February 01, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues
• Down Clues
• Puzzle Statistics

Across Clues Explained - NYT Crossword February 01, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Kind of song or dance	4
2A	5. Code sounds	4
3A	9. Adult walking stick, e.g.	5
4A	14. Netman Nastase	4
5A	15. "Support Your Local Sheriff!" actor	4
6A	16. Broods of pheasants	5
7A	17. Upward of	4
8A	18. Hurting	4
9A	19. Green-skinned pear	5
10A	20. Actress Reichenberg's flambé	12
11A	23. Hiemal vehicle	4
12A	24. Broadcast	5
13A	27. Aquila's brightest star	6
14A	30. Kind of bath	4
15A	32. Kettle et al.	3
16A	34. Freebie's cousin	4
17A	35. Describing an Italian diva's pasta dish	10
18A	38. Harvard climbers	5
19A	40. "___ Dalmatians," Disney film	3
20A	41. Bear and Berra	5
21A	42. Russian count's treat	10
22A	45. Mispickels	4
23A	46. Catch	3
24A	47. What, to Watteau	4
25A	48. With wisdom	6
26A	50. Kyongsong	5
27A	52. Passage, anatomically	4
28A	53. Meat topping à la a French marshal	12
29A	59. Wahine's porch	5
30A	62. An anagram for deli	4
31A	63. Bow	4
32A	64. Girlfriend, in Grenada	5
33A	65. Be chockablock	4
34A	66. Author Shere ___	4
35A	67. Mingles	5
36A	68. Chow	4
37A	69. Flanders flower	4

Across Clues - Detailed Hints and Explanations

1A: "1. Kind of song or dance" (4 letters)

• Think of something that people in general (often used in the plural)
• Similar words include: common people, phratry, kinfolk
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FOLK

2A: "5. Code sounds" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in morse code
• Similar words include: dah, dash
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DAHS

3A: "9. Adult walking stick, e.g." (5 letters)

• Think of something that (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IMAGO

4A: "14. Netman Nastase" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ILIE

5A: "15. "Support Your Local Sheriff!" actor" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an ancient country in southwestern asia to the east of the tigris river (in what is modern iran); was known for its warlike people
• Similar words include: Susiana
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELAM

6A: "16. Broods of pheasants" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NIDES

7A: "17. Upward of" (4 letters)

• Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
• Similar words include: around, or so, more or less
• Opposite of: no
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SOME

8A: "18. Hurting" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an open skin infection
• Similar words include: huffy, painful, tender
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SORE

9A: "19. Green-skinned pear" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a former province of western france in the loire valley
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ANJOU

10A: "20. Actress Reichenberg's flambé" (12 letters)

• Pattern: ____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CREPESUZETTE

11A: "23. Hiemal vehicle" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Similar words include: sledge, sleigh
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SLED

12A: "24. Broadcast" (5 letters)

• Think of something that expose to fresh air
• Similar words include: aerate, publicize, bare
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AIRED

13A: "27. Aquila's brightest star" (6 letters)

• Think of something that double star 15.7 light years from earth; the brightest star in the aquila constellation
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ALTAIR

14A: "30. Kind of bath" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SITZ

15A: "32. Kettle et al." (3 letters)

• Think of something that informal terms for a mother
• Similar words include: milliampere, mom, momma
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MAS

16A: "34. Freebie's cousin" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
• Similar words include: gain vigor, perquisite, pick up
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PERK

17A: "35. Describing an Italian diva's pasta dish" (10 letters)

• Think of something that a pasta dish with cream sauce and mushrooms
• Pattern: __________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TETRAZZINI

18A: "38. Harvard climbers" (5 letters)

• Think of something that old world vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
• Similar words include: ivy, Hedera helix, English ivy
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IVIES

19A: "40. "___ Dalmatians," Disney film" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IOI

20A: "41. Bear and Berra" (5 letters)

• Think of something that united states baseball player (born 1925)
• Similar words include: yogi, Yogi, Yogi Berra
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YOGIS

