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Saturday, October 12, 2024

2410 Sat Oct 12, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. "It can't be!", 16. Blissful stretch, 17. "Nobody can do this alone", 18. Put down, 19. Make an example of, 20. First name in classic horror films, 21. Brother of Lech and Czech in Slavic lore, 22. ___ Thai (Vietnamese fruit cocktail), 23. Set against?, 25. Letters on old kopecks, 27. "Well, I'll be darned!", 29. Word before "tip" or after "top", 30. Chickpea, e.g., 31. Liszt's "Transcendental ___", 35. "Is it just me …?", 37. Direct flight?, 38. Boil down, 39. Lubricants used in oil drilling, 40. Zest for life: Abbr., 41. Lofty passages, 43. Future D.O.'s exam, 44. Disgruntled grunts, 46. Legal V.I.P.s, 47. Invite qualifier, for short, 48. Good point, 49. What flashers do, 51. Takes for a ride, 54. Unable to make progress, say, 57. Verbally backpedaling, 58. "See?"


Down Clues :

1. See 51-Down, 2. Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back", 3. Like Mount Terror and Mount Terra Nova, 4. Ally, 5. Co-creator and co-star of Netflix's "The Upshaws", 6. Had a side convo on Zoom, e.g., 7. Approaches, briefly, 8. Took in a bad way, 9. Displayed, 10. Narrow peninsula, 11. Insectoid moon dwellers in H.G. Wells's "The First Men in the Moon", 12. Texter's "off-line", 13. Polish roll, 14. Corporate figures, 15. Blissful patch, 22. Pair of accessories?, 24. Un color on El Salvador's flag, 25. Lake ___, body of water spanning four African countries, 26. Made it, 27. L.A. museum, with "the", 28. Takes to heart, 30. Doesn't breathe easy, 32. Find, 33. Grammy-winning singer who has recorded in several fictional languages, 34. No longer being drafted, say, 36. Satisfy a midday craving, 37. Is persuaded of, 39. Anna ___, first Italian to win an acting Oscar, 42. Mars, e.g., 43. Melodramatic cry of appreciation, 44. Character played by Kieron Moore in "David and Bathsheba" (1951), 45. Can't not, informally, 47. Donnybrook, 48. "Just made it!", 50. Online home services marketplace, 51. Plural form of 1-Down, in dialect, 52. Mountain biking move akin to a front wheelie, 53. Calif. school less than an hour's ride from Tijuana, 55. Little warbler, 56. Lead follower: Abbr.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 12, 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. "It can't be!". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

    The answer: THATSIMPOSSIBLE


  • The clue is 16. Blissful stretch. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

    The answer: HONEYMOONPERIOD


  • The clue is 17. "Nobody can do this alone". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

    The answer: ITTAKESAVILLAGE


  • The clue is 18. Put down. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHAMED

    Possible Answer : disgrace, simulate, shamefaced, shame, feign, shamed, sham, attaint, affect, dissemble, discredited, hangdog, dishonored, dishonour, disgraced, assume, guilty, pretend, dishonor

    Possible Opposite Answer : honor


  • The clue is 19. Make an example of. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CITE

    Possible Answer : citation, acknowledgment, reference, bring_up, abduce, cite, summon, name, advert, summons, quotation, credit, mention, refer, adduce, quote


  • The clue is 20. First name in classic horror films. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LON


  • The clue is 21. Brother of Lech and Czech in Slavic lore. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RUS

    Possible Answer : ruthenium, Ru, Rus, atomic_number_44


  • The clue is 22. ___ Thai (Vietnamese fruit cocktail). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHE


  • The clue is 23. Set against?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NAYS

    Possible Answer : nay

    Possible Opposite Answer : yea


  • The clue is 25. Letters on old kopecks. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CCCP


  • The clue is 27. "Well, I'll be darned!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GEEWHIZ


  • The clue is 29. Word before "tip" or after "top". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAT

    Possible Answer : chapeau, hat, lid


  • The clue is 30. Chickpea, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEED

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


  • The clue is 31. Liszt's "Transcendental ___". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ETUDES

    Possible Answer : etude


  • The clue is 35. "Is it just me …?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMINUTS


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

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

    The answer: BEELINE

    Possible Answer : beeline


  • The clue is 38. Boil down. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DECOCT

    Possible Answer : decoct, reduce, concentrate, boil_down


  • The clue is 39. Lubricants used in oil drilling. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MUDS

    Possible Answer : muck_up, muck, mire, mud, clay


  • The clue is 40. Zest for life: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SYN


  • The clue is 41. Lofty passages. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SKYWAYS

