGERS




• The clue is 58. On the same side. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLIED

  Possible Answer : allied, ally, Allied, confederate, confederative




• The clue is 61. Totally forgets to do something, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPACES

  Possible Answer : distance, outer_space, infinite, blank, blank_space, place, quad, space




• The clue is 62. Sports team's assignment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEED

  Possible Answer : source, come, cum, ejaculate, seminal_fluid, semen, germ, seed, sow, seeded_player




• The clue is 63. DiFranco who played Persephone in "Hadestown". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANI

  Possible Answer : ani




• The clue is 64. Tip-off that you've forgotten something in the toaster. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMOKE

  Possible Answer : dope, sens, fastball, locoweed, pot, green_goddess, hummer, Mary_Jane, smoke, smoking, roll_of_tobacco, fume, gage, bullet, grass, skunk, sess, weed, heater




• The clue is 65. Move gradually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDGE

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




• The clue is 66. GPS option: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RTE

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Antioxidant-infused water brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAI

  Possible Answer: Bai, Baic

• The clue is 2. Costs of withdrawing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATMFEES

• The clue is 3. Emphasizes, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPEATS

  Possible Answer: reiterate, reduplicate, repeat, ingeminate, retell, take_over, repetition, echo, reprise, replicate, recapitulate, duplicate, reprize, restate, recur, iterate, double

• The clue is 4. Baby that's up all night?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWLET

  Possible Answer: owlet

• The clue is 5. Big name in outdoor gear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REI

• The clue is 6. "Must this conversation happen again?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANWENOT

• The clue is 7. Cry of frustration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARGH

• The clue is 8. Fighting fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BETTA

• The clue is 9. Last choice, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTHER

  Possible Answer: other, early, former

  Possible Opposite Answer : same

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

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

  The answer: ACE

  Possible Answer: champion, hotshot, tops, maven, I, whiz, virtuoso, adept, sensation, topnotch, ace, wiz, top-notch, A-one, star, one, first-rate, Allied_Command_Europe, nail, single, breeze_through, whizz, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, superstar, ACE, tiptop, sweep_through, unity, crack, genius, sail_through, pass_with_flying_colors, wizard, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, super, mavin, 1

• The clue is 11. Take to the door. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOWOUT

• The clue is 12. Security deposit payers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENANTS

  Possible Answer: tenant, renter

• The clue is 16. Makes more alluring, with "up". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEXES

  Possible Answer: sex, excite, wind_up, sexuality, turn_on, gender, sexual_practice, sexual_urge, arouse, sexual_activity, sex_activity

• The clue is 18. Flour in Indian cuisine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATTA

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

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

  The answer: IFS

• The clue is 24. Singer with the 2023 #1 hit "Kill Bill". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SZA

• The clue is 25. Word after leading or lunch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LADY

  Possible Answer: peeress, gentlewoman, Lady, lady, dame, madam, noblewoman, ma'am

  Possible Opposite Answer : Lord, nobleman

• The clue is 27. Serengeti herd. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GNUS

  Possible Answer: gnu, wildebeest

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

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

  The answer: ONAIR

• The clue is 33. Prefix with directional. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNI

• The clue is 34. Cone ___ (iconic costume piece for Madonna). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRA

  Possible Answer: bra, brassiere, bandeau

• The clue is 35. Got rid of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXED

  Possible Answer: ax, axe

• The clue is 36. Really got to work, with "down". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KNUCKLED

  Possible Answer: knuckle

• The clue is 37. Second. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHO

  Possible Answer: reverberate, Echo, replication, repeat, sound_reflection, recall, echo, ring, reverberation, resound

• The clue is 38. Abdominal floor exercises. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOETAPS

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

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

  The answer: AMALGAM

  Possible Answer: dental_amalgam, amalgam

• The clue is 41. Cook until a crust forms. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PANSEAR

• The clue is 42. Roll call response. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRESENT

  Possible Answer: salute, stage, represent, present, demo, pose, gift, acquaint, portray, lay_out, submit, nowadays, exhibit, face, deliver, award, show, confront, introduce, give, present_tense, demonstrate

  Possible Opposite Answer : absent, future

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

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

  The answer: SAY

  Possible Answer: read, allege, order, enjoin, say, suppose, state, pronounce, tell, sound_out, aver, articulate, enounce, enunciate

• The clue is 44. Becomes less tense. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAWS

  Possible Answer: unfreeze, warming, melting, dissolve, unthaw, dethaw, thaw, thawing, melt

• The clue is 45. "I tell ya ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOY

  Possible Answer: male_child, boy, son

  Possible Opposite Answer : female_child, daughter, girl

• The clue is 46. Personal stake, in a metaphor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIN

  Possible Answer: pare, cutis, bark, peel, hide, shinny, tegument, scrape, shin, pelt, sputter, struggle, clamber, scramble, skin

• The clue is 48. Animated film character with a Scottish accent. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHREK

• The clue is 49. French cup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TASSE

  Possible Answer: tasse, tasset

• The clue is 51. Reproach. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIDE

  Possible Answer: call_down, berate, bawl_out, take_to_task, trounce, dress_down, chide, reproof, scold, call_on_the_carpet, lambaste, rag, remonstrate, reprimand, chew_up, chew_out, have_words, jaw, rebuke, lecture, lambast

• The clue is 54. Deftness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EASE

  Possible Answer: still, relief, comfort, easiness, informality, alleviate, simpleness, ease, simplicity, allay, relieve, repose, rest, facilitate, relaxation

  Possible Opposite Answer : difficulty

• The clue is 57. Prefix with system. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECO

• The clue is 59. Table support. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEG

  Possible Answer: branch, ramification, pegleg, stage, peg, leg, wooden_leg

• The clue is 60. Block in Atlantic City. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIE

  Possible Answer: exit, break, drop_dead, fail, die, give_way, expire, croak, choke, perish, become_flat, break_down, cash_in_one's_chips, pall, go, buy_the_farm, die_out, conk_out, give-up_the_ghost, dice, kick_the_bucket, decease, give_out, snuff_it, go_bad, pass_away, pop_off, conk, pass

  Possible Opposite Answer : be_born

May 11, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (37 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

May 11, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Drops the ball big-time	7
2A	8. Home to about 60% of the world's population	4
3A	12. One with a whistle ... who sometimes 1-Across?	3
4A	15. Soccer superstar Cristiano	7
5A	16. Sporty car roof option	4
6A	17. Genre of Death Cab for Cutie	3
7A	18. Tot's mount	12
8A	20. Cold War jet	3
9A	21. Cover, as tasks	5
10A	22. Connecticut Ivy Leaguer	3
11A	23. Willy Wonka prop	4
12A	24. Practically forever	5
13A	25. Jim Beam competitor	10
14A	28. Gun	3
15A	29. Auction action	3
16A	30. Thinks the world of	7
17A	31. Hard to swallow, in a way	8
18A	34. Shake a leg, in Shakespeare	3
19A	35. Chinese poultry dish marinated in wine	14
20A	40. ___-fi	3
21A	41. Torments	8
22A	43. Residents of ancient Minos	7
23A	47. PC key	3
24A	48. Windy City rail system, in brief	3
25A	49. 1980 boxing film for which De Niro won Best Actor	10
26A	51. Criticize harshly	5
27A	53. "Couldn't agree more!"	4
28A	54. Name, as a price	3
29A	55. ___ bear	5
30A	56. Flat refusals	3
31A	57. They're always ready for a good time ... or a description of 18-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across?	12
32A	61. Tree creature of Middle-earth	3
33A	62. Brothers Grimm villain	4
34A	63. Legislative bodies	7
35A	64. Marx's "___ Kapital"	3
36A	65. Cherry or walnut	4
37A	66. Recliner feature	7

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. Drops the ball big-time"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLOWSIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Home to about 60% of the world's population"

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 largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "12. One with a whistle ... who sometimes 1-Across?"

