May 30, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, May 30, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (31 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - May 30, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. One might have oils and a brush	10
2A	11. Fixture in un parc	4
3A	15. Look the other way	10
4A	16. Actress ___ Shawkat of "Arrested Development"	4
5A	17. Under contract, as a lawyer	10
6A	18. Horace who championed public education	4
7A	19. Console release of 2006	3
8A	20. One stuck in a corner?	5
9A	22. After taxes	3
10A	23. Something sought for the House biennially	4
11A	25. Single-___	3
12A	26. Calm	6
13A	28. Asian city on the Yamuna River	4
14A	30. Blend of vegetables, perhaps	5
15A	31. No oldster	13
16A	35. Having bitten off more than one can chew	13
17A	36. Something a toddler might chug?	13
18A	37. Tower of ___ (classic math puzzle)	5
19A	38. Zap	4
20A	39. Rotund archenemy of Sonic the Hedgehog	6
21A	41. They precede slashes: Abbr.	3
22A	42. Two-player card game	4
23A	46. Add up to	3
24A	47. Like a hopeless situation	5
25A	49. ___-conscious	3
26A	50. Place to get your fill?	4
27A	52. It's commemorated on Maundy Thursday	10
28A	56. 2019 #1 album for Tyler, the Creator	4
29A	57. Task to get done at work	10
30A	58. Spot	4
31A	59. Confrontational	10

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. One might have oils and a brush"

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: SHAVINGKIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. Fixture in un parc"

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: BANC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Look the other way"

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: LETITSLIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Actress ___ Shawkat of "Arrested Development""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: ALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Under contract, as a lawyer"

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: ONRETAINER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Horace who championed public education"

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 united states educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
• Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Mann, Horace Mann
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Console release of 2006"

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: WII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. One stuck in a corner?"

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 the distinctive form in which a thing is made
• Words that mean the same thing: mold, mould, tender
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. After taxes"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: net income, profit, mesh
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Something sought for the House biennially"

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 space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
• Words that mean the same thing: tush, fundament, tail end
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Single-___"

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 act of using
• Words that mean the same thing: utilise, economic consumption, employ
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Calm"

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 cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
• Words that mean the same thing: grave, calm, tranquillise
• The opposite would be: stimulate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEDATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Asian city on the Yamuna River"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Blend of vegetables, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
• Words that mean the same thing: strain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. No oldster"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPRINGCHICKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Having bitten off more than one can chew"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: SPREADTOOTHIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Something a toddler might chug?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: CHOOCHOOTRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Tower of ___ (classic math puzzle)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Vietnam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HANOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Zap"

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: TASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Rotund archenemy of Sonic the Hedgehog"

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: EGGMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. They precede slashes: 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 an indefinitely short time
• Words that mean the same thing: mo, molybdenum, Mo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Two-player card game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: spatter, spew, ptyalize
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Add up to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: embody, be, ar
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Like a hopeless situation"

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: NOWIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. ___-conscious"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Place to get your fill?"

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 mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
• Words that mean the same thing: heart, ticker
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. It's commemorated on Maundy Thursday"

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: LASTSUPPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. 2019 #1 album for Tyler, the Creator"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: IGOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Task to get done at work"

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: ACTIONITEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Spot"

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 catch sight of
• Words that mean the same thing: spy, descry, spot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Confrontational"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: NOSETONOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

May 30, 2020 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Prepares to enter a work zone, perhaps	5
2D	2. 1920s-'30s skating legend Sonja	5
3D	3. Two of hearts	5
4D	4. Go (for)	3
5D	5. Former inits. in for-profit education	3
6D	6. Only account Edward Snowden follows on Twitter	3
7D	7. Notable feature of the opening clarinet solo in "Rhapsody in Blue"	9
8D	8. "Roots" surname	5
9D	9. What a germ may become	4
10D	10. x and y in "x + y"	5
11D	11. "Ka-pow!"	3
12D	12. Portrayer of the Chief in 2008's "Get Smart"	9
13D	13. Number that can be spelled with only one-point Scrabble tiles	8
14D	14. This holds water	7
15D	21. Autumnal salad ingredients	7
16D	24. Place to make draft picks	7
17D	25. Bathsheba's husband before David	5
18D	27. Lancaster and Cornwall, for two	7
19D	29. Like the Acropolis	7
20D	31. Tile-cleaning tool	9
21D	32. Automotive debut of 1964	3
22D	33. Lightweight option for a suit	9
23D	34. Día divisions	5
24D	35. High piles on the floor?	8
25D	36. Low-cost version, informally	7
26D	40. Many-time M.L.B. All-Star Arenado	5
27D	41. Airdrops?	5
28D	43. Stomach soother, for short	5
29D	44. Summertime coolers	5
30D	45. Co-writer of "The Christmas Song"	5
31D	48. Home of the Dr Pepper Museum	4
32D	51. Prompt an "M.Y.O.B.," say	3
33D	53. Overindulger, of a sort	3
34D	54. Card game cry	3
35D	55. Part of a split	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. Prepares to enter a work zone, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that lose velocity; move more slowly
• Words that mean the same thing: slack, slow up, retard
• The opposite would be: accelerate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. 1920s-'30s skating legend Sonja"

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: HENIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Two of hearts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
• Words that mean the same thing: atrium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATRIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Go (for)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
• Words that mean the same thing: compete, contend
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Former inits. in for-profit education"

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: ITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Only account Edward Snowden follows on Twitter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Notable feature of the opening clarinet solo in "Rhapsody in Blue""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLISSANDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Roots" surname"

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: KINTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. What a germ may become"

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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Words that mean the same thing: estimation, estimate, theme
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. x and y in "x + y""

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 status with respect to the relations between people or groups
• Words that mean the same thing: condition, damage, terminal figure
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Ka-pow!""

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 ancient city in southeastern iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
• Words that mean the same thing: clap, blast, bang
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Portrayer of the Chief in 2008's "Get Smart""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: ALANARKIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Number that can be spelled with only one-point Scrabble tiles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
• Words that mean the same thing: xix, XIX, 19
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINETEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. This holds water"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
• Words that mean the same thing: mobile canteen
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANTEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Autumnal salad ingredients"

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: PEPITAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Place to make draft picks"

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 room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• Words that mean the same thing: saloon, barroom, ginmill
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Bathsheba's husband before David"

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 (old testament) the husband of bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king david could marry his wife (circa 10th century bc)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URIAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Lancaster and Cornwall, for two"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
• Words that mean the same thing: duchy, dukedom
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUCHIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Like the Acropolis"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GRECIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Tile-cleaning tool"

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: SPONGEMOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Automotive debut of 1964"

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: GTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Lightweight option for a suit"

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: COTTONTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Día divisions"

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: HORAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. High piles on the floor?"

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: SHAGRUGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Low-cost version, informally"

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: CHEAPIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Many-time M.L.B. All-Star Arenado"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Airdrops?"

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 thin fog with condensation near the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: obscure, befog, haze over
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Stomach soother, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: PEPTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Summertime coolers"

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 decorate with frosting
• Words that mean the same thing: frost, ice
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Co-writer of "The Christmas Song""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TORME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Home of the Dr Pepper Museum"

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

  The answer is: WACO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Prompt an "M.Y.O.B.," say"

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 heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
• Words that mean the same thing: lever, horn in, prize
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Overindulger, of a sort"

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 chronic drinker
• Words that mean the same thing: inebriate, drunk, drunkard
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Card game cry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Part of a split"

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 piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
• Words that mean the same thing: immobilize, personal identification number, pin tumbler
• The opposite would be: unpin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	43	65.2%
Short Answer	12	18.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	3.0%
Abbreviation	2	3.0%
Sports	2	3.0%
Geography	1	1.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.5%
Music	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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January 08, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (30 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, January 08, 2022

Difficulty Level: Challenging Thursday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (30 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 6.2 letters