21A: "42. Russian count's treat" (10 letters)

• Think of something that a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
• Similar words include: Nesselrode pudding
• Pattern: __________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NESSELRODE

22A: "45. Mispickels" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Similar words include: ore
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ORES

23A: "46. Catch" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Similar words include: induce, start, become
• Opposite of: leave, take away
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GET

24A: "47. What, to Watteau" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: QUEL

25A: "48. With wisdom" (6 letters)

• Think of something that in a wise manner
• Similar words include: wisely
• Opposite of: foolishly
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SAGELY

26A: "50. Kyongsong" (5 letters)

• Think of something that the capital of south korea and the largest city of asia; located in northwestern south korea
• Similar words include: capital of South Korea
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SEOUL

27A: "52. Passage, anatomically" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ITER

28A: "53. Meat topping à la a French marshal" (12 letters)

• Pattern: ____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SOUBISESAUCE

29A: "59. Wahine's porch" (5 letters)

• Think of something that an island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
• Similar words include: Lanai Island
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LANAI

30A: "62. An anagram for deli" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
• Similar words include: out of work, laze, groundless
• Opposite of: work, busy
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IDLE

31A: "63. Bow" (4 letters)

• Think of something that front part of a vessel or aircraft
• Similar words include: bow, fore, stem
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PROW

32A: "64. Girlfriend, in Grenada" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AMIGA

33A: "65. Be chockablock" (4 letters)

• Think of something that be teeming, be abuzz
• Similar words include: pour, stream, swarm
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TEEM

34A: "66. Author Shere ___" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HITE

35A: "67. Mingles" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
• Similar words include: blend, ruffle, premix
• Opposite of: segregate
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MIXES

36A: "68. Chow" (4 letters)

• Think of something that informal terms for a meal
• Similar words include: corrode, use up, eat on
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EATS

37A: "69. Flanders flower" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YSER

Solve the Down: NYT Crossword Help for February 01, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Exchequer	4
2D	2. Swan genus	4
3D	3. Key ___ pie	4
4D	4. Giftbooks	9
5D	5. Peach Melba, for one	7
6D	6. Audibly	5
7D	7. German mountain range	4
8D	8. Barrie baddie	4
9D	9. Agitated	8
10D	10. Pitman	5
11D	11. Pt. of speech	3
12D	12. Part of five Declaration of Independence signatures	3
13D	13. The Beavers' sch.	3
14D	21. "Whiffenpoof" singer	3
15D	22. "So long!"	4
16D	25. Expatriate	6
17D	26. Ortega or Defoe	6
18D	27. Little action	5
19D	28. Antiflood embankments	6
20D	29. Sorrowful, to Chopin	6
21D	30. " ... fettered to an office ___": G. & S.	5
22D	31. Crocus, e.g.	4
23D	33. Scaredy-cat	5
24D	36. Banshee's land	4
25D	37. Animal science	9
26D	39. Trees named for a Cherokee scholar	8
27D	43. Tubby's friend, Little ___	4
28D	44. Thinks well of	7
29D	49. D.D.E. opponent	3
30D	51. Bowwood	5
31D	52. Small land mass	5
32D	54. Snack	4
33D	55. Cogitator's reward	4
34D	56. "Mila 18" author	4
35D	57. Shed for pouters	4
36D	58. Wide-mouthed container	4
37D	59. Hasty retreat: Slang	3
38D	60. "___ Blue," 1929 tune	3
39D	61. Nope	3

Down Clues - Comprehensive Solutions and Tips

1D: "1. Exchequer" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of rome or the emperor's private purse
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FISC

2D: "2. Swan genus" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OLOR

3D: "3. Key ___ pie" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
• Similar words include: linden tree, fluxing lime, calcium hydrate
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LIME

4D: "4. Giftbooks" (9 letters)

• Think of something that something of sentimental value
• Similar words include: relic, token, keepsake
• Pattern: _________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: KEEPSAKES

5D: "5. Peach Melba, for one" (7 letters)