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

  The answer is: REF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Soccer superstar Cristiano"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: RONALDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Sporty car roof option"

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: TTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Genre of Death Cab for Cutie"

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: EMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Tot's mount"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: ROCKINGHORSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Cold War jet"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Cover, as tasks"

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: SEETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Connecticut Ivy Leaguer"

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Willy Wonka prop"

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 stick that people can lean on to help them walk
• Words that mean the same thing: flog, lambaste, lambast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Practically forever"

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 (gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the supreme being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
• Words that mean the same thing: eon, aeon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AEONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Jim Beam competitor"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: WILDTURKEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Gun"

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

  The answer is: REV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Auction action"

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 an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: dictation, beseech, play
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Thinks the world of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
• Words that mean the same thing: esteem, look on, admiration
• The opposite would be: disesteem, disrespect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESTEEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Hard to swallow, in a way"

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 not suitable for food
• Words that mean the same thing: uneatable
• The opposite would be: edible
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INEDIBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Shake a leg, in Shakespeare"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: rush, hotfoot, rush along
• The opposite would be: linger
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Chinese poultry dish marinated in wine"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert 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: DRUNKENCHICKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. ___-fi"

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: SCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Torments"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that annoy continually or chronically
• Words that mean the same thing: provoke, plague, beset
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Residents of ancient Minos"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CRETANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. PC key"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: elevation, altitude, EL
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Windy City rail system, in brief"

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: CTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. 1980 boxing film for which De Niro won Best Actor"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: RAGINGBULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Criticize harshly"

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 very long fly ball
• Words that mean the same thing: clap, bang, blare
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. "Couldn't agree more!""

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 primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
• Words that mean the same thing: Amon, Amun
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Name, as a price"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: enquire, postulate, need
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. ___ bear"

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 sluggish tailless australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
• Words that mean the same thing: native bear, kangaroo bear, koala bear
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Flat refusals"

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 radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
• Words that mean the same thing: No, no, atomic number 102
• The opposite would be: yes
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. They're always ready for a good time ... or a description of 18-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across?"

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: PARTYANIMALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Tree creature of Middle-earth"

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: ENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Brothers Grimm villain"

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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
• Words that mean the same thing: devil, demon, fiend
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OGRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Legislative bodies"

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 assembly possessing high legislative powers
• Words that mean the same thing: US Senate, U.S. Senate, United States Senate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Marx's "___ Kapital""

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 several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• Words that mean the same thing: dassie, district attorney, DA
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Cherry or walnut"

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 hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
• Words that mean the same thing: Ellen Price Wood, woodwind instrument, forest
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Recliner feature"

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: LEGREST

  Great job if you got it right!

May 11, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Remark from one having cold feet, perhaps	3
2D	2. Bit of unfinished business	8
3D	3. Cursory appraisal	8
4D	4. Rouse	5
5D	5. Pita pocket cuts, e.g.	5
6D	6. Passport fig.	4
7D	7. Dress (up), quaintly	3
8D	8. Island like Kiritimati	5
9D	9. Jazz piano style played by Fats Waller and Mary Lou Williams	6
10D	10. Siri's platform	3
11D	11. Copy	3
12D	12. Fresh take on a classic, perhaps	6
13D	13. Slim Shady, by another name	6
14D	14. Some old-timers	6
15D	19. Eric ___, 1980 Olympic speed skating gold medalist	6
16D	23. Streaming sites?	6
17D	24. Cardinals' home, in stats	3
18D	25. Illusionist's skill	4
19D	26. Part of a casual layered look	6
20D	27. College city in upstate New York	5
21D	29. Blues legend with a guitar named Lucille	6
22D	32. Hoffman who played Captain Hook	6
23D	33. Early quinoa cultivator	5
24D	36. Like chewable calcium, often	6
25D	37. Place for a concert or lecture	4
26D	38. Get really serious really quickly	8
27D	39. Pitching statistic?	8
28D	42. Rode the bench	3
29D	43. Stretched to get a better look, say	6
30D	44. ___ Quimby, Beverly Cleary heroine	6
31D	45. Discharges	6
32D	46. Pizzeria chain	6
33D	50. Formal "you," in Spanish	5
34D	51. Sound of spring?	5
35D	52. Former L.A. Laker Odom	5
36D	55. Banjo spot, in song	4
37D	57. "Right in the kisser!"	3
38D	58. Fourth word in the "Star Wars" prologue	3
39D	59. Communication method in much of the 2021 film "CODA," for short	3
40D	60. Bygone Mach 1 breaker, in brief	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. Remark from one having cold feet, perhaps"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: BRR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Bit of unfinished business"