    Possible Answer : airway, flight_path, air_lane, skyway


  • The clue is 43. Future D.O.'s exam. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MCAT


  • The clue is 44. Disgruntled grunts. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UGHS


  • The clue is 46. Legal V.I.P.s. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGS

    Possible Answer : Ag, silver, atomic_number_47


  • The clue is 47. Invite qualifier, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BYO


  • The clue is 48. Good point. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PRO

    Possible Answer : pro, professional

    Possible Opposite Answer : con, anti, amateur


  • The clue is 49. What flashers do. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WARN

    Possible Answer : monish, warn, discourage, admonish


  • The clue is 51. Takes for a ride. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DRIVES

    Possible Answer : driving_force, driveway, cause, ride, parkway, repel, aim, movement, push_back, take, get, beat_back, thrust, labour, private_road, crusade, push, drive, driving, labor, force_back, tug, force, motor, ram, repulse, campaign, effort

    Possible Opposite Answer : attract


  • The clue is 54. Unable to make progress, say. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

    The answer: HITTINGADEADEND


  • The clue is 57. Verbally backpedaling. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

    The answer: EATINGONESWORDS


  • The clue is 58. "See?". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

    The answer: WHATDIDITELLYOU


Down Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. See 51-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: THIS

  • The clue is 2. Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HOTH

    Possible Answer: Hodur, Hoder, Hothr, Hodr, Hoth

  • The clue is 3. Like Mount Terror and Mount Terra Nova. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANTARCTIC

    Possible Answer: Antarctic, south-polar, South_Frigid_Zone, Antarctic_Zone

  • The clue is 4. Ally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TEAMUP

  • The clue is 5. Co-creator and co-star of Netflix's "The Upshaws". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SYKES

  • The clue is 6. Had a side convo on Zoom, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMED

  • The clue is 7. Approaches, briefly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MOS

    Possible Answer: molybdenum, moment, second, mo, bit, MO, Mo, Show_Me_State, minute, atomic_number_42, Missouri

  • The clue is 8. Took in a bad way. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: POACHED

    Possible Answer: poach, stewed, poached, boiled

  • The clue is 9. Displayed. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONVIEW

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

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

    The answer: SPIT

    Possible Answer: expectoration, tongue, spue, pitter-patter, saliva, spitting, spit, ptyalize, spatter, sprinkle, skewer, spit_out, spew, spittle, patter, ptyalise

  • The clue is 11. Insectoid moon dwellers in H.G. Wells's "The First Men in the Moon". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SELENITES

  • The clue is 12. Texter's "off-line". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IRL

  • The clue is 13. Polish roll. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BIALY

    Possible Answer: bialystoker, bialy

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

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

    The answer: LOGOS

    Possible Answer: logotype, logo, Logos, Son, Word

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

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

    The answer: EDEN

    Possible Answer: Garden_of_Eden, heaven, paradise, promised_land, Shangri-la, nirvana, Eden

  • The clue is 22. Pair of accessories?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CEES

  • The clue is 24. Un color on El Salvador's flag. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AZUL

  • The clue is 25. Lake ___, body of water spanning four African countries. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHAD

    Possible Answer: Chadic, Republic_of_Chad, Chadic_language, Chad, Lake_Chad, chad, Tchad

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

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

    The answer: CAME

    Possible Answer: fare, amount, make_out, derive, come_up, get, get_along, come_in, come, add_up, do, occur, issue_forth, descend, hail, follow, number, total, arrive, fall

    Possible Opposite Answer : go, leave

  • The clue is 27. L.A. museum, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GETTY

  • The clue is 28. Takes to heart. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HEEDS

    Possible Answer: regard, listen, heed, attentiveness, mind, paying_attention

    Possible Opposite Answer : inattentiveness

  • The clue is 30. Doesn't breathe easy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SUCKSWIND

  • The clue is 32. Find. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DISCOVERY

    Possible Answer: breakthrough, discovery, find, uncovering

  • The clue is 33. Grammy-winning singer who has recorded in several fictional languages. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENYA

  • The clue is 34. No longer being drafted, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SENT

    Possible Answer: send, beam, charge, ship, sent, transmit, institutionalise, post, institutionalize, send_off, send_out, commit, direct, transport, station, place, broadcast, get_off, air, mail

    Possible Opposite Answer : unsent

  • The clue is 36. Satisfy a midday craving. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NOSH

    Possible Answer: nosh, snack

  • The clue is 37. Is persuaded of. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BUYS

    Possible Answer: bribe, buy, purchase, grease_one's_palms, steal, corrupt, bargain

    Possible Opposite Answer : sell

  • The clue is 39. Anna ___, first Italian to win an acting Oscar. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MAGNANI

