27405 Wed Nov 20, 2024 NYT Robert S. Gard

Across Clues :

1. Sources of unwanted feedback, perhaps, 5. Capital city with the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, home to the world's largest collection of skis, 9. Cause of lens flare, 14. In a moment, 15. Shoot forth, 16. School tool, 17. Coloring implement since 1903, 19. China's Zhou ___, 20. Atop, poetically, 21. Flying mammals, 22. Make like South Sudan in 2011, 23. Deep-fried Japanese fare, 25. Comic strip with a collection titled "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet", 26. Blade runner?, 27. "You should open this on a personal device" heads-up, 29. Quaint contraction, 32. Sine ___ non, 35. Film representations, 37. Kind of computer port, 40. Books with legends, 42. Jones (for), 43. Parent working behind the scenes?, 45. Bit of cream, 47. Totally bonkers, 48. Make a big to-do (over), 50. Big name in sunglasses, 54. Domesticated, 56. Move to the beat?, 59. Montmartre sweetheart, 61. Christmas tree decoration, 62. What a coxswain notably doesn't do, 63. Worked on a trireme, e.g., 64. Downsizer? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle, 66. Lewis Carroll, for Charles Dodgson, 67. Bentley or Benz, e.g., 68. Asian soup, 69. "... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10, 70. Cyclops, for one, 71. Annual presidential speech, in brief

Down Clues :

1. Dapper sartorial choices, 2. Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws, 3. Self-pitying lament, 4. Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief, 5. Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein, 6. Artificial bronze, 7. Fiery sorts, it's said, 8. B.Y.O.B. part, 9. Say hello to, 10. Makeshift shield during a food fight, 11. What a rear exit may lead to, 12. Pore over, 13. Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball's SeaWolves, 18. ___ Dhabi, 22. Got steamed, 24. A.S.A.P., 25. Corporate $$$ overseers, 28. Abuses the listserv, say, 30. "For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale", 31. W-9 info, 33. Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short, 34. Bank withdrawal charge, 36. Air marshal's org., 37. Sch. that's home to the Warner Bros. Archives, 38. Potential rescue pet, 39. Culture group, 41. Like a lime green suit, 44. They're open to interpretation, 46. Hee-haws, 49. Athens's rival in the Peloponnesian War, 51. Spanish Harlem, e.g., 52. Wedding reception cry, 53. Goal of self-improvement, perhaps, 55. In our ___ (among us), 57. The "U" of 71-Across, 58. ___ Deighton, British spy novelist, 59. Declining industry of Appalachia, 60. Strong and healthy, 61. Shark bait, 64. Jazz instrument, 65. Berlin Marathon units: Abbr.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 20, 2024

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

New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Sources of unwanted feedback, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMPS

  Possible Answer : adenosine_monophosphate, amp, adenylic_acid, AMP, A, ampere




• The clue is 5. Capital city with the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, home to the world's largest collection of skis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer : capital_of_Norway, Oslo, Christiania




• The clue is 9. Cause of lens flare. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLARE

  Possible Answer : brilliance, public_eye, glare, blaze, spotlight, limelight, glower




• The clue is 14. In a moment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOON

  Possible Answer : before_long, soon, shortly, presently




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

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

  The answer: SPEW

  Possible Answer : vomit, sick, chuck, spue, throw_up, ptyalise, purge, spew, disgorge, puke, spew_out, be_sick, cat, barf, regurgitate, upchuck, regorge, cast, vomit_up, honk, retch, ptyalize, spit, eruct

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down




• The clue is 16. School tool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RULER

  Possible Answer : swayer, rule, ruler




• The clue is 17. Coloring implement since 1903. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: CRAYOLACRAYON




• The clue is 19. China's Zhou ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENLAI




• The clue is 20. Atop, poetically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OER




• The clue is 21. Flying mammals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATS

  Possible Answer : dotty, bats, cream, nuts, kookie, kooky, loopy, lick, clobber, batty, bonkers, loco, thrash, drub, balmy, flutter, squash_racket, whacky, wacky, barmy, cracked, loony, squash_racquet, at-bat, chiropteran, fruity, haywire, nutty, buggy, bat, cricket_bat, round_the_bend, crackers, daft, around_the_bend