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: LOOSEEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Cursory appraisal"

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: ONCEOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Rouse"

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 cause to become awake or conscious
• Words that mean the same thing: awaken, awake, rouse
• The opposite would be: fall asleep, cause to sleep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Pita pocket cuts, 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 long narrow opening
• Words that mean the same thing: puss, incision, scratch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Passport fig."

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: IDNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Dress (up), quaintly"

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 provide with clothes or put clothes on
• Words that mean the same thing: dress, apparel, clothe
• The opposite would be: undress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Island like Kiritimati"

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 island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Jazz piano style played by Fats Waller and Mary Lou Williams"

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 step in walking or running
• Words that mean the same thing: tread, footstep, pace
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Siri's platform"

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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
• Words that mean the same thing: Io
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Copy"

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, imitator, 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 12 Down: "12. Fresh take on a classic, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that creation that is created again or anew
• Words that mean the same thing: refashion, remaking, redo
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Slim Shady, by another name"

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: EMINEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Some old-timers"

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 someone whose style is out of fashion
• Words that mean the same thing: fogey, dodo, fossil
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOGEYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Eric ___, 1980 Olympic speed skating gold medalist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HEIDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Streaming sites?"

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 natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
• Words that mean the same thing: creek, brook, Creek
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREEKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Cardinals' home, in stats"

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: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Illusionist's skill"

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 use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
• Words that mean the same thing: guile, shenanigan, trickery
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Part of a casual layered look"

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: TSHIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. College city in upstate New York"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in central new york
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Blues legend with a guitar named Lucille"

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: BBKING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Hoffman who played Captain Hook"

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: DUSTIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Early quinoa cultivator"

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 member of the quechuan people living in the cuzco valley in peru
• Words that mean the same thing: Inca, Inka
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Like chewable calcium, often"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
• Words that mean the same thing: calcareous
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHALKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Place for a concert or lecture"

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 interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
• Words that mean the same thing: mansion, mansion house, Asaph Hall
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Get really serious really quickly"

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 increase in extent or intensity
• Words that mean the same thing: step up, intensify
• The opposite would be: de-escalate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESCALATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Pitching statistic?"

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: NETSALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Rode the bench"

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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Words that mean the same thing: ride, sit down, seat
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Stretched to get a better look, 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 stretch (the neck) so as to see better
• Words that mean the same thing: stretch out, crane
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRANED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. ___ Quimby, Beverly Cleary heroine"

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 shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb
• Words that mean the same thing: common sage, Salvia officinalis
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Discharges"

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 eliminate from the body
• Words that mean the same thing: excrete, pass, egest
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Pizzeria chain"

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: SBARRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Formal "you," in Spanish"

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: USTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Sound of spring?"

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: BOING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Former L.A. Laker Odom"

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: LAMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Banjo spot, in song"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
• Words that mean the same thing: knee joint, genu, human knee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. "Right in the kisser!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Fourth word in the "Star Wars" prologue"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that gone by; or in the past
• Words that mean the same thing: agone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Communication method in much of the 2021 film "CODA," for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sign language used in the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: American sign language
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "60. Bygone Mach 1 breaker, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SST

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	44	57.1%
Short Answer	20	26.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Sports	3	3.9%
History	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Last Updated: September 10, 2025 at 04:23 AM