  • The clue is 42. Mars, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WARGOD

  • The clue is 43. Melodramatic cry of appreciation. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MYIDOL

  • The clue is 44. Character played by Kieron Moore in "David and Bathsheba" (1951). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: URIAH

    Possible Answer: Uriah

  • The clue is 45. Can't not, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GOTTA

  • The clue is 47. Donnybrook. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BRAWL

    Possible Answer: do, bash, brawl, free-for-all, wrangle

  • The clue is 48. "Just made it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PHEW

  • The clue is 50. Online home services marketplace. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANGI

  • The clue is 51. Plural form of 1-Down, in dialect. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DESE

  • The clue is 52. Mountain biking move akin to a front wheelie. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENDO

  • The clue is 53. Calif. school less than an hour's ride from Tijuana. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SDSU

  • The clue is 55. Little warbler. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIT

    Possible Answer: boob, titmouse, teat, titty, pap, bosom, tit, mamilla, nipple, knocker, breast, mammilla

  • The clue is 56. Lead follower: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DET

Friday, July 19, 2024

October 27, 1995 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - October 27, 1995

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

  • 1. Electron grabbers: ANODES
  • 7. "___ Next Door" (1944 tune): THEBOY
  • 13. Neighbor of Brazil: SURINAM
  • 15. Direct route: BEELINE
  • 16. Sight from Diamond Head: WAIKIKI
  • 17. Checks (in): REPORTS
  • 18. Cape ___: ANN
  • 19. Ancestry: DESCENT
  • 21. See 1 Down: DAM
  • 22. They've earned their stripes: Abbr.: NCOS
  • 24. Cowpuncher's worry: STRAY
  • 25. Paris's Cimetière du ___ Lachaise: PERE
  • 26. Continental money: ECUS
  • 28. Munch: EAT
  • 29. Emulsifying agent: ALGIN
  • 30. Winner of five 1965 Oscars: DOCTORZHIVAGO
  • 33. Persevered: CARRIEDON
  • 34. Show disdain: THUMBONESNOSE
  • 38. Swimming hazard: CRAMP
  • 39. "___ doll...": BEA
  • 40. Tried to get back at: SUED
  • 41. Seder mainstay: LAMB
  • 42. "Magister Ludi" author: HESSE
  • 44. Highlands attire: TAMS
  • 46. Draft ___: ALE
  • 47. Long-haired cat: PERSIAN
  • 49. Set: GEL
  • 50. Projecting: SALIENT
  • 52. One in a Red Cross shelter: EVACUEE
  • 54. Tricky pitches: SLIDERS
  • 55. Successfully counterattack: REPULSE
  • 56. Bed cover: CANOPY
  • 57. Young food-fish: SAMLET

Down:

  • 1. With 21 Across, 1960's construction marvel: ASWAN
  • 2. Subtle: NUANCED
  • 3. Part of the Venezuela-Colombia border: ORINOCO
  • 4. Cartoonist Browne: DIK
  • 5. Tennyson heroine: ENID
  • 6. Sushi chasers: SAKES
  • 7. Minuscule: TEENY
  • 8. Numerical prefix: HEPT
  • 9. "Xanadu" band: ELO
  • 10. Audubon specimen: BIRDEGG
  • 11. Sackets Harbor's lake: ONTARIO
  • 12. Boss pleasers: YESMEN
  • 14. Fonda title role: MISTERROBERTS
  • 15. Relax: BREATHEEASIER
  • 20. Pure bedlam: CRAZINESS
  • 23. Give in: SUCCUMB
  • 25. Think through: PLANOUT
  • 27. It may travel first-class: STAMP
  • 29. Several English rivers: AVONS
  • 31. Regalia item: ORB
  • 32. Tags: IDS
  • 34. Vocal filler: TRALALA
  • 35. Rat-infested burg: HAMELIN
  • 36. Jonathan, for one: SEAGULL
  • 37. 1985 Reagan appointee: EDMEESE
  • 38. Third-rate: CLASSC
  • 42. Dennis the Menace's dad: HENRY
  • 43. Housing projects?: EAVES
  • 45. Driving hazard: SLEET
  • 47. Slight complaint: PEEP
  • 48. Wine valley: NAPA
  • 51. "Yes," in church: IDO
  • 53. Word of honor?: CUM

Monday, September 15, 2025

August 14, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 14, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 64 (30 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.8 letters

August 14, 2021 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Quarterback spikes? 6
2A 7. Opening 5
3A 12. Grammy-winning 2018 hit for Childish Gambino 13
4A 14. "Huh!" 14
5A 15. Part of the plan 5
6A 16. Lacking any preparation 5
7A 17. Try (for) 3
8A 18. The 700s, in the Dewey Decimal System 4
9A 19. Its flag features a pine and the North Star 5
10A 20. Booker in Washington 4
11A 21. Traditional masked drama 3
12A 22. What antifeminism is a direct expression of, per Andrea Dworkin 8
13A 24. Challenge, symbolically 8
14A 26. Sharp quality 4
15A 28. "Happy ___!" 6
16A 29. Kind of shower 6
17A 31. Its pods are poisonous to eat 4
18A 32. Quick getaways, maybe 8
19A 34. Star clusters? 8
20A 36. Classic muscle car 3
21A 37. Close ones, informally 4
22A 40. Fits (inside) 5
23A 41. "___ bien" 4
24A 42. Suffix with concert 3
25A 43. ___ II, eponymous gymnastics move featuring two backflips and a triple twist 5
26A 44. Venus, to Cupid 5
27A 45. Background for someone who's good with numbers 14
28A 48. Marvel producer 13
29A 49. Is super into, in modern parlance 5
30A 50. Indulge 6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Quarterback spikes?"

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 shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles
  • Words that mean the same thing: cleat
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CLEATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Opening"

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 the first or highest in an ordering or series
  • Words that mean the same thing: 1st, first off, outset
  • The opposite would be: last, second
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FIRST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "12. Grammy-winning 2018 hit for Childish Gambino"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: THISISAMERICA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Huh!""

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: THEMOREYOUKNOW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Part of the plan"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
  • Words that mean the same thing: form, stage, phase angle
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PHASE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Lacking any preparation"

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 people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
  • Words that mean the same thing: dim, unreasoning, screen
  • The opposite would be: sighted
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BLIND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Try (for)"

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 weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
  • Words that mean the same thing: shooter, accelerator, accelerator pedal
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GUN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. The 700s, in the Dewey Decimal System"

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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  • Words that mean the same thing: fine art, humanities, artwork
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Its flag features a pine and the North Star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a state in new england
  • Words that mean the same thing: Pine Tree State, ME
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MAINE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Booker in Washington"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: CORY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Traditional masked drama"

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: NOH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. What antifeminism is a direct expression of, per Andrea Dworkin"

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 hatred of women
  • Words that mean the same thing: misogynism
  • The opposite would be: philogyny
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MISOGYNY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Challenge, symbolically"

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 to offer or accept a challenge
  • Words that mean the same thing: gantlet, metal glove
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GAUNTLET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Sharp quality"

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 tart spicy quality
  • Words that mean the same thing: serrated wrack, tanginess, sea tang
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TANG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. "Happy ___!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a track or mark left by something that has passed
  • Words that mean the same thing: shack, drag, tail
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TRAILS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Kind of shower"

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 archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast
  • Words that mean the same thing: espousal, nuptial, spousal
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BRIDAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Its pods are poisonous to eat"

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 periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
  • Words that mean the same thing: surge, lunar time period
  • The opposite would be: ebb
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TIDE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Quick getaways, maybe"

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 the most direct route
  • Words that mean the same thing: beeline
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BEELINES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Star clusters?"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: FANBASES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Classic muscle car"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: GTO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Close ones, informally"

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 person's brother or sister
  • Words that mean the same thing: cognate, blood relation, blood relative
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SIBS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Fits (inside)"

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 structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
  • Words that mean the same thing: nuzzle, cuddle, draw close
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NESTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. "___ bien""

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: ESTA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Suffix with concert"

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: INA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. ___ II, eponymous gymnastics move featuring two backflips and a triple twist"

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 digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
  • Words that mean the same thing: bile, gall
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BILES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. Venus, to Cupid"

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 informal use of the latin word for mother; sometimes used by british schoolboys or used facetiously
  • Words that mean the same thing: matted, mat, matt
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MATER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Background for someone who's good with numbers"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: MUSICALTHEATER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. Marvel producer"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: MIRACLEWORKER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Is super into, in modern parlance"

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: STANS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "50. Indulge"

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: DOTEON

    Great job if you got it right!