• The clue is 22. Make like South Sudan in 2011. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SECEDE

  Possible Answer : secede, break_away, splinter




• The clue is 23. Deep-fried Japanese fare. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEMPURA

  Possible Answer : tempura




• The clue is 25. Comic strip with a collection titled "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATHY




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

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

  The answer: SLED

  Possible Answer : sledge, sled, sleigh




• The clue is 27. "You should open this on a personal device" heads-up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NSFW




• The clue is 29. Quaint contraction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TWAS




• The clue is 32. Sine ___ non. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QUA




• The clue is 35. Film representations. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PORTRAYALS

  Possible Answer : depicting, portrait, delineation, enactment, characterization, depiction, portrayal, portraiture, personation, portraying




• The clue is 37. Kind of computer port. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USB




• The clue is 40. Books with legends. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATLASES

  Possible Answer : Atlas, map_collection, book_of_maps, atlas_vertebra, atlas, telamon




• The clue is 42. Jones (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEN

  Possible Answer : yearn, ache, hankering, languish, yen, pine




• The clue is 43. Parent working behind the scenes?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAGEMOM




• The clue is 45. Bit of cream. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAB

  Possible Answer : swob, dab, tap, pat, splash, swab, splatter




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

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

  The answer: CRAYCRAY




• The clue is 48. Make a big to-do (over). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUSS

  Possible Answer : tiff, ado, spat, trouble, fuss, bustle, dither, bother, niggle, overprotect, fret, squabble, hustle, mother, bickering, stir, pettifoggery, hassle, flurry, flap, pother, tizzy, bicker




• The clue is 50. Big name in sunglasses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAYBAN




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

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

  The answer: TAMED

  Possible Answer : subdue, reclaim, domesticate, naturalize, tame, moderate, chasten, tone_down, naturalise, tamed, domesticize, domesticise, cultivate

  Possible Opposite Answer : wild




• The clue is 56. Move to the beat?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PULSATE

  Possible Answer : pulsate, throb, pulse, quiver, beat




• The clue is 59. Montmartre sweetheart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHERIE




• The clue is 61. Christmas tree decoration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANE

  Possible Answer : flog, lambaste, cane, lambast




• The clue is 62. What a coxswain notably doesn't do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROW

  Possible Answer : rowing, words, quarrel, dustup, wrangle, row, run-in, course




• The clue is 63. Worked on a trireme, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OARED




• The clue is 64. Downsizer? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHRINKRAY




• The clue is 66. Lewis Carroll, for Charles Dodgson. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIAS

  Possible Answer : also_known_as, false_name, a.k.a., alias, assumed_name




• The clue is 67. Bentley or Benz, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AUTO

  Possible Answer : car, automobile, machine, motorcar, auto




• The clue is 68. Asian soup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISO

  Possible Answer : miso




• The clue is 69. "... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAST

  Possible Answer : to_the_lowest_degree, least

  Possible Opposite Answer : most




• The clue is 70. Cyclops, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XMAN




• The clue is 71. Annual presidential speech, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOTU

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Dapper sartorial choices. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASCOTS

  Possible Answer: ascot

• The clue is 2. Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORAYEEL

• The clue is 3. Self-pitying lament. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POORME

• The clue is 4. Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNL

• The clue is 5. Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSCAR

  Possible Answer: Oscar, Academy_Award

• The clue is 6. Artificial bronze. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPRAYTAN

• The clue is 7. Fiery sorts, it's said. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEOS

  Possible Answer: Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion

• The clue is 8. B.Y.O.B. part. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWN

  Possible Answer: have, own, possess, ain

• The clue is 9. Say hello to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GREET

  Possible Answer: recognize, recognise, greet

• The clue is 10. Makeshift shield during a food fight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUNCHTRAY

• The clue is 11. What a rear exit may lead to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLEYWAY

  Possible Answer: back_street, alleyway, alley

• The clue is 12. Pore over. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: READ

  Possible Answer: translate, scan, study, take, show, learn, record, read, understand, register, say, interpret

• The clue is 13. Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball's SeaWolves. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERIE

  Possible Answer: Lake_Erie, Erie

• The clue is 18. ___ Dhabi. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABU

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

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

  The answer: SAWRED

• The clue is 24. A.S.A.P.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PDQ

• The clue is 25. Corporate $$$ overseers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CFOS

  Possible Answer: CFO, chief_financial_officer

• The clue is 28. Abuses the listserv, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAMS

  Possible Answer: Spam, spam, junk_e-mail

• The clue is 30. "For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALE

  Possible Answer: ale

• The clue is 31. W-9 info. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SSN

• The clue is 33. Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UAE

• The clue is 34. Bank withdrawal charge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATMFEE

• The clue is 36. Air marshal's org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSA

  Possible Answer: TSA, Transportation_Security_Administration

• The clue is 37. Sch. that's home to the Warner Bros. Archives. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USC

• The clue is 38. Potential rescue pet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STRAY

  Possible Answer: swan, divagate, wander, roll, stray, range, rove, roam, vagabond, drift, err, isolated, tramp, ramble, cast, digress

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

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

  The answer: BACTERIA

  Possible Answer: bacteria, bacterium

• The clue is 41. Like a lime green suit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOUD

  Possible Answer: flashy, tawdry, loudly, garish, meretricious, brassy, loud, forte, cheap, tacky, tatty, aloud, gaudy, gimcrack, trashy, flash

  Possible Opposite Answer : soft, piano, softly

• The clue is 44. They're open to interpretation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRAYAREAS

• The clue is 46. Hee-haws. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRAYS

  Possible Answer: mash, bray, hee-haw, grind, crunch, comminute

• The clue is 49. Athens's rival in the Peloponnesian War. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPARTA

  Possible Answer: Sparta

• The clue is 51. Spanish Harlem, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARRIO

  Possible Answer: barrio

• The clue is 52. Wedding reception cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATOAST

• The clue is 53. Goal of self-improvement, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWYOU

• The clue is 55. In our ___ (among us). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIDST

  Possible Answer: thick, midst

• The clue is 57. The "U" of 71-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNION

  Possible Answer: wedlock, coupling, trades_union, labor_union, union, conglutination, spousal_relationship, North, uniting, Union, jointure, unification, sum, marriage, matrimony, mating, trade_union, join, brotherhood, conjugation, pairing, sexual_union, Federal

  Possible Opposite Answer : nonunion, separation, disunion

• The clue is 58. ___ Deighton, British spy novelist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEN

• The clue is 59. Declining industry of Appalachia. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COAL

  Possible Answer: char, coal, ember

• The clue is 60. Strong and healthy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALE

  Possible Answer: drag, Edward_Everett_Hale, Nathan_Hale, George_Ellery_Hale, coerce, squeeze, pressure, force, Hale, whole, hale, haul, cart

• The clue is 61. Shark bait. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHUM

  Possible Answer: Oncorhynchus_keta, crony, buddy, brother, pal, sidekick, chum, chum_salmon

• The clue is 64. Jazz instrument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAX

  Possible Answer: sax, Adolphe_Sax, Sax, saxophone

• The clue is 65. Berlin Marathon units: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KMS

  Possible Answer: kilometer, klick, km, kilometre

September 09, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, September 09, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - September 09, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Jazz quartet, e.g.	5
2A	6. Abbr. about alcohol on a party invitation	4
3A	10. Like logs that have been cut	4
4A	14. The Hunter constellation	5
5A	15. Des Moines's state	4
6A	16. "If you ask me ...," in a text	4
7A	17. Very soft loaves of bread?	10
8A	19. Cheer (for)	4
9A	20. Heavens	3
10A	21. Japanese noodle dish	4
11A	22. Thickheaded	5
12A	23. 18-wheeler	4
13A	25. Went off, as a timer	6
14A	26. Neckwear with the letters A, B, C, D, etc.?	12
15A	31. Nissan rival	6
16A	32. Desire	4
17A	33. Flow back, as the tide	3
18A	36. Infield covers	5
19A	37. Bit of voodoo	3
20A	38. Step between floors	5
21A	40. Kerfuffle	3
22A	41. Cold, cold drink	4
23A	43. Attends	6
24A	44. Indigo, henna, etc.?	12
25A	46. Didn't take part	6
26A	49. Quite an accomplishment	4
27A	50. Dweeb	5
28A	51. Wacky	4
29A	53. Opposite of none	3
30A	56. Fairy tale villain	4
31A	57. "You haven't aged a bit" and "I love that jacket you're wearing"?	10
32A	60. Small plateau	4
33A	61. "Your turn," on a walkie-talkie	4
34A	62. Ball of yarn	5
35A	63. Actress Amanda	4
36A	64. Salon job, briefly	4
37A	65. Customary	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Jazz quartet, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small band of jazz musicians
• Words that mean the same thing: jazz band, jazz group
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Abbr. about alcohol on a party invitation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BYOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Like logs that have been cut"