January 08, 2022 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Number pattern named after a 17th-century French mathematician	15
2A	16. Teddies and such	15
3A	17. Exhausted beyond belief	15
4A	18. Certain acct. info	3
5A	19. Diatribes	7
6A	20. Longtime distributor of James Bond movies	3
7A	21. Immersed in	4
8A	23. Business ___	5
9A	24. Lot	4
10A	25. Maipo Valley exports	5
11A	27. Pings, maybe	3
12A	28. ___ Gervasi, director of 2012's "Hitchcock"	5
13A	29. Union IDs, for a performer	8
14A	31. Basic analysis?	6
15A	32. Market debuts, in brief	4
16A	33. Mini-___ (small retailer)	4
17A	34. One way to manage expectations	6
18A	37. Eschew Uber, say	8
19A	41. More steadfast	5
20A	42. "For once maybe someone will call me '___,' without adding, 'You're making a scene'": Homer Simpson	3
21A	43. ___ Player, first Black woman to become president of a four-year college	5
22A	44. Taking off	4
23A	45. Setting for "La Bohème"	5
24A	47. Calm	4
25A	48. Hominid	3
26A	49. Some stylish suits	7
27A	51. Measure of volume	3
28A	52. Do some modeling	15
29A	55. "Life is short. ___" (Jacques Torres quip)	15
30A	56. Captain's phrase	15

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. Number pattern named after a 17th-century French mathematician"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert 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: PASCALSTRIANGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "16. Teddies and such"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: INTIMATEAPPAREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "17. Exhausted beyond belief"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: TOOTIREDTOTHINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "18. Certain acct. info"

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: SSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "19. Diatribes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long monotonous harangue
• Words that mean the same thing: screed
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCREEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "20. Longtime distributor of James Bond movies"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: MGM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "21. Immersed in"

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: AMID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "23. Business ___"

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 period of time assigned for work
• Words that mean the same thing: hour, minute, time of day
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "24. Lot"

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 event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
• Words that mean the same thing: fortune, portion, destiny
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "25. Maipo Valley exports"

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 fermented juice (of grapes especially)
• Words that mean the same thing: succeed, win, gain ground
• The opposite would be: fall back, lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "27. Pings, maybe"

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: IMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. ___ Gervasi, director of 2012's "Hitchcock""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: SACHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Union IDs, for a performer"

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: SAGCARDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Basic analysis?"

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: PHTEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Market debuts, in brief"

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 corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
• Words that mean the same thing: initial public offering, IPO, initial offering
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IPOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Mini-___ (small retailer)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
• Words that mean the same thing: market place, market, marketplace
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. One way to manage expectations"

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: AIMLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Eschew Uber, 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: TAKEACAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. More steadfast"

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 consistent with fact or reality; not false; ; - b. russell
• Words that mean the same thing: truthful, straight, on-key
• The opposite would be: untruthful, false
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. "For once maybe someone will call me '___,' without adding, 'You're making a scene'": Homer Simpson"

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

  The answer is: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. ___ Player, first Black woman to become president of a four-year college"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WILLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Taking off"

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 (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
• Words that mean the same thing: to a lesser extent
• The opposite would be: more
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Setting for "La Bohème""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and largest city of france; and international center of culture and commerce
• Words that mean the same thing: French capital, City of Light, genus Paris
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Calm"

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 pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
• Words that mean the same thing: still, tranquillize, calm down
• The opposite would be: agitate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Hominid"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: imitator, aper, emulator
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Some stylish suits"

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: ARMANIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Measure of volume"

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 logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
• Words that mean the same thing: B
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Do some modeling"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: SETAGOODEXAMPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. "Life is short. ___" (Jacques Torres quip)"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: EATDESSERTFIRST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Captain's phrase"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: STEADYASSHEGOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle January 08, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Two-person log cutters	7
2D	2. Loss of smell	7
3D	3. Biblical punishment	7
4D	4. Loc. ___	3
5D	5. Marcello, Rodolfo, Colline and Schaunard, dans "La Bohème"	4
6D	6. Turpentine-yielding conifer	5
7D	7. Certain anti-inflammatory medicines	8
8D	8. Hymns of thanksgiving	7
9D	9. Yelp reviewers, say	6
10D	10. Shuffles and such	5
11D	11. Rental units: Abbr.	4
12D	12. "Don't reckon so"	3
13D	13. Reaction to a really bad pun	7
14D	14. Stretches	7
15D	15. Lean protein	7
16D	22. Tenths, in statistics	7
17D	24. Increased likelihood of extreme scenarios, in statistics	7
18D	26. Taste	5
19D	28. Mammal in the Soricidae family	5
20D	30. Spreadsheet specification	3
21D	31. Golf Hall-of-Famer Se Ri ___	3
22D	33. Only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series	8
23D	34. National geographic books?	7
24D	35. "Again ..."	7
25D	36. Small knapsack	7
26D	37. Diatribes	7
27D	38. Certain sports instructor	7
28D	39. Whatever's left	7
29D	40. Works that may require leaps of imagination?	7
30D	42. Savory Indian pastry	6
31D	45. Uninspired, as writing	5
32D	46. Like the most recent Pope Paul among all popes named Paul	5
33D	49. Seasoned	4
34D	50. Jewelry store?	4
35D	53. Canine protection org.?	3
36D	54. Russian fighter jet	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. Two-person log cutters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below
• Words that mean the same thing: pitsaw
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITSAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Loss of smell"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANOSMIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Biblical punishment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
• Words that mean the same thing: lapidate, stone, pit
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STONING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Loc. ___"

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: CIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Marcello, Rodolfo, Colline and Schaunard, dans "La Bohème""

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: AMIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Turpentine-yielding conifer"

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 wood of a larch tree
• Words that mean the same thing: larch tree
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Certain anti-inflammatory medicines"

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 any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects
• Words that mean the same thing: sex hormone, steroid, steroid hormone
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEROIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Hymns of thanksgiving"

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: TEDEUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Yelp reviewers, say"

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: RATERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Shuffles and such"

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 (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
• Words that mean the same thing: iPod
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IPODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Rental units: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Don't reckon so""

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: NAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Reaction to a really bad pun"

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 contorted facial expression
• Words that mean the same thing: make a face, face, pull a face
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIMACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Stretches"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
• Words that mean the same thing: length, distance, duration
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENGTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Lean protein"

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

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

  The answer is: ELKMEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Tenths, in statistics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
• Words that mean the same thing: decile
• The word looks like this: _______
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  The answer is: DECILES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Increased likelihood of extreme scenarios, in statistics"

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

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

  The answer is: FATTAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Taste"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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!
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  The answer is: SAPOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Mammal in the Soricidae family"

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 scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
• Words that mean the same thing: termagant, shrewmouse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SHREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Spreadsheet specification"

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 arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: run-in, quarrel, dustup
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Golf Hall-of-Famer Se Ri ___"

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: PAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a man who serves as a sailor
• Words that mean the same thing: sea dog, seafarer, Jack-tar
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARINERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. National geographic books?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
• Words that mean the same thing: map collection, atlas vertebra, Atlas
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATLASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. "Again ...""

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

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

  The answer is: IREPEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Small knapsack"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small bagpipe formerly popular in france
• Words that mean the same thing: shepherd's pipe
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUSETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Diatribes"

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

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• This could be something that a speech of violent denunciation
• Words that mean the same thing: broadside, tirade, philippic
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIRADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Certain sports instructor"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CLUBPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. Whatever's left"

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: ALLELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "40. Works that may require leaps of imagination?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
• Words that mean the same thing: ballet, concert dance
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALLETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Savory Indian pastry"

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 small turnover of indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAMOSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Uninspired, as writing"

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 lacking wit or imagination
• Words that mean the same thing: prosaic, pedestrian, earthbound
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: PROSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Like the most recent Pope Paul among all popes named Paul"

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 position six in a countable series of things
• Words that mean the same thing: 6th, one-sixth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIXTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Seasoned"

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 people who are old collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: senior, senesce, get on
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate, young
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Jewelry store?"

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 strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
• Words that mean the same thing: safety, dependable, rubber
• The opposite would be: dangerous, out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Canine protection org.?"

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 an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Russian fighter jet"

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: MIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	71.2%
Short Answer	11	16.7%
Sports	3	4.5%
History	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	30
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	6.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 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 challenging level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 6 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 12, 2025 at 04:22 PM