August 14, 2021 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Game of checkers? 5
2D 2. Cuba libre ingredient 4
3D 3. Por ___ (therefore: Sp.) 3
4D 4. Carriers are mobile ones 8
5D 5. Poet who wrote "I grow old ... I grow old ... / I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled" 7
6D 6. Saw 6
7D 7. Family matter, maybe 4
8D 8. Get to 3
9D 9. Lead singer of "Yellow Submarine" 5
10D 10. Really clean 5
11D 11. Caramel relative 5
12D 12. "Ow!" 8
13D 13. Fabled sources of fortune 10
14D 14. Place for a frog 6
15D 15. Gut reaction, say 4
16D 19. Member of the Y? 10
17D 20. Pop star Lauper 5
18D 22. Sacred peak in the "Iliad" and "Aeneid," for short 5
19D 23. Catches 5
20D 25. Gullible sorts 5
21D 27. Family member 8
22D 29. A+ effort 8
23D 30. Word with block or chain 6
24D 32. Binary 7
25D 33. Touch the sky 4
26D 35. Flared, as sleeves 6
27D 37. New York Giants legend Phil 5
28D 38. The Greenlandic language is a form of it 5
29D 39. Economic capital of Iraq 5
30D 41. Packed in? 5
31D 43. Hidden inclusions, for short 4
32D 44. One-named Japanese-born actor with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 4
33D 46. Janis with the 1975 hit "At Seventeen" 3
34D 47. Lead-in to now 3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

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

Clue 1 Down: "1. Game of checkers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that weedy annual native to europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
  • Words that mean the same thing: Bromus secalinus, chess game, cheat
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CHESS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Cuba libre ingredient"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  • Words that mean the same thing: slaked lime, calcium hydrate, unslaked lime
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LIME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Por ___ (therefore: Sp.)"

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: ESO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Carriers are mobile ones"

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: AIRBASES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Poet who wrote "I grow old ... I grow old ... / I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled""

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: TSELIOT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Saw"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
  • Words that mean the same thing: pronounce, enounce, state
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SAYING

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Family matter, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a bitter quarrel between two parties
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FEUD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Get to"

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 irritate or vex
  • Words that mean the same thing: gall
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IRK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Lead singer of "Yellow Submarine""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: RINGO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Really clean"

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 place that is scoured (especially by running water)
  • Words that mean the same thing: flush, purge, abrade
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SCOUR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Caramel relative"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather
  • Words that mean the same thing: tawny-brown
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TAWNY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Ow!""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: THATHURT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Fabled sources of fortune"

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: MONEYTREES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Place for a frog"

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 the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
  • Words that mean the same thing: pharynx
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: THROAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Gut reaction, say"

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 sudden sharp feeling
  • Words that mean the same thing: sting, twinge, stab
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PANG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "19. Member of the Y?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years
  • Words that mean the same thing: millennian
  • The word looks like this: __________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MILLENNIAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "20. Pop star Lauper"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: CYNDI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "22. Sacred peak in the "Iliad" and "Aeneid," for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: MTIDA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "23. Catches"

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

    The answer is: NAILS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "25. Gullible sorts"

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 naive or inexperienced person
  • Words that mean the same thing: naif
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NAIFS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "27. Family member"

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 criminal who is a member of gang
  • Words that mean the same thing: mobster
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GANGSTER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. A+ effort"

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: BESTSHOT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Word with block or chain"

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 written message addressed to a person or organization
  • Words that mean the same thing: letter of the alphabet, varsity letter, missive
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LETTER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Binary"

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: BASETWO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Touch the sky"

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 rising upward into the air
  • Words that mean the same thing: surge, hang glide, sailplane
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SOAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "35. Flared, as sleeves"

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 attach a bell to
  • Words that mean the same thing: bell
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BELLED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. New York Giants legend Phil"

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: SIMMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "38. The Greenlandic language is a form of it"

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 member of a people inhabiting the arctic (northern canada or greenland or alaska or eastern siberia); the algonquians called them eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the inuit (`the people')
  • Words that mean the same thing: Esquimau, Eskimo
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INUIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "39. Economic capital of Iraq"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the second largest city in iraq; an oil port in southern iraq
  • Words that mean the same thing: Basia
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BASRA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "41. Packed in?"

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 take in solid food
  • Words that mean the same thing: feed, eat, use 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: EATEN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Hidden inclusions, for short"

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: BCCS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "44. One-named Japanese-born actor with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that powerful mackerel shark of the atlantic and pacific
  • Words that mean the same thing: mako shark
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MAKO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Janis with the 1975 hit "At Seventeen""

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: IAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Lead-in to now"

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!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 45 70.3%
Short Answer 8 12.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment 5 7.8%
Abbreviation 2 3.1%
Food & Drink 1 1.6%
Literature 1 1.6%
Sports 1 1.6%
Geography 1 1.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 30
Down Clues 34
Total Clues 64
Average Answer Length 5.8 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
  • Most clues today are about general knowledge
  • The average word today has about 5 letters
  • Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
  • Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 15, 2025 at 03:41 PM