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

  The answer is: SAWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. The Hunter constellation"

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 (greek mythology) a giant boeotian hunter who pursued the pleiades and was eventually slain by artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
• Words that mean the same thing: Hunter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Des Moines's state"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in iowa and minnesota and missouri
• Words that mean the same thing: Ioway, IA, Hawkeye 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: IOWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "If you ask me ...," in a text"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Very soft loaves of bread?"

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: TENDERRYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Cheer (for)"

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 (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: ascendent, etymon, settle down
• The opposite would be: descendant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Heavens"

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 atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: toss, flip, pitch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Japanese noodle dish"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: UDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Thickheaded"

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 permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
• Words that mean the same thing: dumb, heavy, thick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. 18-wheeler"

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 one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
• Words that mean the same thing: trailer truck, trucking rig, semitrailer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Went off, as a timer"

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 make a dent or impression in
• Words that mean the same thing: ding, dingdong, dinge
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DINGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Neckwear with the letters A, B, C, D, etc.?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALPHABETTIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Nissan rival"

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 an industrial city of japan in southern honshu
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOYOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Desire"

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 state of extreme poverty
• Words that mean the same thing: neediness, need, desire
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Flow back, as the tide"

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 gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
• Words that mean the same thing: ebbing, ebb away, ebb off
• The opposite would be: tide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Infield covers"

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 waterproofed canvas
• Words that mean the same thing: tarp, tarpaulin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Bit of voodoo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an evil spell
• Words that mean the same thing: whammy, enchant, hexadecimal
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Step between floors"

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 support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
• Words that mean the same thing: step
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Kerfuffle"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: fuss, bustle, hustle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Cold, cold drink"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: ICEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Attends"

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: GOESTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Indigo, henna, etc.?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STANDARDDYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Didn't take part"

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: SATOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Quite an accomplishment"

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 notable achievement
• Words that mean the same thing: effort, exploit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Dweeb"

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 someone who is regarded as contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: twit, twirp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWERP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Wacky"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DAFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Opposite of none"

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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Words that mean the same thing: completely, totally, whole
• The opposite would be: partly, some
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Fairy tale villain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OGRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. "You haven't aged a bit" and "I love that jacket you're wearing"?"

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: SOCIALLIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Small plateau"

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 flat tableland with steep edges
• Words that mean the same thing: table
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. "Your turn," on a walkie-talkie"

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 (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
• Words that mean the same thing: ended, all over, terminated
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Ball of yarn"

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

  The answer is: SKEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Actress Amanda"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Salon job, briefly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in the european part of russia
• Words that mean the same thing: permanent, Molotov, permanent wave
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Customary"

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 occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
• Words that mean the same thing: common
• The opposite would be: unusual
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USUAL