• Think of something that a dish served as the last course of a meal
• Similar words include: sweet, afters
• Pattern: _______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DESSERT

6D: "6. Audibly" (5 letters)

• Think of something that using the voice; not silently
• Similar words include: out loud, loud, loudly
• Opposite of: softly
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ALOUD

7D: "7. German mountain range" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HARZ

8D: "8. Barrie baddie" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SMEE

9D: "9. Agitated" (8 letters)

• Pattern: ________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: INATIZZY

10D: "10. Pitman" (5 letters)

• Think of something that laborer who works in a mine
• Similar words include: mineworker
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MINER

11D: "11. Pt. of speech" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ADJ

12D: "12. Part of five Declaration of Independence signatures" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GEO

13D: "13. The Beavers' sch." (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OSU

14D: "21. "Whiffenpoof" singer" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELI

15D: "22. "So long!"" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TATA

16D: "25. Expatriate" (6 letters)

• Think of something that someone who leaves one country to settle in another
• Similar words include: outgoer, emigrant, emigree
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EMIGRE

17D: "26. Ortega or Defoe" (6 letters)

• Think of something that (old testament) a youth who was taken into the court of nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century bc)
• Similar words include: Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DANIEL

18D: "27. Little action" (5 letters)

• Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
• Similar words include: caricature, ape
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APING

19D: "28. Antiflood embankments" (6 letters)

• Think of something that a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
• Similar words include: levee
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LEVEES

20D: "29. Sorrowful, to Chopin" (6 letters)

• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TRISTE

21D: "30. " ... fettered to an office ___": G. & S." (5 letters)

• Think of something that a simple seat without a back or arms
• Similar words include: ca-ca, pot, can
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: STOOL

22D: "31. Crocus, e.g." (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IRID

23D: "33. Scaredy-cat" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
• Similar words include: cissy, sissified, effeminate
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SISSY

24D: "36. Banshee's land" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Similar words include: Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland, Ireland
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EIRE

25D: "37. Animal science" (9 letters)

• Pattern: _________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ZOOGRAPHY

26D: "39. Trees named for a Cherokee scholar" (8 letters)

• Think of something that either of two huge coniferous california trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the taxodiaceae
• Similar words include: sequoia, redwood
• Pattern: ________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SEQUOIAS

27D: "43. Tubby's friend, Little ___" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a very attractive or seductive looking woman
• Similar words include: smasher, beauty, mantrap
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LULU

28D: "44. Thinks well of" (7 letters)

• Think of something that the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
• Similar words include: repute, value, look on
• Opposite of: disesteem, disrespect
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ESTEEMS

29D: "49. D.D.E. opponent" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AES

30D: "51. Bowwood" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in missouri in the valleys of the missouri and osage rivers; oil was found on osage lands early in the 20th century
• Similar words include: Osage River
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OSAGE

31D: "52. Small land mass" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a small island
• Similar words include: isle
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ISLET

32D: "54. Snack" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
• Similar words include: burn, sharpness, bit
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: BITE

33D: "55. Cogitator's reward" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Similar words include: estimate, mind, musical theme
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IDEA

34D: "56. "Mila 18" author" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: URIS

35D: "57. Shed for pouters" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: COTE

36D: "58. Wide-mouthed container" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
• Similar words include: pitcher
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EWER

37D: "59. Hasty retreat: Slang" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Similar words include: scarper, escape, break away
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LAM

38D: "60. "___ Blue," 1929 tune" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AMI

39D: "61. Nope" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a quantity of no importance
• Similar words include: nada, veto, null
• Opposite of: allow, permit
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NIX

Puzzle Statistics

Category	Count
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76

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April 09, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, April 09, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

April 09, 2022 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Wish I could live like that ..."	10
2A	11. Some radio announcements, in brief	4
3A	15. First winning presidential ticket to alternate vowels and consonants	10
4A	16. Schmooze	4
5A	17. Where the entirety of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was filmed	10
6A	18. Folderol	4
7A	19. Common Italian verb ending	3
8A	20. Brewery supply	3
9A	21. Amoeba feature	7
10A	23. Michael of "Superbad"	4
11A	25. Shake hands, perhaps	8
12A	26. Many jingles	9
13A	30. People of Burundi	5
14A	31. Huffing and puffing, e.g.	7
15A	33. Spread out at a party	4
16A	34. Free	3
17A	37. Bishop's group	7
18A	39. Some fridges	3
19A	40. Deadlines?	4
20A	42. It might be captured on a safari	7
21A	44. Who famously said "I really didn't say everything I said"	5
22A	46. Some seaside gatherings	9
23A	50. "In the end ..."	8
24A	52. Rear guard?	4
25A	53. Drink that comes with a wide straw	7
26A	54. Chinese ___, food also called nagaimo	3
27A	57. Approval inits.	3
28A	58. Like much of Sudan	4
29A	59. One with news to share, often	10
30A	62. Musical Case	4
31A	63. Counter request	10
32A	64. Sharp	4
33A	65. People might have personal ones for what they do	10

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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Clue 1 Across: "1. "Wish I could live like that ...""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: MUSTBENICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. Some radio announcements, in brief"

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: APBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. First winning presidential ticket to alternate vowels and consonants"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: OBAMABIDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Schmooze"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an informal conversation
• Words that mean the same thing: schmoose, gossip, Old World chat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Where the entirety of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was filmed"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEWZEALAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Folderol"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy 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: TODO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Common Italian verb ending"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: choler, ira, wrath
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Brewery supply"

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 seed of the cereal grass
• Words that mean the same thing: Secale cereale, rye whisky, rye whiskey
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Amoeba 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: SILENTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Michael of "Superbad""

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: CERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Shake hands, perhaps"

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: CUTADEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Many jingles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ADSLOGANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. People of Burundi"

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 a bantu speaking people living in rwanda and burundi
• Words that mean the same thing: Watusi, Watutsi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUTSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Huffing and puffing, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an english verb when used as a noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: gerund
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GERUNDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Spread out at a party"

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 liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
• Words that mean the same thing: crown, poll
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Free"

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 relieve from
• Words that mean the same thing: free, disembarrass
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Bishop's group"

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: RATPACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Some fridges"

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 brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
• Words that mean the same thing: Gaia, atomic number 32, Ge
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Deadlines?"

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 notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
• Words that mean the same thing: necrology, obituary
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. It might be captured on a safari"

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

  The answer is: FOOTAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Who famously said "I really didn't say everything I said""

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 united states baseball player (born 1925)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yogi Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Some seaside gatherings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed
• Words that mean the same thing: clambake
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAMBAKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "50. "In the end ...""

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: AFTERALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. Rear guard?"

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 fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
• Words that mean the same thing: talcum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. Drink that comes with a wide straw"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BOBATEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Chinese ___, food also called nagaimo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that edible tuber of any of several yams
• Words that mean the same thing: yam plant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Approval inits."

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 federal agency in the department of health and human services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
• Words that mean the same thing: Food and Drug Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Like much of Sudan"

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 lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Words that mean the same thing: desiccated, waterless, desiccate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. One with news to share, often"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: TVREPORTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Musical Case"

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

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: NEKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Counter request"

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: NEXTPLEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Sharp"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
• Words that mean the same thing: piercing, cutting, smashing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. People might have personal ones for what they do"

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 a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: assistant, help, supporter
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSISTANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - April 09, 2022 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. R&B artist with the 3x platinum 1995 debut album "Miss Thang"	6
2D	2. Went for a ride, in a way	6
3D	3. Carpenters, at times	6
4D	4. Website with a "Got a Tip?" page	3
5D	5. Boxing champ Max	4
6D	6. Site for a snipe	4
7D	7. It turns red in Exodus	4
8D	8. B.C. neighbor: Abbr.	3
9D	9. Gathering that occurs once per decade	10
10D	10. Call everything off	5
11D	11. Caused a ruckus	7
12D	12. Poor cell connection?	8
13D	13. What you find kitsch in	8
14D	14. Sources of some tips	8
15D	22. Line on a map: Abbr.	3
16D	24. Land on the Med.	3
17D	25. Alternative to a Gallup survey	7
18D	27. "Utter your gravity ___ a gossip's bowl": "Romeo and Juliet"	3
19D	28. Tennis great with the most consecutive weeks ranked #1 in the world (377)	4
20D	29. Devices used to sterilize medical equipment	10
21D	32. Racket	4
22D	34. Take the money and run, say	8
23D	35. Rule that's often broken	8
24D	36. Kawasaki offering	8
25D	38. Cold War inits.	3
26D	41. Walk all over	7
27D	43. Put down	3
28D	45. Word with fair or film	3
29D	47. Garment of the Middle East	6
30D	48. Like Meg among the March sisters	6
31D	49. Close calls	6
32D	51. CVS Health acquisition of 2018	5
33D	54. Subject of numerous hoaxes	4
34D	55. Tablet collection	4
35D	56. Grow out of something, say	4
36D	60. Doctor's orders, for short	3
37D	61. Mens ___	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. R&B artist with the 3x platinum 1995 debut album "Miss Thang""

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

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: MONICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Went for a ride, in a way"

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: UBERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Carpenters, at times"

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: SAWERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Website with a "Got a Tip?" page"

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: TMZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Boxing champ Max"

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: BAER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Site for a snipe"

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: EBAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. It turns red in Exodus"

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 world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern africa into the mediterranean; the nile river valley in egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
• Words that mean the same thing: Nile River
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. B.C. neighbor: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency of the united nations affiliated with the world bank
• Words that mean the same thing: International Development Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Gathering that occurs once per decade"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: CENSUSDATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Call everything off"

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: ENDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Caused a ruckus"

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: ACTEDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Poor cell connection?"

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: PHONETAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. What you find kitsch in"

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: BADTASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Sources of some tips"

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 someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
• Words that mean the same thing: sneak, fink, stoolpigeon
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOOLIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Line on a map: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
• Words that mean the same thing: latissimus dorsi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Land on the Med."

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: ALG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Alternative to a Gallup survey"

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: CNNPOLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. "Utter your gravity ___ a gossip's bowl": "Romeo and Juliet""

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: OER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Tennis great with the most consecutive weeks ranked #1 in the world (377)"

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 german tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at wimbledon (born in 1969)
• Words that mean the same thing: Stephanie Graf, Steffi Graf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Devices used to sterilize medical equipment"

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 a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
• Words that mean the same thing: sterilizer, steriliser, autoclave
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUTOCLAVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Racket"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fraudulent business scheme
• Words that mean the same thing: goldbrick, diddle, short-change
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Take the money and run, say"

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: ROBABANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Rule that's often broken"

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: IBEFOREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Kawasaki offering"

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: DIRTBIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Cold War inits."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that formerly the predominant security police organization of soviet russia
• Words that mean the same thing: Committee for State Security, Soviet KGB
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KGB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Walk all over"

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: TREADON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Put down"

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: consume, use up, feed
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Word with fair or film"

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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: fine art, nontextual matter, artistic production
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Garment of the Middle East"

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 woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the near east
• Words that mean the same thing: caftan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAFTAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Like Meg among the March sisters"

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 offspring who came first in the order of birth
• Words that mean the same thing: firstborn
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELDEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Close calls"

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 sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
• Words that mean the same thing: dash, scare off, fright
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. CVS Health acquisition of 2018"

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: AETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Subject of numerous hoaxes"

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 large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the himalayas
• Words that mean the same thing: abominable snowman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YETI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Tablet collection"

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: APPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Grow out of something, 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 periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
• Words that mean the same thing: moult, ecdysis, shed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Doctor's orders, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: RXS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Mens ___"

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: REA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	71.4%
Short Answer	10	14.3%
Abbreviation	3	4.3%
Movies/Film	2	2.9%
Food & Drink	2	2.9%
Music	2	2.9%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 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!

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 06:49 PM