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Monday Crossword Down Clues - September 09, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Extra bed in a hotel room	3
2D	2. Metal-containing rocks	4
3D	3. Relative of a weasel	4
4D	4. Where to take a car for repairs	8
5D	5. See 6-Down	3
6D	6. Golf score of 5-Down under par	6
7D	7. Toy on a string	4
8D	8. Actor Wilson of "Midnight in Paris"	4
9D	9. Some humanities degs.	3
10D	10. Ambulance sounds	6
11D	11. Surrounded by	5
12D	12. TV's "___ Line Is It Anyway?"	5
13D	13. Eminent	5
14D	18. Cuban ballroom dance	5
15D	22. Sprite Zero Sugar, for one	8
16D	24. Enjoys the flattery, say	8
17D	25. Awful racket	3
18D	26. Lead-in to girl or boy	4
19D	27. Washing machine unit	4
20D	28. Arsonist, in brief	4
21D	29. Stereotypical material for a professor's jacket	5
22D	30. Government levy	3
23D	33. Like falling off a log	4
24D	34. What hungry fish do	4
25D	35. Warner ___	4
26D	37. Rooster's mate	3
27D	39. Popular lecture series	8
28D	42. Pet asking for milk, purr-haps?	3
29D	43. Garbo of silent films	5
30D	44. Upset with	6
31D	45. State as fact	6
32D	46. Beat handily	5
33D	47. "Oh, shucks!"	5
34D	48. Opposite of verbose	5
35D	51. Peacenik	4
36D	52. One providing great service?	4
37D	54. In ___ of (replacing)	4
38D	55. "Star Wars" princess	4
39D	57. Soak (up)	3
40D	58. S.E.C. school in Baton Rouge	3
41D	59. TV show that originally included John Belushi and Jane Curtin, for short	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

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

Clue 1 Down: "1. Extra bed in a hotel room"

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 sheath worn to protect a finger
• Words that mean the same thing: camp bed, crib, fingerstall
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Metal-containing rocks"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Words that mean the same thing: ore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Relative of a weasel"

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 expensive fur of a mink
• Words that mean the same thing: mink coat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Where to take a car for repairs"

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: BODYSHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. See 6-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 the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: ane, I, i
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Golf score of 5-Down under par"

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 (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
• Words that mean the same thing: bird, shuttlecock, shuttle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Toy on a string"

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: YOYO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Actor Wilson of "Midnight in Paris""

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 welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Owen, Sir Richard Owen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Some humanities degs."

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 soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 56, Artium Baccalaurens, AB
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Ambulance sounds"

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 sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
• Words that mean the same thing: enchantress, Siren, Delilah
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIRENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Surrounded by"

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: AMONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. TV's "___ Line Is It Anyway?""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: WHOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Eminent"

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 make mention of
• Words that mean the same thing: illustrious, celebrated, notice
• The opposite would be: ignore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Cuban ballroom dance"

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 syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
• Words that mean the same thing: rhumba
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUMBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Sprite Zero Sugar, for one"

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: DIETSODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Enjoys the flattery, say"

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: EATSITUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Awful racket"

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 loud harsh or strident noise
• Words that mean the same thing: blare, boom, ruction
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Lead-in to girl or boy"

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: ATTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Washing machine unit"

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 weight to be borne or conveyed
• Words that mean the same thing: loading, debase, shipment
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Arsonist, 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: PYRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Stereotypical material for a professor's jacket"

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 thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: gabardine, flannel, white
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Government levy"

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 charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
• Words that mean the same thing: assess, task, revenue enhancement
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Like falling off a log"

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 posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
• Words that mean the same thing: comfortable, sluttish, light
• The opposite would be: uneasy, quickly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. What hungry fish do"

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 wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
• Words that mean the same thing: seize with teeth, pungency, sting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Warner ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Rooster's mate"

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 adult female chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: biddy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Popular lecture series"

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: TEDTALKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Pet asking for milk, purr-haps?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
• Words that mean the same thing: computed axial tomography, vomit, purge
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Garbo of silent films"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: GRETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Upset with"

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: SOREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. State as fact"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
• Words that mean the same thing: substantiate, aver, corroborate
• The opposite would be: negate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFFIRM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Beat handily"

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 dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
• Words that mean the same thing: stump, stamp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. "Oh, shucks!""

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: AWGEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Opposite of verbose"

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 brief and to the point; effectively cut short
• Words that mean the same thing: curt, crisp, laconic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: TERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Peacenik"

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 any of numerous small pigeons
• Words that mean the same thing: squab, dive, plunk
• The opposite would be: hawk
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: DOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. One providing great service?"

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 type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Acer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ACER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. In ___ of (replacing)"

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 post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• Words that mean the same thing: stead, place, position
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. "Star Wars" princess"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. Soak (up)"

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 piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: soak through, standard procedure, drench
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "58. S.E.C. school in Baton Rouge"

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: LSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "59. TV show that originally included John Belushi and Jane Curtin, 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: SNL

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	66.7%
Short Answer	14	17.9%
Abbreviation	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Geography	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM